Afternoon Report: Saturday, November 15, 2025

President Trump orders the Justice Department to investigate Jeffery Epstein's possible ties to Democrats, the U.S. is planning for possible action inside Venezuela, and it's a good year to be a River Herring. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio. 

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Episode Transcript

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

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Forty five degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
I'm Suzanne Soasville. Here's what's going on. President Trump orders
the Justice Department to investigate convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's
possible ties to Democrats and in particular, former President Phil Clinton.

(00:31):
This just days after the release of some Epstein files
that mentioned President Trump. ABC's Selena Wang.

Speaker 3 (00:38):
Reports President Trump defending his extraordinary order to his Attorney
General and the FBI to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's involvement and
relationship with several prominent Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton,
former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and quote many other people
in institutions. Attorney General Pam Bondi, publicly responding on Friday,

(01:02):
will do saying the Department will pursue this with urgency
and integrity.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
The House is set to vote next week on an
effort to force the release of all of the Epstein
case files. The US is planning for possible action inside
Venezuela as part of an effort to combat suspected drug trafficking.
The plan includes a military build up in Puerto Rico.

(01:27):
CBS's Charlie Dagata is there.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Samuel Rivera Bias is the mayor of the town located
just next to the base. The thirty fives wake us
up in the morning, he told us. But is there
a concern that if the United States engages in Venezuela
that Puerto Rico might become a target? Mida. I mean
right now, the United States is the most powerful in

(01:51):
the world, he told us. Having them here taken care
of us, we feel more than safe.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Venezuela has mobilized its forces and response to the US
naval deployment in the Caribbean. The FAA is rolling back
flight restrictions ahead of the Thanksgiving travel rush. CBS News
Boston's Tammy Mutasa has details.

Speaker 4 (02:13):
Airlines only have to cut three percent of their flights,
down from the six percent which was mandated. During the
longest government shut down ever. Thousands of flights were affected,
including Ant's flight to Disney last week.

Speaker 5 (02:27):
A week made a huge difference.

Speaker 4 (02:29):
Yes, Florida airports were actually crazy air so on Sunday
we ended up having a one hour delay. Officials say
the rollback comes as staffing levels for air traffic controllers
have improved since they missed two paychecks during this dalemate.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
There. If your travel coming up from me as well,
and I don't want them to get delayed.

Speaker 4 (02:47):
Some will choose to avoid the skies and hit the
road instead.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
Just in case, I am a little concerned.

Speaker 4 (02:53):
How long will it take for the entire aviation system
to completely stabilize.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
That's still unclear and checking things out right now. At
Logan Airport, according to flight Aware, there are sixty eight
delays and ten cancelations. The forecast cloudy and breezy, with
the rain developing over night, ending by morning lows in
the forties. Mostly cloudy and windy. Tomorrow, highs near fifty

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five early, but then temps drop into the forties in
the afternoon. On Monday, a mix of sun and clouds
and windy, with a high near forty five. Those real
field temps in the thirties. On Tuesday, mostly sunny and breezy,
with a high of forty seven. Right now in Boston
we have mostly clear skies and forty five degrees. It's

(03:41):
a good year to be a river Herring. WBC's Emma
Friedman explains.

Speaker 5 (03:46):
Each year the River Herringham bark on a journey, and
this year things have been going especially well.

Speaker 6 (03:51):
We had our highest number since we've started monitoring the migration.
In twenty twelve, over eight hundred and fifteen thousand herring
passed through Boston Harbor up the Mystic River as part
of their annual migration.

Speaker 5 (04:03):
Naria Santalani is the senior engagement manager at the Mystic
River Watershed Association. She says the news is really exciting
for the organization because river herring are really ecologically important
and in the past overfishing has caused a population problem.
They're a big part of both freshwater and marine food
webs because they make the migration from freshwater to have
their babies each year.

Speaker 6 (04:22):
They're a food staple for indigenous people as well as
used to enrich soil for crops. Alewife t Station is
named Alewife because of this fish. And on top of
all that, it's just amazing that the largest hairy migration
in Massachusetts happens in the most urban watershed.

Speaker 5 (04:38):
I'm a freedman. W b Z, Boston's news radio.

Speaker 2 (04:41):
Former vice president Kamala Harris was in Medford today to
promote her new book one hundred and seven days. There's
a memoir about Harris's failed twenty twenty four presidential campaign.
After her running made and former President Joe Biden announced
he was withdrawing from the race. She was at the

(05:01):
Chevalier Theater this afternoon for what's being called a Conversation
with Kamala Harris. It's the first stop in New England
for Harris's book tour. She heads next to Toronto, Nashville
and Miami. We have a winner and last night to
Mega Millions jackpot drawing. CBS's Michael Toscano has more.

Speaker 1 (05:24):
Across America with Mega Jackbox. It's Mega Million's.

Speaker 7 (05:27):
Nine hundred and eighty millions, actually the estimated jackpot, which
has an estimated cash value of four hundred and fifty
two point two million bucks. We don't know who it
is yet, but somebody walked into a public supermarket out
on Highway twenty nine in Newnham, Georgia, thirty miles or
so outside of Atlanta, and purchased a ticket, choosing all
six winning numbers. If you'd like to.

Speaker 1 (05:47):
Know how close you came.

Speaker 7 (05:48):
Those winning numbers were.

Speaker 5 (05:49):
Twelve, eleven, eight, one fifty seven in the gold Megamali seven.

Speaker 7 (05:53):
Michael Toscano, CBS News.

Speaker 2 (05:55):
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