1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Good morning, 2 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 1: we are just about there. It is Thursday morning in 3 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 1: Boston and we're waking up under mostly cloudy skies at 4 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: a few showers this morning, very thick, patchy fog as well, 5 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: but a remarkable fifty seven degrees here in the city. 6 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,080 Speaker 1: The News at six is brought to us by your 7 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: New England Toyota Dealer, your Hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. 8 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: Thanks for being with us this morning. I'm Jeff Brown. 9 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 1: We go from seventies to the possibility of snow in 10 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: the blink of an eye. We'll see a shower this 11 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,319 Speaker 1: morning and then some rain this efternoon that can mix 12 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: with their change to wet Snowbellford ends this evening. That 13 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 1: is WBZ achy weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg, and we go 14 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,520 Speaker 1: from the fifties to the thirties by this afternoon as well. 15 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: The Bruins will go for a fourteenth consecutive win at 16 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: the Garden tonight. The San Jose Sharks are in town. 17 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: Celtics road show will continue tonight in Oklahoma City and 18 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: a little too close for comfort, but Team USA neaks 19 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: into the World Baseball Classic quarter finals after upstart Italy 20 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: knocks out Mexico. World Cup Soccer blinks in its ongoing 21 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: fight with Foxborough. 22 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 2: A joint announcement from the Town of Foxboro Craft Sports 23 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 2: and Entertainment along with Boston Soccer twenty six that will 24 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 2: grant an entertainment license for operating the World Cup matches 25 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 2: scheduled later this year. That license was being held up 26 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 2: by the Town of Foxborough because they had not received 27 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 2: a nearly eight million dollar payment over security for the matches, 28 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 2: and they were not having the town taxpayers foot the bill, 29 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: drawing a red line in the sand over the payment. 30 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 2: After talks with Governor Heay, Congressman Jake Auchincloss, State Senator 31 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 2: Paul Feeney, and others, all three parties have now come 32 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 2: to an agreement, some three months before the World Cup 33 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 2: gets underway. Jim McKay wb Z Boston's news radio overseas. 34 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 3: Operation Epic Fury and Iran continues absolutely being destroyed around 35 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 3: being absolutely decimate. President Trump tells Axios that the war 36 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 3: is almost over because there are very few items to 37 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 3: strike anymore in that Islamic Republic. The Pentagon says the 38 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 3: financial cost during the first week of the attacks on 39 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 3: Iran comes with a more than eleven billion dollar bill. 40 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 3: The number slides across the table during a classified briefing 41 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 3: on Capitol Hill and has since leaked. It is believed 42 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 3: to be the first estimate that lawmakers have gotten on 43 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 3: the military operation that has also killed seven soldiers and 44 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 3: left around one hundred and forty wounded. Gas prices appear 45 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 3: to have stabilized in Massachusetts this morning. Triple A says 46 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 3: the price stands at three dollars and forty five cents 47 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 3: a gallon. That is up a fraction of a penny 48 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 3: overnight after world leaders in President Trump opened the taps 49 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 3: on strategic oil reserves. Ah, the sweet smells of the 50 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 3: season stink may see Strumo Holland you got to tell 51 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 3: me what's going on here, skunk season, jeffres Yes, of course. 52 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 4: You know when the early signs of spring kick in, 53 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 4: this is what we get in. So many communities around 54 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 4: here are kind of sound in the alarm to be 55 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 4: careful of the skunks out there, especially if you have 56 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 4: pets Deadam is one of those communities. And I hear 57 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 4: you making the noise and giving me the look. Yes, 58 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 4: I have had my own experience two weeks ago, my 59 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 4: dog got sprayed right in the face walking right out 60 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 4: to the backyard. The skunk was under the deck, which 61 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 4: officials do say they like. 62 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, they like to borrow. They'll be they'll be digging holes. 63 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,399 Speaker 4: Can I tell you the smell just it's. 64 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: You can't and any remedy. Yeah, just doesn't work. It 65 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 1: just takes time. 66 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 3: Did you used to get it off. 67 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 4: There's a lot of bats. They don't recommend, or at 68 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 4: least our vet did not recommend the tomato. 69 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: It doesn't work anyway. Yeah, at least in my experence. 70 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 4: They said it's gonna take time, it will linger. 71 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: That's right. I forget how we emerged. I forget how 72 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: we emerged from it, but I believe it just took 73 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: a heck of a lot of time. Pretty amazing what 74 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: weather in New England can do when we're on the 75 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: verge of the season between winter and spring. Because this 76 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: morning we're waking up with some damp conditions and also 77 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: some very thick, patchy fog as well in several areas 78 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: this morning, but the overnight rain is pretty much wrapped up. 79 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: We're in the fifties and close to sixty degrees right 80 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: now in Boston, but this afternoon, with another round of 81 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: showers on the way, we could also see some snow 82 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: flakes as part of the equation too, as temperatures with 83 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: this cold front will drop into the forties and we'll 84 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: settle into the thirties later on this afternoon. So a 85 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: very interesting decision to make and what you're going to 86 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: wear out the door this morning, because it's a different 87 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: day coming home later overnight tonight, we're dropping in the 88 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 1: twenties in many locations. Sunshine returns a little bit tomorrow, 89 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: followed by clouds in a couple of showers, maybe some 90 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: snowflakes too. Highs will be in the middle forties and 91 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: it remains relatively cool as we head to the weekend 92 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: as well. Right now, it's fifty seven and mostly cloudy 93 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: here in Boston on this Thursday morning at six oh five. 94 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: Getting rid of all of this winter snow is breaking 95 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: many banks. 96 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 5: But more than five feet of snow across twenty three 97 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 5: state wide events. Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver says the costs 98 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 5: have piled up two The current budget for snow and 99 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 5: ice removal is eighty five million dollars, with fifty million 100 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 5: of that deficit spending. 101 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: We have already exceeded one hundred and fifty million for 102 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: our budget. I expect, by the way, that this number 103 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: is going. 104 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 2: To continue to grow. 105 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 5: We still have a few more weeks. 106 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: Left in winter. 107 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 5: Speaking to a legislative committee weighing the upcoming budget, Gulliver 108 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 5: says the cost this winter might even exceed those from 109 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 5: Snowmageddon twenty fifteen. Madison Rogers WBZ, Boston's news radio. 110 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: The sound of silence is coming to Arlington. It's been 111 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: nearly a full year since Arlington officials banned the commercial 112 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: use of gas powered leaf blowers, but starting this Sunday, 113 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: that ban expands to residential use as well. This comes 114 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: after a year's long process of phasing out the equipment, 115 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: first with the introduction of seasonal limitations, then to this 116 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 1: outright prohibition. Only electric blowers will be allowed starting next week. 117 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: Those caught multiple times in violation face fines of one 118 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 1: hundred to two hundred dollars in Arlington. James Rojas, WBZ, 119 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: Boston some news radio. Stay warm and keep your cool, 120 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: my friends. National Grids. 121 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 6: National Grid is looking to raise prices again. 122 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 4: Of course they are, of course, Yeah, no. 123 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 6: Yeah, as much as twelve percent per customer, based on 124 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 6: a proposal to the State Department of Public Utilities. 125 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 4: We can't afford no more. 126 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 5: It's enough already. 127 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 4: I don't think it's going to go over with a 128 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 4: lot of people. 129 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 6: According to that statement by the utility, the rate increases 130 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 6: would raise an extra one hundred and forty four million, 131 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 6: which would be used to support critical upgrades across the 132 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 6: national grid network to keep service for gas dependable for 133 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 6: customers across the Commonwealth. 134 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 2: Heard it. 135 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 4: They always say that, don't they. 136 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 6: Chris Fauma, WBZ Boston's News Radio. 137 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 138 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: the day. 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