This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Forty six degrees in Boston, beautiful sunny sky is a little cooler than what we saw yesterday. Hi's in the mid to high fifties today. We'll have the full ACCU weather forecasts coming up in three All right, now to a developing story we've been following this morning. Firefighters are on the scene of a massive brush fire in Salem. About eighty acres have burned so far. Fire official say the
fire is still burning but is considered under control. The firefighters they've been on scene since last night. Salem Fire Chief Alan diyon I.
Would say it's heading towards South Salem Salem Stay Campus in that area. We're getting a lot of costs for smoke, but we did put a code right out to the.
Community and the fire is burning in the woods at the Salem Lynn Line. There is a smoky Hayes that's in the air in parts of the north Shores. We just heard, but right now the worst of the smoke is avoiding downtown Salem on one of the busiest weekends for the which city this weekend before Halloween. Now, if win patterns do shift that could change. Election day, now
just nine days away. The latest CBS News poll showing the race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris essentially deadlocked both nationally and in the Swing States. CBS's Deputy director of Survey, Jennifer De Pinto, says two issues are driving each candidate's numbers.
Kama Harris continues to do well among voters who say abortion is a major factor in their vote, beating Donald Trump by seventy percent to twenty eight percent among those voters, but she has not succeeded over the course of the campaign and growing the number of voters who cite abortion as a major factor. That percentage has hovered in the low fifties, while a much larger eight and ten voters called the economy a major factor, and Trump leads Harris among those voters.
And Vice President Kamala Harris spending today campaigning in Pennsylvania, speaking this morning to a church service in West Philly. You're in Pennsylvania right now. Each of us has an opportunity to make a difference, because in this moment, we do face a real question what kind of country do we want to live in? And former President Donald Trump is holding a big campaign rally this evening in New York's Madison Square Garden, where he'll begin delivering his closing
arguments for re election. All right, it's the weekend ending on a spooky note. Halloween costumes are getting an early day bo at the Prudential Center today. It's the twenty ninth annual prewe Boo event. There's trigger treating for kids, as well as other activities like magic shows and pumpkin decorating. Let's check the fort A wbc ACU weather forecastiers meteorologist Bill deggers.
This afternoon will be a mostly sunny one, but it will be chillier compared to recent days. Highs fifty four to fifty eight. Clear tonight lowe's around forty and sunshine Tomorrow high fifty three. We'll stay in the forties and inland locations Tuesday sunshine mid to upper fifties, near seventy by Wednesday with sun The warmth peaks on Halloween mid seventies before we're back in the sixties on Friday. I'm ack you weather mediaiologists Bill Dagger, WBZ Boston's news radio right.
Checking the region is fifty degrees right now in Medford, forty eight in Randolph, forty nine in Norwell, and forty eight in Brockton. In the city forty six degrees, and we do have sunny skies across the board. The US Navy apologizing for destroying an Alaskan Native village one hundred and forty two years.
Ago, Rear Admiral Mark Sugato formally apologized for attacking the village of Van Goon.
The Navy attack.
Killed six children and caused such dire food shortages that villagers starved themselves so that children could eat. And Goon had been seeking an apology for decades.
And that's WBZ TV's David Wade reporting. You are now 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