1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: This is wb Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. 2 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 2: It's eleven o'clock right now in Boston, partly cloudy skies. 3 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,119 Speaker 2: It is forty five degrees. Good morning. I'm Nicole Davis, 4 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 2: and we start with the war in the Middle East 5 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 2: is focusing in this morning on the Strait of Horror Moves. 6 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,479 Speaker 2: That is a very narrow shipping lane vital to the 7 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: global oil trade. UK Royal Navy's monitoring agency says three 8 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 2: ships there have been hit by unknown projectiles your CBS's Macupman. 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: The US military says it's hunting Iranian mind laying ships 10 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: in the Persian Gulf, but Iran appears to have tightened 11 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: its grip on the choke point of the Trait of 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: Horror Moves, through which a fifth of the world's oil passes. 13 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: Just this morning, free ships in the Persian Gulf reported 14 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: being struck by suspected Iranian drones. The US says its 15 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: strikes have significantly reduced Iranian missile and drone fire. 16 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 2: Now we are following how all this is impacting oil 17 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 2: and the ass prices. The average price for a gallon 18 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: of regular unleaded in Massachusetts today stands at three dollars 19 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 2: forty four cents. Triple A says that is a four 20 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 2: cent increase since yesterday, forty cents up from this time 21 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 2: a week ago, and a barrel of Brent crew that 22 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 2: is the oil that we're watching here, is now trading 23 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 2: up to ninety one dollars this hour. The International Energy 24 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: Agency last hour did announce it's making four hundred million 25 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 2: barrels of oil available from emergency reserves. That is the 26 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 2: agency's largest ever release, thirty two countries taking part in 27 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 2: that release. Now, the United States says it has carried 28 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 2: out the most intensive day of strikes on Iran, yet 29 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 2: Iran is making a similar claim about its own attacks. 30 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 2: ABC's in panel says this is all taking a toll 31 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 2: on American troops. 32 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 3: The toll on American service personnel becomes clearer Dependsagon revealing 33 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 3: that at least one hundred and forty US service members 34 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 3: have been injured so far, eight of them severely wounded. 35 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 3: ABC News also learning new details about that Ranian strike 36 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 3: that killed six US troops in Kuwait. Soldiers there had 37 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 3: taken shelter in a bunker as air defense systems intercepted 38 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 3: a wave of Iranian drones, but moments after the all 39 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 3: clear was given to return to their work building a 40 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 3: drone slamming into the structure. 41 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 2: As for in Iran, Tehran's ambassador to the United Nations 42 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 2: says more than thirteen hundred civilians have been killed. The 43 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 2: US based human rights activist News Agency says the toll 44 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,839 Speaker 2: is slightly lower over to Lebanon now, where officials there 45 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 2: say at least five hundred and seventy people have been 46 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 2: killed since Israel started striking that country last week. Israel 47 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: is focusing, they say, on Hesbalah militants in Lebanon, many 48 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 2: of which are headquartered right by the capital of Beirut. 49 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 2: As Blah, of course, a militant group that is heavily 50 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,839 Speaker 2: backed by Iran. Here's ABC's Matte Rivers. 51 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 4: Fourth day in a row now of strikes here in Beirut. 52 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 4: We have not seen that level of bombardment here in 53 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 4: the capital city since two thousand and six between the 54 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 4: war between Israel and Hezbola. So the widening conflict just 55 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 4: seems to be getting more intense by the day, not 56 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 4: only here in Beirut, but all across the country. 57 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 2: And we of course will bring you up to the 58 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 2: minute updates throughout the day right here on WBZ News Radio, 59 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 2: streaming always on the iHeartRadio app. Taking a look at 60 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 2: the forecast for the rest of the day, it's not 61 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 2: going to be nearly as warm as it was yesterday. 62 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 2: I wish it was, but unfortunately it is not quite 63 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: yet that type of weather for us. Consistently, we are 64 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 2: going to have to deal with some showers later on 65 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 2: today as well. We've got a high in the upper 66 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 2: forties if you're on the coast, upper fifties, though if 67 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 2: you're inland, showers stick around into tonight. The wind's gonna 68 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 2: pick up as well, could have a rumble of thunder. 69 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 2: We've got a low in the mid forties. Temperatures though 70 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 2: overnight will rise into the fifties, and then we've got 71 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 2: more showers tomorrow with the high near sixties. Still windy 72 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 2: temperatures though Thursday night Tomorrow night falling into the forties. 73 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 2: Friday sun will be followed by clouds moving in, breezy 74 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 2: and a high near forty five. More clouds on Saturday 75 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 2: and a high near fifty. Could have some rain later 76 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 2: in the weekend getting into Monday. Our temperature right now 77 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 2: seeing forty four degrees as we get into Plymouth, west 78 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: of Boston forty five in Lemonster forty two at Hampton 79 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 2: Beach in New Hampshire in Boston at eleven oh five, 80 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: it is partly cloudy and forty five degrees. Well, spring's 81 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 2: almost here and all that snow is finally melting as 82 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 2: we had hoped. But it's what's underneath all that snow 83 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 2: that's making people gag. Here'res Wbzy's Jim McKay. 84 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 5: We love our four legged friends, but let's be real. 85 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 5: They can be a mess. But what's even worse is 86 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 5: when dog owners don't clean up well, you know, especially 87 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 5: during snowstorms, because when that snow melts doesn't necessarily mean 88 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 5: those mounds have melted away. 89 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 2: Everybody has to share the sidewalk. 90 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 6: It's a mess for everybody. 91 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 5: Talking to some walkers this morning on the South Shore 92 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 5: and Hanover, they've definitely noticed it and they want all 93 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 5: the dog owners out there to pack those bags as 94 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 5: a head out the door with fid Oh, I think 95 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 5: people should be more civil minded. Claire was walking with 96 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 5: her Pomeranian Lance and she had her bags ready to go. 97 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 2: Oh, take care of things because it benefits all of us. 98 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 5: Spring cleaning can be very complicated in more ways than one. 99 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 5: In handover Jim McKay w b Z, Boston's News Radio. 100 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 2: We're also getting an update this week about the replacement 101 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 2: of the Cape Cod bridges. More of a timeline here. 102 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 2: Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver, speaking yesterday at UMAs Amor, said 103 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: public comment on the project has wrapped up. He says 104 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 2: they're getting ready to file an environmental impact report at 105 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 2: some point this month. Then a federal report is set 106 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 2: to follow in June, and permitting should be done by 107 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 2: the end of the summer. In term, Transportation Secretary Phil 108 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,119 Speaker 2: eng says it all goes to plan, Construction could start 109 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 2: on the Sacamore at some point next year. Hurricane season 110 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 2: still about a couple months out here, but whether experts 111 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 2: are already putting out their predictions. 112 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 7: With thirteen named storms in five hurricanes, twenty twenty five 113 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 7: was an above average year in the Atlantic, but along 114 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 7: the US mainland. 115 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 6: For most places, it was a fairly benign over a 116 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 6: hurricane season, the first year. 117 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 2: With not one lay of fine hurricane in the US 118 00:05:58,080 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 2: since twenty fifteen. 119 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,799 Speaker 7: Hurricane expert ductor Phil Klutchback anticipates four to seven storms 120 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 7: reaching hurricane force winds above seventy four miles per hour 121 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 7: had one to three major hurricanes in twenty twenty six, 122 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 7: but he notes that June first is still eighty two 123 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 7: days away and a lot can change. Jimerly in ABC. 124 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 2: News and a volcano eruption in Hawaii has forced a 125 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,239 Speaker 2: national park to shut down for a time. 126 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 6: It's the forty third episode of Kilauea's eruption, which began 127 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 6: in December of twenty twenty four. Two lava fountain stretched 128 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 6: thirteen hundred feet into the air, raining ash and glassy 129 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 6: fragments on nearby homes and cars. Logan sator made the 130 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 6: mistake of turning on his windshield wipers. 131 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 4: This scratched and destroyed them. 132 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 6: Michael Gambardella of Virginia was visiting Hawaii Volcanos National Park 133 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 6: when it was closed. 134 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 2: They said they were football sized boulders coming down. 135 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 6: Health officials urged people with respiratory conditions to study indoors. 136 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 2: Michael Wallace, CBS News. You are now in the loop 137 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 2: for news updates throughout the day. Listened to wbz's radio 138 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole Davis WBZ in Boston's 139 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 2: News radio