Billy's News

Boston Mayor, Michelle Woo, has declared a state of emergency in Boston. Trash collectors are still on strike in 14 different cities. More than 500 people on the blue line yesterday had to be evacuated through the tunnel because it was stuck under the Boston Harbor. Emmy nominations were revealed yesterday. The first trailer for the Eminem documentary came out yesterday. Caitlin Clark was in the TD Garden yesterday while the Connecticut Sun lost to the Indiana Fever.  

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. It is Wednesday, July sixteenth. Forecast gonna be sunny, hot,
and humid today. Highs in the nineties, chances of scattered storms. Tomorrow,
highs close to ninety. Pretty much the same for Friday,
sun and clouds, maybe a few isolated storms. Hies close
to ninety degrees. By the way, Boston may Or Michelle
wou declaring a heat emergency for both today and tomorrow

(00:24):
in Boston. Other stories, trash collectors are still on strike
in fourteen cities and towns on strike since July first,
with trash piling up and causing problems.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
I hope this gets resolved quickly because the unintended consequences,
the stress you add to small owner operators is sometimes
just the thing that breaks them.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Talk about problems. More than five hundred passengers on board
a Blue Line train yesterday had to be evacuated with
the train stuck in the tunnel under Boston Harbor.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
The train shut off, no air conditioning, the lights were off.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
It was very hard to breathe and like it was
very hot in there.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
We knew something was wrong.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
It wasn't normal. Yeah, they were walking through the tunnel
in the dark. Some of them with crutches. It's just
a horrible scene anytime. Emmy nominations announced yesterday. The show
sever In is grabbing twenty seven, twenty four for the Penguin,
the White Lotus, and the Studio grabbing twenty three each,
the last of us rounding out the top five. Nothing
for Squid Game, only one for A Handmaid's Tale. And

(01:26):
by the way, Kendrick Lamar nominated for his Super Bowl
halftime show. We'll have more on the Emmy nods coming
up in the Entertainment Report at seven to ten this morning.
The seven o'clock hour every morning, by the way, is
commercial free. Also, the first trailer for the eminem documentary
is out. Will have it this morning. Caitlin Clark and

(01:46):
the Indiana Fever beat Connecticut Son in the TD Garden
last night, a totally sold out game. Caitlin Clark's first
time ever in Boston.

Speaker 3 (01:54):
I didn't really get to do a time. We came
here after our game bers Dallas and kind of had
that night, but then yesterday I would love to come
back here and explore a bit more. It's beautiful, it
seems like an amazing city.

Speaker 1 (02:06):
And by the way, she may have re injured that
groin late in the game last night. The National League
won the All Star Game last night in the first
ever swing off new rules, in the event of a tie,
three players from each team get three swings. Kyle Schwarber
had three swings and three home runs. At least a
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