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Speaker 1: Sixty degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm

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Speaker 1: Suzanne Sasville. Here's what's happening. Dozens of No King's protests

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Speaker 1: are taking place this afternoon here in Massachusetts. One of

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Speaker 1: the biggest was in Boston, where tens of thousands of

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Speaker 1: people packed into the Common. It's now starting to wrap up.

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Speaker 1: Wbz's Mike Macklin was there.

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Speaker 2: The rally on Boston Common is one of more than

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Speaker 2: twenty five hundred taking place across the country. What's built

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Speaker 2: is a national day of defiance against President Donald Trump.

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Speaker 2: It marks the third time since Trump's return to the

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Speaker 2: White House in January the opponents have mobilized against him,

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Speaker 2: and it comes as the government shutdown highlights the state

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Speaker 2: of partisan differences that define the national political debate.

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Speaker 3: We are standing up to say that the United States

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Speaker 3: was founded on democracy, on the rule of law, and

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Speaker 3: on our constitution, and we're here to uphold all three.

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Speaker 3: We see that this administration as authoritarian. They are trying

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Speaker 3: to impose a lot of restrictions on our freedoms and

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Speaker 3: our liberties, and we are not going to stand idly

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Speaker 3: by all that happens.

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Speaker 2: There's a counter demonstration set to take place outside the

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Speaker 2: State House. Donald Trump's supporters out to portray the No

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Speaker 2: Kings rally as a hate America event on Boston Common.

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Speaker 2: Mike Maclin WBZ, Boston's news radio, there.

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Speaker 1: Was a small group of counter protesters at today's rally

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Speaker 1: on the Common. Republicans on Capitol Hill have been denouncing

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Speaker 1: the protests, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, who called them

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Speaker 1: hate America rallies.

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Speaker 4: The Antifa crowd and the Prohamas crowd, and the Marxist

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Speaker 4: They're all going to gather.

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Speaker 3: On the mall.

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Speaker 1: In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott says he's called National Guard

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Speaker 1: troops into Austin for today's protests.

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Speaker 5: End quote.

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Speaker 1: Texas will not tolerate tolerate chaos. The government shutdown is

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Speaker 1: now in its eighteenth day. The Supreme Court, as well

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Speaker 1: as federal courts across the country are expected to run

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Speaker 1: out of funds because of the shutdown. Reporter Jim Roop

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Speaker 1: has the latest.

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Speaker 4: The Supreme Court's public information officer says the High Court

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Speaker 4: expects to run out of money on October eighteenth, while

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Speaker 4: officials also warn the federal courts are expected to see

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Speaker 4: their funding dry up. By the twentieth with funds set

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Speaker 4: to expire, the Supreme Court Building will be closed to

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Speaker 4: the public and no further notice, but it will remain

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Speaker 4: open for official business. As for federal courts, judges will

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Speaker 4: continue to serve, but court staff may only perform certain

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Speaker 4: permitted activities.

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Speaker 1: I'm Jim Roop, the sixtieth head of the Charles regattas

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Speaker 1: under way in Boston and Cambridge. It's a multi day

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Speaker 1: rowing competition on a three mile course along the Charles River.

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Speaker 1: Thousands of athletes are taking part and many more spectators

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Speaker 1: are there cheering them. On the forecast, mainly clear skies

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Speaker 1: Overnight will see a loan near fifty Tomorrow, mostly sunny

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Speaker 1: and a bit warmer, with a high of sixty six.

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Speaker 1: On Monday to start the work week not so great.

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Speaker 1: Cloudy and breezy with periods of rain. High sixty three.

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Speaker 1: On Tuesday, a beautiful day with lots of sun and

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Speaker 1: a high of sixty six. Right now in Boston it's

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Speaker 1: sunny and sixty degrees. The ongoing government shutdown could impact

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Speaker 1: a vital project here in Massachusetts.

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Speaker 6: The White House is pausing and possibly canceling eleven billion

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Speaker 6: dollars in Army Corps of Engineer projects for cities like Boston.

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Speaker 6: The announcement came Friday from Office of Management and Budget

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Speaker 6: Director Russ Vote, though he did not specify which projects

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Speaker 6: would be shut down. The Army Corps of Engineers is

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Speaker 6: in charge of managing both the Born and Sagamore bridges,

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Speaker 6: which are set to be replaced for around four and

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Speaker 6: a half billion dollars and a joint statement Governor Mori Healing,

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Speaker 6: Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, and Congressman Bill Keating

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Speaker 6: say replacing the bridges is essential for Cape Cod residents

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Speaker 6: and visitors, and that the project is moving forward with

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Speaker 6: funds approved by a Bye Hartists and Congress that were

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Speaker 6: lawfully awarded by the federal government. Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's

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Speaker 6: news radio.

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Speaker 1: The Army for Civil Works tells us the pauses needed

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Speaker 1: as the government shutdown could leave them unable to provide

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Speaker 1: adequate oversight of all their projects. President Trump now says

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Speaker 1: the two survivors of an American military strike and a

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Speaker 1: suspected drug boat in the Caribbean will be sent back

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Speaker 1: to their home countries, Ecuador and Columbia.

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Speaker 5: Two survivors from a deadly US military strike and a

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Speaker 5: suspected drug vessel are aboard a US Navy ship in

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Speaker 5: the Caribbean, rescued by a US helicopter. ABC News has

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Speaker 5: learned another two were killed. Officials say the men were

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Speaker 5: aboard a semi submersible vessel. Boats the Coastguard says are

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Speaker 5: designed to hold large quantities of contraband while evading detection.

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Speaker 1: ABC's Martha Radditz Mister Trump says the subm Mercible had

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Speaker 1: fentanyl and other narcotics on board. President Trump is urging

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Speaker 1: Ukraine and Russia to quote stop the killing and make

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Speaker 1: a deal. The President shared that message on social media

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Speaker 1: after he met with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at the

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Speaker 1: White House yesterday. CBS's Willie James Inman has more.

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Speaker 7: At the center of their conversation lung range Tomahawk missiles.

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Speaker 7: Zilinski says Ukraine needs them, and he suggested sending Kredian

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Speaker 7: drones to the United States in return.

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Speaker 6: Ukraine has such thousands of our production drawings.

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Speaker 4: But if we don't have tomahawks, that's why we need tamahawks.

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Speaker 7: But President Trump hopes that won't be necessary. Hopefully they

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Speaker 7: won't needed.

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Speaker 4: Hopefully we'll be able to get the war over with

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Speaker 4: without thinking about tomahawks.

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Speaker 1: President Trump plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin

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Speaker 1: and Budapest, Hungary, but it's unclear when that meeting will happen.

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Speaker 1: Now in the loop for news updates throughout the day,

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Speaker 1: listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm

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Speaker 1: Suzanne Sosville, WBZ, Boston's news radio