1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Come on, people, 2 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: this is ridiculous. It is ten degrees in Boston and 3 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: there's a wind chill as well. It feels like it's 4 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: ten below zero in Boston, which means it's likely colder 5 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: in your neighborhood. It is six o'clock on a Friday. 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: We got that going for us, which is nice. The 7 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: News at six is brought to us by your new 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 1: England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. I'm 9 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,919 Speaker 1: Jeff Brown. Welcome aboard. You know what, It's January. What 10 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: do you expect? Mostly sunny today, breezy and frigid with 11 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 1: a high of sixteen. Well, the record high is sixty 12 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: three in Boston on this day. WBZ aki weather meteorologist 13 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: Joe Lundberg cold hangs around as a weekend nor'easter becomes 14 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: hit or miss. It's so cold this morning that Wooster 15 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: Public schools are closed today. And that's that time of 16 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: day this morning. Right now. WBC's Drew Mholland joins us, 17 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: how cold is it? 18 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 2: All right? 19 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: That's the name of the game. Okay, this is are 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 1: gonna do. Jeff Lori you know the rules. I say, go, 21 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: you say how cold is it? 22 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 3: Ah, you're on it? 23 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: Are ready? 24 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 3: Go? 25 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: How cold is it? Overheard in the newsroom, my coat 26 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: needs a coat? 27 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 3: Go how cold is it? 28 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 1: The dog says, thanks, but no thanks to the morning walk. 29 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: That's true. Go how cold is it? My local coffee 30 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: shop had their headsets frozen not working this morning. True story. 31 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 1: How about that. I'll tell you how cold it is 32 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: as well. My freezer temperature is warmer than the air temperature. 33 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 4: Wow. 34 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, at least in my house. I thought something was 35 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: wrong with my temperature in my car. I'm like, I 36 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: gonna be this is this thing on. Somebody of the 37 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: social media said it's so cold that my teen eared 38 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: teenagers actually agree with me that it's cold. I thought 39 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: that was pretty good too. They very rarely put coats on. 40 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: They will today. Okay, thank you, Drew. It's payday and 41 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: one of the largest banks in America is down for 42 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: the count. Thousands of customers wake up to learn there's 43 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: an apparent outage at Bank of America. Down Detector this 44 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: morning reports a significant number of customers cannot access their 45 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: accounts and expected deposits are not showing up on the 46 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: balance sheet. No word on what's up as of yet. 47 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 1: Bruins light the lamps six times at the gardens centers. 48 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 3: Here stop little stacks. 49 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: The call on nessen the Bees send the flyers running 50 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: for cover. Bruins are off until Sunday. Celtics, the garden 51 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: floor is yours. Tonight. In a meeting with the Kings 52 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: and Patriots, quarterback Drake May insists his shoulder is fine 53 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: as the team holds its final practice today before heading 54 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: west to the Super Bowl. As the federal government flirts 55 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: with its second shutdown in months tonight, activists upset with 56 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: ICE call for National Shutdown Day today. The move calls 57 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: on supporters to stage and no work, no school, and 58 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: no shopping day in a push to stop funding immigration 59 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: and customs enforcement. Hundreds of organizations, as well as Hollywood 60 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: actors and rock and pop stars are on board too, 61 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: at least according to social media accounts. The big reveal 62 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: comes this morning, as President Trump finally names a new 63 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: head of the FED. 64 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 4: President Trump told CBS News on Thursday that the person 65 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 4: he has chosen to serve as FED chair is someone 66 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 4: who is known to everyone in the financial world and 67 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 4: who could have been named Fedchair a few years ago. 68 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 4: That could be a hint that he's planning to choose 69 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 4: Kevin Walsh, who is a former Wall Street banker who 70 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 4: has served on the FED Board of Governors before. Worsh 71 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 4: is in his mid fifties. He served as an economic 72 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 4: advisor to President George W. Bush, and he's someone who 73 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 4: Trump has liked for a long time. In fact, Worsh 74 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 4: was reportedly on President Trump's short list for Treasury Secretary 75 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 4: before Scott Bessont ultimately. 76 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 3: Got the job. 77 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: Seeing an awful lot of readings on the map this 78 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: morning of below zero temperatures, and that's the air temperature 79 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: this morning. The windchills are significantly more impactful than that. 80 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: Here in Boston, it is ten degrees as we get started. 81 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: It's one of the hotter spots on the map this morning, 82 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: but it feels like we're ten below zero with the 83 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: wind gusts of about twenty five miles an hour. So 84 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: this is the problem that we'll be dealing with throughout 85 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: the day today. In fact, the air temperature really not 86 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 1: going to get out of the load of middle teens today, 87 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 1: and the ACI Weather real field temperatures will be at 88 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: or below zero pretty much all day long, not a 89 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: day to spend any length of time outside if you 90 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: can help it mostly clear overnight tonight, it'll actually be 91 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: right around zero consistent temperatures there Tomorrow slightly mild warmer, 92 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: I should say not milder, less cold, let's put it 93 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: that way. Temperatures will be in the mid twenties tomorrow. 94 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: Sunshine is giving way to clouds now. It looks like 95 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,840 Speaker 1: we're going to come out on the right end of 96 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: this storm system that has been threatening us all week. 97 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: Still looks like this nor'easter is going to graze the 98 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,040 Speaker 1: Cape with three to six inches of snow, But snowfall 99 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: totals expected as we come up the South Shore and 100 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: into Boston and beyond are dropping off significantly this morning. 101 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: Right now in the city at its ten feels like 102 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: it's ten below six oh six this Friday morning. The 103 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 1: key to living a longer life might be found at 104 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 1: the gym. 105 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 3: Those who have the most variety of exercises in their 106 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 3: workout having nearly twenty percent lower risk of premature death. 107 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 3: That's according to researchers at Harvard thh Chance School of 108 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 3: Public Health. That sounds about right for these early morning 109 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 3: gym goers. 110 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 2: I think that makes sense just because I think that 111 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 2: whenever you make your workout more diversified, then I think 112 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 2: that you build more muscle that way, because even if 113 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 2: you just do the same exercise in the same ways 114 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 2: throughout a long amount of time, you kind of plat So. 115 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, some days you do certain body pots, 116 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: some days you don't, some days you do your cardio. 117 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 2: You try to mix it in every day. 118 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: I mean, routine gets boring. 119 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 3: The research included data from more than one hundred and 120 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 3: eleven thousand adults over a thirty year period in Maldon. 121 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 3: James Rojas wb Z Boston some news radio. 122 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: But then again, the key to a long life might 123 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: just be the luck of the draw. A new paper 124 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: in the medical journal Science finds leading a healthy life style, 125 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: diet and exercise might make us feel good, but our 126 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: family history is the true indicator of how long we'll live. 127 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: Researchers who've studied this find overall, those who make it 128 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 1: to eighty years old and even beyond can credit good 129 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: genes for their success. Most who age gracefully come from 130 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: families with a history of ancestors who've also lived a 131 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 1: long life. In other words, looks like there might be 132 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: nothing we can do about it. Nine Massachusetts cities and 133 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: towns now find themselves on the hot seat for failing 134 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: to jump on board the states now five year old 135 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: but still controversial MBTA Communities Act. This is designed to 136 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: bring multifamily housing units closer to transit stops. Attorney General 137 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: Andrea Campbell says times up and well past the end 138 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: of year deadline to commit to the plan, so drake it. 139 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: East Bridgewater, Halifax, Holden, Marblehead, Middleton, Tewksbury, Wilmington, and Winthrop 140 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: all taken to the woodshed. More than half of Massachusetts 141 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: cities and towns are required to be in compliance with 142 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: this housing law. Three other our outliers will be given 143 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: more time to get on board. And It's spent a 144 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 1: long time coming, And finally state senators passed their version 145 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: of a bill that resets reading instruction in Massachusetts school. 146 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 5: The revamp comes after a decade long slide in performance 147 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 5: and will support state backed and evidence based instruction to 148 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 5: focus more on phonics, vocabulary and comprehension, and a streamlined structure. 149 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 5: A similar bill has already cleared the House and is 150 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 5: backed by the governor. Differences in the Bill will now 151 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 5: be hammered out in a Beacon Hill Conference committee. Jay 152 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,119 Speaker 5: will Let WBZ Boston's News Radio. 153 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 154 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 155 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio