1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news. 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: Hello Friday, It's about time, I might add, Good morning 3 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: at six o'clock on this Friday morning in Boston. And yes, 4 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: it's raining, the wind is picking up, and we've got 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: about one hundred delays and cancelations already at Logan Airport 6 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: and what is promising to be the busiest travel weekend 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: of the holiday season. Thank you for being with us 8 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: fifty degrees by the way, this morning in Boston. Thanks 9 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: for being with us at six o'clock. The news is 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: brought to us by your New England Toyota dealer, your 11 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. I'm Jeff Brown, and here's 12 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: what's happening. A multi state manhunt is now over. 13 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 2: Law enforcement collectively believe that we identified the person and 14 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 2: that person is dead and that he was the person 15 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 2: responsible not only for the Brown shootings, but for the 16 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 2: Brookline shooting. 17 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: That is, US Attorney Leah Foley says. The suspect, Claudio 18 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: ne Nevis Valente, found dead from a self and lick 19 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: did gunshot wound in a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, 20 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: and is now linked to two deadly attacks this week 21 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: and this morning, people from Providence, Rhode Island, to Brookline 22 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: to southern New Hampshire are breathing a lot easier. Wbz's 23 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: James Rojas is live in Brookline this morning where violence 24 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: met an MIT professor. 25 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 3: Good morning, James, Good morning, Jeffy. Investigator say, the person 26 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 3: who killed and injured two, killed two and injured nine 27 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 3: at Brown University on Saturday is the same person who 28 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 3: fatally shot MIT professor Nuna Lorero on Monday here in Brookline. 29 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 3: A motive still a mystery, but we have learned that 30 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 3: Lorero and the gunmen both attended the same academic program 31 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 3: in Portugal between ninety five and two thousand that are 32 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 3: also from that same country. Last night, the multi state 33 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 3: and federal manhunt led them to that storage facility in Salem, 34 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,559 Speaker 3: New Hampshire, where the gun miss lifeless body was found. 35 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 3: This morning, a makeshift memorial sits on the steps of 36 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 3: the apartment building where the professor was gunned down. Reporting 37 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 3: live in Brookline, James Rojas, WBZ Boston's News Radio. 38 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: James, Thank you. Law enforcement says forty eight year old 39 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: Claudia Nives Valente not only knew his victim at mit 40 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: but had attended Brown University as a student and was 41 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: familiar with the building where that violence took place in 42 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: the US legally on a green card. President Trump immediately 43 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: moves to suspend that lottery program following the break. In 44 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: this case, Homeland Secretary Security Secretary Christy Nomes says, nevis 45 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 1: Valente should never have been allowed in this country in 46 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: the first place, and the program that routinely grants access 47 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: to some fifty thousand visa holders every year is now 48 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 1: on hold. And today's the day that federal law says 49 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: the Justice Department must release its entire collection in the 50 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein files. Hours before, though, Democrats beat them to 51 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: the punch. 52 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 4: Images of Jeffrey Epstein with either women or young women 53 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 4: or girls with their faces redacted here with some well 54 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 4: known people. Yeah, you saw the philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky. 55 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 4: We see Bill Gates and what he allen in these images. 56 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,519 Speaker 4: None of its show any rugdoing, nor is any rugdoing 57 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 4: ascribed to the other people. But it does reinforce the 58 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 4: powerful circles in which Effy Epstein operated for many years. 59 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: The CBS News Scott MacFarlane, it is not clear what 60 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: specifically will be released today or if anything new will 61 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: come out of it. So we are getting off to 62 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: a shaky start on the roadways this morning, and that 63 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: is also going to include an inclement day today at 64 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: the airport as well. Already at Logan we're seeing more 65 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: than one hundred flights affected due to this inclement weather 66 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: and we're just getting the first slug of it now 67 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: through Boston with some rain, especially heavier and steadier on 68 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: the South Shore this morning. There will be a break 69 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: in the action, but the main event seems to be 70 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: moving through western Massachusetts right now, and this looks like 71 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: it's going to be delivering some heavy rain from time 72 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: to time some high winds as well. In fact, we 73 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: could see gusts in excess of fifty miles an hour 74 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: later today. Despite all that, temperatures will be right around 75 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,119 Speaker 1: sixty degrees today. That's a little unusual as we all 76 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: know this time of year, and especially this December as well, 77 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: where it's been below average temperatures almost every day. So 78 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: aside from the rain and the high winds today, we're 79 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: going to move forward through this overnight tonight. As this 80 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: system moves out, the temperature is going to drop substantially. Tomorrow, 81 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: it's going to be at least twenty degrees cooler, in 82 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: the upper thirties to low forties. Few showers will linger 83 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: to start the day, and maybe some breaks of sunshine 84 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: later on Sunday, which by the way, is the winter solstice. 85 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: Right around ten thirty in the morning, clouds will break 86 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: for some sunshine. It will be above average temperatures with 87 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: highs around fifty to wrap up the weekend. Right now 88 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: in Boston it is fifty degrees. Little bit of rain 89 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: here in the city this morning at six oh six. 90 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: Following a vote in Congress this week, the White House 91 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: now moves to ban transgender healthcare for minors coast to coast. 92 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 5: Sweeping restrictions now proposed by health officials in Washington would 93 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 5: cut off Medicaid and Medicare funds for hospitals that provide 94 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 5: gender affirming care to patients under eighteen. Secretary Robert F. 95 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 5: Kennedy Junior says it's malpractice, not medicine massachuse. Since Attorney 96 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 5: General Andrea Campbell says the care saves lives, she's stressing 97 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 5: the transgender healthcare is still legal and protected in the 98 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 5: Commonwealth and that patient's rights and health insurance responsibilities under 99 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 5: Medicare are unchanged. The proposals are not final. There's a 100 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 5: lengthy approval process ahead and legal challenges likely. We have 101 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 5: already seen more than one local clinics stop offering gender 102 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 5: affirming care to children under federal pressure. Leading medical associations 103 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 5: continue to back careful guidelines already in place. Madison Rogers 104 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 5: w b Z, Boston's News Radio. 105 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 1: It has been said one is the loneliest number, but 106 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: if a local nonprofit has its way, you'll find Zach 107 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: math is wrong. 108 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 6: Boys are really lonely. They're reporting having less and less 109 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 6: friends every year. 110 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 7: Terry McCarron is chief program officer at Big Brothers Big 111 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 7: Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts, which matches up kids to an 112 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 7: adult role model to spend quality time with everything from 113 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 7: shooting hoops to grabbing a local slice of pizza. 114 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 6: What's happening while a mentor and a mentee interact is there. 115 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 6: There's a real role modeling that's going on. There some authenticity. 116 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 7: Across the nation, though the nonprofit says there's been a 117 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 7: sharp uptick and loneliness among boys and young men. One 118 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 7: in seven across America say they don't have a single 119 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 7: close friend. What's the root cause? 120 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 6: Young people are consuming a lot of content and examples 121 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 6: about manhood or about adulthood online that's fabricated and oftentimes 122 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 6: a fantasy that's not true. 123 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 7: Nearly three times as many boys as girls are currently 124 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 7: on the mentor waiting list. The nonprofit offers programs to 125 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 7: kids adults, regardless of gender. G Will ed WVZ, Boston's 126 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 7: news Radio. 127 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: You are now in the loop for news updates throughout 128 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. 129 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's News Radio.