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Good morning, six o'clock in Boston, waking up under partly cloudy skies and another ridiculous sixty five degrees as we could go in this Thursday morning, and the News at six is brought to us by You're a New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Welcome aboard. I'm Jeff Brown. As November turns a little dangerous.
Gusty wins an excessively dry weather rule result in a high fire throat for the next three days.
As WBZ AKI weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. But the weather couldn't be nicer. We'll see temperatures right around seventy once again today. Well, despite a furious comeback, the Celtics simply can't catch up. They lose to Golden State at the Garden. It's just the team's second loss this year. Ruins will host Calgary tonight on Causeway Street, and Week ten in the NFL gets underway tonight. The Bengals visit the Baltimore Ravens.
Just hours after declaring victory for a second term in the White House, President elect Donald Trump begins work on his transition with discussions with other world leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ettanyah, who says he was among the first to contact the soon to be forty seventh president of the United States to congratulate him on a stunning political comeback. Mister Trump also speaks with Canadian and leaders and South
Korean leaders. Discussions are already underway on a transition team. The new administration will take full advantage of the seventy five days between election day and inauguration day in January to set up a cabinet and other policy agendas. A President Biden has already spoken to his predecessor and successor and has invited Donald Trump to the White House. It is not clear if the President elect will take him
up on the offer. As Democrats in DC begin to claw their eyes out after getting clabbered on election night, the President, who will address the nation from the Rose Garden later this morning.
In a statement, President Biden says of Kamala Harris quote, she will contino to be a leader our children will look up to for generations to come, as she puts her stamp on America's future. He'll speak from the White House at eleven am Eastern, his first appearance on camera since Harris was defeated by Donald.
Trump's CBS's Matt Piper. The President is expected to call on unity during the transition and beyond. Special Counsel Jack Smith begins to discuss how to wind down active prosecutions of Donald Trump, in keeping with Justice Department policy not to prosecute sitting presidents. Smith is in charge of two investigations, the classified Documents case in Florida and claims Trump attempted to overturn twenty twenty's election results. The President elect has
vowed to fire Smith immediately upon taking office. In a stunning fall, Germany's coalition government collapses with the termination of the country's finance minister. Chancellor Olaff Schultz also calls for a confidence vote that many insiders say is sure to fail.
It's a run up to early elections next spring. This is the second May Your shock to a foreign government system this week, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natnyahuo fired his defense minister for working against him in the Middle East War, and the Pride of the Berkshires is about to meet the chainsaw.
Today, a seventy four foot tall Norway spruce tree comes down in West Stockbridge to be sent over to Rockefeller Center. It's the first time since nineteen fifty nine that Massachusetts has been NYC's plug for the Christmas Tree, slated for a Saturday arrival. Later on, they'll spruce it up with some fifty thousand string lights and come Wednesday, December fourth, they'll light that sucker up. That's all kicking off with singer Kelly Clarkson hosting Jay Willett WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Beautiful stretch of weather is going to continue, at least for the next couple of days. In fact, today, once again we're going to get into the lower seventies, plenty of sunshine, continued breezy as well, and that is at least part of the reason why the brush fire risk will be elevated over the next several days. Of course, the other reason is that we simply haven't had any rain. We're looking at the potential for some rain in the
long range forecast. We'll get to that in the second but in the meantime, again a mix of sun and clouds. Low seventies again today, clear and cooler overnight tonight. We'll drop into the forties now. Tomorrow we start to begin a cool off period. We'll see temperatures in the lower sixties tomorrow and through the weekend. We really won't get out of the fifties, although it will be mainly dry and mainly sunny for the first half of the weekend.
We are expecting clouds on the increase on Sunday, with the potential for some rain moving into the area on Veterans Day on Monday. It may not be much, but every little bit helps in a situation like this. The US Drought Monitor will update the situation here in Massachusetts and around the country later on this morning. We'll keep you posted right now in Boston under partly cloudy skies, it is sixty five degrees here on November seventh. Good morning,
it is six oh six. It is almost sunrise, but it will be dark in about ten and a half hours. It's no wonder many of us are depressed.
That sun light is exactly what people prone to seasonal disorders need, and many have serious trouble getting through the dark days. Seasonal effective disorder is a type of depression that begins in the fall and gets better in the springer summer, doctor suggests, beginning in the morning, sit near a device that puts out light about twenty times brighter than regular light. Therapy is helpful for some. Other recommendations include walking outside and sticking to a regular sleep schedule.
Allison Keys CBS.
News forecasters say twenty twenty four is on track to be the hottest on record all around the world. Scientists in Europe say it looks like the planet will be warmer than the two point seven degree fahrenheit benchmark set in the Paris Climate Accords, and this will be the first time that's ever happened. A record this year would eclipse the previous record set just last year. Official say warming from greenhouse gas emissions increases sea level rise and
makes extreme weather events even more extreme. Safety on Boston area streets is easier said than done. The BU Bridge Safety Alliance says more can be done to make this corridor safer for those on two wheels and for those on two feet. Now, these two BU students say there have been some close calls.
Kids they are like trying to cross, like even while it's still like, how doesn't I show the walk sign, They're like trying to get across and cars just like, don't obey that.
And or I would say sometimes if the walk sign just closed, people sold cross and then the cars don't really care that they're crossing.
Members of the Safety Alliance are hosting a hybrid meeting next Thursday night, inviting everyone to join and give input from bicyclists and pedestrians to officials with DCR and mass dot on the bu Bridge James Rojas, WBZ Boston'snoos Radio.
That's the spirit. You gotta get that blood flowing. We have another reason to get out and exercise this morning. Wbz's Drew mo'holland, an expert on that is here to tell us more.
I did not get my morning run in today. Bad job by me. But size could lower your blood pressure, Jeffrey, And guess what. Nearly half of American adults they have high blood pressure. A study published by the journal Circulation found the benefit comes from raising your heart rate, whether it's from running, cycling, climbing stairs. So many of us feel that this is something we want to do right. We want to get out there, work out, We want to get fit and feel better. But maybe you say,
who has the time, Who has the time. See, I know it's tough, but this study found that even five minutes of exercise, Jeff hugely beneficial.
I think I can find five minutes.
Let's all go five minutes.
It's five minutes. I'll never get back, but I'll find it. Let's go. 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.