October 17, 2025 • 6 mins
President Trump meets with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy about the war in Russia, the first snow fall of the season hits Mount Washington, athletes from around the world gather for the Head of The Charles Regatta. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news
sixty degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm
Ben Parker. Here's what's happening.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
President Trump's met with Ukraine's President Zelensky at the White House.
CBS as Linda Kenyon tells us what went down today.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
President Trump was optimistic, I.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Think we have a very good chance of bringing this
war to a conclusion.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Speaking in the White House Cabinet room, President Zelensky echoed
those sentiments, I'm confident that with your houb we can
stop this war. Zelensky is hoping that help will include
US made long range Tomahawk missiles, and he's ready to
make a deal.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
They can have our thousands of drowns.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Trump said Ukraine makes a very good drone, while adding
hopefully they won't need the tomahawks. Linda Kenyon CBS News
the White.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
House seventeen in counting, and we'll be counting at least
until Monday. It is the seventeenth day of the federal
government shutdown and certainly not the last, maybe not even
close to the end. Republicans say it's the fault of
the Democrats. The dem say it's the other way around.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
This is an unprecedented event and it's inexcusable.
Speaker 5 (01:12):
Well Speaker Mike Johnson also called it absurd.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
You're demanding a trillion and a half new spending instead
of the clean, totally non partisan ce are that you
yourself voted for.
Speaker 5 (01:23):
But How's Minority Leader ha King Jeffries' standing firm and
says they will not support a partisan, Republican spending bill.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
That continues to gut the healthcare of the American people.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
And he says what's absurd is that they found twenty
billion to bail out Argentina and.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
They can't find a dime to protect the healthcare of
the American people. Stacy Lynn, CBS News Washington not Guilty
play today from John Bolton on charges accusing him of
sharing classified information. No comment from Bolton as he entered
the courthouse in green Belt, Maryland. Bolden's lawyer says former
Trump administration national security advisor did not unlawfully share or
(01:59):
store information.
Speaker 5 (02:01):
No.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
King's protests against the Trump administration are planned all across
the country again tomorrow.
Speaker 6 (02:08):
The last rallies were on June fourteenth, President Trump's birthday.
There will be twenty six hundred protests tomorrow. House speaker
Mike Johnson is calling them hate America rallies.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
The Antifa crowd, and the Prohamas crowd, and the Marxist
They're all going to gather.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
On the mall.
Speaker 6 (02:21):
No King's organizer, Leah Greenberg.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Republicans are blaming and smearing millions of Americans who are
peacefully protesting because they have run out of excuses for
their own failures.
Speaker 6 (02:31):
The protests in June were mostly peaceful. Michael Wallace, CBS News.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
There are many local marches planned for tomorrow, including a
rally in Boston from noon to three pm. Boston's rally
on the Common is expected to feature Mayor Michelle wou
as a speaker. A little bit of snow making for
a stunning scene on the top of New England. The
Mount Washington Observatory reporting its first measurable snow this week,
a shade under half an inch, But it was that
(02:56):
and the rhyme ice that left behind a scene of
quite a beautiful proportion on the sixty two hundred and
eighty eight foot summit. On Facebook, the observatory posted pictures
and says the snow offered stunning views of the wintery
landscape and the undercast of the lower summits. Snow was
a little late this year on the mountaintop. Last year,
(03:16):
first measurable snow came on September ninth, Claire Skies. As
we head into the evening, there'll be a little wind.
That's it at forty five for the low temperature, with
temperatures in the suburbs falling down into the thirties. Some
sunshine around Tomorrow, a couple of clouds, temperatures low sixties,
mainly clear, fifty Tomorrow night, and then Sunday a little
bit warmer. We'll get into the mid maybe some upper
(03:37):
sixties around the region. Wouldn't be surprised if one or
two spots hit seventy with the sun shining on Sunday.
Clouds start to roll in Sunday night, and then Monday
clouds start to roll out, some rain. We'll have a
wet day with temperatures in the mid sixties. Looks like
it'll get better by Tuesday. Right now sixty degrees in Boston. Well,
hopefully your commute doesn't take you into the Charles River.
(03:59):
It's been packed athletes from around the world taking part
in the Head of the Charles Regatta. But it's not
all waterworks. WBC's James row hostels US many have some
other plans well in town.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Over twelve thousand athletes from forty two states and twenty
five countries are right here in Boston for one thing.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
A lot of people, a lot of competition. Our boat
is really strong.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
I think we're going to do really well.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
These guys are very competitive and may well win this race.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
JUSTFYI, I don't think anybody's going to pass us well.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
After that one thing, which is racing. They're planning to
make the most of their time.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Here, eating pasta baby Italian, just visiting family. I've got
some family up here.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
My sister and I are going to go to a
bookstore and eat some good food and just see the sites.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
It's a great city.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Yeah, they're going to need some good food to bounce
back from all that rowing at the regatta finish line.
James Rojas WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
A shake up in the royal family Prince Andrews giving
up his royal titles. Andrews announced he will no longer
use his titles, including the Duke of York, after a
discussion with his brother King Charles. This comes as he
faces fresh questions about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. He
says the continued accusations distract from the work of his
Majesty and the royal family. Andrew has repeatedly denied the
(05:16):
accusations and stepped away from royal duties. In twenty nineteen,
some Japanese culture making some big waves across the pond.
It's people pushing people around. I'm Vickie Barker in London.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
For the first time in more than thirty years, sumo
has come to London's Royal Albert Hall. Eat loin cloth
clad wrestler can tip the scales at five hundred pounds,
so the dressing room toilets have been reinforced.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
We have to make sure that they can take the weight.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
All five days of the tournament are sold out here.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
I just love the rich culture, the tradition, the way
they storm their sheet. It's a flesh hopefully not headed.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
My rank.
Speaker 5 (05:55):
This MC says. Most overseas sumo tournaments are only one day.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Find the tournament me the wrestlers will go out at
one hundred percent.
Speaker 5 (06:02):
Vicki Barker, CBS News London.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WVZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Ben Parker, WBZ, Boston's news radio
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news
sixty degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm
Ben Parker. Here's what's happening.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
President Trump's met with Ukraine's President Zelensky at the White House.
CBS as Linda Kenyon tells us what went down today.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
President Trump was optimistic, I.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Think we have a very good chance of bringing this
war to a conclusion.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Speaking in the White House Cabinet room, President Zelensky echoed
those sentiments, I'm confident that with your houb we can
stop this war. Zelensky is hoping that help will include
US made long range Tomahawk missiles, and he's ready to
make a deal.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
They can have our thousands of drowns.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Trump said Ukraine makes a very good drone, while adding
hopefully they won't need the tomahawks. Linda Kenyon CBS News
the White.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
House seventeen in counting, and we'll be counting at least
until Monday. It is the seventeenth day of the federal
government shutdown and certainly not the last, maybe not even
close to the end. Republicans say it's the fault of
the Democrats. The dem say it's the other way around.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
This is an unprecedented event and it's inexcusable.
Speaker 5 (01:12):
Well Speaker Mike Johnson also called it absurd.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
You're demanding a trillion and a half new spending instead
of the clean, totally non partisan ce are that you
yourself voted for.
Speaker 5 (01:23):
But How's Minority Leader ha King Jeffries' standing firm and
says they will not support a partisan, Republican spending bill.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
That continues to gut the healthcare of the American people.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
And he says what's absurd is that they found twenty
billion to bail out Argentina and.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
They can't find a dime to protect the healthcare of
the American people. Stacy Lynn, CBS News Washington not Guilty
play today from John Bolton on charges accusing him of
sharing classified information. No comment from Bolton as he entered
the courthouse in green Belt, Maryland. Bolden's lawyer says former
Trump administration national security advisor did not unlawfully share or
(01:59):
store information.
Speaker 5 (02:01):
No.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
King's protests against the Trump administration are planned all across
the country again tomorrow.
Speaker 6 (02:08):
The last rallies were on June fourteenth, President Trump's birthday.
There will be twenty six hundred protests tomorrow. House speaker
Mike Johnson is calling them hate America rallies.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
The Antifa crowd, and the Prohamas crowd, and the Marxist
They're all going to gather.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
On the mall.
Speaker 6 (02:21):
No King's organizer, Leah Greenberg.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Republicans are blaming and smearing millions of Americans who are
peacefully protesting because they have run out of excuses for
their own failures.
Speaker 6 (02:31):
The protests in June were mostly peaceful. Michael Wallace, CBS News.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
There are many local marches planned for tomorrow, including a
rally in Boston from noon to three pm. Boston's rally
on the Common is expected to feature Mayor Michelle wou
as a speaker. A little bit of snow making for
a stunning scene on the top of New England. The
Mount Washington Observatory reporting its first measurable snow this week,
a shade under half an inch, But it was that
(02:56):
and the rhyme ice that left behind a scene of
quite a beautiful proportion on the sixty two hundred and
eighty eight foot summit. On Facebook, the observatory posted pictures
and says the snow offered stunning views of the wintery
landscape and the undercast of the lower summits. Snow was
a little late this year on the mountaintop. Last year,
(03:16):
first measurable snow came on September ninth, Claire Skies. As
we head into the evening, there'll be a little wind.
That's it at forty five for the low temperature, with
temperatures in the suburbs falling down into the thirties. Some
sunshine around Tomorrow, a couple of clouds, temperatures low sixties,
mainly clear, fifty Tomorrow night, and then Sunday a little
bit warmer. We'll get into the mid maybe some upper
(03:37):
sixties around the region. Wouldn't be surprised if one or
two spots hit seventy with the sun shining on Sunday.
Clouds start to roll in Sunday night, and then Monday
clouds start to roll out, some rain. We'll have a
wet day with temperatures in the mid sixties. Looks like
it'll get better by Tuesday. Right now sixty degrees in Boston. Well,
hopefully your commute doesn't take you into the Charles River.
(03:59):
It's been packed athletes from around the world taking part
in the Head of the Charles Regatta. But it's not
all waterworks. WBC's James row hostels US many have some
other plans well in town.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Over twelve thousand athletes from forty two states and twenty
five countries are right here in Boston for one thing.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
A lot of people, a lot of competition. Our boat
is really strong.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
I think we're going to do really well.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
These guys are very competitive and may well win this race.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
JUSTFYI, I don't think anybody's going to pass us well.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
After that one thing, which is racing. They're planning to
make the most of their time.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Here, eating pasta baby Italian, just visiting family. I've got
some family up here.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
My sister and I are going to go to a
bookstore and eat some good food and just see the sites.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
It's a great city.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Yeah, they're going to need some good food to bounce
back from all that rowing at the regatta finish line.
James Rojas WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
A shake up in the royal family Prince Andrews giving
up his royal titles. Andrews announced he will no longer
use his titles, including the Duke of York, after a
discussion with his brother King Charles. This comes as he
faces fresh questions about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. He
says the continued accusations distract from the work of his
Majesty and the royal family. Andrew has repeatedly denied the
(05:16):
accusations and stepped away from royal duties. In twenty nineteen,
some Japanese culture making some big waves across the pond.
It's people pushing people around. I'm Vickie Barker in London.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
For the first time in more than thirty years, sumo
has come to London's Royal Albert Hall. Eat loin cloth
clad wrestler can tip the scales at five hundred pounds,
so the dressing room toilets have been reinforced.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
We have to make sure that they can take the weight.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
All five days of the tournament are sold out here.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
I just love the rich culture, the tradition, the way
they storm their sheet. It's a flesh hopefully not headed.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
My rank.
Speaker 5 (05:55):
This MC says. Most overseas sumo tournaments are only one day.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Find the tournament me the wrestlers will go out at
one hundred percent.
Speaker 5 (06:02):
Vicki Barker, CBS News London.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WVZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Ben Parker, WBZ, Boston's news radio
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