1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. 2 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 2: A chilly start to this Saturday morning. Right now, twenty 3 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 2: degrees in Boston at six o'clock. Good morning, I'm Charlie 4 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 2: Burger on Here's what's happening, and we begin with breaking news. 5 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 2: President Trump is confirmed on social media United States is 6 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 2: behind explosions and low flying aircraft in the skies above 7 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: Venezuela early this morning. 8 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 3: President Trump confirmed US strikes on sites inside Venezuela early Saturday, 9 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 3: and said the country's president, Nicholas Maduro, has been captured 10 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 3: in an operation done quote in conjunction with US law enforcement. 11 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,599 Speaker 3: The president said he will hold a news conference at 12 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,520 Speaker 3: eleven am. Jennifer Jacobs CDs News. 13 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 2: In a post on social media, Trump said Maduro's wife 14 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 2: was also captured. The explosions in Caracas sent people rushing 15 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: into this street, while others took to social media to 16 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,839 Speaker 2: report hearing and seeing the blasts. It was not immediately 17 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 2: known if there were any casualties. The attack lasted less 18 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:14,279 Speaker 2: than thirty minutes, and parts of the city remain without power. 19 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 2: Two New England Patriots players facing serious charges break their silence, 20 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 2: but they don't really say much about their cases. CBS 21 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,839 Speaker 2: News Boston Daron Parsigen spoke with both in the locker 22 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 2: room in Foxborough. 23 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 4: Sorry, I wasn't available for those couple of days. 24 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 5: You know, it's a different kind of time, but. 25 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 2: Dealing with everything. 26 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: Patriots star receivers to Vawn Diggs speaking to the media 27 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: for the first time since the criminal charges he's facing 28 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: came to light this week. Diggs is set to be 29 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: arraigned later this month on an assault case stemming from 30 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: a December alleged incident with a woman who worked as 31 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: his private chef. 32 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 2: It's definitely an open case, so I can't even say 33 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: anything about it. 34 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 4: I would be open to any football courts than anything 35 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 4: you want to know. 36 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: While he wouldn't speak about the case Friday, through his attorney, 37 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: Digs has denied all the allegations. 38 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 2: Von Diggs defensive tackle Christian Barmore also facing assault charges. 39 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 2: Both expected to play for the Patriots tomorrow when they 40 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: close out their regular season in Foxborough against Miami. Police 41 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,239 Speaker 2: in New Bedford, with assistants from Massachusetts State Police, have 42 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 2: located and identified the car involved in a deadly hit 43 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 2: and run on New Year's Day, thirty three year old 44 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: Nicolossa Ventura Collage, was crossing a street after attending a 45 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 2: church event with her family when she was struck by 46 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 2: an suv. The driver did not stop. Collage, a mother 47 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 2: of three, later pronounced dead at a local hospital, and 48 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: a social media post. New Bedford Police say they are 49 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 2: continuing to piece together the events that took place during 50 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 2: this terrible tragedy and anticipate justice will be served swiftly. 51 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 2: A seventy year old man who died in a fire 52 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 2: at an apartment building early on New Year's Day on 53 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 2: Union Street in Manchester, New Hampshire, has been identified the 54 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 2: New Hampshire State Fires. State Fire Marshall's office says Thomas 55 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 2: Case he died from smoke inhalation. Many residents were trapped 56 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 2: on balconies when firefighters arrived at twelve thirty am. Four 57 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 2: other people remained hospitalized. Fire investigators believe the blaze began 58 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 2: in a third floor apartment bedroom and they do not 59 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 2: think it was suspicious. Fifty people will lived in that 60 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 2: building have been displaced. Let's check the four day wdbz 61 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 2: ACU weather Forecastle Troy Thornton tells us today will have 62 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 2: some early sunshine which will give way to clouds. A brisk, 63 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 2: cold day. We'll get to about thirty two for a high, cloudy, 64 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 2: some snow flurries overnight, a dusting maybe an inch again, 65 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 2: just enough to make the road slick, low twenty four, 66 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 2: and then tomorrow maybe a morning flurry, then otherwise clouds 67 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: and sun. Temperatures again to about the thirty two degree mark. 68 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 2: From Monday, it's colder with clouds and sun just twenty 69 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 2: three for a high on Monday. Again, we might see 70 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 2: some snow flurries Monday night. Tuesday, clouds, high thirty five, 71 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 2: and it gets a little bit warmer into the forties 72 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 2: by midweek. Twenty degrees right now in Boston again, the 73 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 2: wind is an issue, gusting ten to twelve miles per 74 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 2: hour makes it feel like eight above at six oh five. 75 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 2: The United States hitting Venezuela early this morning with a 76 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 2: large scale strike. President Nicholas Maduro has been captured and 77 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 2: flown out of the country. The nighttime operation announced by 78 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 2: President Trump on social media. Hours after the attack, multiple 79 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 2: explosions rang out low flying aircraft sweeping through Caracas as 80 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 2: Maduro's government immediately accused of the United States of attacking 81 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 2: civilian and military installations, the government calling it an imperialist attack. 82 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 2: Where is Maduro now not known. A press conference is 83 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 2: scheduled for eleven this morning. Flu activity considered very high 84 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 2: in Massachusetts, and so far this season there are at 85 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 2: least thirty confirmed flu deaths across the state. Here's wbz's 86 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 2: Sherry Small. 87 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 4: The flu was already widespread in the Northeast, including here 88 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 4: in Massachusetts. 89 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 6: We've really seen a rapid rise over the last couple 90 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 6: of weeks. 91 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 4: Doctor j. Shure is chief of Emergency Medicine for Merrimack Health. 92 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 6: And now we're seeing about ten percent of hospital admissions 93 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 6: are associated with the flu, which is about where the 94 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 6: peak was last year. 95 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 4: And last year was a pretty bad flu year. This 96 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 4: year there's a new variant that health officials are concerned about. 97 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 4: Even so, the flu vaccine that's available is your best 98 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 4: bet in staying protected from severe illness. 99 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 6: It's too early to know exactly what it will do 100 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 6: in terms of preventing the spread, but we do think 101 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 6: and have evidence to suggest that it will prevent you 102 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 6: from getting as sick or from getting those complications that 103 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 6: might wind you up in the hospital overnight. 104 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 4: In Laurence. Sherry Small WBZ Boston's news radio. 105 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 2: There is an avian mystery in Debtim after a really 106 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 2: grizzly discovery. Here's wbz's Madison Rodgers. 107 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 5: There are more questions than answers after Dunham officials say 108 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 5: a variety of domestic birds were found on the ice 109 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,919 Speaker 5: of Mother Brook, dumped off the bridge on Sawmill Lane. 110 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 5: They were all dead and beheaded. Animal Control getting the 111 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 5: word out and looking for answers, says investigators think the 112 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 5: birds were dumped at the reservation between the twenty seventh 113 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 5: and twenty eighth last weekend. They're trying to identify who 114 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 5: may have been responsible and linked to state law that 115 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 5: deals with littering. They did not say how many birds 116 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 5: were found or what kind other than domestic. Anyone with 117 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 5: information is asked to contact Deadham Police. 118 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 2: You are now in the loop or news updates throughout 119 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 2: the day. Listen to WDBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 120 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 5: I'm Charlie Bird. 121 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 2: You're on WDBZ, Boston's news radio.