1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 1: This is WBZY, Boston's news radio. We defining local news. 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: Good morning, It's time to wake up six o'clock on 3 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: this Wednesday morning. Under cloudy skies and damp conditions here 4 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: in the city. It is a mild fifty four degrees. 5 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: The News at six is brought to us by You're 6 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: a New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: Thanks for being with us here on this day before 8 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: the big holiday. I'm Jeff Brown, Trains, planes and automobiles. 9 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: Wellmy day today with clouds in a passing show or 10 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: two with highs near sixty much cooler. Starting tomorrow on 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: is WBZ achiweather meteorologist Joe Lundberg Blizzard conditions in parts 12 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: of the Upper Midwest just ahead of the holiday. Though 13 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,520 Speaker 1: at the train station locally, many people hope to avoid 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: the getaway day hassle with a ride on the rails. 15 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:52,279 Speaker 2: It may take a bit longer to get to their 16 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: holiday destination, but for these folks heading to Pennsylvania and Maryland, 17 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 2: they'll take railcars over actual cars and planes any day. 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 3: It's a lot easier just to hop on the train. 19 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 3: I can bring liquids I already have, like my food 20 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,040 Speaker 3: and everything. I don't have to go through security. It's 21 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 3: like a lot easier just to like hop on the train, 22 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 3: and I think time wise it kind of evens out. 23 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 3: But I'm excited. You know, the seats will be comfortable, 24 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 3: I'll be able to watch my movies, so I'll be 25 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 3: able to sleep. 26 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:19,559 Speaker 2: I have no complaints. 27 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 4: I can spend seven hours wisely. 28 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 2: Meanwhile, commuter rail riders are being offered ten dollars holiday passes, 29 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,839 Speaker 2: valid for unlimited travel Thursday to Sunday at South Station. 30 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 2: James throwhas WBZY, Boston's news radio. 31 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: Millions of Americans will be frying a turkey this year, 32 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: but you do you and if you need help in 33 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: the kitchen, never meet themmet handy and not one of 34 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: those pop up ones that will help you. Know that 35 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: the turkey is at least one hundred sixty five degrees 36 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: when you serve it. Penn State food safety expert Mary 37 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: Alice Gettings says you should also make sure the stuffing 38 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: is it one hundred sixty five degrees or higher, And 39 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: she says stuff the bird at the last minute and 40 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: loosely so you don't dry out the Christopher Cruz CBS 41 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: News too many rules. Teenage football stars start to speak 42 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: this week at Fenway Park. It's high school football returning 43 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: to America's most beloved ballpark. Three games on tap today. 44 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: Newton North and Brookline will kick off the festivities at 45 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: one thirty, followed by Plymouth South and Plymouth North and 46 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: then the nightcap Lexington against conquered Carlisle. In the opener 47 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: yesterday afternoon, Wakefield High Tops Wakefield High Tops rival Melrose 48 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: High School. Super Bowl season begins next week at a 49 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: big stage at Jillette Stadium too, And with these Thanksgiving 50 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: high school games, communities really do come. 51 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 4: Together Thanksgiving traditions and rivalries. Nothing better in these parts, right, 52 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 4: Maybe you have your tailgate or the extended family is 53 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 4: in town to watch the big game. 54 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 2: You know. 55 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 4: The mayors get involved with a lot of these high 56 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 4: school football games too. Newburyport Mayor Sean Reared and newly 57 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 4: re elected by the Way. Congrats, but he had to 58 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 4: pay off a bet last year. It still stings. After 59 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 4: the Newburyport Clippers lost to Amesbury. 60 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: March in their parade and downtown Amesury dressed head to 61 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 2: toe in Amesbury gear and hold. 62 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: A sign with the score of the game. 63 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 4: You literally just got a text from the mayor of Jamesbury. 64 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: I did, Yeah, we're already scheming. 65 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 4: What are these things giving rivalries mean to you? 66 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: Oh it's incredible. 67 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 2: I mean you're talking about schools. I've played against each 68 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 2: other over one hundred times, so I think it's what 69 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 2: makes New England specials. My parents grew up with it, 70 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 2: my grandparents grew up with it. 71 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 4: All these big coffs to come, so very exciting. Drew 72 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 4: maholland WBS Boston's News Radio. 73 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: Oh, it is an incredibly busy day. This is one 74 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: of the most exciting days as families finally come back 75 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 1: together again and then they're probably tired of each other 76 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: by mid afternoon tomorrow. But getting there. It's all about 77 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: the journey, right and today the journey will be relatively 78 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: quiet here in Greater Boston. If your plans take you 79 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: away from this city with a vehicle, we can expect 80 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: some wet roadways this morning, with high temperatures eventually getting 81 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: to around sixty degrees. We do have some showers in 82 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: the way throughout the day today, but the steady rain 83 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: from overnight is pretty much gone. If you're headed to 84 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: Logan Airport, just a handful of delays on the board 85 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: right now, but if you are elsewhere, like the Upper Midwest, 86 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: you could be in for it too. There are blizzard 87 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: warnings in much of that region of the country just 88 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: before the holiday. But it's going to be relatively quiet here, 89 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: nothing more than just a couple of shours later on today, 90 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 1: and the clouds will deliver some more showers in the 91 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: early hours tonight before we start to slowly clear out. 92 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: Lows will drop into the forties Tomorrow. We don't get 93 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 1: out of the forties, but sunshine returns and a cold 94 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: blast of air sets up shop for the rest of 95 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: the holiday weekend. Right now in Boston, cloudy skies and 96 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: fifty four here in the city six oh five this 97 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 1: Wednesday morning. It's the windiest year yet in Boston, and 98 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: it keeps the pace in November strong. How windy is 99 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: it well? The average wind gust speeds all this year 100 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: stand at thirty miles an hour. That's the first time 101 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: a year to date wind gust tops that magic number 102 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: and or hits that magic number. So far this November. 103 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: It's even windier, at thirty seven miles an hour. That's 104 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: six miles per hour stronger than last year and now. 105 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: The Globe did a comparison study to include other major 106 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: cities throughout New England and it's not just us in Boston. 107 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: These other cities are equally windy as well. College student 108 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: from Babson has been detained at Logan Airport and has 109 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: now been deported to her native Honduras. Anna Lucia Lopez Biosa, 110 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: was about to board a flight to Texas in hopes 111 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: of visiting family for the Thanksgiving holiday when she was 112 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: taken into custody by immigration officials. The Globe reports Bosa 113 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: was taken to the ICE facility in Burlington before being 114 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: whisked out of the country. Her family says they were 115 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: never notified and only learned of the girl's fate when 116 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: authorities in Honduras tracked them down. Meantime, White House Press 117 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: Secretary Caroline Levitt's former sister in law detained by ICE 118 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 1: agents in Revere. Several arrests have been made following a 119 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 1: robbery in Norwood. Police say the suspects were wearing face 120 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: masks and lifted an e bike, clothes and shoes before 121 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: making a run for it. Officials say they've tracked down 122 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 1: two juveniles and a woman who had troubled with the 123 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: law previously. Police work is not done, as officials also 124 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: tracked down three weapons hidden in a nearby home of 125 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: one of the suspects. Another no show for the Superintendent 126 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: of Schools of the Whitman Hanson School District at the 127 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: school committee last night, where parents want heads to roll 128 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: one after another. The frustration comes with calls for Jeff 129 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: Simonak to be fired or resign his position for not 130 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: facing the music following a decision to lay off dozens 131 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: of staff workers to close a surprise million dollar budget gap. 132 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: The teachers' union has already taken a vote of no 133 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: confidence against simon Ak. You are now in the loop 134 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News 135 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's 136 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:45,799 Speaker 1: news radio