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Speaker 1: This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.

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Speaker 2: It's eleven o'clock in Boston right now, thirty two degrees.

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Speaker 2: It feels like the teens with the wind coming from

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Speaker 2: the west at about twenty miles an hour. Good morning,

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Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Davis. Here's what's happening. The head of the

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Speaker 2: Federal Reserve is pushing back after the Trump administration opens

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Speaker 2: a criminal investigation. Let's get the update from ABC.

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Speaker 3: Stephen Portnoyd, Good Chair says the grand jury subpoenis focus

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Speaker 3: on his testimony to the Senate Banking Committee last June,

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Speaker 3: Jerome Powell denied planning extravagant upgrades to the Central Bank's headquarters.

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Speaker 3: Powell says the investigation isn't about what he said or

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Speaker 3: how much the project is costing.

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Speaker 4: Those are pretexts.

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Speaker 3: In his extraordinary video announcement, Powell said the probe is

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Speaker 3: a consequence of the Fed making its own decisions on

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Speaker 3: interest rates rather than following the preferences of the President.

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Speaker 3: Stephen Portnoy, ABC News Washington.

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Speaker 2: And a brand new statement O this morning from previous

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Speaker 2: Fed chairs, Treasury secretaries and others say the inquiry is

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Speaker 2: quote an unprecedented attempt to use prosecutorial attacks to undermine

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Speaker 2: the Fed's independence. So far, stocks right now down about

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Speaker 2: two hundred points on the DOO. In response out to Minneapolis,

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Speaker 2: where schools are opening up again almost a week after

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Speaker 2: the deadly shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent

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Speaker 2: sparked protests around the city and nation. ABC's Morgan Norwood

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Speaker 2: has more on the investigation into good Staff.

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Speaker 5: The FBI taking over the probe. President Trump seemingly acknowledging

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Speaker 5: that the agency is not sharing evidence with Minnesota state officials,

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Speaker 5: who are now seeking their own investigation.

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Speaker 6: Well, normally I would put their crooked officials.

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Speaker 5: The lack of access is extending beyond state officials. Saturday,

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Speaker 5: representatives Ilhan omar Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison say they

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Speaker 5: were denied access to an ICE facility. DJ says the

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Speaker 5: denial was procedural, citing a new directive requiring members of

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Speaker 5: Congress to give seven days notice before visiting ICE facilities,

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Speaker 5: or rule the agency says is meant to address security concerns.

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Speaker 2: About a thou and more immigration officials are expected to

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Speaker 2: be deployed to the Twin Cities as demonstrations continue. And

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Speaker 2: coming up on Wednesday, the fate of Greenland could be

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Speaker 2: on the table as officials from Washington meet with their

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Speaker 2: counterparts from Denmark.

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Speaker 6: President Trump says the US will take over Greenland, either

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Speaker 6: by buying it or through military force. Danish political scientist

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Speaker 6: Rasmus brun Pedersen says a US military takeover we threaten

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Speaker 6: the future of NATO.

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Speaker 4: If you see the strongest power in the Alliance attacking

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Speaker 4: Weed the defended areas in the Alliance, then there is

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Speaker 4: no of joining NATO and there will be no point

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Speaker 4: of seeking cooperation with United States sun security matters if

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Speaker 4: they take our territory.

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Speaker 6: Greenland is a semi autonomous territory of Denmark. President Trump

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Speaker 6: says the US needs it for national security. Lindy Kenyon,

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Speaker 6: CBS News, Washington.

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Speaker 2: There are certainly some clouds out there today, but the

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Speaker 2: forecast is looking pretty quiet. We have a mix of

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Speaker 2: sunning clouds. The wind is really going to be the

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Speaker 2: factor here that we have to worry about. Temperatures are

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Speaker 2: in the upper twenties, low thirties right now, warmer rape

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Speaker 2: by the cot. We get up to about forty for

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Speaker 2: the high today, but that wind is still whipping from

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Speaker 2: the west at just about fifteen to twenty five miles

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Speaker 2: an hour, dusting close to thirty on the coast, and

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Speaker 2: that's going to make it feel certainly much cooler for tonight.

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Speaker 2: Clear to partly cloudy, low thirty or so in Boston,

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Speaker 2: mid twenties north and west morning sun Tomorrow, with clouds

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Speaker 2: increasing in the afternoon and a high in the mid forties.

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Speaker 2: Mostly cloudy Wednesday, with a high in the upper forties,

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Speaker 2: and then we'll have some rain around on Thursday, maybe

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Speaker 2: seeing a bit of a snow mix early in the day,

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Speaker 2: but again we've got a high close to fifty, so

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Speaker 2: that will change over eventually. We could have a coastal

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Speaker 2: storm coming in on Thursday night in a Friday, So

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Speaker 2: we'll let you know what's happening in the forecast as

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Speaker 2: we make our way through the week. Right here on WBZ,

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Speaker 2: twenty seven degrees in Winchendon, thirty two in Gloucester, where

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Speaker 2: thirty three in co has it. In Boston right now

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Speaker 2: at eleven oh five, it is partly cloudy and we're

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Speaker 2: at thirty one, but it feels more like the mid teens.

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Speaker 2: Debitter credit I propose law I may have you reconsidering

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Speaker 2: putting down the card and picking up the cash.

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Speaker 1: Massachusetts is among a very short list of states where

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Speaker 1: the seller, for the most part, has to eat the

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Speaker 1: surcharge that comes along with credit card transactions, but a

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Speaker 1: proposed law would shift to that fee from the seller

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Speaker 1: to buyer. Something Tony from Western mass isn't a fan

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Speaker 1: of consumer is riddled with enough fees and extra chargers already.

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Speaker 1: Supporters of the bill say smaller businesses are taking a

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Speaker 1: bigger financial hit since most transactions are done with credit cards.

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Speaker 1: Brennan from Malden sympathizes with them, but says it would

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Speaker 1: be an extra cost for consumers. Also, now you see

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Speaker 1: that happening with tariffs.

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Speaker 6: You know, businesses don't end up paying more for the tariffs,

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Speaker 6: They end up charging the consumer more.

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Speaker 1: The proposed law would require sellers to make it clear

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Speaker 1: that a surcharge would be added to the bill before

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Speaker 1: the sale. In Dewey Square, James Rojas WBZ Boston some

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Speaker 1: news radio.

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Speaker 2: Well, some hikers in Westfield are safe and sound thanks

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Speaker 2: to a smartphone app that came to the rescue your

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Speaker 2: WBZJ Willlett.

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Speaker 7: Westfield first responder say, a crew of hikers out to

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Speaker 7: stress Saturday night, amid cold rain in the pitch dark

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Speaker 7: of night near Reservoir Road and Pitcher Street. Only problem

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Speaker 7: is the hikers couldn't catch a GPS signal to tell

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Speaker 7: rescue crews where they were, so instead they used the

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Speaker 7: what three Words app, something that can be used offline

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Speaker 7: and gives a precise location. Within fifteen minutes after using

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Speaker 7: the app, first responders located the hikers with help from drones.

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Speaker 7: Two hours after the nine one one call, the hikers

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Speaker 7: were taken out of the woods. Now first responders are

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Speaker 7: reminding people to be prepared and download the app just

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Speaker 7: in case. Jay will let BEBZ Boston's news ready out.

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Speaker 2: Britain's tech regulator announcing it's opened up a formal inquiry

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Speaker 2: into X formerly known as Twitter, some of the platforms

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Speaker 2: AI Chapbot known as Grock.

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Speaker 8: I'm Vickie Barker at the Foreign Desk Regulator OFFCOM probing

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Speaker 8: whether X has broken of British law banning non consensual

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Speaker 8: sexual images of women and children. The EU is among

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Speaker 8: those doing the same. Indonesia and Malaysia have banned Grock entirely.

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Speaker 8: President Trump and Elon Musk himself have blasted any attempt

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Speaker 8: to reign in x as an attack on free.

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Speaker 2: Speech CBS, as Vicky Barker. Other countries like India have

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Speaker 2: expressed potential bands of the chatlot. If you are now

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Speaker 2: in the loop for news updates throughout the day, listen

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Speaker 2: to WBZ Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole Davis,

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