In the last few minutes, the area around the state house has started to clear. Fox 25 fox 25 newss Kerry Kavanaugh is live testify state house. The protesters dispersed as quickly as they filled in. Half an hour ago the stay house steps were flooded. The workers feel what they do is important and what they want is a wage that reflects that. The fight for 15 an hour. We demand justice. Although our feet are tired are our hearts are warm. The court workers. The reporter workers say its also about dignity and respect. These protests happened across the country tuesday, in boston, workers from across massachusetts gathered in faneuil hall, rallying for what they say is fair pay. Treat our time and our work ethic with the respect that it deserves. We are struggling. People are struggling. The reporter the hundreds here represented workers in nursing homes, fastfood industry, home care, restaurants, and transportation. They stay theyre the voice for the millions earning less than 15 an hour
Things start to break apart as we are seeing a we are seeing a drying trend. 56 to 64. Steady temperatures and rain and winds steady. What to expect during the evening commute coming up. And speaking of commute Julie Grauert with live drive Julie Grauert with live drivetime traffic. I have a feeling it will be slow going. Julie you are right because when i turn on your radar the roads are very wet. Turn it off to get a better look at some of the main roads. Route 1 moving along fine and 93 south looks good. The volume havent set in most of you getting ready for the day and it will change drastically for you. Pike look. S good from the framingham through the weston tolls and wide open. Live drive times. 24 minutes from the pike there 495 to mass avenue. 2 minutes from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel. 10 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. Sara if you want to keep up to date where the rain is headed when you are away from the tv, get ou
Not only rain but wind for the morning commute. Julie grauert watching the. Tracking timeline and constant light to moderate rain and couple pockets here of downpours but winds gusting as high as 50 Miles Per Hour out across outer cape and nantucket and winds will still be gusting up to 25 Miles Per Hour inland, possibly 45 Miles Per Hour portions of the coastline here into the average afternoon and showers get lighter and lighterrer and left wealth a little bit of drizzle at the beaches, rest of the region, clouds may even just a touch break apart last thing today and breaks of sunshine but just before the sun goes down, 46 to 54 near steady temps, rain and wind will be strongest this morning, we will take a closer look at the weather and expect if youre doing any morning traveling coming up but now over to Julie Grauert with live drive time traffic. When i have colors on radar, you have slowdown. I can help you figure out where heading and how wet it is going to be. And let you know
Weather and sunshine poking out and western massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire and it continues to expand so at noon time going through mostly sunny forecast in boston caught in cloud cover over the southeast and shed that during the afternoon and afternoon temperature start it had slide and move on home, get ready to get that weekend started and temperaturewise this afternoon 50 to 58 , here comes the sun, yes, and also got the cooling conditions that im going to time out for you and show you what kind of impact it will have on weekend weather next. Julie, back to you for check on roads. Julie watching trouble spots and expressway still heavy volume from Furnace Brook parkway up to columbia road. 93 south sluggish from medford as you approach somerville. Live look at zakim bridge earlier stalled car off on the righthand side. Has been cleared. Here are live drive times, 15 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin and 32 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector, 34
This wet weather will end. Shiri back end about to move through boston so within the next hour boston sees the end of the rain and we get pretty quick clearing once the showers move on out. So a little bit gusto top of these rain showers this morning. Vineyard gusting to 33 Miles Per Hour, plymouth 23 and we got pockets of steady rain picking up in barnstable now and see up toward scituate, braintree, pockets of moderate rain and it has shut off here and norwood and newton, we are in dedham right around here and we are already getting lots and lots of breaks in the clouds and goes to beverly to salisbury to portsmouth, New Hampshire, splicing right across the boston area, Central Massachusetts generally done with it and more than drop than a dash and will be out of here and future cast next several hours huge improvements is to the skies clearing on out, winds six direction and drawing cooler air 20 and 30 Miles Per Hour until 10 00 this morning with that rain over southeastern massach