1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: Is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Forty four 2 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: degrees in Boston. It's four o'clock sunset, coming up at 3 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:17,080 Speaker 1: four eighteen this afternoon. I'm Nicole Davis. Thanks for being here, 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: and here's what's happening. We're waiting on the president's signature 5 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: on a bill from Congress that would give the Justice 6 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: Department thirty days to release all files on Jeffrey Epstein. 7 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: The House Oversight Committee is already coming through tens of 8 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 1: thousands of files. It's preparing for what could come next. 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: Wbz's Madison Rogers spoke with a local committee. 10 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,919 Speaker 2: Member, Massachusetts Rep. Steve Lynch. Says they have a lot 11 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 2: of work ahead of them and says he was happy 12 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 2: to see this measure get near unanimous support. 13 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 3: It was especially hot warming to see the joy and 14 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 3: relief on the faces of some of the survivors who 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 3: were with us yesterday. 16 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: The case a complicated web of wealth, power and child abuse, 17 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: centered around the late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. 18 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 2: As Democrats raised concerns about the President's place in that web, there. 19 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 3: Seems to be much more involvement here than what the 20 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:06,759 Speaker 3: President first indicated. 21 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 2: The President's denied any knowledge of the crimes. Lynch is 22 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 2: worried also that the DOJ is being over aggressive with 23 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 2: redactions as lawmakers and the public wait to see what 24 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 2: we'll get. Madison Rogers w b Z, Boston's news Radio. 25 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: Now the dj can hold back files to protect victim's 26 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: identities and anything related to ongoing probes. Some lawmakers on 27 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: Capitol Hill say they're concerned about the new probes that 28 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: have been opened up into Democrats and their ties to 29 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: Epstein how that could impact the release of the files. Meantime, 30 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 1: Harvard says it is taking a closer look into just 31 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: how close its former president was with Epstein. 32 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 4: Larry Summers was Harvard's president from two thousand and one 33 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 4: to two thousand and six, and he still teaches economics 34 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 4: at the school. A batch of emails released by Congress 35 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 4: last week showed he had a close relationship with Epstein 36 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 4: for years. In one exchange, Summers asked Epstein for advice 37 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 4: on how to pursue a woman he was mentoring. They 38 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 4: stopped emailing each other in twenty nineteen, one day before 39 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 4: Epstein was arrested on new sex trafficking charges. Monday, Summers 40 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 4: announced he'll be stepping back from his public commitments, but 41 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 4: would continue teaching at Harvard. Michael Wallace, CBS News. 42 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 1: Summer's also announcing today he is stepping down from the 43 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: board of Open AI, the maker of chatch ept at 44 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: four two. The Justice Department's case against former FBI director 45 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: James Comy is now under intense scrutiny by a federal 46 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: judge in Virginia. That judge is now considering Comy's request 47 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: that the charges be dropped. At a hearing earlier today, 48 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: the lead prosecutor admitted she submitted a grand jury indictment 49 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: that most members of the panel never saw. Here's ABC 50 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: Stephen Port nine. 51 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 5: In a stoning admission in open court, Acting US Attorney 52 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 5: Lindsay Halligan told the judge that the full grand jury 53 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 5: never saw the two count indictment the charges James Comy 54 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 5: with lying to Congress. Instead, she said, the grand juror 55 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 5: saw a three count draft, which included one charge the 56 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 5: panel voted to reject. Halligan said that document was revised 57 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 5: and then signed by the four person. She said one 58 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 5: other grand juror saw it, but her revelation that it 59 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 5: wasn't seen by all twenty three of them sparked murmurs 60 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 5: among Camy's supporters in court. 61 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: Comy's lawyers want the judge to dismiss the case with prejudice, 62 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: meaning it cannot be brought for a second time. And 63 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 1: jury's election continuing this afternoon and the Brian Walsh murder trial. 64 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: So far eleven jurors have been seated while she is 65 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: accused of killing his wife Anna in twenty twenty three 66 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: at their home in cohac It, dismembering her body and 67 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: disposing of it in several locations on his body has 68 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: never been found. And for the rest of the afternoon, 69 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: we are looking pretty nice out there. The sun is 70 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: setting it four eighteen, and yes, I know that's early, 71 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: but as we make our way toward the winter solstice, 72 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: it's just going to get darker a little bit earlier. 73 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: But don't fret. It is going to be at least 74 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: a nice night out if you've got some plans. Low 75 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: just about thirty three in Boston, mid upper twenties if 76 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: you're inland, clear skies early, but those clouds will come 77 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: back in throughout the overnight. Now for tomorrow, chilly with 78 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: a mix of sun and clouds, we get a high 79 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: year forty five for Tomorrow night, partly cloudy, thirty four 80 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: for the low. Then Friday mostly cloudy, becoming breezy, and 81 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: a h nine year fifty. Could have some showers on 82 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: Friday night. Looking ahead to the weekend, clouds breaking for 83 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: sun on Saturday. Breezy again, but a high just about 84 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: forty nine degrees. Right now in Beverly forty six degrees. 85 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: We're at forty five in Norwood, west of Boston, forty 86 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: five in Fitchburg, and in Boston at four to six, 87 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: it is partly cloudy and we're at forty five. Massachusetts 88 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: has yet another team with a national title. We're good 89 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: at that. Here's wbz's match. 90 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 6: Here the beat goes on. Rentham's King Philip Regional High 91 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 6: School Marching Band is national champions again for the second 92 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 6: year in a row. Even sweeter. They clean victory on 93 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 6: the field at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. That's almost 94 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 6: as cool as Jillette, and we're greeted by cheers in 95 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 6: the police escort as they returned home. King Phillips secured 96 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 6: their spot for the national championship by winning a competition 97 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 6: at Stoton High Over twenty one other local high schools. 98 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 6: Matt Sheer WBZ, Boston's news radio. 99 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 1: Meantime, when it comes to your friends, one of the 100 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: new trends in friendships is transactional. Wbz's j will Let explains, 101 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: Bostonians aren't really fully on board here. 102 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 7: Paying for friends. Would you do it? 103 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 3: You wouldn't. 104 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 7: Maybe trust a friend that you're paying to hang out 105 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 7: with you. 106 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 3: Absolutely not. 107 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 1: They have different intentions. They're motivated by money. I don't 108 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: need well, I do need people like that in my life. 109 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 2: I don't know who they are. 110 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 7: Typical clientele is for those new to town or for 111 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 7: those who got left behind. For some under the radar 112 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 7: city like New York was the best thing to do. 113 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 5: Like the people are telling me, get a job and 114 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 5: keep it and hold on to it. 115 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 7: There's monthly subscription services that group like minded people together, 116 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 7: sort of like Hinge or Tinder. And there's others that 117 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 7: offer activities like aquarium visits, bowling to give people the 118 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 7: opportunity to make connections, so it's not like you're cutting 119 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 7: a check after a casual night at the bar of 120 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 7: the person next to you. But still, Bostonians think there's better, 121 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 7: more cost free options I don't. 122 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: Know if I would pay for it so much as 123 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: like join a meet up or something that's free. 124 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 7: At the common Jay will let WBZ, Boston's News Radio. 125 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 1: And speaking of cash, the final pennies minted by the 126 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: US government should imagine are expected to bring in big 127 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 1: bucks at auction, a lot of pennies. The coins are 128 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 1: going to be sold on December seventh by Stax Boers 129 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: Galleries two one hundred and thirty two to three penny sets, 130 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: one for each year pennies have been in circulation. You 131 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: can get one of those, maybe more. Each set will 132 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: include two regular pennies from the Mints in Denver and 133 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: Philadelphia and a penny that's twenty four carrot gold. Each 134 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: set is expected to bring in about forty five thousand 135 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: to fifty thousand dollars. I've not done the math on 136 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: how many penny set is, but it's a lot. If 137 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: you are now in the loop for news updates throughout 138 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: the day, listen to WBZ Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 139 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: I'm Nicole Davis. Wb LEAD Boston's news radio.