1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news. 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 2: Thirty nine degrees. 3 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 3: We've got some light rain showers in Boston. It is 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 3: six o'clock here on this Monday morning. It is March sixteenth, 5 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 3: twenty twenty six, and this hour of news is brought 6 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 3: to you by You're New England Toyota Dealer. You're Hybrid 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 3: All Wheel Drive Headquarters. Thank you so much for joining us. 8 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 3: I'm Jim McKay and here's what it's happening. Well, it's 9 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 3: certainly going to be a mixed bag as we get 10 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 3: going on this workday Monday. To be warming up today, 11 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 3: but we'll have some rain, even the thunderstorm and the 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 3: potential for some heavy rain into tonight and early tomorrow, 13 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 3: along with some strong gusty winn That is WBZ achiweather 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,639 Speaker 3: meteorologist Brian Thompson. The last part of that, those strong 15 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 3: winds in that heavy rain really has us concerned about 16 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 3: flooding throughout the course of today. 17 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 2: We're expecting around two to three inches of rain today, 18 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 2: with some areas even getting up to four inches in 19 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 2: localized spots. This morning's first round of rainfall is happening 20 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 2: when the tide is going to rise about nine feet. 21 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 2: This is a one two punch kind of situation with 22 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 2: heavy rain during the morning commute, a little break, and 23 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 2: then it picks back up later this afternoon into the evening. 24 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,759 Speaker 2: The flood and wind watches will last throughout the day 25 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: into tomorrow morning on Long Wharf. James Rojas w b Z, 26 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 2: Boston's news Radio. 27 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 3: And of course we're tracking it for you throughout the morning. 28 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 3: And those bands of showers really starting to creep into 29 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 3: the eastern mass right now. North Shore is dry at 30 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 3: the moment, but don't worry that rain's coming. At six 31 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 3: oh one at the Oscars, sure. 32 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:39,919 Speaker 2: It's extremely tight tonight. 33 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 4: I just got to mention that, Yeah, I'm told there's 34 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 4: concerns about attacks from both the opera and ballet communities. 35 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 3: Brookline native Conan O'Brien getting the gig once again as hosts, 36 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 3: handing out all sorts of hardware. 37 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 4: At the end of the night, the biggest award. 38 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 2: The Oscar, goes too. 39 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 4: Paul Thomas Anderson also won Best Director, his first Academy 40 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 4: Award ever. 41 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 2: Thank you, very very very much. You make a guy 42 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 2: work hard for one of these. I really appreciate it. 43 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 4: One battle after Another took home six Oscars, more than 44 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 4: any other film this year. Sean Penn, who wasn't at 45 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 4: the ceremony, also won Best Supporting Actor for his role 46 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 4: in the movie. Erry Preston ABC News. 47 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 3: And That's six so two, one of baseball's bright young 48 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 3: stars on the Red Sox roster, coming up big for 49 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 3: Team USA at the World Baseball Classic. 50 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 4: Left he's on to face Roman Anthony. 51 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 2: Here, let's seer field legs and tasty gifts the US. 52 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 3: Today World Baseball Classic on Fox Sports two to one. 53 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 3: Team USA beats the Dominican Republic. There now in the 54 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 3: World Baseball Classic Championship Tuesday Night, facing the winner of 55 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 3: Venezuela and Italy, and the game meantime, the madness begins. 56 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 3: The college basketball brackets are now, they say, one man's treasure. 57 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I love match madness is. 58 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 5: Another man's trash. 59 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 6: No, no, no, March madness For me, I can not 60 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 6: care less. 61 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 5: But what about the brackets? Those can be exciting? Right, 62 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 5: Certainly you can find a program out there somewhere to 63 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 5: have invested interest in. Like a Cinderella. One always emerges 64 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 5: out of the field of sixty eight. 65 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 4: And the local teams are in that I know of 66 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 4: and can't care less. 67 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 5: And estimated sixty to one hundred million fill out brackets annually, 68 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,559 Speaker 5: the chances of a perfect one one and nine quintillion 69 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 5: and change. Chris Vama, WBZ, Boston's News Radio. 70 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 3: Let's take a look now at this forecast, and it 71 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 3: is a bit of a mess as we get going 72 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 3: here on this Monday. We've got plenty of rain showers 73 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 3: right now that are moving on through all across Central End, 74 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 3: beginning to really hit Eastern Mass all over the shelf 75 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 3: Shore twenty four up through Metro West and into the 76 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 3: Merrimack Valley. It's starting to rain. North Shore is still 77 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 3: drive for the moment, but that rain is going to 78 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 3: be coming here and it's going to hit us in 79 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 3: a big way. We've got a floodwatch that is in 80 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 3: effect from right now through eight am tomorrow morning. A 81 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 3: high wind watch that'll be an effect from five to 82 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 3: night through six am tomorrow. Some of those wins with 83 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 3: the potential to be damaging and also bring on some 84 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 3: power outages. So just something to be aware of. Real 85 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 3: windy for tonight. Son, it's happening right around dinner time 86 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 3: now for this evening down to a low forty one degrees. 87 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 3: We're actually clearing out for Saint Patrick's Day. It's going 88 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 3: to be pretty nice out there tomorrow. High have forty 89 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 3: eight degrees, just a bit cooler, sunshine and clouds. So 90 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 3: then we really cool off on Wednesday, back down into 91 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 3: the upper thirties. We're back in the forties with sunshine 92 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 3: on Thursday. At the moment, though, we've got rain in Boston. 93 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,840 Speaker 3: It is now thirty nine degrees here at six oh six. Well, 94 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 3: gas prices continue to soar at the pomp. 95 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 1: Prices are going to come coupling down as soon as 96 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: it's over, and it's going to be over pretty quickly. Well. 97 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 3: President Trump is trying to calm Americans at the moment, 98 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 3: filling up the tank, and they are cringing three point 99 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 3: fifty five on average right now across the Commonwealth. That 100 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 3: is twenty four cents high higher than it was a 101 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 3: week ago, in sixteen cents below the national average, which 102 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 3: is now at three dollars and seventy one cents. And 103 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 3: the war with Iran continues to drive those prices. 104 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 6: President Trump says he's working to form a coalition to 105 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 6: escort ships through the Strait of Hormuse, a key waterway 106 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 6: virtually shut down by Iran through which one fifth of 107 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 6: the world's oil travels. 108 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: We are talking to other countries about working with us 109 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 1: for the relicing of the League straight and I think 110 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: we're getting good response and had a view that would 111 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 1: rather not get it well. 112 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 6: Trump warning NINO allies if they don't help, it will 113 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:39,559 Speaker 6: be very bad for the future of NATO. 114 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 3: ABC's Nicole D'Antonio reporting me Time Energery Secretary Chris Wright 115 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 3: saying gas prices should fall below three dollars a gallon 116 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 3: by this summer. Wait and see on that one. Long 117 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 3: lines at airport security checkpoints all over the country. Logan 118 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 3: is seeing more than thirty delays and thirty cancelations to 119 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 3: start the morning that partial government shut down, adding to 120 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 3: the travel woes whether around the country, including here in Boston. 121 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 3: Big Time is not going to be helping TSA workers 122 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 3: receiving their first zero paychecks over the weekend. More than 123 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 3: three hundred of them have quit and callouts have doubled 124 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 3: since that shutdown started. Austin, Texas, Atlanta security lines were 125 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 3: winding all throughout the airport, and again, LOGAN has been 126 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 3: largely unscathed. 127 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 2: By all this. 128 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 3: However, over the weekend it really started to ramp up, 129 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 3: and that continues here this morning. You are now in 130 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 3: the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to 131 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 3: WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Jim McKay, WBZ, 132 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 3: Boston's news radio