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Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.

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Speaker 2: Sunny sky seven degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock, but

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Speaker 2: the real field temp is ten below. Hello, and thanks

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Speaker 2: for being with us on this Saturday, is January twenty fourth.

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Speaker 2: I'm Sherry Small. Let's get you caught up.

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Speaker 1: Your most reliable news source for severe weather coverage is

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Speaker 2: All right, it's going to be dangerously cold today leading

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Speaker 2: up to a major snowstorm tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: This is going to last right on into the evening

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Speaker 3: in overnight hours before it finally starts to calm down

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Speaker 3: a little bit as we head into Monday.

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Speaker 2: And that's Jacob Wikoff there. We'll have the full ACU

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Speaker 2: weather forecast that's coming up in three I Meanwhile, topping

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Speaker 2: our news, Mayor Michelle who declares a snow emergency here

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Speaker 2: in Boston and also Kansas School cancels school for Monday,

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Speaker 2: while Governor Mora Healey activates the state's emergency center ahead

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Speaker 2: of the big storm.

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Speaker 4: Day indoors and off the roads. That's what Governor Moore

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Speaker 4: Heey recommends ahead of this weekend's a major snow storm.

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Speaker 5: Our state teams have been making preparations since this forecast

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Speaker 5: first emerged.

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Speaker 4: That forecast calling for one to two feet of snow

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Speaker 4: Sunday into Monday, making travel dangerous during the worst of it.

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Speaker 5: Declaring Monday a remote workday for non essential state employees.

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Speaker 5: I encourage employers in the private sector to think about

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Speaker 5: doing the same.

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Speaker 4: The governor says, mass Dot Cruise will be ready to

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Speaker 4: go across the state, but it's important to take precautions

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Speaker 4: ahead of the storm.

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Speaker 5: I want you to make sure that you're thinking about

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Speaker 5: what you might need for the weekend through Monday. We

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Speaker 5: don't want to see power outages, but it's important that

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Speaker 5: people prepare for power outages.

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Speaker 4: Brook McCarthy WBZ, Boston's News radio.

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Speaker 2: And the Patriots it at all on the line. Tomorrow

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Speaker 2: in Denver, Pats played the Broncos for the AFC Championship

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Speaker 2: Number two versus Number one. Winner goes to Super Bowl six.

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Speaker 3: This is a tough place to play.

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Speaker 1: We know about that.

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Speaker 3: We know about the Patriots history as well, zero to

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Speaker 3: four against the Broncos in you know, in the playoffs

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Speaker 3: here at Mile High, including two AFC championship games. So

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Speaker 3: it's not going to be easy for this Patriots team.

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Speaker 3: But this Pats team has yet to lose on the road.

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Speaker 3: We know that Road Warriors eight and aer away from

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Speaker 3: Foxborough all during the regular season.

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Speaker 6: This will be their first postseason test.

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Speaker 1: On the road.

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Speaker 3: Mike Grabel was asked about going into hostile territory.

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Speaker 6: Kind of take it all in, and that's part of

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Speaker 6: enjoying everything that this is about.

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Speaker 2: As you continue to win and move on at that

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Speaker 2: those are things that you can enjoy and that CBS

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Speaker 2: News Boston's Dan Roach reporting there. Much of the talk

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Speaker 2: heading into the game, the Broncos turning to backup quarterback

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Speaker 2: Jarrett Stidham after losing star Bone Nix to a broken ankle.

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Speaker 2: Pats fans hoping that Drake may can avoid the turnovers

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Speaker 2: he suffered in playoff wins over the Chargers and the Texans. Now.

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Speaker 2: Kickoff is tomorrow in the Mile High City at three pm.

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Speaker 2: Now the four da WBZ aqu weather forecasts or today

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Speaker 2: we're just dealing with some frigid temperatures, a mix of

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Speaker 2: sun and clouds, a high of fifteen ACU Weather real

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Speaker 2: field tempts so will be around five to fifteen below

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Speaker 2: all right. Tonight frigid with increasing clouds, a low of

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Speaker 2: seven degrees in Boston, near zero for Thirs well inland areas. Tomorrow,

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Speaker 2: that's when the snow starts arriving in the afternoon. Travel

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Speaker 2: conditions will deteriorate quickly highs twenty two degrees in the city.

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Speaker 2: That snow could be heavy at times. It will also

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Speaker 2: become windy Tomorrow night into Monday, and then on Monday storm.

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Speaker 2: Total snowfall we can expect one to two feet, except

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Speaker 2: lesser amounts for the cape in the Islands, where it

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Speaker 2: will likely change over to sleet and rain. Tracks extremely

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Speaker 2: difficult and dangerous on Monday, with a high of twenty

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Speaker 2: eight Tuesday colder, more clouds than sunshine, the high twenty

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Speaker 2: one degrees. Right now, it's seven degrees in Boston, but

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Speaker 2: it feels like it's ten below at eleven oh five.

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Speaker 2: Back to our top story. The City of Boston declares

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Speaker 2: a snow emergency for tomorrow and Monday.

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Speaker 6: Boston Public schools and city buildings are closed for Monday,

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Speaker 6: and a snow Emergency Parking BND will be in effect

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Speaker 6: starting Sunday eight am. To make up for that, parking

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Speaker 6: garages are being offered at a free or discounted rate.

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Speaker 6: Mayor Michelle wu says city workers and plows need to

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Speaker 6: be able to reach the curb on main roads, and

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Speaker 6: police vehicles will be out and about to enforce that space.

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Speaker 6: Savers will be allowed for up to two days after

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Speaker 6: the snow emergency ends. Keep it here and on our

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Speaker 6: the latest snow totals, power outages, road conditions and more. Jaywillett,

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Speaker 6: WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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Speaker 2: Governor Healey's office releasing a list of spending priorities in

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Speaker 2: her state budget proposal. They include a thirty three million

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Speaker 2: dollar increase in unrestricted state funding for cities and towns

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Speaker 2: in fiscal year twenty twenty seven. The Globe reports that

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Speaker 2: that's well below what the mass Municipal Association says that

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Speaker 2: cities and towns would need. Two reports that were released

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Speaker 2: last year, Muffalo Bills fans have something to say about

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Speaker 2: losing their head coach. WBN radio's Jim Fink explained.

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Speaker 7: Just how angry is the Bill's mafia that John McDermot

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Speaker 7: got fired. Put it this way. As of January twenty third,

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Speaker 7: more than fifty two thousand people and counting have signed

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Speaker 7: a petition urging team owner Terry Pagoula to reconsider not

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Speaker 7: that that's going to happen. Of course, Ab Johnson from

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Speaker 7: suburban Buffalo echoes that sentiment.

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Speaker 6: You gotta have a belief in him that he can

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Speaker 6: lead you to twelve wins.

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Speaker 7: For now, the Bills are still conducting a coach search,

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Speaker 7: and the Bills mafia is beyond upset. Jim Think for

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Speaker 7: CBS Jews Buffalo.

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Speaker 2: Former Colts quarterback Phil Versus among the candidates that the

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Speaker 2: Bills have interviewed. You are now in Bloop for news

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