Sonny in sixty eight degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock. Good Saturday morning is always thanks for tuning in. I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening. A summerlike mix with possible thunderstorms tossed in clouds.
It's signed for the rest of today.
Breeze and warm, a thunderstorm in the area, especially to the west of the city.
Any thunderstorm could produce gusty wins in a drenching downpour.
And that's ACU weather meteorologist John feerickhes between seventy six and eighty the full forecasts coming up. A key witness in the Karen Reid murder retrial faces another grueling day on the stand to wrap up the week in Norfolk Superior Court yesterday, w BZ Suzanne Sausville.
Report, Jen mckabe was grilled for hours by defense attorney Alan Jackson. He questioned her about her testimony before a grand jury in June twenty twenty three, trying to point out discrepancies with her current testimony. She admitted to making a few calls the morning of John's death, but denied calling her sister Nicole, even though records show with thirty eight second call to her sister.
There's nothing nefarious. I remembered who I called. I didn't go back and look at phone records.
I didn't say it was neharius. Why would you use the word.
Etharius because there's nothing about me calling my sister that is nefarious, and I feel like you're insinuating it might be and it's not.
She was also asked if she and her family used a group chat to coordinate versions of events that happened. McCabe said no. Suzanne Sasville WBZ, Boston's news radio.
A former mass Date Police sergeant, is found guilty in his role in a bribery scheme. Gary Cedarquist of Stowton, is one of six people accused of taking bribes in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving tests, whether they actually passed or not. Cedar Quest found guilty of extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion, mail fraud, and more. He'll be back in court in July for sentencing. Cedar Quest dishonably
dis charged as a state trooper. Last year. President Trump spending another weekend at mar A Lago, but his administration's work continues on a number of fronts. Here's CBS's Broadley Blackburn.
In an emergency appeal to the US Supreme Court, the Trump administration asked to clear the way for the Department of Government Efficiency to access sensitive social security data with personally identifiable information on millions of Americans, supposedly to find fraud. Billionaire Elon Musk has said he's winding down his time with DOZE, but the administration says the department's work to
cut government waste will continue. Friday, the President also gave Congress his budget blueprint, calling for one hundred and sixty three billion dollars in spending cuts. It targets public health, education, and clean energy programs, but would not touch defence, border securities, social security, Medicare, or Medicaid.
Maine reaches a settlement with the Trump administration ending a federal freeze on funding for a child nutrition program in the state, and now the ACU. The forecast a mix of sun and clouds. It's going to be breezy and warm, a thunderstorm in the area mainly west and north of the city that could produce some downpours. Also see some strong winds. Highs around eighty degrees, though holding in the
sixties for the South coast Cape in the Islands. Tonight, a couple of showers in a thunderstorm, mostly from ninety five westward. We'll see a low tonight, mild low of fifty eight degrees. Tomorrow a couple of showers around high's near seventies, so not as warm as today Tomorrow. On Monday, I should say back to work. Highs in the load to mid fifties with a mix of clouds, rain and drizzle at times. Tuesday, remaining cloudy with some rain and drizzle likely again on Tuesday with the high of just
sixty one. It's mostly sunny and right now at sixty eight degrees in Boston at eleven oh five. Back to News, Senator Ed Markey calling President Trump's order ending public broadcasting funding unconstitutional, and the Senator warns about a fight with Congress down the road.
The executive order to funding public broadcasting, says Markey, is a direct threats the survival of local media stations nationwide.
Which are a lifeload for rural in urban communities alike and offer everything from educational children's programming to life saving emergency alerts.
Ur The more the move is unconstitutional, says Marky noting that Article one gives Congress sole authority and the funding of public broadcasting. The Massachusetts Democrat predicts by partisan resistance to the move. Last week, Markey and Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski sent a letter of concern to the White House when the suggestion of the funding public broadcasting was first floated. Kendall BILWBSY Boston's news Radio.
An investigation continues in Taunton this after shots ring out in broad daylight. Polly say it happened at about eight twenty yesterday morning near the intersection of Fifth and Westwater Street. The driver a driver opening fire, hitting another vehicle twice. No injuries reported. One person has been arrested. All right, if you're a traveler but don't have your real ID yet, you now have just less than five days to get one. But CPS's Brad Gibson says there is a work around.
So what do you do if you don't have a certified real ID with that little gold star in the upper right corner.
You've got options a US passport, but you can also bring a permanent resident card, a border crossing card, a US passport card, or a DODID.
That's John Breo, a travel expert with an actual consumer league. Eighty one percent of travelers already have a real ID, but in either case, beginning May seventh, I.
Certainly anticipate that there are going to be a lot of people who show up at the airport without real ID, and that can lead to delays.
Brad Gibson for CBS News.
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