President Trump halts all asylum decisions and pauses new visas for people traveling on Afghan passports, a software glitch that caused a cancellation mess at airports around the world is almost fixed, and a broken elevator in the South End had some apartment residents rethinking their Thanksgiving plans. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
Sun's going down. It's forty degrees in Boston at four o'clock.
I'm Emma Friedman, and here's what's happening. Tightening the immigration brains.
The President is halting all asylum decisions and pausing new
visas for people traveling on Afghan passports from President Trump
also saying he wants to permanently pause migration from poorer nations.
(00:33):
This in the wake of the National Guard shooting near
the White House. CBS's wager Rank Jang says President Trump
is blaming the Biden administration, saying the suspects should never
have been allowed in the country.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
CBS News is Nancy Cordes press Trump on what his
own administration found about the more than seventy six thousand
Afghan nationals who entered the US after the chaotic end
to the Afghan Ruar in twenty twenty one.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
Your doj ig just reported this year that there was
thorough vetting by DHS and by the FBI of these
Afghans who were brought into the US. So why do
you blame the Biden administration because they let him in?
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person because they
came into on a plane.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Along with thousands of other people that shouldn't.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Be The twenty nine year old suspect is now facing
a first degree murder charge. National Guard specialist twenty year
old Katie Beckstrom was killed in the shooting while on
patrol in DC. ABC's Olivia Rubin has detailed.
Speaker 5 (01:34):
The administration appears to be cracking down on who can
enter the country, announcing they are pausing all asylum decisions
and stopped issuing visas to travelers with Afghan passports, and
things will also look different in DC to the police
department will now patrol alongside National Guard troops on the ground.
There a spokesperson encouraging the public to remain vigilant.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Officials say the other victim in the shooting, staff Sergeant
Andrew Wolf, remains critical condition and on the road expects
some company and break lights popping up like a Christmas tree.
This weekend. WBC's Jared Brosnan has the details on the
post Thanksgiving rush home.
Speaker 6 (02:12):
Over seventy million people in the US drove more than
fifty miles to their Thanksgiving destination, according to Triple A,
and that means many are in for headaches behind the
steering wheel this weekend. Data from Inrix predicts the worst
of the traffic will come in the afternoon through the
evening hours as we work our way through the weekend.
On Sunday, the worst travel period expands, with the agency
recommending folks get moving before eleven am. Jared Brosnan WBZ
(02:34):
Boston's News Radio, it's.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Four oh four and it's just about forty degrees in Boston.
Tempts are starting to drop as the sun starts to
go down. Looks like sunset is just a couple minutes
away by this point, and then the clouds will come in.
They will be sticking around until tomorrow, where we're gonna
(02:56):
have some of that breeziness that we were feeling today
with highs around fifty degrees. Monday, it's a bit brisk
out there, tempts high at forty four degrees, some sun
in the mix as well as clouds. On Monday. Tuesday, though,
things get a little bit messy out there. Mostly cloudy
on Tuesday, high of thirty eight, and then later on
(03:17):
Tuesday we could be seeing a mix of snow and
rain that'll last into Tuesday night. In the Boston area,
we'll be getting some slushy sidewalk, slushy roads, you know
the drill. But outside the city we could be getting
snow sticking around a little bit one to three inches.
Northwest and further northwest, we are expecting to see three
to see three to six inches of snow on the
(03:38):
ground right now forty in Boston at four oh six
in the South End, some residents in one apartment building
missed out on their Thanksgiving plans with the elevator out
of service. CBS News Boston's Paul Verdon says this isn't
the first time they've had to deal with a malfunctioning elevator.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
It makes me feel like I'm unwanted by society, neglected
for time.
Speaker 7 (04:02):
Residents who live at nineteen Months Signior Reynolds Way are
speaking out. They say there's been multiple complaints that many
of the elevators and the Ruth Barkley Complex are constantly
breaking down.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
It's been like this for a very long time. You
just expected It's almost like a day to day.
Speaker 7 (04:17):
The Boston Housing Authority oversees the complex. Many of the
residents are seniors and folks with disabilities. The latest complaint
came on Tuesday, when the elevator broke down, two days
before Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
The incident that happened for Thanksgiving is disheartening.
Speaker 7 (04:32):
This man, who does not want to be identified, called
to report the incident. He's lived here for twelve years
and says the elevator has broken down more times than
he can remember.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
I get extremely depressed when I can't leave the house.
Speaker 7 (04:43):
On Friday, the trouble system alarm continue to go off.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
The Boston Housing Authority says an elevator was down from
Wednesday morning to Thursday morning, but it has since been fixed.
Some residents say the fix came too late, though, because
they had to cancel holiday plans. The authority says the
elevator most inspection last month and is end good working order.
In a move to restore federal funding, Northwestern University agrees
(05:08):
to pay the Trump administration seventy five million dollars.
Speaker 8 (05:11):
DOJ officials say the private university near Chicago agreed to
settle with the administration following a month's long probe and
the government allegations of race based admissions and creating a
hostile environment for Jewish students. The agreement requires Northwestern to
comply with federal anti discrimination laws, and in return, the
(05:31):
government will close pending investigations, they say, and treat Northwestern
as eligible for future grants, contracts, and awards.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
I'm Scott Carr.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
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