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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.

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<v Speaker 2>That sun is popping out him in some pretty heavy

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<v Speaker 2>clouds out there after a little bit of rain. Breezy today,

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<v Speaker 2>time year, seventy degrees aki weather coming up right now,

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<v Speaker 2>fifty seven in downtown Boston, and we start in Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>The Boston City Council is expected to vote today on

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<v Speaker 2>the mayor's initiative to protect homeowners in the city from

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<v Speaker 2>seeing a dramatic spike in their property tax bills. Her

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<v Speaker 2>home rule petition had increased commercial property tax rates beyond

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<v Speaker 2>what's currently allowed under state law, which is why the

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<v Speaker 2>mayor had to file a home rule petition with a

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<v Speaker 2>state legislature. She needs their support, along with the support

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<v Speaker 2>of the Boston City Council. It's been a tough go.

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<v Speaker 2>A council meeting yesterday reflected that tensions remain high on

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<v Speaker 2>a device issue, highlighted by pushback from business owners in

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<v Speaker 2>the City of Boston. The vote today is on the

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<v Speaker 2>revised plan on taxes after a compromise with business groups.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep it here. As soon as there is a vote,

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<v Speaker 2>if there is one, we will let you know. We

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<v Speaker 2>do have some new numbers on the US economy, It

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<v Speaker 2>grew at a healthy two point eight percent annual rate

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<v Speaker 2>for the last half of this year. ABC's Jim Ryan

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<v Speaker 2>has that.

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<v Speaker 3>The Commerce Department says the gross domestic product the total

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<v Speaker 3>output of goods and services, did slow slightly from the

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<v Speaker 3>previous quarter, but economists sy the latest figure still reflects

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<v Speaker 3>surprising durability in the economy. On the downside, Americans have

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<v Speaker 3>racked up record credit card debt to deal with rising prices.

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<v Speaker 2>One facet of this growth comes from consumer spending. Despite

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<v Speaker 2>high inflation, we're bringing it down. You and I were

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<v Speaker 2>still spending, and that really helped the GDP on its own.

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<v Speaker 2>Consumer spending accelerated last quarter as well. Hundreds of the

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<v Speaker 2>striking hotel workers in Boston could be back on the

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<v Speaker 2>job by Friday morning, pending the results of a new

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<v Speaker 2>contract vote. This afternoon. Wbz's James Rojas is in downtown crossing.

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<v Speaker 4>With that union members are going to vote on whether

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<v Speaker 4>to ratify a tentative agreement with four Hilton hotel properties.

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<v Speaker 4>If approved, around six hundred workers will be back to

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<v Speaker 4>their normal duties bright and early Friday morning. Unit here

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<v Speaker 4>Local twenty six says in the meantime, picking lines outside

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<v Speaker 4>the two striking Hilton properties are suspended. The tentative agreement

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<v Speaker 4>is said to achieve the same standard of wages and

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<v Speaker 4>benefits set by Omni Hotel and Resorts and its workers

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<v Speaker 4>in downtown Crossing. James Rojas, WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Updating the stubborn rush fires burning in dozens of places

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<v Speaker 2>across Massachusetts for yet another day. The statewide fire mobilization

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<v Speaker 2>plan is sent firefighters and apparatus to Salem and Middleton, Boxborough,

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<v Speaker 2>and Stotem. The State Department of Fires Services telling WBZ

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<v Speaker 2>News Radio crews have about fifty percent contained the fire

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<v Speaker 2>in Salem Woods that was a large fire. Another large

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<v Speaker 2>fire is about ninety five percent contained in Salem, and

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<v Speaker 2>the Mayor of Salem says at this point they have

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<v Speaker 2>no plans to cancel or postpone any Halloween festivities. We're

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<v Speaker 2>starting to see temps in the sixties right now Walpole

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<v Speaker 2>and Norwood, cloudy in sixty, sun starting to appear through

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<v Speaker 2>the clouds in the greater Boston area, and Boston will

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<v Speaker 2>see a high today near seventy degrees. We do have

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of a worrisome breeze out there with

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<v Speaker 2>those wildfires. Tonight cloudy fifty seven in Boston, and then

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<v Speaker 2>Halloween tomorrow sunny breeze warm seventy seven degrees in Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>the record eighty one set back in nineteen forty six.

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<v Speaker 2>Nearly twenty years after decades of sexual abuse was uncovered

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<v Speaker 2>in the Catholic Church in Boston, Medecin releases its first

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<v Speaker 2>report on what it's doing to protect minors, but local

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<v Speaker 2>advocates say it falls short. Boston Archdia says Cardinal jan

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<v Speaker 2>O'Malley leading the commission behind this report fifty pages of it,

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<v Speaker 2>and it outlines steps the Catholic Church needs to take,

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<v Speaker 2>including a streamline process for removing clergy from office and

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<v Speaker 2>reparations for victims. A Boston attorney was represented hundreds of

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<v Speaker 2>victims tells The Globe the report is just an academic exercise.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, the church cannot police itself. Meantime, Cardinal O'Malley

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<v Speaker 2>is set to retire tomorrow. You will hold a prayer

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<v Speaker 2>service tonight for his replacement. Vice President Kamala Harris just

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<v Speaker 2>responded to an apparent gaff from President Biden moments ago.

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<v Speaker 2>The Vice President says she strongly disagrees with criticizing people

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<v Speaker 2>over who they vote for. This comes in response to

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<v Speaker 2>President Biden weighing in on a racist joke made at

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<v Speaker 2>a mega rally over the weekend in New York, and

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<v Speaker 2>ABC's Rachel Scott has.

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<v Speaker 1>That Republicans seizing on the President's words, accusing him of

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<v Speaker 1>calling Trump's supporters garbage.

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<v Speaker 3>Breaking news for you, mister president.

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<v Speaker 4>You may not have heard this.

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<v Speaker 3>Just moments ago, Joe Biden stated that our supporters are garbage.

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<v Speaker 1>Biden even taking the social media to clarify, writing earlier today,

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<v Speaker 1>I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed

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<v Speaker 1>by Trump's supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the only word I can think of to

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<v Speaker 1>describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's all

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<v Speaker 1>I meant to say.

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<v Speaker 2>The Trump campaign has said it does not agree with

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<v Speaker 2>a joke which referred to Puerto Rico as a floating

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<v Speaker 2>island of garbage. Last night, vin's president Harris gave her

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<v Speaker 2>closing argument speech at an infamous spot on the National Mall.

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<v Speaker 5>Her message about this election was clear, it will probably

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<v Speaker 5>be the most important vote you ever cast, she spoke

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<v Speaker 5>at the same spot where on January sixth, she said

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<v Speaker 5>Donald Trump sent an armed mob to the United States

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<v Speaker 5>Capital to overturn the will of the American people.

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<v Speaker 3>This is someone who is unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed

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<v Speaker 3>with grievance.

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<v Speaker 5>Adding it is time for new generation of leadership, and

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<v Speaker 5>she is ready to offer that leadership as President. Lindy Kenyon,

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<v Speaker 5>CBS News Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Laurie Kirby, WBZ, Boston's news radio