July 17, 2025 • 7 mins
U.S Senate voted to cut $9 billion from public media and foreign aid, TSA makes another security change, and things heat up at the negotiating table. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Wait
a minute, it's only Thursday. It is six o'clock here
in Boston on this Thursday morning. We've got some clouds
in the sky and an otherwise other hazy day coming up.
It is already seventy three here in Boston. The news
(00:24):
It's six brought to us by You're a New England
Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for
being with us this Thursday morning. I'm Jeff Brown. The
heat can't stop, won't stop.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
We'll see clouds and some sunshine today.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Look for a couple of thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon
and evening hours, but it will eventually stop. We all
know that WBZ achiweather meteorologist Joe Lundberg summer's furnace does
get knocked down a peg. Starting tomorrow afternoon, Baseball continues
to take its annual summertime breather. The Red Sox are
off again today as the All Star break wraps up.
The second half of the season begins tomorrow night with
(00:57):
a weekend series against the Cubs and Cago. And don't
look now, hockey is on the way and the Bruins
schedule is out. The b season opens on October eighth
in Washington against the Capitals, another near all nighter on
Capitol Hill as the US Senate delivers a nine billion
dollar federal funding clawback victory to the Presidents.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
On this vote, the yas are fifty one, the nayser
forty eight, and on this vote the bill is amitted
as passed.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Republican senators Collins and Murkowski voted against the package. Mitch
McConnell opposed it earlier, but ended up voting in favor
of it. The bill now goes back to the House,
where it faces a Friday deadline for a final vote
before it hits President Trump's desk for his signature. Stacy Lynn,
CBS News Washington.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
President Trump says he may not ultimately fire the head
of the FED, Jerome Powell, after waiving a copy of
a draft termination letter in front of Republican leaders. This
week should have interest.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Rates a long time ago.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Europe has got a ten times in the short period
of time when we.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Cut a none.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
President says he's looking for reaction to the idea of
cutting Powell loose, and says most everyone he's talked to
is an agreement to do it, but legally the administration
can't do it. By the way, the Federal Reserve Chairman
Jerome Powell is expected to leave interest rates alone on
recommendation from that panel coming up later on this month.
(02:24):
A top federal prosecutor involved in the high profile trials
of Jeffrey Epstein and Sean Diddy Combs has been fired,
but no one's saying why. Specifically, Maureen Coomy, with the
Southern District of New York and the daughter of former
FBI Director James Comy, gets the bad news. The President
has recently railed against pushback from Republicans on the potential
release of the infamous Epstein files, calling those Republicans in
(02:48):
supports of the release weaklings, no shoes, no problem. May
be just the beginning of some big time security changes
at Logan and airports all around the country.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
The days of diversifying your liquids into multiple three point
four ounce bottles may be coming to an end. That's
according to Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nome, who says it's
being questioned. Opinions here a Logan are mixed.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Great idea, it's.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
Very difficult to get anything that's going to.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Be detrimental to travel in something larger.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
Than three ounces.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Word that people can bring things they shouldn't bring on
the airline and danger other people is good, but it's
bad at the same time.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Can you hear that we'll goes through your head.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
I think I would have saved a lot of perfume
by now if that had been like the case already.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
So I really am good with it.
Speaker 5 (03:32):
I think that sounds awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
At the Hill Nation Summit, Nome said the TSA has
a multi layered screening process that allows them to change
and still be safe. At Logan James Rojas WBZ Boston
some news radio.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Enough already this morning here in Boston, we're waking up
under cloudy skies. For the most part, it is an
uncomfortable seventy three degrees once again, and once again today
the humidity levels are going to be through the roof.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
It might not be actually as hot today as it
was yesterday, with daytime high stalling in the mid to
upper eighties. It seems like we might get to ninety
in inland locations. But here in Boston and along the
shoreline today there appears to be a sea breeze in
the works this afternoon, which will hopefully cool us down
just a little bit. If not, we'll do the trick
(04:17):
tomorrow as the air begins to dry out. It's another
hot one tomorrow with high temperatures in the mid to
upper eighties. And then the weekend is looking pretty spectacular,
at least on Saturday, with high temperatures in the eighties.
The mugginess starts to return, with some the best chance
of some showers coming up on Sunday afternoon. Right now
in Boston, it is a sticky seventy three degrees as
we get started on this Thursday morning. It is six
(04:40):
h six. You're running out of ways to keep cool.
All the kids north of town are being blasted by
a fire hosebz's Drew mo'holland is here to tell us
all about it. Good morning, Andrew, Good morning, Jeffrey.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
I remember this happening to me as a kid too.
It's a very nice moment. You know these parks and camps,
you know they go on in these towns and all
that stuff. Well, the fired fighters in Topsfield they're doing there.
Heard they stop by and spray the kids this week
right with water from the truck.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
They want to get sprayed.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
We can teams like you aim high?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Is that right?
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Yeah, we want the water to come down on the kids,
so we can give them a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Uh, I'd say pressure, but it's not really pressure. So
there's an art to do in this.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Yeah, it's not exactly a water cannon going at it.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
And they're just saying they go high and have the
water range.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Back in my day, all we got was with the
park instructors was gimp. Oh do the gimp right, Remember
what exactly was your dage? That's you know, listen. I
would go in and I'd see the parkings do the gimp,
and I'm like, I'm gonna go play trucks or something.
Speaker 5 (05:36):
All the adults complaining about the heat, you know, you
hear a lot of that. It's too hot, it's too hot.
All these kids they love it. No complaining, Oh complaining whatsoever?
All right, Drew, thank you. Cooler heads may yet prevail.
After punching and counter punching this week, striking sanitation workers
in Greater Boston say they'll go back to the bargaining
table with Republic Services. The Team Stars Union Local twenty
(05:57):
five tells WBZ News Radio a federal media will again
be at the table after the union accuses the company
of bargaining in bad faith and Republic takes workers to
court over concerns of violence. Well, this strike just won't quit.
Families in Beverly still upset over last year's teachers walk
out or going to court suing. Unclaims the teacher's twelve
(06:17):
day job action costs them money and emotional distress. Two
local families make this move. They want seventeen million dollars
in damages. Partially, unclaims that teachers' strikes in Massachusetts are illegal,
though a bill currently on Beacon Hill would allow those
strikes under certain circumstances. A name change that fans of
(06:37):
this pitch can get behind, we find out now from
WBC's Jim McKay.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
President Trump at the FIFA Club World Cup finale suggested
he may draft and executive order officially changing the name
of soccer to football in the US. Getting in line
with the rest of the world does pose an interesting question.
Why is there a difference.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
It's a culture thing.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
It's big over there. Well, because the game wasn't invented here,
so why change.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
We certainly don't call it a football on the pitch,
we call it a soccer ball.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
They don't know that. In different places they call it
different types of balls.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
And yes, football fans around the world do make fun
of Americans for calling it soccer.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
So they probably get mad because of that.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
The President already has a few controversial name changes under
his belt. Gulf of America anyone well this one, however,
may see a more worldly, embraced soccer or it's just
football and Plymouth. Jim MCKAWBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Wait
a minute, it's only Thursday. It is six o'clock here
in Boston on this Thursday morning. We've got some clouds
in the sky and an otherwise other hazy day coming up.
It is already seventy three here in Boston. The news
(00:24):
It's six brought to us by You're a New England
Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for
being with us this Thursday morning. I'm Jeff Brown. The
heat can't stop, won't stop.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
We'll see clouds and some sunshine today.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Look for a couple of thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon
and evening hours, but it will eventually stop. We all
know that WBZ achiweather meteorologist Joe Lundberg summer's furnace does
get knocked down a peg. Starting tomorrow afternoon, Baseball continues
to take its annual summertime breather. The Red Sox are
off again today as the All Star break wraps up.
The second half of the season begins tomorrow night with
(00:57):
a weekend series against the Cubs and Cago. And don't
look now, hockey is on the way and the Bruins
schedule is out. The b season opens on October eighth
in Washington against the Capitals, another near all nighter on
Capitol Hill as the US Senate delivers a nine billion
dollar federal funding clawback victory to the Presidents.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
On this vote, the yas are fifty one, the nayser
forty eight, and on this vote the bill is amitted
as passed.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Republican senators Collins and Murkowski voted against the package. Mitch
McConnell opposed it earlier, but ended up voting in favor
of it. The bill now goes back to the House,
where it faces a Friday deadline for a final vote
before it hits President Trump's desk for his signature. Stacy Lynn,
CBS News Washington.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
President Trump says he may not ultimately fire the head
of the FED, Jerome Powell, after waiving a copy of
a draft termination letter in front of Republican leaders. This
week should have interest.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Rates a long time ago.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Europe has got a ten times in the short period
of time when we.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Cut a none.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
President says he's looking for reaction to the idea of
cutting Powell loose, and says most everyone he's talked to
is an agreement to do it, but legally the administration
can't do it. By the way, the Federal Reserve Chairman
Jerome Powell is expected to leave interest rates alone on
recommendation from that panel coming up later on this month.
(02:24):
A top federal prosecutor involved in the high profile trials
of Jeffrey Epstein and Sean Diddy Combs has been fired,
but no one's saying why. Specifically, Maureen Coomy, with the
Southern District of New York and the daughter of former
FBI Director James Comy, gets the bad news. The President
has recently railed against pushback from Republicans on the potential
release of the infamous Epstein files, calling those Republicans in
(02:48):
supports of the release weaklings, no shoes, no problem. May
be just the beginning of some big time security changes
at Logan and airports all around the country.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
The days of diversifying your liquids into multiple three point
four ounce bottles may be coming to an end. That's
according to Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nome, who says it's
being questioned. Opinions here a Logan are mixed.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Great idea, it's.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
Very difficult to get anything that's going to.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Be detrimental to travel in something larger.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
Than three ounces.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Word that people can bring things they shouldn't bring on
the airline and danger other people is good, but it's
bad at the same time.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Can you hear that we'll goes through your head.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
I think I would have saved a lot of perfume
by now if that had been like the case already.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
So I really am good with it.
Speaker 5 (03:32):
I think that sounds awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
At the Hill Nation Summit, Nome said the TSA has
a multi layered screening process that allows them to change
and still be safe. At Logan James Rojas WBZ Boston
some news radio.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Enough already this morning here in Boston, we're waking up
under cloudy skies. For the most part, it is an
uncomfortable seventy three degrees once again, and once again today
the humidity levels are going to be through the roof.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Now.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
It might not be actually as hot today as it
was yesterday, with daytime high stalling in the mid to
upper eighties. It seems like we might get to ninety
in inland locations. But here in Boston and along the
shoreline today there appears to be a sea breeze in
the works this afternoon, which will hopefully cool us down
just a little bit. If not, we'll do the trick
(04:17):
tomorrow as the air begins to dry out. It's another
hot one tomorrow with high temperatures in the mid to
upper eighties. And then the weekend is looking pretty spectacular,
at least on Saturday, with high temperatures in the eighties.
The mugginess starts to return, with some the best chance
of some showers coming up on Sunday afternoon. Right now
in Boston, it is a sticky seventy three degrees as
we get started on this Thursday morning. It is six
(04:40):
h six. You're running out of ways to keep cool.
All the kids north of town are being blasted by
a fire hosebz's Drew mo'holland is here to tell us
all about it. Good morning, Andrew, Good morning, Jeffrey.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
I remember this happening to me as a kid too.
It's a very nice moment. You know these parks and camps,
you know they go on in these towns and all
that stuff. Well, the fired fighters in Topsfield they're doing there.
Heard they stop by and spray the kids this week
right with water from the truck.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
They want to get sprayed.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
We can teams like you aim high?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Is that right?
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Yeah, we want the water to come down on the kids,
so we can give them a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Uh, I'd say pressure, but it's not really pressure. So
there's an art to do in this.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Yeah, it's not exactly a water cannon going at it.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
And they're just saying they go high and have the
water range.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Back in my day, all we got was with the
park instructors was gimp. Oh do the gimp right, Remember
what exactly was your dage? That's you know, listen. I
would go in and I'd see the parkings do the gimp,
and I'm like, I'm gonna go play trucks or something.
Speaker 5 (05:36):
All the adults complaining about the heat, you know, you
hear a lot of that. It's too hot, it's too hot.
All these kids they love it. No complaining, Oh complaining whatsoever?
All right, Drew, thank you. Cooler heads may yet prevail.
After punching and counter punching this week, striking sanitation workers
in Greater Boston say they'll go back to the bargaining
table with Republic Services. The Team Stars Union Local twenty
(05:57):
five tells WBZ News Radio a federal media will again
be at the table after the union accuses the company
of bargaining in bad faith and Republic takes workers to
court over concerns of violence. Well, this strike just won't quit.
Families in Beverly still upset over last year's teachers walk
out or going to court suing. Unclaims the teacher's twelve
(06:17):
day job action costs them money and emotional distress. Two
local families make this move. They want seventeen million dollars
in damages. Partially, unclaims that teachers' strikes in Massachusetts are illegal,
though a bill currently on Beacon Hill would allow those
strikes under certain circumstances. A name change that fans of
(06:37):
this pitch can get behind, we find out now from
WBC's Jim McKay.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
President Trump at the FIFA Club World Cup finale suggested
he may draft and executive order officially changing the name
of soccer to football in the US. Getting in line
with the rest of the world does pose an interesting question.
Why is there a difference.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
It's a culture thing.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
It's big over there. Well, because the game wasn't invented here,
so why change.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
We certainly don't call it a football on the pitch,
we call it a soccer ball.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
They don't know that. In different places they call it
different types of balls.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
And yes, football fans around the world do make fun
of Americans for calling it soccer.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
So they probably get mad because of that.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
The President already has a few controversial name changes under
his belt. Gulf of America anyone well this one, however,
may see a more worldly, embraced soccer or it's just
football and Plymouth. Jim MCKAWBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
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