This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local news fifty four degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. The President Trump's National security advisor is moving in a different role in the administration. CBS's Linda Kenyon has the tale.
President Trump says he is nominating Mike Watz to be the next US ambassador to the United Nations. The President also announced Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as interim National Security Advisor. Waltz was ousted from the Trump cabinet this morning, and then several hours later the move to the UN was released. President Trump's first pick as UN ambassador was New York Republican Representative Alis Stefanik, whose vote in the House was considered crucial to advance the
president's agenda. Linda Kenyon CBS News the White.
House tariff talk. Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, pushing back on reported impacts, the President's tariffs are having an all makers. Miller adamant that the tariffs are working as intended to boost manufacturing of US autos.
American auto plants are growing, They are expanding. They're opening new facilities, they're expanding existing facilities that are already in operation because it is now the case that, for the first time in our lives, that American cars receive preference in America's markets.
General Motors CEO this morning said they're amending their financial outlook to account for a five billion dollar dent in profits because of the teriffs putting their money where their mouth is. Scores of professors at Harvard University say they will take a temporary pay cut to support the school as it fights the Trump administration and its attempt to freeze billions of dollars in federal funding. So far, eighty four senior faculty members have pledged to donate ten percent
of their salary this year. Less than a week to go now before the new rules for the real ID Act go into effect. May seventh is d Day or ID Day. If you prefer without proper identification, flying somewhere, even domestically, might be a There.
Is a possibility if you arrive to the airport without a sufficient or compliant real ID or an alternative like a passport, that you may be experiencing additional way times in extremely rare circumstances, you maybe.
Denied travel at his deputy TSA Administrator, Adam Stall. You also will need a real ID or passport to enter certain government buildings. Real ID or not, You'll still need a passport if you want to travel internationally. The State Senate's released a more than a billion dollar plan to support public education and transportation. The package is primarily funded by the fair Share tax paid by households that make
over a million dollars a year. A package would specifically go toward expanding technical education opportunities, help construction projects at schools, and improving roads and bridges. The Fair Share Amendment was voted into law in twenty twenty two. It's generated more than a billion dollars in fiscal years twenty three and twenty four. Former President Joe Biden is expected to sit down for his first interview since leaving the White House
next week. ABC reports the former President and former First Lady will appear on the view next Thursday to discuss the current political landscape Biden's life post presidency. The former president delivered his first public address since leaving office last month in Chicago. We will have clouds on the increase. There will be a shower later on, probably overnight for most of us, with temperatures near fifty cloudy, a damp start Tomorrow, otherwise will break out, some sunshine, will break out,
some warmth. Temperatures into the mid seventies to near eighty. Could fire off a spotty thunderstorm or two. Tomorrow. Temperatures will be cooler over the Capean Islands, probably only in the sixties Tomorrow fifty four Tomorrow night with some clouds in a straight thunder shower. Then Saturday, mostly cloudy, a couple of showers, maybe a thunderstorm. Temperatures again in the mid to upper seventies, cloudy, breezy, cooler, a couple of showers in the sixties on Sunday right now fifty four
degrease in Boston. Well, if you're in the mood for a laugh, company the Busies Droom more Holland's got an.
Idea Saturday night at the Cabot Theater in Beverly.
You know this guy. A man is still in critical condition after swallowing two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in large bills.
No change is expected.
In improv icon, Colin Mockery and his good friend Brad Sherwood are bringing their duo improv show to the North Shore.
It's sort of like a live version of Whose Line Is it anyway? If it all starts with audience suggestions. We have audience members on stage with us. There's nothing political. It's just goofiness.
Do you sometimes look back and I imagine you guys probably didn't think this show would be something that people are still watching, you know, in twenty twenty five.
Right, No, it's insane. My first show, my daughter was two months old. On the taping of our last show, she was thirty three.
Wow Crazy, eight pm Saturday night at the Cabot Theater in Beverly. Colin Mockery and Brad Sherwood druma holland WBZ Boston's news radio.
Art imitates life. In the case of Luigi Mangioni, the alleged killer of healthcare CEO, is at the center of a new musical.
Francisco, twenty six year old accused of shooting United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan late last year, is the subject of the sixty minute musical called Luigi. Now in rehearsals, creators say the musical will follow Mangioni's time at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn with real life cell mate Sam Bankman Freed and p Diddy bia Side. For anyone who likes comedy and show tunes, they say
Luigi will be your new favorite. Felony Luigi, A true story of love, murder and hash Brown's runs from June thirteenth to the twenty eighth. More information is available at luigimusical dot info. I'm Michael Casner, back to life for the Queen of crime Writing, Artificial intelligence is now in charge.
I'm Vicky Barker in London.
I must confess that this is all rather new.
To me, I'll say. Crime writer Agatha Christi died in nineteen seventy six, but is now delivering crime writing tutorials thanks to a team of AI experts and Christie scholars working closely with her family.
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She defined and refined the art of murder mystery writing. Christy descendant James Pritchard.
My family approached this project with great love and respect for my great grandmother.
The course is available on the educational streaming platform BBC. Maestro Vickie Barker CBS News London.
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