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

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<v Speaker 2>News, fifty one degrees and Sonny in Boston at eleven o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Thursday morning. I'm Madison Rogers, and let's start this hour.

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<v Speaker 2>In Washington, d C. Demonstrators there are spending May Day

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<v Speaker 2>setting up an encampment on the National Mall. They say

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<v Speaker 2>they'll be there twenty four to seven.

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<v Speaker 3>We are advocating and urging Congress to act and impeach,

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<v Speaker 3>convict and remove the president.

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<v Speaker 2>David Mittich is with a grassroots group called May Day

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<v Speaker 2>Movement USA. He says there are dozens of reasons to

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<v Speaker 2>impeach the president, including his administration's defiance of court orders

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<v Speaker 2>and the president's commutations for January sixth.

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<v Speaker 3>Rioters, it's a constitutional crisis, and there's a lot of people,

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<v Speaker 3>unfortunately on the Democratic side, that want to wait till

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<v Speaker 3>the midterms. We believe that we don't have that much time.

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<v Speaker 3>There's over I don't know, five hundred days now till

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<v Speaker 3>the midterms.

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<v Speaker 2>Demonstrations are happening around the country today, including on Boston

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<v Speaker 2>Common this evening. Organizers there have a rallying cry of

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<v Speaker 2>stop the billionaire Takeover. May Day is International Workers Day

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<v Speaker 2>as well. Yesterday, the President acknowledged his tariffs will cause

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<v Speaker 2>working families some pain, but insists it will be well

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<v Speaker 2>worth it. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reportedly been

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<v Speaker 2>in touch with Kilmar Abrego Garcia. He's the Maryland man

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<v Speaker 2>who the Trump administration has admitted to mistakenly deporting his

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<v Speaker 2>native El Salvador. ABC's Catherine Folders has more.

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<v Speaker 4>There have been a lot of mixed messages from the

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<v Speaker 4>government on this. We know that Trump said in an

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<v Speaker 4>interview with Terry Moran that he could pick up the

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<v Speaker 4>phone and call on but of course he's deferring to

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<v Speaker 4>his lawyers on that. While we know that the Secretary

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<v Speaker 4>of State has been in direct contact, the question remains,

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<v Speaker 4>though our house significant are those conversations, Are they really

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<v Speaker 4>trying to get him back? Are there active negotiations going

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<v Speaker 4>on around this, and what exactly is Rubio doing. But

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<v Speaker 4>it does seem that it is a big development in

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<v Speaker 4>terms of the contact between the US and El Salvador.

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<v Speaker 2>The Supreme Court has told the administration to facilitate a

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<v Speaker 2>Brego Garcia's return from a notorious El Salvador prison, but

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<v Speaker 2>the White House says that is not going to happen. Yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>a federal judge in Maryland once again ordered the administration

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<v Speaker 2>to provide details about its efforts or lack thereof, to

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<v Speaker 2>bring a breako Garcia back, a local immigrant advocacy group,

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<v Speaker 2>has joined a new lawsuit against the Trump administration over

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<v Speaker 2>stripped federal funds. The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy or

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<v Speaker 2>MIRRA Coalition lost out on three hundred thousand dollars after

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<v Speaker 2>DHS cut off grants which we're supposed to go to

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<v Speaker 2>helping local greenhard C Green card holders apply for citizenship.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that programming has been halted, the mere coalition says.

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<v Speaker 2>The HS told mass Live that taxpayer funded programs that

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<v Speaker 2>support or have the potential to support illegal immigration are

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<v Speaker 2>out of step with the President's priorities. In the four

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<v Speaker 2>day wbz ACI weather forecasts, we have tons of sun

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<v Speaker 2>and clouds out there this afternoon in Boston. The highs

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<v Speaker 2>near sixty, but it gets into the low seventies for

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<v Speaker 2>some inland suburbs. Tonight turns out cloudy. We will have

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<v Speaker 2>a shower too late. It's a low near fifty. Some

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<v Speaker 2>rain for Friday, really a spotty thunderstorm. Otherwise, It's damp

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<v Speaker 2>to start, with some breaks of sunshine in the afternoon,

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<v Speaker 2>warm and humid seventy six toot eighty for the high

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<v Speaker 2>again upper seventies, maybe eighty on Saturday, with a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of showers, maybe a thunderstorm. Sunday looks like a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of showers around Otherwise it's cloudy and breezy, bit cooler

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<v Speaker 2>out there, with a high around sixty four in Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>and looking ahead, some rain and drizzle are possible both

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<v Speaker 2>Monday and Tuesday. It is sunshine across the Bay State.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now in Boston fifty one degrees and breezy at

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<v Speaker 2>eleven oh five. As Harvard fights the Trump administration in court,

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<v Speaker 2>some Ivy League professors are enlisting. The wlbz's Jim McKay.

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<v Speaker 1>Explains several dozen faculty members at Harvard have pledged to

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<v Speaker 1>donate ten percent of their salaries for an entire year

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<v Speaker 1>to help Harvard in their legal battles against the Trump administration.

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<v Speaker 1>While eighty members have committed to the ten percent salary

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<v Speaker 1>pledge thus far, they're still collecting signatures. The total commitments

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<v Speaker 1>they have right now are totally two million dollars. On

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<v Speaker 1>top of the legal battles. Billions in research grants have

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<v Speaker 1>also been pulled by the Trump administration over Harvard refusing

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<v Speaker 1>to buckle to their demands. Jim MCKAWBZ Boston's News radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her first major speech

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<v Speaker 2>since leaving office last night, and she used it to

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<v Speaker 2>attack the man she lost to in November.

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<v Speaker 5>You are not alone and we are all in this together,

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<v Speaker 5>and straight talk.

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<v Speaker 2>Things are probably going to get worse before they get better,

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<v Speaker 2>Harris in San Francisco as rumors swirl around a potential

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<v Speaker 2>run for California governor. The former Vice president accused President

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<v Speaker 2>Trump of abandoning American ideals and using his agenda to

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<v Speaker 2>slash public education, to shrink and privatize the governments, and

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<v Speaker 2>to cut taxes for the wealthiest among us. The Tony

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<v Speaker 2>nominations are out this morning, and there are some big

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<v Speaker 2>names on the list getting ready for Broadway's biggest award

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<v Speaker 2>show of the year. George Clooney, Mia Farrow, Bob Odenkirk,

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<v Speaker 2>Sadie Sink, and Sarah Snook all nominated for their performances.

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<v Speaker 2>Contenders for Best Play include English, The Hills of California,

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<v Speaker 2>and Oh Mary for Best Musical. The noms include Buena

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<v Speaker 2>Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Operation Mincemeat. The

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<v Speaker 2>Tony Awards are set for June eighth, and there's a

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<v Speaker 2>controversial new musical out in San Francisco about a murder

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<v Speaker 2>case that's script and divided the nation.

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<v Speaker 5>Twenty six year old accused of shooting United Healthcare CEO

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<v Speaker 5>Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan late last year is the

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<v Speaker 5>subject of the sixty minute musical called Luigi, now in

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<v Speaker 5>Rehearsalshoni creators say the musical will follow Mangioni's time at

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<v Speaker 5>the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn with real life cell

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<v Speaker 5>mate Sam Bankman Freed and p Diddy by a side

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<v Speaker 5>For anyone who likes comedy and show tunes, they say,

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<v Speaker 5>Luigi will be your new favorite Felony. Luigi, A True

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<v Speaker 5>Story of love, murder, and hash Brown's runs from June

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<v Speaker 5>thirteenth to the twenty eighth. More information is available at

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<v Speaker 5>Luigiimusical dot info. I'm Michael Cassner.

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<v Speaker 2>Madison Rodgers WBZ, Boston's news radio