Morning Report: Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Some 4,000 nurses from Brigham and Women's Hospital Will be walking off the job this morning, a proposed law is taking aim at social media’s most addictive features, the Charles River is about to look a lot different in one local town. Stay in “The Loop” with WBZ Newsradio.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Sixty three degrees. We've got some clouds in the sky
as we're just getting started here on this Wednesday morning,
July eighth, twenty twenty six. This hour of news brought
to you by your New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid
all wheel drive headquarters. Good morning, I'm Jim McKay and
here is what's happening. We're opening up to some sunshine
clouds out there as well, but all in all, we've

(00:26):
got some beautiful conditions rolling into your Wednesday.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
Much better day today weatherwise, with sunshinees of clouds or
high seventy seven at the harbor, will get in little
eighties Inland.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
WBC ACI Weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg Summer comes tomorrow in
a big way as we climb up back towards ninety
Thursday and Friday, beautiful weekend. We're looking at two some
four thousand nurses from Brigham and Women's Hospital walking off
the job this morning, what's expected to be the largest
nurse to strike in the history of this state. In fact,
that's happening under an hour from now, as talks on

(00:55):
a new contract broke off last week with no deal
and Master Generill Brig leadership has temporary nurses ready to
continue patient care, even though the nurses union has only
authorized a one day strike that could change wages in
health insurance coverage, the main sticking points for the unionized nurses.
A proposed law taking aim at social media's most addictive features.

(01:17):
WBC's James Jojas has more in the ongoing effort to
protect kids in the Commonwealth.

Speaker 3 (01:21):
The effort to prevent and reduce the endless scrolling of
social media content is off for debate in the Senate
this week. A proposed law would limit or reduce some
of the features used by social media platforms, specifically for minors,
including disabling AutoPlay and infinite scrolling, turning off overnight notifications,
as well as algorithm curated feeds. Base stats are mixed

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on Senate Bill thirty one sixty four.

Speaker 4 (01:44):
I would be for something that limits the ability. I
don't know how they would be stricted.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
It's always wise that parents help them make decisions.

Speaker 4 (01:52):
Not everything should be determined by government.

Speaker 3 (01:54):
I think it would be a good thing. I know
that a lot of people I know struggle with it.
This Senate bill is different than a House bill that
would outright prohibit those under fourteen from using social media
and dew we Square, James Rojas, wb Z Boston, some
news radio.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Red Sox keep rolling. They beat the White Sox eight
to one, Game two of that series. Tonight you got
the world coup. Leonel Messi putting on a show as
he always does. Argentina storms back to beat Egypt three
to two. Quarter final action tomorrow in Foxboro, France and
Morocco Tennis Wimbledon. Down the stretch they come. Quarter final action.
American Taylor Fritz in action. We've got clouds right now

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high above Boston, some sunshine trying to make its way
through there, and eventually throughout the course of today, we're
shaping up to be very nice out there. The rain
has finally subsided. Man, did we get drenched yesterday? But
today we're doing a one to eighty. Beautiful conditions out there,
even right now, a little bit on the cool side,
but outside of that, just looking great. Highs up around
eighty in Boston, mainly clear tonight. We turn it up

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to ninety tomorrow outside of some potential afternoon thunderstorms on Friday,
It's going to be spectacular. If you like the heat.
We're around ninety again, then Saturday and Sunday more comfortable,
low humidity, plenty of sunshine. We're looking at eighty degrees
throughout the weekend. At the moment right now in Boston,
we are at sixty three degrees here with clowns and

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some sun mixing in. It's now six oh six. Well,
the Charles River is about to look a whole lot
different in one local town.

Speaker 5 (03:24):
If you've been to South Natick recently, you might have
noticed that the water levels in that section of the
Charles River have been dropping. That's because work crews have
started to drain the water about a foot per day
so they can get rid of the Charles River Dam.
The dam is considered to be highly hazardous and received
a poor condition rating from the Office of Damn Safety,
which is a thing due to mature tree growth on

(03:45):
its burm that could cause it to fail. Native received
the one million dollars state grant to help remove the
dam last year, and work on the project is expected
to continue into October. Matt Shearer, WBZ Boston's News Radio.

Speaker 1 (03:57):
A legal trouble for the mayor of Brockton is not
wbz's Brooke McCarthy with more details on a potential criminal
complaint over a recent incident at a parade with a
student mass date.

Speaker 6 (04:10):
Police assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office are
moving forward with their plans to potentially charge Brockton Mayor
Moses Rodriguez with one count of assault and battery. Officers
filing an application in Brockton District Court. This all sends
from allegations that the mayor made a high school student
feel uncomfortable during the Huntington parade back in May by
allegedly pulling the girl in close and touching her waist.

(04:32):
The girl's mother ran onto the field at the high
school's graduation to confront him. A judge did terminate a
harassment prevention order against Rodriguez, and he has denied any wrongdoing.
A hearing will be held to determine if there's probable cause.
Brooke McCarthy WBZ Boston's News Radio.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
Six oh seven. Price of jet fuel fuel down significantly
since the start of the conflict with Iran, but airlines
are not cutting fair A.

Speaker 4 (04:57):
Place of jet fuel is down forty percent from its
April peak, but airlines are not slashing fares as the
ticket demand remained strong.

Speaker 2 (05:05):
Upon prices have went up about twenty thirty percent, but unfortunately,
they're kind of slow to go up and they're going
to be slow to come down. That's just kind of
the way that the market works, so you know it's
going to be a while.

Speaker 4 (05:15):
Christan new News CEO at Airlines for America tells News
Nation that carriers eight a lot of the higher fuel
costs in the early days of the war. Oil prices
jumped again overnight after the US resumed military strikes on Iran.
Rory O'Neil WBZ Boston's News Radio.

Speaker 1 (05:33):
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I'm Jim McKay, WBZ Boston's News Radio