Morning Report: Tueday, June 10, 2025

Protests against ICE spread to Boston, a mistrial proposal once again rejected in the Karen Read trial and trying again to slim down the work week. Stay in "The Loop" with #iHeartRadio.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Well,
good morning, six o'clock Tuesday, and here we go again.
It is fifty six degrees under mostly cloudy skies in drizzle.
Wouldn't you know here in the city. The news at
six brought to us by your New England Toyota dealer,

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your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being with
us this morning. I'm Jeff Brown. You know, if at
first you don't succeed, fail fail again. Damn for this morning,
but went with showers and downpours This afternoon at is
WBZ achi weather meteorologist Heather's are Sunshine makes its triumphant return,
albeit brief. Beginning tomorrow, La seeds with anger.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
We didn't need the National Guard.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
Why on earth?

Speaker 1 (00:47):
What are they going to do?

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Do you know what the National Guard is doing now?

Speaker 1 (00:51):
They are guarding two buildings, That is the mayor of
Los Angeles, Karen Bass. As President Trump deploys seven hundred
US Marines and orders another tooth one thousand US National
Guard troops to southern California to calm the riots stemming
from an immigration demonstration last week. The federal boots on
the ground are not wanted by Governor Gavin Newsom or

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LA's mayor. Newsom calls it a blatant abuse of power
the city's police chiefs, as their presence presents a challenge.
Largely peaceful demonstrations take over downtown LA yesterday, while protesters
in solidarity also pop up in several cities all around
the nation, including right here in Boston.

Speaker 3 (01:29):
David Hundreds gathered in Boston City Hall Plaza protesting Ice.
Dave Foley as president of the Service Employees International Union
Local five h nine. He says the SEIU is standing
in solidarity.

Speaker 4 (01:46):
To demand an end to the ice raids, bring in Ley,
David Waita, and to free.

Speaker 5 (01:52):
All neighbors and siblings who've been torn from their homes.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
This rally was organized following Friday's Los Angeles arrest of
Southern California SCIU president David Wherreta.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
Ad bod He's in the streets and on the line.
Is not a violent mob. It represents workers standing up
for our rights.

Speaker 3 (02:12):
In Boston, Sherry Small w BZ, Boston's news radio, LA.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
Union leader where to face his criminal charges for organizing
the protests of the ice raid in La. Nightmare on
Lansdown Street, Red Sox do Stage and other dramatic comeback,
but once again they fall short, this time to the
Tampa Bay Rays and extra innings. Socks and Tampa will
go again tonight, weather permitting at Fenway Park. In any questions,

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Florida's brad marshand in control as the Panthers take a
two games to one NHL Stanley Cup lead over the
Edmonton Oilers. This is going to be a terrible day.
It is important to note that we are still in
the final days of spring, so I guess we've got
that going for us, but it is coming up on

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mid June and we can't shake out of this for
some reason. It is just damp and drizzly this morning
in Boston fifty six degrees right now, will be struggling
to get to seventy today, So we've got that going
for us too. But we are also going to be
seeing some significant amounts of rain moving through the area.
We've got one batch of rain that's moving through New

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York State right now that'll take its time getting here.
It'll deliver some downpours and possibly some thunderstorms. A second
round of rain moves in later on today and then
the atmosphere finally starts to clear out. Now Tomorrow and
Thursday apparently are the best days of this coming week,
with sunny skies both days. Highs will be in the eighties.
Humidity levels also going to be a bit of a

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problem as we get going here today and through the
next couple of days, and then on Friday, we're still
going to squeeze out a relatively decent day with a
mix of sun and clouds. But Father's Day weekend is
coming up and things have taken a turn south. Looks
like we're going to be dealing with more showers and
it mainly will be a washout kind of Saturday, at
least that's the way it looks like right now, with
highs only in the sixth these right now in Boston

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fifty six and pretty damp here in the city. At
six oh five this Tuesday morning, defense lawyers rejected again
to the Karen Reid trial, details from CBS News Boston's
Christina Rex, but a.

Speaker 5 (04:11):
Second time in a week, Karen Reid's defense team passionately
asked for a mistrial in her case, emotion that was
quickly denied Prosecutor Hank Brennan implied that holes on the
back of John O'Keeffe's sweatshirt could be road rash from
a crash.

Speaker 3 (04:26):
What could be more egregious, What could be more mislead
than that?

Speaker 5 (04:32):
But the holes are cuts from a state police crime
lab expert who analyzed the evidence, something prosecutors should have known.

Speaker 2 (04:40):
The Commonwealth has no case, They have no collision.

Speaker 5 (04:45):
They are desperate prosecutor's explanation and looking.

Speaker 1 (04:49):
At the hoodie, it appears that I made a.

Speaker 5 (04:50):
Mistake instead of a mistrial. The judge allowed lawyers to
show the jury the sweatshirt as she explained the source
of those holes.

Speaker 1 (04:57):
This defense is quickly wrapping up its case. One final
witnesses expected, whose testimony could take a full day to complete.
Forecasters continue to watch the first hurricane of the season.
It's in the Pacific Ocean. All eyes there are on Barbara,
upgraded from tropical storm status to kick off the week.
The National Hurricane Center says the storm is about one

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hundred and fifty miles off the coast of western Mexico,
with winds clocking in its seventy five miles per hour,
and that officially makes it a Category one storm. No
warnings or watches have been issued as of yet, but
Barbara is expected to bring at least heavy rainfall and
some significant winds to anything in its path. So far,
no immediate threats over the Atlantic Ocean and the East

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coast of the United States. As college graduations wrap up,
the next generation prepares to enter the workforce.

Speaker 2 (05:45):
Every job has its challenges, but recent research shows some
could be more challenging on your mental health. They include
work in social services, the arts and entertainment, personal care,
as well as food preparation and serving.

Speaker 5 (05:58):
I'm not surprised at all to the way people are.

Speaker 4 (06:01):
I know, you see people be rude to servers or
be rude to industry workers like that, and if you
haven't worked in one of those jobs, and then maybe
you overlook how challenging it can be and how difficult
day in and day out. There's a lot of rude
people that can come in and out. So yeah, I'd say,
I imagine it's difficult.

Speaker 2 (06:19):
Researchers of the study, published in GEM and Network aim
to find better treatment and prevention strategies for depression and
other poor mental health factors in the workplace. At South Station,
James Rojas WBZ Boston's News Radio.

Speaker 1 (06:33):
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I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio