July 12, 2025 • 6 mins
President Trump announced 30 percent tariffs against the E.U. and Mexico, the death toll from the July 4th flooding in Central Texas is now at least 121, and Boston Health Officials say West Nile virus has been discovered in mosquitos in the city.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ at Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Mostly cloudy seventy three degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock.
It's Saturday, July twelfth. I'm Sherry Small. As always, thanks
for tuning in. Here's what's happening all right. What used
to be a prime piece of real estate is tagged
to come down. The City of Cambridge will shut down
Mount Auburn and Spark Streets near the Riverview Condos next
(00:33):
Saturday until the building is demolished. CBS News Boston's Temmy
Mutasa has details.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
While it's still standing, Tall inspectors worried the river View
Condo building is two unsafe and could collapse. Now the
City of Cambridge is taking over the demolition process.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
It's a little crazy, but it's a little more crazy
that that building might fall. So the city's got to
do what it's got to do to ensure everybody saved.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Kim Ruben lives next door to the troubled condo building
on Mount Auburn's Street. Last November, we first told you
about how everyone was forced to move out because of
serious structural problems uncovered during a roof repair project.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
I think it's a shame and I feel bad for
the people who live there, a lot of whom we're
older and how to go find new places to live.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
And two bus routes will also be rerooted while that
building comes down. The city says demolition won't start for
a few months, but the hope is to take the
building down by late twenty twenty five. All right, talking trade.
This morning, President Trump announcing thirty percent tariffs against the
EU and Mexico, kicking in on August first. This coming
(01:45):
after the President fired off letters to more than twenty countries,
including Canada, one of this country's top trading partners. CBS's
Willie james Inman spoke with an expert about the president's
approach to implementing tariffs.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Humberly Closing is a UCLA law professor and a former
Biden administration treasury official.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
She says Trump's strategy on cariffs is unprecedented.
Speaker 5 (02:07):
If you look at the pattern of tariffs, it's really
falling disproportionately on countries that are very.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Friendly to the United States.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
So we're in a time of geopolitical fragility, but yet
we're alienating our closest partners and allies, and.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
The White House appears to be open to negotiations, but
the President has also said that he could raise baseline
rather tariffs up to to twenty percent. That is not
up to to twenty percent on most trading partners. Meanwhile,
the death toll from the July fourth flooding in central
Texas is now at at least one hundred twenty one
(02:44):
and more than one hundred and sixty are still missing. Yesterday,
President Trump and the First Lady traveled to the area.
Here's ABC's Trevor Old.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
President and First Lady visiting with first responders and grieving families.
Dozens and dozens of precious children taken, and.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Trump was asked to respond to those who say warning
alerts didn't go out in time and that more people
could have been saved.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Well, I think everyone did an incredible job.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Under the circumstances. The President has previously talked of potentially
eliminating FEMA, but he praised the agency's response.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Let's see. The Washington Post has reported that officials in
Kerr County, where most of the flooding and nearly one
hundred deaths occurred, failed to turn on available technology that
could have sent early warning cell phone signals now. The
ACU weather forecast cloudy today, but eventually the sun will
break through those clouds. It's going to be a humid
(03:38):
day unfortunately today, but high is only reaching seventy seven,
so that's not too bad. Factoring in that humidity, the
real field tempts are are going to be a little
warmer than that in Boston eighty to eighty four degrees
for those inland areas, turning out mostly cloudy overnight, the
low sixty five tonight Tomorrow much like today again and
(04:00):
hive seventy seven in the city, eighty four in the
inland areas, mid seventies for the Cape and the islands.
More clouds and sunshine again. Tomorrow is going to be
another humid day. Monday is when we're going to see
a thunderstorm returning. That's going to happen in the afternoon. Otherwise,
just a mix of clouds and sunshine, the humidity hanging
(04:20):
on though, with a higher round eighty and then Tuesday,
the highs eighty six to ninety again with that humidity.
Right now in the city is mostly cloudy seventy three degrees,
but because of the humidity, the real field Tampa is
closer to eighty one. It's eleven ZHO six. Back to
news now. Boston health officials say West Nile virus has
(04:41):
been discovered in mosquitoes in the city. Two mosquito test
samples taken in Hyde Park and Roxbury coming back positive.
Boston Public Health Commission officials say that they are the
first samples to test positive for the virus in Boston
this summer. But outside the city there have also been
positive samples in Chelsea, Swansea, Marnstable, Cambridge, and Malden this month.
(05:06):
Right now, there are no confirmed human cases in Boston
and transmission is low.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
All right.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
New job cuts in Washington's for an outpouring of support
for laid off federal workers.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
An emotional scene at the state's apartment mass layoffs now underway,
Workers walking out carrying boxes for colleagues, putting signs in
the window. You don't deserve this, we love you, thank
you for your service. Notice is going out to some
eleven hundred civil service employees and two hundred and forty
six Foreign service officers. Acts as part of the Trump
(05:44):
administration is moved to shrink the federal.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Workforce, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio defending the layoffs,
saying in the pass at the overhaul is critical to
streamlining what he calls a redundant and sometimes sluggish decision
making process. The childhood home of Pope Leo has been sold,
with the owner turning a big profit.
Speaker 6 (06:05):
Developer bought the three bedroom house last year for sixty
six thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
This week, the village of Dalton, the.
Speaker 6 (06:12):
Chicago suburb where the Pope grew up, reportedly purchased it
for three hundred and seventy five thousand dollars. Pope Leo's
parents purchased the Cape codstyle house back in nineteen forty
nine and sold it nearly fifty years later. The village
says it plans to turn the house into an historical
funding CDs.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Is Michelle Miller reporting Dare you are now in the
loop For news updates throughout the day, Listen to WBZ
News Radio on the iHeart Radio app. I'm Sherry Small, WBZ,
Boston's news radio
This is WBZ at Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Mostly cloudy seventy three degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock.
It's Saturday, July twelfth. I'm Sherry Small. As always, thanks
for tuning in. Here's what's happening all right. What used
to be a prime piece of real estate is tagged
to come down. The City of Cambridge will shut down
Mount Auburn and Spark Streets near the Riverview Condos next
(00:33):
Saturday until the building is demolished. CBS News Boston's Temmy
Mutasa has details.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
While it's still standing, Tall inspectors worried the river View
Condo building is two unsafe and could collapse. Now the
City of Cambridge is taking over the demolition process.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
It's a little crazy, but it's a little more crazy
that that building might fall. So the city's got to
do what it's got to do to ensure everybody saved.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Kim Ruben lives next door to the troubled condo building
on Mount Auburn's Street. Last November, we first told you
about how everyone was forced to move out because of
serious structural problems uncovered during a roof repair project.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
I think it's a shame and I feel bad for
the people who live there, a lot of whom we're
older and how to go find new places to live.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
And two bus routes will also be rerooted while that
building comes down. The city says demolition won't start for
a few months, but the hope is to take the
building down by late twenty twenty five. All right, talking trade.
This morning, President Trump announcing thirty percent tariffs against the
EU and Mexico, kicking in on August first. This coming
(01:45):
after the President fired off letters to more than twenty countries,
including Canada, one of this country's top trading partners. CBS's
Willie james Inman spoke with an expert about the president's
approach to implementing tariffs.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Humberly Closing is a UCLA law professor and a former
Biden administration treasury official.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
She says Trump's strategy on cariffs is unprecedented.
Speaker 5 (02:07):
If you look at the pattern of tariffs, it's really
falling disproportionately on countries that are very.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Friendly to the United States.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
So we're in a time of geopolitical fragility, but yet
we're alienating our closest partners and allies, and.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
The White House appears to be open to negotiations, but
the President has also said that he could raise baseline
rather tariffs up to to twenty percent. That is not
up to to twenty percent on most trading partners. Meanwhile,
the death toll from the July fourth flooding in central
Texas is now at at least one hundred twenty one
(02:44):
and more than one hundred and sixty are still missing. Yesterday,
President Trump and the First Lady traveled to the area.
Here's ABC's Trevor Old.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
President and First Lady visiting with first responders and grieving families.
Dozens and dozens of precious children taken, and.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Trump was asked to respond to those who say warning
alerts didn't go out in time and that more people
could have been saved.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Well, I think everyone did an incredible job.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Under the circumstances. The President has previously talked of potentially
eliminating FEMA, but he praised the agency's response.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Let's see. The Washington Post has reported that officials in
Kerr County, where most of the flooding and nearly one
hundred deaths occurred, failed to turn on available technology that
could have sent early warning cell phone signals now. The
ACU weather forecast cloudy today, but eventually the sun will
break through those clouds. It's going to be a humid
(03:38):
day unfortunately today, but high is only reaching seventy seven,
so that's not too bad. Factoring in that humidity, the
real field tempts are are going to be a little
warmer than that in Boston eighty to eighty four degrees
for those inland areas, turning out mostly cloudy overnight, the
low sixty five tonight Tomorrow much like today again and
(04:00):
hive seventy seven in the city, eighty four in the
inland areas, mid seventies for the Cape and the islands.
More clouds and sunshine again. Tomorrow is going to be
another humid day. Monday is when we're going to see
a thunderstorm returning. That's going to happen in the afternoon. Otherwise,
just a mix of clouds and sunshine, the humidity hanging
(04:20):
on though, with a higher round eighty and then Tuesday,
the highs eighty six to ninety again with that humidity.
Right now in the city is mostly cloudy seventy three degrees,
but because of the humidity, the real field Tampa is
closer to eighty one. It's eleven ZHO six. Back to
news now. Boston health officials say West Nile virus has
(04:41):
been discovered in mosquitoes in the city. Two mosquito test
samples taken in Hyde Park and Roxbury coming back positive.
Boston Public Health Commission officials say that they are the
first samples to test positive for the virus in Boston
this summer. But outside the city there have also been
positive samples in Chelsea, Swansea, Marnstable, Cambridge, and Malden this month.
(05:06):
Right now, there are no confirmed human cases in Boston
and transmission is low.
Speaker 5 (05:13):
All right.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
New job cuts in Washington's for an outpouring of support
for laid off federal workers.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
An emotional scene at the state's apartment mass layoffs now underway,
Workers walking out carrying boxes for colleagues, putting signs in
the window. You don't deserve this, we love you, thank
you for your service. Notice is going out to some
eleven hundred civil service employees and two hundred and forty
six Foreign service officers. Acts as part of the Trump
(05:44):
administration is moved to shrink the federal.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Workforce, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio defending the layoffs,
saying in the pass at the overhaul is critical to
streamlining what he calls a redundant and sometimes sluggish decision
making process. The childhood home of Pope Leo has been sold,
with the owner turning a big profit.
Speaker 6 (06:05):
Developer bought the three bedroom house last year for sixty
six thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
This week, the village of Dalton, the.
Speaker 6 (06:12):
Chicago suburb where the Pope grew up, reportedly purchased it
for three hundred and seventy five thousand dollars. Pope Leo's
parents purchased the Cape codstyle house back in nineteen forty
nine and sold it nearly fifty years later. The village
says it plans to turn the house into an historical
funding CDs.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Is Michelle Miller reporting Dare you are now in the
loop For news updates throughout the day, Listen to WBZ
News Radio on the iHeart Radio app. I'm Sherry Small, WBZ,
Boston's news radio
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