Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio re defining local news.
Speaker 2: It's four o'clock seventy eight degrees in Boston, Tuesday after noon.
Speaker 2: Thanks for joining us. I'm Nicole Davis and here's what's happening.
Speaker 2: The jury is done for the day at Norfolk Superior
Speaker 2: Court in Denham. A crash reconstruction expert is coming back
Speaker 2: to the stand tomorrow in the retrial of Karen Reid.
Speaker 2: W bz's Emma Friedman is here with the very latest
Speaker 2: on this testimony.
Speaker 1: Emma and Nicole with pushback from the defense, doctor Judson
Speaker 1: Welcher just said this on the stand, based all.
Speaker 3: The evidence you consider, could you share with the jury,
Speaker 3: what's your opinion is to a reasonable degree of engineering
Speaker 3: certainty about whether the defendants Les Lexus struck maserro Key.
Speaker 3: On January twenty nine, twenty twenty two, around twelve thirty two, Am,
Speaker 3: Sarey Roner too.
Speaker 4: Yes, based on the totality of the evidence DNA, everything
Speaker 4: I've talked about that is consistent that happening with a
Speaker 4: regional grey of scientific certainty, that is what happened.
Speaker 1: Yes, you can hear kind of a dramatic scene there.
Speaker 1: Welcher inspected Karen Reid lexis, the tailight and the damage.
Speaker 1: He also bought his own lexus to conduct tests of
Speaker 1: how could have hit. O'Keefe examined police reports, phone data,
Speaker 1: and data from the suv itself. He discussed that during
Speaker 1: his testimony today. The defense is addressing its objection to
Speaker 1: Judge Canoni right now with no jury present. They say
Speaker 1: the way the prosecution phrased that question should not be allowed.
Speaker 1: The Commonwealth says that he should be allowed to voice
Speaker 1: his expert opinion. As you said, Nicole. The jury will
Speaker 1: be back in court tomorrow for more testimony.
Speaker 2: All right, Emma Friedman watching this for us. Thank you
Speaker 2: so much, Emma, and we'll hear more about the trial
Speaker 2: for the rest of the week. Here on WBZ, I
Speaker 2: mean tom at four oh one, a suspect is facing
Speaker 2: charges as he recovers in the hospital. Is after this
Speaker 2: morning's officer involved scuffle downtown ended with a gunshot. You're
Speaker 2: wbz's Madison Rogers.
Speaker 5: It happened right by mass General Hospital on Cambridge Street
Speaker 5: before nine am. Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox says an
Speaker 5: officer working in detail was approached by a suspect who
Speaker 5: appeared to be suffering a mental health issue.
Speaker 6: Somehow attacked the officer in some way, shape or form,
Speaker 6: was able to get a hold of the office's firearm,
Speaker 6: discharged at least one round injuring himself.
Speaker 5: Shooting himself in the foot. The commissioner thanked bystanders who
Speaker 5: apparently helped police detain the suspect.
Speaker 6: He's under arrest. He's treated at an area hospital with
Speaker 6: a non life threatening gunshot wound.
Speaker 5: A major police presence swarmed the scene, shutting down streets.
Speaker 5: Cox says the officer is doing okay and an active
Speaker 5: investigation continues. Madison Rogers wb Z, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: And the Supreme Court says it will not hear an
Speaker 2: appeal connected to a controversial T shirt and a seven
Speaker 2: to two ruling. The High Court left a federal appeals
Speaker 2: court ruling in place over a student in Middleborough who
Speaker 2: has been from wearing a shirt to school that claims
Speaker 2: there are only two genders. School staff at the Nichols
Speaker 2: Middle School told the student he couldn't wear it because
Speaker 2: of its impact on students who are transgender or gender nonconforming.
Speaker 2: The First Circuit Court of Appeals said it didn't see
Speaker 2: an issue with that decision, saying it's reasonable to predict
Speaker 2: the shirt could disrupt learning. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence
Speaker 2: Thomas dissenting in the descent. Alito wrote, the court should
Speaker 2: have heard the case because the school opposed a certain
Speaker 2: view on gender but allowed others. And when it comes
Speaker 2: to the forecast for the rest of the afternoon into
Speaker 2: the evening, it's looking good, nice and quiet, no complaints.
Speaker 2: And we have a load tonight near sixty in Boston,
Speaker 2: low to mid fifties if you're in the suburbs. For tomorrow,
Speaker 2: mix of sun and clouds, much like today, with a
Speaker 2: high in the mid seventies. For Tomorrow night cloudy with
Speaker 2: a few showers arriving late in a low in the
Speaker 2: mid fifties. And then Thursday a bit cooler with a
Speaker 2: high only in the mid sixties. Still a bit unsettled,
Speaker 2: a few showers from time to time, more of those
Speaker 2: on Friday, with the high in the low seventies. It's
Speaker 2: seventy eight degrees in Fitchburg right now, seventy one on
Speaker 2: the water in Gloucester, seeing seventy five in Bridgewater. In
Speaker 2: Boston right now at four six, it is partly cloudy
Speaker 2: and seventy seven degrees. The lawyers who will take your
Speaker 2: case if you can't afford an attorney have now stopped
Speaker 2: doing it because they say they need more money.
Speaker 4: The bar advocates say their plea for higher pay has
Speaker 4: fallen on deaf ears at the State House, so the
Speaker 4: attorneys who represent indigen defenders are now refusing to take
Speaker 4: on any new clients.
Speaker 7: So I will not take any more four appointed assignments
Speaker 7: unlesson until there's a fair reasonable wage for all bar
Speaker 7: advocates throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Speaker 4: Bar advocate Sean Delaney says the action he and his
Speaker 4: colleagues are taking will undoubtedly have an almost immediate impact
Speaker 4: on justice.
Speaker 7: The most serious cases may get suscussed if you extend
Speaker 7: it so long that someone doesn't have a lawyer. That's
Speaker 7: not right for the general public. We don't think it's
Speaker 7: right either, if cases should proceed in their normal costs.
Speaker 5: We had no.
Speaker 4: Other alternative at the State House. Mike Macklin WBZ Boston's
Speaker 4: news radio.
Speaker 2: Three public radio stations in Colorado, as well as National
Speaker 2: Public Radio in Washington, are suing President Trump. CBS's Alison
Speaker 2: Keys says the suit focuses on the President's executive order
Speaker 2: cutting federal funding for the outlets climbing their too bias.
Speaker 8: The lawsuit by NPR, Colorado Public Radio, Aspen Public Radio,
Speaker 8: and Colorado based kut E, Inc. Argues that the executive
Speaker 8: order to cut their federal funding is illegal and violates
Speaker 8: the First Amendment. The soup says the order is textbook
Speaker 8: retaliation and viewpoint based discrimination. The President's executive order says
Speaker 8: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies must
Speaker 8: cease federal funding for NPR and PBS. Allison Keys, CBS
Speaker 8: News Washington.
Speaker 2: And there's a new warning now for travelers to Italy.
Speaker 9: The US State Department recently issued a Level two travel
Speaker 9: warning for Italy, urging travelers to exercise increased caution due
Speaker 9: to terrorism. The advisory warns that terrorists may attack with
Speaker 9: little or no warning and tells Americans to be careful
Speaker 9: in tourists spots, transportation centers, shopping malls, hotels, clubs, and
Speaker 9: a host of other spots. Travelers on social media are
Speaker 9: questioning why since there have been no recent terror related
Speaker 9: incidents reported in Italy. There are four levels for international
Speaker 9: travel advisories of which Italy used to be A one
Speaker 9: or normal precautions. Matt Piper, CBS News.
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