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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>eighty six degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening.

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans are applauding the passage of President Trump's Big, Beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>bill in the House of Representatives this afternoon. Speaker Mike

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<v Speaker 2>Johnson says his party had a vision for the bill

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<v Speaker 2>and that it will cause real positive change.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe in the people that are standing here behind me.

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<v Speaker 3>I believe in this group, every single one of them individuals.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of them are more fun to deal with than others,

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<v Speaker 1>you know.

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<v Speaker 2>And just two House Republicans voted no on the bill

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<v Speaker 2>after Johnson spent the night winning over the Republican holdouts.

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<v Speaker 2>The budget package is full of tax breaks and spending

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<v Speaker 2>cuts the programs like Medicaid. Massachusetts lawmakers have condemned the

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<v Speaker 2>passage of the bill, Senator Elizabeth Warren posting Republicans in

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<v Speaker 2>the House just cheered as they voted to kick seventeen

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<v Speaker 2>million people off their healthcare. Congressman Jay coockincloss the bill

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<v Speaker 2>is bad for Massachusetts and unfair to the middle class.

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<v Speaker 2>President Tromp has set a signing for tomorrow evening at

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<v Speaker 2>the White House. The nation's highest court has agreed to

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<v Speaker 2>review a case on transgender students and their participation in

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<v Speaker 2>school sports. Justice to say they'll review lower court rulings

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<v Speaker 2>in favor of transgender athletes in Idaho and West Virginia.

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<v Speaker 2>The case highlights a broader national debate, with more than

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<v Speaker 2>two dozen states in acting laws restricting transgender women and

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<v Speaker 2>girls from participating in certain sports. Some of the laws

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<v Speaker 2>have been blocked in court. Like a motto rocket or

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<v Speaker 2>a Roman candle, a lot of Americans are taken off

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<v Speaker 2>for the fourth.

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<v Speaker 3>More than seventy two million Americans will fly or drive

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<v Speaker 3>somewhere to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday. Mellory is

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<v Speaker 3>heading to the mountains of South Carolina.

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<v Speaker 2>Renting a cabin with friends.

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<v Speaker 4>This year, we've got a pool, so I think we're

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<v Speaker 4>going to spend a lot of time by the pool,

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<v Speaker 4>jus parks, hiking, sight seeing, hopefully fireworks.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes.

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<v Speaker 3>Triple ASA's average Fourth of July gas prices are the

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<v Speaker 3>lower they've been for the holiday in four years. Jim Chrysuli,

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<v Speaker 3>CBS News, Lambsburg, Virginia.

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<v Speaker 2>The Boston Pop switching things up for the annual Independence

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<v Speaker 2>Day celebration on the Esplanade. Wbz's Jeremy Russ explains what's

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<v Speaker 2>different this time around the show.

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<v Speaker 4>We'll start with a concert featuring guests like Grammy singer

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<v Speaker 4>ly Anne Rhymes and Hamilton star Leslie Odom Junior at

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<v Speaker 4>seven o'clock tomorrow night, which is an hour earlier than

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<v Speaker 4>last year. The fireworks will also start a bit early,

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<v Speaker 4>closer to nine forty instead of ten thirty per usual.

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<v Speaker 4>It's all happening at the Hatshell on the Charles River Esplanade.

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<v Speaker 4>You have to get there early, very early if you

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<v Speaker 4>want the best seats. The Oval, which is the grassy

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<v Speaker 4>area near the Hatshell, opens at noon. Jeremy Russ WBZ

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<v Speaker 4>Boston's News Radio Standing the ground, but that ground might

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<v Speaker 4>become shakier. A paid dispute has led public defenders in

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<v Speaker 4>Massachusetts to refuse to take new cases. Now, a justice

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<v Speaker 4>on the state Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that it's

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<v Speaker 4>time to move forward, implementing the La Valley Protocol, which

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<v Speaker 4>creates a process for releasing defenders who do not have

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<v Speaker 4>the appropriate representation and potentially dismissing cases after a set

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<v Speaker 4>time limit. The Justice had also asked to order a

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<v Speaker 4>pay increase for bar advocates. However, she denied the request,

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<v Speaker 4>writing it is not the duty. It is the duty

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<v Speaker 4>of the legislature to set such rates. We have a

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<v Speaker 4>severe thunderstorm watch that has been posted until ten o'clock tonight.

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<v Speaker 4>Except for the Cape and Islands, we are expecting to

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<v Speaker 4>get underneath a few showers or gusty storms as the

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<v Speaker 4>afternoon and evening unfold.

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<v Speaker 2>So far, on the radar, we've been fairly clean, although

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<v Speaker 2>now we're starting to see that activity pop especially out

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<v Speaker 2>into western Massachusetts. Southern Berkshire is getting under a storm.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got a few more storms popping up across parts

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<v Speaker 2>of central Connecticut, so we'll watch all of this. Vermontsco

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<v Speaker 2>got a couple of storms popping up too, So here

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<v Speaker 2>we go. I'm going to get this thing revved up

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<v Speaker 2>as we head through the latter part of the afternoon

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<v Speaker 2>and into the evening. But eventually we'll push the storm through,

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<v Speaker 2>push the storm out, and bring in some clear skies.

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<v Speaker 2>Tonight sixty six in Boston, upper fifties for the inland suburbs,

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<v Speaker 2>and then it looks like we're pretty home free for

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<v Speaker 2>the holiday weekend. Tomorrow mid eighties with some sunshine, low humidity,

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<v Speaker 2>Saturday mid to upper eighties with some sunshine, a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>higher humidity but not bad, and then Sunday turning hot

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<v Speaker 2>end somewhat even more humid, sun and clouds ninety two.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, we're at eighty six degrees in Boston. Some

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<v Speaker 2>people like to take their pets on vacation, and there's

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<v Speaker 2>only two better places for pet friendly hotels in the

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<v Speaker 2>country than an historic Boston hotel. As we hear from

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<v Speaker 2>WBZ Sherry Small.

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<v Speaker 5>The Fairmont Copley Plaza and Back Bay took third place

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<v Speaker 5>in USA Today's Reader's Choice Awards for rolling out the

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<v Speaker 5>red carpet for its furry guests.

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<v Speaker 6>His name's Bubba.

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<v Speaker 2>We rescued him.

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<v Speaker 6>He's an American bulldog, but he's not pure bread, so

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<v Speaker 6>we're not quite sure exactly what he is.

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<v Speaker 5>Devin traveled to Boston from Bermuda.

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<v Speaker 6>And he chose here because we know the Fairmont's always

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<v Speaker 6>really great with dogs. They've been very welcoming to Bubba.

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<v Speaker 5>Some of the pet friendly perks, so.

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<v Speaker 6>There's a doggy menu, which is exorbitantly expensive but hilariously cute.

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<v Speaker 5>One of those menu items codfish and caviar.

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<v Speaker 6>And it's just nice when you walk in with your

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<v Speaker 6>dog and everyone's friendly and says hi. Nobody gives you

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<v Speaker 6>the side eye or wonders whether or not you should

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<v Speaker 6>be here. So yeah, it makes all the difference.

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<v Speaker 5>From back base. Sherry Small, WBZ, Boston's news Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>I love to get my codfish and caviar at the hotel.

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<v Speaker 2>The Canadian government says it's taking steps to protect the

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<v Speaker 2>endangered North Atlantic right whale. The whales migrate to New

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<v Speaker 2>England and Canada every year to feed the wildlife, often

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<v Speaker 2>struck though by passing ships or they become entangled in

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<v Speaker 2>fishing gear. There are only three hundred and seventy right

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<v Speaker 2>whales left. Canada is now enforcing mandatory protections this summer,

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<v Speaker 2>including speed restrictions in many areas off the coast. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>apparently wait means something when you're shoveling hot dogs down

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<v Speaker 2>your gullet. The official way in taking place today for

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<v Speaker 2>the Nathan's famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest

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<v Speaker 2>in Coney Island.

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<v Speaker 7>Joey Chesnutt, who has dominated this event over the years,

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<v Speaker 7>will be once again taking part after he was banned

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<v Speaker 7>from the contest last year over an endorsement deal with

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<v Speaker 7>a rival, Chestnut eight a world record eighty three hot

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<v Speaker 7>dogs and buns in just ten minutes last year during

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<v Speaker 7>a different contest than Nathan's defending women's champion. Meanwhile, Miki

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<v Speaker 7>sudo she'll be trying to pick up another mustard belt.

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<v Speaker 2>That is correspondent's got pringle. You are now in the

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<v Speaker 2>News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBZ,

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