My WBZ Morning Headlines 09/12/2008

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[0:16]" Talk on this Friday morning it is the twelfth of September in Boston a lot of clouds overhead. 57 degrees good morning thanks for joining us private Walters -- following the WBZ -- it's on the rails to financial real apparently a cash strapped MBTA trying to pay its bill I'm Karen Twomey undercover cops about to be uncovered or Boston Police officers in uniform -- greater purpose. -- Steve hurricane forced hurricane force winds from like forced millions to evacuate in advance along the coastal Texas lane near Galveston. But not everybody's leaving a lot of the water below. Why gasoline -- sure the generators or -- than their -- are AccuWeather has the go into the weekend chance of showers increases early summer around late this afternoon and tonight into tomorrow and in sports tonight off for the Sox last -- back to work tonight as the blue jays got to. The MBTA is so strapped for cash. It's trying to figure out how to paid not only regular bills would. Even make the payroll reports WBZ's Karen Twomey."

[1:12]" Money was the topic is MBTA board members met with T general manager -- isn't transportation secretary Bernard Cohen to figure out what to do with an eight billion dollar plus debt load. Back pay from union contract and -- day to day operating costs including salaries and about this tells WBZ TV's -- short -- things are not good."

[1:30]" I you have to be going -- to Clifton and heading for the cliffs and which is closer to it today and we have we have been."

[1:35]" And secretary Cohen -- a little in the way of encouragement."

[1:39]" MB DA has the highest at any transit agency in the United States of America. And that is likely that problem is likely to get worse."

[1:48]" Karen Twomey WBZ Newsradio ten there and there's this three T workers are accused of accepting money for services not rendered. Identified as Michael O'Toole of Milton Francis Flaherty of South Boston Christopher periods of Saugus the three been indicted by the grand jury for submitting. False time sheets. An order from Boston's top cop is designed to put more uniform officers on the street. WBZ's Carl Stevens has details starting next week some eighty Boston Police plainclothes patrol officers. Are going to be in uniform commissioner Ed Davis is making the change to give police more visibility he says it should go a long way toward preventing crime."

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[2:38]" There will still be plenty of plainclothes detectives in the city as well as officers were part of -- gang unit the fugitive strike force but starting next week there will be more officers out there. In uniform Carl Stevens WBZ Newsradio 1030 Houston has a problem it's hurricane -- but officials. Are not telling people in the nation's fourth largest city to evacuate. As correspondent Stephen Portnoy tells us the thinking is that having everybody try to leave would do more harm than good."

[3:04]" He evacuation routes were bumper to bumper for hours live video showed folks at home what it would look like they tried to leave we've heard from so many people says I just don't want to go through that situation like freedom and officials are advising -- just. Right out the storm at home as they can. Hurricane Rita at three years ago scared so many do evacuating that many cars ran out of gas overheated in traffic. More than -- hundred people died just tried to flee. Steven Portnoy ABC news Houston."

[3:33]" There is however mandatory evacuation order for residents on the low lying areas near Galveston Texas that is where I could make landfall late tonight or early tomorrow. The latest adviser from the National Hurricane Center just posted moments ago. Shows this general like right now is 230 miles southeast of Galveston moving toward the west northwest at thirteen. And expected to leader to turn to the northwest. And to perhaps strengthen although it is conceivable that it will not reach the category three status and had originally been -- still category two with a 105 mile an hour sustained winds is exacerbated by the fact that this is such a large storm. With hurricane force winds extending out more than a hundred miles from the center and tropical storm winds. Close to 300 miles from the -- WBZ news Tommy -- seven vice presidential candidate for the GOP Sarah Palin. Had her first in depth interview it was on the AB CTV with Charlie Gibson. And the wide ranging interview touched on just about everything from the war on terror to the situation in Georgia and Ukraine. And Charlie Gibson -- government ahead of state."

[4:37]" I have not and I think if you go back in history and if you asked that question of many vice presidents they may have the same answer that I just gave you."

[4:45]" A disproportionate number of victims of domestic violence in this state are immigrants many of them illegal immigrants the globe reporting anti immigrant sentiment could be -- the problem because. The victims are reluctant to come forward but the paper says federal officials could offer special visas to the victims of violence. And not prosecute the advocates say that some domestic violence victims are essentially. Being held hostage by their legal spouses or partners two and one of this country's biggest investment banks is on the ropes or rebutting talking about Lehman Brothers this morning Ron Amadon."