This is w b Z, Boston's news radio. We defining local news thirty three degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Well less than a week until President elect takes office, some of his cabinet choices and now starting their long road to confirmation. CBS is Cammy McCormick tells us the President elect's choice for Defense and Secretary, Pete Hegseth, fakes tough questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee today.
His hearing was interrupted by protesters, great with Publican Chairman Roger Wicker, admittedly this nomination is unconventional. Ranking Member Jack read about whether he would be a political.
The challenge of the Secretary of Defense is to remove partisan politics from the military.
Heg said said Trump's elected him, though he's different than past defense chiefs.
He believes and I humbly agree that it's time to give someone with dust on his.
Boots a change agent. Still to come. Confirmation hearings for, among others, Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio and Homeland Security Secretary nominee Or Christy nom Volume, one of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report has been released over.
Roughly one hundred and fifty pages. Jack Smith lays out the argument he intended to make before a jury, alleges the then defeated president made up claims about fraud, inspired allies to sign fake documents, and encouraged rioters to storm the capitol. Smith calls the lawyers who assisted Trump co conspirators. Trump's attorneys responded to Smith's report in writing, calling it
a politically motivated attack. In his cover letter, Smith calls Trump's claims he was influenced by the Biden Whitehouse in a word laughable.
At ABC Stephen Portnoy. Fire officials in LA say the fire risk is still critical, with the worst wins to fuel flames continuing into Wednesday. LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley says firefighters are balancing their efforts.
We are carefully managing operations to ensure that we can quickly respond to any new fires. In addition to the increased call value across the city of Los Angeles.
The chief says cruise are better prepared, but warns that everyone in the potential fire zones should be ready to evacuate. The Biden administration announcing some big changes to US Cuba policy.
President Biden on Tuesday lifted Cuba's state sponsor of terrorism designation. A senior Administration official said this action by the President comes in conjunction with an effort by the Catholic Church to secure the release of prisoners in Cuba. The White House did not clearly explain why the President was doing this with less than a week in office. Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, Senator Marc or Rubio of Florida,
is a fierce critic of Cuba. Karen Travers ABC News the White House.
She's in remission. Kate Middleton visited the hospital where she was treated for cancer. Catherine, the Princess of Wales, offering gratitude to the medical teams who helped her and support to patients who are now undergoing treatment. In a post on X from the Kensington Royal account, the princess says, it is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focused on recovery. As anyone who's experienced a cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to
a new normal. I am, However, the Princess says, looking forward to a fulfilling year ahead a snowshower or two as we head into the evening tonight, but radar's pretty clean right now, so we'll keep tabs on it to see what happens, but it's not going to be anything significant even if it does occur. Partly cloudy as we go through the night, blustery and cold twenty three for the low downtown, probably some upper teens in a few of the suburbs. The real fields mostly will be in
the single digits Tonight, mostly sunny and blustery. Tomorrow thirty one for the high, real fields and the teens. Tomorrow night mainly clear, low of seventeen with real fields dropping to close to zero sunshine, followed by increasing clouds. Still cold on Thursday, temperatures around thirty not quite as chilly. On Friday will have sun and clouds and temperatures in the mid maybe even upper thirties. Right now thirty three degrees in Boston. You don't have to go home, but
you can't stay here. That's what Starbucks is saying. Non customers who just want to hang out.
As the espresso machines churn away here at the Starbucks and handover. I'm asking customers about the coffee giants new policy where you got to buy something if you want to stay here.
The main focus is to have your customers feel comfortable.
Eric is saying she understands that one hundred percent, saying sometimes people can wind up loitering for all the wrong reasons.
And if that isn't happening, even if they are busy, it'd really be a dragon.
Staff Ready, though, believes it's going to be hard to.
Police whether or not they bought something or not. He thinks the crowded storefront just leads to more people.
When they're still driving business and other people into your place.
Starbucks Corporate saying this is all an effort to prioritize the experience for their customers who are paying to be there. In Handover jimmycka WDVS, Boston's news radio.
Actor John Ham is named Man of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Putting Theatricals. The theater group says Ham will receive his Putting Pot award at a celebratory roast on January thirty first. The actor is best known for or his time playing doc Don Draper on the long running series mad Men. If your Ham has appeared in the new drama series land Man Hasty putting giving the award to people who've made a lasting impression in the world of entertainment. How's that job going for you?
The me have work, work, work, work, work, work.
That works. Not supposed to be all sunshine and rainbows, But as it turns out, many of us aren't happy cameras at all on the job w busy to Maul Holland takes a look at what bugs us.
The results of a new gallup hole. Find out our enthusiasm or whatever that is, is now at a ten year low. Millions say they feel stuck at their jobs.
This sort of a problem here.
Oh yeah, yeah, did you see the memo about this? Yeah? Off the space.
While overall opportunities to advance for few and far between. For twenty twenty four, experts say when people have clear roles at work, bosses who care about them, feel connected to the mission, that's what drives involvement and enthusiasm. But fewer than four and ten workers say that applies to them.
I'm also are going to need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday.
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If you didn't accept a government stimulus check during the pandemic, you might want to keep an eye on your mailbox.
As part of a two trillion dollar COVID nineteen relief bill, payments of up to fourteen hundred dollars were sent out to individuals making less than seventy five thousand dollars a year or under one hundred and fifty thousand as a household. In checking its records, the Internal Revenue Services found about a million Americans who didn't take the payment. To determine whether you were eligible, check your twenty twenty one tax return to see if you took the recovery rebate credit.
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