November 6, 2025 • 6 mins
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced retirement, Logan Airport travelers react to flight reductions starting tomorrow, and teachers at a local school brace for a major layoff. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ Boston's news radio readefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Some cloud cover in the city of Boston this morning.
It's eleven o'clock, fifty degrees in the Hub. Good morning,
I'm Nicole Davis. Here is what's happening. Some new developments
coming out of Capitol Hill this morning, as we have
now learned that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not
be returning to Washington after this term. The California Democrat
(00:30):
broke the glass ceiling on the Hill is the first
woman to hold the speakership. Many pondits call her one
of the most powerful speakers in American history. Congresswoman Pelosi
has represented San Francisco for almost forty years. She stepped
aside from leadership three years ago and is now known
as Speaker Amereda. The government shutdown is about to have
a greater impact on air travel. Starting tomorrow. The Trump
(00:53):
administration says it will reduce air traffic at dozens of
US airports, including Logan in Boston. Lers are bracing for
major flight disruptions. Here's wbz's James Rojas.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Logan is among the forty major airports across the nation
that will start to experience flight reductions starting tomorrow. The
timing can not be worse for these folks heading.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Out nervous to get stuck out there because we're only
going for the weekend for a wedding, so it's very
possible we're gonna end out not being able to get back.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Honestly, I've been avoiding air travel with everything until you
know we have a better sense of what the government
shutdown is going to look like. Well, I worry about
getting back, but on the other hand, I want it
to be safe.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Air traffic will first be cut by four percent, so
then eventually ten percent at Logan James Rojas w b
Z BOSTON'SNOWS Radio.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Meantime, the President keeps pushing Senate Republicans to get rid
of the filibuster and end the shutdown, which is now
on day thirty seven. Senate Majority Leader John Thune maintains
there is not enough support among fellow Republicans to change
the procedural tactic. He's saying, let's just throw out the
rule book.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
The problem with that is a lot of Senate Republicans
don't support that move. And this is one of the
few instances where we see Senate Republicans breaking quite publicly
from President Trump on something, including the majority leader. There
are not enough votes in the Senate right now to
do the rule overturn the President Trump is continuing to
push for, but it is leading to this sort of
(02:15):
more public tension between Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill and
President Trump.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
That is ABC's Ali Pacorin now. There have been a
lot of talks going on behind the scenes. New Hampshire's
Maggie Hassen and Jean Shaheen, two Democratic senators seen as
big players in those talks. And while the President maintains
SNAP assistants will not be coming out until the government
reopens new court documents show there is indeed movement behind
the scenes. Reports say the Agriculture Department is told a
(02:41):
federal court that November SNAP assistants will be paid for
with more than four billion dollars in contingency funds, and
those on SNAP will get sixty five percent of their
normal benefit, not just fifty is first reported. The Agriculture
Department says this change is the fix to a quote
error that they discovered. It is still not clear when
the Assistan since will be released. Governor Healey says the
(03:02):
state is ready to get it out there, disperse it
as soon as it arrives. We have some cloud cover
out there over the city of Boston right now. We
have some showers if you're north of the city, But
right now we're looking actually a little bit better out
there on the Capan Islands. Plenty of sun poking through
the clouds. We are definitely dealing with another windy day
out there. Certainly not as intense as it was overnight,
(03:23):
but many of us are dealing with wind gus up
to about twenty five thirty miles an hour, especially on
the coast. Later on today, we'll start to see the
wind calm down a bit. Tonight, mostly clear. We have
alone near thirty five or so in Boston, twenties if
you're inland. Then for tomorrow, any sun that we see
early will be enveloped by increasing clouds, windy in the afternoon,
(03:43):
the high in the mid fifties, couple of showers on
Friday night weekend. Saturday is the pick of the weekend
for sure. We've got plenty of sun, nice and mile
be high year sixty two sixty three. Plenty of clouds,
though on Sunday afternoon, rain and We've got a high
in the mid fifties in Marshfield. Right now, it's mostly
sonny in fifty degrees west of Boston and Worcester, partly
(04:04):
sonny in forty three north of Boston. I methuin, cloudy
in forty six in Boston. Right now at Logan Airport,
it's cloudy and forty nine degrees. A surprise budget shortfall
in the middle of the school years going to lead
to twenty five job cuts to educators in a school
district south of Boston. WBC's Jim McKay reports, parents want answers.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
And we need these teachers. Terrese has a daughter in
the Witmen Hanson school system, and she is part of
a chorus of parents who are sounding off, feeling they've
been blindsided by a one point four million dollar budget
shortfall that was just made public and will now lead
to some two dozen teachers and staffers getting pink slips
just before the holidays.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
If we had cuts to our school, our children would suffer.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
There was a town hall style meeting this week confirming
the cuts. Now parents are demanding total budgetary transparency.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
We need to protect our funding for our school.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
In the future. That's the hope, but for now the
damage has been done at.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
The services that they desperately need.
Speaker 5 (05:02):
In Whitman, Jim acatably vs.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Boston's News Radio, and in Boston, the School Committee has
given the thumbs up to some new admissions policies for
exam schools. Globe reports the points based system that was
designed to add weight to students coming in from underserved
neighborhoods has now been cut. The new plans also include
a move to make twenty percent of available seats open
to any student who wants to try for them. Critics
(05:24):
say these moves will wipe out twenty years of advance
advances to get disadvantaged students better access to these exam schools.
There's three in all, Boston Latin Academy, Boston Latin School,
and the O'Brien School of Math and Science. Days before
world leaders meet in Brazil to talk about climate change,
a brand new study finds the world's temperature is on
an upward trend.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Last year was ranked as the planet's warmest on record.
The World Meteorological Organization says that this year is on
track to be the second or third warmest, partly because
of the climate pattern known as lun ninia, which typically
causes a temporary dip in average global temperature. The mwol
Place is blamed for the rising temperatures over the past
century and a half on what it calls human amplified
(06:07):
climate change. Jim Riyan ABC News.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
And rally is planned today in Harvard Square. Is the
union representing custodians and security officers at Harvard Demand a
Better Contract Union thirty two BJSCIU says the school has
not offered any sort of wage increase for the workers,
and with ten days till that contract expires, they're trying
to show support and solidarity to say more than a
thousand workers are impacted here. That rally set for just
(06:31):
afternoon on Cambridge Common. You are now in the loop
for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News
Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole Davis, wb LEE
and Boston's News Radio
This is WBZ Boston's news radio readefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Some cloud cover in the city of Boston this morning.
It's eleven o'clock, fifty degrees in the Hub. Good morning,
I'm Nicole Davis. Here is what's happening. Some new developments
coming out of Capitol Hill this morning, as we have
now learned that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not
be returning to Washington after this term. The California Democrat
(00:30):
broke the glass ceiling on the Hill is the first
woman to hold the speakership. Many pondits call her one
of the most powerful speakers in American history. Congresswoman Pelosi
has represented San Francisco for almost forty years. She stepped
aside from leadership three years ago and is now known
as Speaker Amereda. The government shutdown is about to have
a greater impact on air travel. Starting tomorrow. The Trump
(00:53):
administration says it will reduce air traffic at dozens of
US airports, including Logan in Boston. Lers are bracing for
major flight disruptions. Here's wbz's James Rojas.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Logan is among the forty major airports across the nation
that will start to experience flight reductions starting tomorrow. The
timing can not be worse for these folks heading.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Out nervous to get stuck out there because we're only
going for the weekend for a wedding, so it's very
possible we're gonna end out not being able to get back.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Honestly, I've been avoiding air travel with everything until you
know we have a better sense of what the government
shutdown is going to look like. Well, I worry about
getting back, but on the other hand, I want it
to be safe.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Air traffic will first be cut by four percent, so
then eventually ten percent at Logan James Rojas w b
Z BOSTON'SNOWS Radio.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Meantime, the President keeps pushing Senate Republicans to get rid
of the filibuster and end the shutdown, which is now
on day thirty seven. Senate Majority Leader John Thune maintains
there is not enough support among fellow Republicans to change
the procedural tactic. He's saying, let's just throw out the
rule book.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
The problem with that is a lot of Senate Republicans
don't support that move. And this is one of the
few instances where we see Senate Republicans breaking quite publicly
from President Trump on something, including the majority leader. There
are not enough votes in the Senate right now to
do the rule overturn the President Trump is continuing to
push for, but it is leading to this sort of
(02:15):
more public tension between Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill and
President Trump.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
That is ABC's Ali Pacorin now. There have been a
lot of talks going on behind the scenes. New Hampshire's
Maggie Hassen and Jean Shaheen, two Democratic senators seen as
big players in those talks. And while the President maintains
SNAP assistants will not be coming out until the government
reopens new court documents show there is indeed movement behind
the scenes. Reports say the Agriculture Department is told a
(02:41):
federal court that November SNAP assistants will be paid for
with more than four billion dollars in contingency funds, and
those on SNAP will get sixty five percent of their
normal benefit, not just fifty is first reported. The Agriculture
Department says this change is the fix to a quote
error that they discovered. It is still not clear when
the Assistan since will be released. Governor Healey says the
(03:02):
state is ready to get it out there, disperse it
as soon as it arrives. We have some cloud cover
out there over the city of Boston right now. We
have some showers if you're north of the city, But
right now we're looking actually a little bit better out
there on the Capan Islands. Plenty of sun poking through
the clouds. We are definitely dealing with another windy day
out there. Certainly not as intense as it was overnight,
(03:23):
but many of us are dealing with wind gus up
to about twenty five thirty miles an hour, especially on
the coast. Later on today, we'll start to see the
wind calm down a bit. Tonight, mostly clear. We have
alone near thirty five or so in Boston, twenties if
you're inland. Then for tomorrow, any sun that we see
early will be enveloped by increasing clouds, windy in the afternoon,
(03:43):
the high in the mid fifties, couple of showers on
Friday night weekend. Saturday is the pick of the weekend
for sure. We've got plenty of sun, nice and mile
be high year sixty two sixty three. Plenty of clouds,
though on Sunday afternoon, rain and We've got a high
in the mid fifties in Marshfield. Right now, it's mostly
sonny in fifty degrees west of Boston and Worcester, partly
(04:04):
sonny in forty three north of Boston. I methuin, cloudy
in forty six in Boston. Right now at Logan Airport,
it's cloudy and forty nine degrees. A surprise budget shortfall
in the middle of the school years going to lead
to twenty five job cuts to educators in a school
district south of Boston. WBC's Jim McKay reports, parents want answers.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
And we need these teachers. Terrese has a daughter in
the Witmen Hanson school system, and she is part of
a chorus of parents who are sounding off, feeling they've
been blindsided by a one point four million dollar budget
shortfall that was just made public and will now lead
to some two dozen teachers and staffers getting pink slips
just before the holidays.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
If we had cuts to our school, our children would suffer.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
There was a town hall style meeting this week confirming
the cuts. Now parents are demanding total budgetary transparency.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
We need to protect our funding for our school.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
In the future. That's the hope, but for now the
damage has been done at.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
The services that they desperately need.
Speaker 5 (05:02):
In Whitman, Jim acatably vs.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Boston's News Radio, and in Boston, the School Committee has
given the thumbs up to some new admissions policies for
exam schools. Globe reports the points based system that was
designed to add weight to students coming in from underserved
neighborhoods has now been cut. The new plans also include
a move to make twenty percent of available seats open
to any student who wants to try for them. Critics
(05:24):
say these moves will wipe out twenty years of advance
advances to get disadvantaged students better access to these exam schools.
There's three in all, Boston Latin Academy, Boston Latin School,
and the O'Brien School of Math and Science. Days before
world leaders meet in Brazil to talk about climate change,
a brand new study finds the world's temperature is on
an upward trend.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Last year was ranked as the planet's warmest on record.
The World Meteorological Organization says that this year is on
track to be the second or third warmest, partly because
of the climate pattern known as lun ninia, which typically
causes a temporary dip in average global temperature. The mwol
Place is blamed for the rising temperatures over the past
century and a half on what it calls human amplified
(06:07):
climate change. Jim Riyan ABC News.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
And rally is planned today in Harvard Square. Is the
union representing custodians and security officers at Harvard Demand a
Better Contract Union thirty two BJSCIU says the school has
not offered any sort of wage increase for the workers,
and with ten days till that contract expires, they're trying
to show support and solidarity to say more than a
thousand workers are impacted here. That rally set for just
(06:31):
afternoon on Cambridge Common. You are now in the loop
for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News
Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole Davis, wb LEE
and Boston's News Radio
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