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

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<v Speaker 2>It is forty one degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock

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<v Speaker 2>and good Thursday morning. We're following some developing news as

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<v Speaker 2>the Celtics are sold. The buyer is William Chisholm, a

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<v Speaker 2>Georgetown native who runs a private equity firm called Symphony

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<v Speaker 2>Technology Group based out of California. Chisholm paying six point

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<v Speaker 2>one billion dollars for the team. That's the highest sum

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<v Speaker 2>ever paid for a North American sports franchise. Co owner

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<v Speaker 2>Wick Grausbeg will keep his job as the team's governor

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<v Speaker 2>through the twenty twenty seven to twenty eight season. His

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<v Speaker 2>family bought the Celtics in two thousand and two. President

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<v Speaker 2>Trump is expected to sign an executive order this afternoon

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<v Speaker 2>to shut down the Department of Education.

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<v Speaker 3>Administration is already laid off half the department's staff. Sources

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<v Speaker 3>say the Education Secretary will now be directed to dissolve

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<v Speaker 3>the agency while keeping critical services and programs in place elsewhere.

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<v Speaker 3>The order comes after Trump vowed to return education authority

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<v Speaker 3>to the States.

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<v Speaker 2>That is, ABC's Andrea Fuji. Workers at the doe's Boston

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<v Speaker 2>office were among those included in large scale layoffs last week,

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<v Speaker 2>The Massachusetts Teachers Association said the layoffs jeopardized federal funding

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<v Speaker 2>that supports things like special education programs and meal services.

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<v Speaker 2>Though President Trump has said that he does want to

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<v Speaker 2>shut down the department, he can't do that completely without

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<v Speaker 2>congressional approval. The Israeli military is still striking targets inside Gaza.

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<v Speaker 2>Earlier this week, Israel broke the ceasefire that began in

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<v Speaker 2>January in an attempt to force Hamas into submission. Your

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<v Speaker 2>CBS's Raimian Asensio.

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<v Speaker 4>Israel's military said it has restarted ground operations in central Gaza,

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<v Speaker 4>retaking a key corridor dividing the north and south of

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<v Speaker 4>the Strip, warning gozzen's to evacuate areas turning into combat zones.

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<v Speaker 4>Around five hundred people have reportedly been killed well since

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<v Speaker 4>Israel's shocked air strikes before dawn Tuesday, more than a

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<v Speaker 4>hundred of those believed to be children.

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<v Speaker 2>Israel has threatened total destruction in Gaza if the remaining

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<v Speaker 2>hostages aren't released and if mus isn't expelled. The Trump

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<v Speaker 2>administration is just one more hour to provide more information

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<v Speaker 2>about deportation flights over the weekend and whether they violated

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<v Speaker 2>a judge's order. Here's ABC's Mary Bruce.

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<v Speaker 5>The court giving the Trump administration until noon to turnover

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<v Speaker 5>information about those hasty deportation flights carrying hundreds of Venezuelan migrants,

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<v Speaker 5>who the White House says are violent gang members, but

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<v Speaker 5>so far the administration has been stonewalling. Judge James Boseburg

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<v Speaker 5>says he wants specifics about when exactly the flights took

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<v Speaker 5>off and left US airspace after the administration ignored his

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<v Speaker 5>verbal directive to turn the planes around and return the

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<v Speaker 5>migrants to the US immediately.

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<v Speaker 2>The judges order Saturday blocked the Trump administration from deporting

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<v Speaker 2>non citizens under the Alien Enemies Act, eighteenth century law

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<v Speaker 2>that lets the president's speed up deportations when the country

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<v Speaker 2>is at war. He declared an invasion by the Venezuelan gang. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>And looking at the four day forecast, we will have

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<v Speaker 2>some areas of fog and spotty drizzle moving out and

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<v Speaker 2>then moving back in for this evening. We'll top out

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<v Speaker 2>around fifty one to fifty five degrees this afternoon. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>some wet stuff starting tonight, developing into a steadier rain

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<v Speaker 2>late forty three for the low. We are expecting rain

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<v Speaker 2>at times tomorrow morning as clouds break for some afternoon sunshine.

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<v Speaker 2>It does become windy out there. Forty nine for the high.

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<v Speaker 2>Milder Saturday, fifty seven to sixty one with clouds and

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<v Speaker 2>sun mostly sunny. Sunday buck cooler, quite breezy, with tempts

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<v Speaker 2>in the mid forties. Right now, it's forty one degrees

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<v Speaker 2>in Boston, clouds overhead and a bit of fog around.

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<v Speaker 2>At eleven oh five. The Karen Reid case is back

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<v Speaker 2>in court right now. The judge considering a defense motion

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<v Speaker 2>to allow the jury to.

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<v Speaker 6>Know that the ar Cca crash experts were hired by

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<v Speaker 6>federal investigators, and it led to a tense exchange between

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<v Speaker 6>the judge and defense attorney David Yannetti.

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<v Speaker 7>If I allow, and I'd be very surprised if I

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<v Speaker 7>did mention that this was a federal grand jury and

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<v Speaker 7>that the federal how does that not open the door

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<v Speaker 7>to all the testimony that mister Brennan just brought up

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<v Speaker 7>that he'd be able to get into.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So, first of all, and this is later in

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<v Speaker 1>my argument.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not asking you no, could you answer that now?

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<v Speaker 7>And then saying, you just said it's late. Hold on,

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<v Speaker 7>you just said it's later in the I know, but

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<v Speaker 7>I said.

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<v Speaker 4>You interrupted me, and I was just about to say,

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<v Speaker 4>but I'll address it now.

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<v Speaker 2>Cannettie arguing the jury shouldn't have to speculate on who

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<v Speaker 2>hired the experts, but Prosecutor Hank Brennan says.

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<v Speaker 5>Respectfully, the Commonwealth does not look to hide the truth.

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<v Speaker 7>The reality is if the jury is going to hear information,

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<v Speaker 7>they should hear the entire truth.

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<v Speaker 2>It was brought to the court's attention that the defense

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't upfront about their communications with the ARCA witnesses. The

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<v Speaker 2>trial is set to begin April first for jury selection,

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<v Speaker 2>this despite arguments from the defense and prosecution to delay it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a sure sign of spring March madness is here,

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<v Speaker 2>and wbz's Drew Mamaholland tells us brackets are fixing to

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<v Speaker 2>be busted.

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<v Speaker 8>By the time you hit the pillow tonight, you would

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<v Speaker 8>have had the chance to watch parts of sixteen basketball games.

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<v Speaker 2>Streh.

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<v Speaker 8>Yes, it's one of the most wonderful times of the

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<v Speaker 8>year for the sports fan, especially the college basketball fan.

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<v Speaker 8>And you think you can predict a perfect bracket. Do

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<v Speaker 8>you punk? Well, the odds of predicting all sixty three

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<v Speaker 8>NCAA tournament games correctly are one in nine point two quintillion.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're telling me there's a chance.

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<v Speaker 8>You have a better chance of getting hit by space

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<v Speaker 8>Read what who writes this stuff? Drew Mohollan, WZ Boston's

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<v Speaker 8>News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>S it is the first day of spring today, So

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<v Speaker 2>what exactly does that mean? From a scientific standpoint? Mark

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<v Speaker 2>Mayfield explains.

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<v Speaker 1>At this point in the planet's annual orbit, the Sun

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<v Speaker 1>appears directly over the equator, producing essentially the same amount

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<v Speaker 1>of time in daylight and darkness over today's twenty four hours. Then,

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<v Speaker 1>for the northern half of the planet, daylight hours steadily

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<v Speaker 1>increase until the longest day of the year, the summer

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<v Speaker 1>solstice in June. Time in daylight will then start to

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<v Speaker 1>decline again, eventually reaching the autumnal equinox this fall. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Mayfield.

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<v Speaker 2>You're now in the loop. For news updates throughout the day,

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