Morning Report: Thursday, July 9, 2026

The heat is on again, quarterfinal World Cup action today in Foxboro, waiting to see what will happen this morning with the nurses strike. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ News radio.

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Episode Transcript

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Seventy three degrees and we are looking at another beautiful
morning here on this Thursday six o'clock. It is July ninth,
twenty twenty six, and this hour of news is brought
to you by your New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid
all wheel drive headquarters. Thank you so much for joining us.
And good morning. I'm Jim McKay. And here's what's happening. Well,

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that heat is on yet again and we are really
turning it up later this afternoon.

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Se cose bes she come.

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And you've made it to Thursday.

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Sunshine mixes with clouds. Today it'll become breezy, hot and
humid with a highneering ninety WBZ.

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ACI Weather meteorologist Joe Lundberger really sizzle this afternoon and
tomorrow as well. It's an off night, by the way,
for the man you're hearing right now, Noah Kahn. Tonight
at Fenway after another epic Night two. We had twenty
five songs last night and a few changes for fans
as we go, way mess in Lighthouse all making the

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set list nine, three and four. They come Friday and Saturday. Meantime,
Noah also hitting the links with a group of local kids.

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It was a golf outing to Remember for Boston Public
School students, a chance to rub elbows with Noah kN As.
Boston Common Golf sponsored a golf skills clinic, Mayor Michelle
Woo calling the event a win for the kids. For
too many kids across the country, golf can seem like
it's somebody else's game. We want every kid in Boston,
in every neighborhood to have the chance to learn how

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to play. Boston Common Golf providing three golf simulators for
the city, including one at Boston Latin School, where there's
a golf team for both boys and girls in West Roxbury.
Mike macleum WBZ, Boston's news radio six o two.

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Now Red Sox win their fifth straight five nothing over
the White Sox, capitalizing on mistakes backstop, Here comes the runner,
diving in at home plate.

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Safe at home.

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Brian on Nessen, Chad Tracy, intern manager, now a game
above five hundred. He's at thirty two and thirty one
on the year for his personal record, the team record overall.
They're getting there, forty two and forty eight on the season,
twelve back of first place. Meanwhile, Slugger Wilson Catreraz by
the way, injured after fouling off one on his foot.
Wimbledon semifinals today, American star Coco gonf Is in action

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and quarterfinal World Cup action today in Foxboro, WPCs Drew
mahall and telling us the match between France and Morocco
is going to be the last World Cup match at
Boston Stadium.

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Now on the stretch we come here World Cup Soccer.
What a blast it has been. Governor Morri Heay speaking
with the BBC saying she's said to see it go too.
It has been such a fantastic experience.

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World Cup for us has been all about celebration and joy. Unity.

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We have had so many people from all around the world.
No Scotland, no party, but that's the kind of fun
it was around here. Of course, Team USA now out
of this tournament after the lost to Bellem the other night.
Fox says more than thirty million people tuned in to
watch that, which is greater than any other sports events
except for the NFL. Drew maholl and WBZ Boston's.

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News radiolating to see what will happen this morning with
the nurses strike at Brigham and Women's hospital. Also Master
General Brigham Healthcare is still no deal done. After nurses
were outside the hospital in Boston for the entire day
demanding a better contract. Now the union authorized a one
day's strike. Mass General Brigham has temporary nurses working and

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is prepared to have them there for five days. Governor
Healey urging nurses in hospital leadership to head back to
the bargaining table. She met with both sides at the
State House yesterday. Now that strike, the one day strike
is set to expire at six point fifty nine this morning,
so kind of a wait and see here. We'll keep
an eye on it for you. Meantime, at six oh seven,

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it was another night of airstrikes in Iran, when the
US military saying dozens of targets were hit and Iran
saying they hit right back, targeting US spaces in Kuwait
and bob Rain. This all comes on the back of
President Trump saying the Iran ceasefire deal is essentially over
and previewing bigger attacks against Iran. The President has touchdown
by the way back of the US and is back

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in Washington, and with that, gas price is now headed
in the other direction once again. Overnight we saw those
prices take a jump. The national average, according to Triple A,
is back to three dollars in eighty five cents, with
the Massachusetts average now up a penny two three point
eighty seven. And remember you can always You are now

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in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen
to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Jim McKay, WBZ,
Boston's news radio