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News right now in Boston where at eighty eight degrees partly cloudy skies, it is hazy out there, though it is four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Nicole Davis and here's what's happening. An immigration judge in Chelmsford has granted bond for detained Milford High School student Marcelo Gomez. The eighteen year old was arrested on Saturday by ICE agents as he was driving to volleyball practice. Immigration officials say his father was the original target of the operation, but they
arrested Gomez after discovering his student visa had expired. He's being held in Plymouth after he was transferred from Burlington. He will be released if he can post the two thousand dollars bond. To the Middle East at four oh one, where Israel says the bodies of two Israeli American hostages have now been recovered from Gaza. The hostages were among the hundreds kidnapped during the Hamasata On October seventh, of twenty twenty three. AMASA is still holding fifty six hostages.
Only about a third are still believed to be alive. Meantime, Overnight Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least three people, including three journalists, and President Trump appears to be optimistic when it comes to reaching a trade deal with China. Your CBS is Lynda Kenyon.
President Trump says the US and China are in what he called very good shape.
We have a deal with China, as you know, but we were straightening out some of the points having to.
Do mostly with rare earth in the President's first phone call with Chinese President she since he returned to the Oval Office. Trump described the conversation as a very good talk. This very complex stuff, and we straighten it out. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen will lead upcoming trade talks in hopes of breaking an impasse over tariffs that has stalled an agreement for weeks. The time and location still to be determined. Lynda Kenyon CBS News the White House.
The President also doubling down on his new travel ban at the White House this afternoons. It cannot quote comes soon enough. The ban, which takes effect come Monday, has a full restriction on people from twelve countries. Those countries include Haiti, Sudan, and Afghanistan. There are also restrictions for people from seven other countries. These include Venezuela and Sierra Leone.
There are some exceptions to President Trump's travel ban. Dual citizens who have citizenship in America and one of the banned countries will still be allowed into the US. So will Green card holders, immigrants who seek visas through American relatives, refugees who have been granted asylum, Iranians fleeing religious persecution, and Afghans who helped the US during the war. Certain athletes and coaches will also be exempt from the ban.
The US will host Soccer's World Cup next year and the Summer Olympics in Los.
Angeles in twenty twenty eight.
Michael Wallace CBS News.
The President also signing a new executive order banning most foreign students from coming into the United States, specifically to study at Harvard. He did so citing national security concerns. Harvard accusing the administration of trying to deprive it of its right to free speech, saying it will protect its international students. And it's very hot outside and that is why you're not hearing any updates on the Karen Reid
retrial today. Judge Beverly Canoni announcing yesterday at the end of testimony that there are concerns about court officers not being able to hear witnesses with the ac on. She said, the retrial is ahead of schedules, so they just gave the jury the day off. Heat is expected to break by tomorrow, so a full day of testimony is on the schedule, okay. And when it comes to the forecast for the rest of the afternoon, it is going to be a steamy one. Many of us are already in
the mid two in some cases pushing upper nineties. We're seeing some ninety fives. Ninety six is out there, and we are definitely dealing with that very humid, sticky air. The Hayes is also something to worry about. We have some air quality alerts up in parts of New England because of the Hayes from the Canadian wildfires. So later on this afternoon, getting into the evening, we could see
some thunderstorms popping up. As of now, the radar is clear, but then later on tonight it's just going to be a warm and muggy situation, partly cloudy otherwise, and a lone near seventy for tomorrow, not nearly as warm, still humid, with a few showers and some strong storms in the afternoon. Hi just about seventy five downtown eighty Inland. Tomorrow night mostly cloudy with a chance of storms and a lone near sixty. Saturday, believe it or not, yet another Saturday
where it's going to rain. Could have some storms and spots and a high in the mid seventies. Eighty nine degrees right now in Worcester seeing ninety five in nashaua south of Boston eighty eight New Bedford, and in Boston at four oh six it is hazy and partly cloudy and eighty nine degrees. It's official. The Bruins have announced their next head coach, and he's a very familiar face at the Garden.
It's good.
That'd be better than Joe Sachel.
The Boston Bruins announced Marco Sturm as head coach and in their off season, fans hope they put in the work.
We'll see what they get in the draft. They got to reside in Geeky and them we'll go from there.
He's a former player, skating his left wing for Boston between five twenty ten, but he's got experience without a stick on the bench.
Marco Stain was a good player.
I was a big fan of his.
I met him once. Who's super nice guy. So I guess we'll see.
I'll go.
Most recently, Sturm coached Ontario's AHL team. Prior to that, he was assistant coach to the Los Angeles Kings. Fans at TD Garden with love some of that champ winning energy.
I hope. So they need to get younger and they got to get better.
Drafted and Development from Cosway Street Jable at WBZ, Boston's news radio.
New data shows some growing problems with the state's primary care system. Health officials have released an updated version of the primary Care Dashboard. It says the latest numbers should inform lawmakers to make different policy changes. The latest analysis finds growing racial disparities and access to care, a declining
number of doctors available, and reduced insurance investments. A state task force is currently making plans to improve the system, and the local beer scene is shrinking again with another merger, this time on the Cape. According to the Cape Cod Times, the newly formed Triton Beverage Group has acquired Cape Cod Beer in Hyennas Now. Cape Cod Beer has been around for about twenty years, owner Beth Marcus telling the paper they were not actively trying to sell, but she wants
more time to spend with her kids. Other breweries in the group include Plymouth's Mayflower Brewing and Orleans's Hog Island. No word on financials. You are now in the Loup. For news updates throughout the day, Listen to WBZ Radio on the iHeartRadio app I'm Nicole Davis wb Z and Boston's News Radio