1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:08,120 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. 2 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:11,239 Speaker 2: Now. 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: This is fun, isn't it. It's only Thursday here in Boston, 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: but you know what, we're getting there and the weather 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: of late has been pretty good. Despite some downpours, we're 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: through that and we're in good shape. This morning. It's 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: cold though, just forty nine degrees here in Boston. The 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: news at six o'clock is brought to you by your 9 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: New England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: Thanks for being with us on this Thursday morning. I'm 11 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: Jeff Brown. As October starts to act its age, sunshine 12 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: mixing with clouds today, breezy and cooler than yesterday. Are 13 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: high today sixty one at is WBZ AKI weather meteorologist 14 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: Joe Lundberd really only in the fifties pretty much heading 15 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: into the weekend. Visiting nurses at Cape Con Healthcare are 16 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: in the middle of a three day strike as we speak. 17 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: They claim their bosses are refusing to offer them pay 18 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: raises that will bring them in line with hospital unionized 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: nurses at both can Ape Cod and Foulmouth Hospitals, where 20 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: nineteen percent increases are in writing. Visiting nurses earn roughly 21 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: twenty percent less than that. The hospital says it continues 22 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 1: to bargain in good faith. The new Look Celtics come 23 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: up a dollar short on opening night at the Garden. 24 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: They lose to the Sixers. Celtics will be at Madison 25 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: Square Garden. They get the Knicks next. Bruins hope to 26 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: end a five game losing streak tonight at the Garden. 27 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 1: The Ducks are in Town seven thirty puck drop and 28 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: Week eight in the NFL kicks off tonight Vikings Chargers 29 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: on Thursday night. Football Government shutdown day number twenty three. 30 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 2: No progress and negotiations on Capitol Hill. Democratic Senator John 31 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: Fetterman is breaking with his party in hopes of reopening 32 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 2: the government. He says Republicans should invote what's called the 33 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 2: nuclear option. It would allow the government spending bill to 34 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 2: pass the Senate by simple majority instead of a sixty 35 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 2: vote threshold. Warning federal food assistants or SNAP benefits are 36 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 2: about to run out for forty two million American in. 37 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: The ZBC's Perry Ross. In fact, Governor Mara Healy says 38 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: there's no way that the Commonwealth can replace the nearly 39 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: quarter billion dollars every month that the government provides to 40 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: put food on people's tables through the SNAP benefit program. 41 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: The US launches another attack in the Eastern Pacific against 42 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: suspected drug running vessels that makes eight deadly strikes as 43 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: the White House war on drug cartels continues and brings 44 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: the death toll since the September strikes began to thirty seven, 45 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: and until this week, all prior attacks have hit what 46 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: the White House describes as narco terrorists operating in the Caribbean. 47 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will only say one of the 48 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: recent strikes hit a boat off the coast of Columbia. 49 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: The rubber is about to meet the road. On massachusetts 50 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 1: plans to bring marijuana cafes to the Commonwealth. The Cannabis 51 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: Control Commission will meet today to talk about social consumption sites, 52 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,119 Speaker 1: of which three types are on the table, offering supplemental 53 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:58,839 Speaker 1: licenses to existing recreational pot dispensaries, a hospital or rather 54 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: a hospitality life since for certain businesses like theaters and 55 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: yoga studios, and event organizer licenses for special events. Now 56 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:10,239 Speaker 1: if approved, Massachusetts would become the eleventh state to allow 57 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: social consumption sites and a Miss USA contestant gets a 58 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: second chance to make a first impression. I am so happy. 59 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 3: Months after she was crowned Miss Nevada, Mary Sickler ditched 60 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 3: her wig on stage during the Miss USA pageant preliminaries 61 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 3: in Reno, Nevada. She wore a bajeweled head covering instead 62 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 3: that matched her sparkling silver gown. Sickler was diagnosed with 63 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 3: alopecia universalis in December after she started losing patches of hair, 64 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 3: her eyelashes, and eyebrows. She says it took her a 65 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 3: while to finally be able to see herself as beautiful. 66 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 3: The new Miss USA will be crowned tomorrow. Deborah Rodriguez 67 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 3: CBS News. 68 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: It's going to be a beautiful day in Boston, and 69 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: it's a little chilly as we get started this morning. 70 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: It's is forty nine here in the city. But it's 71 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: going to be mostly sunny all day today. A little 72 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: bit of a breezy condition. Will see some clouds from 73 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: time to time, but highs will be in the lower sixties. Overnight, 74 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: partly cloudy, lows in the thirties and forties Tonight Tomorrow, 75 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: mixture sun and clouds, high temperatures right around sixty. But 76 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: as we head towards the weekend, October finally begins to 77 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: feel like it as tempts will top out in the fifties. 78 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: And it looked like it looks like the long term forecast. 79 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: It's it looks like these warm days are pretty much 80 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 1: over for the time being, will be mainly in the 81 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: fifties coming up next week. Right now in Boston, it's 82 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 1: forty nine and clear skies. Sunrise awaits at six oh 83 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 1: six on this Thursday morning. Normally people hate to see 84 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: the end of vacation, but several dozen on board a 85 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: cruise ship can't wait for this vacation to be over. 86 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: Wbzas Drew moholland is here with the details. Good morning, Andrew, 87 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 1: Good morning, you big cruise guy. You like the cruise. 88 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 4: I do like the cruises, all right, pat you might 89 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 4: not like this one. Passengers on board the Oceana Insignia 90 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 4: are about to pull into port in Boston, with dozens 91 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 4: of them recovering from neuro virus. The CDC says the 92 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 4: outbreak forced the ship into a deep clean mode. Some 93 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 4: eighty passengers and crew are forced to look at vacation 94 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 4: from the inside out. They have been put in isolation 95 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 4: over the past several days. The ship departed Montreal for 96 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 4: its two week voyage, with stops elsewhere in Canada and Maine. 97 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 4: It arrives in Boston Jeffrey Monday. 98 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 1: This reminds me of that remember when coronavirus. In the 99 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: peak of coronavirus, there was a cruise ship that no 100 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: port would accept. That's right, yeah, and people were stranded 101 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: for weeks on that ship. 102 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 4: Can I tell you this is one of my worst tonightmares? 103 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I can understand why. It's It's just it's 104 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: not a good way. It's not a good way to 105 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: end a vacation, not. 106 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 4: A good way to cruise. 107 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: No, not at all, Thank you, Drew. A Cambridge condominium 108 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: that has been teetering on the edge of collapse for 109 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: months is about to be torn down. Demolition of the 110 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: sixty year old Riverview Condos will begin, piece by painstaking 111 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: peace in December. Raising comes after all residents are forced 112 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: to evacuate last year over concerns of failing concrete. Not 113 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: only that, people in a smaller condo building next door 114 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: will be shown the door as well, this time temporarily. 115 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: Next month, the city will pay for short term housing, 116 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: but expects to be reimbursed by the owners of the 117 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: Riverview Complex. Well, today's the day to celebrate a good jump. 118 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 5: Scare nothing, he says, like a scary movie. We need 119 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 5: settles for the night in front of the Telly. 120 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: I love him. 121 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 5: You know the scary levent, especially around nine o'clock at 122 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 5: night when there's no noise. 123 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: You know, you stop watching them, you start looking around. 124 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: You hear a crack or something, you know, a creep 125 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: or something. 126 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 5: And this guy knows eerie work at. 127 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 2: A cemetery, you know. 128 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you gotta hear some of the stories. 129 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 5: I'll take a pass, thank you very much. But today 130 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 5: is the perfect day to spin yarns of fright as 131 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 5: its National Horror Movie Day, something this Brocktonian and his 132 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 5: family are prepared for. 133 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: You have to go to a dollar tree and get 134 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: the snacks, corn curls, popcorn and chocolate bars. 135 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 5: Chris Mama, WBZ Boston's News Radio. 136 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 137 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 138 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,679 Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio.