4.17.25 Billy's News

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. It is Thursday, April seventeenth. Forecast sunny today,
less windy today, hies close to sixty degrees for good
Friday Tomorrow sunny and nice highs in the upper sixties,
well into the seventies on Saturday, and then sunny for
Easter Sunday highs about sixty degrees, and it's looking like
sixty degrees for the marathon on Monday. There we go.

(00:22):
Top stories. Opening statements in the Karen Reid retrial still
set for Tuesday. Prosecutors say they're going to use Karen
Reid's own words in their opening statement, things she said
during a series of television interviews. Other stories on Wall Street.
The Dow had another free fall yesterday, dropping a thousand
points shortly after the Federal Reserve board chairman said this

(00:44):
the level.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Of tariff increases announced so far is significantly larger than anticipated,
and the same is likely to be true of the
economic effects, which will include higher inflation and slower growth.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
For what it's worth, futures are up this morning. Harvard
University under fire the White House, Homeland Security, and the
IRS for refusing to comply with White House demands of
the IRS, threatening to rescind the Harvard's tax exempt status,
meaning donations would no longer be deductible. Homeland Security may
take away Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students, and the

(01:20):
White House has already frozen billions. Meantime, Former President Joe
Biden was at Harvard University yesterday, hosting a Q and
A for about sixty students at the School of Government.
Other stories, the Menendez brothers could have another shot at
freedom of re sentencing here and is set for today.
They were sent to prison thirty five years ago for

(01:41):
killing their parents. And the list of Time magazines one
hundred most influential is out to me more Snoop Dogg,
Ed Sheer and Serena Williams all on the list, soo
is Jozier and Shabouzi and we'll talk more about that
coming up in the Entertainment Report at six point forty
this morning. No big surprise here. The proposed Firefestable two
has been postponed. We'll have more on that. Sell to

(02:04):
gearing up for Game one of the playoffs with the
Orlando Magic on Sunday. Coach Joe Mizzula.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
They're gonna test our physical how they're gonna test our coverages.
They're gonna test off screaming, they'll test us on both
ends and the quarter are

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Really good team game in Game one on Sunday seven
to ten this morning, another shot at the free car
from McGovern and Elisa Donovan checks the drive next