Morning Report: Thursday, November 27, 2025

Two members of the west Virginia national guard were shot in an ambush attack just blocks from the white house yesterday  afternoon in Washington d.c., president trump announced last night that all immigration applications from Afghan nationals are now being paused, north Andover is putting out an open call to anyone who wants to save the house of a revolutionary war hero. Stay in "the loop" with wbz newsradio.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Claire's guys on this Thanksgiving morning, forty five degrees at
six o'clock. Good morning, I'm Charlie Burdjerhond. Here's what's happening.
Two members of the West Virginia National Guard shot in
an ambush attack just blocks from the White House yesterday
in Washington, d c. There is a suspect in custody.
CBS News has learned from multiple law enforcement sources. He

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is twenty nine year old Ramanna Luckemwall, Afghan national who
entered the United States four years ago as part of
the Operation Allies Welcome initiative. CBS News Homeland Security and
Justice reported to Cole Skanga.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Multiple sources familiar with the investigation TELLCBS he fired four
rounds from his handgun, then took the fallen Guard member's
weapon and continued to shoot. The two victims, both of
them from West Virginia's National Guard, were wist to the hospital.
They're among the more than twenty one hundred National Guard
members currently on duty in Washington as part of the

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White Houses Crime Task Force.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
And both of those National guardsmen in critical condition. In
wake of the shooting, President Trump announced last night all
immigration applications from Afghan nationals are being paused and the
government will re examine those who are already in the
United States. Sean Van Diver is President and board chairman
of Afghan EVAC, speaking with CBS News.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
We're really disappointed. We call on lawmakers to not just
ascribe intent from all Afghans because of this one person.
When we have problem with people in any community, it's
our job to identify them, isolate them, and excite them.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
The US evacuated tens of thousands of people who helped
the military during the two decade war in Afghanistan. It
is six oh two The News at six, brought to
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wheel drive headquarters. Firefighters in Hong Kong continued to battle
a deadly blaze at a high rise apartment complex. The
BBC's Danny Vincent Firefights has worked through the night in

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an attempt to get the huge blaze under control.

Speaker 4 (02:06):
Close to three hundred people are still unaccounted for, and
there are fears that many residents were trapped inside the buildings.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
I already say the fire has killed at least fifty five,
making it one of the deadliest fires in Hong Kong's history.
North Adams, man accused of killing his parents and setting
their house on fire, says he did it because he
snapped over his mother's health issues. The Globe reporting Darius
Hazard pleaded not guilty yesterday to arson and causing the

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deaths of his parents, Venture and Donald Hazard. According to
a police report, Hazard was furious with his parents because
his mother had difficulty walking and needed help getting around
the house. Officials said. Hazard allegedly confessed to beating his
parents inside their home and then setting the house on
fire early on Tuesday morning. Hazard has been ordered held

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in the county jail pending a dangerousness hearing. Let's check
the four day wbz ACU weather forecast. Joe Lundberg tells
us Today a good day for travel. It will be breezy,
but we'll have some sun, some clouds, and a high
to about fifty clear overnight Tonight drop back to thirty
four tomorrow, sun clouds, windy. Temperatures tomorrow only in the

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mid forties, and it will feel a lot colder because
we've got some very strong northerly winds coming in tomorrow.
Make it feel a good ten to fifteen degrees colder Saturday,
it's sunny, it's breezy, high forty two. Sunday, we'll see
some clouds. Got some rain coming in later in the
day and into Sunday night and a high forty six.
But the next three days travel great. Sunday, little iffy

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with the rain. Right now forty five degrees clear skies
in Boston at six oh five. North Endover is putting
out an open call to anyone who wants to save
the house of a revolutionary war hero. Here's w b
z's Kyle Schaffel.

Speaker 5 (03:55):
James Fry the Third is a lesser known war hero
from the dawn of the American Revolution.

Speaker 6 (03:59):
He oversaw and trained more than four hundred militiaman and
minuteman here in North Andover.

Speaker 5 (04:07):
He found at Bunker Hill and later died after scrambling
to intercept the British at Lexington and conquered. His house
still stands in North Andover without some intervention, maybe not
for long. The North Andover Historical Societies, as the current owner,
applied to have it demolished after it proved to be
a headache, but the town's Historical Commission has given the
house a year long reprieve.

Speaker 6 (04:25):
Everybody's kind of looking for solutions and spreading the woods.

Speaker 5 (04:29):
Now the Historical Society is trying to find someone to
buy the property and restore it. Joanna Kur as the
executive director.

Speaker 6 (04:34):
Somebody who has really a lot about American history, about
the hard work of these fighters during the revolution.

Speaker 5 (04:42):
They need to figure out something before June or it
might get taken down. Kyles Schaffeld to be busy Boston's
news radio.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
For the first time ever Thanksgiving celebration by an American pope.

Speaker 7 (04:54):
Chicago native Pope Leo celebrated Thanksgiving early at Castle Grandolpho,
just outside of Rome, the Pope's summer residence. There's an
American chef on hand to whip up a classic American
Thanksgiving feast with an Italian twist. Leo will spend his
first official Thanksgiving as Pope in Turkey, on his first
foreign trip. In Leo's message to the world, he's urging
people to recognize the many gifts that we have received,

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including the gifts of life, faith and unity. I'm Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 1 (05:19):
Well, there's a way to get help for Thanksgiving Day,
cooking advice and preparation. Don't have to call anyone matter
of fact, you probably will find this help right at home.

Speaker 4 (05:29):
The children and Missus Reynold's kindergarten class are well schooled
in preparing the Thanksgiving turkey. First we had to take
off the skin, then into the oven for.

Speaker 5 (05:40):
Five minuch twenty years hours to a hydrid minute.

Speaker 4 (05:44):
Once at the table, add on flowers. Now to enjoy
your favorite part of the bird, the middle, head, the bone,
and if the turkey could talk, it might say happy
thanks gives me. Stephen Kauffman see thes News Les Arizona.

Speaker 1 (06:01):
We are about two and a half hours away from
the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New
York City. New balloons depicting buzz Light Year, pac Man
other characters set to take to the skies floats featuring
le Booboo and Lego, and a star started lineup of
performance will be along the route, along with the marching

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bands that dancers, the clowns, the cheerleaders. Starts at a thirty.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tish says authorities will decide whether balloon
heights will have to be adjusted. It is expected to
be a windy day in New York City today as well.
You are now in the loop or news updates throughout
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