Speaker 1: This is WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2: Cloudy in fifty eight degrees in Boston at four o'clock.
Speaker 2: Good afternoon, and thanks for joining us. I'm Susanne Salsville.
Speaker 2: Here's what's happening. It's the final day of Boston Calling.
Speaker 2: Remy Wolf is next up on the Green Stage, followed
Speaker 2: by Sublime, Vampire Weekend, and then Dave Matthews band WBZ.
Speaker 2: S Drew mo'holland joins us live now from the Harvard
Speaker 2: Athletic Complex. How's the last day going so far? Drew?
Speaker 3: My life last day is going great so far, Susan.
Speaker 3: We're having a blast hear the music has been great
Speaker 3: here in the early part of the day. I am
Speaker 3: with some Boston festivalgoers here. They've been coming for what
Speaker 3: ten years in a row? Now ten years in a row,
Speaker 3: Baby and strong, what a run.
Speaker 1: Good for you.
Speaker 4: We love this event. Shout out to my man, Drew
Speaker 4: and WBZ. Honestly like we come on all for the
Speaker 4: Boston people. This is the best city in the world,
Speaker 4: most educated, best hospitals. Even though our population isn't as
Speaker 4: big as other major cities, our economy and the people
Speaker 4: here are the best in the world.
Speaker 3: It's funny. He was saying, you don't even care who
Speaker 3: the music is every year, you just like to be
Speaker 3: with the people of Boston.
Speaker 4: How about you?
Speaker 3: Who are you here to see tonight?
Speaker 4: Dave Matthews Band and Vampire Weekends.
Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, a lot of that today. You got yourself
Speaker 3: a little baby. How holds the baby?
Speaker 5: She's three months old.
Speaker 3: We're actually visiting our friends. They brought us to this event.
Speaker 3: Everything is great, but we're disappointed that we couldn't bring
Speaker 3: our stroller with us for the baby. So you're carrying
Speaker 3: the baby. I do like that you have the productive
Speaker 3: earphones on though. That's always a good thing, right, good
Speaker 3: advice for parents.
Speaker 5: Yeah, oh, we try to plan ahead.
Speaker 3: Outstanding, I think nodding like she's a Dave Matthews fan,
Speaker 3: so she looks very excited. I have a great night, everybody,
Speaker 3: all right?
Speaker 4: And if I'm not much WC.
Speaker 3: From Boston College Drew maholland WBC Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: That guy should work for Boston Tourism anyway. Memorial Day
Speaker 2: is a time to honor our veterans who made the
Speaker 2: ultimate sacrifice, but it's also a day off for many
Speaker 2: and his wbz's Emma Friedman tells us it's an opportunity
Speaker 2: to get some chores done.
Speaker 1: It's not a day at Flipping burgers are hanging out
Speaker 1: in the sunshine. For Victoria, she's on a mission this
Speaker 1: Memorial Day. Just wedding dress shopping. Yeah, her friend Olivia
Speaker 1: flew in from Chicago to help her find a dress
Speaker 1: for her wedding this summer. The two kicked off their
Speaker 1: weekend at Boston calling.
Speaker 2: Averri Levine was on, which is really cool as a
Speaker 2: millennial girl like obviously and then Fallout boys always good.
Speaker 1: Casper, on the other hand, has sunshine on the mine.
Speaker 6: I am going away. Yeah, I'm gonna sit at the
Speaker 6: lake the whole day, sit in the sun, escape from
Speaker 6: the city for a bit.
Speaker 1: Where's the lake up in New Hampshire? I asked him
Speaker 1: if he's worried about hitting any traffic.
Speaker 7: Not one bit.
Speaker 6: I'm driving up today.
Speaker 1: Almost everyone I talked to, So their biggest plan was
Speaker 1: just to relax instead of going to work. Arthur says
Speaker 1: the day off gives him a chance to do some
Speaker 1: much needed cleaning, but sadly he won't be enjoying any
Speaker 1: at home barbecue. I don't have the kind of outdoor space.
Speaker 3: I live in a one bedroom apartment, no backyard.
Speaker 1: I wish in Cambridge. I'm a freedman. WZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: Well, Memorial Day is not like Thanksgiving and in terms
Speaker 2: of everything being closed, but there are some places that
Speaker 2: are shut down tomorrow. All state, local, and federal offices
Speaker 2: will be closed on Memorial Day, including the Registry of
Speaker 2: Motor Vehicles. Post offices are closed, as well as FedEx
Speaker 2: and UPS. Banks and libraries are closed, and trash collection
Speaker 2: is delayed to day. The stock market is also closed
Speaker 2: for the holiday. Becoming mostly clear overnight low fifty one,
Speaker 2: dry with more sun than clouds for Memorial Day, highs
Speaker 2: in the low to mid sixties. On Tuesday, a beautiful day,
Speaker 2: sunny and warm, with a high of seventy two. On Wednesday,
Speaker 2: a mix of sun and clouds, high seventy two, with
Speaker 2: a possible shower later in the evening. Right now in Boston,
Speaker 2: it's cloudy and fifty eight degrees. Boston's mayoral race has
Speaker 2: been focused on fundraising in the early going. Mayor Michelle
Speaker 2: Woo and challenger Josh Kraft already have campaign funds topping
Speaker 2: two million dollars, but have taken different to get there.
Speaker 3: It's a blatant attempt to buy a job with the
Speaker 3: family and their connections.
Speaker 7: Mayor Michelle wou responding to her challenge with Josh Kraft
Speaker 7: loaning his campaign two million dollars, essentially matching what she
Speaker 7: has in her campaign war chest after three and a
Speaker 7: half years as mayor.
Speaker 5: I knew when we got into this I would be
Speaker 5: an underdog. But I know we have a chance because
Speaker 5: of the people that have responded to us with energy,
Speaker 5: with commitment, and real hope for a new beginning in
Speaker 5: city Hall.
Speaker 7: With campaign fundraising already in overdrive, it shouldn't be long
Speaker 7: before adds touting the candidates begins showing up on TV
Speaker 7: and radio. Mike Maclin WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: Boston police are searching for a man accused of disabling
Speaker 2: traffic lights downtown. It happened Thursday morning between ten and
Speaker 2: eleven thirty at Washington and Nieland Streets and at Washington
Speaker 2: and Lagrange Streets. According to police, the suspect to access
Speaker 2: the traffic control boxes at the intersections, cut the electrical
Speaker 2: wires and disabled the traffic lights. The person is believed
Speaker 2: to have been involved in a similar incident yesterday at
Speaker 2: Boylston Street and hadassa way. We have more information about
Speaker 2: the suspect and photos on our website WBZ NewsRadio dot com.
Speaker 2: House Speaker Mike Johnson is urging Republicans in the Senate
Speaker 2: not to make too many changes to the House passed
Speaker 2: budget bill. CBS's Linda Kenyon has more.
Speaker 6: The sweeping bill containing President Trump's domestic policy agenda passed
Speaker 6: in the House by just one vote. That's why Speaker
Speaker 6: Johnson on CNN said the Republican led Senate shouldn't mess
Speaker 6: with it.
Speaker 3: I have a very delicate balance here, a very delicate
Speaker 3: equilibrium that we've reached over a long period of time,
Speaker 3: and it's best not to meddle with.
Speaker 2: It too much.
Speaker 6: Bud Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson, also on CNN, said the
Speaker 6: House hasn't cut spending nearly enough enough.
Speaker 1: To stop the process and tell the President gets serious
Speaker 1: about the spending reduction and reducing the def.
Speaker 6: Sit It's estimated this bill will add trilliance to the
Speaker 6: national debt. Linday Kenyon, CBS News Washington.
Speaker 2: Former President Joe Biden attended his grandson Robert Hunter Biden's
Speaker 2: the second high school graduation in Salisbury, Connecticut, Friday. It
Speaker 2: was Biden's first public appearance since announcing last weekend that
Speaker 2: he's been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
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Speaker 2: I'm Suzanne Sasville, WBZ, Boston's news radio