Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news.
Speaker 1: Good morning, six o'clock Tuesday here in Boston and under
Speaker 1: clear skies. Some of the coldest air so far this
Speaker 1: season is upon us. It is just thirty eight right
Speaker 1: now in the city. The News at six brought to
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Speaker 1: all wheel drive headquarters. Good morning and welcome aboard. I'm
Speaker 1: Jeff Brown. A little bit of frost on the pumpkin
Speaker 1: clouds on the increase today, Breezy and chilly this afternoon
Speaker 1: with the high in the mid fifties. And is WBZ
Speaker 1: aki weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Maybe some rain in the
Speaker 1: forecast tonight and seventies tomorrow. In fact, we do need
Speaker 1: the rain. Dozens of brushfires continue to burn in eastern Massachusetts.
Speaker 1: You can still smell it. Several stubborn brushfires continue, the
Speaker 1: most recent of significance now burning in Middleton. Wbz's Drew
Speaker 1: moholland reports from Beverly Airport, where helicopters have been non
Speaker 1: stop dropping water on the smoldering fires on the ground.
Speaker 2: Here at Beverly Airport, where you can hear the sound
Speaker 2: of helicopters, and they have been going like that for
Speaker 2: hours and hours and hours here, just taking off with
Speaker 2: buckets of water, taking off, coming back, taking off, coming back.
Speaker 2: That has been the story here. The National Guard has
Speaker 2: been called in to help out, and these helicopters have
Speaker 2: just been going non stop, very loud as you can
Speaker 2: hear there. Try to control this smoldering, Try to get
Speaker 2: rid of the smoldering on the ground here from Beverly Airport.
Speaker 2: Drew moholland WBC Boston's News radio.
Speaker 1: Fire officials in Massachusetts confirmed there are four dozen brushfires
Speaker 1: that have consumed more than four hundred acres already, and
Speaker 1: they're urging us to be extra cautious with any open
Speaker 1: flame outdoors or any running motors outdoors, which includes lawnmowers
Speaker 1: as well.
Speaker 3: Well.
Speaker 1: It's now or never time for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Speaker 1: Election day is now one week from today, and even
Speaker 1: the more than forty million Americans and a million in
Speaker 1: Massachusetts have already cast their ballots. Harris will deliver her
Speaker 1: closing argument on the National Mall's Ellipse tonight at seven o'clock. Meantime,
Speaker 1: the Trump campaign continues to distance itself from a comedian
Speaker 1: who delivered cringeworthy comments about Puerto Rico during Trump's rally
Speaker 1: this weekend in Madison Square Garden. Many Trump insiders fear
Speaker 1: the comments went too far, as those in the Harris
Speaker 1: camp are turning bullish on an election day win. Recent
Speaker 1: polls continue to indicate the race is as close as
Speaker 1: it's ever been, and some say it is in fact
Speaker 1: a statistical dead heat. It is likely that a few
Speaker 1: thousand votes in one or more of the seven swing
Speaker 1: states could swing the Electoral College one way or another.
Speaker 1: It is increasingly apparent to many insiders looking deep inside
Speaker 1: the numbers, that Generation Z, the youngest American voters, will
Speaker 1: tip the scales. For many, it's the first time they
Speaker 1: will cast a ballot in a presidential election. Welcome to
Speaker 1: the jungle. For the Celtics, it's Peyton Pritchard's world. The
Speaker 1: rest of the NBA is just living in it. Celtics
Speaker 1: beat the box at the Garden, Ruins Flyers tonight on
Speaker 1: Causeway Street and the Yankees around the brink. Another strong
Speaker 1: showing by the Dodgers, who are now one win away
Speaker 1: from a World Series title. If you are in shoreline
Speaker 1: communities again, this morning, you are very likely waking up
Speaker 1: to the smell of smoke once again from these brushfires.
Speaker 1: This morning. We are getting started this Tuesday morning under
Speaker 1: clear skies and very cold air, once again some of
Speaker 1: the coldest temperatures recorded so far this seasons thirty eight
Speaker 1: here in Boston. This morning. We will see some sunshine
Speaker 1: to start, increasing amounts of clouds this afternoon, and temperatures
Speaker 1: are going to get into the fifties. But with the
Speaker 1: clouds and a bit of a breeze, there is going
Speaker 1: to be a bit of a chill in the air,
Speaker 1: especially this afternoon now overnight tonight. This is important to
Speaker 1: watch because we have some much needed rain in our forecast.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: Most of the rain is going to fall north and
Speaker 1: west of the city, which is prime location for some
Speaker 1: of these brushfires this week, and that's important to notice.
Speaker 1: Temperatures will fall back into the lower fifties. We might
Speaker 1: get a quarter inch, so not a lot of rain,
Speaker 1: but maybe just enough to tamp down some of these blazes.
Speaker 1: Tomorrow is going to be a beautiful day with a
Speaker 1: mixture of sun and clouds. High temperature is going to
Speaker 1: jump right back into the lower seventies and heading into
Speaker 1: Halloween on Thursday. The record high temperature is in question
Speaker 1: on Thursday. It is currently eighty one degrees set way
Speaker 1: back in nineteen forty six, and it looks like we're
Speaker 1: going to get close. We may not get there, but
Speaker 1: it will be one of the warmest Halloweens on record
Speaker 1: here in Greater Boston. Rounding out the work week on Friday,
Speaker 1: clouds break for some sun and still mild, with high
Speaker 1: temperatures in the seventies. Right now, it's at chilly thirty
Speaker 1: eight under clear skies this Tuesday morning in Boston at
Speaker 1: six h six. Fast refunds are on the way for
Speaker 1: travelers impacted by canceled or delayed flights.
Speaker 4: Those new rules going to effect this week. The Transportation
Speaker 4: Department's new law allows passengers to get their money back
Speaker 4: without jumping through hoops. This applies to those of us
Speaker 4: who choose not to rebook or take a rescheduled flight.
Speaker 4: The FAA's reauthorization bill requires airlines to offer refunds rather
Speaker 4: than vouchers or credits within as little as seven days.
Speaker 4: Matt Phipps WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1: Newly minted Massachusetts State Police trooper faces charges of drunken
Speaker 1: driving after being arrested following a crash in Tewksbury over
Speaker 1: the weekend. Police say twenty eight year old James Dorin,
Speaker 1: who just graduated from State Police training camp earlier this month,
Speaker 1: admitted to having a few drinks prior to the collision.
Speaker 1: Both Dorin and a passenger in his vehicle refused medical attention,
Speaker 1: but the driver and passenger of the other car treated
Speaker 1: for minor injuries at a nearby hospital. Dorian's status with
Speaker 1: the State Police remains undetermined at this point. With just
Speaker 1: days to spare in October's Breast cancer Awareness Month, a
Speaker 1: new bill inches forward on Beacon Hill.
Speaker 3: Lowering the financial bar to get checked out. State senators
Speaker 3: passed the legislation, which looks a lot like an earlier
Speaker 3: version passed in the House. The new bill requires health
Speaker 3: insurance companies, including mass Health, to cover the cost of
Speaker 3: diagnostic exams and digital tissue screening. The bill is endorsed
Speaker 3: by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in the Susan g
Speaker 3: Coman Organization, as well as many others. The bill is
Speaker 3: off to a conference committee to square away the differences
Speaker 3: in both versions. Some four thousand women in Massachusetts have
Speaker 3: died from breast cancer in the past eight years, Jay
Speaker 3: will Lett, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
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Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio.