November 1, 2025 • 7 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
We defining local news.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Forty seven degrees in Boston at six o'clock. Good morning,
I'm Charlie Burgern. Here's what's happening. Two federal judges have
ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the
Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program notice SNAP using emergency reserve funds
during the government shutdown. The rulings yesterday, coming a day
(00:33):
before the payments were due to be halted. Republicans on
Capitol Hill have argued only Congress can keep the programs going.
Here's CBS News, Tory and Small.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
They have been maintaining that it should not have been
in that contingency fund should not be used for anything
outside of a disaster. They pointed to Hurricane Melissa as
potential reason for the need of that. But Democrats aren't
buying it. We've heard over the past couple of days
that it's unc it's cruel and unfair that the Trump
administration and their minds are using this as leverage.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
SNAP is used by one in eight Americans to buy
groceries and is a major piece of the nation's social
safety net. The administration has said it cannot fund SNAP,
but the government shuttered. Democratic officials challenge the plan to
freeze SNAP payments beginning today, saying there's a legal obligation
to keep providing assistance for low income people, and two
(01:29):
judges have agreed. Today is also the beginning of open
enrollment for healthcare plans under the Affordable Care Act, and
some people could be in for a sticker shock.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Democrats refuse to end the government shut down unless Republicans
agreed to extend healthcare subsidies. Julie Rovner of KFF Health
News says, if Congress lets enhanced premium tax credits expire, you.
Speaker 5 (01:49):
Can certainly say that pretty much everybody is going to
be expected to pay more.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
KFF policy analyst Matt McGoff expects a large portion of
the twenty four million enrollees under the ACA coverage to
drop out. Jennifer Kuiper CBS News.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Most Call Thursday in the sky and on the ground
at Logan Airport, Delta flight with two hundred and ninety
five people on board headed to New York was diverted
to Boston because of bad weather. As that flight was
about to land. A Cape Air flight was about to
take off from an intersecting runway. The Delta flight crew
instructed by air traffic control to discontinue their landing and
(02:24):
stay in the sky. Once the Cape airflight cleared their runway.
The Delta flight did land safely. The FAA is investigating
and as the government shutdown has led to increased concerns
over air traffic controller staffing levels. A United Airlines plane
last night clipping the tail of another United plane on
the taxiway at New York's LaGuardia Airport. CBS News New
(02:49):
York reporter ad Gajardo in LaGuardia.
Speaker 6 (02:53):
The airline says no one was injured and what must
have been a terrifying moment for passengers and crew members
on board. United air Lines releasing a statement saying that
flight five to eighty that was coming in from Chicago
was turning into its arrival gate when innate contact with
the tail of flight four to thirty four, which was
a stationary plane on the taxiway.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
This is the second recent episode at LaGuardia. It was
October first to Delta planes were involved in a collision
on the taxiway at the airport. Let's check the four
day WDBZ ACHU weather forecast another blustery day today Chili,
more sun than clouds, though high fifty seven, partly cloudy
overnight Tonight the wind sticks around will drop back to
(03:36):
the mid upper thirties and if you are well inland,
down to about the freezing mark overnight. Tomorrow Chile with
a good deal of sun again, high fifty two. Monday,
some sun followed by increasing clouds, maybe some showers later
in the day. On Monday, high fifty nine, and then
Tuesday breezy with sunshine and a high fifty seven forty seven.
Right now in Boston, very windy. That wind out of
(03:59):
the west about six sixteen miles per hour, gusting to
thirty five. It is six oh five and Halloween is
over and in its wake, how are the which city
residents feeling about it being all over? Here's wbz's Jillette.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
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 7 (04:18):
Usually it was just the weekend where the big pop
would happen, and on Halloween itself, but now lately it's
been a lot more people coming, but all during the week,
every single.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Day, next to Mercy's tavern. The yard is decorated like
it's an abandoned pirate ship. We're handy costume makers here
from Salem. 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 7 (04:43):
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 middle of November and Salem.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Jay Willette WBZ Boston's News Ready.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Now yesterday at Boston University's Physics Department with some hell
from the College of Engineering. Oh a pumpkin smash and
another and another from the rooftop of the Metcalf Science
Center seventy feet down to Commab. Yesterday's Halloween Drop is
(05:16):
an annual event for students to prove the laws of
physics are still working. Good students and faculty dropped all
kinds of boards and threw in an honorary pamelo for
a good measure none if it went to waste. All
the pumpkins were composted by BEU Sustainability. So if you've
dipped into your kid's Halloween candy yet and you're a
(05:38):
little disappointed, don't be surprised.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
Morning after grab for a candy bar may have a
strange after taste. From Almond Joys to Mister good Bars.
Speaker 7 (05:51):
Watch of Things, of Chases, I get twenty five, but
of peanuts and chocolate, just check the packaging.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
He Shes has quietly switched from real chocolate to chocolatey
flavoring in 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,
Journings called Hershey's chief exec reported cocoa prices are seventy
percent above twenty twenty three levels. Deborah Rodriguez CBS News.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Wow, Stranger Things is about to come to an end.
Speaker 8 (06:26):
Netflix just release the trailer for Stranger Things five. The
first four episodes come out November twenty six. Three more
arrive on Christmas, and then the series finale will air
on New Year's Eve. One last card. You can watch
that final episode from your couch at home, or go
check it out on the big screen. It will be
(06:48):
shown in about three hundred and fifty movie theaters all
across the country. It's the first time ever a Netflix
series has gotten a theatrical premiere.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
You are now in the loop news updates throughout the day.
Listen to WDBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm
Charlie Berger on WDBZ, Boston's news radio
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
We defining local news.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Forty seven degrees in Boston at six o'clock. Good morning,
I'm Charlie Burgern. Here's what's happening. Two federal judges have
ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the
Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program notice SNAP using emergency reserve funds
during the government shutdown. The rulings yesterday, coming a day
(00:33):
before the payments were due to be halted. Republicans on
Capitol Hill have argued only Congress can keep the programs going.
Here's CBS News, Tory and Small.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
They have been maintaining that it should not have been
in that contingency fund should not be used for anything
outside of a disaster. They pointed to Hurricane Melissa as
potential reason for the need of that. But Democrats aren't
buying it. We've heard over the past couple of days
that it's unc it's cruel and unfair that the Trump
administration and their minds are using this as leverage.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
SNAP is used by one in eight Americans to buy
groceries and is a major piece of the nation's social
safety net. The administration has said it cannot fund SNAP,
but the government shuttered. Democratic officials challenge the plan to
freeze SNAP payments beginning today, saying there's a legal obligation
to keep providing assistance for low income people, and two
(01:29):
judges have agreed. Today is also the beginning of open
enrollment for healthcare plans under the Affordable Care Act, and
some people could be in for a sticker shock.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Democrats refuse to end the government shut down unless Republicans
agreed to extend healthcare subsidies. Julie Rovner of KFF Health
News says, if Congress lets enhanced premium tax credits expire, you.
Speaker 5 (01:49):
Can certainly say that pretty much everybody is going to
be expected to pay more.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
KFF policy analyst Matt McGoff expects a large portion of
the twenty four million enrollees under the ACA coverage to
drop out. Jennifer Kuiper CBS News.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Most Call Thursday in the sky and on the ground
at Logan Airport, Delta flight with two hundred and ninety
five people on board headed to New York was diverted
to Boston because of bad weather. As that flight was
about to land. A Cape Air flight was about to
take off from an intersecting runway. The Delta flight crew
instructed by air traffic control to discontinue their landing and
(02:24):
stay in the sky. Once the Cape airflight cleared their runway.
The Delta flight did land safely. The FAA is investigating
and as the government shutdown has led to increased concerns
over air traffic controller staffing levels. A United Airlines plane
last night clipping the tail of another United plane on
the taxiway at New York's LaGuardia Airport. CBS News New
(02:49):
York reporter ad Gajardo in LaGuardia.
Speaker 6 (02:53):
The airline says no one was injured and what must
have been a terrifying moment for passengers and crew members
on board. United air Lines releasing a statement saying that
flight five to eighty that was coming in from Chicago
was turning into its arrival gate when innate contact with
the tail of flight four to thirty four, which was
a stationary plane on the taxiway.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
This is the second recent episode at LaGuardia. It was
October first to Delta planes were involved in a collision
on the taxiway at the airport. Let's check the four
day WDBZ ACHU weather forecast another blustery day today Chili,
more sun than clouds, though high fifty seven, partly cloudy
overnight Tonight the wind sticks around will drop back to
(03:36):
the mid upper thirties and if you are well inland,
down to about the freezing mark overnight. Tomorrow Chile with
a good deal of sun again, high fifty two. Monday,
some sun followed by increasing clouds, maybe some showers later
in the day. On Monday, high fifty nine, and then
Tuesday breezy with sunshine and a high fifty seven forty seven.
Right now in Boston, very windy. That wind out of
(03:59):
the west about six sixteen miles per hour, gusting to
thirty five. It is six oh five and Halloween is
over and in its wake, how are the which city
residents feeling about it being all over? Here's wbz's Jillette.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
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 7 (04:18):
Usually it was just the weekend where the big pop
would happen, and on Halloween itself, but now lately it's
been a lot more people coming, but all during the week,
every single.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Day, next to Mercy's tavern. The yard is decorated like
it's an abandoned pirate ship. We're handy costume makers here
from Salem. 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 7 (04:43):
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 middle of November and Salem.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Jay Willette WBZ Boston's News Ready.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Now yesterday at Boston University's Physics Department with some hell
from the College of Engineering. Oh a pumpkin smash and
another and another from the rooftop of the Metcalf Science
Center seventy feet down to Commab. Yesterday's Halloween Drop is
(05:16):
an annual event for students to prove the laws of
physics are still working. Good students and faculty dropped all
kinds of boards and threw in an honorary pamelo for
a good measure none if it went to waste. All
the pumpkins were composted by BEU Sustainability. So if you've
dipped into your kid's Halloween candy yet and you're a
(05:38):
little disappointed, don't be surprised.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
Morning after grab for a candy bar may have a
strange after taste. From Almond Joys to Mister good Bars.
Speaker 7 (05:51):
Watch of Things, of Chases, I get twenty five, but
of peanuts and chocolate, just check the packaging.
Speaker 5 (06:00):
He Shes has quietly switched from real chocolate to chocolatey
flavoring in 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,
Journings called Hershey's chief exec reported cocoa prices are seventy
percent above twenty twenty three levels. Deborah Rodriguez CBS News.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Wow, Stranger Things is about to come to an end.
Speaker 8 (06:26):
Netflix just release the trailer for Stranger Things five. The
first four episodes come out November twenty six. Three more
arrive on Christmas, and then the series finale will air
on New Year's Eve. One last card. You can watch
that final episode from your couch at home, or go
check it out on the big screen. It will be
(06:48):
shown in about three hundred and fifty movie theaters all
across the country. It's the first time ever a Netflix
series has gotten a theatrical premiere.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
You are now in the loop news updates throughout the day.
Listen to WDBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm
Charlie Berger on WDBZ, Boston's news radio
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