Speaker 1: This is WVZ Boston's news radio, redefining local.
Speaker 2: News forty eight degrees in Boston at four o'clock good
Speaker 2: Sunday afternoon. I'm Madison Rogers, and we start off with
Speaker 2: breaking developments in the Middle East. The world is watching
Speaker 2: Syria today after rebels topple the government overnight. It brings
Speaker 2: an end to half a century of rule by the
Speaker 2: Assaud regime. And we get the very latest now in
Speaker 2: a special report from.
Speaker 1: CBS CBS News special report, President Biden today celebrated the
Speaker 1: end of the Assaud family's reign of terror in Syria.
Speaker 1: The fathers is a fundamental lact of justice. It's a
Speaker 1: moment of historic opportunity along suffering people of Syria. From
Speaker 1: the White House, the President said, US Central Command attacked
Speaker 1: Islamic state sites in Syria today to ensure the terrorist
Speaker 1: group doesn't take advantage of the chaos in Syria. US
Speaker 1: first conduct does it of precisious tracks air stripes within
Speaker 1: Syria targeting NISUS camps and isis offratis serious. Former President
Speaker 1: Bashar Alasada and his family fled the country from Moscow
Speaker 1: as rebels approached the capital Damascus. Asade and his family
Speaker 1: have now been granted asylum by Russia. British Prime Minister
Speaker 1: Keir Starmer said he's glad the Syrian people are finally
Speaker 1: free of Asad. I welcome the fat with ASATs golden
Speaker 1: the Syrian people how to put up with his brutal
Speaker 1: regime for far, far too long. CBS News special report,
Speaker 1: I'm Christopher Cruz.
Speaker 2: President elect Donald Trump is calling for an immediate ceasefire
Speaker 2: in Ukraine one day after meeting with President Zelenski. Mister
Speaker 2: Trump says Kiev would like to make a deal. In
Speaker 2: a post online. Meantime, the Pentagon has pledged another major
Speaker 2: military aid package.
Speaker 3: I'm proud to announce today the commitment of a new
Speaker 3: Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative package worth nearly one billion dollars.
Speaker 2: And that was Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaking at the
Speaker 2: Reagan Nash Defense Forum in California. A Boston man's facing
Speaker 2: charges after shots rang out in the South End last night.
Speaker 2: Police say it was a road rage incident at the
Speaker 2: intersection of East Berkeley and Harrison. Av Officers responding around
Speaker 2: ten thirty pm. The suspect allegedly shot at another driver's
Speaker 2: car after an argument escalated. There's no word of any injuries,
Speaker 2: but that other car was damaged. Jayir Fortado is expected
Speaker 2: to face assault and gun charges in court tomorrow. Westford
Speaker 2: officers are investigating, alongside state police and police from the
Speaker 2: US Capitol, after a bomb threat targeting Massachusetts Congresswoman Laurie
Speaker 2: Trehan and her family. That is according to the rep
Speaker 2: who made a post on social media yesterday. It is
Speaker 2: confirmed now by state police, who tell us they determined
Speaker 2: there was no credible threat. It appears to have been
Speaker 2: just the latest in a string of hoaxes targeting politicians
Speaker 2: around the country. And looking at the fourt A WBZ
Speaker 2: ACI weather forecast, patchy clouds tonight with a low around
Speaker 2: thirty seven degrees. We start off sunny tomorrow, but clouds
Speaker 2: move in, followed by some rain arriving late Monday and
Speaker 2: continuing at night. Now, if you're well north or west
Speaker 2: of town, that rain could start off with some ice
Speaker 2: or snow mixed in. In Boston, though we will see
Speaker 2: temps get into the mid forties tomorrow. Tomorrow night it
Speaker 2: stays pretty wet, and then lingering drizzle starts off Tuesday.
Speaker 2: We should stay dry for the most part. It's cloudy
Speaker 2: though with some areas of fog. Hies around forty five,
Speaker 2: but the rain returns Tuesday night and gets steadier as
Speaker 2: the night goes on. Soaking rain around for Wednesday, with
Speaker 2: potential flooding in low lying and poor drainage areas. Very
Speaker 2: mild too, as the temps near sixty degrees. It's forty
Speaker 2: eight right now in Boston, feeling like the upper thirties
Speaker 2: with a chili breeze and a mostly cloudy sky. It's
Speaker 2: four oh five. There was a festive treat for passers
Speaker 2: by in the streets of downtown Boston. Today. Wbz's Kyle
Speaker 2: Schaffel explains.
Speaker 3: The Harvard University Band is spreading the cheer downtown. More
Speaker 3: than a dozen band members dressed in Harvard maroon coats
Speaker 3: and played holiday classics, part of an annual tradition for
Speaker 3: the students around this time of year. The people were
Speaker 3: left sufficiently cheerful.
Speaker 2: It's so cool.
Speaker 1: I love it.
Speaker 2: It's so like seasonal. We love the holidays so effective.
Speaker 3: Nick or Placed Trombone says, it's important to spread a
Speaker 3: little joy this time of year.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 3: I think as a student you can often feel like
Speaker 3: kind of trapped on campus.
Speaker 2: You don't really see what's going on around here.
Speaker 3: So anytime we can get out in the city and
Speaker 3: like see everybody spread music, I think that's a great
Speaker 3: time for Kyle Schaffel to be busy.
Speaker 2: Bosster's huge radio hundred's turned out in Gloucester this weekend
Speaker 2: for an estate sale at the now former home of
Speaker 2: an embattled celebrity chef Boston restauranteur, Barbara Lynch. The Globe
Speaker 2: says there were countless items up for grabs, including cookbooks,
Speaker 2: chef's coats, aprons, kitchenware, furniture, art, and clothes. Lynch had
Speaker 2: been a mainstay of the local restaurant's scene before a
Speaker 2: series of legal controversies, a class action lawsuit from two
Speaker 2: former employees who claimed she failed to pay out tips.
Speaker 2: Several former employees also accused her of behaving inappropriately in
Speaker 2: creating a toxic work environment. Lynch denies the allegations. Last month,
Speaker 2: she was sued by the City of Boston over unpaid
Speaker 2: property taxes. It's a sign of the season snow plow
Speaker 2: naming contests. Submissions are open for mas dot's third annual contest,
Speaker 2: and a contest is wrapped up just outside Washington d C.
Speaker 2: We take a look at the winners with CBS's Christopher Cruz.
Speaker 1: Each of Arlington County, Virginia's sixty plow salt trucks will
Speaker 1: bear a names suggested by the public. By the time
Speaker 1: the contest ended twelve hundred entries had arrived. The top
Speaker 1: three most suggested names Plowe, Mcplowface, Mister Plow, and Taylor Drift.
Speaker 1: Some other winners Alex Snovechkin, Control Old Salt, Delete Saline
Speaker 1: Dion and Plow. You doing, How you good? Christopher Cruz,
Speaker 1: CBS News Washington.
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