WEBVTT

1
00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:06.519
<v Speaker 1>This is VS Boston's news radio, redefining local news.

2
00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:14.599
<v Speaker 2>A couple clouds but mostly sunny in Boston, twenty seven

3
00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:18.199
<v Speaker 2>degrees at eleven o'clock on this Christmas Day. Thanks for

4
00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:21.199
<v Speaker 2>being with us. I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening, a

5
00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:22.600
<v Speaker 2>sunny Christmas Day ahead.

6
00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:25.160
<v Speaker 3>We will dry Christmas Day with sunshine at so clouds

7
00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:26.480
<v Speaker 3>and high's and little to mid thirties.

8
00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:28.800
<v Speaker 4>It'll stay dry through Friday and that hack you.

9
00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:32.079
<v Speaker 2>Weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. The full forecast is coming up

10
00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:35.520
<v Speaker 2>in three all right, Christmas and Hanukkah falling on the

11
00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:38.439
<v Speaker 2>same day for just the fifth time in the last

12
00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:39.840
<v Speaker 2>one hundred and fourteen years.

13
00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:42.920
<v Speaker 5>The dates for Honocut change every year because Judaism is

14
00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:46.359
<v Speaker 5>following a Luna's so large calendar, that is following both

15
00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:48.840
<v Speaker 5>the passage of the sun and the passage of the moon.

16
00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:51.799
<v Speaker 6>Whereas Christians are following the Gregory calendar. It just follows

17
00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:52.200
<v Speaker 6>the sun.

18
00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:56.439
<v Speaker 5>University of Birmingham theology professor Canada Moss says both holidays

19
00:00:56.439 --> 00:00:59.320
<v Speaker 5>are interested in light and in God's presence in dark times,

20
00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:01.640
<v Speaker 5>and she says the holiday's falling on the same day.

21
00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:05.359
<v Speaker 6>Of course, this creates a huge opportunity for interfaith families

22
00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:08.359
<v Speaker 6>to celebrate both traditions alongside one another.

23
00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:11.319
<v Speaker 5>The two holidays won't converge again until twenty thirty five,

24
00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:13.920
<v Speaker 5>Jennifer Kuiper, CBS News.

25
00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:18.400
<v Speaker 2>And Hanukkah begins at sundown tonight. Kwanza starts tomorrow and

26
00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:21.920
<v Speaker 2>runs through January. First, Well, we do have snow on

27
00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:24.599
<v Speaker 2>the ground in many areas here in Massachusetts, so are

28
00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:28.519
<v Speaker 2>we officially labeling today as a white Christmas? According to

29
00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.280
<v Speaker 2>the National Weather Service, they say there must be at

30
00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:34.480
<v Speaker 2>least one inch of snow on the ground at exactly

31
00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:38.359
<v Speaker 2>seven am Christmas morning to qualify as a white Christmas,

32
00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:43.280
<v Speaker 2>which is indeed the case here prior to today. Twenty nineteen

33
00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:46.640
<v Speaker 2>was Boston's last white Christmas. But in twenty seventeen we

34
00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:50.359
<v Speaker 2>had snow Christmas Day, but it was after seven am.

35
00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:54.319
<v Speaker 2>The snow purists would add that day to the white

36
00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:59.040
<v Speaker 2>Christmas mix. Boston Mayor Michelle Wou reflecting back on twenty

37
00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:01.239
<v Speaker 2>twenty four and look ahead to the new year.

38
00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:04.280
<v Speaker 7>I love this job. It's just the greatest gift in

39
00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:05.840
<v Speaker 7>the whole world to be able to be part of

40
00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:08.680
<v Speaker 7>this community and to see how much we can accomplish

41
00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:10.360
<v Speaker 7>when Boston comes together and.

42
00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:13.599
<v Speaker 3>Mary Michelle wou voicing her enthusiasm for the job Boston

43
00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:16.960
<v Speaker 3>voters offered her three years ago for the city's first

44
00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:20.360
<v Speaker 3>woman mayor the next year offers the promise of welcoming

45
00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:24.080
<v Speaker 3>a third child to her family in January. The expected

46
00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:27.719
<v Speaker 3>mayor also expected to soon announce that she's a candidate

47
00:02:27.960 --> 00:02:31.319
<v Speaker 3>for a second term. Although an official announcement has not

48
00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:35.479
<v Speaker 3>yet been made, all indications are she's ready to run.

49
00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:38.039
<v Speaker 7>Especially as we enter into the next four years. There

50
00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:40.120
<v Speaker 7>is a lot of work to do, and we know

51
00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:42.199
<v Speaker 7>that people all across the country are going to be

52
00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:45.759
<v Speaker 7>looking to Boston for what that leading light looks like

53
00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:49.560
<v Speaker 7>and how our communities can continue to inspire others all

54
00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:50.360
<v Speaker 7>around the country.

55
00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:53.520
<v Speaker 3>With the final year of her first term just around

56
00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:57.240
<v Speaker 3>the corner, still no word on whether anyone will challenge

57
00:02:57.319 --> 00:03:04.199
<v Speaker 3>Wu so far just idle speculation. Mike Macklin WBZ, Boston's news.

58
00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:06.800
<v Speaker 2>Radio Celtics hosting the seventy six Ers at the Garden,

59
00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:09.719
<v Speaker 2>tip off at five pm. This is the ninth consecutive

60
00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:12.879
<v Speaker 2>year that the Celtics are playing on Christmas, and the

61
00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:16.439
<v Speaker 2>fifth time they're playing at home. On the holiday. Ruins

62
00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:19.560
<v Speaker 2>and Patriots have Christmas Day off to NFL games later

63
00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:22.879
<v Speaker 2>today Kansas City at Pittsburgh, at won Baltimore at Houston.

64
00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:26.120
<v Speaker 2>That's at four thirty. Now, let's check the ACU weather

65
00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:29.719
<v Speaker 2>forecast Sun and Patchie Klaus today. Highs thirty two to

66
00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:33.639
<v Speaker 2>thirty six tonight, partly to mostly cloudy, cooling down to

67
00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:36.719
<v Speaker 2>twenty five in the city and surrounding areas teens in

68
00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:39.280
<v Speaker 2>most of those western suburbs, near thirty on the Cape

69
00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:41.919
<v Speaker 2>and the Islands. Tomorrow, we're going to see some clouds

70
00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:44.800
<v Speaker 2>to start off the day. Then it'll become mostly sunny,

71
00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:48.120
<v Speaker 2>but still chili. High's only reaching thirty seven degrees, low

72
00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:51.120
<v Speaker 2>forties on the Cape. In the Islands, highs not far

73
00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:55.240
<v Speaker 2>from forty on Friday, with mostly sunny sky Saturday, once

74
00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:58.639
<v Speaker 2>again that high sticking around forty degrees, but it'll be

75
00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:02.639
<v Speaker 2>mostly cloudy on the Saturday, toward the mid forties on

76
00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:05.159
<v Speaker 2>the Cape and the Islands. Right now, checking the tempts

77
00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:09.599
<v Speaker 2>we're seeing, Let's see Pittsfield twenty three degrees, Northampton twenty seven.

78
00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:13.199
<v Speaker 2>We have twenty eight in Springfield, twenty seven in Worcester

79
00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:16.560
<v Speaker 2>twenty seven as well in Framingham up on the north

80
00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:21.800
<v Speaker 2>shore twenty eight degrees, in Ipswich twenty seven, in Denvers

81
00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:27.279
<v Speaker 2>along the south SouthShore twenty nine, in Quincy twenty nine

82
00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:30.360
<v Speaker 2>as well in Plymouth. We have thirty one degrees in

83
00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:34.079
<v Speaker 2>New Bedford and Taunton. In the city right now mostly

84
00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:38.959
<v Speaker 2>Sunnay twenty seven degrees at eleven oh five. Back to newsdown.

85
00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:41.879
<v Speaker 2>Many businesses are closed on this Christmas Day, but not

86
00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:45.399
<v Speaker 2>a Christmas store in downtown Crossing. We get that from

87
00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:46.720
<v Speaker 2>WBC's Carl Stevens.

88
00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:49.519
<v Speaker 4>The Old Corner Christmas Store here in Downtown Crossing is

89
00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:52.480
<v Speaker 4>open today. It's opened every day. In fact, manager Vanessa

90
00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:55.879
<v Speaker 4>Silva says their busiest time of year is in Christmas time.

91
00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:58.800
<v Speaker 4>It's summertime because of all the tourists, so.

92
00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:02.240
<v Speaker 8>You can't answer here on the summer and still feel

93
00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:03.120
<v Speaker 8>like Christmas time.

94
00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:06.600
<v Speaker 4>Some of their most popular items are Boston themed ornaments.

95
00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:11.920
<v Speaker 8>We have on Dafeniel Hall ornament, we have the States House,

96
00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:15.360
<v Speaker 8>we have Preday show, so it's very unique.

97
00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:17.560
<v Speaker 4>And of course the Old Corner Christmas Store gets a

98
00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:19.920
<v Speaker 4>lot of visitors this time of year, like this woman.

99
00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:21.160
<v Speaker 2>It's so cute.

100
00:05:21.279 --> 00:05:22.920
<v Speaker 7>There's got a lot of different stuff, a lot of

101
00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:24.319
<v Speaker 7>stuff you can't see other places.

102
00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:26.199
<v Speaker 4>And it says Christmas.

103
00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:28.600
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it does. It absolutely says Christmas.

104
00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:32.439
<v Speaker 4>From Downtown Crossing Carl Stevens WBC Boston's News radio.

105
00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:36.319
<v Speaker 2>Dozens of residents in the Broadway Glenn Building on Broadway

106
00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:39.040
<v Speaker 2>and Chelsea have been without heat and hot water in

107
00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:42.279
<v Speaker 2>this cold snap since the weekend. The buildings owners say

108
00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:45.560
<v Speaker 2>that the issues have been addressed, with two boilers now

109
00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:48.959
<v Speaker 2>repaired one more boiler to go. They also say that

110
00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:52.199
<v Speaker 2>fifty electric space heaters have been provided to residents, but

111
00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:56.600
<v Speaker 2>tennants say the cold water is making shower very showering

112
00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:00.279
<v Speaker 2>very difficult, especially for the elderly and the complex since

113
00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:03.639
<v Speaker 2>some of the residents are also on oxygen. The bald

114
00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:08.839
<v Speaker 2>eagle is officially designated the national bird of the United States.

115
00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:13.639
<v Speaker 1>It had gone unnoticed for decades that the majestic bird,

116
00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:16.600
<v Speaker 1>with its white head, yellow beak, and brown body, a

117
00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:19.439
<v Speaker 1>symbol of the power and strength of the United States

118
00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:21.800
<v Speaker 1>for more than two hundred and forty years, had never

119
00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:26.040
<v Speaker 1>been officially designated as our national bird. That oversight was

120
00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:29.800
<v Speaker 1>rectified when President Biden signed into law legislation sent to

121
00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:32.879
<v Speaker 1>him by Congress that amends the United States Code to

122
00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:35.399
<v Speaker 1>make the bald eagle our national bird.

123
00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:41.000
<v Speaker 2>Now that was CBS News reporter Christopher Cruz there. The

124
00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:44.000
<v Speaker 2>bald Eagle has appeared on the Great Seal of the

125
00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:48.720
<v Speaker 2>United States, which is used in official documents since seventeen

126
00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:53.000
<v Speaker 2>eighty two, when the design was finalized, a seal made

127
00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:57.560
<v Speaker 2>up of the eagle and olive branch and arrows. Not

128
00:06:57.680 --> 00:06:59.959
<v Speaker 2>the King of Rock and Roll, but police in Stoton

129
00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:04.399
<v Speaker 2>searching for Elvis Elvis Andrate of Broughton, suspected of breaking

130
00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:08.480
<v Speaker 2>into several vehicles. Police obtaining an arrest warrant on charges

131
00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:11.480
<v Speaker 2>including eight counts of breaking and entering in five counts

132
00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:14.839
<v Speaker 2>of larceny. Back on December fourth, a stolen debit card

133
00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:19.079
<v Speaker 2>was used out of CBS investigators obtaining video footage of

134
00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:23.240
<v Speaker 2>the suspect, who was wearing Grinch pajamas at the time.

135
00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:26.600
<v Speaker 2>You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout

136
00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:29.839
<v Speaker 2>the day, listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeart

137
00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.720
<v Speaker 2>Radio app. I'm Sherry Small, WBZ Boston's news radio