Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: We defining local news. See it's Tuesday already six o'clock
Speaker 2: and look it's raining here in Boston, fifty degrees in
Speaker 2: the city. The News at six is brought to you
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Speaker 2: drive headquarters. Thanks for being here this morning. I'm Jeff Brown.
Speaker 1: All right, fine.
Speaker 2: Cloudy today with a cool breeze, areas of fog and
Speaker 2: period the rain, even a heavy thunderstrumber two this afternoon
Speaker 2: of this evening. W b Z achi weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg.
Speaker 2: More rain on tap for tomorrow. This is also the
Speaker 2: season of the tick. Health official say we're entering peak
Speaker 2: season throughout Massachusetts, and of course with the deer tick,
Speaker 2: lime disease is a common threat. But health official say
Speaker 2: the lone Star tick is running rampant in lawns and
Speaker 2: wooded areas on Cape Cod and alpha gal syndrome is
Speaker 2: spreading fast. It's the number one tick, the lone Star
Speaker 2: tick on Martha's Vineyard, and its bite can make people
Speaker 2: really sick from eating beef and red meat. Doctors say,
Speaker 2: if you suspect you've been infected at least get a
Speaker 2: test Boston. We have a problem and its name is
Speaker 2: the New York Knicks. The Celtics blow a twenty point
Speaker 2: lead and lose Game one in overtime at the Garden.
Speaker 2: Red Sox Rangers open a three game series tonight, weather permitting,
Speaker 2: of course, at Fenway Park, and Julian Edelman becomes a
Speaker 2: new England Patriot Hall of Famer. He'll join former coach
Speaker 2: Bill Parcels at a ceremony coming up this summer. Testimony
Speaker 2: from half a dozen witnesses in the Karen Reid trial
Speaker 2: first Responders front.
Speaker 3: And center deja vu from Karen Reid's first trial as
Speaker 3: former Kenton police officer, Paul Gallagher showed video of him
Speaker 3: using a leaf blower to clear off snow, revealing evidence
Speaker 3: like this broken coctcol glass where John O'Keefe's body was found.
Speaker 2: What was the benefit of a leaf blower over a shovel.
Speaker 3: I wasn't going to miss anything with a leaf blow
Speaker 3: much better control Gallagher's head. He processed the scene with
Speaker 3: makeshift materials, like collecting blood in solo cups and stop
Speaker 3: and shop bags because state police weren't yet able to
Speaker 3: respond in the blizzard at this point as you assessed
Speaker 3: the area, whether this was a criminal investigation.
Speaker 4: Oh, we had no crime at that time.
Speaker 3: Kenton police later recused themselves because one of their detectives
Speaker 3: is the homeowner's brother. Conflicts of interest were a big
Speaker 3: focus of cross examination.
Speaker 2: Monday, The CBS News Boston's Christina rex Court is back
Speaker 2: in session in detam later this morning. More cuts are
Speaker 2: coming to the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's
Speaker 2: already he's ready to bring a chainsaw to the highest
Speaker 2: levels of the US military, with a target of twenty
Speaker 2: percent cutbacks among four star generals and admirals, with a
Speaker 2: corresponding move in the US National Guard. The cuts are
Speaker 2: being pitched as a way to slim down a bloated
Speaker 2: bureaucracy and cut down on redundancies. Hegseth also says he
Speaker 2: plans to eliminate ten percent of lower ranking generals and
Speaker 2: admirals as well. It's not clear if the reductions will
Speaker 2: happen immediately or over time. College of Cardinals gets ready
Speaker 2: to pick a pope during a conclave inside the Sistine Chapel,
Speaker 2: which begins tomorrow. Back home, President Trump distances himself from
Speaker 2: the recent White House post showing the President dressed as
Speaker 2: the pontiff. The President says he did not release it
Speaker 2: and knows nothing about what he believes is an artificially
Speaker 2: intelligence generated photo, but says it's not serious and Catholics
Speaker 2: who are upset can't take a joke. He says, seems
Speaker 2: like Mother's Day week is always a mess here in
Speaker 2: Greater Boston, and that's important to know because we've certainly
Speaker 2: had our share of rain, and it was several years ago,
Speaker 2: of course, we had that historic week of Mother's Day
Speaker 2: where it did nothing but downpour the entire week. It's
Speaker 2: not going to be that bad this week, but it's
Speaker 2: not going to be all that great either, And keep
Speaker 2: in mind on Mother's Day, that's the next day we're
Speaker 2: going to see any significant chance of sunshine. Right now
Speaker 2: in Boston, it's raining. It's fifty degrees right now, on
Speaker 2: and off showers this morning and again this afternoon, with
Speaker 2: possibly some heavy downpours on the way later today. It
Speaker 2: will be milder today than yesterday, with highs in the
Speaker 2: lower sixties. Overnight tonight, cloudy, couple of showers, lows in
Speaker 2: the fifties. Tomorrow, We're holding out some hope that we
Speaker 2: might see some breaks of sun, but don't count on
Speaker 2: It looks like another mostly cloudy day with a couple
Speaker 2: of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower seventies, clouds
Speaker 2: in limited sun on Thursday with a high round seventy,
Speaker 2: but right back into the rain on Friday. It even
Speaker 2: looks like it's going to extend into Saturday. However, Mother's
Speaker 2: Day right now looks like it's going to be a
Speaker 2: pretty nice day coming up for us to round out
Speaker 2: the weekend. Right now in Boston, it doesn't seem like
Speaker 2: there's any hope on this Tuesday morning. Clouds, fog, and showers.
Speaker 2: It's fifty degrees as we get going six oh six today.
Speaker 2: As National Teachers Appreciation Day.
Speaker 4: It's part of a whole week of celebrations for our
Speaker 4: nation's leaders in the classroom. Appreciation Day is always held
Speaker 4: on the Tuesday of the first full week in May.
Speaker 4: The day dates back to nineteen fifty three, when Eleanoris
Speaker 4: Roosevelt urged Congress to set aside a day specifically for
Speaker 4: the teachers to honor the essential role they play in
Speaker 4: shaping the future of young learners in the US. Jay
Speaker 4: Willette BBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: Allmakers on Beacon Hill, now overseeing the disastrous rollout of
Speaker 2: the MBTA's South Coast Rail system, say they need more
Speaker 2: than just an apology of free weekend trips to make
Speaker 2: up for canceled trains. Right after the launch of the
Speaker 2: billion dollar corridor, the Senate Audit Committee highlights the staffing
Speaker 2: issues at contractor Kiolis, which put it in a bind.
Speaker 2: Officials at the State House agree that staffing may have
Speaker 2: been and may be an issue, but the South Coast
Speaker 2: Rail did not have enough flexibility options to be able
Speaker 2: to pivot on the fly. Banks are harder to find
Speaker 2: these days in Greater Boston.
Speaker 1: The lights are still on at this Santander branch on
Speaker 1: Congress Street, but it's said to be among the six
Speaker 1: that are closing soon in the base state and twelve
Speaker 1: others in the northeast. That's according to the Business journal SO,
Speaker 1: which says branches at Middleton, Norwell, Salem, Uburn, and Wooster
Speaker 1: are also on the chopping block. Two years ago, Santander
Speaker 1: closed sixteen branches. The reason more customers opting to do
Speaker 1: their business online rather than in person. In the Fort
Speaker 1: Point neighborhood. James throhas w b Z, Boston's NewsRadio Nurses
Speaker 1: are stuck between orock and a hard place. New survey
Speaker 1: reveals that most urns in Massachusetts say the quality of
Speaker 1: care is negatively impacted. About half say it's much worse
Speaker 1: now than during the years of the pandemic. The poll
Speaker 1: by Beacon Research says much of what's keeping nurses up
Speaker 1: at night as a lack of staffing or understaffing issues.
Speaker 1: Nearly seven and ten say workplace violence and abuse is
Speaker 1: a big problem. In More than three quarters say they've
Speaker 1: told lawmakers on Beacon Hill about this until they're blue
Speaker 1: in the face, but they are disappointed about the lack
Speaker 1: of concern.
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Speaker 2: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio