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Blue skies, breezy, twenty one degrees. That's it in Boston. It's a chilly, clear Monday. We're warming up though midweek. More on that coming up, but first, the Mayor of Boston coming under withering criticism on social media for giving condolences to the family of an armed man who's stormed into the back Bay Chick fil A and tried to stab two people. An off duty police officer shot and
killed the suspect. The restaurant is closed today, and Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden says he has reason to believe that others may have been involved in what led up to that violence. Mayor Michelle Woos's trauma services are available throughout the city of Boston. But again, people in Boston and nationwide have been really commenting quite a bit, and Alavid is negative on the Mayor's comments. We'll be following
up on that shortly. After being delayed for about a month, sweeping tariffs on neighboring Mexico and Canada are expected to go into effect tomorrow, along with another tariff on China. The move includes twenty five percent tariffs on both of America's neighbors and another ten percent tariff as I said on China. So how will these terriffs impact US consumers? ABC's Alexis christoffers with that.
We're talking about perishable items like fresh fruits and vegetables, including avocados, tomatoes, bell peppers, also baked goods, cereals, and pasta, as well as beef and some seafood from Canada. And if you're in the market for a new car, analysts say the tariffs could add up to at least three thousand dollars more on that price. That includes, by the way, domestic cars.
Is this set in Stone well? Commerce Secretary Lutnick says the situation right now is fluid. We'll see in the Middle East, Israel and Kamas or at odds again over the next steps of a ceasefire deal. Growing concerns now that the fighting could resume in Gaza. Israel wants to extend phase one of the original ceasefire deal that expired this last weekend. Hamas wants to move forward to the second phase. We get more from ABC News. Israel responding by cutting off all aid to Gaza.
The sticking points are really the full withdrawal of all IDF troops from Gaza and this permanency's fire. Israel has yet to commit to either of those things. There are critics who say that Netanyahu is really trying to delay talks to end the war. They're calling this move to block all aid going into Gaza cheap blackmail. And on the flip side, we're hearing the Israelis threatening further consequences if negotiations go nowhere.
And again, world leaders gathered for someone on ending the war in Ukraine this weekend. In the UK, the British Prime Minister and other European leaders committed to helping Ukrainian President Voladimir Zelenski in the war against Russia, on the heels of a contentious White House meeting with President Trump and Vice President Vance Wendy. Lots of sun high thirty one clear to partley, cloudy tonight twenty five in Boston, upper teens Inland, and then tomorrow we're warming up again.
We have a few really warm days. They're not all sunny days. Tomorrow's Sunday forty seven are high. Wednesday, we're looking at a little rain and then a lot of rain, even some thunderstorms Wednesday night into Thursday. We're looking at near sixty each day. Another big name is making his return to Boston. Wdbz's Drumahoaland reports Eric Clapton is coming to Cosway's Street.
Just announced, Eric Clapton will play Boston Garden Tuesday, September sixteen. Old Slohan last played the Garden in September of twenty twenty two. All the US states are being an ounce today and there are not many at the moment. It is a limited run where in a one week span, Eric Clapton plays the Boston Garden on Tuesday the sixteenth, Madison Square Garden that Friday, and then Mohegan Sun on Saturday. Quite a busy mid September run there. Tickets go on sale Friday.
BZ. We have an update on Stop and Shop. They reached a deal with workers over the weekend and each side is standing down. The union says the six year new contract ensures that the Freetown warehouse remains open and that saves about nine hundred Stop and Shop jobs. It
also raises wages and benefits. Governor Morheey praising the teamsters for standing by the food workers to ensure the good paying jobs stay In Massachusetts, federal workers are once again being asked to email their bosses what they did last week. ABC Selena Wang is.
That deadline and do not address whether or not replying would lead to possible job loss. The Musk saying those who fail to respond will be fired, writing on X the President has made it clear that this is mandatory for the executive branch.
And this story now above fired workers. Some fired federal workers have been invited to attend President Donald Trump's speech tomorrow night before a joint session of Congress. The White House is accusing Democratic lawmakers of exploiting the American people for political points. Here other Democrats are skipping the speech altogether as a protest. Join us tomorrow night at nine pm. We are taking the President's speech live both here and of course, streaming it on the new iHeart Radio app.
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