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

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<v Speaker 2>Good Friday morning. I'm Madison Rogers. It is forty degrees

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<v Speaker 2>in Boston at eleven o'clock and here's what's happening. A

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<v Speaker 2>state lawmaker from the Cape will face a Boston federal

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<v Speaker 2>judge this afternoon. This morning, he's been arrested in a

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<v Speaker 2>fraud scheme and cover up. Prosecutors with the US Attorney's

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<v Speaker 2>Office alleged House Rep. Christopher Flanagan stole tens of thousands

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<v Speaker 2>from a home a homebuilders association on the Cape, including

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<v Speaker 2>after the Democrat was elected to Rep. Barnstable in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two. US Attorney Leo Foley says he used the

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<v Speaker 2>money to line his own pockets, including to pay off

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<v Speaker 2>personal bills by luxury items and to bankroll his political campaign.

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<v Speaker 2>Flanagan had served as an executive officer for that trade association.

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<v Speaker 2>It's alleged he went to extraordinary lengths to cover up

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<v Speaker 2>the scheme, even fabricating fake personas the reps do before

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<v Speaker 2>a federal judge in Moachley Courthouse in Boston around two

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<v Speaker 2>thirty PM. We'll bring you the latest right here on

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<v Speaker 2>WBZ News Radio. The US Supreme Court has ordered the

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<v Speaker 2>Trump administration to work toward bringing Kilmar Abrigo Garcia home.

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<v Speaker 2>The man from Maryland mistakenly deported and sent to a

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<v Speaker 2>notorious prison in his native El Salvador last month. ABC's

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<v Speaker 2>Terry Moran has more.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly how or when Garcia will be returned to the

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<v Speaker 3>United States remains unclear. The government says that Abrigo Garcia's

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<v Speaker 3>was a member of the notorious MS thirteen gang in

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<v Speaker 3>El Salvador and that he's a threat to the public here.

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<v Speaker 3>His family disputes that he was under a court order

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<v Speaker 3>protecting him from being deported to El Salvador because he

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<v Speaker 3>feared for his safety there. In a statement, his wife

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<v Speaker 3>saying I will continue to fight until my husband is home.

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<v Speaker 2>A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to explain

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<v Speaker 2>how Garcia will be returned and set a deadline for

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<v Speaker 2>the government to confirm his low location. Just a few

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<v Speaker 2>days ago, the Supreme Court decided to allow the president

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<v Speaker 2>to continue deporting people without due process through the eighteenth

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<v Speaker 2>century Alien Enemies Act. In a push to drive out

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<v Speaker 2>some legal immigrants, the Social Security Administration has labeled them debt.

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<v Speaker 4>On Thursday, Agency officials added the names and social security

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<v Speaker 4>numbers of over six thousand, mostly Latino immigrants to the

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<v Speaker 4>database that they use to track dead people. The move

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<v Speaker 4>effectively erases their ability to work in the United States

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<v Speaker 4>or receive any benefits. The named immigrants entered the US

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<v Speaker 4>through the Biden administration's parole programs, which granted temporary work permits,

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<v Speaker 4>saying adding living people to the death database violates multiple laws.

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<v Speaker 2>On Mark Mayfield and looking at the four day forecast,

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<v Speaker 2>we should have some breaks of sunshine this afternoon, the

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<v Speaker 2>high around forty five, and it should be a dry

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<v Speaker 2>Friday night if you'd like to get out there. The

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<v Speaker 2>rain holding off till after midnight, but once it starts

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<v Speaker 2>coming down, we're going to be dealing with rain and

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<v Speaker 2>potentially a wintry mix through the night and through much

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<v Speaker 2>of tomorrow as well. Now it should be the northwestern

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<v Speaker 2>suburbs for the most part seeing the slush out there,

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<v Speaker 2>though there could be a couple of inches of accumulation,

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<v Speaker 2>quite a bit of rain closer to Boston, maybe some

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<v Speaker 2>ponding on the roads, watch out for that. Tomorrow's high

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<v Speaker 2>is around forty oh. It's also windy, so Sunday cloudy

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<v Speaker 2>and breezy, with just some occasional rain and drizzle. Less

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<v Speaker 2>miserable up to forty six and a lot less miserable Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>up to fifty seven in Boston with some sunshine. Right

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<v Speaker 2>now in Boston it is forty and cloudy at eleven

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<v Speaker 2>oh five. China is firing back against the US as

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<v Speaker 2>a trade war reaches new heights, the latest with Abyc's

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<v Speaker 2>brick Clinet.

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<v Speaker 5>China now raising import taxes on goods from the United

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<v Speaker 5>States to one hundred and twenty five percent as the

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<v Speaker 5>tip for tap trade war escalates even further. The announcement

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<v Speaker 5>from Beijing coming hours after Chinese presidency's imping said there

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<v Speaker 5>were no winners in tariff war. China faces a one

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<v Speaker 5>hundred and forty five percent levy on some of its

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<v Speaker 5>goods imported to the United States as President Trump zeroed

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<v Speaker 5>in on China as a target while pausing tariffs on

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<v Speaker 5>dozens of other countries. In announcing the latest tariff hikes,

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<v Speaker 5>China's Commerce ministry again said China would fight to the end,

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<v Speaker 5>but the statement also suggested this might just be China's

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<v Speaker 5>last tariff increase, saying if the US raises rates higher again,

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<v Speaker 5>China will ignore it for Clinic, ABC News, Hong Kong.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of Massachusetts Democrats aren't happy with our reps

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<v Speaker 2>in Washington and the kind of fight they've put up

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<v Speaker 2>against the Trump administration. A new letter is signed by

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<v Speaker 2>dozens of Democratic committees around the Commonwealth. They say, right

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<v Speaker 2>now it's up to Democrats in Congress to save our democracy,

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<v Speaker 2>but party leadership has failed to meet the moment. They're

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<v Speaker 2>calling on the Massachusetts delegation to organize to replace Senate

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<v Speaker 2>Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and to use every tool, rule

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<v Speaker 2>and procedure at their disposal to block Republicans at every turn.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll have more from Washington coming up in a few

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<v Speaker 2>A famous TV star is revealing a serious medical diagnosis.

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<v Speaker 1>He's played doctors on TV based non small sew with

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<v Speaker 1>a history of copd Now Gray's Anatomy star Eric Dane

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<v Speaker 1>reveals he has als lou Gehrigg's disease. In a statement

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<v Speaker 1>to People magazine, Dane, who is fifty two, returns to

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<v Speaker 1>work next week on the show Euphorium. He says he's

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<v Speaker 1>quote grateful to have my loving family by my side

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<v Speaker 1>as we navigate this next chapter. Als is a progressive

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<v Speaker 1>neurodegenerative disease affecting nerve cells in the brain and spinal

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<v Speaker 1>cord with no known cure. Steve Kathan, CBS News.

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<v Speaker 2>Boston University's men's hockey team has made it to the

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<v Speaker 2>Frozen Four Championship this weekend. Wbz's Jim McKay is checking

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<v Speaker 2>in with the Terrier Faithful out of the game tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 6>Boston University is a renowned institution in so many ways,

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<v Speaker 6>and that also includes on the ice.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Massachusetts. We love our hoigh he.

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<v Speaker 6>He who has a storied men's hockey program going back

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<v Speaker 6>decades and that includes five national championships.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not often that your school that you go to

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<v Speaker 2>gets an opportunity to do this.

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<v Speaker 6>The last Frozen Four title was sixteen years ago under

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<v Speaker 6>the legend Jack Parker. Tomorrow night, they've got their shot

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<v Speaker 6>against Western Michigan with third year head coach in Burlington

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<v Speaker 6>native J.

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<v Speaker 2>Pandolfo.

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<v Speaker 6>I can only imagine what it would be like if

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<v Speaker 6>we could, but it's gonna be crazy. The bars on

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<v Speaker 6>com av will be a sea of red jerseys tomorrow night,

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<v Speaker 6>and the Terrier Faithful have a confidence that seems to

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<v Speaker 6>be catching on by the.

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<v Speaker 2>Kids are excited. Oh yeah, no way to listen.

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna win.

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<v Speaker 6>Outside of again, it's arena Jim MCKAWBZ Boston's News Radio.

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