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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>Good morning, six o'clock Tuesday here in Boston and under

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<v Speaker 1>clear skies. Some of the coldest air so far this

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<v Speaker 1>season is upon us. It is just thirty eight right

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<v Speaker 1>now in the city. The News at six brought to

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<v Speaker 1>us by You're a New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid

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<v Speaker 1>all wheel drive headquarters. Good morning and welcome aboard. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff Brown. A little bit of frost on the pumpkin

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<v Speaker 1>clouds on the increase today, Breezy and chilly this afternoon

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<v Speaker 1>with the high in the mid fifties. And is WBZ

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<v Speaker 1>aki weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Maybe some rain in the

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<v Speaker 1>forecast tonight and seventies tomorrow. In fact, we do need

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<v Speaker 1>the rain. Dozens of brushfires continue to burn in eastern Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 1>You can still smell it. Several stubborn brushfires continue, the

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<v Speaker 1>most recent of significance now burning in Middleton. Wbz's Drew

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<v Speaker 1>moholland reports from Beverly Airport, where helicopters have been non

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<v Speaker 1>stop dropping water on the smoldering fires on the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>Here at Beverly Airport, where you can hear the sound

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<v Speaker 2>of helicopters, and they have been going like that for

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<v Speaker 2>hours and hours and hours here, just taking off with

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<v Speaker 2>buckets of water, taking off, coming back, taking off, coming back.

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<v Speaker 2>That has been the story here. The National Guard has

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<v Speaker 2>been called in to help out, and these helicopters have

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<v Speaker 2>just been going non stop, very loud as you can

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<v Speaker 2>hear there. Try to control this smoldering, Try to get

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<v Speaker 2>rid of the smoldering on the ground here from Beverly Airport.

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<v Speaker 2>Drew moholland WBC Boston's News radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Fire officials in Massachusetts confirmed there are four dozen brushfires

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<v Speaker 1>that have consumed more than four hundred acres already, and

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<v Speaker 1>they're urging us to be extra cautious with any open

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<v Speaker 1>flame outdoors or any running motors outdoors, which includes lawnmowers

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<v Speaker 1>as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Well.

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<v Speaker 1>It's now or never time for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

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<v Speaker 1>Election day is now one week from today, and even

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<v Speaker 1>the more than forty million Americans and a million in

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<v Speaker 1>Massachusetts have already cast their ballots. Harris will deliver her

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<v Speaker 1>closing argument on the National Mall's Ellipse tonight at seven o'clock. Meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>the Trump campaign continues to distance itself from a comedian

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<v Speaker 1>who delivered cringeworthy comments about Puerto Rico during Trump's rally

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend in Madison Square Garden. Many Trump insiders fear

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<v Speaker 1>the comments went too far, as those in the Harris

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<v Speaker 1>camp are turning bullish on an election day win. Recent

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<v Speaker 1>polls continue to indicate the race is as close as

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<v Speaker 1>it's ever been, and some say it is in fact

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<v Speaker 1>a statistical dead heat. It is likely that a few

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<v Speaker 1>thousand votes in one or more of the seven swing

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<v Speaker 1>states could swing the Electoral College one way or another.

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<v Speaker 1>It is increasingly apparent to many insiders looking deep inside

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<v Speaker 1>the numbers, that Generation Z, the youngest American voters, will

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<v Speaker 1>tip the scales. For many, it's the first time they

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<v Speaker 1>will cast a ballot in a presidential election. Welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the jungle. For the Celtics, it's Peyton Pritchard's world. The

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the NBA is just living in it. Celtics

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<v Speaker 1>beat the box at the Garden, Ruins Flyers tonight on

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<v Speaker 1>Causeway Street and the Yankees around the brink. Another strong

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<v Speaker 1>showing by the Dodgers, who are now one win away

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<v Speaker 1>from a World Series title. If you are in shoreline

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<v Speaker 1>communities again, this morning, you are very likely waking up

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<v Speaker 1>to the smell of smoke once again from these brushfires.

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<v Speaker 1>This morning. We are getting started this Tuesday morning under

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<v Speaker 1>clear skies and very cold air, once again some of

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<v Speaker 1>the coldest temperatures recorded so far this seasons thirty eight

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<v Speaker 1>here in Boston. This morning. We will see some sunshine

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<v Speaker 1>to start, increasing amounts of clouds this afternoon, and temperatures

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<v Speaker 1>are going to get into the fifties. But with the

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<v Speaker 1>clouds and a bit of a breeze, there is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a bit of a chill in the air,

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<v Speaker 1>especially this afternoon now overnight tonight. This is important to

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<v Speaker 1>watch because we have some much needed rain in our forecast.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Most of the rain is going to fall north and

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<v Speaker 1>west of the city, which is prime location for some

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<v Speaker 1>of these brushfires this week, and that's important to notice.

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<v Speaker 1>Temperatures will fall back into the lower fifties. We might

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<v Speaker 1>get a quarter inch, so not a lot of rain,

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<v Speaker 1>but maybe just enough to tamp down some of these blazes.

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<v Speaker 1>Tomorrow is going to be a beautiful day with a

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<v Speaker 1>mixture of sun and clouds. High temperature is going to

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<v Speaker 1>jump right back into the lower seventies and heading into

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<v Speaker 1>Halloween on Thursday. The record high temperature is in question

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<v Speaker 1>on Thursday. It is currently eighty one degrees set way

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<v Speaker 1>back in nineteen forty six, and it looks like we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to get close. We may not get there, but

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<v Speaker 1>it will be one of the warmest Halloweens on record

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<v Speaker 1>here in Greater Boston. Rounding out the work week on Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>clouds break for some sun and still mild, with high

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<v Speaker 1>temperatures in the seventies. Right now, it's at chilly thirty

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<v Speaker 1>eight under clear skies this Tuesday morning in Boston at

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<v Speaker 1>six h six. Fast refunds are on the way for

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<v Speaker 1>travelers impacted by canceled or delayed flights.

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<v Speaker 4>Those new rules going to effect this week. The Transportation

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<v Speaker 4>Department's new law allows passengers to get their money back

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<v Speaker 4>without jumping through hoops. This applies to those of us

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<v Speaker 4>who choose not to rebook or take a rescheduled flight.

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<v Speaker 4>The FAA's reauthorization bill requires airlines to offer refunds rather

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<v Speaker 4>than vouchers or credits within as little as seven days.

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<v Speaker 4>Matt Phipps WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Newly minted Massachusetts State Police trooper faces charges of drunken

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<v Speaker 1>driving after being arrested following a crash in Tewksbury over

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<v Speaker 1>the weekend. Police say twenty eight year old James Dorin,

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<v Speaker 1>who just graduated from State Police training camp earlier this month,

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<v Speaker 1>admitted to having a few drinks prior to the collision.

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<v Speaker 1>Both Dorin and a passenger in his vehicle refused medical attention,

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<v Speaker 1>but the driver and passenger of the other car treated

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<v Speaker 1>for minor injuries at a nearby hospital. Dorian's status with

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<v Speaker 1>the State Police remains undetermined at this point. With just

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<v Speaker 1>days to spare in October's Breast cancer Awareness Month, a

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<v Speaker 1>new bill inches forward on Beacon Hill.

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<v Speaker 3>Lowering the financial bar to get checked out. State senators

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<v Speaker 3>passed the legislation, which looks a lot like an earlier

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<v Speaker 3>version passed in the House. The new bill requires health

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<v Speaker 3>insurance companies, including mass Health, to cover the cost of

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<v Speaker 3>diagnostic exams and digital tissue screening. The bill is endorsed

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<v Speaker 3>by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in the Susan g

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<v Speaker 3>Coman Organization, as well as many others. The bill is

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<v Speaker 3>off to a conference committee to square away the differences

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<v Speaker 3>in both versions. Some four thousand women in Massachusetts have

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<v Speaker 3>died from breast cancer in the past eight years, Jay

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<v Speaker 3>will Lett, WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio.