Mid Day Report: Sunday, June 8, 2025

National Guard Troops are now being seen on the ground in Los Angeles after President Donald Trump deployed the Guard members after massive protests over Immigration Raids escalated in Los Angeles. The President's spending and tax bill is before the Senate where more political wrangling over the big beautiful bill is expected this week. Rod Stewart cancels some of his shows. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Partly sunny, sixty six degrees in the city. It's eleven
o'clock on this Sunday, June eighth. Hello, thanks for being
with us. I'm Sherry Small and here's what's happening. National
Guard troops are now being seen on the ground in
Los Angeles after President Donald Trump deployed the Guard members
after massive protests over immigration rates escalated in Los Angeles.

(00:26):
ABC's Trevor Alt has response from the state's governor.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Governor Gavin Newsom slamming Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard,
warning the move is quote purposefully inflammatory and will only
escalate tensions. But the White House says it will address
the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester, and Secretary
of Defense Pete Hegseth posting online if violence continues, active
duty Marines at Camp Pendleton will also be mobilized. They

(00:53):
are on high alert.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
The President deployed two thousand National Guard members to the area.
The President's ending bill and tax bill is before the Senate,
where more political wrangling over the Big Beautiful bill is
expected this week. There's ABCS Jonathan Carl The.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
Senate's got a vote on this, and it's very clear
that there are going to be changes to what barely
passed in the House by one single vote. It's unclear
if first of all, there are the votes to pass
it in the Senate, and with those changes, if Johnson
can get it passed again in the House. Johnson, he's
pleading with the Senate, don't make any major changes, because

(01:33):
then I'll have a hard time passing it in the House.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
Meanwhile, there are no signs of a reconciliation between two
of the most powerful men in the world. CBS's touring Small.

Speaker 4 (01:45):
President Donald Rum says there could be consequences for his
former senior advisor, Elon Musk if he backs Democrats in
future elections. This comes after the two had a public
falling out this week following a tweetstorm from Musk on
the social media platform examing the President and his massive
spending bill. Musk has since deleted some of the posts,
but also floated supporting a third party. Though tensions appear

(02:08):
to have cooled. Trump toed NBC and a phone interview Saturday,
he's not interested in mending his relationship with the former
head of Department of Government Efficiency or Doge Torian Small
CBS News Bedminster New Jersey.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
A fifteen year old girl is dead after a building
partially collapsed yesterday in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The Portuguese American
Citizen Club was hosting a graduation party for about seventy
five people when reports were called in if people trapped
under a stairwell. Three people were also injured. They were
brought to Rhode Island Hospital with serious injuries. None of

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the victims have been identified and now the fort A
wbc ACU weather forecast. Here's meteorologist John Fierrix.

Speaker 5 (02:52):
Rills clouds and hazy sun out there for today, somewhat
lower humidity, high around seventy near the coast, closer to
seventy five inland, mid sixties for the Cape and Ils, and
mostly cloudy four tonight out of fifty six. Maybe a
shower later on along with areas of fog, then mostly
cloudy four tomorrow if he breaks the sun a pop
up shower. High sixty two, some drizzle to start Tuesday,

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otherwise mostly cloudy, a couple of showers in the area
in the afternoon, especially the high sixty four and sunny
and warmer Wednesday after eighty two. I'm akie Weather's John
Fierick wb Z Bostin's news radio.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
All right, right now, it's sixty six in Danvers, we
have sixty nine in Felmouth, a sixty eight in Wooster,
in Brockton, sixty six degrees, sixty nine in New Bedford,
sixty six in Springfield, and sixty six party Sonny in Boston.
At eleven oh five. Rod Stewart cancels some of his

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shows here CBS is Matt Piper with the Tails.

Speaker 6 (03:46):
Rod Stewart says he is devastated after he was forced
to cancel upcoming shows in the US as he recovers
from the flu ahead of his big festival gig. The
eighty year old took to Instagram saying I have to
cancel and reschedule my next six concerts in June as
I continue to recover. Start recently performed at the American
Music Awards and received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his

(04:07):
career spending more than sixty years. The BBC says he
is set to perform at the Glastonbury Festival later this month.
Matt Piper CBS News.

Speaker 1 (04:19):
Some town employees in Lynnfield placed on administrative leave after
they were identified as using inappropriate and racist language during
a live stream of the town's high school graduation. This
happened Friday night. Officials in Lynnfield did not say how
many employees were involved, but in a statement, town administrator
Robert Dolan says a full investigation and appropriate action will

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be taken. 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
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