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Forty one raised guys in Boston. But we're seeing rainslet and snow out there already. Weekend weather coming up is going to be a mix. But first we start with the recovery efforts underway, stretching now into a third day after this week's deadly playing collision over the Potomac River. Investigators are still searching for answers as to how an Army helicopter crash into an American Airlines passenger jet. ABC's Nicole D'Antonio as the latest.
It's unclear how many air traffic controllers were working at the time of the crash, but an FAA report says staffing in the tower was not normal. Sources say the controller handling helicopters in the area during the collision was also handling airline traffic. Those jobs are typically assigned to two separate controllers, but supervisors routinely com them when aircraft's.
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On the night of the crash, the decision to combine those jobs was made forty minutes earlier than usual because of lighter traffic. Nicolde Antonio ABC News in Arlington, Virginia.
Investigators have recovered the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder from the American Airlines plane. They hope these two black boxes will shed some light on how this happened. And at a White House news conference yesterday, if you missed it, President Trump basically blamed diversity initiatives at the FAA for the disaster. ABC's Andrew Dimbert has the.
Latest, President Trump claiming that under the Biden administration, the FAA pushed for the hiring of people with disabilities.
It says FAA says people with severe disabilities a most underrepresented segment of the workforce, and they want amend.
The American Association of People with Disabilities, slamming Trump's comments, saying FAA employees with disabilities did not cause the crash and de hiring did not cause the crash.
President Trump did not offer evidence to support the claims. Federal investigators say this kind of investigation could take months, and they've been hesitant to speculate about any cause. The bird flu may be spreading In Plymouth and particular, hundreds of residents there reported seeing more dead birds on a pawd, this time Cordage Park which is a highly trafficked area for both dogs and people. So mass Wildlife is working with the town to remove and test the dead birds
for the highly contagious avian flu. Combined, they've carefully removed nearly two hundred so far. Dph's bird flu is widespread in Massachusetts and is likely president in places where there have been confirmed cases, and this could be a game changer in treating pain. Boston based Vertex says it has come up with a new drug to treat pain without opioids.
The FDA approving gernevcs, a non opioid pain medication designed to treat moderate to severe acute pain. Doctors say it could be a game changer. Unlike opioids, it's not addictive and works by blocking pain signals in the peripheral nervous system. Clinical trials show it provides significant pain relief in just two to four hours, comparable to opioids like hydro codone, but without the risks of addiction. Dave Packer, ABC News.
Fleet rain a little bit of snow too, and the doppler is vibrant right now across Massachusetts. Boston might be getting a little bit of rain soon. If this map is correct. It's just cloudy out there, pretty mom forty one in Boston. In fact, some of these areas in the Cape which has been seeing some heavier rain in the lower Cape area very mild forty two. And then tonight we're all going to be below freezing, so what comes down could actually freeze and be icy and treacherous
if you're driving. We can also see about an inch of snow tonight, and this looks like it's widespread Saturday morning snow, and then here comes the sun on a very chilly, dry Saturday, frigid, frigid tomorrow and Tomorrow night. Sunday starts out fine. You know, if you're going to do anything outside, do it Sunday morning. By late afternoon, we could see another round of this mix of rain and snow in Monday. Dishonoring the game with possible insider info.
Wbz's Drewmalin is more on trouble off the hardwood for a former self.
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Terry Rosier drafted by the Celtics twenty fifteen. He may be in some very hot water right now with the Feds prosecutors are looking at gambling and that Rogier may be part of an illegal sports betting scheme. Officials say he left a twenty twenty three game as a member of the Charlotte Hornets with an injury, and they believe a whole lot of people knew that was the plan from the start. This is part of the same investigation that led to the lifetime ban of Toronto Raptors player
Johntay Porter. We shall see how it all plays out, Drew mo'holland WVZ Boston's news.
Radio and underway right now in Denham, Karen Read is back in court this morning for another hearing about what evidence will be allowed in her retrial this spring, And right now, Reid's lawyer is arguing for the judge to allow testimony from defense witness Richard Green, a cell phone expert. The prosecution does not want mister Green to take the stand in the retrial. The defense argues, not so fast.
In mister Brennan's argument, he did not make one argument about mister Green's qualifications zero, So I'm assuming because there's nothing in their motion that even goes into why he.
Might not be qualified.
So to me, your honor.
That's a tacit concession if not expressed, if he's qualifying.
So the question at the heart of this what time did key witness Jen McCabe google Hasslan to die in the cold a type bo for presumably how long to die in the cold, and Green said he believed she made that search only hours before John o'key's body was found in the snow, and canton the prosecutions trying to dispute that again, We're monitoring. We'll have more from Norfolk Superior Court shortly, both here and streaming on the new iHeartRadio app. Let's go to Greenland. What's going on there?
A top Danish official joining the chorus of voices against President Trump's suggestion that we buy it.
Denmark's Foreign minister said a US takeover of Greenland is not in the island's interests. On Thursday, his counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, downplayed any idea of using military force, but said President Trump's talk of buying the territory was quote not a joke. The Foreign minister said, it's not a joke either when we say that Greenland will not become an American possession. He said it's not in the
interests of the Kingdom of Denmark, which controls Greenland. Trump has said it would be a purchase that would benefit America's strategic interests. Steve Kaith and CBS News.
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