1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news. 2 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: Good morning Friday. Get in here, you little devil. Where 3 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: have you been? 4 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 2: It is six o'clock on this Friday morning, and again 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 2: what a difference of day makes. We're waking up under 6 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 2: clear skies and thirty two degrees. It's a bit breezy 7 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 2: outside as well. The News at six is brought to 8 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 2: us by your new England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: wheel drive headquarters. I'm Jeff Brown. Welcome aboard. Let's wrap 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 2: it up, sunshine. 11 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 3: We'll give a little increasing clouds today at the high 12 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 3: forty two. 13 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 2: That is WBZ ACI weather meteorologist to Joe Lundberg. Some 14 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 2: rain is expected to move in overnight tonight. We are 15 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 2: going to see a chili weekends coming up. A military 16 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 2: refueling plane goes down in Iraq. Four US crew members 17 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 2: killed in action, to others believed to have survived. They're serious, 18 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 2: their injuries are unknown at this hour. This is one 19 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 2: of two casey one thirty five tankers deployed in Operation 20 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 2: Epic Fury and on a mission in the Middle East. 21 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 2: A second tanker lands safely. Officials are searching for a cause, 22 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,559 Speaker 2: but say the crash is not the result of enemy 23 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 2: or friendly fire. Some mixed messages from the White House. 24 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 2: This morning, Axios reports President Trump tells leaders of the 25 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 2: G seven nations in a virtual meeting that Iran is 26 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 2: about to surrender, hours after a statement from the Islamic 27 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 2: Republic's new Supreme leader that indicates a vow to keep 28 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 2: up the fight. Meantime, US intelligence has reports indicating the 29 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 2: Iranian government is not at risk of collapse, although officials 30 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 2: say the situation could change at almost any time. Americans 31 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 2: are getting tired of constantly rising gas prices, and they're 32 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 2: starting to pin the blame on President Trump. Wbz's Drew 33 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 2: mo'holland is here with the latest. Good Morning, Drew, Morning Jeffrey. 34 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 4: A new Morning consulted Axios poll finds about half of 35 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 4: those surveyed say the war is making it harder for 36 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 4: many to make ends meet and meet. The President's war 37 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 4: in the Middle East is the reason the President has 38 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 4: eased sanctions on Russian oil currently at sea, and a 39 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 4: move Treasury Secretary Scott Besson says, well, Unfortunately, benefit Ladderman putin. 40 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 4: Gas prices overnight are up again. Triple A says the 41 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 4: average cost in Massachusetts is three dollars and forty seven cents. 42 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 4: That is up two cents overnight, still cheaper than the 43 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 4: nationwide price of three sixty three. 44 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 2: Jeffrey all Right drew thank you. Senators on Capitol Hill 45 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 2: once again reject a bid to end the partial government shutdown, 46 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 2: as TSA workers missed the full their first full paycheck today. 47 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 3: New England TSA Officers Union president Micazagian says, every single 48 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 3: day since the partial shutdown began, one to two officers 49 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 3: have been leaving the agency. That's in addition to those 50 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: calling him sick, and today's missed paycheck is expected to 51 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 3: accelerate the exodus. Now, those traveling today are showing their 52 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 3: appreciation for officers sticking it through. 53 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for still showing up. 54 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 5: It's awesome to say that even in a job that 55 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 5: doesn't pay very well, the loyalty is still there. 56 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 6: Stay strong and hopefully things come around backware. 57 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 7: It's awful. 58 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 3: The union president says they will again be opening up 59 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 3: food pantries to support the officers, like they did with 60 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 3: the previous shutdown in the fall. 61 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 2: At Logan. 62 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,679 Speaker 3: James rohas WBZ Boston's news radio. 63 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: For know what you're going to get this time of year, 64 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 2: and this morning it's cold here in Boston. Under clear 65 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 2: skies and windy conditions. It is just thirty two degrees 66 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 2: here in Boston. What a far cry from just a 67 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 2: couple of days ago. But again, this is what you 68 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 2: get here in New England as we begin to get 69 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 2: ready to exit winter and head full first into spring, 70 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 2: which is, by the way, one week from today. Sunshine 71 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 2: this morning will be followed by clouds, the late day 72 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 2: chance of an afternoon shower. High temperatures will jump into 73 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: the lower forties later today. Couple of showers overnight Tonight 74 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: may be mixed with a couple of snowflakes as well 75 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 2: as temps drop back into the thirties. Tomorrow looks like 76 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 2: a mixture of sun and clouds. Highs will be close 77 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 2: to fifty degrees on Sunday in time for the South 78 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 2: Boston Saint Patrick's Day Parade. Looks like it's going to 79 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 2: be a mostly cloudy day and it looks like when 80 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 2: the parade festivities begin at eleven thirty in the morning 81 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 2: in Southey, tempts will be in the upper thirties. We're 82 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 2: watching the possibility of a storm system to hit us 83 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 2: with rain on Monday coming up. Right now, it's thirty 84 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: two and clear skies, windy in Boston six oh five 85 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 2: this Friday morning, and Saint Patrick's Day celebrations are here. 86 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 2: South Boston's parade is coming up on Sunday and it's 87 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 2: expected to be just as busy as ever. 88 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 5: Public officials they're turning up the heat this weekend in 89 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 5: South Boston for the annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade on Sunday, 90 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 5: in order to make safety a priority. 91 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 2: That's a tough job. 92 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 5: Thirties were quick to say public drinking is not an 93 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 5: option and that a zero tolerance policy is in place 94 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 5: when it comes to fighting or violence of any kind. 95 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 5: In addition, parking restrictions, street closures have all been detailed, 96 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 5: with more info available at a meeting with local leaders 97 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 5: later this morning. Oh and the parade route that's been 98 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 5: shuffled this year. But she isn't going to let it 99 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 5: rain on her parade. 100 00:04:57,920 --> 00:04:59,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's gonna be found. 101 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 5: Chris Fahman, WBZ, Boston's news radio. 102 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 2: A change at the top means a change of colors 103 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 2: and a sigh of. 104 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 6: Relief, change of leadership in the city of Newton means 105 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 6: some different policies, and one of those includes bringing back 106 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 6: a tradition that was disrupted last year, where the Italian 107 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 6: American community will once again be free to paint the 108 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 6: colors of the Italian flag along Adams Street and n Nantum. 109 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 6: There was controversy last summer when the city removed those 110 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 6: colors on Newton roadways, replacing them with standard double yellow 111 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 6: traffic lines, going against a long standing tradition each summer 112 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 6: during the Italian American Festival in July. However, this year 113 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 6: Mayor Mark Laredo's office saying the tradition will return uninterrupted 114 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 6: this summer. Jim McKay WBZ, Boston's news radio. 115 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 2: For the second month in a row, Today is Friday 116 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: the thirteenth. 117 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 8: If on this unlucky day, you're lucky enough to be 118 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 8: in Salem, you might want to check this out. 119 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 7: Yes, so, we actually have our specialty Friday the Thirteenth Tour, 120 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 7: and it's a ninety minute tour that focuses on superstitions 121 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 7: and all of the kind of spookiness that goes along 122 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 7: with Friday the thirteenth. 123 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 8: Beth Crowley is the owner of which city walking tours 124 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 8: There Friday the thirteenth Tour explores the origins of superstitions 125 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 8: like stepping down a crack, throwing salt over your shoulder, 126 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 8: and it also includes a witch test, a witch test. 127 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 7: A witch test. Yes, So basically, this venus glass was 128 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 7: a way for young girls. They would use it as 129 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 7: kind of a fortune teller. They'd crack an egg into 130 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 7: a glass and they'd hold up to a candle and 131 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 7: they'd look at the shape that it would make, and 132 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 7: they could tell who their future husband would be. 133 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 8: Carl Stevens WBG, Boston's News Radio. 134 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 2: By the way, there are three Fridays the thirteenth this year. Statistically, 135 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 2: that is the most that any year can have. You 136 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 2: are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. 137 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 2: Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm 138 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,679 Speaker 2: Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's News Radio.