This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news. Good morning, six o'clock Tuesday here in Boston and under clear skies. Some of the coldest air so far this season is upon us. It is just thirty eight right now in the city. The News at six brought to us by You're a New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Good morning and welcome aboard. I'm Jeff Brown. A little bit of frost on the pumpkin clouds on the increase today, Breezy and chilly this afternoon
with the high in the mid fifties. And is WBZ aki weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Maybe some rain in the forecast tonight and seventies tomorrow. In fact, we do need the rain. Dozens of brushfires continue to burn in eastern Massachusetts. You can still smell it. Several stubborn brushfires continue, the
most recent of significance now burning in Middleton. Wbz's Drew moholland reports from Beverly Airport, where helicopters have been non stop dropping water on the smoldering fires on the ground.
Here at Beverly Airport, where you can hear the sound of helicopters, and they have been going like that for hours and hours and hours here, just taking off with buckets of water, taking off, coming back, taking off, coming back. That has been the story here. The National Guard has been called in to help out, and these helicopters have just been going non stop, very loud as you can
hear there. Try to control this smoldering, Try to get rid of the smoldering on the ground here from Beverly Airport. Drew moholland WBC Boston's News radio.
Fire officials in Massachusetts confirmed there are four dozen brushfires that have consumed more than four hundred acres already, and they're urging us to be extra cautious with any open flame outdoors or any running motors outdoors, which includes lawnmowers as well.
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It's now or never time for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Election day is now one week from today, and even the more than forty million Americans and a million in Massachusetts have already cast their ballots. Harris will deliver her closing argument on the National Mall's Ellipse tonight at seven o'clock. Meantime, the Trump campaign continues to distance itself from a comedian who delivered cringeworthy comments about Puerto Rico during Trump's rally
this weekend in Madison Square Garden. Many Trump insiders fear the comments went too far, as those in the Harris camp are turning bullish on an election day win. Recent polls continue to indicate the race is as close as it's ever been, and some say it is in fact a statistical dead heat. It is likely that a few thousand votes in one or more of the seven swing states could swing the Electoral College one way or another.
It is increasingly apparent to many insiders looking deep inside the numbers, that Generation Z, the youngest American voters, will tip the scales. For many, it's the first time they will cast a ballot in a presidential election. Welcome to the jungle. For the Celtics, it's Peyton Pritchard's world. The rest of the NBA is just living in it. Celtics beat the box at the Garden, Ruins Flyers tonight on
Causeway Street and the Yankees around the brink. Another strong showing by the Dodgers, who are now one win away from a World Series title. If you are in shoreline communities again, this morning, you are very likely waking up to the smell of smoke once again from these brushfires. This morning. We are getting started this Tuesday morning under clear skies and very cold air, once again some of the coldest temperatures recorded so far this seasons thirty eight
here in Boston. This morning. We will see some sunshine to start, increasing amounts of clouds this afternoon, and temperatures are going to get into the fifties. But with the clouds and a bit of a breeze, there is going to be a bit of a chill in the air, especially this afternoon now overnight tonight. This is important to watch because we have some much needed rain in our forecast.
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Most of the rain is going to fall north and west of the city, which is prime location for some of these brushfires this week, and that's important to notice. Temperatures will fall back into the lower fifties. We might get a quarter inch, so not a lot of rain, but maybe just enough to tamp down some of these blazes. Tomorrow is going to be a beautiful day with a mixture of sun and clouds. High temperature is going to jump right back into the lower seventies and heading into
Halloween on Thursday. The record high temperature is in question on Thursday. It is currently eighty one degrees set way back in nineteen forty six, and it looks like we're going to get close. We may not get there, but it will be one of the warmest Halloweens on record here in Greater Boston. Rounding out the work week on Friday, clouds break for some sun and still mild, with high
temperatures in the seventies. Right now, it's at chilly thirty eight under clear skies this Tuesday morning in Boston at six h six. Fast refunds are on the way for travelers impacted by canceled or delayed flights.
Those new rules going to effect this week. The Transportation Department's new law allows passengers to get their money back without jumping through hoops. This applies to those of us who choose not to rebook or take a rescheduled flight. The FAA's reauthorization bill requires airlines to offer refunds rather than vouchers or credits within as little as seven days. Matt Phipps WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Newly minted Massachusetts State Police trooper faces charges of drunken driving after being arrested following a crash in Tewksbury over the weekend. Police say twenty eight year old James Dorin, who just graduated from State Police training camp earlier this month, admitted to having a few drinks prior to the collision. Both Dorin and a passenger in his vehicle refused medical attention, but the driver and passenger of the other car treated
for minor injuries at a nearby hospital. Dorian's status with the State Police remains undetermined at this point. With just days to spare in October's Breast cancer Awareness Month, a new bill inches forward on Beacon Hill.
Lowering the financial bar to get checked out. State senators passed the legislation, which looks a lot like an earlier version passed in the House. The new bill requires health insurance companies, including mass Health, to cover the cost of diagnostic exams and digital tissue screening. The bill is endorsed by the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in the Susan g Coman Organization, as well as many others. The bill is off to a conference committee to square away the differences
in both versions. Some four thousand women in Massachusetts have died from breast cancer in the past eight years, Jay will Lett, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
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