1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 2: We defining local news. 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 3: You know, I don't think I'm mentally prepared for this. 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 3: It is Monday, all of a sudden here in Boston, 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 3: and we're waking up under cloudy skies and some heavy 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 3: rain on the way. It is a very mild and 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 3: muggy sixty degrees as we get started six o'clock. The 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 3: news is brought to us by your new England Toyota dealer, 9 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 3: your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Welcome aboard. I'm Jeff Brown. Indeed, 10 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 3: we're about to head south. 11 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 4: We'll have periods of brain and some of that rain 12 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:35,840 Speaker 4: will be happy during the midday hours. 13 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 3: As as WBZ acky weather meteorologist Tether's are in the 14 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 3: sixties today, sunshine, and in the sixties tomorrow. First place Patriots. 15 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 3: Doesn't that sound nice? They make it four winds in 16 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 3: a row. It's the first time that's happened in six years. 17 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 3: They will host the Cleveland Browns on Sunday in Foxborough. 18 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 3: Bruins get swept out West. They fall to Utah or 19 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 3: back home tomorrow to host Brad Marshand and the Panthers 20 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 3: and the A leagu Championship series goes to Game seven tonight, 21 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 3: as the Blue Jays even up the Mariners to force 22 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 3: a winner take all. In Toronto, New this morning, a 23 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 3: major cloud computing outage Knox Amazon Web Services for a 24 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 3: loop WBCs. Drew Mholland is here with the details. Good 25 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 3: morning again, morning. 26 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 5: Jeffy had Thousands of websites and apps are affected. Trace 27 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 5: to the AWS center in Virginia. Amazon Web Services massive 28 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 5: disruptions all over the world, affecting service to many governments, universities, 29 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 5: and global companies. AWS include some of the planet's biggest 30 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 5: businesses and organizations, and they are working on it. Among 31 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 5: those affected, users of the AI platform Perplexity, Zoom and 32 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 5: gaming platform roadblocks. 33 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 3: Does it sound like a great way to start the week? 34 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 3: Yiks verry true, thank you. Senators are trickling back into 35 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 3: the nation's capital this morning as the government shutdown begins 36 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 3: day number twenty, now the third longest in US history. 37 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 3: Ten times Senators have voted and failed to end the shutdown, 38 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 3: and as the impass is about to win its fourth week, 39 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 3: neither Republicans nor Democrats seem inclined to compromise. The focuses 40 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 3: on healthcare and Democrats' demands of an extension and expansion 41 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 3: of benefits. Final paychecks have already arrived for hundreds of 42 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 3: thousands of government employees, while others, like in the US military, 43 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 3: continue to be paid. Word of warning from President Trump 44 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 3: this weekend, the President says that if the US Supreme 45 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 3: Court strikes down his ability to enforce global tariffs, this 46 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 3: nation will be in for a world of long term hurt. 47 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 3: The President tells Fox News that a ban on his 48 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 3: centerpiece economic policy would literally destroy the US for years 49 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 3: to come. The President insists he stopped eight wars with 50 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 3: his tariff's strategy. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on 51 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 3: the future viability of tariffs coming up next month. Early 52 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 3: bird or night owl, the debate continues. 53 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 4: South Street diners, where you see an overlap of two 54 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,839 Speaker 4: types of people, those who wake up early and those 55 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 4: who've been up all night long. So why are you 56 00:02:58,919 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 4: in night owl? 57 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 3: Are you tonight money? 58 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 4: I like making money, So that's why I love this place, 59 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 4: South Street Dinner. 60 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 3: I love it is twenty four hours. 61 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 4: I'm a twenty four hour type person. 62 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 3: That's really what it is. 63 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 4: I'm making music. Terry fits perfectly with the results of 64 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 4: some studies that suggests night ours our creative and artistic. 65 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 4: But then you have guys like Seth who say it's 66 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 4: all about being the early bird who gets the worm. 67 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 6: You're a week before, like the rest of the population is. 68 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 6: That's always nice. 69 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 4: And then there's something special bout the mornings for sure. 70 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 4: Now there are countless studies that say which is better 71 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 4: being a night owl versus an early riser, But at 72 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 4: the end of the day they usually suggest just to 73 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 4: do whatever works for you and your body. At South 74 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 4: Street Diner, James Rojas wb Z Boston Snows Radio. 75 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 3: All right, so we all know it's going to rain today, 76 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 3: right but we're looking at the radar right now and 77 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 3: seeing this line of heavy storms moving through Western Mass 78 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 3: and into Central Mass at the moment. It'll be here 79 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 3: in the next couple of hours, and when it starts 80 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 3: coming down, it's really going to come down and take 81 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 3: us through the mid portion of the day. This is 82 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 3: a quick hitting storm. It should be out of here 83 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 3: later on this sound Afternoon temperatures in the meantime will 84 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 3: be quite mild and muggy into the sixties throughout the day. Today, 85 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 3: afternoon temperatures will trail off just a little bit clearing 86 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 3: overnight tonight and continued mild, with lows only dropping into 87 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 3: the fifties. Tomorrow is a much different day. We've got 88 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 3: plenty of sunshine returning, but again highs will be in 89 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 3: the sixties. Another round of rain is targeting us on 90 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 3: Wednesday afternoon, and more sun is back on Thursday, but 91 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 3: by then temperatures will be moderating a bit, in the 92 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,919 Speaker 3: upper fifties to lower sixties, and a mix of clouds 93 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 3: and sun looks to wrap up the work week on Friday, 94 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 3: as hies dip into the upper fifties by then. So 95 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 3: Fall is trying to get its act together, but it's 96 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 3: not being successful this morning at any rate. It is 97 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 3: sixty degrees right now here in the city. It's mild 98 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 3: and muggy, and some rain on the way six oh 99 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 3: six this Monday morning. Your ticket to Fall arrives today. 100 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 2: The special charter train leaves North Station at nine fifteen 101 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 2: Saturday morning, with tickets priced at just twenty dollars. Passengers 102 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 2: can choose two scenic destinations. They can disembark West Concord 103 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 2: and cycle the Bruce Freeman rail trail, with roots for 104 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 2: both experienced riders and families or they can catch a 105 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 2: shuttle to watch choose its Mountains, Apple Fest for fall 106 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 2: festivities and fresh produce. The trade includes bike coaches and 107 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 2: a cafe car for the journey. Limited tickets available. They 108 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 2: can be purchased at the MBTA's website or on the 109 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 2: m ticket app. It'll mule WBSY, Boston's news Radio. 110 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 3: High school graduation? What's it going to take to graduate? 111 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 3: These days? As the mcast is out the door, something 112 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 3: new is about to take its place. 113 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 6: Things are getting real for state education officials who are 114 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 6: on the clock to come up with a new plan 115 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 6: to replace the voter rejected high school MCAST exam, once 116 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 6: used as a requirement to get a high school diploma. 117 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 6: Advocates with Citizens for public schools will roll out their 118 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 6: recommendations today based on some feedback from the public. One 119 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 6: of the big ideas is for a course ending test 120 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 6: to determine proficiency, but it's not yet tied to any 121 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 6: high school graduation requirement. Since voters turned down the MCAST 122 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 6: and about question almost one year ago, high school graduation 123 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 6: requirements have been set by individual school districts. Jay will 124 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 6: Let WBZ, Boston's news Radio, You sure. 125 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,720 Speaker 3: Kids are letting everyone know that Halloween is one week 126 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 3: from Friday, and America's Sweet Tooth This Morning picks a favorite. 127 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 1: The most recent data shows Halloween's favorite candy contains peanut butter. 128 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 7: Reese's Peanut Buttercups took the crown and this was followed 129 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 7: closely by penut, Eminem's and then Eminem's, kitkaf and Snickers. 130 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: Jane Ross with Entity Cards, Communication and Data Team tells 131 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: what states love their candy corn. 132 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 7: The Midwest and South regions have a special fondness for 133 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 7: this classic treat. 134 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: Favorite ways to enjoy candy corn start at the narrow end, 135 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: go the wider yellow end, but most Americans just go 136 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: for it. Stephen Kaufman, Cbsnews candy Corn and for me. 137 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 138 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 139 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio