1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:06,359 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local. 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 2: News, sunshine and forty degrees in Boston. Hello, and thanks 3 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 2: for being with us on this Saturday. I'm Sherry Small. 4 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: Here's what's happening. A good news if your travel plans 5 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 2: include flying somewhere for the Thanksgiving holiday. The FAA rolling 6 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 2: back flight restrictions. We get details on that from CBS 7 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 2: News Boston's Tammy Lutasa. 8 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: Airlines only have to cut three percent of their flights, 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: down from the six percent which was mandated during the 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: longest government shut down ever. Thousands of flights were affected, 11 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: including Ann's flight to Disney last week. 12 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 3: A week made a huge difference. 13 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: Yes, Florida airports were actually crazy, so on Sunday we 14 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: ended up having a one hour delay. Officials say the 15 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: rollback comes as staffing levels for air traffic controllers have 16 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: improved since they missed two paychecks during the stalemate. 17 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 3: There if you. 18 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: Travel coming up for me as well, and I don't 19 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: want them to get delayed, some will choose to avoid 20 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: the skies and hit the road instead. Just in case. 21 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 4: I am a little concerned. 22 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: How long will it take for the entire aviation system 23 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,839 Speaker 1: to completely stabilize. That's still unclear. 24 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 2: And right now flight aware reporting. So far today Logan 25 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 2: has seen nine flights canceled, forty flights delayed. Things also 26 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 2: returning to normal at the JFK Presidential Library this morning. 27 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 2: They reopened at ten o'clock this morning after being closed 28 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 2: for more than a month during the forty three day 29 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 2: government shutdown. Admission will be free to all visitors through 30 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 2: the end of November. At the JFK, Cafe will reopen 31 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 2: on Monday, and the Research Room will reopen by appointment 32 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 2: only on Tuesday. The library hours are ten am to 33 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 2: five pm, except on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. 34 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 2: The trial of the Cohazit man accused of killing and 35 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 2: dismembering the body of his wife begins next week for 36 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 2: his WBC's Brook McCart Dorothy. With an update on Brian 37 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: Wallah in. 38 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,919 Speaker 5: Norfolk Superior Court, Judge Diane for Neer said a doctor 39 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 5: found that Brian Walsh is competent after weeks of evaluation 40 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 5: at Bridgewater State Hospital, which means he will stand trial, 41 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 5: with jury selections set to start on Tuesday and opening 42 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 5: statements could begin as soon as December first. The defense 43 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 5: had also requested the trial be moved out of Norfolk 44 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 5: County because of extensive media coverage on Walsh's case, but 45 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 5: Judge Forner denied this motion. 46 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 4: The publicity in this case peaked in January twenty twenty 47 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 4: three when the defendant was charged in connection with the 48 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 4: victim's murder, and has decreased in frequency over time time, 49 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 4: undermining a presumption of prejudice. 50 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 5: She also said there is no reason to bring in 51 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 5: jurors from another county because there is a large enough 52 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 5: pool within Norfolk County. Walsh is accused of murdering and 53 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 5: dismembering his wife Anna in their cohas at home on 54 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 5: New Year's Day twenty twenty three. Her body has never 55 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 5: been found. Brooke McCarthy WBZ, Boston's news radio. 56 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 2: And now the fort Da WBC A weather four K. 57 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 2: We're seeing a chili breeze today, sun will fade behind 58 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 2: some clouds. We'll see a high of forty six degrees Tonight, 59 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: cloudy and breezy, some rain developing but ending by morning 60 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 2: evening lows near forty, but then temperatures will rise through 61 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 2: the forties overnight tomorrow on Sunday, It's going to be 62 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 2: a warmer earlier highs near fifty five early, with temperatures 63 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 2: likely falling into the forties in the afternoon. We'll see 64 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 2: some wind and clouds trying to break for a little 65 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,679 Speaker 2: bit of sunshine late in the day. On Monday Chili Day, 66 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 2: a mix of sun and clouds, but a high of 67 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 2: forty five with acueather real field tempts remaining mainly in 68 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 2: the thirties. It's going to be a breezy day on 69 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 2: Tuesday Chili with more sunshine and a high of forty seven. 70 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 2: Right now in Boston, it's sunny and forty degrees. It 71 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 2: feels closer to thirty five. At eleven oh five, former 72 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 2: Vice President Kamala Harris brings her book tour to Metford. 73 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 2: That's happening this afternoon. The twenty twenty four Democrats nominee 74 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 2: will be at the Chevalier Theater at two o'clock holding 75 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 2: a conversation with Kamala Harris about her memoir One hundred 76 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 2: and Seven Days, detailing her failed run for president last year. 77 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 2: Latest data shows conservation efforts to keep one key fish 78 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 2: species booming are working. 79 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 6: Yeah, we just had a really exciting year for River 80 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 6: herring and the mystic The Mystic. 81 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 3: River Watershed Association says river herring numbers are reaching new heights. 82 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 3: This year, more than eight hundred and fifteen thousand river 83 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 3: herring passed through the fish ladder at Mystic Lakes Dam, 84 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 3: the highest the population has been since volunteers started keeping 85 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 3: track in twenty twelve. 86 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 6: So because of interventions like fish ladders at the Mystic 87 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 6: Lakes Dam and Center Falls Dam, we're starting to see 88 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 6: that population come back and come back even bigger than 89 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 6: ever this year. 90 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 3: Daria Santalani, the senior engagement manager at the association, tells 91 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 3: me each year the hering go from the Atlantic Ocean 92 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 3: up through Boston Harbor, past the Amelia Earhart Dam, up 93 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 3: to freshwater lakes and ponds to mate and have their babies. 94 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 6: It's extremely exciting because river harring are really ecologically important. 95 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 6: They're a big part of both freshwater and marine food 96 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 6: webs because they make this migration. 97 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 3: She says, all this new data is thanks to their volunteers. 98 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 6: We have volunteers that go every day of the migration 99 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 6: from April through June, seven days a week, seven am 100 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 6: to seven pm, each going for an hour to count 101 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 6: how many herring they're seeing. 102 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 3: Passing the dam. I'm a freedman. W b Z, Boston's 103 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 3: news radio. 104 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 2: The former head of Boston Public Schools bus safety facis 105 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 2: charges accused of accepting bribes. Fifty nine year old Michael 106 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 2: Muller of Millbury worked for the transportation company, which oversaw 107 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 2: operations and maintenance for over seven hundred Boston Public school buses. 108 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 2: He's charged with soliciting more than eight hundred thousand dollars 109 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 2: worth of bribes and kickbacks over a decade from vendors 110 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 2: who worked on those buses. A vendor from Westwood is 111 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 2: also accused of paying bribes to Muller. 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