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- 0:00Speaker 1: Good morning. It is Thursday, October sixties. We'll get a
- 0:03Speaker 1: mix of clouds and sun today, highs in the fifties
- 0:06Speaker 1: and breezy and cool though it's going to be very
- 0:08Speaker 1: breezy today, closer to sixty degrees tomorrow, into the sixties
- 0:13Speaker 1: on Saturday, and then close to seventy degrees on Sunday.
- 0:16Speaker 1: Pretty nice for the head of the Charles Regatta of
- 0:18Speaker 1: this weekend. Top stories. A heads up for drivers out
- 0:21Speaker 1: on the North Shore this morning. The bridge connecting Lynn
- 0:24Speaker 1: and Saugus Route one oh seven shut down overnight with
- 0:27Speaker 1: a new bridge being built. It is an emergency closure
- 0:32Speaker 1: and starting to feel cooler temperatures as we instored winter
- 0:36Speaker 1: and Governor Heally is putting pressure on utility companies now
- 0:39Speaker 1: to lower our gas and electric bills.
- 0:42Speaker 2: Their response, We're grateful for the Governor's letter. We agree
- 0:46Speaker 2: that energy affordability is a huge issue across the Commonwealth.
- 0:50Speaker 2: We're going to make sure that we continue to keep
- 0:52Speaker 2: the consumers in mind and energy affordability as a top priority.
- 0:56Speaker 1: By the way, the Governor and police will have an
- 0:58Speaker 1: update later today on recent street takeovers. Those street takeovers
- 1:03Speaker 1: one of the reasons President Trump says Boston isn't safe
- 1:06Speaker 1: enough for the World Cup next June. Boston may Or
- 1:09Speaker 1: Michelle Woo says this.
- 1:10Speaker 3: So we're going to keep standing up for what's right,
- 1:12Speaker 3: and in this case, it's a little bit of a
- 1:15Speaker 3: you know, there's no ability to take away the World
- 1:18Speaker 3: Cup games. There's no real threat when it comes to
- 1:21Speaker 3: saying cities are so unsafe that they can't host the games.
- 1:25Speaker 1: And the government shutdown continues today affecting more and more
- 1:28Speaker 1: workers and agencies and no movement and no deals. Senator
- 1:33Speaker 1: Seth Molten will run against Ed Markey in the next election.
- 1:36Speaker 1: He says Ed Markey is just too old to keep
- 1:38Speaker 1: the seat.
- 1:39Speaker 4: And he's been in Congress for half a century, which
- 1:41Speaker 4: is longer than I have been alive. So I do
- 1:44Speaker 4: think that this matters. But that's not taking anything away
- 1:47Speaker 4: from the Senator Markey or his decades of service. It's
- 1:50Speaker 4: just saying we need to invest in the future.
- 1:52Speaker 1: And new numbers in on obesity in America. They're not good.
- 1:56Speaker 1: Report says obesity is up from forty to as much
- 1:59Speaker 1: as seventy percent in adults. J lo On Howard this
- 2:03Speaker 1: week had a lot to say, we'll have some of
- 2:05Speaker 1: that coming up in the Entertainment Report at seven to
- 2:07Speaker 1: ten this morning. Another episode of The Golden Bachelor last night.
- 2:11Speaker 1: Lisa's son Riley Dunovan will have the full report at
- 2:14Speaker 1: six forty. Steelers and the Bengals the Thursday night game tonight.
- 2:18Speaker 1: Celts and the Raptors had a preseason game last night,
- 2:20Speaker 1: Jalen Brown exiting the game with a leg injury, and
- 2:25Speaker 1: how about Mark Wahlberg shooting scenes for his new movie
- 2:28Speaker 1: at halftime. Bruins on the road in Vegas tonight. Blue
- 2:31Speaker 1: Jays beat the Mariners last night. Mariners now lead the
- 2:34Speaker 1: series two games one, Dodgers up two games ZIP and
- 2:37Speaker 1: the Brewers with the game three today and least the
- 2:40Speaker 1: checks out that drive next