This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Good morning, Monday, it is six o'clock. My name is Jeff Brown. I will be taking care of you this morning at WBZ and welcome aboard. We'd get thirty eight degrees under mainly clear skies as we get started on this big holiday week. The News at six is brought to us by your New England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters.
Come on in ready, Let's get this party started. Shall we freeze today with sunshines of clouds and highs and the little fifties. We'll expect periods of rain tomorrow. That is WBZ achi weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Not only that, we are tracking a major storm that could impact us on Thanksgiving Day as well as Black Friday. Celtics win, Patriots lows, and the Bruins will tune up for the Vancouver Canucks they visit tomorrow night at the Garden. Sunday
Night football, the Eagles go off on the Rams. Big night for Philadelphia. Working weekend for President elect Donald Trump and the transition team. With the selection of Brook Rollins to run the Agriculture Department. The pick completes the process
of staffing the cabinet before the Thanksgiving holiday target. Meantime, a newly released CBS News poll finds most American voters approve of the way mister Trump is handling the transition to this point, including near universal support from Republicans who backed Trump for reelection. The survey also finds a majority of voters are either happy or at least satisfied that mister Trump won the election and are optimistic to see
what's in store. The President elect already gets the thumbs up from his supporters, who feel the US economy is already improving well. This will be the busiest Thanksgiving in history for travelers. Triple A says it expects some eighty million of US will travel at least fifty miles somewhere this week. Wbz's Drew m'hollands has drilled these numbers into our heads for the past several days. He brings us the latest this morning.
Only a short time more to talk about it. Right, most of us going to travel by car, but the airlines are going to steal the headlines. You are just going to sit at home and host and the people come to me a pair of storm systems that is expected to attack the East Coast this week. One has the potential to be in Nor'easter on the holiday itself.
We're watching that gas prices have stabilized for your steering wheel and hands, but Triple Ray reports an average price of three dollars and three cents a gallon for regular unleaded right now in mess. That is up a penny Jeffrey from last week.
That's not what we want to see. Well, but people got to go. They're gonna drive anyway, right, They're gonna drive to your host. Yes, exactly, thank you, Thank you, Drew. As if going somewhere when everyone else wants to do the same thing isn't too much to take a staff shortage that the FAA has the nation's control towers working on Plan B this week. The federal agency says it
will throttle traffic over the next several days. Officials admit they will be short staffed over the busiest travel days of the year, but safety comes first, and air traffic is expected to be slowed during some of the busiest times so controllers can simply keep Airlines have added thousands of seats this week to meet the crushing demand. And let's talk about holiday shopping, because that's already underway for many of us. If you tend to cheap out on
the presence this year, this could be your year. A nationally representative survey from wallet hub shows many consumers are planning on cutting back on holidays spending.
Sanna is going to be the grinch. Sixty eight percent of people expect Santa to be less generous because of rising prices.
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Thirty one percent of those said that they're going to spend less on gifts this year compared to last. It's also infecting charitable giving seventy two percent. Inflation has influenced their donations.
Stephan Kauffman SEEBS News It's pedal to the Metal. Details coming up next. It is a delightful thirty eight degrees out the door and crystal clear skies. This morning looks like overall today is going to be a decent day with more sunshine than clouds. Highs in the lower fifties, so pretty much where we should be this time of year.
Clouds are on the increase overnight tonight as many areas drop back to around the freezing mark and then tomorrow, looks like clouds will dominate, breezy conditions, some rain on the way once again we're in the lower fifties. But the main event, of course, is coming up on Thursday, and not only is it our holiday, but we're also tracking the possibility of a major storm, which depending on how far south it travels close to New England, it
could have the impact of a major nor'easter. As it stands right now, it looks like at least later in the day we're going to see some rainfall here in the Greater Boston area, north central Massachusetts into southern New Hampshire and beyond. This is mostly going to be snow, but here in Greater Boston looks like it's going to be a rainstorm and that's going to extend into the
black Friday hours as well. Well. No more when we get a little bit closer, because the track can change and that can make all the difference in the world. Here right now in Boston, clear skies and a big thumbs up. It's thirty eight degrees out the door this Monday morning at six o six. The Karen Reid case is expected back in court tomorrow.
Reed is getting ready for her retrials set for next year and the death of Boston Police officer John O'Keefe. Her lawyers have requested the personal emails and text messages of the Norfolk District Attorney, Michael Morrissey. Meanwhile, prosecutors have requested the call and textata from the phones of Reed's parents and the hours after Reid drop John O'Keefe off at a home in Canton, where he was later found
dead in twenty twenty two. Reed's defense team is also asking Judge Beverly Canoni to approve an out of state lawyer to be added to her defense team. Read is facing civil suits as well, and the state Supreme Court has not issued a decision on a defense motion to have two of the three charges dropped against her. Jim mcka WBZ, Boston's news radio.
As pedal power becomes more of a thing in Southeast some are calling for a bit of a compromise.
Coreydnopolis, as the co chair of Southie Bikes and lives in the area. In an open letter to Boston's elected officials, he says there needs to be thoughtful compromises that balance the needs of cyclists, drivers, and all who live here. He's responding to concerns made by other residents, as well as city and state officials, who have voiced opposition to a blue Bike expansion plan, which would bring seven to fourteen new bike stations to South Boston and Southeast Waterfront.
Denopolis is urging city officials to prioritize alternative locations with wider sidewalks or park spaces that could avoid conflicts around parking in Southee. James Rojas WBZ Boston's news radio.
Listen up, people, you might soon need to unplug your electric vehicle.
More than two hundred thousand Hondai, Genesis, and Kia electric vehicles have been recalled due to a power issue. The National Highway Safety Administration says the vehicle's transistors in the charging control unit can get damaged and stop charging the twelvefolt battery, which could cause laws of power while driving, increasing the risk of a crash. Impacted owners will be notified via a letter in the coming weeks in order to take their vehicles to the dealership for a free repair.
That is CBS's Matt Piper. This is not the first rodeo for some of these ev owners and people whose vehicles were recalled earlier this year. To fix the same problem, will need to visit the dealer once again. You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio