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We defining local news. Forty five degrees. We have clear skies in Boston. It is six o'clock and you have made it to Friday. It is Friday, October eighteenth, twenty twenty four, and this hour of news brought to you by your New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thank you so much, and happy Friday. I'm Jim McKay. Here's what's happening right out of the gate this morning. We are certainly feeling a bit more comfortable
than we have the past few days. That's because a warming trend is on the way. Should have a very nice sunrise and then a beautiful Friday afternoon. Money of sunshine today with a high of sixty to sixty four expected warming trend through the weekend. That is WBZ achiweather meteorologists Show Lundberg. We're closer to seventy degrees tomorrow, mid seventies as we round things out on Sunday.
Well.
President Biden touching down in Germany just in time to react to the news on the death of Yaya sinhwar hamas leader considered the mastermind of the October seventh attacks was killed by Israeli defense forces, and we're learning the President immediately had spoken to Israeli leadership.
The White House says in a readout of their phone call that President Biden congratulated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnyahu on the mission that killed Hamas leader Yajya Sinhwar. The President, upon his arrival in Germany, told reporters Sinhwar had a lot of blood on his hands American, Israeli and others. He said, now is the time to move on, to reach a ceasefire and end the war and bring the
hostages home. The White House says the President and Netnyahu spoke about how to use this moment to make all of that happen. Karen Travers ABC News Washington.
Also at six ZHO two, a presidential campaign season tradition, but last night only one of the candidates in attendance the Al Smith charity dinner from New York, featuring a roast of both candidates. Former President Donald Trump was there while the Vice president sent in a taped video.
Presidential candidates trying to show off their funny side site, What's going on?
Who was that?
Sorry?
Mary?
Kevin Ellier.
I guess I just don't see the point they're taking shots at myself when other people have been shooting at me for a hell of a long time.
Today's year former President Trump speaking at the Al Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, an annual Catholic fundraiser in Manhattan. Historically providing moments of levity for candidates.
Really a pleasure anywhere in New York without a subpoena for my appearance.
ABC's Andrew Dinber for reporting well. Early voting here in Massachusetts begins tomorrow. There will be at least one early voting station in each community opened. If you go to the Secretary of Commonwealth's website, you can find yours. And we're now in that final stretch before election day. Many people are now complaining of election fatigued.
With less than three weeks until decision day, it's hard to escape seeing posts about the election on social media, and some people are ready for relief.
I think it's great for people to take a stand and to have their opinions and have their opinions count, but it is extremely overwhelming. Honestly, I'm very much ready to not have it be everything that I'm saying.
Seeing people on Facebook arguing about like kind of pointless topics and using it as a place to just like spew.
Hate Facebook and x where some of the apps people mentioned they were avoiding altogether, but not everyone is feeling the doom and gloom on social media. And here is counting down the days until she can vote early at Boston City Hall. I'm not tired.
I'm like looking forward to the election.
So hopefully people aren't tuning out and thinking it's like a done deal.
From southe Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Now we're taking a look at that forecast, and we've got nothing but good news for you all weekend long. It starts today, beautiful sunshine, an ice fall, breeze out there, mid sixties, beautiful afternoon, especially if you've got those Friday soccer games or football, you have got some tremendous weather in store for you later on. This afternoon's clear Tonight, those back down into the forties and upper thirties. Your Saturday Tomorrow sunshine highs around seventy, and then by Sunday
mid seventies. As we round out the weekend with plenty of sunshine, we kick things off almost closer to eighty degrees north and west of Boston as we begin next week. So we are in quite a nice little warming trend, and we're going to ride it all the way through the weekend, starting into next week. And it is late October. Remember right now in Boston, we're at forty five degrees here with clear skies. It is six oh six on WBZ News Radio. Well, Boston businesses are getting ready to
take advantage of a rare opportunity. Hundreds of new liquor licenses will soon be available.
We move and lose this place. Business owners like Dimitrius came out to an informational meeting with help from the city applying for new liquor licenses. A recent bill signed by the governor paves the way for two hundred and twenty five new licenses over three years. Abigail Fiery with Boston Small Business Unit tells me this is a once in a lifetime chance, and we are trying to peel away, make it transparent, make sure we're reaching the right people.
They're holding a series of these talks, especially in neighborhoods where pricey licenses have been largely out of reach. This is the kind of thing that could move people from into the middle class that haven't been there in Hyde Park, I'm Madison Rogers, WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
One of the biggest days of the year down at the Charles the head of the Charles Regatta, beginning at seven o'clock this morning. The best crew teams from around the globe descending upon the Charles River. Some twenty four hundred local volunteers helped this amazing tradition get underway. Runs through the weekend, and like we've been mentioning, they have certainly lucked out as we've got that great weekend of wather that'll be with us Friday, Saturday and Sunday for
all three days of the event. Also, wbz's James Rojas will be checking in from there this morning at six ZHO seven. From Boats to Bikes, a new study looking at just how many lives could have been saved if more motorcycle riders wore helmets.
Erk TiO from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says there were more than one hundred ninety three thousand motorcycle deaths from nineteen seventy six to twenty twenty two. In a new report, IIHS estimates more than twenty two thousand lives could have been saved if every state required all riders to wear a helmet.
Helmet was that cover all riders, not just ones of certain ages, are the most effective way to increase helmet use.
IIHS found in states with all rider laws, helmet use was typically two to three times higher than in states without those laws. Chris Van Cleeve, CBS News.
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