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

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, six o'clock. Mainly clear skies on this Friday morning.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very windy still here in Boston, thirty four degrees.

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<v Speaker 1>As we walk out the door, it feels colder than that.

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<v Speaker 1>The news It's six brought to us by your New

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<v Speaker 1>England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for being with us this Friday morning. I'm Jeff Brown.

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<v Speaker 1>You ready for this more sun than clouds today. It

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<v Speaker 1>will be blustering and cold with a high thirty nine,

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<v Speaker 1>but acual the real field temperatures little to mid twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>Is WBZ ackiweather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. We are about to

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<v Speaker 1>enter the coldest stretch Greater Boston has seen in seven years.

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<v Speaker 1>For five hundred and thirty five elected officials. The pinnacle

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<v Speaker 1>of power begins with the swearing in ceremony for the

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred nineteenth Congress in the nation's capital. Today, for

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<v Speaker 1>the first time in six years, Republicans will control both

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<v Speaker 1>the House and the Senate. It's perhaps an even bigger

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<v Speaker 1>day for Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who fights

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<v Speaker 1>for his political life. It is no sure bet that

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<v Speaker 1>Johnson will hang on to the speaker's gavel. He's got

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<v Speaker 1>the full support of President elect Donald Trump, but many

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<v Speaker 1>in the GOP field Johnson has given too much of

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<v Speaker 1>the store to Democrats with the recent bill to avoid

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<v Speaker 1>a government shutdown. A vote on Johnson's future takes place

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<v Speaker 1>at noontime today, almost four years to the day of

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<v Speaker 1>the January sixth attack on the US Capitol. One of

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<v Speaker 1>the continuing mysteries of who planted pipe bombs throughout Washington

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<v Speaker 1>the night before picks up renewed interest. The FBI is

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<v Speaker 1>out with new video surveillance showing a face masked and hooded,

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<v Speaker 1>sweatshirt wearing suspect prowling the streets of DC, presumably planting

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<v Speaker 1>those devices. Official say the suspect was also wearing distinctive

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<v Speaker 1>Nike Air Max sneakers. Despite a manhunt and prior videos released,

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<v Speaker 1>the trail has gone cold. Neither of the devices, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, ever detonated. The funeral procession or former President

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Carter begins tomorrow in Georgia. Current and former US

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<v Speaker 1>Secret Service agents will accompany the hearst carrying the body

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<v Speaker 1>of the thirty ninth president from the Medical Center in

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<v Speaker 1>Americas through his hometown of Planes, where representatives of the

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<v Speaker 1>National Park Service will ring the bell at the Carter

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<v Speaker 1>family Farm thirty nine times. The procession will continue to

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<v Speaker 1>the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta and the Carter Center,

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<v Speaker 1>where mister Carter will lie in repose following an afternoon ceremony.

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<v Speaker 1>The journey continues to the nation's capital next week before

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<v Speaker 1>Memorial Services one week from today. Salem is already making

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<v Speaker 1>more security upgrades that this year's Haunted happenings.

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<v Speaker 2>Officials say they will speed up the installation of security

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<v Speaker 2>barriers and ballards this year and warn people that this

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<v Speaker 2>year's celebration may feel more crowded due to the additional measures.

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<v Speaker 2>Police say it would be shortsighted not to expect an

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<v Speaker 2>attack similar to the likes of what just happened in

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<v Speaker 2>New Orleans. Matt Phipps WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Celtics begin the toughest road trip of their SEAC with

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<v Speaker 1>a win over the Wolves, leaving Minnesota players to wonder

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<v Speaker 1>what they can do to stop Boston Bruins stall from

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<v Speaker 1>pock drop, and they lose to the Rangers in Madison Square,

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<v Speaker 1>Garden Notre Dame Upstates Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. The

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<v Speaker 1>college football playoffs continue next week as the teams advance

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<v Speaker 1>to the semi finals and new props forign Olympic icons.

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<v Speaker 3>Sports Illustrated has named Simone Biles the most decorated gymnast

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<v Speaker 3>of all time. It's twenty twenty four Sportsperson of the Year,

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<v Speaker 3>but her athletic journey could end before the twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 3>eight Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The eleven time champ

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<v Speaker 3>tells SI she's humble enough to know when to retire.

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<v Speaker 3>The twenty seven year old says there are consequences for

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<v Speaker 3>being greedy. She says she'd rather look back at her

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<v Speaker 3>accomplishments and say, quote, damn, she was good. Deborah Rodriguez,

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<v Speaker 3>CBS News.

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<v Speaker 1>For many of us, our grueling two day work week

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<v Speaker 1>is about to come to a close, and we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to finish in cold fashion. Today. It's still windy in

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<v Speaker 1>Boston and it's just a tick above freezing right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Under mainly clear skies. We will see more sun than

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<v Speaker 1>clouds today. The winds will be howling into the thirty

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<v Speaker 1>mile per hour range. That's slightly less than yesterday, and

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<v Speaker 1>they'll start to die down late this afternoon as we

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<v Speaker 1>head into the evening hours, but temperatures do not get

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<v Speaker 1>out of the thirties today. It's even colder still overnight tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>as we drop back into the twenties. We'll be right

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<v Speaker 1>around the freezing mark both tomorrow, Sunday and into the

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<v Speaker 1>new work week on Monday. We're watching the activities of

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<v Speaker 1>a storm system that's going to hit the mid Atlantic

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday into Monday, quite possibly dumping between six and

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<v Speaker 1>twelve inches of snow along the Eastern Seaboard. But it

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<v Speaker 1>looks like that storm system is going to stay well

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<v Speaker 1>to our south and the cold is going to continue

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<v Speaker 1>for several more days. Right now in Boston's thirty four

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<v Speaker 1>very windy, mainly clear skies at six oh six on

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<v Speaker 1>this Friday morning, In fact, tens of millions of Americans

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<v Speaker 1>are about to go into a deep freeze.

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<v Speaker 4>If you've got a new winter hat or gloves for

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<v Speaker 4>the holidays, now's the time to write a fank you

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<v Speaker 4>note for the person who gave them to you, because

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<v Speaker 4>you're going to need them. We're going to see some

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<v Speaker 4>pretty cold temperatures with highs under forty for the next

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<v Speaker 4>two weeks. It's the first time we've had a stretch

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<v Speaker 4>like that since twenty eighteen, and with real fuels. Many

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<v Speaker 4>of these days are going to feel like it's the

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<v Speaker 4>teens outside, and while we have to bundle up, there's

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<v Speaker 4>a good chance we won't need to dig out. While

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<v Speaker 4>there is a big storm heading to the northeast Sunday

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<v Speaker 4>night into Monday, it's expected to miss us to the

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<v Speaker 4>south and hit New York and southern New England instead.

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<v Speaker 4>Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Big changes they're coming to this year's Boston Calling Music Festival.

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<v Speaker 1>Many who were there last year vent over packed and

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<v Speaker 1>unsafe crowd conditions, and organizers say they hear you. Officials

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<v Speaker 1>say they've invested in a state of the art rotating

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<v Speaker 1>stage that will provide better views, more space, and a

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<v Speaker 1>better overall listening experience. More water stations will also be

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<v Speaker 1>scattered among the crowd too, and some ticket prices might

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<v Speaker 1>actually be cheaper. This year, Boston Calling comes to the

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<v Speaker 1>Harvard Athletic Complex Memorial Day weekend. The MBTA continues to

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<v Speaker 1>take its victory lap with subway slow zones illimited, but

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<v Speaker 1>a lonely commuter rail stop in Plymouth is badly in

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<v Speaker 1>need of a makeover.

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<v Speaker 5>At one point here at Cornage Park and Plymouth, this

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<v Speaker 5>commuter rail station was bustling with riders from Plymouth to Boston.

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<v Speaker 5>Now that this world commuter rail station is no more,

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<v Speaker 5>it's turned into an eyesore more than anything. But people

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<v Speaker 5>in a town want to change that.

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<v Speaker 6>If we can make our town more suitable for walking

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<v Speaker 6>and biking, I think it'd be a lot better.

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<v Speaker 5>There's chatter about turning this waterfront property into walking and

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<v Speaker 5>biking trails. Plymouth is turning into a very walkable town

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<v Speaker 5>along Court Street only makes sense.

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<v Speaker 4>And many of the downtown employees that often rely on

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<v Speaker 4>walking or biking to get to.

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<v Speaker 5>Work only discussions being had at the moment. But this

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<v Speaker 5>out of service station is another painful reminder of the

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<v Speaker 5>pandemics lasting impact in North Plymouth. Jim McKay WBZ Boston's

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<v Speaker 5>News Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>It appears Americans are making the most of their time

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<v Speaker 1>at work. Wbz's Drew m'holland, what exactly does this mean?

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<v Speaker 4>Here?

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<v Speaker 6>We go don't work harder, Jeffrey, work smarter, that's it.

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<v Speaker 6>It's worker productivity is on the rise, the Labor Department says,

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<v Speaker 6>so it's been more than a year of sustained increases

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<v Speaker 6>to productivity.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep in mind this is.

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<v Speaker 7>While many of us continue to work from home. Many

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<v Speaker 7>of our bosses want us back in the office. Though

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<v Speaker 7>artificial intelligence given some of the credit for the advance here,

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<v Speaker 7>some tasks only take minutes now that used to take

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<v Speaker 7>a whole lot longer.

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<v Speaker 5>It is the world we live in, Jeffrey.

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<v Speaker 1>You are now in the loop for news updates throughout

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio.