This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Lots of sun, of beautiful breeze out there in Boston right now, sixty four degrees. It's eleven o'clock. Good morning. I'm Nicole Davis, and here's what's happening. Starting in Debtim at the Karen Reid retrial for the third day. The defense has State Police Sergeant you'ur E Buchanic on the stand right now. He is reciting derogatory text messages sent by fired trooper
Michael Proctor. Buchanic was Proctor's supervisor. The text messages were sent in a group chat that Buchanic was in. Defense is questioning why he did not intervene. At leven oh one, we're watching developing news overseas. The family of the last surviving Israeli American hostage, Eadon Alexander is eagerly awaiting as Hama says, he will be released sometime soon, potentially in the next few hours. Your CBS is Ramy and Assensia.
This family released a statement of joy. They got the news yesterday that was Mother's Day. They said, Today, on Mother's Day, we received the greatest gift, imaginable news that our son dan Is returning home after nearly six hundred days. They thanked President Trump, but then again demanded their own government, the Israeli government, get all of those hostages home, living and dead. They are believed to be fifty nine and in total.
Hamas did agree to release Alexander in the hopes of securing a cease fire deal. Alexander's parents flying from New Jersey over to Israel to greet him and President Trump at the White House today signing a new executive order, he says, we'll lower the cost of prescription drugs. The order sets a thirty day deadline to get the costs down. It also calls on HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Junior to
broker a deal. If a deal is not reached by the deadline, that's when a new rule would kick in, tying the price of what the US pays for medications to lower prices paid by other countries.
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The President tried to institute a similar order during his first term, but that was blocked by the courts when the pharmaceutical lobbies pushed back. Some prescription drug prices were lowered during the last administration. The Biden administration, with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act that allowed Medicare to negotiate lower prices for certain drugs. Wall Street happy today is the US and China make a giant leap toward ending their ongoing trade war.
Under this agreement, the US would drop its tariff down to thirty percent and China would lower its rate to ten percent. And this, of course will come as welcome news to many US companies who had suspended orders from China and shipments to West Coast ports had been slowing dramatically over the past few weeks.
BBS Kaitlyn Huey burns there. Chinese officials say the two sides agree to what they call a trade consultation mechanism. Treasury Secretary Scott Assent says more details will be coming later on today on that potential deal. Dal Jones up almost one thousand points, Nastack up more than three and a half percent. And what a gorgeous day it is
out there right now. We're seeing sunny skies across the Commonwealth, Temperatures in the mid to i'd say mid to upper sixties at this point, getting up to the low to mid seventies today, little breeze out there from the south right now about fifteen miles an hour, so it's kind of moving the trees around a little bit, not enough to really blow the car around on the road, but
kind of nice if you're outside walking around now. Later on tonight we will have clear to partly cloudy skies, low in the mid fifties on the coast and in Boston a little bit cooler if you're inland, forty eight to fifty or so. Then for tomorrow we start to see some more clouds move in and the breeze will kick up a bit. Still plenty of sun though, with a high in the low sixties on the coast, close
to seventy inland. If you're Wednesday, rather cloudy with a high in the mid sixties, low seventies inland, and Thursday mostly cloudy with a couple of showers moving through and high in the mid sixties. Right now, sixty four degrees in Plymouth, where it's sixty one in Worcester, sixty five in Nashua, New Hampshire, and in Boston eleven oh five. It is sunny, it is gorgeous and sixty four degrees. Well. Celtics fans are getting pretty hyped for the pivotal Game
four tonight in New York. You're still many bz's Jim McKay.
Some fans still can't get past the first two games of this series.
Just the shots weren't going in.
It was tough.
They just couldn't hit shots.
The Green went down two games to nothing, but on Saturday they had a convincing win on the road at Madison Square Garden, and tonight they're hoping for a repeat. It went by ten tonight. Ron from Lynn heading to work at North Station. He thinks the Jays will come alive tonight and the Celtics talent will prevail.
I think Game five will swing back in our fava.
If the Celtics win tonight, it then becomes a best of three series, with Game five set for Wednesday night right here at the Garden. But before that, the Celtics still need to get a w don't think it home againstick as well. Chip off for Game four tonight at Madison Square Garden is at seven thirty on Cosway Street. Jim McKay WBZ Boston's news Radio.
Former Boston Mayor Tominino passed away about ten years ago, but his wife has stayed active In local politics, Angela Menino is once again now offering up per endorsement for Mayor Michelle Wou she did when Wu first ran for mayor back in twenty twenty one. In a new statement out today, Minino says Mayor Wu, during her time in office, has continued her husband's legacy by showing up, taking care of the small things, and building trust to get things done.
Minino says Wu has worked hard to make Boston home for everyone, and she believes her late husband also would have endorsed her. Wu is facing several challengers, most notably Josh Kraft. Summer travel records expected to really heat up for Memorial Day weekend. Here's wbz's Drew mo'holland.
Wire up the grill, baby.
Memorial Day is two weeks away.
Stay's done, I think so.
They keeps cooking even if it dropped the flame. The jusis yep, Tony soprano. When you're right, you are right, and we're gonna shatter a twenty year travel record this time around. Triple A says more than forty five million of us are going to go somewhere Memorial Day weekend. It's an increase of about one point five million travelers, which tops the previous high water mark set back in two thousand and five. Drew maholland WBZ, Boston's news radio.
And fishing game officials in New Hampshire or searching for a man caught on camera poaching a wounded turkey after shooting in a cemetery where people were visiting. Has happened yesterday around ten am in the town of Loudon, New Hampshire. Fish'll say the man was seen on camera getting dropped off by somebody in a black pickup truck before shooting the bird, breaking the law in the process, as in New Hampshire it is illegal to hunt in a cemetery.
Video then shows the wounded bird flailing, flapping and kicking as the man wrestled it violently into the woods. If you have any information on the hunter involved here, you're asked to give New Hampshire Fishing getting a call. You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole Davis, wb ZE, Boston's news radio