1.31.25 Billy's News

Episode Transcript

Speaker 2 (00:00):
Good morning.

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is Friday, January thirty first, and thank god it's
the last day of January. Forecast for the weekend. We'll
get some rain this morning, changing the snow in spots.
Not a big deal for us. The highs today in
the forties. Sunday Tomorrow highs about thirty degrees, CLOUDI on Sunday.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Some light snow Sunday night. Top stories.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
The latest on the mid air collision between the American
Airlines flight and the Blackhawk helicopter. A lot of questions
as to what led to the collision. The Defense Secretary
yesterday on what the Blackhawks mission was that.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
Night, routine annual retraining of night flights on a standard
quarrid for a continuity of government mission. The military does
dangerous things, it does routine things on the regular basis. Tragically,
last night a mistake was made.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
The search for more bodies resumed this morning. Fourteen bodies
still missing. As many as sixty seven families mourning the
loss of loved ones, including teenage your skaters and their
moms and their coaches from the Skating Club of Boston.
Nancy Kerrigan, who trained at the skating club, got very
emotional yesterday. We are strong, and I guess it's how

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we respond to it, and so my response is to
be with people like Carebote and I love and need
I needed support. So that's why I'm here. Several reports
suggesting there may have been staffing issues with air traffic
control that night. We're expecting another update from officials this morning.

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I should mention aviation experts say it would be extremely
unlikely a crash of that sort could happen near Logan Airport.
While Logan, yes, is one of the busiest airports in
the country, there are very few helicopter operations.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
Other stories. The Fire Aid benefit.

Speaker 1 (01:49):
Concert last night for victims of the California wildfires. More
than two dozen artists performing. The concert carried on close
to nine hundred iHeart stations, including Kiss one a Wait,
also on Netflix, YouTube, and Disney, plus Billy Crystal, who
lost everything.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
Opening the show, You'll.

Speaker 1 (02:06):
Be hearing from a number of people who were tragically
affected by these fires, and I am one of them.
I stepped onto the grounds and I fell to my
knees and I wailed.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
I had not.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
Cried like that since I was fifteen years old, and
I was told that my father had just.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
Died over sixty million dollars raised. Even before the show started,
Lady Gagad did debut a new song her album coming
out in March seventh. We'll have more on the show
and on her album coming up in the Entertainment Report
at six point forty this morning. Don't forget the Grammy
Awards of this coming Sunday Night. Just announced that Netflix
is going to drop season three of Squid Game June

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twenty seventh.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Bruins lost to the Jets last night six too.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
They'll host the Rangers tomorrow afternoon in the Garden, Seltz
play the Pelicans tonight, and the Pro Bowl is Sunday.
Lisa checks out your Drive next