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" We might take -- it. Parents want sixth meteorologist Matt owns and Scott must when he went metro traffic. This -- On AB CN. Good morning at 6 AM Thursday morning and -- winding down the month of October."

" Yeah I did drying out on -- thank goodness I. I don't snow yesterday while on a regular absolutely and today it's going to be dry will get some sun out tomorrow's going to be a -- and then Saturday Halloween looks pretty warm actually great you are right details ahead also coming up the --"

" Budget crunch Governor Patrick outlines his plan to close at 600 million dollar gap today. We're gonna have a preview it includes life."

" Also coming up are you looking to buy a house for the first time without you could get some more time to take advantage of that big tax credit congress is looking to extend them and in sports -- takes clamp down on defense the -- well --"

" I hope my hope that."

" Celtics are two and -- and the Phillies go into New York in the New York go new Yankee Stadium and."

" That's right last night that's right absolutely you know I think weather wise no problems to have the game again tonight let's take a look. It's a New England Ford dealer weather on the one's we have drier air coming back in New England still let you can see a lot of -- Showing him with a map of course that the satellite picking up on the clouds that are still in place across New England this clouds there are getting -- especially around Merrimack Valley we've been seeing breaks in the clouds in eastern New Hampshire and most of Maine and isn't this is because dry air is coming southward both high in the sky above the cloud -- And near the ground below the cloud -- so with a combination of that you going to locals in the clouds now having said that. We saw the northeast wind off the water in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island and that's what -- clouds going to be so stubborn for you. And I would say at all at all especially in southern new England and the western New England. The clouds will win the battle of the skies today the farther north you need to get the -- even blended it is during the day with sun and clouds across the north country temperatures running. In a lower fifty's art here's with the five day forecast expect to find your temperatures up around sixty for your Friday. Saturday we're into the sixty's it's windy that's how we get the warm air in here the clouds are increasing. Rain develops during the day Saturday in northern and western New England so it's a wet -- treat for you. But in central and eastern New England I think -- hours to come in very late Saturday and Saturday evenings -- scattered stuff -- trick or treat time is my hope right now. I and then after that it will be steady rain violence -- adult Halloween parties later on at night and through the overnight of course I am trying to time out to the hour of three days out so give me -- look. -- civility here graduates looking for now it at least we know that today's improvement in some."

" It's great I get no flexibility that's right Halloween -- I would expect I -- that's right -- in -- news in the thousands of Massachusetts state jobs could be cut because the state has a 600 million dollar budget gap. The Governor Deval Patrick will lay out today just what he wants to do with jobs and cutting that budget gap and -- and we -- a lot of those live at the state house. With a preview of his plan -- good morning."

" Good morning -- the governor has said he would not like to have so many job cuts 2000 is what he predicted just a couple of weeks ago he. He's considered everything from consolidating state agencies to pulling energy purchases. And today will finally learn what his plan it is. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has said closing the State's projected 600 million dollar budget gap will be difficult with severe cuts. But just how painful those cuts will be will be learned later today."

" Choices we are dealing with in state government just like many of us and I neighbors at home. Are unlike anything the commonwealth has ever had to face."

" And we have to adjust two weeks ago the governor laid out a plan to bring this state out of the red."

" But it meant more job cuts in an environment where unemployment numbers hover between nine and 10% achieving the necessary savings may require eliminating an additional 2000 positions."

" That's on top of the 1400 positions we've eliminated already to try to reduce the number of jobs on the chopping block Governor Patrick said he planned another round of furloughs to nine days for executive branch managers. But he was unsuccessful in his bid to revise union contracts for added savings."

" So local aid and state funded services Macy deeper cuts I am also calling on state workers and their unions. To work with the secretary of administration and finance and secretary of labor and workforce development. On contract revisions in other ways to share in the sacrifice Michael Widmer with the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation has said today's cuts could get ugly."

" Cuts upon cuts upon -- it's really a very. Very drastic situation that's not gonna and anytime soon."

" And the governor is expected to lay out a deet health plan of what his budget cuts will be this afternoon it blister we'll of course have that for you. Mike and Alicia is there any concern that this budget gap could get could get even bigger and if so what what are they gonna do that. I mean there and there is a concern with everything that's going on the economy would be unemployment numbers still increasing so the governor has taken that into account he has. -- at least in his plan a couple of weeks ago for expanded power to be able to make cuts if need be in the future without having -- legislature's approval first. So we'll see if that will be granted man. -- let's hope that he doesn't need to do that."

" At all hardly -- thanks Karen looking do potential revenue options Mike expanded gambling back on the agenda in Massachusetts today. Massachusetts lawmakers will hold their first hearing of the year on the issue. They'll hear testimony more than a dozen bills ranging from resort casinos and slot parlors do video lottery games. Governor Patrick house speaker Roberts Leo and senate president Teresa -- all support expanded gaming in the state. And the Massachusetts house speaker -- the -- will fight to keep his 5000 dollar a month pension today that according to -- Boston Herald. Treasurer Tim K help -- the Macy's pension after he was indicted on federal corruption charges back in June. Today to -- will take his case for the Massachusetts retiring board if the board rules against the former speaker he can appeal in district court."

" President Obama made a surprise overnight trip to honor the eighteen Americans killed in Afghanistan this week as their bodies were returned home. He was at the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware overnight as the caskets. We're return to American soil among the war dead the Massachusetts marine captain Kyle -- he's from north out of well he was the marine."