1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Hey kids, 2 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: Wednesday morning in Boston. We're getting there six o'clock here 3 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: and under mostly clear skies. It is thirty degrees as 4 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: we get going. The News at six is brought to 5 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: us by your New England's Toyota Dealers, your hybrid all 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being with us on this 7 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: Wednesday morning drive to work. I'm Jeff Brown. Okay, this 8 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: will do not so cold today with sun and clouds 9 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: and temperatures reaching the mid forty at is WBZ achiweather 10 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Same thing on Deckford tomorrow in temps 11 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,240 Speaker 1: near sixty. On Friday, hundreds gather for a candlelight vigil 12 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: at the campus of Brown University. As new enhanced video 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: surveillance is released by police and Providence. The manhunt for 14 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: a killer begins its fifth day today, Still no clues 15 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: and no sign of the suspect, though official say a 16 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: new person of interest dressed all in black and wearing 17 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: a face mask appears in that video. Law enforcement is 18 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,479 Speaker 1: so desperate for a break in the case they are 19 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: now pleading for the public's help. The FBI is offering 20 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: a fifty thousand dollars reward for information leading to the 21 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: Killer Bruins take control. They beat Utah at the Garden. 22 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: They're off tonight. The Oilers are in town tomorrow. Celtics 23 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: are off until Friday night, and the NBA Cup goes 24 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: to the New York Knicks. They take the inn season 25 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: tournament with a win over the Spurs in Las Vegas. 26 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 1: Soccer's World Cup won't take the heat, so it's going 27 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: to step away from the kitchen. Following fan outrage over 28 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: the ticket prices of next year's matches, FIFA cries uncle 29 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 1: and will make some tickets available for sixty bucks each. 30 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: Here's the catch. Just ten percent of the available tickets 31 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: for more than one hundred matches in North America, including 32 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: several at Jiltte Stadium, will go for that much called 33 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: supporter entry level tickets. This is still a fire cry 34 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: from ticket prices in the thousands of dollars for the 35 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: US Paraguay match in Los Angele Jills and the opener 36 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: to nearly nine thousand bucks a ticket in the knockout round. Oh, 37 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,399 Speaker 1: Christmas Tree, put some clothes on, would you? The new 38 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: less is more trend in holiday decorating continues to take 39 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: off this year. The naked Christmas tree, stripped of all 40 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: decorations and just some white lights is just a tree 41 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: to some, but others say it reflects the true spirit 42 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: of the season. The social media trend is hot this year, 43 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: but critics are just as hot, saying a tree needs 44 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: ornaments or it's not a Christmas tree. Those who go 45 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: all natural say it's being budget conscious, other words, cheap. 46 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: In part. Just seven shopping days left, and Christmas is 47 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: burning a hole in our pockets. 48 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 2: This year, Holidays spending in this country for the first 49 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 2: time ever, is expected to top one trillion dollars. The 50 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 2: average shopper is spending eleven hundred dollars on presents this 51 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 2: time around, some two hundred dollars more than last year. 52 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: And here's an annual tradition, the twelve Days of Christmas. 53 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 2: We've been calculating the costs since nineteen eighty four and 54 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: using current market rates for each gift three hundred and 55 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 2: sixty four presents. When the song and the repeating is 56 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 2: all said and done, the cost this year comes to 57 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 2: two hundred and eighteen five hundred and forty dollars. That's 58 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 2: a four and a half percent increase from last year. 59 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 2: Happy Holidays, everybody, Drew mamholland wb is A Boston's news radio. 60 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: We're expecting tempts today to reach the mid forties, a 61 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: little bit warmer tomorrow, and still milder on Friday. So 62 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: here's the progression. This morning here in Boston. We're waking 63 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: up under mostly clear skies. It is thirty degrees right now, 64 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 1: so still in the twenties and below freezing in much 65 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: of the area this morning. But we'll fix that again 66 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: today with a mixture of clouds and sun. Highs will 67 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: be in the mid forties, mostly clear overnight tonight at 68 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: a mix of sun and clouds, Tomorrow with highs once 69 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: again in the mid to upper forties now Tomorrow night 70 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: into Friday, that's when things start to get a little 71 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: bit dicey. We're going to see some rain in the 72 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: area moving in tomorrow night. Temperatures will rise while we're asleep, 73 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: and then all day on Friday will be well into 74 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: the fifties for much of the day, but it's going 75 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: to come with some heavy rain throughout and some significant 76 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: winds as well, maybe some damaging winds too. Some of 77 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: that heavy rain could accumulate and bring about an inch 78 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: or more of precipitation by the time it's done. The 79 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: fifty degree plus temperatures will be a one hit wonder 80 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: because we're right back in the thirties as we enter 81 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: the weekend. Right now in Boston, it is exactly thirty 82 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: degrees clear skies here in the city at six oh 83 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: six on this Wednesday morning. Today is another sick day 84 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: at another school in Medford. 85 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 3: Last week, Roberts Elementary closed its stores when over one 86 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 3: hundred and thirty students called him sick, potentially due to neurovirus. 87 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 3: This week, Saint Joseph's School has canceled classes for a 88 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 3: second day in a row after twenty percent of students 89 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 3: were absent on Monday. The school is now undergoing a 90 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 3: deep cleaning out of an abundance of caution after students 91 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 3: reported feeling sick to their stomach. Classes are expected to 92 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 3: pick back up tomorrow in Medford. James Rojas wb Z 93 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 3: Boston's news radio, we. 94 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: The people will not get a chance to see the 95 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: video of a controversial double tap attack on suspected drug 96 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: runners in the Caribbean. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doesn't want 97 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 1: us to see it, and the Pentagon will not release it. 98 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 1: Lawmakers on Capitol Hill say the second strike against what 99 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 1: the administration calls Narco terrorists might be a war crime. 100 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: Heg Seth and Admiral Mitch Bradley say the survivors from 101 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: the first missile attack on September second were still in 102 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 1: the fight and still a threat, so a second strike, 103 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 1: they say, was justified. Building a better ballroom is a 104 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: national security concern. The Justice Department backs up President Trump's 105 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 1: three hundred million dollar project that began with a teardown 106 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: of the East Wing to make way for a massive 107 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: structure on White House grounds. The National Trust for Historic 108 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: Preservation wants a federal court judge to halt the proceedings, 109 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 1: but the Secret Service says it needs to go. It 110 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: needs to go on to meet its obligations in protective mission. 111 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: No word and when a ruling might come. Flu season 112 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:55,919 Speaker 1: begins its rampage. 113 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 4: Blue cases are on the rise nationwide. 114 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 5: We're likely to have a substantial influenza season this year, 115 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 5: just as we had last year, which was a real biggie. 116 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 4: Vanderbilt University Professor doctor William Scheffner. 117 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 5: It's not too late to get vaccinated if you haven't, 118 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 5: but don't linger A. 119 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 4: New variant is causing the spiking cases not just in 120 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 4: the US, but around the world, including in the UK, Canada, Japan, 121 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 4: and Australia. Stacy LINCBS News. 122 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 123 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 1: the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 124 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,559 Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio.