1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio. 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 2: We defining local news. 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 3: Twenty eight degrees. We've got a few clouds around in Boston. 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 3: It is six o'clock here on this Thursday morning, March nineteenth, 5 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 3: twenty twenty six, and this hour of news brought to 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 3: you by your New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all 7 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 3: wheel drive headquarters. Thank you so much for joining us. 8 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 3: We're knocking on the doorstep for Friday. I'm Jim McKay 9 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 3: and here's what's happening. Well, we're grabbing that winter jacket 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,319 Speaker 3: once again this morning. It is the final full day 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 3: of winter, and we're certainly feeling like it. 12 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 2: A dry day today with clouds and some sun on 13 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 2: the hind in the low forties. 14 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 4: It'll turn milder tomorrow. 15 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 3: That is WBZ ACU weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. That full 16 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 3: forecast coming up here in just a few moments. We're 17 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 3: steadily warmer as we head off towards the weekend. But first, 18 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,639 Speaker 3: at six p' oh one, Iran is stepping up its 19 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 3: attacks on other Gulf nations after Israel crippled a key 20 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 3: national gas field with air strikes. Natural gas facilities and Cutter, 21 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 3: and two oil refineries in Kuwait were hit engulfed in flames. 22 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 3: Right as all of this is happening, gas prices continue 23 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 3: to rise. Here at home, Triple A saying now the 24 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 3: state average is now at three dollars and sixty two cents. 25 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 3: Here in Massachusetts, the national average is now up to 26 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 3: three eighty eight. Meantime, the Institute for Economics and Peace 27 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 3: publishing its annual snapshot on Global terrorism. 28 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: Coslamic State remains the world's deadliest terrorist organization, responsible for 29 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: just under seventeen percent of all attacks last year. Overall 30 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: deaths from terrorism actually fell by twenty eight percent globally, 31 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: but in the West, terror related deaths nearly tripled, with 32 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: radicalized adolescents carrying out more lone wolf attacks, and the 33 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: Institute for Economics and Peace fears the US war and 34 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: Iran will fuel a new wave of terror attacks against 35 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: Western targets, either carried out by Iran's proxies or by 36 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: individuals enraged or inspired by the war. Vickie Parker's CBS 37 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: News London, We're going to. 38 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 3: Get back on the winning track after two really rough 39 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 3: overtime losses. Bruins hosting the Winnipeg Jets tonight at the Garden. 40 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 3: Celtics off tonight. They will be wailing in Memphis tomorrow. 41 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 3: And today's the day college Basketball's March madness. We're a 42 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 3: few hours away now about to kick into high gear. 43 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 5: Buzzer beaters, brackets, busted, Cinderella stories, let's go ah yes, 44 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 5: music to my years and for so many Americans today 45 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 5: is also a workplace distraction. The gambling site Action Network 46 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,679 Speaker 5: surveyed more than three thousand American workers and check out 47 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 5: these findings. One in four workers will watch games during 48 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 5: work hours, twenty one percent say they've taken a vacation 49 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 5: day just to watch games, and fans spend an average 50 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 5: of close to two hours per day following the tournaments. 51 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 5: That counts score tracking and highlighting your bracket winners on 52 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 5: both the men's and women's side. In the end, all 53 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 5: that workplace March madness slacking could cost the US economy 54 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 5: wait for more than thirteen billion dollars in lost productivity. Ouch, 55 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 5: let's hoop it up. Drew maholland WBZ, Boston's news radio. 56 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 3: We have just a few clouds around before our morning sunrise, 57 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 3: which is still a ways off, and when it does 58 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 3: We're looking a little bit warmer today, but we're still 59 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 3: very cold at the moment here. We are just under 60 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 3: that freezing mark twenty eight degrees in Boston. Just feeling 61 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 3: a little bit better than we did yesterday. That wind 62 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 3: is still out there, it's dined down a bit, but 63 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 3: we're still very cold here, feeling like a winter morning. 64 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 3: Later on this afternoon, clouds mixing in with sunshine. We'll 65 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 3: have a high of forty two. Pretty chilly once again. 66 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 3: Tonight we're down to a low of thirty two. Now 67 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 3: we have an interesting day Tomorrow. We're going to be 68 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 3: up around fifty degrees. Warmer air is going to start 69 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 3: to head our way this weekend. We'll have highs right 70 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 3: around fifty. We've got some rain showers on Friday night, 71 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 3: those will break off by Saturday morning. Saturday, we're up 72 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 3: around fifty. Sunday, however, we will be in the mid 73 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 3: to upper fifties and we could see a few afternoon showers, 74 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 3: but outside of that, we're looking okay. The weekend is 75 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 3: going to be pretty good here, right around fifty Saturday, 76 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 3: a little bit warmer on Sunday, just dodging a couple 77 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 3: of showers here and there. At the moment in Boston, 78 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 3: we're at twenty eight degrees at six zh five. Well, 79 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 3: as we continue here, the government shutdown is wreak havoc 80 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 3: on airport security lines all over the country. Logan Airport, though, 81 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 3: seems to have been largely spared. CBS News Boston's Mike 82 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 3: Sullivan telling us it's because of hard work from the community. 83 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 6: Courtney Chapan and our friends are heading to Florida. 84 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 4: I literally just checked my bag in less. 85 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,679 Speaker 6: Than thirty seconds. So the big question is why not here. 86 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 4: A lot of it is based on the efforts of 87 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 4: the union and the management to encourage people to continue. 88 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 6: Coming to work. Local TSA union president Mike Azagian says 89 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 6: local credit unions have jumped in to help support workers, 90 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 6: and businesses are bringing donations at gift cards. 91 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 4: Our loss is probably not as bad as other cities. Essentially, 92 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 4: we're probably losing between one and two people a day 93 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 4: since the shot un started. A lot of it is 94 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 4: because people just never really recovered from the last shutdown. 95 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 6: Right now, Maspoort is testing new technology in Terminal B. 96 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 6: They could estimate TSA wait times. IoTs software is implemented 97 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 6: across the airport Maasport says those times wo pure. 98 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 3: The playboards. TSA is saying fewer agents are calling out 99 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 3: during this shutdown compared to last, possibly because this time 100 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 3: they're deciding to call it a career. 101 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: Well. 102 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 3: Residents from all over the Merrimack Valley descending upon Lowell 103 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 3: last night to sound off on high utility bills. This 104 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 3: as the Department of Public Utilities held a hearing on 105 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 3: energy costs, just as National Grid is looking for nearly 106 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 3: ten percent rate hike on natural gas across the state. 107 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 3: One by one customer speaking about the skyrocketing bills, a 108 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 3: tough winter here, a lot of heat was used, and 109 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 3: how many simply just cannot afford it well. The American 110 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 3: Kennel Club releasing its list of the most popular dog 111 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 3: breeds in the nation, and one is a mighty K 112 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 3: nine and quite a small side. 113 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, yawn. For the fourth year in a row, 114 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 2: the French bulldog is the top of the AKC list, 115 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 2: followed by labs, of course, the always smiling Golden Retrievers 116 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 2: and German Shepherds. But number five this year will surprise you. 117 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 4: Seeing the docs in at number five is actually very interesting. 118 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 2: Brandy Hunter London at the American Kennel Club says it's 119 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 2: the first time the Wiener Dogs have ranked that high 120 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 2: in nearly twenty years, and it's because. 121 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 4: Dotson's can be a lot of dog in a little package, 122 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 4: and I think people really enjoy that. 123 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 2: And of course they're really cute. Allis and Keys, CBS News. 124 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 3: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 125 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 3: the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 126 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 3: I'm Jim McKay, WBZ, Boston's news radio.