1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:10,879 Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news sixty 2 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: six degrees see in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, 3 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. As a partial government 4 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: shutdown drags on, some relief is coming for local airport workers. 5 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 2: Wvz's Madison Rogers with the tails. 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 3: We're hearing from the local TSA union now after President 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 3: Trump's order for Homeland Security to move money around and 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 3: pay the TSA, President Mike Keazagian says as of midday Monday, 9 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 3: every TSA agent in New England has been paid for 10 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,919 Speaker 3: at least the last two pay periods. He says there 11 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 3: seems to be an issue with a third impacted paycheck, 12 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 3: but they've been told that should be resolved by Tuesday. 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 3: He also says four more officers at Logan have quit, 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 3: bringing the total to twenty nine during this shutdown. Now. 15 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 3: So far, things have been relatively stable at the New 16 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 3: England airports, while wait times nationwide hit record highs. Massport 17 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 3: calling Logan fortunate and offering thanks to hard working agents. 18 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 3: It's still unclear, though, oh how long these workaround paychecks 19 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 3: can continue, and how long a stalemate in Congress will 20 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 3: Go Madison Rogers w b Z, Boston's news radio. 21 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: Israel's parliament has passed a law they would implement the 22 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 1: death penalty for any Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. This 23 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: was a major victory for the country's far right, which 24 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: has pushed hard for the measure, including Prime Minister Benjamin Neckan, 25 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: Yahoo came into the chamber to vote yes in person. 26 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: The law makes hanging the default punishment for Palestinians who 27 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: are convicted of nationalisistic killings. The laws but harshly criticized 28 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: by groups who say it is racist, draconian, and unlikely 29 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: to deter attacks. The fighting in the Middle East doesn't 30 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: seem to be stopping anytime soon. Iran is struck in 31 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: an Israeli refinery and is threatening American and Israeli military basis. 32 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: President Trump's been suggesting the US could try to take 33 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,639 Speaker 1: control of the oil rich Iranian island known as carg Island. 34 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: The White House, though, is also saying that talks in 35 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: Iran are progressing, although they wouldn't say who in the 36 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: Iranian regime the US is talking to. The Iranians have 37 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: rejected the nation that talks are ongoing, and White House 38 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: Press Secretary of Caroline Levitt has also been casting doubt 39 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: on what the Iranians have been broadcasting. 40 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 4: Despite all of the public posturing you hear from the 41 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 4: regime and false reporting, talks are continuing and going well. 42 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 4: What is said publicly is of course, much different than 43 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 4: what's being communicated to us privately. 44 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 2: Levitt, meantime says the war is moving ahead according to plan, 45 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 2: with the price of oil continuing to rise. The President 46 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 2: Trump tells The Financial Times he wants the US to 47 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 2: take the oil in Iran. 48 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 5: Oil in the US has now joined global oil and 49 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 5: triple digit pricing. West Texas Intermediate is trading about one 50 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 5: hundred and one dollars a barrel, and the global benchmark 51 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 5: Brent crude is trading at one hundred and fifteen dollars 52 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 5: a barrel. Economists don't expect any reprieve in prices until 53 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 5: the Strait of Hormuze fully reopens, or until economies around 54 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 5: the world fall into recession, which would mean demand for 55 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 5: oil would drop and prices fall. 56 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 2: That is ABC's Sherry Preston, how would you like something 57 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 2: for free? All right? 58 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: Then, Governor Morra heally announcing a series of summer fair 59 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: promotions and discounts on the MBTA Commuter Rail, and it 60 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: includes free fridays for four promotions will run on the 61 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,959 Speaker 1: commuter Rail through June, July and August. It includes a 62 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: fifty percent discount from monthly passes and free summer fridays, 63 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: with all commuter Rail service being free fridays in June, 64 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: July and August, including juneteenth and July third. Regular fairs, 65 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 1: though will be in place for Boston Stadium trains, the 66 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: Cape Flyer, and other special event trains to Foxborough. Meantime, 67 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,839 Speaker 1: there'll be dollar weekend summer companion fares for monthly pass 68 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: holders to bring someone along for a buck and those 69 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: heading to the World Cup Games in Foxborough hold everything 70 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: you may have to shell out a pretty penny. We'll 71 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:49,119 Speaker 1: have more on that coming up in just a couple 72 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: of minutes the four DA WBZ ACCU weather forecast. We're 73 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: going to get on the up train here on this 74 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: roller coaster ride that we've been calling spring today. We 75 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: were on the ups as we got into the mid 76 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: sixties in many spots, cape and islands hanging out right 77 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: now in the forties and fifties and tonight most of 78 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: us will hang out within a few degrees of fifty, 79 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: with a couple of showers getting in here after midnight, 80 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: maybe even a rumble of thunder. Tomorrow sixty one for 81 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: the high, so a little cooler than today, and the 82 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: Capean Islands will be even cooler than that. Cloudy skies 83 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: with a couple of showers, especially in the morning. And 84 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 1: then here comes the real big upswing. It's Wednesday, seventy 85 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: five for the high temperature. We may get close to 86 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 1: the record for the date with mostly cloudy skies and 87 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: a couple of showers around, mainly in the afternoon. Thursday 88 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: will go down. Hold on to your stomach, cloudy, breezy, colder. 89 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 1: The roller Coaster lands at about forty one with some 90 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: rain and drizzle, and with that breeze it'll feel like 91 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: it's in the thirties and then back into the sixty 92 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 1: degree range as we get into Friday. Right now, it 93 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: is sixty six degrees in Boston with the World Cup looming. 94 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: Getting to the games in Foxborough this year will consist 95 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: mainly of trains and automobiles. Taking the train could costume. 96 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 6: To go from South Station to Foxboro today on the 97 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 6: commuter rail one way will cost you a quarter shive 98 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,799 Speaker 6: of nine bucks. For a Pats game and other special events, 99 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 6: it's about twenty dollars, but reports from the Athletic this 100 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 6: month say that fans for the World Cup could be 101 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 6: looking at quadruple that price, nearly eighty dollars now. The 102 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 6: head of the MBTA, Philip Ng, says the price will 103 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 6: be more, but he won't hint at how much. 104 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 7: I'm saying. We haven't finalized the reports. It will be 105 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 7: more than on normal pricing. 106 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 6: Eng says that they are accounting for all of those 107 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 6: people who will be traveling from all over the state, 108 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 6: not just the folks who will be starting and ending 109 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 6: at Ceuth station, but the fans who are staying up 110 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 6: maybe in Rockport. 111 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 7: What we want to be able to do is to 112 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 7: say this event pass is an all day commuter rail 113 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 7: all system pass, meaning you not only get round trip 114 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 7: to the game, you get the whole day to use 115 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 7: the commuter around no matter where you want to stay 116 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 7: in the Commonwealth. So there's a lot more value to it. 117 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 2: When will we. 118 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 6: See those new value prices, Ng says early April. Amanda 119 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 6: King WBZ, Boston's news radio well. 120 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: They don't call it madness for nothing. As March gets 121 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: ready to wrap up, it's been a little crazy. Wbzy's 122 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: Drumalholland as the tales. 123 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 8: Michigan, Arizona, Illinois and the Huskies of Yukon coming through 124 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 8: on the men's side want to finish. As Yukon storms 125 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 8: back from nineteen down, forces a last second steal, hits 126 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 8: the desperation three right before the buzzer of March Madness 127 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 8: finished for the ages. Great call by Iron Eagle on CBS. 128 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 8: Yukon women play in the final four Friday, and this 129 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 8: has put the pressure on You might remember a Jordan's 130 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 8: Furniture promotion that ran between January twentieth and March first. Yeah, 131 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 8: both the men's and women's Yukon basketball teams, if they 132 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 8: made it to their respective national championship games, which they're 133 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 8: now both just one went away from doing. Everything you 134 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 8: bought is free. So how are you feeling about that? 135 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 8: Jordan's Furniture chairman Elliott Tatelman. 136 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 2: We want this to happen, and I mean we root 137 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 2: for the Red Sox too. We buy insurance. 138 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 8: Yeah, Red Sox, that World Series, A lot of you 139 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 8: got free furniture. I'll be honest, not sure Elliott or 140 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 8: myself actually thought this was going to happen with the 141 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 8: Yukon teams. But here we are, just one win away. 142 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 8: For both Drumahaal and WBZ Boston's News Radio. 143 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 2: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 144 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 2: the day. 145 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 146 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 2: I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's News Radio.