Mid Day Report: Sunday, November 16, 2025

Some local colleges and public universities report a drop in enrollment by international students. An annual Thanksgiving tradition continues. Concerns arise about the ceasefire in Gaza not holding during phase two. 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.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
News, mostly Sonny and Boston. Right now fifty four degrees today,
We'll see hies fifty two to fifty five degrees early,
but then temps likely falling into the forties this afternoon. Hello,
thanks for being with us on this Sunday. I'm Sherry Small.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
Now to news.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Here's what's happening. The infighting is getting ugly. President Donald
Trump turning against one of his staunchest allies CBS is
Christi M. Bennati. That says the very latest on the
back and forth of verbal assaults.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
The feud between President Trump and his one time ally representative,
Marjorie Taylor Green is intensifying. He called her Marjorie Trader
Green in a true social post one day after referring
to her as a ranti lunatic. Green punched back in
a series of posts on social media. I never thought
that fighting to release the Epstein file, defending women who

(01:01):
were victims of rape, and fighting to expose the web
of rich, powerful elites would have caused this, But here
we are.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
And the House is expected to vote on Tuesday on
a bill that could force a Justice Department to release
files from its investigation into Epstein. Angered by the Trump
administration's crackdown on higher education, students rallied in the Finnway yesterday.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
Whether you study art, science or history, I believe every
student in America is a light against the shadow of turance.

Speaker 4 (01:33):
Speakers stood on a stage right off Park Drive voicing
their concerns, saying they want to be a part of
decisions that affect them.

Speaker 5 (01:39):
We're here from eleven different universities, well, CBCBU or Harvard, MIT,
a bunch of other ones.

Speaker 6 (01:45):
Tough us here too, and we are all.

Speaker 5 (01:47):
United here by a feeling of what deep disappointment. Honestly
at our university.

Speaker 4 (01:52):
I found Northeastern student Jack Mauselea at the student rally
for Light, Truth and Courage. He's the co founder and
director of Outreach for the Education Freedom, which put on
the rally. They're demanding academic freedom and the right to
free expression on campus, support for international students in DEI,
and transparency from administrators about policies that affect students.

Speaker 5 (02:11):
We're trying to rally students to fight back and push
the universities to do what they should be doing, which
is involving us in the decision making process and defending us.

Speaker 4 (02:18):
You're now introducing legislation into the student government to try
and get reforms passed. With a vote set for Monday.
WBZ News Radio has reached out to Northeastern for comment
In Fenway, I'm a Freedman, WBZ Boston's News Radio.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
Some local colleges in public universities are reporting a drop
in enrollment by international students is According to The Globe,
one of the reasons is the Trump administration is restricting
travel from nineteen different countries. The number of foreign students
enrolled this fall at UMass Boston declined by seventeen percent
compared to a year ago. U Mass amhersaw five percent drop.

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Fitchburg State reported forty fewer international applicants. Meanwhile, Boston College, Harvard,
and Northeast Eastern reported little change. Now the four DA
WBZ ACU weather forecast the weekend will end.

Speaker 6 (03:06):
On a windy note this afternoon, with clouds and some
sunshine as temperatures tumble through the forties, and ACU weather
real fields end up in the thirties. Tonight, brisk and chili,
partly cloudy, low thirty five, but it will feel like
the upper teen's the low twenties with the wind. Tomorrow
is still blush free, partly sunny, high forty five real
fields thirties. Tuesday with sunshine, we're up to forty seven

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and more sun Wednesday at forty eight. I'm aqu weather
media apologist Bill Daker, a WBZ Boston's news radio.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
And right now we're seeing uh fifty one degrees in Springfield.
Up in Gardner forty six degrees. Nashville, New Hampshire fifty two.
We have fifty two along the north shore as well
as the average. Then down salthshore South coast. Let's see
quinsy fifty three to fifty two in Plymouth, and it
looks like we're averaging about fifty two on the cape

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as well in the city. Right now, sunny and a
few clouds. D four degrees. All right. There is a
divide in Hollywood over artificial intelligence.

Speaker 1 (04:06):
Some like actor Michael Caine, have embraced it and now
through the power of artificial intelligence, he's partnered with the
company eleven Labs. Others are suspicious, like Emmy winning writer
and director Sergio Chili, who's done zoom casting auditions with
AI figures. Let's start with anger okay, you're angry.

Speaker 5 (04:27):
Okay, so that felt like a dog or.

Speaker 1 (04:34):
Some kind of animal. His viral shorts suggest AI actors
might not be ready for prime time. Steve Kaithan, CBS News.

Speaker 2 (04:42):
Local annual Thanksgiving tradition continues. CBS News Boston's Ken mcleoden was.

Speaker 7 (04:48):
The fifth annual Warrel Turkey Drive, where State Rep. Christopher
Warrel and Boston City Council Brian Warrel teamed up to
distribute more than four thousand turkeys. The brothers worked with
volunteers hand out the birds at ten different community sites.

Speaker 8 (05:03):
Not everyone's fortunate enough to have a turkey on their
Thanksgiving table, We just want to provide that turkey to
our community and making sure that at least have a
turkey in a couple sides.

Speaker 2 (05:14):
And that was State Representative Christopher Warrell speaking there. You
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I'm Sherry Small, WBZ Boston's news radio