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

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<v Speaker 2>News SONNY thirty three in Boston. Right now. Will it

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<v Speaker 2>snow this weekend? Little bit? We'll talk about that coming up.

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<v Speaker 2>But first, good morning, I'm Laurie Kirby and talking our news.

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<v Speaker 2>President elect Donald Trump will take office for the second

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<v Speaker 2>time when he's inaugurated in ten days. When that happens,

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<v Speaker 2>he will become the first president to enter office as

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<v Speaker 2>a convicted felon. We get more of today's sentencing in

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<v Speaker 2>this report from CBS News.

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<v Speaker 3>President elect Donald Trump was sentenced today at his so

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<v Speaker 3>called hush money trial in New York. It is a

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<v Speaker 3>no penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge legal contributor caroline policy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not even a slap on the risk. There is

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<v Speaker 2>no jail time, obviously, but no fines, no conditions, no restitution,

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<v Speaker 2>no community service.

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<v Speaker 3>Trump could have been sentenced four years in prison. Instead,

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<v Speaker 3>the judge sidestep the issue of constitutional immunity by ensuring

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<v Speaker 3>Trump will be the first person convicted of a felony

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<v Speaker 3>to assume the presidency. CBS is Bob Costa.

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<v Speaker 2>Will continue to appeal it.

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<v Speaker 4>He's unhappy with the Supreme Court but there is a sense,

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<v Speaker 4>based on my report in inside Trump's inner circle, that

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<v Speaker 4>this conviction and this unconditional sentencing will not be a

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<v Speaker 4>burden on his presidency once he takes office later this month.

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<v Speaker 3>This case was the only one of his four criminal

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<v Speaker 3>indictments to go to trial and may be the only

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<v Speaker 3>one that ever will CBS New special Report. I'm Cammy McCormick.

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<v Speaker 2>In other news, the new Transportation Task Force, created by

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<v Speaker 2>Governor Healy is looking to get hundreds of millions of

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<v Speaker 2>dollars in funding for the cash strapped MBTA. The Globe

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<v Speaker 2>reports the new team wants to tap into a larger

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<v Speaker 2>portion of revenue from the new Millionaire's Tax to get

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<v Speaker 2>it done. They believe this change alone could almost instantly

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<v Speaker 2>solve the teas immediate budget problem. Some educators say hands

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<v Speaker 2>off that money for the millionaire's tax helps fund free

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<v Speaker 2>community college in the Commonwealth. The MBTA is projecting a

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<v Speaker 2>seven hundred million dollar budget shortfall in the coming fiscal year.

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<v Speaker 2>Hiring picks up steam unexpectedly good last month as the

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<v Speaker 2>unemployment rate ticks down. Here's cibus A Jill Slessinger with

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<v Speaker 2>the numbers. The economy added two hundred and fifty six

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<v Speaker 2>thousand jobs in December. That was much better than the

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred fifty thousand jobs that analysts had expected for

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<v Speaker 2>the month. For twenty twenty four, the economy added two

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<v Speaker 2>point two three million jobs. That amounts to about one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and eighty six thousand jobs per month. Also down

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<v Speaker 2>the Dow by six hundred and forty one points. We're

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<v Speaker 2>seeing losses in the Nasdaq down two percent right now,

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<v Speaker 2>SMP losing more than one and a half percent, And

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<v Speaker 2>the federal government is warning about a growing scam where

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<v Speaker 2>fraudsters target victims through text.

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<v Speaker 1>The unsolicited tax sounds promising earn six figures working part

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<v Speaker 1>time from home doing product reviews. People who have followed up, applied,

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<v Speaker 1>and landed a job are then asked to buy equipment,

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<v Speaker 1>pay a job search fee, or provide personal information as

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<v Speaker 1>part of the onboarding process. The Federal Trade Commission calls

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<v Speaker 1>it one of the fastest growing scams going that urges

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<v Speaker 1>anyone who gets an unsolicited tax offering employment to delete it.

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Ryan ABC News.

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<v Speaker 2>It's still windy out there, but it's not a bear

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<v Speaker 2>of a day. We're looking at times above freezing Marshfield,

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<v Speaker 2>sunny thirty four New Bedford sunny thirty four, thirty three

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<v Speaker 2>and sunny in Norway to Hie today thirty eight. Lots

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<v Speaker 2>of sun We caught up tonight ahead of some snow tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>and this will be intermittent snow into the early evening

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<v Speaker 2>hours for your Saturday, maybe just as slippery coding to

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<v Speaker 2>an inch of snow should be pretty hi tomorrow thirty two,

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<v Speaker 2>warming up to forty on Sunday and Monday with mostly

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<v Speaker 2>sunny scotes. It's eleven oh five. Boston City councilors think

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<v Speaker 2>twice about ethics on their council. Wdbz's Madison Rogers fills

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<v Speaker 2>us in.

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<v Speaker 5>City Councilor Ed Flynn has been calling for the creation

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<v Speaker 5>of a new ethics committee on the council more oversight

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<v Speaker 5>and transparency, but in a decisive vote, Stockett has not

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<v Speaker 5>been adopted. City Council President ruthzie Luisian rejecting the idea

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<v Speaker 5>that the answer here is to have the council police itself.

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<v Speaker 3>That could very easily be politicized on a body such

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<v Speaker 3>as ours.

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<v Speaker 5>Counselors raise concerns that the effort to address corruption could

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<v Speaker 5>become a vehicle for it, and instead promised to work

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<v Speaker 5>more closely with the State Ethics Commission. City councilor Tanya

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<v Speaker 5>Fernandez Anderson is pleaded not guilty to allegation she pocketed

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<v Speaker 5>several thousand dollars in a kickback scheme she voted. Present

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<v Speaker 5>Madison Rogers WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Updating the story we've been following for you here in

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<v Speaker 2>the newsroom. A biggin Hill deadline imposed by the state

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<v Speaker 2>auditor gets a response, but not what she was hoping for.

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<v Speaker 2>It was an email telling Diana Dizaugli that most of

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<v Speaker 2>the record she is seeking as part of a legislative

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<v Speaker 2>audit are already publicly accessible. Desoglio demanded financial receipts and

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<v Speaker 2>non disclosure agreements by three point fifteen yesterday afternoon. Well

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<v Speaker 2>Speaker Mariana's office says they haven't executed any since he

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<v Speaker 2>became speaker in December twenty twenty. The House also fired

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<v Speaker 2>a salva with the auditor, reminding her of their recent

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<v Speaker 2>rules change authorizing her to hire instead an independent firm

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<v Speaker 2>to audit them, and the Senate point person also weighing in,

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<v Speaker 2>saying Dezoglio's new authority approved by voters in Massachusetts to

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<v Speaker 2>audit their chambers has raised serious constitutional questions. Who gets

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<v Speaker 2>paid a lot in Massachusetts? They're on the hardwood, you.

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<v Speaker 6>Mass Men's basketball head coach Frank Martin was the highest

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<v Speaker 6>paid state employee in Massachusetts last year, take home salary

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<v Speaker 6>a cool one point eight million dollars. The bulk of

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<v Speaker 6>the top twenty earners in the state all work for

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<v Speaker 6>the University of Massachusetts system, according to data from the

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<v Speaker 6>Comptroller's office. All in all, the state's payroll increased from

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<v Speaker 6>the nine point three billion and twenty twenty three Governor

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<v Speaker 6>Healey earned just over two hundred twenty two thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 6>There were some twelve hundred state employees who earned more

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<v Speaker 6>than the gov. Jim mckawb Z Boston's news radio and.

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<v Speaker 2>Have fled this country to avoid serving time for storming

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<v Speaker 2>the US capital four years ago, is now under arrest.

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<v Speaker 2>North of the border.

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<v Speaker 7>Anthony Voe from Bloomington, Indiana, was arrested without any trouble

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<v Speaker 7>in Whistler, British Columbia, say Canadian Border Patrol officials. He

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<v Speaker 7>skipped out on a court order to report last June

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<v Speaker 7>for his nine month prison stint. A court transcript records

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<v Speaker 7>Voe admitting that the January sixth riot was wrong, but

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<v Speaker 7>since then frequently on social media, Vos criticized the judge

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<v Speaker 7>and claimed he was wrongfully convicted and expects to be

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<v Speaker 7>pardoned with other rioters by the next President Trump. Vose

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<v Speaker 7>detained and suspected of entering Canada illegally.

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<v Speaker 2>Voe is just one of more than seven Hunts A

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<v Speaker 2>defendants to be sentenced to prison time for crimes related

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<v Speaker 2>to the riot at the Capitol January sixth. You are

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<v Speaker 2>now in the loop for news updates throughout the day.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Laurie Kirby, WBZ, Boston's news radio