November 1, 2025 • 6 mins
The Government shutdown hits day 32, open enrollment for health insurance under Obamacare begins today under a dark cloud, and checking in with the 'Witch City' residents after Halloween. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is DELGBC, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
It is the first day of November. Hello and thanks
for being with us on this Saturday morning. It's eleven o'clock,
fifty one degrees in Sonny in Boston. I'm Sherry Small.
As always, thanks for tuning in. Let's get you caught
up with news. Here's what's happening. The government shut down
now in its thirty second day and taking quite the toll.
The latest from ABC's Katherine Falds.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Democrats demanding Republicans work with them to extend Obamacare subsidies,
but Trump and Republicans say they won't negotiate until the
government is reopened. The impact snowballing air traffic controller shortages
across the country are leading to flight delays at some
of the nation's busiest airports. Federally funded head Start preschool
programs serving more than sixty five thousand children now at
(00:55):
risk of closing, potentially harming the development of young kids.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Federal judges in Boston and Rhode Island ruling yesterday the
Trump administration must use emergency funding to keep the SNAP
program going. The Agriculture Department has until Monday to come
up with a plan. Open enrollment for health insurance under
Obamacare begins today.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
The government shutdown has now rolled into a second month
as Democrats demand that Republicans negotiate with them to extend
healthcare subsidies. As Americans starts signing up for twenty twenty
six Affordable Care Act insurance, Julie Robner with KFF Health
News says, people.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Are starting to go to the website that have the
prices on them and see some of these, you know,
in some cases skyrocketing prices.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
KFF has found the amount that people pay for coverage
is set to rise one hundred and fourteen percent on
average because Congress has not extended the enhanced tax credits.
Jennifer Kuiper CBS News.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
The FAA now investigating a close call Thursday at Logan Airport.
A Delta flight that was headed for New York with
nearly three hundred people on board, was diverted to Boston
because of weather conditions. Now, as that flight was about
to land, a Cape Air flight was about to take
off from an intersecting runway, air traffic control instructed the
(02:11):
Delta flight crew to discontinue their landing and remain in
the air. Once a Cape Air flight cleared the runway,
the Delta flight landed safely. A following scare for passengers
aboard two United Airlines jets at New York's La Guardia.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
A flight from Orlando to LGA had landed and was
turning to its gate when it clipped the tail of
a stationary United flight that was prepping to take off
for Houston Friday. No one on either plane was heard.
Both planes returned to the terminal cruiser checking the plane
that was hit. The incident happened after hours of delays
at LaGuardia caused by heavy winds. Passengers on the planes
(02:49):
that they felt a bump but didn't realize it was
from another plane until the pilot informed them.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
That's Andrew Whitman reporting there now. The four DAWBZ aqu
weather forecast. It's going to be blustery today, more sun
than clouds, a high of fifty seven to night party, cloudy,
brisk in the city, a low of thirty eight and
near the near freezing in those inland areas. Tomorrow even cooler.
(03:15):
Good deal of sunshine, but we'll only reach a high
of fifty two on Sunday. Then Monday We'll start with
early sunshine followed by increasing clouds, and then a couple
of showers possible late in the day on Monday and
into the evening, but a high of fifty nine. Tuesday, breezy,
plenty of sunshine and a high of fifty seven. Right now,
it's sunny and fifty one in Boston at eleven oh five.
(03:37):
All right, back to news. Now that Halloween is over,
we check in with people who call the Witch City
home every day.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
She's a local to Salem, and she's ready to admit
the whole Halloween thing was fun, but it's time to
move on.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Usually it was just the weekend where the big pop
would happen, and on Halloween itself, but now.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Lately it's been a lot more people coming, but all
during the week, every single day.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
Next time Mercy's Tavern. The yard is decorated like it's
an abandoned pirate ship where.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Handmade costume makers hair from Salem.
Speaker 5 (04:07):
Even approaching Halloween, the City of Salem announced it has
surpassed a million tourists. Because a lot of the folks
think it's more drawn out now, I think.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
It always speeds up and we celebrate longer and longer
over like maybe a three month period, starting like at
the end of August into the.
Speaker 5 (04:23):
Middle of November and Salem Jay Will at w BZ Boston's.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
News radio, all Right, have you dipped into your kid's
Halloween candy for a sweet Treedit only to be a
bit disappointed. Here's CBS is Debbor Rodriguez with that.
Speaker 6 (04:40):
That morning after grab for a candy bar may have
a strange after taste, from Almond Joys to Mister good Bars,
Lots of things of chase just like gets, but not
the goodness of peanuts and chocolate. Just check the packaging.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Chocolate cator She's has.
Speaker 6 (04:56):
Quietly switched from real chocolate to chocolatey flavoring and many
of its classic favorites, including rolos, to blame poor cocoa
bean harvests in West Africa and tariffs that have raised
the cost of imports. In this past week, Journeys called
Hershey's chief exec reported cocoa prices are seventy percent above
twenty twenty three levels. Deborah Rodriguez, CBS News.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
A popular national restaurant chain shuts down some of its
locations in.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
The outfact Stike isn't just for special occasions. It's for
every occasions.
Speaker 7 (05:25):
Several outback steakhouse restaurants across the US abruptly shut down
this week. The latest closures were reported in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland,
New York, and Wisconsin. Parent company Bloomin Brands, which owned
several chains, shut down forty one of their restaurants about
twenty months ago. The majority were outbacks. A statement from
the company said these were all quote business decisions that
(05:48):
are part of our ongoing turnaround plan. Stacey Lynz, CBS.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
News r I Take two. President Donald Trump returns to
CBS's sixty Minutes for the first time since settling a
lawsuit for sixteen million and mister Trump sued over what
he claimed was away an interview with Democratic rival Kamala
Kamala Harris that is was edited. The President interviewed yesterday
(06:13):
mar A Lago in Florida by CBS's Nora O'Donnell. It's
schedule to air tomorrow night. Sixty Minutes airs right here
on WBZ News Radio on Sundays at seven pm.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
You are now in helloop for news updates throughout the day.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
To listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeart radio app.
I'm sharing a small WBZ, Boston's news radio
This is DELGBC, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
It is the first day of November. Hello and thanks
for being with us on this Saturday morning. It's eleven o'clock,
fifty one degrees in Sonny in Boston. I'm Sherry Small.
As always, thanks for tuning in. Let's get you caught
up with news. Here's what's happening. The government shut down
now in its thirty second day and taking quite the toll.
The latest from ABC's Katherine Falds.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Democrats demanding Republicans work with them to extend Obamacare subsidies,
but Trump and Republicans say they won't negotiate until the
government is reopened. The impact snowballing air traffic controller shortages
across the country are leading to flight delays at some
of the nation's busiest airports. Federally funded head Start preschool
programs serving more than sixty five thousand children now at
(00:55):
risk of closing, potentially harming the development of young kids.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Federal judges in Boston and Rhode Island ruling yesterday the
Trump administration must use emergency funding to keep the SNAP
program going. The Agriculture Department has until Monday to come
up with a plan. Open enrollment for health insurance under
Obamacare begins today.
Speaker 4 (01:16):
The government shutdown has now rolled into a second month
as Democrats demand that Republicans negotiate with them to extend
healthcare subsidies. As Americans starts signing up for twenty twenty
six Affordable Care Act insurance, Julie Robner with KFF Health
News says, people.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Are starting to go to the website that have the
prices on them and see some of these, you know,
in some cases skyrocketing prices.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
KFF has found the amount that people pay for coverage
is set to rise one hundred and fourteen percent on
average because Congress has not extended the enhanced tax credits.
Jennifer Kuiper CBS News.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
The FAA now investigating a close call Thursday at Logan Airport.
A Delta flight that was headed for New York with
nearly three hundred people on board, was diverted to Boston
because of weather conditions. Now, as that flight was about
to land, a Cape Air flight was about to take
off from an intersecting runway, air traffic control instructed the
(02:11):
Delta flight crew to discontinue their landing and remain in
the air. Once a Cape Air flight cleared the runway,
the Delta flight landed safely. A following scare for passengers
aboard two United Airlines jets at New York's La Guardia.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
A flight from Orlando to LGA had landed and was
turning to its gate when it clipped the tail of
a stationary United flight that was prepping to take off
for Houston Friday. No one on either plane was heard.
Both planes returned to the terminal cruiser checking the plane
that was hit. The incident happened after hours of delays
at LaGuardia caused by heavy winds. Passengers on the planes
(02:49):
that they felt a bump but didn't realize it was
from another plane until the pilot informed them.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
That's Andrew Whitman reporting there now. The four DAWBZ aqu
weather forecast. It's going to be blustery today, more sun
than clouds, a high of fifty seven to night party, cloudy,
brisk in the city, a low of thirty eight and
near the near freezing in those inland areas. Tomorrow even cooler.
(03:15):
Good deal of sunshine, but we'll only reach a high
of fifty two on Sunday. Then Monday We'll start with
early sunshine followed by increasing clouds, and then a couple
of showers possible late in the day on Monday and
into the evening, but a high of fifty nine. Tuesday, breezy,
plenty of sunshine and a high of fifty seven. Right now,
it's sunny and fifty one in Boston at eleven oh five.
(03:37):
All right, back to news. Now that Halloween is over,
we check in with people who call the Witch City
home every day.
Speaker 5 (03:44):
She's a local to Salem, and she's ready to admit
the whole Halloween thing was fun, but it's time to
move on.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Usually it was just the weekend where the big pop
would happen, and on Halloween itself, but now.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Lately it's been a lot more people coming, but all
during the week, every single day.
Speaker 5 (03:59):
Next time Mercy's Tavern. The yard is decorated like it's
an abandoned pirate ship where.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Handmade costume makers hair from Salem.
Speaker 5 (04:07):
Even approaching Halloween, the City of Salem announced it has
surpassed a million tourists. Because a lot of the folks
think it's more drawn out now, I think.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
It always speeds up and we celebrate longer and longer
over like maybe a three month period, starting like at
the end of August into the.
Speaker 5 (04:23):
Middle of November and Salem Jay Will at w BZ Boston's.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
News radio, all Right, have you dipped into your kid's
Halloween candy for a sweet Treedit only to be a
bit disappointed. Here's CBS is Debbor Rodriguez with that.
Speaker 6 (04:40):
That morning after grab for a candy bar may have
a strange after taste, from Almond Joys to Mister good Bars,
Lots of things of chase just like gets, but not
the goodness of peanuts and chocolate. Just check the packaging.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Chocolate cator She's has.
Speaker 6 (04:56):
Quietly switched from real chocolate to chocolatey flavoring and many
of its classic favorites, including rolos, to blame poor cocoa
bean harvests in West Africa and tariffs that have raised
the cost of imports. In this past week, Journeys called
Hershey's chief exec reported cocoa prices are seventy percent above
twenty twenty three levels. Deborah Rodriguez, CBS News.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
A popular national restaurant chain shuts down some of its
locations in.
Speaker 5 (05:21):
The outfact Stike isn't just for special occasions. It's for
every occasions.
Speaker 7 (05:25):
Several outback steakhouse restaurants across the US abruptly shut down
this week. The latest closures were reported in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland,
New York, and Wisconsin. Parent company Bloomin Brands, which owned
several chains, shut down forty one of their restaurants about
twenty months ago. The majority were outbacks. A statement from
the company said these were all quote business decisions that
(05:48):
are part of our ongoing turnaround plan. Stacey Lynz, CBS.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
News r I Take two. President Donald Trump returns to
CBS's sixty Minutes for the first time since settling a
lawsuit for sixteen million and mister Trump sued over what
he claimed was away an interview with Democratic rival Kamala
Kamala Harris that is was edited. The President interviewed yesterday
(06:13):
mar A Lago in Florida by CBS's Nora O'Donnell. It's
schedule to air tomorrow night. Sixty Minutes airs right here
on WBZ News Radio on Sundays at seven pm.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
You are now in helloop for news updates throughout the day.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
To listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeart radio app.
I'm sharing a small WBZ, Boston's news radio
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