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We have asked you to be home when the street lights come on, and every week you're gone for seven days. But come in here, you have big lud. Let's hug it out. Good morning. It's six o'clock and we've got thirty degrees under cloudy skies in Boston. The News at six brought to us by You're New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. I'm Jeff Brown. We're gonna warm it on up.
Cloudy with rain arriving around midday that'll continue through the afternoon.
How's it forty to forty four? That is WBZ AKI weather meteorologist Tether's are rain might change to snow overnight. Bruins get clobbered again. This time they're wiped out by the Jets at the Garden. They get the Rangers at the Garden tomorrow afternoon. Celtics are in New Orleans with the Pelicans tonight, and Patriots quarterback Drake May falls flat at the NFL Pro Bowl Skills competent, he comes in
dead last while competing against fellow quarterbacks. Cruise head back to the icy waters of the Potomac River this morning.
We're still in a recovery mode, first and foremost to get the perishable evidence and specifically the bodies out. Once we get a little bit closer into that, we'll be able to better understand the dynamics of what may have happened.
Recovery mission continues following this week's deadly airline crash. Official say the critical black boxes from the American Airlines passenger debt have now been recovered. A report also indicates the control tower at Reagan National was understaffed at the time of the collision. There are also indications that the Blackhawk
helicopter was operating outside of its approved flight path. We are, as Americans flying in record numbers, which means the skies are increasingly crowded, but experts say it's still the safest way to travel. More from CBS's Mark Strasman.
Given that congestion in the skies, US aviation has a remarkable safety record, it.
Is safer to get on an airplane and go coast to coast at third one thousand feet and six hundred miles an hour. Than it is to drive yourself to the airport at sixty miles an hour with four wheels on the ground.
Kit Darby is a retired commercial and military pilot who now consults for businesses hiring pilots. He has flown in and out of Washington's Reagan National Airport for years.
You've got to hit your spot, you know, you've got to do a good job of being a pilot to fly successfully.
With that airport.
Trickier than most, far trickier than most.
Air Traffic controllers and pilots have complained for years of traffic jams in the skies over Washington, but lawmakers on Capitol Hill have tended to often call for more flights. Senate confirmation hearings have come to a close for this week, and lawmakers had a loft to sift through. Early indications are it's going to be a very uphill battle for Health and Services nominee RFK Junior, who seems to need a full court press to get enough Republicans on board.
FBI nominee Cash Pattel seems to have climbed that mountain, and Tulsey Gabbard, who's in line to be the National Intelligence Director appears to have some bipartisan support. Meantime, the vote is in and the A's have it for former North Dakota Governor Doug Berman Bergham, that is, to take a seat as Secretary of the Interior. Artificial intelligence could help the Beatles win another Grammy award this weekend.
The last time the Fab four snaged to Grammy was in nineteen ninety seven, but that could change Sunday night or tests back in the competition for Record and Rock Performance for their tune salvaged from a money demo from John Lennon, doctored with artificial intelligence mixed technology to include all four members together. The Beatles won their first Grammy in nineteen sixty four. Denbraa Rodriguez, CBS News.
Today is going to be a little bit milder day, However, it comes with a catch. We are seeing readings right now around the upper twenties to low thirties. We'll get into the low to mid forties later on today as we're under a blanket of clouds now. Those clouds will start to squeeze out some rain a little bit later on this morning. It could come down heavy at times this afternoon and as the temperature drops overnight tonight, we could find ourselves with a coating to an inch of
snow by this time tomorrow. Now, as the weekend gets underway, some lingering snow certainly can't be ruled out tomorrow, but otherwise we're going to see some sunshine breaking through later
in the day. High temperatures will be more seasonable in the low to mid thirties, pretty much same temperature range on Sunday, but another chance for some rain and perhaps some snow moves in late Sunday into Monday as well, And the long term forecast is we turn the calendar to February, by the way, and the groundhog makes an appearance on Sunday, we'll know our future for spring coming up. We're going to be seeing limited sunshine and highs will
jump back into the forties on Monday. Right now in Boston, it's thirty degrees under cloudy skies at six oh six on this Friday morning. The city of Boston is taking a big step to address the local housing crisis.
Vision Hotel on South Huntington AV has officially been acquisitioned by Victory Programs. The Boston based group has run the facility since twenty twenty one, helping over two hundred people experiencing homelessness and substance abuse. The nonprofit purchased the hotel through a loan from the City of Boston using federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. Mayor WU says preserving and expanding shelter and supportive options are essential to
addressing homelessness with capassion, dignity, and care. James Rojas WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Starbucks will start stirring a little dose of mediation in your coffee cup. The world's largest coffee chain will bring in a mediator in hopes of jump starting union contract negotiations, which have been stuck on raise wages. Both sides say they have made progress on money in recent months and remain committed to the task to get a fair contract.
The union that represents Burrista's in some five hundred Starbucks shops in the US says it hopes to nail down an agreement by the end of last year, but to no avail. Former Celtic star Terry Rozier may be in some very hot water with the federal government. Details now from wbz's Drew moholland Good morning, Andrew.
Good morning Jeffery. Yes, prosecutors are nosing around the NBA ve trend. He was pretty electric here during his four years with the Celtics starting in twenty fifteen.
Yet under the rim, going to the left hand.
Yeah, a concern here, jeff is gambling and that Rosier may be part of an illegal sports betting scheme. By all indications, Rosier is tied up in a wide ranging investigation into a gambling ring with rigged games. Officials questioned Rosier's performance in two games last season, of course, not with the Celtics anymore. Miami Heat latest team that led to indications of inside information that may have tipped the scales.
We're talking here about these things called prop bets, Jeffrey, where if you know, you can bet on a player to get a certain amount of points in a game, and if that person, that player leaves the game early with, oh, I don't know, a foot injury, Yeah, then they're probably not going to get the points.
So if they got those points and then stopped there, right, Yeah, there's all sorts of things, So a lot of twists and turns in sports gambling. Drew, Thank you. You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Hey, listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio