1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:06,239 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local. 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 2: News forty nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, 3 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 2: I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. The longest government shutdown 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 2: in US history may be over, but there's still are 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 2: concerns for tens millions of Americans who didn't get their 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 2: full food stamp allotments on November first. 7 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: Some recipients got partial allotments, but others got all of 8 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: their snap benefits when states stepped in to pay them. 9 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: The USDA tells CBS News recipients in most states should 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: see their benefits loaded onto their electronic Benefits transfer cards 11 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: within twenty four hours, but some states say it could 12 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: take up to a week for some recipients to get 13 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: their delayed aid. About two thirds of the states had 14 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: issued only partial or no benefits before the shutdown ended 15 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: last night. Christopher Cruz, CBS News, Washington. 16 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 2: Thanks for coming to work. Here's a bonus, ten thousand 17 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 2: dollars bonuses they paid out to TSA agents who never 18 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 2: took a day off during the forty five three day shutdown. 19 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 2: ABC Stephen Portnoy has more. 20 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 3: The Homeland Security Secretary says the bonus checks will go 21 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 3: to those TSA agents who, she says, stepped up reporting 22 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 3: to work each day through the shutdown and took on 23 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 3: extra shifts at airport checkpoints. President Trump has suggested similar 24 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 3: ten thousand dollars bonuses might be paid to air traffic 25 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 3: controllers who never called out. They work for the FAA, 26 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 3: which is overseen by the Transportation Secretary. 27 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 2: At Logan Airport, today, forty two cancellations according to the 28 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,559 Speaker 2: numbers from flight to where there have been eighty five 29 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 2: flight delays. More outcry over immigration reform efforts, The United 30 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: States Conference of Bishops is rebuking the Trump administration of 31 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 2: its mass deportation agenda. The organization approving the special message 32 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 2: in a vote with two hundred and sixteen ballots in 33 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: favor of the comments, five votes against three abstentions. The 34 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 2: bishops expressed concerns over the conditions and detention centers and 35 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: a lack of access to pastoral care. The remarka come 36 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: after Pope Leo had directed bishops in the US to 37 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 2: speak out against President Trump's crackdown on illegal imation. A 38 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: former member of Governor Healey's staff facing gun and drug 39 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 2: charges has been granted bail. Wvz's Madison Rogers with details. 40 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 4: It's been weeks since authorities say they seized eight kilos 41 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 4: of cocaine at the Springfield State Office building. The deputy 42 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 4: director of the Governor's Western mass Office was taken into custody, 43 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,519 Speaker 4: accused of trafficking drugs and illegally owning a gun. Lamar 44 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 4: Cook was quickly fired, and he's been held without bail since. 45 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 4: At a hearing on the thirty first, a judge ruled 46 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 4: him a danger to the community, but after a review, 47 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 4: a superior court judge has now modified that determination, setting 48 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 4: cash bail at eighty five thousand dollars. Judge William Ritter 49 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 4: has also told Cook to surrender his passport, noting his 50 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 4: lack of criminal history and strong community ties, but also 51 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,639 Speaker 4: the strong evidence of a sophisticated drug operation. Madison Rogers 52 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 4: w b Z Boston's News Radio. 53 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 2: State officials releasing changes representing the first comprehensive update to 54 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 2: the Department of Early Education and Cares licensing regulations that 55 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 2: govern residential programs for children first Thomson's Night, eighteen ninety five. 56 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 2: The changes promote a stronger workforce through improved requirements on 57 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 2: staff professional development. Among the changes targeting trauma informed in 58 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 2: responsive care, working with LGBTQ populations, sexual abuse and grooming, 59 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 2: and cultural responsiveness, among other things. Residential programs that will 60 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 2: be required to share more information with their boards, such 61 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 2: as licensing reviews and investigations. It looks like weather will 62 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 2: be improving for the game tonight. In Foxborough. We have 63 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 2: had some scattered showers about the area. Not everybody's got wet, 64 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 2: but there have been a few scattered showers. It's also 65 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 2: been a little chilly with the breeze around and tonight 66 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 2: that will be probably the bigger deal at the game. 67 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 2: We'll get some clearing as we head later into the 68 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 2: evening and then bundle up. Thirty six in Boston, closer 69 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 2: to thirty in the Inland suburbs. Eventually probably Foxboro will 70 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 2: get close to thirty and we'll be in the twenties 71 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 2: and some of the distant suburbs sunclouds. Tomorrow, it'll be breezy. 72 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 2: It will be Chile forty five with real feels in 73 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 2: the thirties. Mainly clear Tomorrow night, low thirty two in Boston, 74 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 2: upper twenties in the Inland suburbs, some sun on Saturday, 75 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 2: but then some clouds and then some rain. By Saturday night. 76 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 2: Will be in the mid forties Saturday, but we're gonna 77 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: warm up on Sunday and the rain's going to end 78 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 2: and the skies are going to start to throw out 79 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 2: some sunshine. Temperatures on Sunday in the low fifties right 80 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 2: now forty nine degrees in Boston. An updates of the 81 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 2: story we brought you yesterday as the Charles River gator 82 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 2: has been found. The DC's Brook McCarthy explains. 83 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,239 Speaker 5: Joe Kenny with Joe's Crazy Critters has seen his share 84 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 5: of exotic animals. When he was informed by another local 85 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 5: news station about a small alligator in the Charles River, 86 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 5: he knew he wanted to help. Armed with flashlights, he 87 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 5: found a little gator in about fifteen minutes. 88 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 6: It was pretty much in downtown Boston right there back day, 89 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 6: and it was fortunately in a smaller kind of like 90 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 6: gooon type fond as opposed to any actual river. 91 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 5: Joe took the gator to get checked out and says 92 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 5: he's around a year year old. Whoever, his days and 93 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 5: the cold Charles are over, with the little guy joining 94 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 5: Joe's team for now the wild. 95 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 6: He's small like he is right now that we're staying 96 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 6: with me, and it'll be far of our outreach programs. 97 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 5: He wants to remind people not to just leave exotic 98 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 5: or legal pets out in the wild. Brooke McCarthy WBZ, 99 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 5: Boston's news Radio. 100 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 2: We told you this football going on tonight in Foxborough, 101 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 2: the Patriots and the Jets. Later on wbzy's Dremal Holland 102 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 2: tells us fans are pretty pumped up. 103 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 7: The tailgates should be a lively one, So pack up 104 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,799 Speaker 7: the coolers and get ready to fire up the grill. 105 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 4: Be Hamburg chicken and stay cut dogs whatever. 106 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 7: Now we're talking. Richie Eating of Newburyport will be in 107 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 7: full voice tonight. A season ticket holder since nineteen sixty eight, 108 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 7: he thinks maybe the best Patriots game he's ever seen 109 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 7: is that Tuck Rule game two thousand and one playoffs, 110 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 7: first le Raiders, the snowy comeback from Tom Brady, Adam 111 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 7: Vinettieri and the boys. Would you believe it, Richie and Crewe, 112 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 7: they almost left early. 113 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 2: Yeah, when it happened here Wensday Pub, it look like left. 114 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 2: So me and the boys got upsided, thinking about three 115 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:04,599 Speaker 2: steps to the left officide. It plays out in review, 116 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 2: three steps that right, and we sat back down again 117 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 2: and we stay for the whole game. 118 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 4: It's a good finish, No sue us. 119 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, we don't use in the abilly kick off. 120 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 7: Tonight Pats and Jets eight fifteen Front Fox Burrow, Drew 121 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 7: maholl and w b Z, Boston's news radio. 122 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: Literally look a little different on the field tonight, something 123 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 2: new and something blue. No, there's not going to be 124 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 2: a wedding, just the football game. The Patriots will feature 125 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 2: their new uniforms, the Northeast Northeastern Rivalry jerseys. This will 126 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 2: be the only game they'll wear them at this year. 127 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 2: The helmets are white instead of silver, the blue Patriots 128 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 2: logos on the side, and the white is said to 129 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 2: represent snow, hence Northeaster. The jerseys are a different shade 130 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 2: of blue called storm blue, with NE on the sleeves. 131 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 2: I think that stands for New England. Six stars on 132 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 2: the uniform represent the six states in the region, and 133 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 2: the stripes on the shoulders and pants have a netting 134 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 2: pattern to represent those who work at the harbors in 135 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 2: the region. You are now in the loop for news 136 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 2: updates throughout the day, Listen to WBZ News Radio on 137 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBZ, Boston's news radio