1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Good morning, 2 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: six o'clock. Guess what, it's Thursday, not Friday. We still 3 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: get another day to go and what is turning into 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: a very long week for a lot of people. Thirteen 5 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: degrees here in Boston under clear skies at six o'clock. 6 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: The News at six is brought to us by your 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: new England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. 8 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: Welcome aboard today, I'm Jeff Brown. Boston continues to be 9 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: frozen solid, more some than collapse today and very cold, 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: rather breezy this afternoon or high twenty five. That is 11 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: WBZ achi weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. More details on this 12 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: weekend's upcoming storm for most a glancing blow, but it 13 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: will include some plowable snow for a lot of us. 14 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: And the misery continues from last weekend snowstorm. And we 15 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: all wonder where's the rock salt? I can't find any. 16 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: I've gone from place to place to place, can't get 17 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: any to livered. It's a difficult situation. Slippery too, And 18 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: don't even get him started on windshield washing fluid. Since 19 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: like either Saturday or something alsold out like, which is crazy. 20 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: Like I'm like, Okay, they sell a couple because a 21 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: big snowstorm. I get it, but like all of them, 22 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: like all of them are gone. 23 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 2: I'm like wow. 24 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 3: Chris Fomman WBZ, Austin's News radio. 25 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: Taking a stand. Congresswoman Ayana Presley pounds the pavement in 26 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: Minneapolis and declare's solidarity with immigrants there, while urging her 27 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 1: Democratic colleagues in the Senate on Capitol Hill to impeach 28 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nome. During a news conference, Presley 29 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: calls President Trump a dictator, while also calling on the 30 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: Senate to continue to dangle the threat of a government 31 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: shutdown by drawing a line on an extension of funding 32 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: for immigration agents. Meantime, a pair of new videos this 33 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: morning shows Minneapolis protester Alex Pretty mixing it up with 34 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: immigration agents a week and a half before a deadly 35 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: encounter with Ice. The videos show the thirty seven year 36 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: old getting physical with agents on January thirteenth, after kicking 37 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: out a tail light on a government vehicle and being 38 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: shoved to the ground. It's six oh two. The Sloppy 39 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: Celtics lose a winnable game at the Garden as the 40 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: Hawk swoop in Caesar are off tonight, Ruins are on 41 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: Garden Ice tonight, the Flyers are in town and Patriots 42 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: quarterback Drake May is limited in practice as rumors swirl 43 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 1: he's got a shoulder injury leading up to the Super 44 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: Bowl and the Patriots of the NFL have released some 45 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: of the on field sounds from last Sunday's game in Denver. 46 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: This is always great to hear. WBC's Drew moholland is 47 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: here to enlighten us. Good morning, Drew, Morning Jeffrey. It 48 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 1: is fun, isn't it? And we hope Drake May is 49 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: going to be just fine come Super Bowl Sunday. But 50 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: always a blast when the NFL releases the miked up 51 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: sound from the week after a big win. And check 52 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: this out on the sidelines before a patch drive with 53 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: six minutes to go when that game firstever, Drake May 54 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: tells offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels the snow the cold man. 55 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: He says, this is hard, har I. 56 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 2: Know this, It's going to be hard, but look, this 57 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 2: would be the most rewarding six and a half weets 58 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 2: of our. 59 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: Lives and we can get it done. 60 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 2: How great is that? 61 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: That says it all, doesn't it? 62 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 3: A little like fatherly figure there for McDonald's. 63 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: Stay focused, keep your head literally in the game, and 64 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: they finish all right, here you go. Boston is getting 65 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: beaten to a pulp these days. This is going to 66 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: be some of the coldest air we've seen so far 67 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: this season coming up tonight, and then we're targeting, or 68 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: at least looking at the possible target of another winter 69 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,119 Speaker 1: storm coming up this weekend. But we're out the door 70 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: this morning with extremely cold air. Once again. It's thirteen 71 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: here in the city. The ACU Weather Real Field temperatures 72 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: are exactly at zero this morning. Tempts today will once 73 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: again be in the mid twenties, more sun than clouds. 74 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: Overnight tonight, a cold weather advisory kicks in officially at 75 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: seven o'clock under clear skies, low temperatures will be in 76 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: the low single digits. Some of us are going to 77 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: be waking up tomorrow morning with wind chill factors twenty 78 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: degrees below zero. That would be the coldest we've experienced 79 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: in quite some time here in Boston. And despite all 80 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: of that, tomorrow, the sun will shine once again, but 81 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: high temperatures will only be in the low to mid teens. 82 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: We are watching the possibility, which seems more likely, that 83 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: we are going to see some plowable snow out of 84 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: this northeaster heading our way this weekend. It is a 85 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: glancing blow, but the highest impact is expected to be 86 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 1: the Cape and the islands, and also a sliver of 87 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: the North Shore. We're also expecting moderate impacts in the 88 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: Boston area towards the one eight and four ninety five loop, 89 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: and then very light impact beyond that. So we've got 90 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: some issues to deal with coming up right now in Boston. 91 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: It's thirteen here in the city at six oh six 92 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 1: on this Thursday morning. A new study this morning suggests 93 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: driving might be messing with some of our minds. 94 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 3: Researchers track the driving habits of hundreds of drivers ages 95 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 3: sixty five and older for several years. Those who started 96 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 3: breaking harder or getting an accidents were more likely to 97 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,239 Speaker 3: develop white matter damage in the back of the brain, 98 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 3: an early warning sign of cognitive decline. Study co author 99 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 3: Cholling Plaw. 100 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: The way that older adults drive can and quietly reflect 101 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: what's happening in their brain are long before any major 102 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: memory problems appear. 103 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 3: The study also found drivers who were taking blood pressure 104 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 3: medications were less likely to show unsafe driving behaviors. Michael Wallace, 105 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 3: CBS News. 106 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: No Eyes on You. Officials in Watertown cancel a contract 107 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: that would have meant the installation of license plate readers 108 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 1: and cameras around town. Privacy complaints by people in the 109 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: neighborhood force the city's hand. Watertown News reports these cameras 110 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: are sidelined, but negotiations continue with local police and the provider. 111 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: Hollywood is coming to Harvard. Oscar nominated actress Rose Byrne 112 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 1: will be this year's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, 113 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: also a Golden Globe winner for her role in the 114 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: movie If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You. Burn will 115 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: be paraded through Cambridge on February thirteenth, And Americans are 116 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: hanging around a little bit longer these days. 117 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 2: The CDC says life expectancy hit an all time high 118 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 2: for the most recent report in twenty twenty four. The 119 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 2: average age is now seventy nine years, Bouncing back from 120 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 2: COVID fuewl lows. Experts say death rates continue to drop 121 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:06,239 Speaker 2: from the nation's top killers, with following mortality rates connected 122 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 2: to heart disease, cancer, and drug overdoses. Officials say the 123 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 2: nation appears to be back on a decades long track 124 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 2: of longer life after hitting a low of seventy six 125 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 2: and a half years during the peak of coronavirus. Jay 126 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 2: will Let WBZ Boston's News Radio. 127 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 1: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 128 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:27,679 Speaker 1: the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 129 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio.