1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 2: We defining local news. 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 3: All right, here we go people at six o'clock on 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 3: this Wednesday morning, and we still have some nasty clouds 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 3: hanging around, stubborn clouds at that too in Boston, but 6 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 3: we are anticipating sunshine today. It is fifty four degrees 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 3: as we get ready on this Wednesday morning, The News 8 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 3: at six brought to us buy your new England Toyota dealer, 9 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 3: your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being here today. 10 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 3: I'm Jeff Brown. It is about time. 11 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 1: Hardly sunny today, It'll be breezy with behind your sixty. 12 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 3: Five out of Wbzyakiweather Meteorologist Teather's aaire really not bad 13 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 3: when we look at the rest of this week into 14 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 3: the weekend as well. Government shut down day number fifteen. 15 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,919 Speaker 3: It enters its third week effective right now. But it 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 3: is payday for the United States military. 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 4: The Trump administration has found a way to keep paying 18 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 4: members of the military, but for many others the clock 19 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 4: is run out. 20 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: There is no value, there is no savings by continuing 21 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: discovernment shutdown. 22 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 4: Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski. 23 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: Let's just end it. 24 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 3: Let's gip people back towards let's give. 25 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 5: People paid, Let's get functioning again. 26 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 4: A GOP spending bill to when the shutdown fell short 27 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 4: for an eighth time in the Senate yesterday, Michael Wallace 28 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 4: CBS News. 29 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,479 Speaker 3: Well, you may not realize it, but you better. You're 30 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 3: on the clock. The IRS is sticking to a midnight 31 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 3: deadline tonight to file taxes for last year if you've 32 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 3: been granted an extension. Even though the government is on 33 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 3: a shutdown, the deadline remains intact. Extensions are granted automatically 34 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 3: just for the asking. The extension provides taxpayers an additional 35 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 3: six month reprieve to file on last year's earnings. Typically, 36 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 3: about twenty million Americans get the breather every year. That's 37 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 3: thirteen percent of all taxpayers. The Dodgers are flying high 38 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 3: on the PC. 39 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 6: It's an RBI single for Shure Hey. 40 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 3: O Toddy, and now they fly home after taking a 41 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 3: two games to lead over the Milwaukee Brewers in the 42 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 3: National League Championship Series. In the American League, Game three, tonight, 43 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 3: Mariners host the Blue Jays preseason basketball Tonight, Celtics will 44 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 3: host the Raptors at the Garden, and the Bruins begin 45 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 3: a grueling Western road trip tomorrow in Vegas. And you 46 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 3: know what they say, change isn't always bad. In fact, 47 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 3: sometimes it pays off big time. WBC's Drew moholland is 48 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 3: here with a look. Good morning, Drew, Morning Jeffrey. Question 49 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 3: of the morning for you. You ever been offered fifty 50 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 3: million dollars not to work? Well, I've been offered something 51 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 3: not to work, but it's nowhere near that money. 52 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 5: That is what just happened to the former head coach 53 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 5: of Penn State football, James Franklin. He was fired after 54 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 5: a loss to Northwestern Saturday. 55 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 2: Put that coffee down. 56 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, and the fifty million is to buy out Penn 57 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 5: State now has to pay Franklin because they're parting ways 58 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 5: here before the contract expired. 59 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 4: The good news is you'll fight it seriously. 60 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: And here's the thing. 61 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 5: If James Franklin gets another coaching gig, Penn State would 62 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 5: not have to pay him out as much since the 63 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 5: coach is back on the job. And because of this, 64 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 5: the contract actually as jeff James Franklin, if fired, which 65 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 5: he was, must go out and look for another job. 66 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 5: Something tells me, uh, he might not find one. 67 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 3: That's smart, although he might want to keep his eyes 68 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 3: on North Carolina. 69 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, there's that too, but it might get that 70 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 2: coffee down. 71 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 5: Maybe a half hearted search. 72 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,399 Speaker 3: They just weren't highering out there exactly. Think we're going 73 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 3: to turn a weather corner today. Inar in Greater Boston. 74 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 3: It is cloudy right now as we get started, and 75 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 3: still waiting on sunrise, which is getting dangerously close to 76 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 3: seven am these days. We'll see some clearing skies today 77 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 3: and some partial sunshine as well. It's still going to 78 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 3: be breezy. Temperatures will be nice and mild, in the 79 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 3: low to mid sixties today, and it continues mostly clear 80 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 3: overnight Tonight lows in the forties. Now Tomorrow is another 81 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 3: decent day. We'll stall in the fifties though, and it 82 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 3: will be quite breezy with gusts between twenty five and 83 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 3: thirty five miles per hour. But it looks like this 84 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 3: weather is going to stay with us through the weekend 85 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 3: and mainly going to be in the sixties. Nice rebound 86 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 3: on Friday and into the weekend as well. We could 87 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 3: see seventy degrees by Sunday afternoon. Right now in Boston 88 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 3: it's fifty four and still some clouds hanging tough here 89 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 3: in the city. At six oh five on this Wednesday morning, 90 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 3: a South Shore driver learns a hard life lesson that 91 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 3: rules of the road apply even on self driving mode. 92 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 6: Hingham police putting out a message to the public after 93 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 6: a tesla recently blew past a school bus with its 94 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 6: stop sign out, and there's dash can video. 95 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 2: To prove it. 96 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 6: They issued a citation to the driver after conducting a 97 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 6: traffic stop, and are warning drivers with self driving cars 98 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 6: that even if a driver assistance feature or self driving 99 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 6: option is activated, the driver must still pay attention to 100 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 6: what is going on on the road and the driver's 101 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 6: always responsible for their vehicles safe operation. Jim McKay WBZ, 102 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 6: Boston's News Radio. 103 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 3: Turns out that bright headlights at night are really not 104 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 3: all that bright. 105 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 2: It turns out headlight glare is a factor in only 106 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 2: about one tenth of one percent of crashes. Insurance Institute 107 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 2: for Highway Safety researcher Matt Brumblow, looking at from eleven states. 108 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 3: The lack of visibility is much more a factor in 109 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 3: many crashes than too much Claire Grumblosis. 110 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 2: Carmakers have made improvements in reducing glare from headlights while 111 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 2: also improving visibility. Jeff Gilberts, CBS News. 112 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 3: The Saints will not go marching in at a public 113 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 3: building in Quinsy and Norfolk. Superior Court judge blocks the 114 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 3: installations of two Catholic statues under separation of church and 115 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 3: state concerns. The monuments of Saint Michael and Saint Florian, 116 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 3: patron saints of police and fire departments, respectively, was worth 117 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 3: more than the eight hundred thousand dollars cost, according to 118 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 3: Mayor Thomas Coke, and it was that price tag that 119 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 3: raised the hackles of many critics. People of different faiths 120 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 3: in town fought the decision on the plant's ten foot 121 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 3: tall honor for first responders, A Night under the Stars 122 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 3: and with the Stars in Boston. 123 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: They came from near and far, from Plymouth, Massachusetts, from Arlington. 124 00:05:58,080 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 2: Hing and Massachusetts. 125 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: Franklin of the late and great John Candy, ready to 126 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: watch the new documentary about his life, career and lasting impact. 127 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: I just thought it was so beautifully done, and I 128 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: grew up watching John Candy, so really glad. 129 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 3: To be here. 130 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 2: Goold you miss it for sure. 131 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 1: I was excited to see childhood on the screen and 132 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: Ryan Reynolds at the end of the documentary, John Candy, 133 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: I Like Me was produced by Ryan Reynolds, who appeared 134 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: at the Schubert for the final stop of his tour 135 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: promoting the project. The documentary is currently streaming on Amazon 136 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: Prime at the Schubert. James Rojas, WBZ Boston's News Radio. 137 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 3: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 138 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 3: the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 139 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 3: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio.