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News, sixty seven Sunshine in Boston. It's eleven o'clock on this Thursday morning. Good morning, I'm Laurie Kirby and we begin on the campaign trail. The presidential candidates are still fighting for every inch in their swingsdate tug of war, but they're also planning their final messages to the American public before election day. ABC's Mary Bruce begins our coverage.
Pars campaign has now announced that next Tuesday, exactly one week from election day, she plans to give a major address or closing argument to the American people at the exact same site in Washington where Donald Trump addressed his supporters on January sixth. But first today, she'll be down in Georgia for big get out the Vote rally with some big names including Bruce Springsteen, Tyler Perry, and former President Obama.
Mullayna is five thirty eight in New York Times. Polling shows former President Trump is carrying US slim one point lead in the swing state of Georgia, but today the former president is focusing his efforts on the Sun Belt. Your's ABC's Stephen Portnoy.
Today, Donald Trump campaigns in Arizona and Nevada, two states with seventeen electoral votes between them, were registered Republicans now outnumbered Democrats among those mailing or casting early votes. Tomorrow, Trump heads to Texas for a taping of the popular Joe Rogan podcast. Then he's onto Michigan and Pennsylvania, and on Sunday he'll be in his hometown of New York for a rally at Madison Square.
Guard polling shows Vice President Harris is in the lead in Nevada and former President Trump is leading in Arizona. Gun advocates take a big step in their fight against the state's new firearms reforms. Governor Moorehealy signed an emergency preamble this month to let a sweeping gun law go into effect immediately now Second Amendment to advocates have collected nearly one hundred thousand signatures into of a twenty twenty six ballid measure against the reforms. They say the law
infringes on their rights. Supporters of the reform say they are crucial to keeping Massachusetts gun violence rate low. Health officials are still investigating a deadly E Coli outbreak. Link to McDonald's quarter pounders in ten states. ABC's Jim Ryan reports.
McDonald's put its national president in front of the cameras Wednesday to try to ease consumers' concerns, and it's pulled the quarter pounder from the menu in about twenty percent of its locations. The company is facing its first lawsuit, filed by a man who says he came down with e coli two days after eating at McDonald's. He wants one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in damages.
One person has now died, dozens more have become sick from the tinted burgers. Next week will be the last off for Stop and Shop in Brockton, the last remaining stop and shop in the city of Champions is one of eight set to close around the state.
I'll see what the reason really is for them to close it.
Nick to Native and Shops at these soon to be closed North Montello Stop and Shop on a weekly basis. This has a bit confused about the closure, saying this place is usually homon.
They still getting a normal fluctuation of the business coming through there.
But Quincy Base Stop and Shop Corporate had this spot on their list of eight underperforming stores and mass that are closing for good. We need these grocery easy and no, Sammy tells me. It's a gut punch. People from all walks of life have been shopping here for years.
And now only for me before. Like locomb income people.
This one stings even more for the City of Champions. The Mayor's office led rallies to keep this location open just last year, but as of November one, the doors will be closed for good. In Brockton. Jim mckaw BZ Boston's News Radio.
More sun today, breezy, near seventy degrees. We're seeing sixty eight out there in quite a few spots, so maybe again today we'll surpass the forecast at high We've had a record breaking week for warmth. But back to fall tonight, some of you into the upper thirtyes, so pretty close to a frost clear starlet forty five in Boston. Lots of sun for Friday, year sixty. The weekend is going to be cooler and damper, and we'll run that down
for you. Coming up. It's eleven oh five. The Millionaire's Tax is raking it in Massachusetts, raking it in the new four percent serve tax on those who earn more than a million bucks in a single year has led to a billion dollars surplus one billion. The House Budget chief On Beacon Hill told business leaders in Boston he would like to direct that money towards transportation, mostly MBTA capital investments. Now that money is meant to be split
evenly between education and transportation. Right now, State Rep. Aaron Mitchelowitz says transportation has been getting the short end of the stick. In Massachusetts, The Susan G. Commen More Than Pink Walk is this week end this breast cancer awareness mouth. Here's wbz's Drew mholland with all you need to know.
The More Than Pinkwok is Saturday at north Point Park in Cambridge. It is two miles in length, or you may choose to walk a shorter one mile route. But we're all walking for the same cause, right raise the money and awareness for breast cancer. Liz Strawn is development director at Susan G. Komen.
Awareness is critical. Early detection saves live so the more people take get themselves screened and tested, the better off.
Did I hear dogs are allowed to.
Dogs are allowed as long as you take care of them and pick up after them.
Absolutely gotta love it sounds like a nice little Saturday nine to forty five am start in Cambridge. Drew o'holland WBC Boston's News Radio.
Hollywood actress shares an intimate look at her own cancer battle.
My name is Lilia Munn and I'm a breast cancer survivor.
The actress stars in a new ad for Kim Kardashian Skim's underwear. The photographs capture evidence of her double mastectomy.
When I look at the scars, or how my breast looked, friend for how close fit on me differently, I just feel a lot of gratitude. The way my body looks is just a representation of how hard I fought.
Mun's been through five surgeries, including reconstruction. The Skims campaign will raise money for their Susan G. Comban Breast Cancer Foundation. Deborah Rodriguez CBS News.
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