Speaker 1: This is WBZY, Boston's news radio. We defining local news. Really,
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Speaker 1: this again, six o'clock on a Wednesday morning, this time Hartley,
Speaker 1: Cloudy skies in forty four degrees in Boston. The News
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Speaker 1: being with us on this Wednesday morning. I'm Jeff Brown,
Speaker 1: and Boston is on the move today.
Speaker 2: You will turn out cloudy.
Speaker 1: It'll be breezy at mild this afternoon with a showering places. Hi,
Speaker 1: it's the mid fifty. It is WBZ achi weather meteorologist
Speaker 1: Joe Lundberg. Heavy rain overnight tonight, How about sixty for
Speaker 1: tomorrow afternoon's high temperature. Bruins get man handled by the
Speaker 1: predators at the Garden. The Bees run into the Hurricanes
Speaker 1: in Carolina. Tomorrow night. Celtics will host the Trailblazers the Garden.
Speaker 1: Tonight in the Red Sox host the Tampa Bay Rays
Speaker 1: in spring training Baseball one oh five, first pitch in
Speaker 1: Fort Myers this afternoon, and Trump goeslong.
Speaker 3: There's been nothing but swift and unrelenting action to usher
Speaker 3: in the greatest and most successful era in the history
Speaker 3: of our country.
Speaker 1: Plays all his hits in a prime trimee prime time
Speaker 1: address to Congress.
Speaker 2: The raucous partisan booing and insults and yelling. At least
Speaker 2: five Democrats walking out of the President's speech to the
Speaker 2: joint Session, one being ejected for standing, protesting and refusing
Speaker 2: to sit down. That was Houston area Congressman Al Green,
Speaker 2: who outside talked to ABC News.
Speaker 4: Poll accept the punishment, but it's worth it to let
Speaker 4: people know that there are some of us who are
Speaker 4: going to stand up against this President's desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare,
Speaker 4: and Social Secure.
Speaker 2: On one of the dams who walked out, New Mexico
Speaker 2: Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury saying they couldn't believe what the President was,
Speaker 2: in her words, spewing out mister Trump announcing that one
Speaker 2: of the terrorist leaders responsible for the murder of thirteen
Speaker 2: American soldiers during the evacuation from Afghanistan will be taken
Speaker 2: into US custody. White House official confirming that to ABC
Speaker 2: News ABC News.
Speaker 1: For Christians around the world, the Holy season of Lent
Speaker 1: begins today and Pope Francis spends it in a hospital
Speaker 1: in Rome, where doctors say the eighty eight year old
Speaker 1: slept through the night but was placed back on a
Speaker 1: ventilator as a precaution. The pope has been there since
Speaker 1: Valentine's Day for treatment of double pneumonia and other complications.
Speaker 1: Official say he's now in stable condition, but with a
Speaker 1: guarded prognosis, which means the Pope is not out of
Speaker 1: the woods just yet. This weekend, we lose an hour
Speaker 1: of sleep.
Speaker 5: Before you spring your clocks forward this weekend. A new
Speaker 5: Gallup survey finds most Americans would rather stay with standard
Speaker 5: time all year round. When last polled in nineteen ninety nine,
Speaker 5: seventy three percent of Americans prefer the later sunsets that
Speaker 5: come with daylight saving Time, but now that number is
Speaker 5: down to forty percent. Fifty four percent of Americans believe
Speaker 5: standard time is the way to go. Three years ago,
Speaker 5: the US Senate voted to implement daylight saving time year round,
Speaker 5: but that bill then stalled in the House. I'm rory O'Neil.
Speaker 1: This is nice, isn't it. We're starting this whin day
Speaker 1: morning under mainly clear skies called partly cloudy skies, at sunrise.
Speaker 1: It's forty four degrees already in Boston. We do have
Speaker 1: a couple of areas of shower activity which could pop
Speaker 1: up from time to time, especially this morning. They'll be
Speaker 1: brief in nature, at least in the early portion of
Speaker 1: the day and mainly confined to just outside the four
Speaker 1: ninety five loop. Otherwise, we're going to see mostly cloudy
Speaker 1: skies today. Eventually it will be breezy, but temperatures will
Speaker 1: be in the load of mid fifties. We've got a
Speaker 1: storm system that is going to rake the entire East
Speaker 1: Coast over the next several hours. It's going to head
Speaker 1: our way overnight tonight, and that could likely mean heavy
Speaker 1: rain and some areas of thunderstorms in the overnight hours.
Speaker 1: Temperatures are not going to fall all that much, will
Speaker 1: only be dropping to about fifty tonight Tomorrow, more clouds
Speaker 1: than sun. A couple of leftover showers early will make
Speaker 1: a run at sixty degrees tomorrow. It's been months since
Speaker 1: we've been able to say that. And then on Friday,
Speaker 1: it's back to more normal conditions with some sunshine returning
Speaker 1: highs in the load to mid forties. Right now, already
Speaker 1: forty nine degrees here are forty four degrees. Rather in
Speaker 1: Boston on this Wednesday morning at six oh five, more
Speaker 1: than four hundred government buildings could be on the chopping block,
Speaker 1: including a couple of iconic locations here in Boston. The
Speaker 1: John F.
Speaker 6: Kennedy Federal Building, right by Boston City Hall, is where
Speaker 6: government employees report to work, including those in the DEA,
Speaker 6: Social Security Administration, and IRS. It's also where US Senators
Speaker 6: Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey have offices. But soon this
Speaker 6: and the Tip O'Neil building could be put up for
Speaker 6: sale as the federal government tries to make operating cost cuts.
Speaker 6: The US General Services Administration calls them and seven other
Speaker 6: federal buildings in the Commonwealth obsolete and unsuitable for federal use.
Speaker 6: In downtown Boston, James Rojas w b Z, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1: Mayor Woo goes to Washington. Boston's mayor will join her
Speaker 1: colleagues from New York City, Chicago, and Denver for what
Speaker 1: is supposed to be testimony to a House committee on
Speaker 1: Capitol Hill on the success of sanctuary cities. WBCs Drew
Speaker 1: mom'holland is following this story for US this morning and
Speaker 1: brace yourself. Good morning, Drew, Yeah, Good morning, Jeffrey.
Speaker 7: Critics say this is a trap by Republicans who will
Speaker 7: bubble the mayor for obstructing President Trump's campaign to toss
Speaker 7: as many undocumented and criminal immigrants as possible. Mayor Wu
Speaker 7: has been prepping for this day, reportedly with the help
Speaker 7: of a law firm that charges nine hundred and fifty
Speaker 7: dollars an hour to the tune of six hundred and
Speaker 7: fifty thousand dollars. Jeffrey. I was told there'd be no
Speaker 7: math involved. The mayor will attempt to show her policies
Speaker 7: to help make Boston the safest major city in the nation,
Speaker 7: but of course she's under a lot of fire here.
Speaker 1: Already already, and the three other mayors will also be
Speaker 1: on the hot seat today. The proceedings begin on Capitol
Speaker 1: Hill at ten o'clock this morning. Thank you, Drew. No
Speaker 1: relief for weary homeowners in Boston. The city says the
Speaker 1: next property tax bills are about to go out next month,
Speaker 1: and they will look a lot like the first ones
Speaker 1: that were sent this year, which in many cases means
Speaker 1: a repeat of double digit increases. Mayor Wu has been
Speaker 1: trying to give residential taxpayers a break by hoisting a
Speaker 1: lot of the burden on to businesses. A third attempt
Speaker 1: to get lawmakers on Beacon Hill aboard with a home
Speaker 1: rule petition is not addressed, and the deadline for tackling
Speaker 1: the touchy subject has come and gone. A testing meeting
Speaker 1: in Everett last night as city councilors make a move
Speaker 1: on the mayor.
Speaker 3: Everett residents were sounding off about the State Inspector General
Speaker 3: report that Mayor Carlo day Maria should pay back some
Speaker 3: one hundred eighty thousand dollars in overpayments he received as
Speaker 3: longevity payments over the course of five years.
Speaker 7: On behalf of the good people of Everett.
Speaker 4: I hope the City Council does the ethical and morally
Speaker 4: right thing for justice.
Speaker 6: Mayor should pay back one hundred and eighty thousand dollars
Speaker 6: and he should resign.
Speaker 4: Thank you thanks.
Speaker 3: After hearing from constituents, the Everett City Council voted to
Speaker 3: demand a repayment from the mayor, who has claimed he
Speaker 3: did nothing wrong and has been transparent and receiving longevity
Speaker 3: payments up until twenty twenty one. Along with the repayment vote,
Speaker 3: the city council also approved one hundred and fifty thousand
Speaker 3: dollars for an audit Jim McKay, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
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