1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:09,879 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news 2 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: fifty three degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. 3 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening here we go, take 4 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:26,600 Speaker 1: me out to the ball game. 5 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 2: I play. 6 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: A week end of the season, and the Fenway Faithful 7 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: finally watching their Red Sox in person. It is Opening 8 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: day at Fenway Park, the Red Sox limping home with 9 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: just one lonely win. Right now at Fenway, they are 10 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: leading the San Diego Potters by a score of three 11 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: to two in the sixth inning. Overall, the Red Sox 12 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: have a slight advantage when it comes to playing their 13 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: first game at Fenway. They've been historically just above five 14 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: hundred in the openers. Red Sox hoping to keep momentum 15 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: for the season going. If they can get some momentum going, 16 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: they are riding a five game losing straight going into today. 17 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: US Force is scrambling to find the second crew member 18 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: from a jet that was shot down over Iran. The 19 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: latest in an update for ABC News. 20 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 3: This is a special report from ABC News. I'm Mike Debuski. 21 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 3: The search continues for that missing Fighter jet pilot who 22 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 3: ejected from his F fifteen plane after it was shot 23 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 3: down by Iranian forces overnight. The other US service member 24 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 3: on that plane has been rescued, sources TELABC. Mick Malroy 25 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 3: is an ABC News contributor and former Deputy Assistant Secretary 26 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 3: of Defense for the Middle East. He says service members 27 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,759 Speaker 3: like this have received what's known as SEER training, which 28 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 3: stands for survival, Evasion, resistance and escape. 29 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 4: What they do now is from their training, and that 30 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 4: training is specifically designed to keep them alive and get 31 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 4: them rescued. So I'm sure that's what's happening right now, 32 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 4: and that's what the military and intelligence community is using 33 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 4: to try to recover this individual. 34 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 3: It comes as the fighting between Iran and the US 35 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 3: continues today and Israeli forces launched another volley of strikes 36 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 3: on Iran, among the targets of prominent university in the 37 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 3: capital of Tehran. This is ABC News I. 38 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: Meantime, two US officials are telling The New York Times 39 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: that an A ten Warthog attack plane crashed near the 40 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,119 Speaker 1: Strait of Horne Movez. This happened about the same time 41 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: as that fighter jet was shot down in a Randy 42 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: Loan crew member on that plane was rescued safely. Holy 43 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: Week continues for Christians. Today is Good Friday. For the 44 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: first time is Pontiff Leo is celebrating Easter season in 45 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 1: some traditional ways. CBS's Chris Livesey tells us the American 46 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: Pope is also being more direct than his predecessors this sweet, 47 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: imploring world leaders and President Trump by name, to find 48 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: an off ramp to the war in Iran. 49 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 5: Hopefully he's looking for a way to decrease the amount 50 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 5: of violence of bombing, which would be a significant contribution 51 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 5: to removing the hatred that's being created and this increasing 52 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 5: constantly in the Middle. 53 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 2: East and elsewhere. 54 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: Today in Vatican, Poplo the thirteenth hosted his first Good 55 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: Friday as Pontiff, a ceremony inside Saint Peter's Basilica. We've 56 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: had the skies clearing out, or at least the sun 57 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: coming out. It's not totally clear everywhere, but it has 58 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 1: certainly brightened a lot since this morning when we have 59 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: that fog and drizzle around, and we'll continue with the 60 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: sun escaping and bringing us close to the mid sixties 61 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: in some places this afternoon. Later tonight, we'll fall back 62 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: into the fifties, and we'll have some clouds around as 63 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: well as fog that may redevelop though tonight most likely 64 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,839 Speaker 1: south shore, South Coast Capean Islands. Tomorrow is a cloudy day, 65 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: at least mostly cloudy, windy. Temperatures will get to near 66 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: sixty early in the day, but then fall through the forties, 67 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: and we'll be in the thirties tomorrow night, with a 68 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: little drizzle around. On Sunday, cloudy, breezy EU Easter will 69 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: feature rain at times, especially late morning on temperatures in 70 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: the low sixties, and a cooler day on Monday, only fifty, 71 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: but we will break out some sunshine again. Right now, 72 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: it is fifty three degrees in Boston. On local city 73 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: taking control after some residents have been scammed out of 74 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: some big Bucks. 75 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 6: We've all heard of the scams pressuring victims into depositing 76 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 6: cash into cryptocurrency machines, but really it's a way to 77 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 6: take advantage of an unsuspecting person in haril. The city 78 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 6: is putting a stop to it. The police department says 79 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 6: that in the last two years, residents have been scammed 80 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 6: out of over a million dollars, and according to the 81 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 6: Eagle Tribune, the City Council voted to make the cryptocurrency 82 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 6: ATMs in the city illegal. Right now, there are seven 83 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 6: and businesses who have them have sixty days to get 84 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 6: rid of them or they'll face fines. While police and 85 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 6: the FBI have been working to catch these scammers, they 86 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 6: want to warn residents that no one should be asking 87 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 6: you for cash over the phone. I made a keen, WBZ, 88 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 6: Boston's news radio. 89 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: A woman in Wooster is attacked by a potentially rabid 90 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: fox in half of this morning. The incident caught on video, 91 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: a witness telling CBS News Boston the fox chased a 92 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: woman up her stairs, penning her against her home as 93 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: the victim used her purse to beat the animal away. 94 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: A neighbor was able to trap the fox under a 95 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: bucket while they called nine one one the victim in 96 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: Both neighbors who went to help got raby shots as 97 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: a precaution. The victim went to the hospital with a bite. 98 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: According to the Worcester Police, someone had called animal control 99 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 1: about the fox earlier, but when they arrived they didn't 100 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: find a fox. The animal has now been sent to 101 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: a clinic to be tested for rabies to infinity and 102 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: beyond well actually it's the Moon, but we're now looking 103 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 1: at the Artemists two crew truly got its way to 104 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: a lunar flyby with a nearly six minute long rocket firing. 105 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 6: And Kennedy looks like a good burn. 106 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 2: We're confirming the Artemists two astronauts had become the first 107 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 2: humans to break out of lower Earth orbit for a 108 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 2: trip to the Moon since Apollo seventeen in nineteen seventy two. 109 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 4: Humanity has once again shown what we are capable of. 110 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 2: Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. 111 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 4: It's your hopes for the future that's curious. 112 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 3: Now. 113 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: On this journey around the. 114 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: Back, it's an uphill climb until early Monday, when the 115 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 2: Moon's gravitational pull takes over and slings them around its 116 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 2: far side before sending them back to Earth. Peter King, 117 00:05:58,200 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 2: CBS News Orland. 118 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: But it's worth Today would have been the birthday of 119 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: astronaut Virgil Gus Grissom. He was killed in a fire 120 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: on Apollo one. He was born on this day in 121 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: nineteen twenty six. Now, Hampshire man's facing criminal chargers after 122 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: police say he committed a violent, unprovoked assault and tried 123 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: to steal a state trooper's gun. This happened yesterday afternoon 124 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: on Route sixteen in Dover, New Hampshire. Please say the 125 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,119 Speaker 1: man got out of his vehicle and approached the trooper 126 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,559 Speaker 1: holding a stick and a metal tool, and then became 127 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: verbally aggressive and challenged the trooper. The suspect was eventually subdued, 128 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: identified as Jonathan Newcombe of Dover, taken to a hospital 129 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: for the treatment of minor injuries. He's charged with felony 130 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: criminal threatening and attempting to take a firearm from a 131 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 1: law enforcement officer, as well as several mister meaner charges. 132 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 133 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 134 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 1: I'm Ben Parker, WBZ, Boston's news radio