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Cloudy in forty four degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock. Good morning, I'm Suzanne Sosville. Thanks for joining us. Here's what's happening. It looks like three public high schools and an elementary school in Boston will be shutting down. The Boston School Committee last night approved the controversial closures. According to the Globe, The committee also voted five to one
to merge two more schools. This means at the end of next school year, Community Academy and Jamaica Plaine Excel High School in South Boston, Mary Lyon Pilot High School in Austin Brighton, and Paula A. Dever Elementary School in Dorchester will shut down. The plan effects about thirteen hundred students. President Trump's billionaire advisor, Elon Musk, visits the Pentagon today. ABC's Martha Raditz says Musk might be learning some of the country's most guarded secrets.
The New York Times had reported that Elon Musk would be briefed at the Pentagon top secret plans for any potential war with China, which would be an extraordinary expansion beyond the doge responsibilities given his business connections to China and the fact that those are very closely held secrets.
But overnight, a fury of denials from the Trump administration, the President claiming the story is completely untrue, and Elon Musk calling the story pure propaganda, saying leakers will be prosecuted.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegsas says today's visit is focused on innovation, efficiencies and smarter production. A federal judge is still waiting on the Trump administration to release more information about deportations. This past weekend, Judge Jeb Bosberg gave the Trump administration an until noon yesterday to provide answers, but Bosberg says the information he got was woefully insufficient. This all comes after the Trump administration sent flights full of Venezuelan migrants
to El Salvador. ABC's Terry Moran has more.
Attorneys for Jersey Reyes Barrios, a professional soccer player from Venezuela with no criminal record, say he was apparently one of the men sent to El Salvador. His attorneys says Barrios came to the United States border legally seeking a sign Lemon September twenty twenty four, but he was accused of being a gang member by law enforcement because of his tattoos. Clena Portu, speaking to ABC News, Barrios Aunt
says his tattoos are inspired by soccer. It's not just the president who gets the last word, she says.
The flights took off on Saturday as President Trump invoked a law from the eighteenth century that gives him broad wartime powers to speed up deportations. He threw airport in London still shut down after a fire earlier. Today, the power is out at the airport and it's not clear when it might be restored. ABC's Marcus Morris says this could create travel disruptions for days.
The assumption would be that they would just need to get the power back up and running, flip a switch, so to speak. But obviously they have to do some repairs, and then there are systems that have to be rebooted, and once they're rebooted and back online, they have to ensure that those systems are stable.
Flight Aware says two flights from Logan to Heathrow have been canceled. Coming up. Everything you need to know as you search for that shiny new apartment. Windy and cloudy, with some breaks for sun this afternoon. High forty nine Tonight, mainly clear skies and those March winds still blowing. Low thirty seven Tomorrow, a mix of sun and clouds. Still breezy, but warmer, highs fifty seven to sixty one, lower fifties
for the Capan Islands. On Sunday, mostly sunny, a few clouds here and there, but cooler and still breathing at times. Highs in the mid forties. On Monday, cloudy with rain likely perhaps mixed with snow for a time in some inland locations. High forty eight. Right now in Boston it's cloudy and forty five degrees. It's that time again. Renters are looking for new places to move into. On September first, wbz's Emma Friedman has everything we need to know.
It's like a game of renter roulette.
Yeah, the data is interesting. I think we're shaping up to be somewhat similar to last year. I don't think we'll see huge increases in rent I don't think it's there.
CEO of Boston Pads Demetrio Selpaglo says, in just a few weeks all the cards will be on the table, but that doesn't guarantee the best deal. With some of the cheaper fines appearing over the summer.
If you have a strong group, you have a better chance of negotiating great terms. Now, the earlier you start in your search, the better chance you have of negotiating terms.
Based on the live property data from thousands of apartments, more and more are going up each day.
So let's say you see alenla Da just dropped the price, you probably want to jump on that one real quick because that's getting noticed very fast.
So Paglo says, for a one bedroom apartment, you'll find the best deal in West Roxbury. I'm a freedman, WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Federal officials are calling for safety evaluations of sixty eight bridges across the country, including three in Massachusetts. This after the devastating collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. Last year. The NTSB identified the Tobin, Sagamore and Bourne Bridges as needing vulnerability assessments. They want to see their risk of collapse. Other bridges on the list included the Golden Gate Bridge in California and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge
in Florida. Consumer safety experts have a new warning for parents.
A knockoff handbag is one thing. A knockoff car seat quite another.
If it's a dupe of a car seat, your baby might not survive a crash that they could have survived.
Old safety experts like doctor Alissa Bayer say counterfeit car seats are flooding online retailer ABC News showing doctor Bear a couple of seats listed on Amazon and TMU.
I am not seeing any mention of the brand name. Sometimes price can be a red flag.
Proofed car seats will always have a certification sticker, she says. Both retailers have now removed those seats for sale. Cherry preston ABC News, you.
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