1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Good morning, 2 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: six o'clock. It's finally Monday, said no one ever after 3 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: this long holiday weekend, We're right back at it all 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: of a sudden, and it comes as a shock to 5 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: the system. It's pretty chilly here in Boston this morning, 6 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: with a sign of things to come. Under clear skies 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: thirty nine degrees. Welcome to Monday, and the News at 8 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: six is brought to you by your new England Toyota dealer, 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Welcome aboard. I'm Jeff Brown, 10 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 1: and so we wait more soun than cloud. Breezy and 11 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: quite chilly, high forty two to forty six out is 12 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: WBZ Hocky weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Snow is about to 13 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: pounce tomorrow in the region. A winter storm watch has 14 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: been posted for later tomorrow. It is Cyber Monday, and 15 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: the expectations our record breaking lee Hi. Some predictions say 16 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: total online spending top fourteen billion dollars this Cyber Monday, 17 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: but not everyone rushing online to look for deals. 18 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 2: I don't know, because the sales run, really, they run 19 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 2: all December. There's nothing magical about Black Friday or Monday 20 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 2: or Yeah, I mean there are you see them, you 21 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: see promotions for them, but I don't know, I don't 22 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 2: really get the sense I'm gonna I need to rush. 23 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 3: Tom visiting Boston feels like he has plenty of time 24 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 3: and opportunities to find a good deal before Christmas, just 25 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 3: like Bianca and her family. 26 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, my parents are saying they feel like there's just 27 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 4: sales all year round. 28 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 3: Meanwhile, this marks the twentieth official Cyber Monday, with the 29 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 3: term first being coined two decades ago in Dewey Square. 30 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 3: James Rojas WBZ, Boston's news radio, No. 31 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: It's been months since anyone hit the power ball, and 32 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: the money might help you with your holiday shopping, So 33 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: why not you? And why not tonight? The jackpot is 34 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: tantalizingly close to three quarters of a billion dollars for 35 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: tonight's drawing. More modest sugar plums are dancing in our 36 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: heads at Mega Millions. After a recent near billion dollar hit, 37 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: the jackpod climbs again to ninety million. Tomorrow Night was 38 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: seventy years ago today that Southern civil rights activist Rosa 39 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: Parks became an icon when she refused to give up 40 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: her seat on a public bus to a white man. 41 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: The act of civil disobedience became a tipping point at 42 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: America's race relations, which led to the Montgomery bus boycott. 43 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: For more than a year, almost the entire black population 44 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to take a public bus. The 45 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: US Supreme Courts ultimately struck down state law in Alabama 46 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: and Montgomery city ordinances to call bus segregation a violation 47 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. Rosa Parks 48 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 1: was among the first to ride a public bus again 49 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: at the movies. This long holiday weekend. 50 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 5: Never called money here at Utopia two brought in one 51 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 5: hundred and fifty six million dollars in the US and 52 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 5: Canada over the five day holiday weekend, and a whopping 53 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 5: five hundred and fifty six million around the world. That's 54 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 5: the fourth highest global opening of all times. Another family 55 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 5: film came in second. 56 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 4: I'm Off to See the Wizardly Wicked for Good, ranging 57 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 4: up another ninety three million in five day sales. Domestically, 58 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 4: the heist drama sequel Now You See Me Now You 59 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 4: Don't came in third with seven million. Deborah Rodriguez CBS 60 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 4: News for the first time since Christmas Eve three years ago. 61 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 4: Monday Night Football comes calling at Gillat's. 62 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 6: Well to be ready for anything that they could possibly do. 63 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 1: The Patriots and coach Mike Rabol trying to make it 64 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: ten wins in a row tonight as they get primetime 65 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 1: with the Giants in Foxborough Sunday Night Football. The Broncos 66 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: need an overtime thriller to beat Washington and reclaim the 67 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: one seed in the AFC playoff race. We snap out 68 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: of the weekend, try to sweep away these cobwebs. Where 69 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: under clear skies as we get started on this Monday morning, 70 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: it is at Chili thirty nine here in Boston. We're 71 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: expecting temperatures only to be in the lower forties today 72 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: and we will see some sunshine mixing in with clouds. 73 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: If you go to the Patriots game tonight, it'll be 74 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: a cloudy sky that will eventually take over as temperatures 75 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: fall below freezing and in Foxboro will be in the 76 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: mid twenties by the time that game gets going overnight tonight. 77 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: But most of the inclement weather, in fact all of 78 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: it will hold off for the game tonight. It'll be 79 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: here sometime tomorrow morning during rush hour and we'll pick 80 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: up from there. A winter storm watch has been posted 81 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: for areas north and west of Boston for much of 82 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: the day tomorrow, and plowable snow is expected, especially well 83 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 1: north and west of the city. There's a fine line 84 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: that will get you anywhere between a foot of snow 85 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: up in the southern New Hampshire and Vermont regions to 86 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: sixty nine inches out beyond four ninety five and lower 87 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: totals the closer to Boston we go. We'll be watching 88 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: this storm system very closely. The WBZ Storm Center will 89 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: be up and operating all day throughout the duration of 90 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: the storm tomorrow. Right now, clear skies and thirty nine 91 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: in Boston six oh six on this Monday morning. Greater 92 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: Boston is wasting no time as winter's winding up. Meteorological 93 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: winter officially begins today, even though the winter solstice is 94 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: a three weeks away, Noah says. Boston and the rest 95 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: of southern New England can expect another warmer than average 96 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: season with plenty of rain. Northern New England may feature 97 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: more snow, and there are some experts who believe there 98 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: will be two sides of winter, with cold air in 99 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 1: the early stages with stormy weather that will include better 100 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: chances for snow in the second half of winter. If 101 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: winter's not your Jim, the light at the end of 102 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: the tunnel is that meteorological spring is three months from today. 103 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 1: Jay will Lett WBZ Boston's News Radio. I think I'm 104 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 1: already done with winter. Ironically enough, December second is typically 105 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: the sunniest day of the month. But of course this 106 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: winter storm will kick that sun to the curb this year. 107 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: And it's technically not even a winter yet. It is 108 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: still fall, but meteorological winter kicks in today. We'll get 109 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: to that later. With months to go still left in 110 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: his term, President Trump says he's already picked who will 111 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: succeed Jerome Powell as head of the FED, but he 112 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: will not tip his hand. Powell has faced nothing but 113 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: complaints from the President over what he said is an 114 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: over the top renovation project underway at Federal Reserve headquarters, 115 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: not to mention what he claims is a too slow 116 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: approach in lowering interest rates. The FED meets one more 117 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 1: time this month, with a muted expectation that rates will 118 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: come down a third consecutive time. Powell's term is up 119 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: in the spring and have ad it. President Trump says 120 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: he will release the results of a recent MRI scan 121 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: under pressure from former vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor 122 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 1: Tim Walls. The President tells NBC's Meet the Press that 123 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,799 Speaker 1: he will meet who he calls the incompetent governor Walls, 124 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: and allow the public to see the results of what 125 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: he calls a perfect MRI, though he also admits he 126 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: has no idea what part of the body doctors were 127 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: looking at. Age matters parents have something else to keep 128 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: them up at night. WBC's Drew m'holland joins US Now 129 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: with details. Good Morning, Andrew, Morning Jeffrey. 130 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 6: New research suggests that giving a tweet in a smartphone 131 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 6: at too young in age can be hazardous to a 132 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 6: young person's health. The study in Today's medical journal Pediatrics 133 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 6: shows giving a child access at the end age of 134 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:04,119 Speaker 6: twelve or younger leads to more cases of depression, poor sleep, 135 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 6: and obesity when compared to a control crowd. Though there 136 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 6: were mains much debate over what's the proper age to 137 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 6: give someone a cell phone, Experts say adolescents spend less 138 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 6: time socializing, exercising, and sleeping with one. 139 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: So my My question is how old do the kids 140 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: have to be to get off the family plan for 141 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: some time on it? Yes, I am. Oh my god, 142 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: no message received, man, and that just reminded me I've 143 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: gotta look into the family finances. I want to say, whoops. 144 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: Thank you, Andrew. You are now in the loop. For 145 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio 146 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio.