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

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<v Speaker 2>Sunny in thirty one degrees in Boston. It's eleven o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Saturday morning. I'm Sherry Small. It's February eighth. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>get you caught up. Here's what's happening, all right, Grace

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<v Speaker 2>for a snowstorm.

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<v Speaker 3>After're ned increasing clouds tight thirty four.

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<v Speaker 1>That snow arrives this evening, comes heavy at times later

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<v Speaker 1>tonight before ending tomorrow morning.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's hacky weather meteorologist Phil Degger. A winter storm warning,

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<v Speaker 2>in fact, is in effect starting at seven o'clock tonight

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<v Speaker 2>for almost all of Massachusetts except the Cape in the Islands.

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<v Speaker 2>WBC's Jared Brosnan has the very latest for us.

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<v Speaker 4>No, it is on its way, as we're seeing at

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<v Speaker 4>the moment. Snow will arrive in the Boston area between

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<v Speaker 4>the nine to ten PM hour or so tonight.

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<v Speaker 5>That's Francis Terazowitz with the National Weather Service. He says

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<v Speaker 5>most of the state will see between five to nine inches,

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<v Speaker 5>but how it looks depends on where you are.

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<v Speaker 4>Highest impacts there likely with the northern third of the state,

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<v Speaker 4>generally north of the mass Pike, probably closer to that

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<v Speaker 4>nine inch amount. Towards coastal areas, the Cape and the Islands,

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<v Speaker 4>lesser amounts of snowfalls, and those areas we'll see a

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<v Speaker 4>heavier wet snow with potentially some sleet mixing in, especially

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<v Speaker 4>around the islands or so.

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<v Speaker 5>But there's some good news for those heading out of

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<v Speaker 5>the house tomorrow afternoon for the Super Bowl.

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<v Speaker 4>Though actual snow falling from the sky will be an issue.

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<v Speaker 4>Of course, the secondary roads may be issues. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>generally speaking, we're not expecting snow to really last much

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<v Speaker 4>longer than Sunday morning.

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<v Speaker 5>Ready to shovel, I'm Jared Brosnan, WBZ, Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>A Boston teacher arrested at his home in Brookline for

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<v Speaker 2>allegedly exchanging sexual messages and photos with teenage girls online.

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<v Speaker 2>Police say thirty two year old John Gavin was talking

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<v Speaker 2>on discord with up to six girls between the ages

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<v Speaker 2>of twelve and seventeen, and they say that's where he

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<v Speaker 2>allegedly told the girls that he was a teacher and

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<v Speaker 2>enticed them to swap naked photos. Official saying none of

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<v Speaker 2>the victims were from Massachusetts. Gavin is a teacher at

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<v Speaker 2>the Josiah Quincy Upper School in Boston and used to

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<v Speaker 2>work at the Hayes School in Brookline as a paraprofessional.

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<v Speaker 2>He was arraigned yesterday in Brookline District Court and ordered

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<v Speaker 2>held on fifty thousand dollars cash bail. Meanwhile, a Newton

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<v Speaker 2>man is arraigned on charges of allegedly sexually assaulting a

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<v Speaker 2>teenage girl last year on a flight from Puerto Rico

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<v Speaker 2>to Boston. Jonathan Leffman's attorney spoke with reporters, including CBS

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<v Speaker 2>News Boston's Best GERMANO in South Boston Federal Court.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you have anything to say?

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<v Speaker 5>Say?

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<v Speaker 3>He say your new laim es.

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<v Speaker 4>Jonathan Lefman is completely interced of these charges.

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<v Speaker 3>We look forward to being vindicated in court.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty six year old Jonathan Leffman rushed with his attorney

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<v Speaker 1>to a waiting car after facing charges of making repeated

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<v Speaker 1>sexual contact with a seventeen year old girl seated in

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<v Speaker 1>front of him on a Jet Blue flight from Puerto

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<v Speaker 1>Rico to Boston last August. According to court documents, investigators

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<v Speaker 1>who in interviewed the team say she pointed her finger

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<v Speaker 1>and made a sweeping motion left and right across her

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<v Speaker 1>buttocks to describe what happened.

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<v Speaker 2>The victim claims that she has video evidence of the assault.

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<v Speaker 2>Left men faces up to two years in prison and

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<v Speaker 2>a quarter million dollar fine if convicted. And ALIS check

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<v Speaker 2>the weather. Don't be fooled. It looks really calm out

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<v Speaker 2>there right now. We have beautiful sunny skies, but we

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<v Speaker 2>have quite the storm on the way. Winter storm warning

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<v Speaker 2>is in effect from seven o'clock tonight, lasting through one

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock tomorrow afternoon. But as I said, we're just seeing

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<v Speaker 2>right now sunshine followed by some clouds with a high

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<v Speaker 2>thirty four, but the snow arriving tonight, becoming heavy at

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<v Speaker 2>times later at night, before it ends tomorrow morning. All

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<v Speaker 2>is said and done, we'll see about forty eight inches

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<v Speaker 2>in some of those areas two to four toward the

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<v Speaker 2>cape and the islands. Low tonight is twenty seven degrees Tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>just some lingering clouds in the afternoon and a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of clean up. Highs thirty three to thirty six. Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>we had back to work with mostly sunny skies, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be cold to I have just thirty three,

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<v Speaker 2>pretty much the same on Tuesday, and if we look ahead,

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<v Speaker 2>another chance of snow arrives for Tuesday night ends to Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 2>It's eleven oh six. Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey sounding the

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<v Speaker 2>alarm about climate funding that's been frozen.

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<v Speaker 3>Senator Markuee says he showed up to the doorstep of

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<v Speaker 3>the EPA this.

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<v Speaker 1>Week and I was refused entrance.

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<v Speaker 3>As inside, a team of Elon Musk's federal cost cutters

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<v Speaker 3>ask scientists to justify their jobs.

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<v Speaker 4>They're doing this in darkness.

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<v Speaker 3>In Markey's eyes, what's happening in Washington right now is

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<v Speaker 3>a scheme to loot funds from agencies and use the

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<v Speaker 3>money for tax breaks for the wealthy.

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<v Speaker 5>In Massachusetts, a loan talking about the EPA funding, It's

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<v Speaker 5>three hundred and sixteen million dollars is frozen right.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, funds for things like solar panels and electric school buses.

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<v Speaker 3>A judge has ordered funds from the Inflation Reduction Act

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<v Speaker 3>to be unfrozen, but.

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<v Speaker 5>It's very clear that has not happened.

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<v Speaker 3>The White House says it's sweeping plan. It's to make

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<v Speaker 3>sure spending is aligned with the president's agenda. In Government Center,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Madison Rogers w b Z Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Right blocked a federal judge issues in order preventing Elon

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<v Speaker 2>Musk in the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury

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<v Speaker 2>Department records. Judge Paul Engelmayer ruling the Treasury records contained

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<v Speaker 2>sensitive personal data like social security and bank account numbers

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<v Speaker 2>for millions of Americans. The judge's preliminary injunction coming in

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<v Speaker 2>response to a suit that was filed by nineteen Attorneys general,

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<v Speaker 2>including Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell. This morning's ruling also orders

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<v Speaker 2>anyone having access to the information since January twentieth, that's

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<v Speaker 2>including Musk's doge Bros. To immediately destroy any copies that

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<v Speaker 2>were downloaded from Treasury's the Treasury's systems. President Trump continues

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<v Speaker 2>to talk tariff fitting alongside Japan's minister. Trump said he'll

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<v Speaker 2>announced tariff's next week that match the duties other countries

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<v Speaker 2>impose on American product.

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<v Speaker 1>Reciprocal trade so that we're treated evenly with other countries.

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<v Speaker 3>From also announcing nip On Steel will make a major

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<v Speaker 3>investment in US Steel after Biden blocked the Japanese company's

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<v Speaker 3>fourteen billion dollar takeover bid.

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<v Speaker 2>ABC's Selena Wang reporting you are now in the loop

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<v Speaker 2>for news updates. Throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News

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