1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: This is WBZY, Boston's news radio. We defining local news. 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: I gather around people. 3 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 2: That is Wednesday in Boston, and at six o'clock for 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 2: the first time in a long time, we're above freezing barely, 5 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 2: but it counts thirty three right now in Boston. The 6 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: News at six brought to us by your New England 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 2: Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for 8 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 2: being with us today. I'm Jeff Brown, and yeah, this 9 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 2: is acceptable cloudy today and not as cold as recent 10 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 2: day as it'll become breezey. You've been at such a 11 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 2: rain around the area late the high forty six as 12 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 2: WBZ acky weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg, and today's high would 13 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 2: be warmer than the average temperature. We are, however, watching 14 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 2: the potential for a snowstorm coming up this weekend. Three 15 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 2: game winning streak. Now for the Bruins, they beat the 16 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 2: Blues on the road in Saint Louis. The Bees will 17 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 2: travel to Winnipeg for a game tomorrow night. Celtics are 18 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 2: off until tomorrow as well. They're in Milwaukee, and the 19 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: Patriots are getting ready to host Buffalo on Sunday after noon. 20 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 2: In Foxborough, a win and the Pats clinch the AFC 21 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 2: East for the first time since Tom Brady. The most 22 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 2: infamous suv in Massachusetts could soon be yours. 23 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 3: Twenty twenty one Lexus X five seventy suv that belongs 24 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 3: to Karen Reid is set to hit the auction block. 25 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 3: JJ Manning Auctioneers will be conducting that auction for the 26 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 3: suv that Karen Reid was driving the night John O'Keefe 27 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 3: was found dead. The vehicle was recently fixed up by 28 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 3: an autobody shop in Weymouth and will now be headed 29 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 3: to the highest bidder. The Kelly Bluebook value for that 30 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 3: model of Lexus is seventy one thousand dollars. That vehicle 31 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 3: has twelve thousand miles on it and is reportedly in 32 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:44,279 Speaker 3: great condition. So when exactly can you start placing your bids. Well, 33 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 3: we're still waiting on an official date and time for 34 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 3: when the auction will take place. Jim McKay WBZ Boston's 35 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 3: news radio. 36 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 2: It has been a long time coming and delayed several times, 37 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,919 Speaker 2: but now state marijuana regulators are ready to pass guidelines 38 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 2: for social consumption sites in the Commonwealth. CBS News Boston 39 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 2: reports cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O'Brien says regulations will 40 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 2: likely be in place for potcafs by the end of 41 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 2: this week. Social consumption sites would grant spaces for public 42 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 2: use in dispensaries, lounges, even yoga studios. The robots are here, 43 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: and we're more than a little concerned. WBSS Drew moholland 44 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:30,519 Speaker 2: is here to explain what's up our craw Good morning, Andrew, Good. 45 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 4: Morning, Jeffrey, Good morning Lori. And new survey finds most 46 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 4: of us have used AI ah, but most of us 47 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 4: are afraid what it might do to us. Okay, the 48 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 4: poll finds about seventy percent have given AI a whirl, 49 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 4: but more of us are concerned about its potential impact 50 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 4: on education jobs. Axios reports more than half of us 51 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 4: still trust independent experts for information, like you, Jeff Brown 52 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 4: in the Morning rank you. About half say AI will 53 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 4: likely take our jobs. Okay, that's a good turn. Don't 54 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 4: forget Lori, Jeff, myself. We're all human here in the morning. 55 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 2: Oh that's right. This is one of the coldest Decembers 56 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 2: starts to December that we've ever had here in the 57 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 2: city of Boston, and this morning it's quite shocking to 58 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 2: see the temperatures actually above freezing here in Boston. That 59 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 2: may not be true in some of our cities and 60 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 2: towns this morning, but it's making a little bit of 61 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 2: forward progress. And this is actually going to be a 62 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 2: mild day. Okay, So we start under partly to mostly 63 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 2: cloudy skies this morning, we'll see temperatures rise into the 64 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 2: mid forties. Today. It will be a mostly cloudy day 65 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 2: with a chance of showers, especially south of the city 66 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 2: and more particularly over the Cape and islands later on Today. 67 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: It continues to be mostly cloudy overnight. Tonight we'll stay 68 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 2: pretty steady in the temperatures right around the freezing mark. 69 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 2: And tomorrow it's going to be windy, mix of clouds 70 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 2: and sun. We don't get out of the thirties. The 71 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 2: cold air is right back at us tomorrow. We're looking 72 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 2: at the possibility this weekend of a storm snow in 73 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 2: nature headed our way Saturday night into Sunday. It just 74 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 2: depends again on the track of this storm, which right 75 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 2: now seems to be like it'll stay a little bit 76 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 2: farther south of us than any of us would be 77 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 2: looking for in terms of snow, but we'll get there 78 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 2: when we get there, and we'll know more as we 79 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: get a little bit closer. Right now in Boston is 80 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 2: thirty three degrees partly to mostly cloudy. Here in the 81 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 2: city this Wednesday morning, it is six oh six. Pops 82 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 2: go to kids. 83 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: It's not just the. 84 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 5: Kids moving and grooving. Conductor Keith Lockhart seem to be 85 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 5: having a great time singing along the holiday classics while 86 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 5: leading the ensemble. 87 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 6: I have to say, for a lot of us and 88 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 6: what's a very busy month in Symphony Hall, this is 89 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 6: many of our favorite moments, the musicians have told me, 90 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 6: because it is a real chance to see the impact 91 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 6: you can make. 92 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 5: The Boston Pops and Tanglewood Festival Chorus spreading cheer at 93 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 5: Franciscan Children's in Brighton. Lockhart says, getting out of Symphony 94 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 5: holland doing something good for the community really means a 95 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 5: lot to the Pops. 96 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 7: The feedback we get is just so amazing. 97 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 5: Rachel Childers is a horn player with the Pops. 98 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 4: And frankly Brian I got little gymnasium here. 99 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 5: We never get to sit this close to the audience, 100 00:04:58,760 --> 00:04:59,799 Speaker 5: especially the brass players. 101 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 6: You're always in the back. 102 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 5: And Brighton, I'm a Friedman WBZ Boston's news radio. 103 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 2: The organization wreaths across America while honor local military heroes 104 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 2: today at the Massachusetts State House. The annual event allows 105 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 2: Americans to sponsor a wreath at more than five thousand 106 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 2: resting places in the United States, at sea and abroad. 107 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 2: This Saturday, more than two million volunteers will participate at 108 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 2: ceremonies in all fifty states during the official event coming 109 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 2: up this weekend. We, by the way, are literally leaving 110 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 2: money on the table. 111 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 7: Tonight's Powerball jackpod is an estimated nine hundred and thirty 112 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 7: million dollars, and she wants it, feels destined for it, 113 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 7: but maybe not today. That's going to be my life someday. 114 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 7: Clearly it's not it right now, not if you don't 115 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 7: buy a ticket, which folks beyond her or tell me 116 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 7: they don't. 117 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 2: I just wouldn't waste my money doing it. 118 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I never played a power balls. 119 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 7: We're talking about life changing money, beaches, private chefs. Who 120 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 7: knows what luxury she's in it. 121 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take my shot, Lada. It's a ton of scratch, 122 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: it is. 123 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 4: That's the thing nobody has hits in September. Oh yeah, 124 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 4: that's a lot of money. 125 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 2: It's Christmas perfect gift. 126 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 7: Chris Vama, WBZ Boston's News Radio. 127 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 2: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 128 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 2: the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 129 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 2: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio.