1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio. We defining local news. 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 2: Well, good morning, it is Monday here in Boston and 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 2: a messy mix of precipitation coming down mainly is rain 4 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 2: here in the city at his thirty six degrees, not 5 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 2: a pretty start today. The News at six is brought 6 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 2: to us by your new England Toyota dealer, your hybrid 7 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 2: all wheel drive headquarters. I'm Jeff Brown. So this is spring, 8 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 2: A cold, wintry day today with rain changing this some 9 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 2: wet snow before tapering to a snowshower. 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: Temperature staying in the thirtieth. 11 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: WBZ Hackey Weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg never fear though, fifties 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 2: and sixties not far behind this time of year, and 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,319 Speaker 2: they'll be here by midweek. Gas prices are closing in 14 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 2: on four dollars a gallon. That is this morning's word 15 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 2: from Triple A Nationwide, it's three dollars ninety six cents. 16 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 2: That's nearly twopenny increase overnight. In Massachusetts a similar increase 17 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: as well, to stand at three seventy four this morning. 18 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 2: That's nearly twenty cents higher than one week ago, and 19 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 2: up eighty four cents compared to a month ago. A 20 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 2: ground stop at New York's LaGuardia airwords on orders of 21 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 2: the FAA this morning after two people are killed and 22 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 2: dozens more hurt following the collision of an Air Canada 23 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: flight and a New York Port Authority fire truck on 24 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: the runway. Officials say many of the injured have already 25 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: been released from the hospital, but there are some serious 26 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 2: injuries as well. The flight from Montreal, operated by Jazz Aviation, 27 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 2: ran into trouble late last night. The pilot and co 28 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 2: pilot are dead. Seventy two passengers and two other crew 29 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: members on board that flight. ICE agents are expected to 30 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 2: be deployed at many of the nation's airports this morning 31 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 2: in an effort to ease massive and growing delays through 32 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 2: TSA checkpoints. 33 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 3: Three dozen cancelations and delays here at Logan to start 34 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 3: the morning, as people arriving at the airport are talking 35 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 3: about the potential of ICE agents here picking up the 36 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 3: slack for a lot of the TSA agents who have 37 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 3: been off the job here for weeks, not getting paychecks. 38 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 3: If they have mixed opinions on ICE coming into the airports. 39 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 4: He was a little interesting at the end of the day, 40 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 4: we still got. 41 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: To go where we got to go again. 42 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 3: It's unclear if ICE agents will actually be at Logan today, 43 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 3: but we'll be watching it all day for you from 44 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 3: Logan Airports, Your Mahal and WBZ, Boston's news radio. 45 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: In fact, borders are Tom Homan says ICE agents are 46 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 2: there to help, but it's not clear what that means. 47 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 2: Since Homan also says DHS will not assist in screening 48 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 2: passengers since his agents are not trained to do that, 49 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 2: it's a good bet that many more passengers will be 50 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,119 Speaker 2: angry trying to fly the friendly skies of United Airlines 51 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 2: this year. The company says it's going to cut more 52 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 2: unprofitable flights in the coming months, even as more people 53 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 2: want to go somewhere, and you can thank the war 54 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 2: in Iran for that. Rising fuel prices include jet fuel 55 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 2: and as oil crashes a one hundred dollars a barrel party. 56 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 2: Officials with United say they see no end in sight. 57 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 2: Rising fuel prices could cost the airline eleven billion dollars 58 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 2: this year alone. Red Sox have just two more spring 59 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 2: training games to go, oh both against the Twins this 60 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 2: afternoon at Jet Blue Celtics can't keep up. They lose 61 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 2: late to the timber Wolves. Celtics now off until Wednesday, 62 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 2: and it's another day off for the Bruins. Not a 63 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: good day for defending champion Florida. Going on to place. 64 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 4: Stirts with the Stirts bound past to the corner. 65 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,519 Speaker 5: Sure garis for three. 66 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 2: The call on CBS Sports Gators knocked out of March 67 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 2: Magnus by Iowa and Yukon tops Ucla to advance to 68 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 2: this weekend Sweet sixteen. 69 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 6: Oh. 70 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 2: We do have some rain and some mixed precipitation coming 71 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: down thirty six right now in Boston. This is about 72 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 2: as warm or as uncomfortable as it's going to be 73 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: all day long. We might see some wet snowflakes embedded 74 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 2: in the rainfall, but otherwise we're looking at mostly cloudy 75 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: skies today and temps again only in the thirties. It 76 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 2: does get better and very gradually, though tomorrow it looks 77 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 2: like sunshine returns partly to mostly sunny. It's going to 78 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 2: be windy, remaining chili high's in the low forties, sun 79 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: mixing with clouds low fifties on Wednesday. We're talking sixty 80 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: degrees on Thursday, but under mostly cloudy skies again this 81 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 2: morning in Boston. The rain is coming down, it is 82 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 2: thirty six degrees, it's six oh five, it is early spring, 83 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 2: and all of that and a new sneezing season begins. 84 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 5: Pump to telling an error with global warming when seasons 85 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 5: begin earlier and lasts longer. Whether those sniffles and coughs 86 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 5: are the onset of spring allergies or a badass winter 87 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 5: that refuses to let go. 88 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 4: I think we're still at the end of cold season. 89 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 5: I don't think we've hit allergy season yet. Not yet. 90 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 5: He's calling winter too well. I don't want to get 91 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 5: out of bed because I'm like, I'm catching a cold. 92 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 5: This young lady says allergies knock her for a loop 93 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 5: each spring, and she's already noticed symptoms this month. So 94 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 5: today's raw weather which knocks falling down. She'll take it 95 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 5: peculiar though that may sound. I'm fine if it's like 96 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 5: cold and rainy and then fine. But like when it's 97 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 5: nice out and the trees and everything, I don't have 98 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 5: to deal with a scratchy throat and like itchy eyes. 99 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 2: Chris Faum, a WBZ Boston's news radio, Boston City councilor 100 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 2: goes through the roof city councilor. 101 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: Ed Flynn calls it a quality of life issue, the 102 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: proliferation of rooftop decks and residential Southy neighborhoods and late 103 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: night behavior that's disserving others below regated to noise. 104 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 6: In potties at all hours of the night, smoking privacy issues, 105 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 6: trash removal, patch of boxes, to good at all where 106 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 6: our streets pest control. 107 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,799 Speaker 1: He recently introduced a non binding resolution against the construction 108 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: and approval of more roof decks. 109 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 6: In recent years, despite no impact on the housing crisis. 110 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 6: As I mentioned, nearly every case is approved regardless of 111 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 6: opposition testimony from local collective officials, civic groups, and navies. 112 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: That resolution was not voted on, but rather sent a 113 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: committee for a hearing in Southee. James Rojas w b 114 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: Z Boston's news radio. 115 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 2: Maybe early on a Monday morning, but we learned the 116 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 2: bar is closed. 117 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 4: A new survey by lending Tree finds fifty three percent 118 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 4: of Gen Z say they don't drink alcohol. That was 119 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 4: followed by forty seven percent of Baby boomers and Gen xers. 120 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 4: Millennials were found to be the most likely to order 121 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 4: an adult beverage, with sixty three percent saying I'll have another. Overall, 122 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 4: just over half of Americans drink alcohol. Matt Phipps WBZ Boston's. 123 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 2: News Radio what many more Americans are drinking these days 124 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 2: are mocktails, and they're coming at an increasingly high price. 125 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 2: Christopher Columbus arrives in the nation's capital. 126 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 7: President Trump has installed a thirteen foot one ton statue 127 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 7: of the Explorer on White House grounds outside the Eisenhower 128 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 7: Executive Office Building. It's made from pieces of a monument 129 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 7: President Reagan unveiled in Baltimore in nineteen eighty four, before 130 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 7: it was destroyed by protesters six years ago. They claimed 131 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 7: Columbus was responsible for the genocide and exploitation of Native Americans. 132 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 7: He dumped the statue into Baltimore Harbor. Italian American businessmen 133 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 7: and politicians dredged up marble bits and pieces, and had 134 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 7: it rebuilt. Last year, President Trump signed a proclamation hailing 135 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 7: Columbus a hero. Deborah Rodriguez CBS. 136 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,799 Speaker 2: Need you are Now in the loop For news updates 137 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 2: throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the 138 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app. I'm Jeff Brown. WBZ Boston's news radio