1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. 2 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 2: Cloudy and forty five degrees in Boston at four o'clock. 3 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 2: Good afternoon, I'm Suzanne Salsville. Here's what's happening. The conflict 4 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 2: in the Middle East continues to intensify amid reports that 5 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: Russia is aiding Iran with intel on US military targets. 6 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: ABC's Matt Rivers has the latest. 7 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 1: Sources telling ABC News the US believes Russia has been 8 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: providing intelligence to Iran involving the locations of American troops, 9 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: including aircraft and ships in the region. Defense Secretary Pete 10 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: Hegseth responding to those claims in a preview of an 11 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: upcoming Sixty Minutes episode, Our. 12 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 3: Commanders are aware of everything. We have the best intelligence 13 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 3: in the world. 14 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 4: We're aware of who's talking to who, why they're talking 15 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 4: to him, how accurate that information might be, how we 16 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 4: factor that into our battle plans. 17 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: The Pentagon says the US has now struck more than 18 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: three thousand targets in Iran, with the world's largest aircraft carrier, 19 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,040 Speaker 1: the USS Gerald R Ford, moving into the Red Sea. 20 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 2: Meantime, Iran's president as rejecting President Trump's demand for unconditional surrender. 21 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 2: He's also apologizing for firing on neighboring countries, suggesting there 22 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 2: was a miscommunication. His comments come after repeated attacks this 23 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 2: morning on Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE CBS's MTAs 24 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 2: taie AP reports. 25 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 3: Now leaders in the region are warning of a wider 26 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 3: disruption to energy exports that may trigger a major downturn 27 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 3: rather in the global economy. One week into this war, 28 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 3: the battlefield is still expanding faster than diplomacy, and the 29 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 3: question facing leaders across the Gulf and beyond is whether 30 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 3: the next phase brings escalation or any meaningful effort to 31 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 3: step back from the brink. 32 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 2: President Trump war derawn on social media that the country 33 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,919 Speaker 2: will be hit very hard today. Excitement in Boston ahead 34 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: of last night's Celtics game as fans were pumped up 35 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 2: to see Jason Tatum back on the court. W bez's 36 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 2: Emma Friedman was at TD Garden talking to fans. 37 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 4: Heidi was pumped up to see Jason Tatum back in action. 38 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 4: So excited. That's why I'm here. I'm so excited that 39 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 4: he's back. She's a season ticket holder. Heidi and her 40 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 4: friend made the hour and a half truck from Western 41 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 4: Master for the game at TD Garden Friday night. Looking 42 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 4: like a true fan. She had on a Celtic's jacket 43 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 4: and had the perfect purse for the occasion, a bag 44 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 4: in the shape of a basketball. And if you're thinking, oh, no, 45 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 4: Heidi is too big, you won't be able to bring 46 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,399 Speaker 4: it into the garden, hear not. She thought about that too. 47 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 4: The small enough to get into the garden too, which 48 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 4: is very important. So yes, I do have a basketball 49 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 4: purse because I'm ready to go. I'm ready for a win. 50 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 4: Hillary and her husband Josh were happy to hear Tatum 51 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:54,519 Speaker 4: was back for the game. 52 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 2: We didn't expect to see him, but yeah, I feel 53 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 2: lucky that we get to you now. 54 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 4: Got our tickets back in September. We've been waiting. This 55 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 4: was our Famili's bad Christmas gaft and with the Celtics 56 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 4: playing the Dallas Mavericks, they were double down on excitement. 57 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 5: We're also from Maine, so we wanted to see Cooper 58 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 5: flagg I play the Celtics as well at TED Garden. 59 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 4: I'm a Freedman, w Buzy Boston's news radio. 60 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 2: The Celtics won the game one twenty to one hundred. 61 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 2: The forecast cloudy and breezy tonight, with a shower or 62 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 2: two later on, a shower around Tomorrow morning, but then 63 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 2: becoming breezy and warmer in the afternoon, with a mix 64 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 2: of sun and clouds highs in the mid fifties. On Monday, 65 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 2: mostly sunny and even warmer, with highs in the low 66 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 2: to mid sixties. Cooler on the Cape and Islands. On Tuesday, 67 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 2: a beautiful day, mostly sunny with highs in the upper sixties. 68 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 2: Again much cooler on the Cape and Islands. Right now 69 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 2: in Boston, it's mostly cloudy and forty five degrees. The 70 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 2: Coastguard has called off the search for a missing crew 71 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 2: member of a fishing boat that capsized off Provincetown. CBS 72 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 2: News Boston's Brandon True it has more. 73 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: The overs level. 74 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 5: The call came in Thursday just afternoon, a couple of 75 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 5: Good Samaritans alerting the Coastguard of a capsized vessel. It 76 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 5: was the Yankee Rose, about three miles off the coast 77 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 5: of Provincetown. The new Bedford based vessel with two fishermen 78 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 5: on board. One of them was pulled out of the 79 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 5: water unconscious and taken to the hospital, a twenty one 80 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 5: hour search would ensue for the other. 81 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 2: We're going to be in the area, but I get. 82 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,799 Speaker 5: On Friday, Provincetown leaders announcing the fishermen in the hospital 83 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 5: had died and the coast Guard had ended their search 84 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 5: for his counterpart family, identifying one of the fishermen as 85 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 5: anho Luis Nievis, They tell us the father of four 86 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 5: young kids and a man of faith, got his love 87 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 5: of fishing from his father. 88 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 2: The Yankee Rose was also involved in a carbon monoxide 89 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 2: emergency earlier in the week. State health officials say an 90 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 2: eighth child in Massachusetts has died from the flu. The 91 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 2: mass Department of Public Health says the most recent pediatric 92 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 2: flu related death happened during the week of February fifteenth. 93 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 2: There have been two hundred and ninety eight adult deaths 94 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 2: associated with the flu in Massachusetts this season. Flu activity 95 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 2: remains moderate in the Bay State, with hospitalizations trending downwards 96 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 2: since late December. Virginia's legislature passes a bill banning schools 97 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 2: from teaching falsehoods about the January sixth Capitol riot. 98 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 6: The bill says schools cannot suggest the event was a 99 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 6: peaceful protest they must teach that it was an unprecedented, 100 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 6: violent attack for the purpose of overturning the results of 101 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 6: the twenty twenty presidential election. The state Senate approved the 102 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 6: bill by a twenty one to nineteen margin. All of 103 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 6: the Senate's Republicans voted no. Virginia's Democratic governor, Abigail Spenberger 104 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 6: is expected to sign the bill and law. She was 105 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 6: serving in Congress at the time of the insurrection. President 106 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 6: Trump part in more than fifteen hundred Capital riot defendants. 107 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 6: Michael Wallace, CBS News. 108 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 2: The University of New Hampshire's police chief pleads guilty to dui. 109 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 2: Stephen Lee was arrested in January after he was seen 110 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 2: swerving and almost colliding with an eighteen wheeler in Portsmouth. 111 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 2: Police said Lee admitted to drinking downtown and was headed home. 112 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 2: He remains on leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation. 113 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 2: You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout 114 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 2: the day. 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