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We've got hazy skies over Boston, sixty four degrees at four o'clock that afternoon. I'm I'm a freedman, and here's what's happening. Town employees in Lynnfield are temporarily off the job after being caught using bad language. WBC's Charlie Bergeron has the details.
Robert Dolan is the town administrator, releasing a statement Friday night saying that he was informed that during a live stream of the Linfield High School graduation, some town employees were overheard using inappropriate and racist language. Dolan says those individuals have been identified and a full investigation of that video and any other evidence will begin immediately and appropriate action will be taken. The number of employees involved has
not been made public. Administrator Dolan says it is especially regrettable that this incident took place on what is and should be a night to celebrate our incredible seniors. Charlie Burger on WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee says his heart is with the Portuguese community after a teenage girl dies and a partial building collapse. It happened in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, yesterday evening during a graduation party at the Portuguese American Citizens Club. Police say there were about seventy five people inside the building, leaving some trapped under the stairwell. During the collapse, a fifteen year old girl died, Two teenagers and a forty
nine year old woman were seriously injured. No word on their condition right now or their identities. Police are still investigating what led to the collapse, and President Trump sends the National Guard to southern California in response to protests against ice raids. ABC's Alex Stone has the latest.
Around the Greater LA area now. National Guard troops are already in place after the President sign the order last night. They even made a brief stop in downtown LA and their military vehicles outside of city Hall, maybe more symbolically than anything, because the mayor and the governor here are not welcoming the deployment. Overnight, there were more clashes between
law enforcement and protesters. It is quiet now in the streets, but unclear with the National Guarden place what it will be like going forward.
President Trump's borders are Tom Holman told NBC that local California officials could be arrested if they continue to oppose federal immigration operations. Meantime, a new CBS poll conducted before this weekend's protests suggests that only a slight majority of Americans built the Trump administration is targeting dangerous criminals with its deportation efforts. CBS's Jennifer de Pinto has the details.
The survey was completed before Saturday's events in Los Angeles. Heading into this weekend, we find that Trump Administration's deportation program has net positive views from Americans fifty four percent approof with strong support from Republicans. Americans like the goals the president wants to achieve more than they like his approach.
The majority of people's survey did say the I think the people are targeting should be getting a court hearing first. Some have been deported without due process. Right now, it's sixty four degrees in Boston, hazy skies out there, hard to see into the distance, and some fog will be developing later tonight with those clouds overhead and some showers later. With a low of fifty six degrees, our Monday morning
commute looks like a wet one. Some stray showers hanging around Tomorrow morning, cooler temperatures with more clouds than sunshine. High of sixty three degrees Tuesday, the drizzle don't stop, plenty of clouds and some showers in the area. Wednesday, though, all that goes away, and it's going to be getting a lot warmer out there with highs in the eighties and lots of sunshine. Right now, it's sixty four degrees in Boston at four five. Boston is showing some appreciation
on this World Ocean Day. Wbz's Hileshoffle has more from an event at the New England Aquarium.
Senior Scientist Charles inn Is with the New England Aquarium says warming water off in New England is driving key species away.
Lobsters used to be more a London in places like New York and Rhode Island, and now they're moving.
Further and further north.
That makes life harder for a huge lobster fish right here at Massachusetts as their catch flees north. That other species, ones we never thought we'd see here, are also moving in.
Blue crabs, which are an iconic mid Atlantic species Delaware, Maryland, are actually now breeding in Boston Harbor. They were not here twenty thirty years ago.
Wellbec Ashore with the Stone Living Labs, has warmer tides, and a change in climate might make Massachusetts feel like the mid Atlantic in the coming decades. In Boston, that means the ocean might get a little too friendly.
We know that flooding is happening more and more around our cities. I think about the acquiring MT. Stop think about Long Wharf.
In flood prone areas, the city's already starting to restrict what can be built. Kyle chaffl WBZ, Boston's radio.
And at the New England Aquarium, there are special events all day long marking the equate marking the occasion. There are scientists on hand answering all your questions and tours inside Salt, which is a forty five foot long inflatable humpback whale that you can learn about whale anatomy in a documentary, screening and art exhibition. Coral reef, building and other activities are on the agenda for ticket holders. The Boys and Girls Club of Boston is providing free transportation
to Central Wharf. Today. It all wraps up in just about two hours at six pm, and a storm that's expected to become a hurricane soon has formed off Mexico's coast. CBS's Matt Piper has the details.
Of tropical Storm Barbera formed off the coast of southwestern Mexico, and it's expected to become a hurricane without menacing land. The National Hurricane Center says two to four inches of rainfall and portions of Mexico's western states mainly to flooding and mudslides through Monday. Barbara is forecast to strengthen even more become a hurricane Monday. Last month, NOAH officials predicted a sixty percent chance of an above normal hurricane season
with between thirteen to nineteen named storms. Three to five could become major hurricanes. Matt Piper, CBS News.
Over a million air conditioners are being recalled over a drainage problem. Madia says water can pull inside of their U and U plus units that could expose users to mold. The Consumer Production Safety Commission has received at least one hundred and fifty reports of mold build up. The mold can cause respiratory issues and other infections. You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout the day, listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app I'm I'm a Freedman. WBZ, Boston's news radio