Afternoon Report: Saturday, July 4, 2026

People gather on the Esplanade to see the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, prepartions are underway for fireworks in the nation's capitol, and Team USA's recent world cup win breaks a viewership record. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
Three degrees in Boston at four o'clock, Happy fourth of July.
I'm Suzanne Sausville. Here's what's going on. Excitement continues to
build on the esplanade where folks are filing in to
see the Boston Pops fireworks spectacular. Wbz's Kyle Bray joins
us live. Now, how's it looking out there?

Speaker 1 (00:31):
Kyle?

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Hey, sus well, as you could probably hear right now,
we're kind of getting a little bit of an epic
entrance here as folks are starting to file in here
at four o'clock, the time that it was originally supposed
to open today, They ended up opening a little earlier,
at around three point thirty. And this area on the
green here in front of the hashell is almost entirely full.

(00:53):
Folks are really making the most of the opportunity. There
are tents, canopies, beach umbrellas, you name it. People are
claiming their space for the show tonight, which is surely
going to be a special one. I see a sea
of folks in red, white and blue, lots of American
flag t shirts. It is really a special moment out
here today and worth the wait for all the folks

(01:15):
that wanted to be here to celebrate this fourth of
July on America's two and fiftieth birthday. Live from the Esplanade,
Kyle Bray, WBZ, Boston's News Radio.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
Thank you, Kyle. Each fourth of July, the Declaration of
Independence is read from the balcony of the Old State House.

Speaker 4 (01:33):
We Holy cuve to be so evident that all men
are creating, and they're down their creator with a certain
unaliable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
The festivities also included a performance of God Bless America
by Boston Police officer Steve McNulty. Fireworks in the nation's
capital are set for tonight. Here's wbz's Drew moholland.

Speaker 5 (02:12):
The fireworks show will start later than usual, but will
last longer. President Trump plans to deliver a forty five
minute address on the National Mall stage, which is also
home to the Freedom two fifty Great American State Fair.
The speech is expected to begin just before ten pm.
It's a hot one too, so stay hydrated, Washington, and
the fireworks display is out to set a Guinness world
record with eight hundred and fifty thousand shells lasting forty minutes,

(02:35):
Drew maholland WWZ, Boston's news radio.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
One person is missing and two others have been rescued
after a boat crash in Salisbury. It happened on the
jetty at the Salisbury Beach State Reservation at around ten
thirty last night. Two people were taken to local hospitals,
but one person is still unaccounted for. State police units
and the US Coast Guard surched into the early morning

(03:01):
hours and was back underway today. The forecast a thunderstorm
or two into early tonight. Could be heavy and gusty,
partly to mostly cloudy overnight with a low near seventy
a mix of sun and clouds. Tomorrow cooler and less humid,
with highs near eighty. On Monday, cloudy and even cooler,

(03:21):
with some rain, especially in the afternoon. High seventy three.
On Tuesday, cloudy, breezy and cool, rain tapering to a
couple of showers. High just sixty eight. Right now in
Boston we have partly cloudy skies and ninety three degrees. Well,
it's not just the anniversary of the declaration of independence.

(03:44):
Today we're also remembering our second and third presidents brain trees,
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Wbz's Jeremy Russ has more.

Speaker 6 (03:55):
Today also marks two hundred years since Presidents John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson on the exact same day, the nation's
second and third presidents died hours apart from one another,
fifty years after signing the Declaration of Independence. To commemorate
the anniversary, Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin says the
state is offering free tours of Adam's burial site until
four o'clock today. Adams is buried alongside his wife, First

(04:17):
Lady Abigail Adams, his son, President John Quincy Adams, and
his wife, First Lady Louisa Catherine Adams, at the United
First Parish Church in Quincy. The Commonwealth Museum also has
a new exhibit that explores the relationship between Adams and Jefferson.
There's a special viewing of that exhibit until three o'clock today,
during which visitors can get a look at the state's
original copy of the Declaration of Independence. Jeremy Russ WBZ

(04:40):
Boston's news Radio, the.

Speaker 2 (04:42):
Co owner of a main lumber mill, has died nearly
two months after an explosion there. The Boston Globe says
Alden Robbins was injured during the explosion at Robin's Lumber
in Searsmont on May fifteenth. He died at Mass General
Hospital on Thursday. Two firefighters were also killed in that explosion.

(05:05):
A preliminary investigation has determined it was accidental. FIFA has
made its decision on Team USA's Florian Balligan, the.

Speaker 7 (05:16):
US men's national team star, will have to sit for
one match following an incident during their win over Bosnia
and Herzegovina. Balagan was given a red card after taking
down the opposing player and what the referee felt was intentional.
Balligan said, It's important for me to say first and
foremost it was totally unintentional. The choice of the referee
was his choice. I don't think it was the correct choice.

(05:37):
Next up for the US men's national team a date
with Belgium on Monday. I'm rob Martyr.

Speaker 2 (05:43):
Team USA's win over Bosnia and her Herzegovina made history
in another way. It was the most watched English language
soccer broadcast in history. According to Fox Sports, more than
twenty four million pe people tuned in to watch that game.

(06:03):
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