Billy's News

The Celtics play in New York tomorrow. The new pope has been chosen. He is the first US born pope. Trump has announced a new trade with the UK. The Dow is up 250 points. Karen Read is still saying she saw John O’Keefe go into the house. Los Angeles is having its first double venue opening ceremony. Mother's Day is on Sunday.  

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. It is Friday, May ninth, start of Mother's
Day weekend. A forecast will have spotty showers this morning,
steady rain though later today basically into tomorrow morning. The
highs in the fifties today tomorrow leftover showers early, We'll
get some sun in the afternoon. Perfect for Mother's Day
on Sunday, sunny with highs about seventy degrees. Top stories.

(00:22):
The new pope chosen in Rome yesterday didn't take long
the first full day of voting Pope Leo the fourteenth.
He comes, the first US born pope ever, with the
crowds gathered in Saint Peter's Square erupting a baby spop
on man. Pope Leo the fourteenth, the Chicago native went
to Villanova, got an honorary degree by the way, from

(00:43):
Merrimack College, spent most of his service in Peru. How
do his peers describe him?

Speaker 2 (00:48):
He is not a show boat. He is very calm,
but extremely intelligent and extremely compassionate.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
The new Pope will hold his first Mass as pope
this morning in Rome. Other stories. President Trump yesterday announcing
a trade deal with the UK, his first since announcing
the tariffs.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
Both countries have agreed that the economic security is national security,
and we'll be working together as allies.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
He says, more deals, more agreements are expected. Meantime, Wall
Street was quick to respond, the Dow up more than
two hundred and fifty points yesterday, and the Transportation Department
calling for a massive investment in the air traffic control system.
Top to bottom, they say, another full day of testimony
in the Karen Reid trial today read yesterday, still insisting

(01:32):
she saw John O'Keefe go into the house that night
in the house, I.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
Did you saw him going I saw jed on going on.
Can you describe him going to the house? Which door
and how and when?

Speaker 1 (01:42):
No?

Speaker 2 (01:42):
I have though, and I'm sure the prosecution will play it.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
Other stories, the City of Los Angeles planning the first
ever dual venue opening ceremony at the twenty twenty eight
Olympic Games, both Sofi Stadium and the LA Memorial Coliseum.
We've got one thousand bucks to give away at nine
to ten this morning, and Lisa, check your drive next