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Governor Maura Healey criticizes the deal to reopen the federal government. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says flight schedules should quickly recover once the shutdown ends. Ceremonies across the state and the country mark Veterans Day. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Thirty eight degrees in Boston at four o'clock, the news
brought to you by Window Nation. Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker.
Here's what's happening. The US State takes the first step
toward ending the federal government shut down, eight Democratic senators
breaking with ranks with their party's leadership to side with Republicans. Meantime,
Massachusetts Governor Moreheay is calling on her Democratic colleagues to

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continue the fight for affordable healthcare.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
I didn't think that there should be a deal without
Americans getting healthcare coverage.

Speaker 4 (00:37):
Liilvina bory he Leave, voicing dissatisfaction with the US Senate
vote to end the federal government shutdown, saying she'll continue
to fight to convince Congress to extend the federal tax
cuts in the Affordable Care Act that are soon to expire.

Speaker 3 (00:50):
I think what's really important now is that we fight
like hell for healthcare coverage for Americans. That's what I'm
going to do in Massachusetts. I'm really distressed, and I
want people. I understand. It's on President Trump and the
Republicans right now to get back to work. And extend
these tax credits.

Speaker 4 (01:07):
Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation remain committed to lowering
healthcare costs by extending federal tax credits at the state House.
Mike Macklin WEZ Boston's News Radio.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
With the shutdown likely in its final hours or days,
the US Supreme Court's expected to announce at some point
today whether the Trump administration must start complying with lower
court orders that require full payments in the snap food program.
The administration accepted a pair of earlier rulings that said
it must provide at least partial benefits, but there's been
an intense court battle underway since last week. If the

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spending bill does pass the House, how long will it
take for air travel to get back to normal? Some
would like to know.

Speaker 5 (01:47):
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says, well, it won't be immediate.
Things could get back to normal pretty fast.

Speaker 6 (01:54):
If we have the controllers showing up. I know, I
think we're going to be back to you know, regular
flight schedules.

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And while it's been a headache, he says, cutting back
on air travel during this shutdown has been a necessity.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
Navigating safety and making the right decisions is critical.

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Stacey Lynne, CBS News, Washington.

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At Logan Airport today, numbers from flight Aware show we
need two flight cancelations two hundred and eleven delays. On
this eleventh day of the eleventh month. Paying tribute to
those who have served this country, it is Veterans Day.
Ceremony held in Washington.

Speaker 6 (02:29):
Those gathered at the National World War II Memorial in Washington,
d C. Paid tribute to the sixteen million men and
women who served in World War Two. Jane drop a
heads up the group friends of the National World War
Two Memorial. On this Veterans Day, we gather here to
honor the World War Two veterans, the heroes of the

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Greatest Generation. Three World War two veterans attended the Chile
Windy event within sight of the Lincoln Memorial. Jim chrys Uli,
CBS News.

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When the Bruins host the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at
the Garden, they'll also host Military Appreciation Night. Select to
Bruins players purchase tickets for active military members and veterans
to attend tonight's game. Also, season ticket holders donated tickets
to active military members and vets through the USO Home
base and a variety of military organizations. Fans also are

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going to have the opportunity to fill out I Salute
cards and present them during a moment of recognition during
the second period the four d awbz ACCU weather forecast. We've
had a few flakes and flurries around this afternoon, and
we continue to see some of them on the radar.
Nothing really in the severe variety, nothing that's going to
pile up, but enough to make you go, hey, it's

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snowing a little bit off toward the north and up
toward the Cape Ann area. And then we've got some
over Worcester really right now in northern Worcester County two.
So it's scattered about. You may run into a flake
or two, or even a handful of flakes. Who knows,
if you're on the roads, there may even be more flakes,
if I mean, yeah, okay, so clearing skys we head
into tomorrow at least some pokes of sunshine perhaps, but

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we'll also hang on to some flurries in the morning.
Temperatures in the mid forties, a breezy, chilly day with
clouds and sun Thursday near fifty and then forty seven
on Friday, we'll have a shower around. We'll also have
a breeze, so it'll feel a lot chillier. It'll be
feeling like it's in the upper thirties, low forties. Right now,
we are at thirty eight degrees in Boston. That's it.
Those will win lottery prizes go to the claim centers

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to get their money, and if you win the lottery,
maybe spend a little extra cash on toys for kids.

Speaker 7 (04:31):
Mass Lottery is hosting a holiday toy drive at claim
centers across the state. Your kindness will help out organizers
like Toys for Tots and other local efforts, and it's
also a time to raise awareness that lottery tickets are
not a suitable holiday gift for those under eighteen. Toys
can be dropped off between now and December tenth at
the Lottery's headquarters in Dorchester and at locations in Braintree, Lawrence,
New Bedford, West Springfield, and Worcester. Matt Shearer WBZ Boston's

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news radio.

Speaker 2 (04:56):
Hey, it's that time of year. Love it or hate it,
it's back. WBC's Jim McKay's looking for McRib fans.

Speaker 8 (05:03):
I've hit up a few McDonald's here on the South
Shore and have confirmed the McRib is indeed making it
saucy return finding McRib fans. On the other hand, it's
a bit of a challenge.

Speaker 2 (05:13):
Do you get a try mcgrib?

Speaker 5 (05:15):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (05:15):
I'm more or less a filet of fish?

Speaker 8 (05:18):
Guy, you ever had a mcgrib?

Speaker 1 (05:20):
No?

Speaker 8 (05:21):
Jim and Kingston keeping it old school with a filet
of fish for his Mickey De's order. Others are simply
perplexed on the pork like product.

Speaker 2 (05:28):
I don't get it.

Speaker 4 (05:29):
I really don't get it.

Speaker 8 (05:30):
Marty's from Plymouth.

Speaker 1 (05:31):
I mean, I'm all for fast food places doing like
limited on things.

Speaker 8 (05:36):
As always, it's around for a limited time. Make sure
you grabbed the napkins. If you do, try one for Jim.
He's sticking to his tried and true classics.

Speaker 2 (05:44):
If I did, it'd probably be a fish in Kingston.

Speaker 8 (05:47):
Jim McKay w b Z, Boston's news radio.

Speaker 2 (05:51):
Make that two file of fishes? Please? Got a taste
for SpongeBob instead. Burger King's coming out with a special
SpongeBob square Pants' menu on December second. A special menu
arrives in a run up to the theatrical release of
the SpongeBob movie Search for Square Pants that comes out
on December nineteenth, and an email to people. The BK

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folks didn't give a lot of details, but rumors did
began circulating last week with stories of a SpongeBob crabby
whopper complete with a yellow square bun. No mulligan for
this guy. Several weeks after thousands of dollars in damage
was caused at a central Florida golf course, please say
they arrested a vandal.

Speaker 1 (06:31):
Surveillance video showed somebody at a truck doing donuts on
the green in the middle of the night. That driver
leaving behind as much as one hundred and sixty thousand
dollars damage to the golf course and New Smurta Beach.
But after three weeks of searching, v Lucia County Sheriff
Mike Chitwood says they've arrested a seventeen year old high
school student who says he did it because they were.

Speaker 2 (06:50):
Bored didn't think there's anything else to do with two
thirty in the morning.

Speaker 1 (06:53):
Chitwood says the driver is charged with vandalism and is
being held in juvenile detention. His passenger is believed to
have shot video, and if he deleted it could face
charges for destroying evidence. Wood says, the moral of the
story is this.

Speaker 2 (07:06):
Nothing good happens. Enter ten o'clock at.

Speaker 1 (07:08):
Night, Peter King, CBS News Orlando.

Speaker 2 (07:15):
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