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

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<v Speaker 1>you're kidding me, right Chester, It is time to do

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<v Speaker 1>this again, six o'clock on a Wednesday morning, this time Hartley,

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<v Speaker 1>Cloudy skies in forty four degrees in Boston. The News

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<v Speaker 1>at six is brought to us by your new England

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<v Speaker 1>Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>being with us on this Wednesday morning. I'm Jeff Brown,

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<v Speaker 1>and Boston is on the move today.

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<v Speaker 2>You will turn out cloudy.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll be breezy at mild this afternoon with a showering places. Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the mid fifty. It is WBZ achi weather meteorologist

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Lundberg. Heavy rain overnight tonight, How about sixty for

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow afternoon's high temperature. Bruins get man handled by the

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<v Speaker 1>predators at the Garden. The Bees run into the Hurricanes

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<v Speaker 1>in Carolina. Tomorrow night. Celtics will host the Trailblazers the Garden.

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<v Speaker 1>Tonight in the Red Sox host the Tampa Bay Rays

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<v Speaker 1>in spring training Baseball one oh five, first pitch in

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<v Speaker 1>Fort Myers this afternoon, and Trump goeslong.

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<v Speaker 3>There's been nothing but swift and unrelenting action to usher

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<v Speaker 3>in the greatest and most successful era in the history

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<v Speaker 3>of our country.

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<v Speaker 1>Plays all his hits in a prime trimee prime time

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<v Speaker 1>address to Congress.

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<v Speaker 2>The raucous partisan booing and insults and yelling. At least

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<v Speaker 2>five Democrats walking out of the President's speech to the

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<v Speaker 2>joint Session, one being ejected for standing, protesting and refusing

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<v Speaker 2>to sit down. That was Houston area Congressman Al Green,

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<v Speaker 2>who outside talked to ABC News.

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<v Speaker 4>Poll accept the punishment, but it's worth it to let

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<v Speaker 4>people know that there are some of us who are

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<v Speaker 4>going to stand up against this President's desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare,

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<v Speaker 4>and Social Secure.

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<v Speaker 2>On one of the dams who walked out, New Mexico

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<v Speaker 2>Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury saying they couldn't believe what the President was,

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<v Speaker 2>in her words, spewing out mister Trump announcing that one

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<v Speaker 2>of the terrorist leaders responsible for the murder of thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>American soldiers during the evacuation from Afghanistan will be taken

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<v Speaker 2>into US custody. White House official confirming that to ABC

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<v Speaker 2>News ABC News.

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<v Speaker 1>For Christians around the world, the Holy season of Lent

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<v Speaker 1>begins today and Pope Francis spends it in a hospital

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<v Speaker 1>in Rome, where doctors say the eighty eight year old

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<v Speaker 1>slept through the night but was placed back on a

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<v Speaker 1>ventilator as a precaution. The pope has been there since

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<v Speaker 1>Valentine's Day for treatment of double pneumonia and other complications.

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<v Speaker 1>Official say he's now in stable condition, but with a

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<v Speaker 1>guarded prognosis, which means the Pope is not out of

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<v Speaker 1>the woods just yet. This weekend, we lose an hour

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<v Speaker 1>of sleep.

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<v Speaker 5>Before you spring your clocks forward this weekend. A new

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<v Speaker 5>Gallup survey finds most Americans would rather stay with standard

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<v Speaker 5>time all year round. When last polled in nineteen ninety nine,

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<v Speaker 5>seventy three percent of Americans prefer the later sunsets that

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<v Speaker 5>come with daylight saving Time, but now that number is

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<v Speaker 5>down to forty percent. Fifty four percent of Americans believe

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<v Speaker 5>standard time is the way to go. Three years ago,

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<v Speaker 5>the US Senate voted to implement daylight saving time year round,

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<v Speaker 5>but that bill then stalled in the House. I'm rory O'Neil.

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<v Speaker 1>This is nice, isn't it. We're starting this whin day

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<v Speaker 1>morning under mainly clear skies called partly cloudy skies, at sunrise.

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<v Speaker 1>It's forty four degrees already in Boston. We do have

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of areas of shower activity which could pop

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<v Speaker 1>up from time to time, especially this morning. They'll be

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<v Speaker 1>brief in nature, at least in the early portion of

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<v Speaker 1>the day and mainly confined to just outside the four

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<v Speaker 1>ninety five loop. Otherwise, we're going to see mostly cloudy

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<v Speaker 1>skies today. Eventually it will be breezy, but temperatures will

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<v Speaker 1>be in the load of mid fifties. We've got a

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<v Speaker 1>storm system that is going to rake the entire East

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<v Speaker 1>Coast over the next several hours. It's going to head

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<v Speaker 1>our way overnight tonight, and that could likely mean heavy

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<v Speaker 1>rain and some areas of thunderstorms in the overnight hours.

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<v Speaker 1>Temperatures are not going to fall all that much, will

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<v Speaker 1>only be dropping to about fifty tonight Tomorrow, more clouds

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<v Speaker 1>than sun. A couple of leftover showers early will make

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<v Speaker 1>a run at sixty degrees tomorrow. It's been months since

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<v Speaker 1>we've been able to say that. And then on Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>it's back to more normal conditions with some sunshine returning

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<v Speaker 1>highs in the load to mid forties. Right now, already

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<v Speaker 1>forty nine degrees here are forty four degrees. Rather in

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<v Speaker 1>Boston on this Wednesday morning at six oh five, more

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<v Speaker 1>than four hundred government buildings could be on the chopping block,

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<v Speaker 1>including a couple of iconic locations here in Boston. The

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<v Speaker 1>John F.

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<v Speaker 6>Kennedy Federal Building, right by Boston City Hall, is where

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<v Speaker 6>government employees report to work, including those in the DEA,

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<v Speaker 6>Social Security Administration, and IRS. It's also where US Senators

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<v Speaker 6>Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey have offices. But soon this

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<v Speaker 6>and the Tip O'Neil building could be put up for

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<v Speaker 6>sale as the federal government tries to make operating cost cuts.

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<v Speaker 6>The US General Services Administration calls them and seven other

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<v Speaker 6>federal buildings in the Commonwealth obsolete and unsuitable for federal use.

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<v Speaker 6>In downtown Boston, James Rojas w b Z, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Mayor Woo goes to Washington. Boston's mayor will join her

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<v Speaker 1>colleagues from New York City, Chicago, and Denver for what

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<v Speaker 1>is supposed to be testimony to a House committee on

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<v Speaker 1>Capitol Hill on the success of sanctuary cities. WBCs Drew

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<v Speaker 1>mom'holland is following this story for US this morning and

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<v Speaker 1>brace yourself. Good morning, Drew, Yeah, Good morning, Jeffrey.

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<v Speaker 7>Critics say this is a trap by Republicans who will

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<v Speaker 7>bubble the mayor for obstructing President Trump's campaign to toss

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<v Speaker 7>as many undocumented and criminal immigrants as possible. Mayor Wu

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<v Speaker 7>has been prepping for this day, reportedly with the help

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<v Speaker 7>of a law firm that charges nine hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 7>dollars an hour to the tune of six hundred and

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<v Speaker 7>fifty thousand dollars. Jeffrey. I was told there'd be no

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<v Speaker 7>math involved. The mayor will attempt to show her policies

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<v Speaker 7>to help make Boston the safest major city in the nation,

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<v Speaker 7>but of course she's under a lot of fire here.

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<v Speaker 1>Already already, and the three other mayors will also be

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<v Speaker 1>on the hot seat today. The proceedings begin on Capitol

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<v Speaker 1>Hill at ten o'clock this morning. Thank you, Drew. No

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<v Speaker 1>relief for weary homeowners in Boston. The city says the

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<v Speaker 1>next property tax bills are about to go out next month,

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<v Speaker 1>and they will look a lot like the first ones

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<v Speaker 1>that were sent this year, which in many cases means

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<v Speaker 1>a repeat of double digit increases. Mayor Wu has been

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<v Speaker 1>trying to give residential taxpayers a break by hoisting a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of the burden on to businesses. A third attempt

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<v Speaker 1>to get lawmakers on Beacon Hill aboard with a home

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<v Speaker 1>rule petition is not addressed, and the deadline for tackling

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<v Speaker 1>the touchy subject has come and gone. A testing meeting

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<v Speaker 1>in Everett last night as city councilors make a move

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<v Speaker 1>on the mayor.

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<v Speaker 3>Everett residents were sounding off about the State Inspector General

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<v Speaker 3>report that Mayor Carlo day Maria should pay back some

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<v Speaker 3>one hundred eighty thousand dollars in overpayments he received as

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<v Speaker 3>longevity payments over the course of five years.

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<v Speaker 7>On behalf of the good people of Everett.

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<v Speaker 4>I hope the City Council does the ethical and morally

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<v Speaker 4>right thing for justice.

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<v Speaker 6>Mayor should pay back one hundred and eighty thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 6>and he should resign.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you thanks.

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<v Speaker 3>After hearing from constituents, the Everett City Council voted to

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<v Speaker 3>demand a repayment from the mayor, who has claimed he

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<v Speaker 3>did nothing wrong and has been transparent and receiving longevity

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<v Speaker 3>payments up until twenty twenty one. Along with the repayment vote,

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<v Speaker 3>the city council also approved one hundred and fifty thousand

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<v Speaker 3>dollars for an audit Jim McKay, WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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