1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio. We defining local news. 2 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: I just relax, people. I hate to break it to you, 3 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: but it's Thursday here in Boston and we're going to 4 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: start it under mainly clear skies and the chili breeze 5 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 1: is blowing this morning. Temperature is mainly in the forties 6 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: in and around town. Here in Boston, it's forty eight degrees. 7 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: Good to be with you at six o'clock this Thursday morning. 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: It is brought to you by your new England Toyota dealer, 9 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. I'm Jeff Brown, and 10 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: hello Coke closets. 11 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 2: We'll have sun giving way to some minivals of clowns, 12 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: especially on the Capean Islands where there can be some 13 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: drizzle this afternoon. 14 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 1: The hig today only fifty five. That is WBZ AFI 15 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: weather meteorologist Tether's are nice stretch of weather really is 16 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: going to take us through the entire weekend. The sit 17 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: go sign in Boston is on the move. 18 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 3: I view and the appropriate site lines for this really 19 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 3: iconic symbol of Boston would be. 20 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: Protected, but it's not going far. Comments from Boston Mayor 21 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: Michelle Wu. A redevelopment project in ken Moore Square will 22 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: ultimately relocate this sign, putting it thirty feet higher and 23 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: more than one hundred feet east from its current location. 24 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: It's all part of a redevelopment project at the SITCO 25 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 1: Signs home atop six to sixty Beacon Street. No word 26 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: on a relocation date. Celtics win their final preseason game 27 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: with a buzzer beater against Toronto at the Garden. The 28 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 1: games begin for real, starting Wednesday night against the seventy 29 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: six Ers. The Blue Jays bounce back dominate the Mariners. 30 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 1: They take a Game three win in the American League 31 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: Championship Series in Seattle. The NLCS continues tonight in Dodger Stadium, 32 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: and Week seven in the NFL kicks off tonight. It's 33 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: the Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday Night football Road 34 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: to Nowhere. On the North Shore, inspections begin today following 35 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: the sudden shutdown of a key bridge on Route one 36 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: oh seven on the Lynn Saugust Line after engineers find 37 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: a crack in one of the bridge's trusses. Detours are 38 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: in effect for what is being called an indefinite closure. 39 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: Massachusetts Highway officials say it's down for the count for 40 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: at least the next couple of weeks, making life difficult 41 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: for some fifteen thousand drivers who use that bridge on 42 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: a daily basis. Sidewalks will remain open for bicycles and pedestrians, 43 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: and officials say there will be no effect to marine 44 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: traffic using the drawbridge portion of that span. I hate 45 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: to be the bearer of bad news, but sunsets reaches 46 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:29,519 Speaker 1: another milestone today wbcas Drew moholland is here. Go ahead, Andrew. 47 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 3: It's like a sure sign that winter's coming. 48 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 1: Right. 49 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 3: The countdown is onto the last of the six pm 50 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 3: sunsets arriving tonight. We just got a little more than 51 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 3: a eleven hours of daylight now. Yep, later this week, 52 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 3: sunrise will happen at seven am or later until we 53 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 3: turn the clocks back in our next month. It's all 54 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,239 Speaker 3: part of the process that leads us to the shortest 55 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,119 Speaker 3: day of the year in December, when the sunsets around. 56 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 3: Deep breath, everybody, four fifteen. 57 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: Wow. Yeah, you know what I'm taking from this though. 58 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: I'm taking from this that we're getting an extra hour 59 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: of sleep next month. Yeah, that's what that amounts to. 60 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 3: I don't sleep anyway, so I prefer the longer wha 61 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 3: wham or sun please later. 62 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: By the way, sunrise is at six fifty nine this morning. 63 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: It is a beautiful start to the day for the 64 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: most part. We've got a bit of a breeze, so 65 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: it's a little chilly here in the area. We're seeing 66 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: readings mainly in the forties this morning, but don't be 67 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: surprised to see your dashboard thermometer indicate we're in the thirties, 68 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 1: because we are seeing a couple of those south on 69 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: the a Cape and Islands this morning. We're still in 70 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: the fifties, so not bad there. All things considered, this 71 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: is going to be a typical mid kind of fall 72 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: day today with sunshine and breezy conditions. Highs will only 73 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: top out of the mid fifties this afternoon, mainly clear, 74 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: dropping into the thirties and forties for much of the 75 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: area overnight Tonight tomorrow, more sunshine and a little bit warmer, 76 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: with the high approaching sixty degrees. It looks like this 77 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: good weather is going to stretch right through the weekend, 78 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: with high temperatures mainly in the sixties and mostly sunny skies. 79 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: We do have our next chance of rain coming up 80 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: to kick off the work week on Monday. Right now 81 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: in Boston, it is forty eight degrees here in the city, 82 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: six out six this Thursday morning. Ready or not? Retirement 83 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: is coming, and by the looks of it, we're not ready. 84 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 4: New research finds that Americans will live longer over the 85 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 4: next two decades, with the nation's senior community expected to 86 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 4: grow some forty percent. 87 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: A very good thing. 88 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 4: But the problem is you're not prepared. 89 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: And you're not prepared, you're in trouble, which is. 90 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 4: The prevailing theme of the study, which focuses not just 91 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 4: on finances, which is a significant factor, but also examines healthcare, 92 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 4: social lives, housing, in day to day living. 93 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 1: I think we've planned for this. We'll see how it goes. 94 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 4: The founder of the mit Age Lab, which conducted this study, 95 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 4: says most people figure longevity out day after day and 96 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 4: hopes this research will change the cultural narrative. Chris Fama WBZ, 97 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 4: Boston's news radio. 98 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: And a new survey this morning tells kids it's time 99 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: to adult adulthood. 100 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 2: Uh oh boy, when's that moment you feel like you 101 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 2: finally graduated from childhood and officially feel like an adult. 102 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 2: For Paula, it was the shiny ring on her finger. 103 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 2: I guess when you get married, because actually we got 104 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 2: married like two weeks ago, so now we're adults. I guess, 105 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 2: But she's not the majority. Recently, AT and T surveyed 106 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 2: over two thousand adults, seventy six percent of them said 107 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 2: the ultimate sign of adulthood is saying goodbye to mom 108 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 2: and dad's phone plan. 109 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 4: I don't know. 110 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 2: I do that a long time ago, but Barry feels 111 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 2: like adulthood is more of a mental state. I had 112 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 2: the money to pay my parents back for the phone plan, 113 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 2: and I did it. Then that makes me an out. 114 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 2: According to a survey by whistle Out, she's a part 115 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 2: of the one in five adults who are still on 116 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 2: their parents' plans. This inspired you to pay back mom 117 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 2: and dad. Abh in back Bay, I'm a freedman, w BZ, 118 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 2: Boston's news radio. 119 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 1: US Passport loses its luster. A new ranking drops the 120 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,359 Speaker 1: one time gold standard for worldwide travel out of the 121 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 1: top ten most powerful passport's list. Since its number one 122 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: ranking more than a decade ago. For the US Passport, 123 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: it's been a slow slide from relevance. The latest hit 124 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: comes during President and Trump's immigration crackdown, and the State 125 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: Department says that the US passport does remain a go 126 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:09,239 Speaker 1: card for international travelers. 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