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Is foggy, cloudy in fifty six degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock. But hang on the bright spot here is We're going to see highs creeping to the mid sixties. The flacky weather forecast coming up. I'm Sherry Small. Thanks for joining us. Here's what's happening. President Trump says he's not joking about seeking a possible third term, despite what the constitution says. Here's ABC's Mary Bruce with Moore.
In some of the strongest comments yet. President Trump says he's considering his options to serve a third term in office, a breach of the Constitution's two term limit for presidents. I want to talk about it.
I'm just telling you I have had more people say please run again. I said, we have a long way to go before we even thinking about that.
In a phone call with NBC, Trump saying, quote, there are methods which you could do it, including possible urging his Vice president jd Vance to run and then seed power back to Trump.
And the twenty second Amendment bars a person from being elected president more than twice. And it's going to be a busy week at the White House as the President gets ready to levy and announce new tariffs on US allies. ABC's Perry Russom has the timeline.
We're now counting down to what President Trump is calling Liberation Day April tecond that is this Wednesday, when he plans to roll out as most significant tariffs. Today. He now says he is planning reciprocal tariffs on all countries. That means if a foreign country has a tariff on a US product, the US puts the same tariff on that country. The Wall Street Journal reports those new tariffs could be as high as twenty percent.
And the President is also set to announce tariffs on pharmaceuticals sometime soon. All right, Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility, a day to celebrate the trans community and raise awareness about obstacles that trans people face. Local leaders marking the occasion. The Boss and City Council adopted a resolution declaring today trans Day of Visibility in the city, and Lieutenant Governor Kim driscoll will hold an event at
the State House this afternoon as well. If you're looking to celebrate, the Pride Center in Hyde Park is hosting festivities including an art collage workshop and a community dinner. Today we will get to hear from Needham astronauts Sunny Williams about her unexpected extended s day in space.
From the Johnson Space Center in Houston, astronauts Nick Haig, Butch Wilmore and need of native Sunny Williams, we'll talk about their long duration space mission and their current recovery. Before coming home, Williams had to transfer command of the space station to her Russian counterpart.
We are absolutely thankful for that opportunity and hopefully we did your proud.
Nick, Butcher and Sonny are all going through extensive rehab after spending months in zero G, where astronauts can lose muscle mass, bone density, and suffer other adverse health effects. Roryal Neil WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
We do have some fog hanging on in many areas then today, once that list, we're just going to have to deal with clouds. It'll be breezy, but turning much warmer, high between sixty and sixty four degrees, a couple of showers around as well. Tonight. Then we'll see periods of rain that could lead to ponding on roads. The low overnight forty five tomorrow. Unfortunately, this little warm up that we're seeing is just a spurt, because we're going to be back down to a high of only fifty one tomorrow.
It'd be breezy as well. There will be some sunshine returning Wednesday, even colder mix of sun and clouds will only reach a high of forty some more rain at night, and then when you know, Thursday, we rebound back into the mid sixties. As are high in the city. It's still foggy and cloudy, and we've warmed up to a mild fifty six degrees at eleven oh five, and it's
only going to get warmer from here. Back to news now, Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton is calling on Defense Secretary Pete Hexseth to resign over the group chat scandal, where highly sensitive information about pending US military action was discussed over a non secure messaging app, with the editor of The Atlantic accidentally included in that chat. Maulton, who has a marine vet himself, spoke to CBS Boston political analyst John Keller.
The honorable thing to do, the right thing to do is to resign, because you've lost all moral authority to tell people near command to follow orders basic orders that you're unwilling to follow yourself.
Full chat was published in the Atlantic on Wednesday. National Security Advisor Mike Wall says that he takes full responsibility for including the Atlantic editor. Jerry selection begins tomorrow in Karen Reid's trial. More than two hundred prospective jurors will report for jury duty. The problem is finding an impartial jury is going to be a challenge amid all the massive media attention, recently released documentary series, and also the
growing popularity of the Free Karen Reid movement. Something new this time, jurors will be given an additional one page questionnaire that focuses just on pre trial publicity. Judge Beverly Canoni indicating concern that jury selection could take weeks. Rehe's first trial ended with a hung jury. She faces second degree murder, manslaughter, and leaving the scene in the death rather of her boyfriend John O'Keefe in twenty twenty two.
The defense is expected to offer a third party culprit strategy, claiming that Reed is being framed Israel ordering new evacuations from the Gaza Strip, this time in the Rafa area. As it offers a new proposal to Hamas for the release of hostages.
ES source telling ABC that the Israeli Prime Minister wants at least ten living hostages released that would buy about another five or six weeks of quiet and the resumption of aid into the Gaza strip is As waiting to hear Hamansa's response to.
This, and meanwhile, Israel's moved to evacuate Rafa comes as Muslims celebrated d Al Fitcher, the holiday marking the end of Ramadan. And that report was brought to us by ABC's Jordana Miller. You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Sherry Small, WBZ Boston's news radio