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Good Saturday morning, thirty nine degrees, mostly sunny and Boston at eleven o'clock. Thanks for being with us. I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening. Expect some high winds to continue through this evening. Blustery and quite chilly for the rest of today, with sunshine and patchee clouds.
High forty three with accurate the early field temperatures mostly in the twenties.
That's ACCU Weather meteorologist Carl Ericson. The full forecast is coming right up to News now. Fan reaction is pouring in as the Bruins starts searching for a new captain. CBS News Boston's Julie McDonald reports a lot of.
Distraught people walking around here, so yeah, it's it's a tough one.
At the Jim Roach Community Arena in West Roxbury Friday night, Bruins fans wore their broken hearts on their sleeves.
I feel like the shade was really, really bad.
My NHL twenty five season.
Has kind of ruined.
Now how long these fans had raced for a fire sale, but can't believe Brad Marshan landed on the chopping block.
He was just the spot for any team.
It's the kind of guy that you, yeah, hate ted when you're on another team, but the kind of guy you'd love to have.
On your team.
I don't think you should be able to trade your captain, especially if he's fayed for it so long and it's so good.
It just seems unfair, all right. With the left of the Bruins are in Tampa this afternoon, facing off against the Lightning puck Drops at three o'clock. The Celtics and Lakers renew their old rivalry at the Garden tonight. That's at eight thirty, Lakers coming in on an eight game winning streak. The Red Sox and Twins play in Fort Myers at one o'clock. Tuberculosis discovered in Manchester, New Hampshire.
The person infected spent time at the family's in Transition Adult shelter and the twelve sixty nine Cafe on Union Street. Anyone who visited either of the two locations between October first of last year twenty twenty four and January thirty first of this year may have come in contact with the person. Testing clinics are being held at the twelve sixty nine Cafe on Tuesday and Wednesday from ten am to two pm. People who are exposed to TV will
not develop symptoms right away. The bacteria can be inactive in a person's lungs and start multiplying later in life, causing symptoms and illnesses. All right, Russian airstrikes intensifying across Ukraine overnight, and Ukrainian officials are reporting at least twenty people are killed fifty five injured.
President Zelensky posting on social media saying these strikes show Russia's goals are unchanged and once again driving home the point that Ukraine needs to strengthen its air defenses and titan sanctions against Russia. Of course, these attacks come after the US has cut off Ukraine's access to commercial satellite imagery, stopping military aid and sharing intelligence, all crucial for Ukraine's military to operate. One Ukraine and Office is saying, we are fighting blindly.
And that's ABC's Lama Hassan reporting from the Foreign Desk. A suspension of US military aid and intel seen as pressure by the Trump administration on Ukraine to accept a peace steal. Now the fort A WBC ACU weather forecasts quite chilly out there, even though we have plenty of sunshine, some clouds out there as well, a high of forty three this afternoon. Those acua the real field tempts, they'll
be mostly in the twenties. That's because of wind gus thirty to forty miles per hour, mainly clear to night of brisk and cold, dropping to a low of twenty four to twenty eight Tomorrow. Sunday partly sunny at chili
breeze highs near forty five. Monday, it starts to turn mild with a mild durer i should say, with some clouds early, giving way to plenty of sunshine, a high of fifty one, and then we really start to warm that up on Tuesday, sun much at the time, and we'll see his fifty five to fifty eight, so possibly flirting with sixty degrees right now. The problem looking at the radar map is we do have some light snow flurries out there along the north shore. Newbury Port, Amesbury
seeing some light snow. Lawrence as well. Gloucester looks like it's getting clipped a bit Ipswich as well, and then over in Leminster and also some other spots. Let's see Gardner and Westminster seeing a little bit of snow at this time. It looks like it's moving fairly quickly though some rain over Danvers Right now. Temp wise in the city, we have thirty nine degrees partly sunny. Sky's at eleven
o six. Back to news now, Anita middle school teacher is facing child pornography charges and has has pleaded not guilty. Details down from CBS News Boston's Tammy Mutassa.
For seventeen years, Michael Chickalela was a trusted educator working with children in Needham public schools, but now the High Rock Middle School teacher is charged with uploading at least one hundred and sixty images and videos showing young boys being sexually abused. The victims we're as young as three years.
Old to twelve h exploded.
You don't think he did it. I'm gonna leave that.
Up to the court.
That's the teacher's nineteen year old son outside court, after being asked about his dad's arrest.
He wasn't anything too crazy. I usually can keep myself composed, so doesn't see that. Did your father ever abuse you?
No, sir, prosecutors say the forty six year old soccer coach even posed as a thirteen year old using an online messaging app to chat kids up. Investigators had been looking into the teacher since last August.
The teacher placed on administrative leave. His access to buildings, grounds and digital files has been cut off and off duty Worcester police officer is facing charges accused of being involved in a fight during a children's soccer game. That alleged confrontation occurred at the TeamWorks facility in Northborough last Saturday night. A summons was issued for the officer to appear in Westboro District Court to face a charge of assault and battery. The officer was not arrested and therefore
has not been publicly identified. The MBTA will roll out a special ceremonial commuter rail car to begin celebrating the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary at Patriots Day.
It's all decked out in red, white and blue. The MBTA's ceremonial Patriots Day Commuter Rail passenger car will ferry locals and tourists alike from Boston to the Revolutionary War towns of Lexington and Conquered Lincoln and Arlington for the Patriotic Holiday April nineteenth.
We're going to be double in the service on the Fitchburgh line for the day of the events, encouraging people to use public transportations to attend. And then from there it really evolved into what could the MBTA do and go up, up and beyond, A.
Chief railroad officer for the t's commuter rail system, Michael Rooks, communities.
Are expecting large turnouts both near and far. It's a big anniversary at a big event.
WBC's Mike Macklin reporting. 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