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News Friday morning. Blue skies, breezy out there. We have a wind advisory and a wind warning out there is going to be a blustery weekend, but clear. We hope to see more lanes cleared on the mass Pike after a serious rollover crash this morning in Alston. Let's go back to Kevin Bredditt in the WBZ twenty four hour traffic station.
Yeah, Louri.
Cleanup continues here eastbound on the mass Pike right at the Alston Curve. Earlier this morning, just prior to five o'clock this morning, we had a tractor trailer rollover with a fuel spill. They're still in the process of cleaning that up. They were able to get the truck uprighted and out of there. Nonetheless, two left lanes are still blocked here. Right lane is getting by, and you got
about a five mile backup. Officials are estimating cleanup should be a little after eleven maybe eleven thirty here, but that's just a guestimation. I'll have more for you just a bit. With traffic on the.
Threes, speed was a factor. A new National Safety report investigated the MBTA Green Line crash last month in Summerville. The NTSB also found the trolley was speeding when it blasted through a stop sign before kreened into an out of service train, derailing. Both two passengers and four crew members were injured. The t says it look this over and they agree with the initial findings of this report.
Now moving forward, federal investigators say they will focus now on crash worthiness, human performance, internal and external safety oversight, and operating procedures. Also, TA crews worked through the night inspecting and removing ceiling panels after one came careening down on the Red Line ceiling yesterday, hitting no people, but it did hit the subway platform at Harvard Station. We are standing by for President Trump to speak any moment
now from the Oval Office. It's unclear about what and the speech was only just added to his schedule within the last hour. It comes as businesses nation water facing a case of tariff whiplash, with President Trump pausing some of the tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports for a second time. ABC's Mary Bruce reports.
The suspension just a short term escape until April second. According to the White House, about half of imports from Mexico, and only thirty eight percent of goods from Canada qualify for the pause, including auto parts and most produce. Economists continue to warn that Trump's sweeping tariffs will be paid for it by American businesses who will pass along the costs to consumers in the form of higher prices.
Will take a look at the markets at eleven A see if that selloff goes on. Meanwhile, President Trump says he sent a letter to around Supreme Leader seeking to negotiate a nuclear deal. The President mentioned the letter in an interview on Fox this morning, and by the way, it's been confirmed by the White House. Perhaps this is what this will be about the Oval Office, not a speech, but he will speak from the Oval Office momentarily, President Trump,
We're standing by. I do want to add. It comes as Tehran enriches uranium at near weapons grade levels right now, with both the United States and Israel warning they will never let Iran acquire a nuclear weapon. Let's go back to the latest jobs report, now out mixed reviews.
The Labor Department reports one hundred and fifty one thousand jobs added to the US economy last month, with unemployment up slightly from four to four point one percent, economist Gus Fauchet.
As of early twenty twenty five, the labor market is quite solid and the unemployment rate remains historically low.
Today's numbers do not take into account federal government firings.
I see snow on the Doppler in Massachusetts right now, in western mass This is part of a system that is covering a lot of New York, Syrahcuse, Kingston. Actually this goes up to Canada. Interesting, so we are seeing a little bit of snow in the Berks years right now that it's pretty or not because we do have those strong winds. So actually that could be a problem
for visibility. Winds gusting to fifty five miles an hour today and that sun is not really going to do much in terms of warming us out of the real field twenty zone during the daytime, and the wind sticks around this entire weekend as well. I don't see any precipitation in this forecast through the weekend. We warm up on Monday. It's a snuggle weekend. There you have it. It's also a weekend to lose a little sleep. Unfortunately, we got an extra hour of sleep last fall. Didn't
we well, we're paying it back this weekend. Wbz's Drewmalin is more on daylight saving time.
Yeah, time is messing with our minds again this weekend, and losing that hour of sleep actually does do some harm. Increases symptoms of anxiety depression. It's also been tied to a rise in heart attacks and strokes, so that's not good. Them will rise after seven am on Sunday, But there is that silver lining and it is a big one, folks. The sun will set at six forty five pm.
Poor sleep can be a problem for teens.
Teens who don't get enough sleep are at risk for high blood pressure. A study by the American Heart Association found teens who either had insomnia or slept less than seven point seven hours had an elevated blood pressure compared to teens who were getting enough sleep. The findings show that poor sleep can impact the heart even at younger.
Ages, CBS, says Mike George. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends teens get eight to ten hours of sleep every night. Most high school students get about six and a half hours of sleep, So there is a national do not Call Registry. How about a do not knock list. Matsouan has one. They have long allowed residents to join the police departments no knock registry to stop salespeople at
your front door. But the Eagle Tribune says the city just put the application online and they've been absolutely swamped. More than five hundred and twenty seven people signed up in the first twenty four hours. The mayor actually talked to the Tribune. He said he himself has fallen victim to the inconvenient house visits that knock on the door. They don't know when we work, they don't know we get up at four am, they don't care, and that many of the complaints he's seeing are about door to
door salespeople selling solar panels. You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Laurie Kirby, WBZ, Boston's news radio