July 8, 2026 • 6 mins
Mass General Brigham nurses are hitting the picket line today as they demand better wages and benefits. President Trump says the cease fire with Iran is over. Brockton's Mayor could soon be facing facing criminal charges over an incident involving a young person at a parade. Stay in "the loop" with WBZ newsradio.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Seventy four degrees in Boston, partly cloudy at eleven o'clock
on this Wednesday morning. Good to have you on board.
I'm Nicole Davis. Here's what's happening. Nurses at MATS General
Brigham are on the picket lines today demanding better wages
and benefits as contract talks remain stalled. Wbz's James row
hosses outside Brigham and Women's.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Hospital, Hundreds, if not thousands, of nurses and many other
supporters have taken over Francis Street outside Brigham and Women's Hospital,
mostly sticking to the sidewalk but making their voices be heard.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
If the nurses are outside, then something is wrong inside
everyone out here.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
We work hard.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
We work hard every day, we help our patients, and
we deserve fairness.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Mary, a former nurse, came out to show her support.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
I'm out here for my daughter in law, for all
of these mothers, all of these fathers who are working
very hard, day in, day out to take care of
the sickest of six.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Nurses have been very vocal and creative with their homemade signs,
some that take a more humorous approach to others that
are a bit more blunts about their concerns at Brigham
and Women's Jeans Rojas w b Z, Boston's news radio, and.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
The Healthcare system says it is fully prepared to keep
providing safe, high quality care throughout the work stoppage using
agency nurses. President Trump at eleven oh one says the
ceasefire with Iran is over. This after the US struck
Iran following Iranian attacks on American military sites in the
Gulf and also on ships making their way through the
Straight of Hoor. Moves the President oward the NATO summit,
(01:33):
threatening to launch more strikes against Iran tonight, potentially targeting
power plants and desalinization plan.
Speaker 5 (01:39):
This morning, President Trump declaring the deal he signed with
Iran just three weeks ago is now dead, calling the
negotiations a waste of time.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
To me, I think it's over.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
I don't want to deal with them, in with this scum.
You know what scum is.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
There's gum, there's sick people.
Speaker 6 (01:56):
They're led by sick people.
Speaker 5 (01:58):
Overnight, Iran in the US trading Tehran launching attacks across
the region, targeting US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
ABC's Rachel Scott, the BBC reporting a senior advisor to
the Supreme Leader of Iran calls the move quote driving
the region toward fire, saying their proxy groups have their
finger on the triggers. In response, also with the NATO's summit,
President Trump saying the US will be licensing its Patriot
air defense systems to be made overseas for Ukraine. The
(02:26):
President making the announcement during a meeting with Ukrainian President
Vladimir Selenski. This is a significant boost for Ukraine, which
has been at war with Russia for just about five years.
Zelensky has been calling for more defense systems to counter
Russian missile attacks. Two town employees in Holbrook are facing
felony charges. Is connected to a recent assault on somebody
(02:47):
who's homeless. Please say the victim was especially vulnerable as
they're dealing with quote significant mental health challenges. It is
not exactly clear when the assault happened or what led
up to it. A town administrator, though confirming the employees
in work at the Department of Public Works. Both are
now on leave. Beautiful blue skies out there for the
rest of the afternoon. We are definitely feeling not as
(03:09):
humid outside, but still a little bit on the sticky
side of things. Nice breeze is helping with that, especially
right on the coast where we're seeing that breeze off
the water, gusting to about twenty miles an hour, if
not twenty five if you're on the cape.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
We will see just a few clouds today, high in
the mid to upper seventies on the coast eighty two,
eighty three or so if you're inland. Then for tonight
mostly clear sixty five if you're inland, seventy on the coast.
Thursday Tomorrow, times of sun and clouds, breezy, pushing up
toward ninety. Friday, could have some storms in the afternoon,
but once again a little more humid, and we've got
(03:41):
a high near ninety right now in Marshfield, where it's
sixty eight seventy two degrees as we make our way
north of Boston into Danvers, west of the city. In
Fitchburg sixty nine and in Boston at eleven oh five
fair skies and seventy four. Brockton's mayor could soon be
facing criminal charges over an instant involving a young person
at parade. The update from w b z's Brook McCarthy mass.
Speaker 7 (04:03):
Date Police assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney's office
are moving forward with their plans to potentially charge Brockton
Mayor Moses Rodriguez with one count of assault and battery,
officers filing an application in Brockton District Court. This all
sends for allegations that the mayor made a high school
student feel uncomfortable during the Huntington parade back in May
by allegedly pulling the girl in close and touching her waist.
(04:25):
The girl's mother ran on to the field at the
high school's graduation to confront him. A judge did terminate
a harassment prevention order against Rodriguez, and he has denied
any wrongdoing. A hearing will be held to determine if
there is probable cause. Brooke McCarthy w BZ, Boston's News radio.
We have reached out to the mayor for comments. So far,
we have not heard back. In Maine, Graham Plattner has
(04:47):
yet to leave the race for Senates, even though calls
are coming from Democrats around the country for him to
do so. The push to get him out of the
race against Susan Collins comes after two of his former partners,
when public claiming sexual assaults. He has denied those claims.
Multiple reports sat Platner's campus refusing to move unless they
have a say in who comes next. Main Democratic Party
leader Devin Murphy Anderson says that's not going to happen.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
We have repeatedly reiterated two grand Platner's team that they
have no role in determining our next Democratic nominee for
the US Senate, nor in determining what.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
This process looks like.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
We have also reiterated that Graham Platner must drop out
of this race so that Democrats in Maine can focus
on defeating Susan Collins this November.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Some potential candidates include former state Senate President Troy Jackson,
Nirov Shah, who led the state's CDC during the height
of COVID, and main Secretary of State Senna Bellows. In Manhattan,
some office workers who were evacuated yesterday from that unstable
high rise were allowed to go back in this morning,
and it's some materials so they could keep working elsewhere,
official say. The building, the former Pfizer headquarters, has now
(05:52):
stopped moving after yesterday's problems with support columns that started
to buckle on the twenty first floor. ABC's Phil take.
Speaker 6 (06:00):
Near as an emergency cruiserre keeping a close eye on
the thirty seven story high rise building here on the
east side that was in jeopardy of collapsing. Now crews
have been hard at work all night long, according to
the Department of Buildings Commissioner. He says that the property
has been stabilized, so.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Today workers are out there reinforcing the damaged support columns
in that high rise building. It was in the middle
of a major renovation from that office space to residential
units when the support columns were compromised. You are now
in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listened
to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole Davis, WBZ,
(06:36):
Boston's news Radio
Seventy four degrees in Boston, partly cloudy at eleven o'clock
on this Wednesday morning. Good to have you on board.
I'm Nicole Davis. Here's what's happening. Nurses at MATS General
Brigham are on the picket lines today demanding better wages
and benefits as contract talks remain stalled. Wbz's James row
hosses outside Brigham and Women's.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Hospital, Hundreds, if not thousands, of nurses and many other
supporters have taken over Francis Street outside Brigham and Women's Hospital,
mostly sticking to the sidewalk but making their voices be heard.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
If the nurses are outside, then something is wrong inside
everyone out here.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
We work hard.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
We work hard every day, we help our patients, and
we deserve fairness.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Mary, a former nurse, came out to show her support.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
I'm out here for my daughter in law, for all
of these mothers, all of these fathers who are working
very hard, day in, day out to take care of
the sickest of six.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Nurses have been very vocal and creative with their homemade signs,
some that take a more humorous approach to others that
are a bit more blunts about their concerns at Brigham
and Women's Jeans Rojas w b Z, Boston's news radio, and.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
The Healthcare system says it is fully prepared to keep
providing safe, high quality care throughout the work stoppage using
agency nurses. President Trump at eleven oh one says the
ceasefire with Iran is over. This after the US struck
Iran following Iranian attacks on American military sites in the
Gulf and also on ships making their way through the
Straight of Hoor. Moves the President oward the NATO summit,
(01:33):
threatening to launch more strikes against Iran tonight, potentially targeting
power plants and desalinization plan.
Speaker 5 (01:39):
This morning, President Trump declaring the deal he signed with
Iran just three weeks ago is now dead, calling the
negotiations a waste of time.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
To me, I think it's over.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
I don't want to deal with them, in with this scum.
You know what scum is.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
There's gum, there's sick people.
Speaker 6 (01:56):
They're led by sick people.
Speaker 5 (01:58):
Overnight, Iran in the US trading Tehran launching attacks across
the region, targeting US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
ABC's Rachel Scott, the BBC reporting a senior advisor to
the Supreme Leader of Iran calls the move quote driving
the region toward fire, saying their proxy groups have their
finger on the triggers. In response, also with the NATO's summit,
President Trump saying the US will be licensing its Patriot
air defense systems to be made overseas for Ukraine. The
(02:26):
President making the announcement during a meeting with Ukrainian President
Vladimir Selenski. This is a significant boost for Ukraine, which
has been at war with Russia for just about five years.
Zelensky has been calling for more defense systems to counter
Russian missile attacks. Two town employees in Holbrook are facing
felony charges. Is connected to a recent assault on somebody
(02:47):
who's homeless. Please say the victim was especially vulnerable as
they're dealing with quote significant mental health challenges. It is
not exactly clear when the assault happened or what led
up to it. A town administrator, though confirming the employees
in work at the Department of Public Works. Both are
now on leave. Beautiful blue skies out there for the
rest of the afternoon. We are definitely feeling not as
(03:09):
humid outside, but still a little bit on the sticky
side of things. Nice breeze is helping with that, especially
right on the coast where we're seeing that breeze off
the water, gusting to about twenty miles an hour, if
not twenty five if you're on the cape.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
We will see just a few clouds today, high in
the mid to upper seventies on the coast eighty two,
eighty three or so if you're inland. Then for tonight
mostly clear sixty five if you're inland, seventy on the coast.
Thursday Tomorrow, times of sun and clouds, breezy, pushing up
toward ninety. Friday, could have some storms in the afternoon,
but once again a little more humid, and we've got
(03:41):
a high near ninety right now in Marshfield, where it's
sixty eight seventy two degrees as we make our way
north of Boston into Danvers, west of the city. In
Fitchburg sixty nine and in Boston at eleven oh five
fair skies and seventy four. Brockton's mayor could soon be
facing criminal charges over an instant involving a young person
at parade. The update from w b z's Brook McCarthy mass.
Speaker 7 (04:03):
Date Police assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney's office
are moving forward with their plans to potentially charge Brockton
Mayor Moses Rodriguez with one count of assault and battery,
officers filing an application in Brockton District Court. This all
sends for allegations that the mayor made a high school
student feel uncomfortable during the Huntington parade back in May
by allegedly pulling the girl in close and touching her waist.
(04:25):
The girl's mother ran on to the field at the
high school's graduation to confront him. A judge did terminate
a harassment prevention order against Rodriguez, and he has denied
any wrongdoing. A hearing will be held to determine if
there is probable cause. Brooke McCarthy w BZ, Boston's News radio.
We have reached out to the mayor for comments. So far,
we have not heard back. In Maine, Graham Plattner has
(04:47):
yet to leave the race for Senates, even though calls
are coming from Democrats around the country for him to
do so. The push to get him out of the
race against Susan Collins comes after two of his former partners,
when public claiming sexual assaults. He has denied those claims.
Multiple reports sat Platner's campus refusing to move unless they
have a say in who comes next. Main Democratic Party
leader Devin Murphy Anderson says that's not going to happen.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
We have repeatedly reiterated two grand Platner's team that they
have no role in determining our next Democratic nominee for
the US Senate, nor in determining what.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
This process looks like.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
We have also reiterated that Graham Platner must drop out
of this race so that Democrats in Maine can focus
on defeating Susan Collins this November.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Some potential candidates include former state Senate President Troy Jackson,
Nirov Shah, who led the state's CDC during the height
of COVID, and main Secretary of State Senna Bellows. In Manhattan,
some office workers who were evacuated yesterday from that unstable
high rise were allowed to go back in this morning,
and it's some materials so they could keep working elsewhere,
official say. The building, the former Pfizer headquarters, has now
(05:52):
stopped moving after yesterday's problems with support columns that started
to buckle on the twenty first floor. ABC's Phil take.
Speaker 6 (06:00):
Near as an emergency cruiserre keeping a close eye on
the thirty seven story high rise building here on the
east side that was in jeopardy of collapsing. Now crews
have been hard at work all night long, according to
the Department of Buildings Commissioner. He says that the property
has been stabilized, so.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Today workers are out there reinforcing the damaged support columns
in that high rise building. It was in the middle
of a major renovation from that office space to residential
units when the support columns were compromised. You are now
in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listened
to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole Davis, WBZ,
(06:36):
Boston's news Radio
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