1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio re defining local news. 2 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 2: Forty four degrees in Boston under mostly sunny skies. It's 3 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 2: eleven o'clock on Thursday morning, and we are happy to 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 2: have you with us. I'm Nicole Davis. Here's what's happening. 5 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 2: The build that could end up banning social media use 6 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 2: for younger teens in Massachusetts is now one step closer 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 2: to becoming law. Yesterday, that bill passed through the State 8 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: House one twenty nine to twenty five. Some progressive Democrats 9 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 2: joined most Republicans to vote against it. Two Republicans crossed 10 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: the aisle to support it. 11 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:37,919 Speaker 3: Now. 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 2: House leadership says the move to ban access to social 13 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 2: media to kids under fourteen and restricted heavily for those 14 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 2: fourteen and fifteen, as well as banning cell phone use 15 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 2: in schools, is necessary to protect kids' mental and physical health. However, 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 2: critics say they're concerned about what this means for general 17 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 2: online privacy and data leaks, as well as First Amendment rights. 18 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 2: They also say parents getting access to the kids' user 19 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 2: data could be harmful for LGBTQ kids who don't always 20 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 2: feel safe at home. At eleven oh one, we are 21 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 2: now two days into the ceasefire and the war in 22 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 2: the Middle East, and the deal is already straining under 23 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 2: pressure and possibly confusion over who's actually involved here irans Us. 24 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 2: The Strait of Hormuz is closed again today after yesterday's 25 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 2: Israeli strikes on Hesbala targets in Lebanon. The Lebanese Health 26 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 2: Ministry says those strikes killed at least two hundred people 27 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 2: and wounded more than a thousand others. Today, the Lebanese 28 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 2: Prime Minister says he's filing an official complaint with the 29 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 2: United Nations, saying the strikes violate international law. Here's ABC's 30 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 2: Mary Bruce, the. 31 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 4: Vice President, who is now leading negotiations and eager to 32 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 4: tout this truth, says the ceasefire is quote in a 33 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 4: good spot, even as the strait remains closed, chalking it 34 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 4: up to a quote misunderstanding. 35 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, 36 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: and it just didn't. We never made that promise, We 37 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: never indicated that was going to be the case. 38 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 4: Talks are set to begin this weekend in Pakistan, but 39 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 4: huge questions remain, including who will ultimately control the strait Now. 40 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 2: When he announced it on social media several days ago. 41 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 2: Pakistan's Prime minister did include Lebanon in the ceasefire agreement 42 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 2: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin net and Yahoo today saying Israel 43 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 2: will keep striking Hasballah with quote force, precision and determination. Now, 44 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 2: amid the uncertainty over what's happening with the Strait of Hormoves, 45 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 2: oil and gas prices remain sky high choky. 46 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 5: Things would need to happen to bring the price down. First, 47 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 5: a major backlog of ships would need to move through 48 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 5: the Strait of Hormoes who actually talked to shipping companies 49 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 5: and they aren't making any moves right now because they're 50 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 5: still unsure their tankers will be safe. And Second, remember 51 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 5: some oil fields and refineries were damaged or shut down 52 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 5: from the fighting. Reopening those could take weeks or even months. 53 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 2: Not as CBS's Nancy Cordus now. Taking a look at 54 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 2: the price of a barrel of oil, Brent crude is 55 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 2: up at ninety nine dollars a barrel, and West Texas 56 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 2: oil here domestically is one hundred two bucks a barrel. 57 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 2: This hour, triple A says for a gallon of regular 58 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 2: gas around the country, the notional average is four sixteen 59 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 2: Here in Massachusetts. We are up again today to three 60 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 2: ninety eight. Looking ahead to the forecast for the rest 61 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: of the afternoon, we're going to have another beautiful dry 62 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 2: day out there. Temperatures are getting up into the upper 63 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 2: fifties if you're inland, fifty two to fifty three right 64 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 2: there on the coast, and forties on the north shore 65 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 2: capin Islands, with an onshore breeze keeping you cooler. For 66 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,679 Speaker 2: tonight partly cloudy, low in the mid thirties, and then 67 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 2: for tomorrow, another dry day. We could have a couple 68 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 2: of showers though tomorrow night, so if you've got planned 69 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 2: you might want to bring the umbrella or a rain coat. 70 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 2: A little more mild than today, we've got a hide 71 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 2: tomorrow in the low sixties in Boston, near seventy if 72 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 2: you're north and west of the city, and fifties staying 73 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 2: cooler on the south coast capin Islands. Weekend looking dry 74 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 2: so far with the mix of sun and clouds both days, 75 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 2: we've got highs in the fifties. Looking ahead much warmer 76 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 2: early next week. Temperatures out there right now we are 77 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 2: seeing thirty eight degrees as we make our way into Nashua, 78 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 2: New Hampshire, getting over west of Town forty in Wooster. 79 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 2: Right now south of the city Word forty five in 80 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: Brockton in Boston. Right now at eleven oh five, it 81 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 2: is partly cloudy and weard forty four. Speaking of this 82 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 2: warmer weather that's coming down the pike, wbz's Emma Friedman 83 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 2: has details. 84 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 6: This is spring, but two days ago it felt like 85 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 6: a flashback to winter. Even this morning, many people in 86 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 6: back Bay wearing winter jackets. But that won't last too 87 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 6: long now. 88 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,119 Speaker 7: I'm excited for the weather to be better. 89 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 3: For sure. Bill wants one thing, not wearing a jacket. 90 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 3: That's the main thing. I would love to not wear 91 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 3: a jacket. 92 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 6: Next week, we're looking at a couple of days in 93 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 6: the seventies, a big switch up from those thirty five 94 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 6: degree mornings. 95 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 7: I'm cautiously optimistic being in New Englander. We have our 96 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 7: false spring, and then we have second fall spring and 97 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 7: third fall springs. 98 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 6: Michael is a bit of a skeptic, but he's hoping 99 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 6: for the best. 100 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 7: I'm excited for mud season to start, but cautiously optimistic. 101 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 7: That's why I have the baseball hat yet Winter gloves. 102 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 6: In back Bay. I'm a Friedman WBZY, Boston's news radio. 103 00:04:58,400 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 2: I don't think I've ever heard somebody say their exce 104 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 2: cited for mud season, but that's all about optimism. I 105 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 2: suppose it is eleven oh six, and it appears former 106 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 2: Suffolk County DA Rachel Rollins now wants to make a 107 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 2: comeback state officials, confirming she pulled nomination papers to try 108 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 2: and run for the office. Now it's up to her 109 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 2: to get the necessary amount of signatures she needs to 110 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 2: take on current DA Kevin Hayden in the primaries. Rollins 111 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 2: served as DA from twenty nineteen until twenty twenty two, 112 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 2: when she went to serve as the US Attorney for Massachusetts. However, 113 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 2: she eventually resigned after an ethics investigation was opened against 114 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 2: her for trying to disrupt a previous Hayden campaign. Rollin's 115 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 2: teasing the announcement earlier this week, and after she announced 116 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 2: she's co hosting a new podcast called Ball and Order. 117 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 2: She posted on social media about overcoming adversity, saying quote, 118 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 2: no one gets to tell your story but you. Police 119 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 2: in the Bahamas now arresting the husband of a Michigan 120 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 2: woman who has gone missing at sea. Brian Hooker says 121 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,359 Speaker 2: his wife Lynnette fell overboard during a boat trip with 122 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 2: him last Saturday night. Your CBS is Christian Benavidtees. 123 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: Brian told police Lynnette fell overboard from their eight foot 124 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: in during a nine time runion no Bahaman. Police say 125 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: he is a suspect in her disappearance, telling Reuters they 126 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 1: took the fifty nine year old into custody Wednesday night 127 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: for quote questioning based on some probable calls. It's unclear 128 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: what charges he could be facing. 129 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 2: Lynette's daughter Carly Aylesworth, telling CNN she's known that past 130 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 2: issues between the two have not turned out well, so 131 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 2: she says it's quote weird that this is all happening now, 132 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 2: and before we take a look at Bloomberg business. A 133 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 2: record breaking amount of fans watched college basketball in March. 134 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 3: Following up the most watched first round of March Madness 135 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 3: basketball with nine and a half million viewers. The championship 136 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 3: game between the Michigan Wolverines and Yukon Huskies drew over 137 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 3: eighteen million pairs of eyeballs. That's the most in six years. 138 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 3: Peak viewership was topping at twenty million. It's a twenty 139 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 3: three percent jump off from last year's finale in the 140 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 3: Nielsen TV ratings, many checking to make sure their bracket 141 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 3: is intact and ultimately finding out that it's been dunked 142 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 3: to Smithery. The entire three weeks of the tournament was 143 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 3: the second most watched in three decades. Jay Willett WBZ, 144 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,239 Speaker 3: Boston's News Radio. 145 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 2: You are now in Maloup. For news updates throughout the day, 146 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 2: listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm 147 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 2: Nicole Davis WBZ and Boston's News Radio.