Morning Report: Thursday, November 20, 2025

Boston tourism officials launch a new campaign, the bill to release the Epstein files is now law, and a Miss Universe contestant takes a tumble. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZY, Boston's news radio.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
We defining local news.

Speaker 3 (00:11):
I settle down people, It's only Thursday, but we're getting
there right six o'clock on this Thursday morning, and we're
waking up under partly to mostly cloudy skies this morning
and extremely cold conditions once again. In fact, it's exactly
freezing in Boston this morning. The News at six brought
to us by your new England Toyota dealer, your hybrid
all wheel drive headquarters. I'm Jeff Brown. Welcome aboard.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
We'll make this short and sweet.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
More clouds and sun today with a high about forty five.

Speaker 3 (00:37):
At is WBZ achi weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. It's gonna
be slightly warmer coming up this weekend. Tough one out
West late night, the Bruins go down swinging in Anaheim,
the loss to the Docks. The Bees will visit Los
Angeles and the Kings tomorrow night. Celtics also off until
tomorrow night. They returned to the Garden and at NBA
Cup game against the Nets. The walking wounded our rounding

(01:00):
into shape for the Patriots as they get some good
injury news ahead of this weekends match up with the
Bengals Sunday in Cincinnati. Thanksgiving is one week from today,
and if you're hosting, it's hard enough to get your
act together for the big day, but then again you
need to plan for a budget, and we're all over

(01:20):
the map this year. WBC Strew moholland is here with
the latest numbers. Good morning, Andrew, Morning, Jeffery, you host,
I do not? I do host?

Speaker 2 (01:28):
Yeah, reluctantly, Aunt Gene comes through for my family. There
we go.

Speaker 4 (01:33):
There's been a lot to talk about the cost of
a turkey, Jeffrey. It's definitive. Report from the American Farm
Bureers suggests it's not going to be that bad this year.
The group says the average cost of putting on a
feast for ten people turkey, all the fixins as well
as dessert going to be about fifty five bucks in change.
That's about five dollars fifty cents a person. A third
year in a row now of price declines, and the
group says it all varies by region, but this will

(01:55):
be nowhere near the record setting price tag of sixty
four bucks a pop three years ago. Katherine, this turkey
tastes half as good as it looks.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
I think we're all in for a very big treat.
Save the neck for me Clark, Okay, Eddie.

Speaker 4 (02:14):
We get that every year.

Speaker 3 (02:15):
NOI it's a must play every year. One week from today,
people ready set go. Tourism officials that meet Boston want
to meet more of you. The organization launches a new
campaign designed to tap into the possibility of bringing more
major events to the city. The Greater Boston Sports Commission
is born, and it hopes to build on the pending

(02:37):
success of next summer's FIFA World Cup matches at Jillette Stadium.
The Globe reports the billion dollars in economic activity the
World Cup matches will bring to the area are too
much to pass up, so the panel will look at
ways to go back to the well time and time
again to tap into the potential of the nation's most
renowned sports city. Making friends and influencing people may now

(02:58):
come with a cost.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
Paying for friends. Would you do it? You wouldn't. Maybe
trust a friend that you're paying to hang out with you?

Speaker 5 (03:06):
Absolutely not. They have different intentions. They're motivated by money.
I don't need well, I do need people like that
in my life.

Speaker 6 (03:12):
I don't know who are the typical clientele is for
those new to town or for those who got left behind.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
For some under the radar city like New York.

Speaker 3 (03:20):
They're the best thing to do, like the people telling me,
get a job and keep it and.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
Hold on to it.

Speaker 6 (03:25):
There's monthly subscription services that group like minded people together,
sort of like Hinge or Tinder, and there's others that
offer activities like aquarium visits, bowling to give people the
opportunity to make connections, so it's not like you're cutting
a check after a casual night at the bart to
the person next to you. But still Bostonians think there's better,
more cost free options.

Speaker 5 (03:43):
I don't know if I would pay for it so
much as like join a meetup or something that's free.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
At the common. Jay Will at WBZ, Boston's news radio.

Speaker 3 (03:50):
A lot of readings in the twenties on the map
this morning. In fact, here in Boston it is just
thirty two degrees and again the wind is a non
factor this morning, so we're in relatively decent shape. I
guess it's just colder than it should be this time
of year. Right again today mix the clouds and sun,
otherwise fairly calm, high temperatures will be in the mid forties,
and that's below average by about five or six degrees.

(04:13):
A few clouds around tonight, especially later on again back
into the twenties and thirties overnight tomorrow, a little bit
of a warming trend arrives in Boston. Finally, we'll get
right back to our wheelhouse in the low fifties tomorrow,
with more clouds, maybe a little bit of sun There
is a slight chance of some shower activity arriving overnight,
and that'll mainly be south of Boston. Any clouds overnight

(04:35):
on Friday will continue into early Saturday, and then we'll
see some sunshine. It's going to be breezy again with
a higher round fifty and pretty much the same story
for Sunday to wrap up the weekend as well. Right now,
it's just thirty two. Let's call it mostly cloudy as
we get set for sunrise here in Boston on this
Thursday morning, it's six oh five. After fast action in Congress,

(04:55):
President Trump signs the bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Speaker 1 (04:59):
Comes twenty four four hours after the bill was overwhelmingly
approved by Congress, despite lawmakers saying they want the files released.
It's unclear whether the public will see many of the
files or how complete they'll be. Attorney General Pam Bondi
refused to say on Wednesday how the process will play
out and what the Trump administration could decide to not release.

Speaker 4 (05:18):
We will continue to follow the law with maximum transparency
while protecting victims.

Speaker 1 (05:24):
Even with President Trump's signature, the Justice Department will have
thirty days to make the files public.

Speaker 3 (05:29):
That's ABC's Alex Stone. The prosecution of former FBI director
James Comy is on even shakier ground this morning, after
the Trump appointed US attorney leading that case admits the
grand jury never saw the final revision of the indictment.
Lindsay Halligan asked by the judge to explain herself during
a court hearing. Lawyers for Komy call for case dismissed

(05:51):
on grounds it's nothing more than a vendetta by the
President fueled by hatred of Comy. Comy is accused of
lying to and obstruction of Congress in a case connected
to the Russian election meddling allegations of twenty sixteen. He
is pleaded not guilty, while calling for these charges to
be dropped. New report this morning suggests border patrol agents

(06:11):
are becoming more aggressive in their work that takes them
increasingly further away from the nation's borders. An investigation by
the Associated Press finds millions of American drivers are being
tracked for suspicious driving habits, with many being stopped, searched,
and even arrested. Their report shows an extensive camera network
is being used and deployed more frequently to expand President

(06:33):
Trump's immigration and deportation policies. And a contestant of the
Miss Universe pageant takes a big tumble as.

Speaker 7 (06:41):
She was sauntering off the stage in a glittering orange
gown after her own introduction out a preliminary round, Miss
Jamaica stepped off the edge of the dark runway and
plunged to the floor. Audience members jumped out of their
seats to try to help Gabrielle Henry, who's a doctor
herself of ophthalmology. Footage posted to social media shows her
being carried away on a stretcher. The Miss Universe Jamaica

(07:02):
organization says she was rushed to the hospital. The group
says she didn't break any bones and her injuries are
not life threatening. No word on whether doctor Henry will
make it back for tomorrow's final round. Deborah Rodriguez, CBS News.

Speaker 3 (07:15):
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