1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: This is Belling Bzy, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. 2 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: Forty seven degrees in Boston at four o'clock, Good Afternoon 3 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: on Ben Parker, Here's what's happening. Taking to the streets. 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: In Minneapolis, Protesters upset about yesterday's deadly shooting involving an 5 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: Ice officer, had been gathering outside a federal building. 6 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 2: Hundreds of protesters chanted killers, go home as they tried 7 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 2: to block the exits of the Whipple Federal Building. Federal 8 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 2: agents fired pepper balls and handcuffs several of the protesters. 9 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 2: The protesters have been chanting shooting victim Murney Goods name, 10 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 2: as well as shame and don't you try to spin this. 11 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 2: We were all a witness. State and local officials have 12 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 2: demanded the federal agents leave, but Onmeland Security Secretary Christy 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 2: Noam says they're not going anywhere. Michael Wallace, CBS News. 14 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: Vice President J. D. Vance says that it was Democrats 15 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: and the left that caused the shooting in Minneapolis. The victim, 16 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: he claims, was trying to ram an Ice agent with 17 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: her car. 18 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 3: That very off ice officer nearly had his life ended 19 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 3: dragged by a car six months ago, thirty three stitches 20 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,479 Speaker 3: in his legs, so you think maybe he's a little 21 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 3: bit sensitive about somebody ramming him with an automobile. 22 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: The Vice President says that the far left is demonizing 23 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: Ice and other law enforcement and criticized reporters for how 24 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: they've covered the shooting. Massachusetts planning to pump tw hundred 25 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: and fifty million dollars into already heavily subsidized health insurance. 26 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: They cost hikes at the federal level have the potential 27 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: to double the cost of premiums for middle class residents 28 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: funding looking to help lessen that blow. This will be 29 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 1: the biggest investment by any state into subsidized health insurance costs, 30 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: according to Governor Heally, bringing a total of six hundred 31 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: million dollars in funding relief. It's all after the government 32 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: shut down last month that was causing divided legislature on 33 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: extending tax credits for healthcare costs that were put into 34 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: place during COVID, A federal action another step closer, though, 35 00:01:59,360 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: as well. 36 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 4: Bill to extend Affordable Care Act tax subsidies cleared to 37 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 4: procedural hurdle Wednesday. Nine Republicans joined Democrats to discharge the 38 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,679 Speaker 4: measure and force a final vote Thursday. The proposal would 39 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 4: provide a clean extension of the enhanced tax credits for 40 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 4: three years. The subsidies were at the center of the 41 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 4: shutdown fight last fall. They expired at the end of 42 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 4: December without an extension. The nonprofit KFF says premium payments 43 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 4: would go up an average of one hundred and fourteen 44 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 4: percent for millions of Americans who are enrolled in the 45 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 4: healthcare exchange. Nicole Killion, CBS News, Washington, Hey, let's. 46 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: Have a talk, Shelley. Denmark's welcoming a meeting with the 47 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: United States next week to discuss the Trump administration's renewed 48 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: interest in acquiring Greenland. The Danish Defense Minister confirming the 49 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: talks requested by Denmark and Greenland, telling a Danish broadcaster 50 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: this is the dialogue that is needed. Secretary of State 51 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: Marco Rubio announced the meeting but gave no details. Vice 52 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: President Advances criticized Denmark's handling of Greenlands sixtecurity, emphasizing its 53 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,679 Speaker 1: strategic importance. Leaders of Canada, France, Germany and other countries 54 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 1: have been defending the sovereignty of Greenland, which is part 55 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: of NATO, checking the four day WBS Active Weather Forecast. 56 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: We've had a nice day, We'll have a pretty decent night. 57 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: It'll get a little cool, but then again, it is 58 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: January eighth, thirty in the city, twenties in the suburbs 59 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: under mainly clear skies to start, and then a few 60 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: patches of fog later on, and then some clouds that 61 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: roll in here toward day break. We'll start dry tomorrow 62 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: and we'll get back into the mid to upper forties, 63 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: but we have to watch out for a little rain 64 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: that gets in here late tomorrow afternoon and into the evening. 65 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: Mostly cloudy, breezey tomorrow night, not far from forty, cloudy, 66 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: with more rain around in the afternoon on Saturday and 67 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: into Saturday evening. Temperatures on Saturday again getting into the 68 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: mid to maybe upper forties, will be in the low 69 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: forties with some lingering rain and drizzle on Sunday before 70 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: just hanging out in the clouds later on. Right now, 71 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: forty seven degrees in Boston. Trying to get pumped up 72 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: and that'll protein shake just not cutting it anymore. You 73 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: could try Duncan So. 74 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 5: Duncan has a new line of drinks made with protein milk, 75 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 5: and the campaign features a collaboration with rapper Meghan the Stallion. 76 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 5: The rollout includes an ad starring the Grammy winner leading 77 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 5: a jazzer size class as she introduces several new beverages, 78 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 5: including Megan's Mango Protein Refresher Duncan says the option offers 79 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 5: customers more flexibility throughout the day without altering familiar flavors 80 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 5: and mirrors a similar protein beverage explosion made by Starbucks 81 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 5: back in September. Matt Sheer WBZ Boston's News Radio. 82 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 1: Maybe you're anti teen, or maybe your protein mild? The 83 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: government's protein New government diet guidelines from Health and Human 84 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: Services says they're promoting things like red meat, whole milk, 85 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 1: and fruits and veggies. ABC News Chief medical correspondent doctor 86 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: Tarna Rula says, careful though what you shovel in. 87 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 6: The concern comes around things like red meat and whole 88 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 6: fat dairy and using butter and beef talow to cook. 89 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 6: There are groups like the American Heart Association which are 90 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 6: a little bit concerned about that. So while they say 91 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 6: in this report that you should keep saturated fat levels 92 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 6: led to less than ten percent of your calories, if 93 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 6: you're eating a lot of butter and red meat. By 94 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 6: virtue of that, you may end up going over that, 95 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 6: and we know that saturated fat can be linked to 96 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 6: cardiovascular disease. 97 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: These new guidelines also recommend or don't have a recommendation 98 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: on alcohol intake for the first time, no specific amounts highlighted. Rather, 99 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: the guidelines say people should limit alcoholic beverages. How about 100 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: some more A and I to go with your g more. 101 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: Artificial intelligence is being implemented into g Mail as Google 102 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: tries to turn the world's most used email service into 103 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: a personal assistant. The goal to improve writing, summarize far 104 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: flung information buried in inboxes, and delivered daily to do 105 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: lists to users. The new AI features announced today could 106 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 1: turn out to be a piminal moment for Gmail. These 107 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 1: new options, by the way, will only be available at 108 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: English and within the US for starters, though Google promises 109 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: to introduce them in other countries and in other languages 110 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: as the year unfolds. NASA scrapping a spacewalk slated for 111 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: today a bit of a mystery as to one. 112 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 7: In what was to be the first extra vehicular activity 113 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 7: or EVA of twenty twenty six astronauts Mike Finkey and 114 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 7: flight engineer Xena Cardman were to don their spacesuits and 115 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 7: climb outside the International Space Station for a six and 116 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 7: a half hour spacewalk to install equipment and take some photos, 117 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 7: but late yesterday NASA called it off because of a 118 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 7: medical condition with a crew member. This space agency won't 119 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 7: be specific about what the condition is or which crew 120 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 7: member was involved. 121 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: Not his ABC's Jim Ryan. You are now in the loop. 122 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 1: For news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News 123 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's 124 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:39,799 Speaker 1: news radio