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We defining local news. Good morning, six o'clock. See this week is picking up some tempo. It is Wednesday already and we're waking up under cloudy skies this morning. For the most part, it is fifty six degrees. The News at six brought to us by your New England's Toyota Dealer, your Hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being with us this morning. I'm Jeff Brown. We are stuck in a bit of a ruts.
Thousands of litterbles of sunshine today with highs in the sixties.
It will trend a bit.
Warmer tomorrow on Friday.
That is w b Z AKI Weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. How much warmer? How about eighty By the end of this week. President Biden is headed to the Carolinas. This morning. The President will survey the damage and meet with victims families of Hurricane Helene. With a death toll now topping one hundred and sixty, it's already one of the deadliest storms in the United States this century, in fears that
that number is expected to go higher. The insurance industry estimates damage from Heleen is likely to top thirty five billion dollars and that's just for starters. Experts say the economic hit is not yet fully known, but could have ripple effects beyond the obviously affected areas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran has made a big mistake and vow's revenge is coming.
This is a special report from ABC News. Iran targets israel I'm Michelle Franzen. Iran launching nearly two hundred missiles at Israel earlier with air siren sounding. Most were intercepted by Israel's defense system, and with the help of the US President Biden at the White House monitored the situation. My direction in Isa's military actively supported the defense vision. Israel says it is planning a response to iran strikes. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
We will consult with the Israelis on next steps in terms of the response and how to deal with what Iran has just done, and we will continue to monitor for further threats and attacks from Iran and its proxies.
Iron's president and in a social media post on x calling out Israel's Prime minister, saying Iran is not belligerent but stands firmly against any threat.
The NTSB is in town. The federal government is now involved in an investigation after a NBTA green Line trolley jumps the tracks.
Shuttle buses are replacing green Line service from Union Square and Medford Tufts to Union Station. This is because the derail train needs to stay on scene while the NTSB conducts its investigation near Leechmere Station. Ryan Coholan is the nbta's chief operating officer. Sure your frustration and we're committed to a full farrow investigation to ensure that this incident is addressed. Fifty people were on the green Line train when it derailed, with seven taken to the hospital for
minor injuries in Cambridge. James Rojas w b Z Boston's News Radio.
Game two of Major League Baseball's Wild Card Playoffs today Detroit, Kansas City. The Mets and Padres all take the first game of their respective series. WNBA Playoffs underway. The Connecticut Sun lose to the Links. The best of five series is now tied at one game apiece and headed back to Connecticut. Next. Bruins beat the Flyers in the home preseason finale. Opening Day or Opening Night for the NHL is less than one week away. It is going to
cost you more to heat your home this winter. Probably no surprise, but WB's East Drew moholland is here with details more than Drew morning. I like to sleep cold, you No, okay.
Recent report from a national energy group says heat will be up about ten percent this season. The National Energy Assistance Directors Association says electric heat will cost the most, with easier hits for oil, natural gaps, and propane. Customers in the western US hit the hardest, with more than a twenty percent increase expected.
Just what we need to hear. Well, all right, Drew, thank you. Under mostly cloudy skies in fifty six degrees here in the city, looks like it is going to be a mostly cloudy morning at least, with some sun poking through this afternoon. It might be more effective than yesterday's brief glimpses of the sun. But either way, temperatures are going to be right in the mid to upper sixties, pretty much where we should be this time of year. It's going to be partly cloudy overnight tonight back into
the fifties. Tomorrow looks like it's going to be one of the picks of the week mix of sun and clouds and high temperatures right around seventy. And I say that because on Friday, we're expecting some sunny skies to return once again. High temperatures around eighty degrees on Friday weekend. Looks like we might start with a shower in spots on Saturday, but otherwise we're looking okay with daytime highs
slightly cooler in the sixties. Right now in Boston, it is fifty six under mostly cloudy skies at six oh five on this Wednesday morning. Policy not personal. That is the prime takeaway in the one and only vice presidential debate. Details from ABC's Jonathan Carl.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walls, and Ohio Senator JD. Vance taking the stage at the sole vice presidential debate hosted Vice CBS. One of the few heated exchanges came on abortion and reproductive rights. Vance, who is in the past favored a national abortion band, softened his stayants to try to align with Trump. I want us to support fertility treatments and the Walls continued to attack Trump for appointing the justices that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Donald Trump put this all into motion.
Both candidates are now back out to the battleground states.
Many voters are not happy with either presidential nominee or their major political parties in the United States, but support for America to establish a third party is beginning to erode. A new Gallup poll finds still that a majority of Americans fifty eight percent, want another option on the ballot.
Voters have been asked about this very topic for more than twenty years, and while recent trends suggests more would like to leave well enough alone, the most recent results do echo sentiments that have been in place since two thousand and three. One of the doctors accused of providing fatal drugs to friend star Matthew Perry will admit to charges in court today.
Doctor Mark Chavez was a San Diego physician now charged with illegally distributing ketamine that went to a doctor and then to Matthew Perry. Chavez has closed his doctor's office, given up his medical license, and will today tell a federal judge she is pleading guilty. His attorney says Chavez deeply regrets providing katamine for Matthew Perry's use and takes full responsibility. When sentenced. Chavez could get ten years in federal prison. Alex stoneyb Sinews, Los Angeles, and more legal
trouble is headed likely for Sean Colmes. Lawyers for alleged victims of Combs say they planned to file more than one hundred additional sexual assault lawsuits against the rapper known as Diddy in the coming days. Prosecutors say some of the assaults occurred during the music mogul's infamous white parties and involved victims as young as nine and fourteen years old.
Combs is currently held without bail in a prison in Brooklyn and awaits trial in federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges. 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. MMMM