Old Orchard Beach Planning Board Advances Hampton Ave. Expansion, Weighs Comment Limits

[0:00] Speaker A (unidentified): We're committed to strengthening the fabric of local communities with news that matters and on-demand weather forecasts to help you stay prepared. Kyle. [1:02] Chair David Walker: Duffy? Here. Brian Cloutier? Here. Marion Hubert? Here. Chair David Walker? Present. And Vice Chair Erin Wordy? Present. [1:17] Michael: Do you want to call for the vote, please, Michael? Yes. [2:06] Chair David Walker: Kyle Duffy? Yes. Brian? Yes. Yes. Chair Walker? Yes. And Vice Chair Morty? [2:18] Michael: Yes. That motion carries. Five, Chair. Regular business. Item 1, Proposal. Conditional use, shoreland zoning, non-conforming structure. The action is determined. The applicant is Chelsea Libum, architect. And the location is 13 Hampton Ave, MDL 319-2-4, Indianapolis, Indiana. [2:49] Chair David Walker: Michael? Yes. So this conditional use, I'm not sure if it's appropriate. application for non-conforming structure expansion in shoreline zone is for a proposed expansion to an existing single family residential structure it's located within the 100 foot highest annual tide and wetland setbacks and this is also located in the back dunes and the ae flood zone and the proposed expansion is to increase the size of the existing kitchen the kitchen is located on the second floor and is proposed to expand onto existing deck areas with no expansion proposed outside of the footprint of the existing structure it seems that many shoreline zone proposals we've seen recently are for structure removal and rebuild but this one is for only expansion of the existing structure and this month's submission included plans and the application package So, as with other shoreline zoning non-conforming structure expansions, you have to meet certain ordinance requirements, and that's that the proposal conforms to both the standard conditions in the shoreline zone and the conditional use standards, that the proposal does not increase the non-conformity of the structure, as in being located closer to the water or wetland setback and that structure expansions don't exceed 30 percent expansion in floor area or volume and the responses to the shoreline zone standard conditions and conditional use standards were included with the application submission and each standard was addressed and then for a proposal not increasing the non-conformity of the structure an Increase in non-conformity would be it being closer than the HAT or wetland than what currently exists, or if proposed structure square footage in volume exceeded 30%. And then one question I had is if the plan submitted demonstrated that the non-conforming setbacks to the HAT or wetland aren't becoming more non-conforming. And just comments on that is, since the proposals to stay within the existing structure footprint, in my opinion, the plans submitted are acceptable. The distance the existing proposed structures from the Hat should be added to the plans to show structures not becoming more non-conforming. And then if the planning board had concerns, one option is to ensure to ensure non-conformity is not being increased by getting closer to the Hat is planning board can include a condition that expansion shall not extend outside of the footprint, or for them to submit plans showing otherwise. And then as far as limited to 30% expansion, non-conforming structures in the shoreline zone can be expanded by adding new square footage and volume as long as it doesn't exceed the 30%. And calculations were included as far as the max volume allowed with the 30%, That's 13,694 based on this submittal, and they are increasing up to 12,684. And then with square footage, they're increasing that by 231 square feet based on this, which is also under that 30%. So the calculations provided show proposed expansion does not exceed 30% of existing floor area or volume. And then one comment regarding the deck floor area, there's one area I questioned during my review because the southern deck area and how it was calculated is it was labeled as existing flat roof, so just the applicant should clarify if it was counted towards is this existing floor area in the calculation. And I did look further into the assessing records and the property card, and based on my review of that and talking with assessing, that existing flat roof or deck area is counted as floor area in town records as a deck. So if this is already existing floor area, it wouldn't be counted as new floor area for the expansion. Roof overhangs are considered part of the structure, so it should be confirmed that these do not extend beyond the existing structure footprint. This is also in the ae flood zone and it will require a flood hazard development permit and the applicant's working with code Enforcement officer on obtaining that permit, and as I mentioned, it's also located in the back dunes that will require DEP permit, and applicants just provide updates on the status of that. So for recommendations, Planning Board's next step is to determine the application as complete. I believe the board can make that determination tonight as long as the Planning Board agrees that the plan provided and 30% calculations are acceptable, and the applicant submits the following before final vote ruling. Plans showing the existing and proposed structured distance from the HAT and any other items the Planning Board needs for your review. [8:32] Michael: All right, Michael, thank you. Ms. Libin, would you like to approach? Hi, everybody. So you heard everything that Sally is going to need? [8:59] Chelsea Libum: As far as I heard, all he needs is some dimensions of distance from the existing structure to the HAT. [Speaker E (unidentified): On the plans.] Yes. A [9:15] Michael: Stamped survey? Yeah. Okay. I don't know about anybody else. Anybody else get anything? [9:22] Speaker F (unidentified): Do you typically or does the code enforcement typically make a [9:31] Chair David Walker: Permit? They would with that flood hazard development permit. [9:34] Speaker F (unidentified): Okay. So if you need to get a survey plan, I'd recommend it. [9:44] Speaker E (unidentified): Question? I'm not sure about the deck area. Are you proposing to expand the deck afterwards? No. The deck, I'm not sure. [9:55] Chelsea Libum: The decks are all staying the same. The question about the existing flat roof area on the south side of the structure, I did not include that in my floor area calculations because it's not currently decked over. So if that is already part of the assessing information in terms of floor area, then the increase in floor area for the proposed project would be zero. So for the next submission I can update my calculations to indicate that to match what the assessing department already has on file, but no Further expansion past what's already there. So yes, because you start with a 400 square feet, right, so I didn't include part of a roof area that correct, yeah, we [11:08] Speaker G (unidentified): Required structural plans in the proving or is it just shore land? Because she's putting new foundation in for that new wall. [11:20] Chelsea Libum: It's just pier foundations. We're just going to, so there's already posts down to grade. I don't believe they're on real foundations. So they'll be put on frost piers at each post to hold up the new proposed addition. [11:38] Speaker G (unidentified): Yeah, just as typical all footings to be located in borderland. [11:46] Chair David Walker: Yeah, and would I can confirm with codes, but with that flood hazard development permit, they need to submit plans with that, okay, showing that it meets the requirements. And then one question I did have is when I was doing some of the research on this, I didn't include it because it looked like it was from the past, but there was a survey of the property itself. It didn't identify the hat or wetlands, but there was a survey in the file from 2023 for that property, so I don't know if that survey meets the requirement or if they would need an updated survey, but it doesn't show the hat, it does not. [12:34] Speaker F (unidentified): So no, I mean, it might be worth starting at that person at that company to see if they have your [12:41] Chelsea Libum: files on file still, but okay, so the survey needs to include the hat and the base flood elevation, yeah, and be stamped, yeah, I mean, it should identify all of the things, so yeah, the [12:53] Speaker F (unidentified): the flood zone, the base flood elevation, the back dune, the hat, the shoreland zone, the current zoning, I [13:14] Michael: MAKE A MOTION TO CONDITIONALLY DETERMINE COMPLETE CHELSEA LIPIN'S CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION FOR A NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE IN THE SHORELAND ZONE, PROPOSING A 30% EXPANSION TO AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING LOCATED AT 13 HAMPTON AVENUE, MBL 319-2-4, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS TO BE FULFILLED BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD ISSUES A FINAL VOTE. One, applicant to submit updated plans showing existing proposed structure distance from the hat and a stamp survey plan, and for your benefit, probably to include the elevations as well. Chair Dave, second by Mary. [14:08] Chair David Walker: And you want to call for the vote, please? Yeah, Kyle Duffy, yes, Brian Cloutier, yes, Marianne Hubert, yes, Vice Chair Aaron Moherty, yes, and Chair David Walker, we [14:28] Michael: will have a public hearing on November 12th, and we can do a site walk if anybody wants to do a site walk. I'm pretty familiar with the property, we've been down there, we were down there three or four years ago, it was a proposed, I think, tear down at that point, but so friendly basis in the neighborhood, just scoping it out, but we will have a public hearing on November 12th prior to a final determination. Okay, great, thank you so much. [15:08] Speaker H (unidentified): All right, have a good night, number [15:21] Michael: two, amendment to planning board procedures, add time limit for public comment to 6.0 public hearings, yeah. [15:35] Chair David Walker: So initially I was just going to bring the procedures document and have those for discussion, but we the board did discuss some options for time limits, and I did review some area ones, and so I did provide some potential language in the procedures for consideration, and I'll do an introduction here as well. Yeah, so it was back at the August meeting the planning board had requested that staff review planning board procedures for consideration of adding a public hearing time limit, and these procedures were last revised November 8th 2018, and public hearings are in section 6.0 of the procedures. If the planning board wants to add a time limit for a public hearing, it could be added under 6.6 public hearing comment or in a new section. Planning board discussed using five minutes since that's what's been considered the time limit in the past. One thing to consider is if there is a time limit, will the planning board need to time each public hearing comment to make sure it isn't exceeded? For example, city of Saco procedures say it will be timed by the chair. I did review some examples from both Saco and Bitterford for planning board procedures. Saco limits speakers to five minutes to present comments, and then they do allow a second time to speak with permission from the chair for no more than three minutes, and then Biddeford procedures, I'm not sure if these are their most recent ones, I didn't have a chance to confirm with staff there, but the ones I found online were from January 1st 2008. They used a table format with similar timelines except they did have input questions from state and local government bodies time limit of 10 minutes, and then similar with input questions from abutters five minutes, rebuttal to chair persons discretion three minutes. So potential amendment to OB procedures is in your packets, and with review of when previous amendments were made to these procedures, it looks like the planning board to just amend these and the public hearings not required since it isn't part of the ordinance. I would recommend if you accept the revisions as proposed we review the final document at the next meeting before adopting, and if the planning board wants you do have the option to hold a public hearing on this. [18:22] Michael: Just some thoughts from myself is that public hearing is an opportunity for the public to express their concerns for acceptance of a development. I don't think it's an opportunity for them to question the board. So you have down here the speakers will have five minutes to present comments or questions to the planning board. I don't like the questions part. We've never had them question us. I just don't think it's appropriate they're [19:10] Speaker F (unidentified): posing questions potentially for the applicant to address. [19:16] Michael: It's okay right yeah but I don't know comments or questions it says to the planning applicant we make a record of everything that they say and if they have issues they can go to the planning office and talk to staff about any issues that they feel are appropriate. I don't think the time for that is to get into a debate with the board publicly that's all and we never have or [20:07] Speaker E (unidentified): to the applicant yeah but I don't think I [20:11] Michael: don't think the applicant this isn't a give and take from the applicant to the public meeting you know their [20:21] Speaker E (unidentified): thoughts I'm also I'm also concerned that we are limiting everybody to five minutes maybe they have good points they have several good points that are going to go over five minutes how about we say to at the chairman's discretion for all of them I think it's always up to the chair's [20:42] Michael: discretion but it should be set in there but you need to have a time limit for those people that [20:47] Speaker E (unidentified): don't accept what the chair has to say yeah exactly but it should be included that it's at the board's discretion yeah and [20:59] Chair David Walker: I think I think that's why they have that second three minutes that's why I included it based on some of that in the five minutes [21:07] Michael: why would you have a second three minutes is it because they got up there and forgot to say something typically it's going to be a rebuttal to something that somebody says and I don't want [21:18] Chair David Walker: to get into that you know it does specify that second comments are limited to new information [21:25] Michael: but I understand your concern yeah I just like give them five minutes and up to the discretion I mean I'll watch if I'm if I'm running the meeting I'm going to watch for the five minutes and if they're rambling or repeating I'll remind them that their five minutes is up but if they if they're giving making good points I would let them continue to talk but at least we have this in our pocket to say that at five minutes I'm gonna shut you off I can't you know yeah [21:59] Speaker G (unidentified): I agree with that. You gotta give them at least a time period so you can't cut them off, and you could instead of questions to the planning board, maybe just in front of the planning board, it to maybe not, you know, discourage questions but not maybe insinuate that you can question [22:15] Michael: the planning board. Well, I'm thinking back on the project down on West Grand Ave, the large unit that we approved down here, and a lot of the residents had good points, but some of them were aggressive towards us and stating that we hadn't done anything, and we worked on that freaking thing for two years, for crying out loud, you know. And they get them, they get involved in the last minute and just assume that we did too, and that's not the case. So I really don't want to get into an argument with public make your statement, it'll be part of the public record, and if you don't like the way we vote, you have an opportunity to appeal based on what you, what you presented, you know. Yeah, I [23:06] Speaker F (unidentified): do like the second question that you didn't include, that's in the soco where it says second comments, shopping information, and then it says repetitive testimony is strongly discouraged. Do you think you could add that into our repetitive testimony? We can, yeah, strongly discouraged. I think that gets the support, yeah, but [23:29] Michael: the public's not reading this, you know, these are our procedures, so they don't know when they get up there that repetitive testimony, you know, that's really up to the chair to let them know, but it's nice to have it on paper. I agree with that, you know, as a backup should we end up in court, so yeah, I would, I would agree to having that added in there, so [24:03] Chair David Walker: did you want to remove the or questions so it just reads speakers will have five minutes to present comments to the planning board, please, and I think comments could include questions, but you don't have to answer them, they can present them, and as [24:21] Michael: tell them submit your questions to the planning staff, I don't think we're going to be able to [24:27] Chair David Walker: stop people from asking questions, and then as far as the, I wouldn't recommend that either, of course you wouldn't, and then as far as the second time speaking [24:43] Michael: jeez, I don't know, I don't want to have any second time speaking, I really don't. Well, it's only with permission from the chair, and then [25:02] Chair David Walker: I guess the only other option is I don't, we can run this by legal to make sure we're not missing something, but I don't, I don't know if that's necessary, but it's possible that Sacco and Biddeford has, and that's why they include this second rebuttal and [25:33] Michael: I mean I guess the [25:39] Chair David Walker: other option is always to leave it [25:58] Speaker F (unidentified): anyone that's on the applicant to present so for many ways so you know I mean that isn't to say [26:05] Michael: someone's not going to get a second shot right at the apple but I don't think we need to put any language in there. Well he shut me down and it says in your paperwork that I should have a second opportunity at the chair's discretion. Well if you want to put it to chair's discretion that's fine since I will be chair soon so [26:31] Chair David Walker: do you want me to write this up for the next meeting or the work all right and then the other thing like I said it's not required but it does involve public hearing I don't know if you want to get feedback on limiting like schedule a public hearing do you think we need a public hearing in order to change I don't think we do but it does involve a public hearing so the options there no it [26:58] Michael: when we made changes to our rules before we didn't have a [27:02] Chair David Walker: public hearing on it correct yeah and it matches surrounding communities that's why I'm just [27:09] Michael: inviting issues if you do that so no all [27:21] Chair David Walker: right just wanted to put the option out there so I'm going to remove the questions part and keep in the second comment option and then add the language we discussed about repetitive test repetitive testimony is strongly discouraged [27:44] Speaker F (unidentified): okay [27:46] Michael: is [27:52] Chair David Walker: there any other good and wealthy I just wanted to say we have been conducting the assistant town planner interviews we've had some great applicants and we should be making a decision in the upcoming weeks and hopefully have someone starting with us soon we [28:11] Michael: for you have you moved into the back office yet yes I have I've been trying [28:17] Chair David Walker: to slowly organize and clean it up thank you [28:28] Michael: thank you [28:37] Speaker F (unidentified): advice [28:50] Speaker I (unidentified): helping you do better this [28:58] Speaker J (unidentified): right here is confidence and a bottle makes me [29:01] Speaker K (unidentified): me feel so much more confident than I've ever felt. 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Well, as we go through the overnight period tonight, mostly clear skies expected as lows drop back into those low and mid 40s statewide. I'm meteorologist Zach Covey. It is a clear, quiet, peaceful fall evening across the Pine Tree State. Now looking ahead to our Friday, a mix of sun and clouds. And for some of you, especially up through the upstate, a few spotty showers. Highs will range from the 50s inland to the 60s at the coast. [32:16] Speaker U (unidentified): Hurricane Isaias headed for the Gulf Coast, where some residents are under mandatory evacuation orders. Thanks for joining us. I'm Sharon Tazewell. Coastal communities in Alabama and Florida are being warned up to seven feet of storm surges possible Friday into Saturday as a storm makes landfall. Spectrum's Ariel Wessler shows how residents preparing to weather this year's first named hurricane in the Gulf. [32:55] Speaker V (unidentified): All eyes on the Gulf Coast as residents brace for Hurricane Isaias to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday as a strong category 2, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. Preparations already underway in Orange Beach, Mobile and Gulf Shores, Alabama, where neighbors filled [33:11] Speaker S (unidentified): and loaded sandbags. We have water, food, we have a generator and so we made sure [33:17] Speaker V (unidentified): that the gas was topped off for that. Isaias expected to bring strong winds and life-threatening storm surge, even possible tornadoes to the Florida Panhandle, Southern Alabama, and South Mississippi. [33:28] Speaker W (unidentified): Any time these things are hitting, the northeast quadrant is always the more dangerous quadrant. So if you're Florida, we're on the east side [33:36] Speaker V (unidentified): of most of these. Georgia's governor also warning residents to prepare. [33:39] Speaker X (unidentified): If you're not ready, it could be really devastating. [33:43] Speaker V (unidentified): Hurricane Sally in 2020 was the last one to make landfall in Alabama. [33:47] Speaker Y (unidentified): That was a little bit scary. But this one, I feel like because it's moving faster, I feel like, okay, I can, if I did Sally, I can do this. [33:55] Speaker V (unidentified): Officials in the Alabama cities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach urged tourists to evacuate immediately, warning that bridges could be closed by midday Friday. [34:04] Speaker Z (unidentified): We're making sure that our EMS, our fire, and our police are ready to go and really trying to tell the visitors here that you need to make that decision and leave town. [34:14] Speaker V (unidentified): Hannah Hawley admits her focus has been elsewhere. [34:16] Speaker M (unidentified): It should be like milk and food and water generators, but unfortunately it's venue timeline vendors rescheduling. [34:25] Chelsea Libum: Because I'm supposed to be getting married Saturday. [34:27] Speaker V (unidentified): But Mother Nature had other ideas. [34:29] Speaker M (unidentified): If there's a mandatory evacuation, of course we would leave then. [34:33] Speaker V (unidentified): For now, it's time to stock up and hunker down. [34:38] Speaker U (unidentified): And now we have to talk about the elephants and the bulldog in the room, the Alabama-Georgia game. President Donald Trump said he planned to go. Any updates? [34:49] Speaker V (unidentified): Well, Sharon, it is one of the biggest games of the college football season. It's still on the schedule for 7.30 Eastern. Alabama Athletics saying it continues to closely monitor the weather forecast, with safety being its highest priority. They say they're in close communication with the National Weather Service, the SEC, and the University of Georgia, and the White House, confirming President Trump is still planning to attend. Sharon? All right, yes, safety [35:11] Speaker U (unidentified): is number one. Ariel Wessler. Thank you. Thanks. Spectrums Rianne Lounds is in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, where tourists are getting out of town and some locals are heeding the warnings to evacuate. Rianne, what are conditions like there right now? [35:28] Speaker J (unidentified): Yeah, Fort Walton Beach. We're about 90 minutes from that Alabama state line where this storm is tracking toward right now. We're already starting to see some of the winds pick up here. You can check out behind me those winds making for some choppy water. You can see a lot of folks not heating that warning. No one's supposed to be in the water, but that's pretty typical in towns like this when it comes to hurricane season. We are still 24 hours away from ECS making landfall. Now, 8 p.m. last night was when tourists were being encouraged to evacuate. That was to give them 12 to 16 hours to make their way out of town and make some headway out of here. We had a couple of folks in our hotel this morning checking out early, booking hotels further inland. That's what we ended up doing because our hotel was in that storm surge line. As for the last flight out of here, that's going to be tonight at 730, and that's because the Destin Fort Walton Airport is closing completely. At 8 PM, mandatory evacuations are being made South of the Miracle Parkway. Now Sheriff Eric Ager 's told us that is a very important kind of a misleading term when it comes to these mandatory evacuations. He says they're not going to show up to people's houses and kick them out, but it does mean that if they stick around, they might not be able to get help later. [36:52] Speaker AA (unidentified): We've given you the warning that there's been a mandatory evacuation, and if you choose in those zones not to evacuate, there's going to be times that we cannot physically get to you. We cannot put our staff in that peril at that point to be able to come get you. So we're warning you in those zones to evacuate. [37:10] Speaker J (unidentified): Now there are two shelters set up in this area, one here in Fort Walton Beach and another one in nearby Niceville. Back to you [37:17] Speaker U (unidentified): Guys. All right, Rhiann Lowndes in Fort Walton Beach. Rhiann, thank you. President Donald Trump celebrates some of the titans of technology, awarding medals to the world's richest man, Elon Musk, plus the leaders of NVIDIA, Google, and Microsoft. Our national reporter Evan Kozloff [37:35] Speaker AB (unidentified): as more from the White House. Nearly two trillion dollars in net worth on one stage on Thursday. Such a big day in the world of science as tech Titans are celebrated at the US Institute of Peace in Washington. President Donald Trump giving national medals for science, technology, and innovation to some of the biggest names in technology, including Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, and Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. We now [38:03] Speaker AC (unidentified): now support only the gold standard of science. [38:07] Speaker AB (unidentified): Many of the recipients have contributed financially to the president's campaign, the GOP, or associated causes. Huang donated funds for the president's ballroom, and his company contributed a million dollars to the president's inauguration ceremony. Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell, is a longtime Trump donor and committed over $6 billion to seed the Trump savings accounts for newborns. And Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire, campaigned heavily for the president in the 2024 election,, contributing over $290 million. 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[41:38] Speaker X (unidentified): heavy rains can flood your basement and cause serious damage protect your home from the next big storm by calling tc hafford basement systems our proven waterproofing solutions will keep your basement dry all the time call now all [42:18] Speaker T (unidentified): right welcome back spectrum news necn i'm meteorologist zach covey as we take you through the overnight period and looking ahead to your friday want to start off with what is a trough digging across the northeast this trough starting to dry us out across the pine tree state but earlier today brought a few spotty showers to the state now this trough is not going to fully clear the state today and parts of it will linger into tomorrow so that is the reason we will keep some spotty rain opportunities around heading into our Friday before fully drying out heading into our Saturday. Tonight though should be a dry night, a quiet one at that. Lows drop back into those 40s, ranging from 41 in Millinocket and Jackman to 47 in Portland, 45 there in Wiscasset. Looking ahead to tomorrow. We'll start off with plenty of sunshine along our coast and inland, but as the day progresses in the last little bit of that trough rolls east, a little bit of upslope flow winds coming out of the northwest running up the mountain tops will help to spark a few scattered showers. I think the best location for those showers are going to be back inland. Rangeley, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket back out towards the US Canada border. The closer you are to the water's edge, the drier you will remain, and most likely the more sunny you will be, with just a few passing clouds overhead. We'll keep that scattered upslope flow going throughout the day on our Friday, even into our Friday evening. The trough finally pools away out to sea, closer to Halifax and Nova Scotia as we go towards 11 and the midnight hour. In addition to watching a few of those spotty mountaintop showers, breezy winds. Now, this is going to be statewide. I think everybody could see breezes throughout the day of 1520 25 mph. Again, out of the Northwest. So high temperatures on Friday, 50s inland, 60s at the coast, drier at the coastline, few spotty showers across those inlands. [44:19] Speaker Q (unidentified): Here's what's happening around Maine. Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson says visits to food banks are on the rise because of federal food benefit cuts. Jackson said even those who work at the local hospital or for state government now need help he is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins who is seeking a sixth term in office astronaut and Mainer Jessica Muir splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday the caribou native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving back in February she performed experiments took extensive photos and videos of the stars and of our planet and even witnessed the historic Artemis to lunar mission. The [45:07] Speaker U (unidentified): Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded Friday morning in Oslo. Nearly 300 hundred individuals and candidates were considered for the prestigious honor. Well, joining us now with more spectrums, Alex Cohen. Alex, remind us how the Nobel Committee selects the Peace Prize winner each year. [45:23] Speaker AE (unidentified): That's right, Sharon. There is a five-member committee that is appointed by the government of Norway, and they open it up. There's all sorts of people who can make nominations for this prestigious prize, including university professors of all stripes, members of governments and parliaments, previous winners of the prize, but no self-nominations. The deadline for the Peace Prize was January 31 of this year. And then the committee created a shortlist, which they have been discussing now for months and trying to reach consensus. And the protocol is, that if this committee can't reach consensus, then eventually they vote. The winner will be announced at the end of this week, and then the prize itself will be officially awarded come December, Sharon. All right, Alex, this week [46:16] Speaker U (unidentified): President Trump said it would be a great discredit to the Selections Committee if they don't choose him. Any sense of what his odds are this year? Yes, it is unclear whether or not he will be the [46:30] Speaker AE (unidentified): Nobel Peace Prize winner. This is, of course, something that the president has been saying for many years now. And what we do know is that there are several countries, including Israel, Cambodia and Pakistan, who have submitted him as their choice. But when it comes to where people are thinking it is more likely to go, there are a couple of frontline contenders, including a group called Sudan's Emergency Response. This volunteer organization has been providing food, health care, and education throughout Sudan, as civil war there has really ravaged the nation. There's also discussion of Maipola Kuleba, who is co-founder of the group Save Ukraine. This organization has reunited more than 1,700 children with their parents. Other names being discussed, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has opened up new diplomatic relations with China and Europe, and Pope Leo, the first American pope, who often has been condemning wars throughout the world. Viewers might recall that last year, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Karina Machado received the prize, but then she gave the prize to President Trump, Sharon. [47:44] Speaker U (unidentified): All right. It's going to be very interesting. Alex Kelley, as always, thank you. If you get medications from Canada, you can expect to pay much more. That's due to a new federal customs rule going into effect later this month. The rule applies to a bunch of goods beyond just drugs and is intended to collect tariffs and prevent illegal drugs from coming to the U.S. Starting October 22nd, the new rule suspends one that previously allowed shipments under $800 to pass through customs more easily. While medications mailed from outside the U.S. will require additional data and a bond guarantee. It comes as President Trump made lowering drug costs a top priority when addressing health care costs, and critics say this rule will only hurt families seeking affordable medicine. Staying warm will cost you more this winter. A new report shows U.S. home heating oil prices are expected to rise significantly. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says heating oil prices are expected to hit $5.26 a gallon during the winter heating season. That's a 34% jump compared to last winter. Household heating bills are projected to reach more than $2,000. That's about 21% more than last year. Officials do expect the high cost to be partly offset by a milder winter in the northeast. It's time for a break here on Spectrum News. 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[51:03] Speaker AH (unidentified): Spectrum News NECN. Dedicated to impactful reporting and balanced journalism 24 hours a day. Spectrum News NECN. Available on Channel 1 and all your favorite devices. Well, [51:28] Speaker T (unidentified): we dealt with an upper-level trough passing through the Northeast from Quebec and Montreal, back out through Bangor to Jackman, Presque Isle and Caribou, even through the Green and White Mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire and upstate New York, dealing with some of those scattered showers today. It wasn't an overly high rain chance that we had, but we did pick up some light accumulations. Rainbow Lake through the center of the state picking up nearly two tenths of an inch, Belgrade, Bangor, Augusta, you name it, generally around that one tenth of an inch. So again, this was very light accumulations across the state today, and moving forward into our Friday, even lighter accumulations expected from any spotty showers we can get from the upslope flow overnight tonight. Mostly clear skies. Temperatures dropping down into those 40s. Statewide 41 Jackman and Millinocket, 42 Greenville, 40 and Rangeley. Will find the mid 40s along our coastline, maybe upwards to the upper 40s there in the Portland area. Tomorrow morning we start off with a mix of sun and clouds across Portland and really a good chunk of the state. We warm from the 40s through the 50s throughout that morning commute. But again, with the northwest flow, you get what we call upslope flow. The winds move up the mountain tops. The air cools, condenses, creates some clouds and helps to create a little bit of shower activity. This is not going to be for everybody. The best chance for these showers again through the mountain passes through the interior Rangeley, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket North through the US. Canada border. The closer you are to the coastline, the more sunny you will be. Maybe you get a passing shower for places like Waterville and Bangor. But again, I think if you're Portland, Wiscasset through, let's say Kennebunkport up through Bar Harbor. You should be remaining nice, sunny and dry throughout the day. Range of high temperatures 50s inland due to the cloud cover and scattered shower. Nature 60s with more sunshine along our coasts on our Friday. Heading throughout this weekend, once this last little bit of the trough kicks it out to sea, big surge dry air comes in on Saturday, setting up for a perfect fall afternoon. But by We have a little feature passing on by and that will add a little bit of moisture to the atmosphere with the bigger system moving in by Monday morning. This is going to help to increase our rain chances late Sunday night into our Monday and Tuesday across the greater Portland area. Highs will remain in the 60s. Lows ranging from the 40s to 50s. The Mid Coast, a very similar time frame. Looking at that front heading in as late Sunday throughout Tuesday. Tuesday. [53:58] Speaker AL (unidentified): Next week after [54:07] Speaker U (unidentified): 265 uninterrupted days at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln is back home at San Diego Bay Thursday. Families and supporters cheered on the sailors atop the carrier as it headed into port. Well, Spectrum's Chase Beach is in San Diego. Chase, tell us about the sailors journey back home and what you've been hearing from people welcoming them. [54:30] Speaker Y (unidentified): We know it's been an arduous journey, Sharon, for many of these officers and for their families. I've been speaking with families who say that every time this deployment was extended, it just led to more uncertainty and concern for their loved ones who were on board. We know that there was sometimes spotty communication, as might be expected. They were in far-flung parts of the world and unable to hop on a FaceTime with a family member to explain kind of how they were feeling for long periods of time. So we know that was hard on families. But today, Sharon, is really all about joy, excitement, exuberance. It is palpable in the air here in San Diego. I spoke with one woman whose twin sister is on board USS Abraham Lincoln. Take a listen. [55:20] Speaker AM (unidentified): It's tough. It's tough no matter what, and it's tough no matter who you are. Through and through, Kate has been the biggest supporter of what they're doing, and the officers on deck and the enlisted folks and how hard they're working. So I think she misses all the comforts of home, and nine months is a long time to be gone. But she's never been anything but positive about her role in this, and the experience she's gotten. [55:53] Speaker Y (unidentified): A remarkable experience, Sharon, for these officers and one that we know they will be speaking about with their families for many years to come. They are at this moment getting off of the ship, disembarking, and we've heard all different things about what families plan to do over the course of the next few days here, some staying in San Diego, enjoying the beautiful California weather, spending time together as families and we know getting really delicious fresh good food is important to all of the officers on board as well I'm sure and [56:24] Speaker U (unidentified): always seen those hugs and smiles when they disembark as it's a beautiful sight to see Chase Beach in San Diego thank you McDonald's is at the center of a proposed class-action lawsuit the suit alleges McDonald's is using AI to set menu prices among its franchisees the fast food giant allows franchisees to set their own prices. Plaintiffs claim the chain collects data into a centralized pricing platform and uses it to help them coordinate prices. The lawsuit says that violates antitrust laws. McDonald's says its corporate pricing tools only provide recommendations and are optional. All right, so some good news for dog parents. Turns out having your furry friend sleep with you doesn't affect your sleep, but you could be impacting your dog's rest. Researchers from the University of Toronto used wrist and collar monitors on 25 human volunteers and the 38 dogs. Most dogs slept on the bed or in the same room as their humans. The study found that if a person moved in their sleep, the dog would move shortly afterwards. So when people woke up, it disturbed their dogs. Previous research in co-sleeping with a dog has shown a link between poor sleep. Cats were not mentioned in the study, but if you have a kitty who likes an early breakfast, you probably have plenty of research of your own. I'm Sharon Tazewell. Thanks for watching your Spectrum News in 90s, coming up right after this short break. Stay with us. 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Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson toured the Augusta Food Bank on Thursday. Jackson said visits to the facility are on the rise because of federal food benefit cuts. He noted the hours that central Mainers spend waiting for free food at the food bank. [1:00:37] Speaker R (unidentified): That's pretty sad. You know, somebody is going to wait six, eight hours in line to get food. You know, I just don't know how anyone can say that's the country that we should be in right now. [1:00:50] Speaker Q (unidentified): Jackson said even those who work at the local hospital or for state government now need help. Jackson is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term in office. Astronaut and Mainer Jessica Muir splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday. day. The Caribou native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving there back in February. Among other activities while in orbit, Mir performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and even our own planet and witnessed the historic Artemis II lunar mission. She lived aboard the laboratory in 2019 and 2020 where she made history as part of the three first all-women spacewalks. She and three other crew members returned to Earth safely aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. Well now time for a quick check of your local weather on the ones forecast. Alright [1:01:48] Speaker T (unidentified): folks, well as we go through the overnight period tonight, mostly clear skies expected as lows drop back into those low and mid 40s statewide. I'm meteorologist at Covey. It is a clear, quiet, peaceful fall evening across the Pine Tree State. Now looking ahead to our Friday, a mix of sun and clouds and for some of you, especially up through the upstate,. A few spotty showers. Highs will range from the 50s inland to the 60s at the coast. Hurricane [1:02:28] Speaker U (unidentified): Isaias headed for the Gulf Coast where some residents are under mandatory evacuation orders. Thanks for joining us. I'm Sharon Taswell. Coastal communities in Alabama and Florida are being warned up to seven feet of storm surges possible Friday into Saturday as a storm makes landfall. Spectrum's Ariel Wessler shows how residents preparing to weather this year's first named hurricane in the Gulf. [1:02:54] Speaker V (unidentified): All eyes on the Gulf Coast as residents brace for Hurricane Isaias to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday as a strong category two, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. Preparations already underway in Orange Beach, Mobile and Gulf Shores, Alabama where neighbors filled and loaded sandbags. We have water, food, we have a [1:03:15] Speaker S (unidentified): generator and so we made sure that the gas was topped off for that. [1:03:19] Speaker V (unidentified): ESA is expected to bring strong winds and life-threatening storm surge, even possible tornadoes to the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama, and south Mississippi. [1:03:28] Speaker W (unidentified): Anytime these things are hitting, the northeast quadrant is always the more dangerous quadrant. So if you're Florida, we're on the east side of most of these. [1:03:37] Speaker V (unidentified): Georgia's governor also warning residents to prepare. [1:03:39] Speaker X (unidentified): If you're not ready, it can be really devastating. [1:03:43] Speaker V (unidentified): Hurricane Sally in 2020 was the last one to make landfall in Alabama. [1:03:47] Speaker Y (unidentified): That was a little bit scary. But this one, I feel like because it's moving faster, I feel like, okay, if I did Sally, I can do this. [1:03:55] Speaker V (unidentified): Officials in the Alabama cities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach urged tourists to evacuate immediately, warning that bridges could be closed by midday Friday. [1:04:04] Speaker Z (unidentified): We're making sure that our EMS, our fire, and our police are ready to go and really trying to tell the visitors here that you need to make that decision and leave town. [1:04:14] Speaker V (unidentified): Hannah Hawley admits her focus has been elsewhere. [1:04:16] Speaker M (unidentified): It should be like milk and food and water and generators, but unfortunately it's venue timeline vendors rescheduling because I'm supposed to be getting married Saturday. But Mother Nature had other ideas. If there's a mandatory evacuation, of course we would leave then. For now, it's time to stock up and hunker down. [1:04:36] Speaker U (unidentified): All right, y'all, we have to talk about the elephant and the bulldog in the room, the Alabama-Georgia game. President Donald Trump said he planned to go. Any updates? [1:04:49] Speaker V (unidentified): Well, Sharon, it is one of the biggest games of the college football season and still on the schedule for 7.30 Eastern. Alabama Athletics saying it continues to closely monitor the weather forecast, with safety being its highest priority. They say they're in close communication with the National Weather Service, the SEC, and the University of Georgia and the White House, confirming president trump is still planning to attend sharon all right yes safety is number one [1:05:12] Speaker U (unidentified): ariel wessler thank you thanks spectrums rianne lounges is in fort walton beach florida where tourists are getting out of town and some locals are heeding the warnings to evacuate [1:05:23] Speaker J (unidentified): rianne what are conditions like there right now yeah fort walton beach we're about 90 minutes from that alabama state line where this storm is tracking toward right now we're already starting to see some of the winds pick up here. You can check out behind me. Those winds making for some choppy waters out there. We are under a double red flag warning. As you can see, a lot of folks not heating that warning. No one's supposed to be in the water, but that's pretty typical in towns like this when it comes to hurricane season. We are still 24 hours away from ECS making landfall now. 8 PM last night was when tourists were being encouraged to evacuate. That was to give them 12 to 16 hours to make their way out of town and make some headway out of here. We had a couple of folks in our hotel this morning checking out early, booking hotels further inland. That's what we ended up doing because our hotel was in that storm surge line. As for the last flight out of here, that's going to be tonight at 7 30, and that's because the Destin Fort Walton airport is closing completely at 8 p.m. Mandatory evacuations are being made south of the Miracle Parkway. Now Sheriff Eric Akers told us that is a kind of a misleading term when it comes to these mandatory evacuations. He says they're not going to show up to people's houses and kick them out, but it does mean that if they stick around they might not be able to get help later. [1:06:52] Speaker AA (unidentified): We've given you the warning that there's been a mandatory evacuation and if you choose in those zones not to evacuate. There's going to be times that we cannot physically get to you. We cannot put our staff in that peril at that point to be able to come get you. So we're warning you in those zones to evacuate. [1:07:10] Speaker J (unidentified): Now there are two shelters set up in this area, one here in Fort Walton Beach and another one in nearby Niceville. Back to you guys. All right, Rianne Lowndes in Fort Walton Beach. Rianne, thank you. [1:07:23] Speaker U (unidentified): Presidents of Donald Trump celebrate some of the titans of technology awarding medals to the world's richest man Elon Musk plus the leaders of Nvidia Google and Microsoft. Our national reporter Evan Kozloff has more from the [1:07:35] Speaker AB (unidentified): White House nearly two trillion dollars in net worth on one stage on Thursday. Such a big day in the world of science as tech titans are celebrated at the US Institute of Peace in Washington. President Donald Trump giving national medals for science technology and innovation to some of the biggest names including Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, and Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. [1:08:02] Speaker AC (unidentified): We now support only the gold standard of science. [1:08:07] Speaker AB (unidentified): Many of the recipients have contributed financially to the president's campaign, the GOP, or associated causes. Huang donated funds for the president's ballroom, and his company contributed a million dollars to the president's inauguration ceremony. Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell, is a longtime Trump donor and committed over six billion dollars to seed the Trump savings accounts for newborns. And Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire, campaigned heavily for the president in the 2024 election contributing over two hundred ninety million dollars. Early in the president's second term, Musk was tapped to lead a cost-cutting office called Doge which triggered intense backlash. Few Americans [1:08:40] Speaker AC (unidentified): in history have done more to advance America's national interest than Elon. [1:08:45] Speaker AB (unidentified): Elon is our modern-day Thomas Edison. The president has aligned himself with tech leaders since he was elected almost two years ago. Many of them attended his inauguration in January 2025. And the president has opposed significant regulation of artificial intelligence, which he says should be renamed as super intelligence. The president inviting industry leaders to the White House last month to create a quote morally binding agreement to develop the tech safely. This cozy relationship comes despite a growing backlash over AI, with many Americans fearing that the tech could lead to job losses or even human extinction. Americans also increasingly uneasy with data centers which power the AI revolution but also drive up utility costs. Their rapid spread has sparked nationwide protests with data centers becoming a major campaign issue in places like Ohio where the president held a rally just this weekend and pushed back on the [1:09:33] Speaker AC (unidentified): criticism. There's so much money to be made for Ohio, you can't just turn them off, they'll go to [1:09:38] Speaker AB (unidentified): China. And Elon Musk is spending big yet again on the upcoming midterms. His super PAC has dropped millions of dollars into key battlegrounds like Texas, Ohio, and Maine to help Republicans early this year. 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Stop in today and purchase any 2026 Chevy Silverado 4x4 1500 Crew Cab and combine $3,000 off MSRP with 0% APR financing for five years, plus no payments for 90 days. Or a new 2027 Chevy Equinox AWD Active Edition and save $2,500 off MSRP. Or purchase a 2026 Chevy Colorado LT 4x4 Crew Cab for $37,560. Emerson Chevrolet, hassle-free since 63. Be [1:11:32] Speaker AK (unidentified): just fine, make today. [1:12:18] Speaker T (unidentified): All right, welcome back to Spectrum News NECN. I'm meteorologist Zach Covey as we take you through the overnight period. And looking ahead to your Friday. Want to start off with what is a trough digging across the Northeast. This trough starting to dry us out across the Pine Tree State, but earlier today brought a few spotty showers to the state. Now this trough is not going to fully clear the state today, and parts of it will linger into tomorrow. So that is the reason we will keep some spotty rain opportunities around heading into our Friday before fully drying out heading into our Saturday. Tonight though should be a dry night, a quiet one at that. Lows drop back into those 40s, ranging from 41 in Millinocket and Jackman to 47 in Portland, 45 there in Wiscasset. Looking ahead to tomorrow, we'll start off with plenty of sunshine along our coast and inland, but as the day progresses and the last little bit of that trough rolls east, a little bit of upslope flow, winds coming out of the northwest, running up the mountaintops, will help to spark a few scattered showers. I think the best location for those showers are going to be back inland. Rangeley, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket, back out towards the U.S.-Canada border. The closer you are to the water's edge, the drier you will remain and most likely the more sunny you will be with just a few passing clouds overhead. We'll keep that scattered upslope flow going throughout the day on our Friday, even into our Friday evening. The trough finally pools away out to see closer to Halifax and Nova Scotia. As we go towards 11 and the midnight hour. In addition to watching a few of those spotty mountaintop showers, breezy winds. Now this is going to be statewide. I think everybody could see breezes throughout the day of 1520 25 mph. Again, out of the northwest, so high temperatures on Friday 50s, inland 60s at the coast, drier at the coastline. Few spotty showers across those IN LANDS HERE'S [1:14:20] Speaker Q (unidentified): WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND MAINE DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE TROY JACKSON SAYS VISITS TO FOOD BANKS ARE ON THE RISE BECAUSE OF FEDERAL FOOD BENEFIT CUTS JACKSON SAID EVEN THOSE WHO WORK AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL OR FOR STATE GOVERNMENT NOW NEED HELP HE IS RUNNING AGAINST REPUBLICAN SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS WHO IS SEEKING A SIXTH TERM IN OFFICE ASTRONAUT AND MAINER JESSICA MEAR SPLASHED DOWN IN THE PACIFIC ON THURSDAY THE CARIBOU NATIVE COMMANDED THE CREW OF THE International Space Station after arriving back in February. She performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and of our planet and even witnessed the historic Artemis II lunar mission. Rallies [1:15:08] Speaker U (unidentified): are being held across the country and in New York in response to the Cornell University gang rape lawsuit and investigation. Many gathered in Rochester Thursday to recognize Sexual Violence National Day of Action at a rally. Our Wendy Wright was [1:15:23] Speaker AO (unidentified): was there and talk to people who say they're marching for change. I think this rally is really important to allow people to express their outrage about what happened with Jane Doe and the Cornell seven. This Monroe County legislator is hoping the rallies being held will help with the dialogue surrounding sexual violence. I think that our culture really doesn't value women and doesn't value women's sexuality, doesn't value women's agency and doesn't value their voices. And I [1:15:53] Speaker K (unidentified): unfortunately you have a lot of these things converging in one thing. That one thing is the [1:15:57] Speaker AO (unidentified): Cornell University Jane Doe criminal investigation in Tompkins County prompted by a civil lawsuit filed by a then student known as Jane Doe. She alleges she was sexually assaulted by several current and former students at a Cornell frat house in 2024. Rachel Barnhart is a Cornell graduate. [1:16:18] Speaker K (unidentified): graduate. When I went to Cornell back in the 90s, the language was no means no. Then it turned into in later years, you need affirmative consent. Yes means yes. Now, what do we do? To answer that [1:16:32] Speaker AO (unidentified): question and in response to the Cornell case, the Alliance Against Sexual Violence is speaking out [1:16:38] Speaker AP (unidentified): And calling for change. The allegations at Cornell have brought national attention to what survivors and advocates have been telling us for years. There are serious gaps in the system that are supposed to protect people who experience sexual violence. The executive director of the [1:16:53] Speaker AO (unidentified): organization is calling on the governor and the state legislature to enact laws in New York that fix the voluntary intoxication loophole, provide victims with anonymity protections, protect survivors from predatory defamation lawsuits, strengthen enough is enough protections, and mandate campus collaboration. [1:17:13] Speaker AP (unidentified): Together, these measures address what survivors need before harm occurs, when they seek support and when they pursue accountability. [1:17:22] Speaker K (unidentified): We have to take a look at our laws and make sure that they are protecting women, but that doesn't encompass the whole problem here. [1:17:31] Speaker U (unidentified): Measles infections have now surpassed a thousand in Pennsylvania alone. State health officials say more than 1,000 cases have been reported since April, along with five measles-associated deaths. Nationwide, the CDC is reporting nearly 3,900 measles cases this year, the most in a single year since 1991. The outbreak is still growing, with 145 new cases reported in just the past week. According to the CDC, most cases are adults, but hundreds of children under five have also been infected. Health experts attribute such outbreaks to low vaccination rates. Well, the November international health officials will meet to determine if the US has lost its measles free status. Spirit Halloween is known for its spooky merch, but many of its stores will be getting into the Christmas spirit. 44 spirit Christmas locations across 15 states are set to open this holiday season. The company says the Christmas spinoff of Spirit Halloween offers many holiday themed merch, including decor, inflatables, animatronics, gifts and stockings. Well, five Spirit Christmas stores will open in Ohio, Florida, and New Jersey on October 17th. Yes, that's before Halloween. The remaining locations will open the week after trick-or-treating. Time for a break here on Spectrum News. But first, researchers have good news for dog parents, but maybe not for dogs. A study shows sleeping with your dog won't have a negative impact on your sleep. However, pups got less sleep if their owners moved during the night. At least dogs have more time for naps. Well, more of the day's headlines coming up. Stay with us with [1:19:36] Speaker AJ (unidentified): spectrum. I never miss. [1:19:44] Speaker AQ (unidentified): Never miss a touchdown because I don't have that app. Never miss a screamer because my stream can't keep up with Spectrum Internet. I can stream all my [1:19:56] Speaker AG (unidentified): my sports so I never miss never seen nobody do it so I did it you could be driving down the road and god forbid something happens to your engine or your transmission now you got to figure out how to tow the car where to tow it to how much it's going to cost whereas you have a company like car shield back you and you make a phone call and everything's taken care of so can you [1:20:16] Speaker AR (unidentified): walk us through a little bit on, like, a car breakdown, what happens on the customer side [1:20:20] Speaker AG (unidentified): and what you see every day at our shop? There's people that just come in bawling their eyes out because their car's warranty just ran out. They got all these new expenses now that they have to pay for. Some of the average costs on repairs, for instance, on a transmission, would range anywhere from $3,000 to $6,000, $7,000. Engines can go anywhere from $5,000 to $14,000, $15,000. If you can get CarShield, do it. Don't even think twice. Give them a call. See what you can do to get on that program because it's going to give you peace of mind. [1:20:49] Speaker AR (unidentified): No other company protects drivers like CarShield. All you need to do is call CarShield now before your car breaks down. [1:20:56] Speaker AS (unidentified): CarShield can save you thousands. Just call before a breakdown happens. Call 800-908-2153. [1:21:03] Speaker AH (unidentified): At Spectrum News NECN, our weather experts update you with the information and context you need so you can better plan your day. And we do it every 10 minutes. Always here. Always local. Always on. Weather on the Ones on Spectrum News NECN. Well, [1:21:28] Speaker T (unidentified): we dealt with an upper level trough passing through the northeast from Quebec and Montreal back out through Bangor to Jackman, Presque Isle and Caribou, even through the Green and White Mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire and upstate New York dealing with some of those scattered showers today. It wasn't an overly high rain chance that we had, but we did pick up some light accumulations. Rainbow Lake through the center of the state, picking up nearly two tenths of an inch. Belgrade, Bangor, Augusta, you name it, generally around that one tenth of an inch. So again, this was very light accumulations across the state today and moving forward into our Friday, even lighter accumulations expected from any spotty showers we can get from the upslope flow overnight tonight. Mostly clear skies, temperatures dropping down into the those forties statewide. 41 Jackman and Millinocket, 42 Greenville, 40 and Rangeley. Will find the mid forties along our coastline, maybe upwards to the upper forties there in the Portland area. Tomorrow morning we start off with a mix of sun and clouds across Portland and really a good chunk of the state. We warm from the forties through the fifties throughout that morning commute. But again, with the northwest flow, you get what we call upslope flow. The winds move up the mountaintops. The air cools, condenses, creates some clouds and helps to create a little bit of shower activity. This is not going to be for everybody. The best chance for these showers again through the mountain passes through the interior Rangely, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket north through the U.S. Canada border. The closer you are to the coast line the more sunny you will be. Maybe you get a passing shower for places like Waterville and Bangor, but again I think if you're Portland, Wiscasset through let's say Kenneth Bunkport up through Bar Harbor. You should be remaining nice, sunny and dry throughout the day. Range of high temperatures, 50s inland due to the cloud covering scattered shower nature, 60s with more sunshine along our coast on our Friday heading throughout this weekend. Once this last little bit of the trough kicks it out to see big surge, dry air comes in on Saturday, setting up for a perfect fall afternoon. But by Sunday we have a little feature passing on by that will add a little bit of moisture to the atmosphere with the bigger system moving in by Monday morning. This is going to help to increase our rain chances late Sunday night into our Monday and Tuesday across the greater Portland area. Highs will remain in the 60s, lows ranging from the 40s to 50s. The mid coast a very similar time frame looking at that front heading into late Sunday throughout Tuesday next week. You may [1:24:05] Speaker U (unidentified): have heard about boot camp or military style training that is designed to push participants past their limits. When a former Green Beret led a conditioning session at Arizona State University this year, one hockey player collapsed and remains hospitalized. According to his family's attorney, he's unlikely to ever recover. In 2024, two dozen Tufts University lacrosse players ended up in the emergency room after a similar workout. These two cases raise questions on safety. Our national sports reporter Rachel Hopmeyer digs into the training style that could be putting athletes at risk. [1:24:42] Speaker AT (unidentified): 21-year-old Arizona State University hockey player Matthew Mayock suffered an exertional heat stroke on the first day of organized team workouts in August. A former Green Beret was leading the session. The university's initial report states neither he or his training plans were properly credentialed or cleared by university staff ahead of time. I spoke with performance experts who tell me they believe that the military training trend in college athletics has stuck around far too long. [1:25:09] Speaker AU (unidentified): Probably 15 years ago. People talking about this as an idea that we can maybe create mental toughness, and the idea that you can create mental toughness in a day is just foolish, I think. [1:25:24] Speaker AT (unidentified): Mike Boyle trains superstars, from World Series champions to Olympic gold medalists. And at the forefront of the sports performance industry, he has noticed what he says is a troubling movement. [1:25:34] Speaker AU (unidentified): I think military training for high-performance athletes is a mistake. It's supposed to be for selection, for things like special forces. It's not intended to be kind of a day excursion for athletes. [1:25:49] Speaker AT (unidentified): Brandon Marcello has worked with pro sports teams and the Department of Defense on performance programming and optimization. [1:25:54] Speaker AL (unidentified): Organization. When I go into a meeting with a sports team, they're like, you know, I hear you're doing work with the military. What are they doing? They must be so far ahead. Can you share anything? And then when you go into a meeting with the military, they're like, hey, I know you work with, you know, elite sport. You know, what are they doing? They must be so far ahead. Can you share? So I think a lot of it is just this kind of mutual admiration, but a lack of understanding of the differences of the populations. We spoke with several experts on [1:26:24] Speaker AT (unidentified): College athletics and military training who all explained a similar distinction. Authentic military training is protocol driven and evidence-based, whereas athletic coaches tend to seek out a rigorous program that emulates military tactics, focusing on perception and outcome instead of [1:26:40] Speaker AV (unidentified): Method. I think that the solution is protocol driven because they're not educated, because a coach doesn't know all of the things that they need to know, and so if they have a protocol call, that is the thing that will protect them the most. And so when I look at these injuries, [1:26:58] Speaker AT (unidentified): It's because they don't know. Robert Carey, the attorney representing ASU student Matthew Mayock and his family, offered a blunt assessment on the difference between the workout he experienced and the armed forces. The military protects its assets. Let this happen. We reached out to the U.S. Army for its thoughts on the difference between the two worlds, and the Futures and Concepts Command responded with a statement that reads in part that military and elite athletic training share similar foundational human performance science, but their operational end states are fundamentally distinct. We're actively learned from and share research. Our mandate is not winning a game. 41 days after May it collapsed, Arizona State University placed head coach Greg Powers on administrative leave with assistant coach in charge until the university of points in interim. The Mayock family wanted the coaches who ran the workout removed in order for a truly independent investigation to take place. Mayock's parents John and Christina say they want accountability and for Matthew's teammates to be safe. [1:28:02] Speaker U (unidentified): I'm Sharon Taswell. Thanks for watching your Spectrum News in 90s coming up right after the short break. Stay with us. [1:28:13] Speaker AG (unidentified): You could be driving down the road and God forbid something happens to your engine or your transmission. Now you got to figure out how to tow the car, where to tow it to, how much it's going to cost. Whereas you have a company like CarShield back you and you make a phone call [1:28:24] Speaker AR (unidentified): and everything's taken care of. So can you walk us through a little bit on like a car breakdown? What happens on the customer side and what you see? Every day at our shop there's people that [1:28:33] Speaker AG (unidentified): just come in bawling their eyes out because their car's warranty just ran out. They got all these new expenses now that they have to pay for. Some of the average costs on repairs for instance on a transmission would range anywhere from three to six, seven thousand dollars. Engines can go anywhere from $5,000 to $14,000, $15,000. If you can get CarShield, do it. Don't even think twice. Give them a call. 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Jackson said visits to the facility are on the rise because of federal food benefit cuts. He noted the hours that central Mainers spend waiting for free food at the food bank. [1:30:37] Speaker R (unidentified): That's pretty sad. You know, somebody's going to wait six, eight hours in line to get food. You know, I just don't know how anyone can say that's the country that we should be in right now. [1:30:50] Speaker Q (unidentified): Jackson said even those who work at the local hospital or for state government now need help. Jackson is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term in office. Astronaut and Mainer Jessica Muir splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday. The Caribou native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving there back in February. Among other activities while in orbit, Mir performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and even our own planet, and witnessed the historic Artemis to lunar mission. She lived aboard the laboratory in 2019 and 2020, where she made history as part of the three first all-women spacewalks. She and three other crew members returned to Earth safely aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. Well, now time for a quick check of your local weather on the ones forecast. All [1:31:48] Speaker T (unidentified): Right, folks. Well, as we go through the overnight period tonight, mostly clear skies expected as lows drop back into those low and mid 40s statewide. I'm meteorologist Zach Covey. It is a clear, quiet, peaceful fall evening across the Pine Tree State. Now looking ahead to our Friday, a mix of sunny clouds and for some of you, especially up through the upstate, a few spotty showers. Highs will range from the 50s inland to the 60s at the coast. [1:32:28] Speaker U (unidentified): Hurricane Isaias headed for the Gulf Coast, where some residents are under mandatory evacuation orders. Thanks for joining us. I'm Sharon Tazewell. Coastal communities in Alabama and Florida are being warned up to 7 feet of storm surges possible Friday into Saturday as the storm makes landfall. Spectrum's Ariel Wessler shows how residents preparing to weather this year's first named hurricane in the Gulf. [1:32:54] Speaker V (unidentified): All eyes on the Gulf Coast as residents brace for Hurricane Isaias to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday as a strong Category 2, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. Preparations already underway in Orange Beach, Mobile, and Gulf Shores, Alabama, where neighbors filled and loaded sandbags. [1:33:13] Speaker S (unidentified): We have water, food, we have a generator, and so we made sure that the gas was topped off for that. [1:33:19] Speaker V (unidentified): Isaias expected to bring strong winds and life-threatening storm surge even possible tornadoes to the Florida panhandle southern Alabama and South [1:33:27] Speaker W (unidentified): Mississippi. Anytime these things are hitting the Northeast quadrant is always the more dangerous quadrant so if you're Florida we're on the east side of [1:33:36] Speaker V (unidentified): most of these. Georgia's governor also warning residents to prepare. If you're not ready it could be really devastating. Hurricane Sally in 2020 was the last one to make landfall in Alabama. That was a [1:33:48] Speaker Y (unidentified): little bit scary but this one I feel like because it's moving faster I feel like okay I can if I did Sally I can do this officials in the Alabama cities of [1:33:57] Speaker V (unidentified): Gulf Shores and Orange Beach urged tourists to evacuate immediately warning that bridges could be closed by midday Friday we're making sure that our EMS [1:34:05] Speaker Z (unidentified): our fire and our police are ready to go and really trying to tell the visitors here that you need to make that decision and leave town Hannah Holly [1:34:15] Speaker V (unidentified): MOLLY ADMITS HER FOCUS HAS BEEN ELSEWHERE. [1:34:17] Speaker M (unidentified): It should be like milk and food and water and generators, but unfortunately it's venue timeline vendors rescheduling. [1:34:25] Chelsea Libum: Because I'm supposed to be getting married Saturday. [1:34:27] Speaker V (unidentified): BUT MOTHER NATURE HAD OTHER IDEAS. [1:34:29] Speaker M (unidentified): If there's a mandatory evacuation, of course we would leave then. [1:34:33] Speaker V (unidentified): FOR NOW, IT'S TIME TO STOCK UP AND HUNKER DOWN. How [1:34:38] Speaker U (unidentified): are y'all? We have to talk about the elephant and the bulldog in the room, the Alabama-Georgia game. President Donald Trump said he planned to go. Any updates? [1:34:49] Speaker V (unidentified): Well, Sharon, it is one of the biggest games of the college football season and still on the schedule for 7.30 Eastern. Alabama Athletics saying it continues to closely monitor the weather forecast, with safety being its highest priority. They say they're in close communication with the National Weather Service, the SEC, and the University of Georgia and the White House, confirming President Trump is still planning to attend. Sharon? [1:35:10] Speaker U (unidentified): All right. Yes, safety is number one. Arielle Wessler, thank you. Thanks. Spectrum's Rianne Lowndes is in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, where tourists are getting out of town and some locals are heeding the warnings to evacuate. Rianne, what are conditions like there right now? [1:35:27] Speaker J (unidentified): Yeah, Fort Walton Beach, we're about 90 minutes from that Alabama state line where this storm is tracking toward right now. We're already starting to see some of the winds pick up here. You can check out behind me those winds making for some choppy waters out there. We are under a double red flag warning. As you can see, a lot of folks not heeding that warning. No one's supposed to be in the water, but that's pretty typical in towns like this when it comes to hurricane season. We are still 24 hours away from ECS making landfall. Now, 8 p.m. last night was when tourists were being encouraged to evacuate. That was to give them 12 to 16 hours to make their way out of town and make some headway out of here. We had a couple of folks in our hotel this morning checking out early booking hotels further inland that's what we ended up doing because our hotel was in that storm surge line as for the last flight out of here that's going to be tonight at 7 30 and that's because the destin fort walton airport is closing completely at 8 p.m mandatory evacuations are being made south of the miracle parkway Now, Sheriff Eric Akers told us that is a kind of a misleading term when it comes to these mandatory evacuations. He says they're not going to show up to people's houses and kick them out, but it does mean that if they stick around, they might not be able to get help later. [1:36:52] Speaker AA (unidentified): We've given you the warning that there's been a mandatory evacuation. And if you choose in those zones not to evacuate, there's going to be times that we cannot physically get to you. We cannot put our staff in that peril at that point to be able to come get you. So we're warning you in those zones to evacuate. [1:37:10] Speaker J (unidentified): Now there are two shelters set up in this area, one here in Fort Walton Beach and another one in nearby Niceville. [1:37:16] Speaker U (unidentified): Back to you guys. All right. Rianne Lowndes in Fort Walton Beach. Rianne, thank you. President Donald Trump celebrates some of the titans of technology, awarding medals to the world's richest man, Elon Musk, plus the leaders of NVIDIA, Google, and Microsoft. Our national reporter Evan Kozloff has more from the White House. [1:37:38] Speaker AB (unidentified): Nearly $2 trillion in net worth on one stage on Thursday. [1:37:42] Speaker AC (unidentified): Such a big day in the world of science. [1:37:44] Speaker AB (unidentified): As tech titans are celebrated at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, President Donald Trump giving national medals for science, technology, and innovation to some of the biggest names in technology, including Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, and Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. [1:38:02] Speaker AC (unidentified): We now support only the gold standard of science. [1:38:07] Speaker AB (unidentified): Many of the recipients have contributed financially to the president's campaign, the GOP, or associated causes. Huang donated funds for the president's ballroom, and his company contributed a million dollars to the president's inauguration ceremony. Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell, is a longtime Trump donor and committed over $6 billion to seed the Trump savings accounts for newborns. And Elon Musk... The world's first trillionaire campaigned heavily for the president in the 2024 election, contributing over $290 million. Early in the president's second term, Musk was tapped to lead a cost-cutting office called Doge, which triggered intense backlash. [1:38:40] Speaker AC (unidentified): Few Americans in history have done more to advance America's national interest than Elon. Elon is our modern-day Thomas Edison. [1:38:47] Speaker AB (unidentified): The president has aligned himself with tech leaders since he was elected almost two years ago. Many of them attended his inauguration in January 2025. And the president has opposed significant regulation of artificial intelligence, which he says should be renamed as superintelligence. The president invited industry leaders to the White House last month to create a, quote, morally binding agreement to develop the tech safely. This cozy relationship comes despite a growing backlash over A.I., with many Americans fearing that the tech could lead to job losses or even human extinction. Americans also increasingly uneasy with data centers which power the A.I. revolution but also drive up utility costs. Their rapid spread has sparked nationwide protests, with data centers becoming a major campaign issue in places like Ohio, where the president held a rally just this weekend and pushed back on the criticism. [1:39:34] Speaker AC (unidentified): There's so much money to be made for Ohio. You can't just turn them off. They'll go to China. [1:39:38] Speaker AB (unidentified): And Elon Musk is spending big yet again on the upcoming midterms. His super PAC has dropped millions of dollars into key battlegrounds like Texas, Ohio, and Maine to help Republicans. Earlier this year, he authorized that super PAC to spend over $100 million this cycle. [1:39:54] Speaker U (unidentified): Hundreds of candidates are in the running for a prestigious award. A closer look at the nominees and how officials determine who is worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize. Coming up on Spectrum News. [1:40:24] Speaker AH (unidentified): Spectrum News is now Spectrum News NECN. Bringing you more news and information that matter to Maine and New England. We're dedicated to impactful reporting with balanced journalism,, real context, and in-depth coverage, 24 hours a day. [1:40:41] Speaker AD (unidentified): Time now for weather. Let's take a look at your main forecast. [1:40:45] Speaker AH (unidentified): Spectrum News NECN. Always New England, always local, always on. Available on Channel 1 and all your favorite devices. [1:40:53] Speaker Z (unidentified): In the two years I've owned my vehicle, Everything Breaks has covered four major repairs. 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A quiet one at that, lows drop back into those 40s, ranging from 41 in Millinocket and Jackman to 47 in Portland, 45 there in Wiscasset. Looking ahead to tomorrow, we'll start off with plenty of sunshine along our coast and inland, but as the day progresses and the last little bit of that trough rolls east, a little bit of upslope flow, winds coming out of the northwest running up the mountain tops, will help to spark a few scattered showers. I think the best location for those showers are going to be back inland. Rangeley, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket back out towards the US Canada border. The closer you are to the water's edge, the drier you will remain and most likely the more sunny you will be with just a few passing clouds overhead. We'll keep that scattered upslope flow going throughout the day on our Friday even into our Friday evening. The trough finally pools away out to sea closer to Halifax and Nova Scotia as we go towards 11 and the midnight hour. In addition to watching a few of those spotty mountaintop showers, breezy winds. Now, this is going to be statewide. I think everybody could see breezes throughout the day of 15, 20, 25 miles per hour, again, out of the northwest. So high temperatures on Friday, 50s inland, 60s at the coast, drier at the coastline, a few spotty showers across those inlands. [1:44:19] Speaker Q (unidentified): Here's what's happening around Maine. Main Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson says visits to food banks are on the rise because of federal food benefit cuts. Jackson said even those who work at the local hospital or for state government now need help. He is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term in office. Astronaut and Mainer Jessica Mear splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday. The Caribou Native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving back in February. She performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and of our planet, and even witnessed the historic Artemis II lunar mission. The [1:45:07] Speaker U (unidentified): Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded Friday morning in Oslo. Nearly 300 individuals and candidates were considered for the prestigious honor. Well, joining us now with more is Spectrum's Alex Cohen. Alex, remind us how the Nobel Committee selects the Peace Prize winner each year. [1:45:23] Speaker AE (unidentified): That's right, Sharon. And there is a five-member committee that is appointed by the government of Norway, and they opened it up. There's all sorts of people who can make nominations for this prestigious prize, including university professors of all stripes, members of governments and parliaments, previous winners of the prize, but no self-nominations. The deadline for the Peace Prize was January 31st of this year. And then the committee created a shortlist, which they've been discussing now for months and trying to reach consensus. And the protocol is that if this committee can't reach consensus, then eventually they vote. The winner will be announced at the end of this week, and then the prize itself will be officially awarded come December, Sharon. All right, Alex, this week, [1:46:16] Speaker U (unidentified): President Trump said it would be a great discredit to the Selections Committee if they don't choose him. Any sense of what his odds are this year? [1:46:26] Speaker AE (unidentified): Yes, it is unclear whether or not he will be the Nobel Peace Prize winner. This is, of course, something that the president has been saying for many years now. And what we do know is that there are several countries, including Israel, Cambodia and Pakistan, who have submitted him as their choice. But when it comes to where people are thinking it is more likely to go, there are a couple of frontline contenders, including a group called Sudan's Emergency Response. This volunteer organization has been providing food, health care, and education throughout Sudan. A civil war there has really ravaged the nation. There's also discussion of Maikola Kuleba, who is co-founder of the group Save Ukraine. This organization has reunited more than 1,700 children with their parents. Other names being discussed, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has opened up new diplomatic relations with China and Europe, and Pope Leo, the first American pope who often has been condemning wars throughout the world. Viewers might recall that last year, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Karina Machado received the prize but then she gave the prize to [1:47:42] Speaker U (unidentified): President Trump Sharon. All right, it's going to be very interesting, Alex Kelly, and as always, thank you. Thank you. If you get medications from Canada, you can expect to pay much more. That's due to a new federal customs rule going into effect later this month. The rule applies to a bunch of goods beyond just drugs and is intended to collect tariffs and prevent illegal drugs from coming to the U.S. Starting October 22nd, the new rule suspends one that previously allowed shipments under $800 to pass through customs more easily. Well, medications mailed from outside the U.S. will require additional data and a bond guarantee. It comes as President Trump made lowering drug costs a top priority when addressing health care costs, and critics say this rule will only hurt families seeking affordable medicine. Staying warm will cost you more this winter. A new report shows U.S. home heating oil prices are expected to rise significantly. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says heating oil prices are expected to hit $5.26 a gallon during the winter heating season. That's a 34% jump compared to last winter. Household heating bills are projected to reach more than $2,000. That's about 21% more than last year. Officials do expect the high cost to be partly offset by a milder winter in the northeast. It's time for a break here on Spectrum News. Your latest weather, the one's forecast is straight ahead, plus more of the day's headlines. Stay with us, Spectrum [1:49:19] Speaker AH (unidentified): News NECN, dedicated to impactful reporting and balanced journalism 24 hours a day. Spectrum News NECN, available on channel one and all your favorite devices. [1:49:35] Speaker AI (unidentified): Spectrum is bringing you smarter ways to connect. Thought we'd say hi. Say hi to a smarter way to Wi-Fi. Hi, Zypher. Hi. Hi, Longtexter. [Speaker P (unidentified): One second.] Say hi to a smarter way to mobile. The cover's out here. Right, Space Explorer? [1:49:57] Speaker AX (unidentified): Hey, Cut. Are we still rolling down the sidelines? Hey, Superfans. 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[1:51:27] Speaker T (unidentified): Well, we dealt with an upper-level trough passing through the Northeast from Quebec and Montreal, back out through Bangor to Jackman, Presque Isle and Caribou, even through the Green and White Mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire and upstate New York, dealing with some of those scattered showers today. It wasn't an overly high rain chance that we had, but we did pick up some light accumulations, Rainbow Lake through the center of the state picking up nearly two tenths of an inch, Belgrade, Bangor, Augusta, you name it, generally around that one tenth of an inch. So again, this was very light accumulations across the state today, and moving forward into our Friday, even lighter accumulations expected from any spotty showers we can get from the upslope flow. Overnight tonight, mostly clear skies, temperatures dropping down into those 40s statewide, 41 Jackman and Millinocket, 42 Greenville, 40 and Rangeley, we'll find the mid 40s along our coastline, maybe upwards to the upper 40s there in the Portland area. Tomorrow morning we start off with a mix of sun and clouds across Portland and really a good chunk of the state. We warm from the 40s through the 50s throughout that morning commute, but again with the northwest flow you get what we call upslope flow. The winds move up the mountaintops. The air cools, condenses, creates some clouds and helps to create a little bit of shower activity. This is not going to be for everybody. The best chance for these showers, again, through the mountain passes, through the interior, Rangeley, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket, north through the U.S.-Canada border. The closer you are to the coastline, the more sunny you will be. Maybe you get a passing shower for places like Waterville and Bangor. But again, I think if you're Portland, Wiscasset, through let's say Kenneth, Bunkport, up through Barr Harbor, you should be remaining nice, sunny, and dry throughout the day. Range of high temperatures, 50s inland due to the cloud cover and scattered shower nature, 60s with more sunshine along our coast on our Friday. Heading throughout this weekend, once this last little bit of the trough kicks it out to sea, big surge dry air comes in on Saturday, setting up for a perfect fall afternoon. But by Sunday we have a little feature passing on by, and that will add a little bit of moisture to the atmosphere with the bigger system moving in by Monday morning. This is going to help to increase our rain chances late Sunday night into our Monday and Tuesday across the greater Portland area. Highs will remain in the 60s. Lows ranging from the 40s to 50s. The Mid Coast, a very similar timeframe. Looking at that front heading into late Sunday throughout Tuesday. Tuesday. [1:53:57] Speaker BA (unidentified): Next week after [1:54:07] Speaker U (unidentified): 265 uninterrupted days at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln is back home at San Diego Bay Thursday. Families and supporters cheered on the sailors atop the carrier as it headed into port. Well, Spectrum's Chase Beach is in San Diego. Chase, tell us about the sailors journey back home and what you've been hearing from people welcoming them. [1:54:30] Speaker Y (unidentified): We know it's been an arduous journey, Sharon, for many of these officers and for their families. I've been speaking with families who say that every time this deployment was extended, it just led to more uncertainty and concern for their loved ones who were on board. We know that there was sometimes spotty communication, as might be expected. They were in far flung parts of the world and unable to hop on a FaceTime with a family member to explain kind of how they were feeling for long periods of time. So we know that was hard on families, but today Sharon is really all about joy, excitement, exuberance. It is palpable in the air here in San Diego. I spoke with one woman whose twin sister is on board USS Abraham Lincoln. Take a listen. It's tough, it's tough no matter what, and it's [1:55:23] Speaker AM (unidentified): tough no matter who you are, through and through. Kate has been the biggest supporter of what they're doing and the officers on deck and the enlisted folks and how hard they're working. So I think she does. She misses all the comforts of home and nine months is a long time to be gone, but she's never been anything but positive about her role in this and [1:55:50] Speaker Y (unidentified): The experience she's gotten, a remarkable experience, Sharon, for these officers, and one that we know they will be speaking about with their families for many years to come. They are at this moment getting off of the ship, disembarking, and we've heard all different things about what families plan to do over the course of the next few days here. Some staying in San Diego, enjoying the beautiful California weather, spending time together as families, and we know getting really delicious, fresh, good food is important to all of the officers on board as well. [1:56:23] Speaker U (unidentified): I'm sure, and always seeing those hugs and smiles when they disembark. It's a beautiful sight to see. Chase Beach in San Diego, thank you. McDonald's is at the center of a proposed class action lawsuit. The suit alleges McDonald's is using AI to set menu prices among its franchisees. The fast food giant allows franchisees to set their own prices. Plaintiffs claim the chain collects data into a centralized pricing platform and uses it to help them coordinate prices. The lawsuit says that violates antitrust laws. McDonnell says his corporate pricing tools only provide recommendations and are optional. All right, so some good news for dog parents. Turns out having your furry friend sleep with you doesn't affect your sleep, but you could be impacting your dog's rest. Researchers from the University of Toronto used wrists and collar monitors on 25 human volunteers and the 38 dogs. Most dogs slept on the bed or in the same room as their humans. The study found that if a person moved in their sleep, the dog would move shortly afterwards. So, when people woke up, it disturbed their dogs. Previous research in co-sleeping with a dog has shown a link between poor sleep. Cats were not mentioned in the study, but if you have a kitty who likes an early breakfast, you probably have plenty of research of your own. I'm Sharon Taswell. Thanks for watching your Spectrum News in 90s coming up right after this short break. Stay with us. 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THE SPECTRUM NEWS APP, FREE FOR SPECTRUM CUSTOMERS. [2:00:18] Speaker Q (unidentified): WELCOME TO SPECTRUM NEWS NECN. I'M NICK BUFFA WITH YOUR SPECTRUM NEWS IN 90. DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE TROY JACKSON TOURED THE AUGUSTO FOOD BANK ON THURSDAY. Jackson said visits to the facility are on the rise because of federal food benefit cuts. He noted the hours that central Mainers spend waiting for free [2:00:35] Speaker R (unidentified): food at the food bank. That's pretty sad, you know, somebody's gonna wait six, eight hours in line to get food, you know. I just don't know how anyone can say that's the country that we should be in right now. Jackson said even those who [2:00:51] Speaker Q (unidentified): work at the local hospital or for state government now need help. Jackson is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term in office. Astronaut Maynard Jessica Muir splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday. The Caribou native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving there back in February. Among other activities while in orbit, Muir performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and even her own planet, and witnessed the historic Artemis II lunar mission. She lived aboard the laboratory in 2019 and 2020, where she made history as part of the three first all-women spacewalks. She and three other crew members returned to Earth safely aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. Well, now time for a quick check of your local weather on the ones forecast. All [2:01:48] Speaker T (unidentified): right, folks. Well, as we go through the overnight period tonight, mostly clear skies expected as lows drop back into those low and mid 40s statewide. I'm meteorologist Zach Covey. It is a clear, quiet, peaceful fall evening across the Pine Tree State. Now looking ahead to our Friday, a mix of sun and clouds. And for some of you, especially up through the upstate, a few spotty showers. Highs will range from the 50s inland to the 60s at the coast. [2:02:28] Speaker U (unidentified): Hurricane Isaias headed for the Gulf Coast, where some residents are under mandatory evacuation orders. Thanks for joining us. I'm Sharon Taswell. Coastal communities in Alabama and Florida are being warned up to seven feet of storm surges possible Friday into Saturday as a storm makes landfall. Spectrum's Ariel Wessler shows how residents preparing to weather this year's first named hurricane in the Gulf. [2:02:54] Speaker V (unidentified): All eyes on the Gulf Coast as residents brace for Hurricane Isaías to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday as a strong category 2, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. Preparations already underway in Orange Beach, Mobile and Gulf Shores, Alabama, where neighbors filled and loaded sandbags. [2:03:13] Speaker S (unidentified): We have water, food, we have a generator and so we made sure that the gas was topped off [2:03:18] Speaker V (unidentified): of that. Isaiah is expected to bring strong winds and life-threatening storm surge, even possible tornadoes to the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and south Mississippi. [2:03:28] Speaker W (unidentified): Anytime these things are hitting, the northeast quadrant is always the more dangerous quadrant. So if you're Florida, we're on the east side of most of these. Georgia's governor [2:03:37] Speaker V (unidentified): also warning residents to prepare. If you're not ready, it could be really devastating. Hurricane Sally in 2020 was the last one to make landfall in Alabama. That was a [2:03:48] Speaker Y (unidentified): little bit scary, but this one I feel like because it's moving faster, I feel like okay, I can, if I did Sally, I can do this. Officials in the Alabama cities of [2:03:57] Speaker V (unidentified): Gulf Shores and Orange Beach urged tourists to evacuate immediately, warning that bridges could be closed by midday Friday. We're making sure that our EMS [2:04:05] Speaker Z (unidentified): our fire and our police are ready to go, and really trying to tell the visitors here that you need to make that decision and leave town. Hannah Holly admits her [2:04:15] Speaker V (unidentified): focus has been elsewhere. It should be like milk and food and water and [2:04:20] Speaker M (unidentified): generators, but unfortunately it's venue timeline, vendors rescheduling, but Mother [2:04:28] Speaker V (unidentified): Mother Nature had other ideas. [2:04:29] Speaker M (unidentified): If there's a mandatory evacuation, of course we would leave then. [2:04:33] Speaker V (unidentified): For now, it's time to stock up and hunker down. And [2:04:38] Speaker U (unidentified): Ariel, we have to talk about the elephants and the bulldog in the room. The Alabama-Georgia game, President Donald Trump said he planned to go. Any updates? [2:04:49] Speaker V (unidentified): Well, Sharon, it is one of the biggest games of the college football season and still on the schedule for 7.30 Eastern. Alabama Athletics saying it continues to closely monitor the weather forecast with safety being its highest priority. They say they're in close communication with the National Weather Service, the SEC, and the University of Georgia, and the White House confirming President [2:05:07] Speaker U (unidentified): Trump is still planning to attend. Sharon, all right, yes, safety is number one. Ariel Wessler, thank you. Thanks. Spectrum's Rianne Lounges is in Voorwalton Beach, Florida, where tourists are getting out of town and some locals are heeding the warnings to evacuate. Rianne, what are conditions like there right now? [2:05:27] Speaker J (unidentified): Yeah, Fort Walton Beach, we're about 90 minutes from that Alabama state line where this storm is tracking toward right now. We're already starting to see some of the winds pick up here. You can check out behind me. Those winds making for some choppy waters out there. We are under a double red flag warning. As you can see, a lot of folks not heating that warning. No one's supposed to be in the water, but that's pretty typical in towns like this. When it comes to hurricane season, we are still 24 hours away from ECS making landfall now, 8 p.m. last night was when tourists were being encouraged to evacuate that was to give them 12 to 16 hours to make their way out of town and make some headway out of here we had a couple of folks in our hotel this morning checking out early booking hotels further inland that's what we ended up doing because our hotel was in that storm surge line as for the last flight out of here that's gonna be tonight at 730 and that's because the Destin Fort Walton Airport is closing completely at 8 p.m. Mandatory evacuations are being made south of the Miracle Parkway. Now, Sheriff Eric Akers told us that is kind of a misleading term when it comes to these mandatory evacuations. He says they're not going to show up to people's houses and kick them out, but it does mean that if they stick around, they might not be able to get help later. [2:06:52] Speaker AA (unidentified): We've given you the warning that there's been a mandatory evacuation. And if you choose in those zones not to evacuate, there's going to be times that we cannot physically get to you. We cannot put our staff in that peril at that point to be able to come get you. So we're warning you in those zones to evacuate. [2:07:10] Speaker J (unidentified): Now there are two shelters set up in this area, one here in Fort Walton Beach and another one in nearby Niceville. [2:07:16] Speaker U (unidentified): Back to you guys. All right. Rianne Lowndes in Fort Walton Beach. Rianne, thank you. you. President Donald Trump celebrates some of the titans of technology awarding medals to the world's richest man Elon Musk plus the leaders of Nvidia, Google and Microsoft. Our national reporter Evan Kozloff has more from the White House. [2:07:38] Speaker AB (unidentified): Nearly two trillion dollars in net worth on one stage on Thursday. Such a big day in the world of science. As tech titans are celebrated at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington. President Donald Trump giving national medals for science, technology, and innovation to some of the biggest names in technology, including Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, and Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. [2:08:02] Speaker AC (unidentified): We now support only the gold standard of science. [2:08:07] Speaker AB (unidentified): Many of the recipients have contributed financially to the president's campaign, the GOP, or associated causes. Huang donated funds for the president's ballroom, and his company contributed a million dollars to the president's inauguration ceremony. Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell, is a longtime Trump donor and committed over $6 billion to seed the Trump savings accounts for newborns. Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire, campaigned heavily for the president in the 2024 election, contributing over $290 million. Early in the president's second term, Musk was tapped to lead a cost-cutting office called Doge, which triggered intense backlash. [2:08:40] Speaker AC (unidentified): Few Americans in history have done more to advance America's national interest than Elon. Elon is our modern-day Thomas Edison. [2:08:47] Speaker AB (unidentified): The president has aligned himself with tech leaders since he was elected almost two years ago. Many of them attended his inauguration in January 2025. And the president has opposed significant regulation of artificial intelligence, which he says should be renamed as superintelligence. The president invited industry leaders to the White House last month to create a, quote, morally binding agreement to develop the tech safely. This cozy relationship comes despite a growing backlash over AI, with many Americans fearing that the tech could lead to job losses or even human extinction. Americans also increasingly uneasy with data centers, which power the AI revolution, but also drive up utility costs. Their rapid spread has sparked nationwide protests, with data centers becoming a major campaign issue in places like Ohio, where the president held a rally just this weekend and pushed back on the criticism. [2:09:34] Speaker AC (unidentified): There's so much money to be made for Ohio. You can't just turn them off. They'll go to China. [2:09:38] Speaker AB (unidentified): And Elon Musk is spending big yet again on the upcoming midterms. His super pack has dropped millions of dollars into key battlegrounds like Texas, Ohio, and Maine to help Republicans. Earlier this year, he authorized that super pack to spend over $100 million this cycle. [2:09:54] Speaker U (unidentified): From spooky to merry, Spirit Halloween is getting into the holiday spirit. Why the store is receiving a jolly makeover, coming up on Spectrum News. [2:10:24] Speaker AH (unidentified): Maine weather can be beautiful, inconvenient, and at times powerful. And it affects everything we do. It's Spectrum News NECN. Our weather experts update you with the information and context you need so you can better plan your day, and we do it every 10 minutes. Always here, always local, always on. Weather on the ones on Spectrum News NECN, available on your favorite devices. When [2:10:57] Speaker AJ (unidentified): you advertise with Spectrum Reach, we don't just run ads. We match your business with audiences that take action, across the country to the zip code, down to the household. On target advertising to reach more and spend less. Targeting without the guesswork. Empower growth for your business now with Spectrum Reach ads [2:11:23] Speaker Y (unidentified): that work. We're celebrating Bob's 35th anniversary. A lot has changed since we [2:11:28] Chair David Walker: We opened in 1991, but we still do things the Bob's way. [2:11:31] Speaker P (unidentified): That means everyday low prices. [2:11:33] Speaker AJ (unidentified): On the latest styles. [2:11:35] Speaker AH (unidentified): With financing to fit any budget. [2:11:37] Speaker AO (unidentified): Oh, my God. [2:11:39] Speaker BA (unidentified): Okay, monthly sales meeting. Stay focused. You got this. [2:11:44] Speaker AW (unidentified): Hey, Julia, do you have the sales numbers? [2:11:47] Speaker P (unidentified): Good thing Otter AI gets me answers quickly. [2:11:52] Speaker A (unidentified): Otter, the AI meeting agent. All [2:12:19] Speaker T (unidentified): right, welcome back. Spectrum News NECN. I'm meteorologist Zach Covey as we take you through the overnight period and looking ahead to your Friday. I want to start off with what is a trough digging across the northeast. This trough starting to dry us out across the Pine Tree State but earlier today brought a few spotty showers to the state. Now this trough is not going to fully clear the state today and parts of it will linger into tomorrow so that is the reason we will keep some spotty rain opportunities around heading into our Friday before fully drying out heading into our Saturday. Tonight, though, should be a dry night. A quiet one at that lows drop back into those 40s ranging from 41 in Millinocket and Jackman to 47 in Portland. 45 there in Wisconsin. Looking ahead to tomorrow, we'll start off with plenty of sunshine along our coast and inland, but as the day progresses in the last little bit of that trough rolls east, a little bit of upslope flow winds the winds coming out of the northwest running up the mountain tops will help to spark a few scattered showers. I think the best location for those showers are going to be back inland. Rangeley, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket back out towards the US Canada border. The closer you are to the water's edge, the drier you will remain, and most likely the more sunny you will be. With just a few passing clouds overhead, will keep that scattered upslope flow going throughout the day on our Friday. Even into our Friday evening, the trough finally pulls away out to sea closer to Halifax and Nova Scotia as we go towards 11 and the midnight hour. In addition to watching a few of those spotty mountaintop showers, breezy winds. Now this is going to be statewide. I think everybody could see breezes throughout the day of 15, 20, 25 miles per hour again out of the northwest. So high temperatures on Friday, 50s inland, 60s at the coast, drier at the coastline, a few spotty showers across those INLANDS HERE'S [2:14:20] Speaker Q (unidentified): What's happening around Maine. Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson says visits to food banks are on the rise because of federal food benefit cuts. Jackson said even those who work at the local hospital or for state government now need help. He is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term in office. Astronaut and Mainer Jessica Mear splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday. The Caribou native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving back in February. She performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and of our planet, and even witnessed the historic Artemis II lunar mission. [2:15:07] Speaker U (unidentified): Rallies are being held across the country and in New York in response to the Cornell University gang rape lawsuit and investigation. Many gathered in Rochester Thursday to recognize Sexual Violence National Day of Action at a rally. Our Wendy Wright was [2:15:23] Speaker AO (unidentified): was there and talk to people who say they're marching for change. I think this rally is really important to allow people to express their outrage about what happened with Jane Doe and the Cornell seven. This Monroe County legislator is hoping the rallies being held will help with the dialogue surrounding sexual violence. I think that our culture really doesn't value women and doesn't value women's sexuality, doesn't value women's agency, and doesn't value their voices. And [2:15:53] Speaker K (unidentified): And unfortunately, you have a lot of these things converging in one thing. [2:15:56] Speaker AO (unidentified): That one thing is the Cornell University Jane Doe criminal investigation in Tompkins County, prompted by a civil lawsuit filed by a then-student known as Jane Doe. She alleges she was sexually assaulted by several current and former students at a Cornell frat house in 2024. Rachel Barnhart is a Cornell graduate. [2:16:18] Speaker K (unidentified): graduate. When I went to Cornell back in the 90s, the language was no means no. Then it turned into in later years, you need affirmative consent. Yes means yes. Now, what do we do? To answer that [2:16:32] Speaker AO (unidentified): question and in response to the Cornell case, the Alliance Against Sexual Violence is speaking out [2:16:38] Speaker AP (unidentified): and calling for change. The allegations at Cornell have brought national attention to what survivors [2:16:43] Speaker AO (unidentified): Survivors and advocates have been telling us for years. There are serious gaps in the system that are supposed to protect people who experience sexual violence. The executive director of the organization is calling on the governor and the state legislature to enact laws in New York that fix the voluntary intoxication loophole, provide victims with anonymity protections, protect survivors from predatory defamation lawsuits, strengthen Enough is Enough protections and mandate campus collaboration. [2:17:13] Speaker AP (unidentified): Together, these measures address what survivors need before harm occurs, when they seek support, and when they pursue accountability. [2:17:22] Speaker K (unidentified): We have to take a look at our laws and make sure that they are protecting women. That doesn't encompass the whole problem here. [2:17:31] Speaker U (unidentified): Measles infections have now surpassed 1,000 in Pennsylvania alone. State health officials say more than 1,000 cases have been reported since April, along with five measles-associated deaths nationwide. The CDC is reporting nearly 3,900 measles cases this year, the most in a single year since 1991. The outbreak is still growing with 145 new cases reported in just the past week. According to the CDC, most cases are adults, but hundreds of children under five have also been infected. Health experts attribute such outbreaks to low vaccination rates. Well, the November international health officials will meet to determine if the U.S. has lost its measles free status. Spirit Halloween is known for its spooky merch, but many of its stores will be getting into the Christmas spirit. 44 Spirit Christmas locations across 15 states are set to open this holiday season. The company says the Christmas spin-off of Spirit Halloween offers many holiday themed merch, including decor, inflatables, animatronics, gifts and stockings. Well, 5 Spirit Christmas stores will open in Ohio, Florida and New Jersey on October 17th. Yes, that's before Halloween. The remaining locations will open the week after trick-or-treating. Time for a break here on Spectrum News. But first, researchers have good news for dog parents, but maybe not for dogs. Studies show sleeping with your dog won't have a negative impact on your sleep. However, pups got less sleep if their owners moved during the night. At least dogs have more time for naps. More of the day's headlines coming up. Stay with us. At [2:19:18] Speaker AH (unidentified): Spectrum News NECN, our weather experts update you with the information and context you need so you can better plan your day. And we do it every 10 minutes. Always here. Always local. Always on. Weather on the Ones on Spectrum News NECN. [2:19:33] Speaker P (unidentified): Since 1914, Lamy Wellihan has provided trusted expertise to help your footwear fit right every time. From work to weekend, find the brands and styles you love, in-store or online. Lamy-Wellihan, locally owned, proudly Maine. [2:19:49] Speaker BC (unidentified): This season, it doesn't get newer than this. [2:19:53] Speaker AQ (unidentified): Let's have a good time! [2:19:55] Speaker BC (unidentified): Spectrum TV makes it easy for you to watch exactly what you want. Oh, fantastic! So you can tackle new episodes the day they hit. Moments big and bite-sized. Plus, undercover thrills, top rope tumbles, and the games that change everything. Stream something new with Spectrum TV and popular streaming apps included at no extra cost with live TV. [2:20:18] Speaker O (unidentified): The tents are up for Mainly Tubs Pick and Sale of the Year. The huge annual Ferris Fair sale. Save thousands with special fair pricing and demo savings on hot tubs, swim spas, and saunas for this event only. 0% APR for 60 months financing is back with hot tubs and saunas starting at just $67 per month. Plus, get a free saltwater system upgrade. The huge annual Ferris fair sale is going on now through October 12th at mainly tub seven new England showrooms and at the Freiburg fair fall into [2:20:49] Speaker P (unidentified): savings at Lamy Wellahan's fall festival sale, October 10th and 11th shop boots, running shoes and casual styles. The whole family will love take 15% off footwear purchases in store or online with promo code fall festival exclusions apply. Well, [2:21:28] Speaker T (unidentified): we dealt with an upper level trough passing through the Northeast from Quebec and Montreal back out through Bangor to Jackman, Presque Isle and Caribou, even through the Green and White Mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire and upstate New York, dealing with some of those scattered showers today. It wasn't an overly high rain chance that we had, but we did pick up some light accumulations. Rainbow Lake through the center of the state, picking up nearly two-tenths of an inch. Belgrade, Bangor, Augusta, you name it, generally around that one-tenth of an inch. So again, this was very light accumulations across the state today, and moving forward into our Friday, even lighter accumulations expected from any spotty showers we can get from the upslope flow overnight tonight. Mostly clear skies, temperatures dropping down into 40s statewide, 41 Jackman and Millinock at 42, Greenville 40 and Rangely. We'll find the mid 40s along our coastline, maybe upwards to the upper 40s there in the Portland area. Tomorrow morning we start off with a mix of sun and clouds across Portland and really a good chunk of the state. We warm from the 40s through the 50s throughout that morning commute. But again, with the northwest flow, you get what we call upslope flow. The winds move up the mountaintops. The air cools, condenses, creates some clouds, and helps to create a little bit of shower activity. This is not going to be for everybody. The best chance for these showers, again, through the mountain passes, through the interior, Rangeley, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket, north through the US-Canada border. The closer you are to the coastline, the more sunny you will be. Maybe you get a passing shower for places like Waterville and Bangor. But again, I think if you're Portland, Wisconsin through let's say, Kennebunkport up through Bar Harbor, you should be remaining nice, sunny and dry throughout the day. Range of high temperatures, 50s inland due to the cloud covering scattered shower nature. 60s with more sunshine along our coast on our Friday. Heading throughout this weekend. Once this last little bit of the trough kicks it out to sea, Big surge. Dry air comes in on Saturday, setting up for a perfect fall afternoon. But by Sunday, we have a little feature passing on by that will add a little bit of moisture to the atmosphere with the bigger system moving in by Monday morning. This is going to help to increase our rain chances late Sunday night into our Monday and Tuesday across the greater Portland area. Highs will remain in the 60s, lows ranging from the 40s to 50s. It's the mid-coast, a very similar time frame looking at that front, heading into late Sunday throughout Tuesday. Next week. You [2:24:05] Speaker U (unidentified): may have heard about boot camp or military-style training that is designed to push participants past their limits. When a former Green Beret led a conditioning session at Arizona State University this year, one hockey player collapsed and remains hospitalized. According to his family's attorney, he's unlikely to ever recover. In 2024, two dozen Tufts University lacrosse players ended up in the emergency room after a similar workout. These two cases raise questions on safety. Our national sports reporter Rachel Hopmeyer digs into the training style that could be putting athletes at risk. [2:24:42] Speaker AT (unidentified): 21-year-old Arizona State University hockey player Matthew Mayock suffered an exertional heat stroke on the first day of organized team workouts in August. A former Green Beret was leading the session. The university's initial report states neither he or his training plans were properly credentialed or cleared by university staff ahead of time. I spoke with performance experts who tell me they believe that the military training trend in college athletics has stuck around far too long. [2:25:08] Speaker AU (unidentified): Probably 15 years ago. People talking about this as an idea that we can maybe create mental toughness and the idea that you can create mental toughness in a day is just foolish, I think. [2:25:24] Speaker AT (unidentified): Mike Boyle trains superstars, from World Series champions to Olympic gold medalists. And at the forefront of the sports performance industry, he has noticed what he says is a troubling movement. [2:25:34] Speaker AU (unidentified): I think military training for high-performance athletes is a mistake. It's supposed to be for selection, for things like special forces. forces. It's not intended to be kind of a day excursion for athletes. Brandon Marcello has [2:25:49] Speaker AT (unidentified): worked with pro sports teams and the Department of Defense on performance programming and [2:25:54] Speaker AL (unidentified): optimization. When I go into a meeting with a sports team, they're like, you know, I hear you're doing work with the military. What are they doing? They must be so far ahead. Can you share anything? And then when you go into a meeting with the military, they're like, hey, I know you work with, you know, elite sport. You know, what are they doing? They must be so far our head can you share? So I think a lot of it is just this kind of a mutual admiration but a lack of understanding of the differences of the populations. We spoke with several experts on [2:26:24] Speaker AT (unidentified): College athletics and military training who all explained a similar distinction. Authentic military training is protocol driven and evidence-based, whereas athletic coaches tend to seek out a rigorous program that emulates military tactics, focusing on perception and outcome instead of [2:26:40] Speaker AV (unidentified): method. I think that the solution is protocol driven because they're not educated, because a coach doesn't know all of the things that they need to know. And so if they have a protocol, that is the thing that will protect them the most. And so when I look at these injuries, [2:26:57] Speaker AT (unidentified): it's because they don't know. Robert Carey, the attorney representing ASU student Matthew Mayock and his family offered a blunt assessment on the difference between the workout he experienced and the armed forces. The military protects its assets. We reached out to the U.S. Army for its thoughts on the difference between the two worlds and the Futures and Concepts Command responded with a statement that reads in part that military and elite athletic training share similar foundational human performance science but their operational end states are fundamentally distinct. distinct. We'll actively learn from and share research. Our mandate is not winning a game. 41 days after Mayock collapsed, Arizona State University placed head coach Greg Powers on administrative leave, with assistant coach in charge until the university appoints an interim. The Mayock family wanted the coaches who ran the workout removed in order for a truly independent investigation to take place. Mayock's parents, John and Christina, say they want accountability and for Matthew's teammates to be safe. [2:28:02] Speaker U (unidentified): I'm Sharon Tazewell. Thanks for watching your Spectrum News in 90s coming up right after this short break. Stay with us. 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[2:30:49] Speaker Q (unidentified): Jackson said even those who work at the local hospital or for state government now need help. Jackson is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term in office. Astronaut and Mainer Jessica Muir splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday. The Caribou native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving there back in February. Among other activities while in orbit, Muir performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and even our own planet, and witnessed the historic Artemis II lunar mission. She lived aboard the laboratory in 2019 and 2020, where she made history as part of the three first all-women spacewalks. She and three other crew members returned to Earth safely aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. Well, now time for a quick check of your local weather on the ones forecast. All [2:31:48] Speaker T (unidentified): right, folks. Well, as we go through the overnight period tonight, Mostly clear skies expected as lows drop back into those low and mid 40s statewide. I'm meteorologist Zach Covey. It is a clear, quiet, peaceful fall evening across the Pine Tree State. Now looking ahead to our Friday, a mix of sunny clouds. And for some of you, especially up through the upstate, a few spotty showers. Highs will range from the 50s inland to the 60s at the coast. [2:32:28] Speaker U (unidentified): Hurricane Isaias headed for the Gulf Coast where some residents are under mandatory evacuation orders. Thanks for joining us. I'm Sharon Taswell. Coastal communities in Alabama and Florida are being warned up to seven feet of storm surges possible Friday into Saturday as the storm makes landfall. Spectrum's Ariel Wessler shows how residents preparing to weather this year's first named hurricane in the Gulf. [2:32:54] Speaker V (unidentified): All eyes on the Gulf Coast as residents brace for Hurricane Isaias, expected to make landfall as a strong category two, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. Forecasts continue to [2:33:05] Speaker BD (unidentified): show the real likelihood this hurricane will hit Alabama as early as Friday. Now [2:33:12] Speaker V (unidentified): is the time to prepare. Preparations already underway in Orange Beach, Mobile Beale and Gulf Shores Alabama where neighbors filled and loaded sandbags. Drivers encountered long lines at some gas stations. Just here getting gas for the generator just in case. And neighbors helped each other board up their homes to weather the impending storm. Everybody's scurrying around like ants [2:33:35] Speaker L (unidentified): you know getting ready to hibernate for a couple days. [2:33:39] Speaker V (unidentified): Isaias expected to bring strong winds and life-threatening storm surge even possible tornadoes to the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and South [2:33:47] Speaker W (unidentified): Mississippi. Anytime these things are hitting the northeast quadrant is always the more dangerous quadrant so if you're Florida we're on the east side of [2:33:56] Speaker V (unidentified): most of these. Hurricane Sally in 2020 was the last one to make landfall in [2:34:00] Speaker Y (unidentified): Alabama. That was a little bit scary, but this one I feel like, because it's moving faster, I feel like, okay, I can, if I did Sally, I can do this. Officials in the [2:34:10] Speaker V (unidentified): Alabama cities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach urged tourists to evacuate immediately, warning that bridges could be closed by midday Friday. We're making [2:34:18] Speaker Z (unidentified): sure that our EMS, our fire, and our police are ready to go, and really trying to tell the visitors here that you need to make that decision and leave [2:34:27] Speaker V (unidentified): town. Holly admits her focus has been elsewhere. It should be like milk and [2:34:32] Speaker M (unidentified): food and water and generators, but unfortunately it's venue timeline, [2:34:37] Speaker V (unidentified): vendors rescheduling. But Mother Nature had other ideas. [2:34:42] Speaker M (unidentified): Is if there's a mandatory evacuation, of course we would leave then. For now, it's time to stock up [2:34:48] Speaker U (unidentified): and hunker down. And are y'all, we have to talk about the elephants and the bulldog in the room, the Alabama Georgia game. President Donald Trump said he planned to go. Any updates? [2:35:02] Speaker V (unidentified): Well Sharon, it is one of the biggest games of the college football season, and still on the schedule for 7 30 Eastern. Alabama athletics saying it continues to closely monitor the weather forecast, with safety being its highest priority. They say they're in close communication with the National Weather Service, the SEC, and the University of Georgia, and the White House, confirming President Trump is still planning to attend. Sharon. All right. Yes, safety is number [2:35:25] Speaker U (unidentified): one. Ariel Wessler, thank you. Thanks. President Donald Trump celebrates some of the titans of technology, awarding medals to the world's richest man, Elon Musk, plus the leaders of NVIDIA, Google, and Microsoft. Our national reporter Evan Kozloff has more from the White House. [2:35:44] Speaker AB (unidentified): Nearly two trillion dollars in net worth on one stage on Thursday. Such a big day in the world of science. As tech titans are celebrated at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, President Donald Trump giving national medals for science, technology, and innovation to some of the biggest names in technology, including Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, and Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. We now support only the gold standard of science. Many of the recipients have contributed financially to the president's campaign, the GOP, or associated causes. Huang donated funds for the president's ballroom, and his company contributed a million dollars to the president's inauguration ceremony. Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell, is a longtime Trump donor and committed over six billion dollars to seed the Trump's savings accounts for newborns. And Elon, the world's first trillionaire, campaigned heavily for the president in the 2024 election, contributing over $290 million. Early in the president's second term, Musk was tapped to lead a cost-cutting office called Doge, which triggered [2:36:45] Speaker AC (unidentified): intense backlash. Few Americans in history have done more to advance America's national interest [2:36:50] Speaker AB (unidentified): than Elon. Elon is our modern-day Thomas Edison. The president has aligned himself with tech leaders since he was elected almost two years ago. Many of them attended his inauguration in January 2025, and the president has opposed significant regulation of artificial intelligence, which he says should be renamed as superintelligence. The president invited industry leaders to the White House last month to create a, quote, morally binding agreement to develop the tech safely. This cozy relationship comes despite a growing backlash over AI, with many Americans fearing that the tech could lead to job losses or even human extinction. Americans also increasingly uneasy with data centers, which power the AI revolution, but also drive up utility costs. Their rapid spread has sparked nationwide protests, with data centers becoming a major campaign issue in places like Ohio, where the president held a rally just this weekend and pushed back on the criticism. [2:37:40] Speaker AC (unidentified): There's so much money to be made for Ohio. You can't just turn them off. They'll go to China. [2:37:45] Speaker AB (unidentified): And Elon Musk is spending big yet again on the upcoming midterms. His super PAC has dropped millions of dollars into key battlegrounds like Texas, Ohio, and Maine to help Republicans. Earlier this year, he authorized that super PAC to spend over $100 million this cycle. [2:38:00] Speaker U (unidentified): The Pentagon says an execution by firing squad of the man convicted of killing 13 in a shooting at Fort Hood in 2009 will be streamed live. Appearing on Real America's Voice News, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsass said the execution of Nidal Hassan would be, quote, public. The execution at Fort Hood is scheduled for December. Remember, Hassan could file a petition in civilian court to review the legality of his detention. Experts say that could significantly delay the execution. This would be the first military execution since 1961. After 265 consecutive days at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln is back home at San Diego Bay. Families embracing Thursday as the sailors came off the ship. The crew of about 5,000 received Navy commendations for their service amid the ongoing conflict with Iran. Such a lovely sight to see there. Well, the ship departed Southern California last November, arriving in the Middle East in January. Well, we caught up with two families whose fathers were meeting their children for the first time. Here's what they had to say. The Lincoln set a record for uninterrupted time at sea and was deployed for a total of 322 days. Hundreds of candidates are in the running for a prestigious award. A closer look at the nominees and how officials determine who is worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize. Coming up on Spectrum News. [2:40:03] Speaker AD (unidentified): Going into the 2026 election, local races will determine national policy. From affordable housing to the economy to the balance of power in Washington, this year's ballot has no shortage of important choices. Let Spectrum News NECN be your resource for balanced, up-to-date coverage and analysis so you can know what the issues are and how they can impact your community. Always dedicated, always local, always on. Decision 2026 on Spectrum News NECN. [2:40:33] Speaker L (unidentified): This right here is confidence in a bottle. [2:40:36] Speaker K (unidentified): It makes me feel so much more confident. [2:40:38] Speaker L (unidentified): than I've ever felt. 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All [2:41:58] Speaker T (unidentified): right, welcome back, Spectrum from News NECN. I'm meteorologist Zach Covey. As we take you through the overnight period and looking ahead to your Friday, I want to start off with what is a trough digging across the northeast. This trough starting to dry us out across the Pine Tree State, but earlier today brought a few spotty showers to the state. Now this trough is not going to fully clear the state today, and parts of it will linger into tomorrow. So that is the reason we will keep some spotty rain opportunities around heading into our Friday, before fully drying out heading into our Saturday. Tonight though should be a dry night, a quiet one at that. Lows drop back into those 40s, ranging from 41 in Millinocket and Jackman to 47 in Portland, 45 there in Wiscasset. Looking ahead to tomorrow, we'll start off with plenty of sunshine along our coast and inland, but as the day progresses and the last little bit of that trough rolls east a little bit of upslope flow. Winds coming out of the Northwest running up the mountain tops will help to spark a few scattered showers. I think the best location for those showers are going to be back inland. Rangeley, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket back out towards the US Canada border. The closer you are to the water's edge, the drier you will remain, and most likely the more sunny you will be, which is a few passing clouds overhead. head. We'll keep that scattered upslope flow going throughout the day. On our Friday, even into our Friday evening, the trough finally pools away out to see closer to Halifax and Nova Scotia as we go towards 11 and the midnight hour. In addition to watching a few of those spotty mountaintop showers, breezy winds. Now this is going to be statewide. I think everybody could see breezes throughout the day of 15 20 25 MPH again out of the northwest. So high temperatures on Friday, 50s inland, 60s at the coast, drier at the coastline, a few spotty showers across those inlands. [2:43:59] Speaker Q (unidentified): Here's what's happening around Maine. Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson says visits to food banks are on the rise because of federal food benefit cuts. Jackson said even those who work at the local hospital or for state government now need help. He is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term in office. Astronaut and Mainer Jessica Muir splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday. The Caribou native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving back in February. She performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and of our planet, and even witnessed the historic Artemis II lunar mission. [2:44:46] Speaker U (unidentified): Krista Pike, the Tennessee woman who survived two rounds of lethal injection drugs last week, is eating and able to walk, according to her attorneys. Pike needed assistance to take her first steps Wednesday. day. She regained consciousness six days after receiving two doses of pentobarbital administered through a misplaced ID line in a Tennessee prison. Pike was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering classmates Colleen Slemmer in 1995. Her attorneys say her movement is limited and there is still uncertainty about her future. The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded Friday morning in Oslo. low, nearly 300 individuals and candidates were considered for the prestigious honor. Well, joining us now with more is Spectrum's Alex Cohen. Alex, remind us how the Nobel Committee selects the Peace Prize winner each year. [2:45:37] Speaker AE (unidentified): That's right, Sharon. There is a five-member committee that is appointed by the government of Norway, and they open it up. There's all sorts of people who can make nominations for this prestigious prize, including university professors of all stripes, members of governments and parliaments, previous winners of the prize, but no self-nominations. The deadline for the Peace Prize was January 31st of this year. And then the committee created a shortlist, which they've been discussing now for months and trying to reach consensus. And the protocol is that if this committee can't reach consensus, sentences. Then eventually they vote. The winner will be announced at the end of this week and then the prize itself will be officially awarded come December, Sharon. All right, Alex, this week [2:46:30] Speaker U (unidentified): President Trump said it would be a great discredit to the Selections Committee if they don't choose him. Any sense of what his odds are this year? Yes, it is unclear whether or not he will be the [2:46:44] Speaker AE (unidentified): Nobel Peace Prize winner. This is, of course, something that the president has been saying for many years now, and what we do know is that there are several countries, including Israel, Cambodia and Pakistan, who have submitted him as their choice. But when it comes to where people are thinking it is more likely to go, there are a couple of frontline contenders, including a group called Sudan's Emergency Response. This volunteer organization has been providing food, health care and education throughout Sudan. A civil war there has really ravaged the nation. There's also discussion of Maikola Kuleba, who is co-founder of the group Save Ukraine. This organization has reunited more than 1,700 children with their parents. Other names being discussed, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has opened up new diplomatic relations with China and Europe, and Pope Leo, the first American pope who often has been condemning wars throughout the world. Reviewers might recall that last year, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado received the prize, but then she gave the prize to President Trump, Sharon. [2:47:58] Speaker U (unidentified): All right, it's going to be very interesting. Alex Cohen, as always, thank you. A pre-workout powder is being recalled for containing an illegal amphetamine-like substance. The FDA says Rapture pre-workout contained DMAA, which is an illegal ingredient that can raise blood pressure and lead to cardiovascular problems. Three flavors of the pre-workout have been recalled, including Rainbow Twist, Electric Lemonade, and Berry Mojito. It was sold between January and May. Officials urge those who have it to stop using it to get a refund. There are no reports of any adverse reactions. Mattel is honoring tennis legend Serena Williams with a second Barbie doll. A signature doll pays homage to her 2005 Grand Slam Championship victory at the Australian Open. The doll costs about 45 and is available at retailers now. Williams says, quote, I want every girl who plays with this doll to see possibility not just in me but in herself. The new Barbie doll is part of a celebration of International Day of the Girl, which is Sunday. It's time for a break here on Spectrum News. Your latest weather, the one's forecast is straight ahead, plus more about the day's headlines. Stay with us. Since [2:49:32] Speaker P (unidentified): 1914, Lamey Wellahan has provided trusted expertise to help your footwear fit right every time, from work to weekend. Find the brands and styles you love in store or online. Lamey Wellahan, locally owned. [2:49:44] Speaker AI (unidentified): Proudly, Maine Spectrum is bringing you smarter ways to connect. 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We [2:51:26] Speaker T (unidentified): dealt with an upper-level trough passing through the northeast from Quebec and Montreal, back out through Bangor to Jackman, Presque Isle and Caribou, even through the green and white mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire and upstate New York, dealing with some of those scattered showers today. It wasn't an overly high rain chance that we had, but we did pick up some light accumulations. Rainbow Lake through the center of the state, picking up nearly two-tenths of an inch. Belgrade, Bangor, Augusta, you name it, generally around that one-tenth of an inch. So again, this was very light accumulations across the state today. And moving forward into our Friday, even lighter accumulations expected from any spotty showers we can get from the upslope flow. Overnight tonight, mostly clear skies. Temperatures dropping down into those 40s statewide. Wide 41 Jackman and Millinocket 42 Greenville 40 and Rangeley will find the mid 40s along our coastline, maybe upwards to the upper 40s there in the Portland area. Tomorrow morning we start off with a mix of sun and clouds across Portland and really a good chunk of the state. We warm from the 40s through the 50s throughout that morning commute. But again, with the northwest flow, you get what we call upslope flow. The winds move up the mountaintops. The air cools, condenses, creates some clouds, and helps to create a little bit of a of shower activity. This is not going to be for everybody. The best chance for these showers again through the mountain passes, through the interior, Rangeley, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket, north through the U.S.-Canada border. The closer you are to the coastline, the more sunny you will be. Maybe you get a passing shower for places like Waterville and Bangor. But again, I think if you're Portland, Wiscasset, through, let's say, Kennebunkport, up through Bar Harbor, you should be remaining nice, sunny, and dry throughout the day. Range of high temperatures, 50s inland due to the cloud cover and scattered shower. Nature, 60s with more sunshine along our coast on our Friday. Heading throughout this weekend, once this last little bit of the trough kicks in out to sea, big surge of dry air comes in on Saturday, setting up for a perfect fall afternoon. But by Sunday, we have a little feature passing on by that will add a little bit of moisture to the atmosphere with the bigger system moving in by Monday morning. This is going to help to increase our rain chances late Sunday night into our Monday and Tuesday across the greater Portland area. Highs will remain in the 60s, lows ranging from the 40s to 50s. The mid-coast, a very similar time frame looking at that front heading into late Sunday throughout Tuesday. Next week. I [2:54:03] Speaker U (unidentified): have heard about boot camp or military-style training that is designed to push participants past their limits. When a former Green Beret led a conditioning session at Arizona State University this year, one hockey player collapsed and remains hospitalized. According to his family's attorney, he's unlikely to ever recover. In 2024, two dozen Tufts University lacrosse players ended up in the emergency room after a similar workout. These two cases raise questions on safety. Our national sports reporter Rachel Hopmeyer digs into the training style that could be putting athletes at risk. [2:54:41] Speaker AT (unidentified): 21-year-old Arizona State University hockey player Matthew Mayock suffered an exertional heat stroke on the first day of organized team workouts in August. A former Green Beret was leading the session. The university's initial report states neither he or his training plans were properly credentialed or cleared by university staff ahead of time. I spoke with performance experts who tell me they believe that the military training trend in college athletics has stuck around far too long. [2:55:07] Speaker AU (unidentified): Probably 15 years ago. People talking about this as an idea that we can maybe create mental toughness. And the idea that you can create mental toughness in a day is just foolish, I think. [2:55:22] Speaker AT (unidentified): Mike Boyle trains superstars from World Series champions to Olympic gold medalists. And at the forefront of the sports performance industry, he has noticed what he says is a troubling movement. [2:55:32] Speaker AU (unidentified): I think military training for high-performance athletes is a mistake. It's supposed to be for selection, for things like special forces. It's not intended to be kind of a day excursion for athletes. [2:55:47] Speaker AT (unidentified): Brandon Marcello has worked with pro sports teams and the Department of Defense on performance programming and optimization. [2:55:53] Speaker AL (unidentified): organization. When I go into a meeting with a sports team, they're like, you know, I hear you're doing work with the military. What are they doing? They must be so far ahead. Can you share anything? And then when you go into a meeting with the military, they're like, hey, I know you work with elite sport. You know, what are they doing? They must be so far ahead. Can you share? So I think a lot of it is just this kind of a mutual admiration, but a lack of understanding of the differences of the populations. We spoke with several experts on [2:56:23] Speaker AT (unidentified): college athletics and military training who all explained a similar distinction authentic military training is protocol driven and evidence-based whereas athletic coaches tend to seek out a rigorous program that emulates military tactics focusing on perception and outcome instead of [2:56:39] Speaker AV (unidentified): method i think that the solution is protocol driven because they're not educated because a coach doesn't know all of the things that they need to know and so if they have a protocol call, that is the thing that will protect them the most. And so when I look at these injuries, [2:56:56] Speaker AT (unidentified): It's because they don't know. Robert Carey, the attorney representing ASU student Matthew Mayock and his family, offered a blunt assessment on the difference between the workout he experienced and the armed forces. The military protects its assets. We reached out to the U.S. Army for its thoughts on the difference between the two worlds, and the Futures and Concepts Command responded with a statement that reads in part that military and elite athletic training share similar foundational human performance science, but their operational end states are fundamentally distinct. While we actively learn from and share research, our mandate is not winning a game. 41 days after Mayotte collapsed, Arizona State University placed head coach Greg Powers on administrative leave, with assistant coach in charge until the university appoints an interim. Him. The Mayick family wanted the coaches who ran the workout removed in order for a truly independent investigation to take place. Mayick's parents, John and Christina, say they want accountability and for Matthew's teammates to be safe. [2:58:00] Speaker U (unidentified): I'm Sharon Taswell. Thanks for watching your Spectrum News in 90s coming up right after the short break. Stay with us. 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Now available on your phone, smart TV, and connected devices. The Spectrum News app, free for Spectrum customers. Welcome [3:00:18] Speaker Q (unidentified): to Spectrum News NECN. I'm Nick Buffo with your Spectrum News in 90. Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson toured the Augusta Food Bank on Thursday. Jackson said visits to the facility are on the rise because of federal food benefit cuts. He noted the hours that central Mainers spend waiting for free food at the food bank. [3:00:37] Speaker R (unidentified): That's pretty sad. You know, somebody's going to wait six, eight hours in line to get food. You know, I just don't know how anyone can say that's the country that we should be in right now. [3:00:49] Speaker Q (unidentified): Jackson said even those who work at the local hospital or for state government now need help. Jackson is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term in office. Astronaut and Mainer Jessica Muir splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday. The Caribou native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving there back in February. Among other activities, while in orbit, Meir performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and even our own planet, and witnessed the historic Artemis II lunar mission. She lived aboard the laboratory in 2019 and 2020, where she made history as part of the three first all-women spacewalks. She and three other crew members returned to Earth safely aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. Well, now time for a quick check of your local weather on the ones forecast. [3:01:37] Speaker S (unidentified): forecast. All [3:01:48] Speaker T (unidentified): Right, folks. Well, as we go through the overnight period tonight, mostly clear skies expected as lows drop back into those low and mid 40s statewide. I'm meteorologist Zach Covey. It is a clear, quiet, peaceful fall evening across the Pine Tree State. Now looking ahead to our Friday, a mix of sun and clouds. And for some of you, especially up through the upstate, a few spotty showers. Highs will range from the 50s inland to the 60s at the coast. Hurricane [3:02:28] Speaker U (unidentified): Isaias headed for the Gulf Coast, where some residents are under mandatory evacuation orders. Thanks for joining us. I'm Sharon Tazewell. Coastal communities in Alabama and Florida are being warned up to 7 feet of storm surges possible Friday into Saturday as a storm makes landfall. Spectrum's Ariel Wessler shows how residents are preparing to weather this year's first named hurricane in the Gulf. [3:02:54] Speaker V (unidentified): All eyes on the Gulf Coast as residents brace for Hurricane Isaias, expected to make landfall as a strong Category 2, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. [3:03:04] Speaker BD (unidentified): Forecasts continue to show the real likelihood this hurricane will hit Alabama as early as Friday. Now is the time to prepare. [3:03:15] Speaker V (unidentified): Preparations already underway in Orange Beach, Mobile and Gulf Shores, Alabama, where neighbors filled and loaded sandbags. Drivers encountered long lines at some gas stations just here getting gas for the generator just in case and neighbors helped each other board up their homes to weather the impending storm everybody's scurrying around like ants [3:03:35] Speaker L (unidentified): You know getting ready to hibernate for a couple days [3:03:39] Speaker V (unidentified): Isaias expected to bring strong winds and life-threatening storm surge even possible tornadoes to the Florida Panhandle southern Alabama and South [3:03:47] Speaker W (unidentified): South Mississippi. Anytime these things are hitting, the northeast quadrant is always the more dangerous quadrant. So if you're Florida, we're on the east side of most of these. Hurricane [3:03:57] Speaker V (unidentified): Sally in 2020 was the last one to make landfall in Alabama. That was a little bit scary, but this [3:04:04] Speaker Y (unidentified): One I feel like because it's moving faster, I feel like, okay, I can, if I did Sally, I can do this. [3:04:09] Speaker V (unidentified): Officials in the Alabama cities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach urged tourists to evacuate immediately, warning that bridges could be closed by midday Friday. We're making [3:04:18] Speaker Z (unidentified): Sure that our EMS, our fire, and our police are ready to go and really trying to tell the visitors here that you need to make that decision and leave [3:04:27] Speaker V (unidentified): Town. Holly admits her focus has been elsewhere. It should be like milk and [3:04:32] Speaker M (unidentified): Food and water generators, but unfortunately, it's venue timeline [3:04:37] Speaker V (unidentified): vendors rescheduling. But Mother Nature had other ideas. [3:04:42] Speaker M (unidentified): Is if there's a mandatory evacuation, of course we would leave then. For now, it's time to stock up [3:04:48] Speaker V (unidentified): and hunker down. How [3:04:51] Speaker U (unidentified): are y'all? We have to talk about the elephant and the bulldog in the room, the Alabama Georgia game. President Donald Trump said he planned to go. Any updates? [3:05:02] Speaker V (unidentified): Well, Sharon, it is one of the biggest games of the college football season and still on the schedule for 7 30 Eastern. Alabama athletics saying it continues to closely monitor the weather forecast with safety being its highest priority. They say they're in close communication with the National Weather Service, the SEC, and the University of Georgia, and the White House, confirming President Trump is still planning to attend. [3:05:23] Speaker U (unidentified): Sharon? All right, yes, safety is number one. Ariel Wessler, thank you. Presidents of Donald Trump celebrate some of the titans of technology, awarding medals to the world's richest man, Elon Musk, plus the leaders of NVIDIA, Google, and Microsoft. soft. Our national reporter Evan Kozloff has more from the White House. [3:05:44] Speaker AB (unidentified): Nearly two trillion dollars in net worth on one stage on Thursday. Such a big day in the world of science. As tech titans are celebrated at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington. President Donald Trump giving national medals for science technology and innovation to some of the biggest names in technology including Jensen Huang the CEO of NVIDIA, Sergey Brin the co-founder of Google and Elon Musk the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. [3:06:09] Speaker AC (unidentified): We now support only the gold standard of science. [3:06:14] Speaker AB (unidentified): Many of the recipients have contributed financially to the president's campaign, the GOP or associated causes. Huang donated funds for the president's ballroom and his company contributed a million dollars to the president's inauguration ceremony. Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell, is a longtime Trump donor and committed over six billion dollars to seed the Trump savings accounts for newborns. And Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire, campaigned heavily for the president in the 2024 election, contributing over $290 million. Early in the president's second term, Musk was tapped to lead a cost-cutting office called Doge, which triggered intense backlash. [3:06:46] Speaker AC (unidentified): Few Americans in history have done more to advance America's national interest than Elon. Elon is our modern-day Thomas Edison. [3:06:54] Speaker AB (unidentified): The president has aligned himself with tech leaders since he was elected almost two years ago. Many of them attended his inauguration in January 2025. And the president has opposed significant regulation of artificial intelligence, which he says should be renamed as superintelligence. The president inviting industry leaders to the White House last month to create a, quote, morally binding agreement to develop the tech safely. This cozy relationship comes despite a growing backlash over AI, with many Americans fearing that the tech could lead to job losses or even human extinction. Americans also increasingly uneasy with data centers, which power the AI revolution, but also drive up utility costs. Their rapid spread has sparked nationwide protests, with data centers becoming a major campaign issue in places like Ohio, where the president held a rally just this weekend and pushed back on the criticism. [3:07:41] Speaker AC (unidentified): There's so much money to be made for Ohio. You can't just turn them off. They'll go to China. [3:07:45] Speaker AB (unidentified): And Elon Musk is spending big yet again on the upcoming midterms. His super PAC has dropped millions of dollars into key battlegrounds like Texas, Ohio and Maine to help Republicans. Earlier this year, he authorized that super PAC to spend over $100 million this cycle. [3:08:01] Speaker U (unidentified): The Pentagon says an execution by firing squad of the man convicted of killing 13 in a shooting at Fort Hood in 2009 will be streamed live. Appearing on Real America's Voice News, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsass said the execution of Nidal Hassan would be, quote, public. The execution at Fort Hood is scheduled for December. Hassan could file a petition in civilian court to review the legality of his detention. tension. Experts say that could significantly delay the execution. This would be the first military execution since 1961. After 265 consecutive days at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln is back home at San Diego Bay. Well, families embracing Thursday as the sailors came off the ship. The crew of about 5,000 received Navy commendations for their service amid the ongoing going conflict of the Ron. Love all those hugs. Well, the ship departed Southern California last November, arriving in the Middle East in January. We caught up with two families whose fathers were meeting their children for the first time. Here's what they had to say. Seeing him hold Nathan's [3:09:12] Speaker AW (unidentified): Like, wow, we're a family. She's perfect. She's perfect. She's beautiful. My wife did a great job raising her for the last nine months, so I couldn't be more thankful. Oh, I love it. [3:09:25] Speaker U (unidentified): Well, the Lincoln set a record for uninterrupted time at sea and was deployed for a total of 322 days. Welcome back home. From spooky to merry, Spirit Halloween is getting into the holiday spirit. Why the store is receiving a jolly makeover, coming up at Spectrum News. [3:10:03] Speaker A (unidentified): We're committed to strengthening the fabric of local communities through our impactful reporting, with balanced coverage of news that matters on your smart TV and connected devices. Streaming live 24-7, plus on-demand weather forecasts to help you stay prepared. It's all there as you step outside with the Spectrum News mobile app. Keeping you informed and in the know throughout your day. 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A quiet one at that lows drop back into those 40s ranging from 41 in Millinocket and Jackman to 47 in Portland, 45 there in Wiscasset looking ahead to tomorrow will start off with plenty of sunshine along our coast and inland. But as the day progresses in the last little bit of that trough rolls east, a little bit of upslope flow winds coming out of the northwest running up the mountain tops will help to spark a few scattered showers. I think the best location for those showers are going to be back inland. Rangely, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket back out towards the US Canada border. The closest The drier you will remain and most likely the more sunny you will be with just a few passing clouds overhead. We'll keep that scattered upslope flow going throughout the day on our Friday, even into our Friday evening. The trough finally pools away out to sea closer to Halifax and Nova Scotia as we go towards 11 and the midnight hour. In addition to watching a few of those spotty mountaintop showers, breezy winds. Now this is going to be statewide. I think everybody could see breezy winds. throughout the day of 15, 20, 25 miles per hour, again, out of the northwest. So high temperatures on Friday, 50s inland, 60s at the coast, drier at the coastline, a few spotty showers across those inlands. [3:14:00] Speaker Q (unidentified): Here's what's happening around Maine. Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson says visits to food banks are on the rise because of federal food benefit cuts. Jackson said even those who work at the local hospital or for state government now need help. He is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term in office. Astronaut and Mainer Jessica Meir splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday. The caribou native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving back in February. She performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and of our planet, and even witnessed the historic Artemis II lunar mission. [3:14:47] Speaker U (unidentified): Rallies are being held across the country and in New York In response to the Cornell University gang rape lawsuit and investigation, many gathered in Rochester Thursday to recognize Sexual Violence National Day of Action at a rally. Our Wendy Wright was there and talked to people who say they're marching for change. [3:15:07] Speaker K (unidentified): I think this rally is really important to allow people to express their outrage about what happened with Jane Doe and the Cornell 7. [3:15:15] Speaker AO (unidentified): This Monroe County legislator is hoping the rallies being held will help with the dialogue surrounding sexual violence. I think that our culture [3:15:24] Speaker K (unidentified): really doesn't value women and doesn't value women's sexuality, doesn't value women's agency, and doesn't value their voices. And unfortunately you have a lot [3:15:34] Speaker AO (unidentified): of these things converging in one thing. That one thing is the Cornell University Jane Doe criminal investigation in Tompkins County, prompted by a civil a lawsuit filed by a then student known as Jane Doe. She alleges she was sexually assaulted by several current and former students at a Cornell frat house in 2024. Rachel Barnhart is a Cornell [3:15:57] Speaker K (unidentified): graduate. When I went to Cornell back in the 90s, the language was no means no. Then it turned into in later years, you need affirmative consent. Yes means yes. Now, what do we do? To answer that [3:16:12] Speaker AO (unidentified): that question, and in response to the Cornell case, the Alliance Against Sexual Violence is [3:16:17] Speaker AP (unidentified): speaking out and calling for change. The allegations at Cornell have brought national attention to what survivors and advocates have been telling us for years. There are serious gaps in the system that are supposed to protect people who experience sexual violence. The executive [3:16:33] Speaker AO (unidentified): director of the organization is calling on the governor and the state legislature to enact laws in New York that fix the voluntary intoxication loophole, provide victims with anonymity protections, protect us from predatory defamation lawsuits, strengthen enough is enough protections and mandate campus collaboration. Together, these measures address what survivors need before harm occurs, when they seek support and when they pursue accountability. We have to take a look at our laws and make sure that they are protecting women. That doesn't encompass the whole process. problem here. [3:17:10] Speaker U (unidentified): Measles infections have now surpassed 1000 in Pennsylvania alone. State health officials say more than 1000 cases have been reported since April, along with five measles associated deaths nationwide. The CDC is reporting nearly 3900 measles cases this year, the most in a single year since 1991. The outbreak is still growing with 145 new cases reported in just the past week. According to the CDC, most cases are adults, but hundreds of children under five have also been infected. Health experts attribute such outbreaks to low vaccination rates. Well, the November international health officials will meet to determine if the U.S. has lost its measles-free status. Staying warm will cost you more this winter. A new report shows U.S. home heating oil prices are expected to rise significantly. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says heating oil prices are expected to hit $5.26 a gallon during the winter heating season. That's a 34% jump compared to last winter. Household heating bills are projected to reach more than $2,000. That's about 21% more than last year. Officials do expect the high cost to be partly offset by a milder winter in the Northeast. Spirit Halloween is known for its spooky merch, but many of its stores will be getting into the Christmas spirit 44 spirit. Christmas locations across 15 states are set to open this holiday season. The company says the Christmas spin off of Spirit Halloween offers many holiday themed merch including decor inflatables, animatronics, gifts and stockings. Well, five Spirit Christmas stores will open in Ohio, Florida and New Jersey on October 17th. Yes, that's before Halloween. The remaining locations will open in the week after trick-or-treating. It's time for a break here on Spectrum News. 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[3:21:26] Speaker T (unidentified): Well, we dealt with an upper-level trough passing through the northeast from Quebec and Montreal, We're all back out through Bangor to Jackman, Presque Isle and Caribou, even through the Green and White Mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire and upstate New York, dealing with some of those scattered showers today. It wasn't an overly high rain chance that we had, but we did pick up some light accumulations. Rainbow Lake through the center of the state, picking up nearly two-tenths of an inch. Belgrade, Bangor, Augusta, you name it, generally around that one-tenth of an inch. So again, this was very light accumulations across the state today. day and moving forward into our Friday. Even lighter accumulations expected from any spotty showers we can get from the upslope flow overnight. Tonight, mostly clear skies, temperatures dropping down into those 40s statewide 41 Jackman and Millinocket 42 Greenville 40 and Rangeley will find the mid 40s along our coastline, maybe upwards to the. Upper 40s there in the Portland area. Tomorrow morning we start off with a mix of sun and clouds across Portland and really a good chunk of the state. we warm from the 40s through the 50s throughout that morning commute but again with the northwest flow you get what we call upslope flow the winds move up the mountaintops the air cools condenses create some clouds and helps to create a little bit of shower activity this is not going to be for everybody the best chance for these showers again through the mountain passes through the interior rangely jackman greenville millinocket north through the u.s canada border the closer The closer you are to the coastline, the more sunny you will be. Maybe you get a passing shower for places like Waterville and Bangor. But again, I think if you're Portland, Wisconsin through, let's say, Kennebunkport up through Bar Harbor, you should be remaining nice, sunny and dry throughout the day. Range of high temperatures, 50s inland due to the cloud cover and scattered shower. Nature 60s with more sunshine along our coasts on our Friday. Heading throughout this weekend. Once this last little bit of the trough kicks it out to see big surge Dry air comes in on Saturday, setting up for a perfect fall afternoon, but by Sunday we have a little feature passing on by that will add a little bit of moisture to the atmosphere with the bigger system moving in by Monday morning. This is going to help to increase our rain chances late Sunday night into our Monday and Tuesday across the greater Portland area. Highs will remain in the 60s. Lows ranging from the 40s to 50s. The Mid Coast, a very similar time frame looking at that front, heading in as late Sunday throughout Tuesday. Next week. You may [3:24:04] Speaker U (unidentified): have heard about boot camp or military-style training that is designed to push participants past their limits. When a former Green Beret led a conditioning session at Arizona State University this year, one hockey player collapsed and remains hospitalized. According to his family's attorney, he's unlikely to ever recover. In 2024, two dozen Tufts University lacrosse players ended up in the emergency room after a similar workout. These two cases raise questions on safety. Our national sports reporter Rachel Hopmeyer digs into the training style that could be putting athletes at risk. 21 year old Arizona [3:24:42] Speaker AT (unidentified): State University hockey player Matthew Mayock suffered an exertional heat stroke on the first day of organized team workouts in August. A former Green Beret was leading the session. The university's initial report states, neither he or his training plans were properly credentialed or cleared by university staff ahead of time. I spoke with performance experts who tell me they believe that the military training trend in college athletics has stuck around far too long. [3:25:08] Speaker AU (unidentified): Probably 15 years ago. People talking about this as an idea that we can maybe create mental toughness and the idea that you can create mental toughness in a day is just foolish, I think. [3:25:23] Speaker AT (unidentified): Mike Boyle trains superstars, from World Series champions to Olympic gold medalists. And at the forefront of the sports performance industry, he has noticed what he says is a troubling movement. [3:25:33] Speaker AU (unidentified): I think military training for high-performance athletes is a mistake. It's supposed to be for selection, for things like special forces. It's not intended to be kind of a day excursion for athletes. [3:25:47] Speaker AT (unidentified): athletes. Brandon Marcello has worked with pro sports teams and the Department of Defense on performance programming and optimization. When I go into a meeting with a sports team, they're [3:25:56] Speaker AL (unidentified): like, you know, I hear you're doing work with the military. What are they doing? They must be so far ahead. Can you share anything? And then when you go into a meeting with the military, they're like, hey, I know you work with, you know, elite sport. You know, what are they doing? They must be so far ahead. Can you share? So I think a lot of it is just this kind of mutual admiration, but a lack of understanding of the differences of the populations. [3:26:21] Speaker AT (unidentified): We spoke with several experts on college athletics and military training who all explained a similar distinction. Authentic military training is protocol-driven and evidence-based, whereas athletic coaches tend to seek out a rigorous program that emulates military tactics, focusing on perception and outcome instead of method. [3:26:40] Speaker AV (unidentified): I think that the solution is protocol-driven because they're not educated because a coach doesn't know all of the things that they need to know and so if they have a protocol that is the thing that will protect them the most and so when I look at these injuries it's because they don't know. Robert Carey the attorney [3:27:01] Speaker AT (unidentified): representing ASU student Matthew Mayock and his family offered a blunt assessment on the difference between the workout he experienced and the armed forces. The military protects its assets. We reached out to the U.S. Army for its thoughts on the difference between the two worlds, and the Futures and Concepts Command responded with a statement that reads in part that military and elite athletic training share similar foundational human performance science, but their operational end states are fundamentally distinct. While actively learn from and share research, our mandate is not winning a game. Forty-one days after May it collapsed, Arizona State University placed head coach Greg Powers on administrative leave, with assistant coach in charge until the University appoints an interim. The Mayock family wanted the coaches who ran the workout removed in order for a truly independent investigation to take place. Mayock's parents John and Christina say they want accountability and for Matthews teammates to be safe. I'm Sharon [3:28:02] Speaker U (unidentified): Taswell, thanks for watching your Spectrum News in 90s. Coming up right after the short break, stay with us. 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[3:30:17] Speaker Q (unidentified): Welcome to Spectrum News NECN. I'm Nick Buffa with your Spectrum News in 90. Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson toured the Augusta Food Bank on Thursday. Jackson said visits to the facility are on the rise because of federal food benefit cuts. He noted the hours that central Mainers spend waiting for free food at [3:30:35] Speaker R (unidentified): The food bank. That's pretty sad, you know. Somebody's gonna wait six, eight hours in line to get food, you know. I just don't know how anyone can say that's the country that we should be in right now. Jackson said even those who [3:30:51] Speaker Q (unidentified): work at the local hospital or for state government now need help. Jackson is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins, who was seeking a sixth term in office. Astronaut and Mainer Jessica Meir splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday. The Caribou native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving there back in February. Among other activities, while in orbit, Mir performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and even her own planet, and witnessed the historic Artemis II lunar mission. She lived aboard the laboratory in 2019 and 2020, where she made history as part of the three first all-women spacewalks. She and three other crew members returned to Earth safely aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. Well, now time for a quick check of your local weather on the ones forecast all [3:31:47] Speaker T (unidentified): right folks. Well, as we go through the overnight period tonight, mostly clear skies expected as lows drop back into those low and mid 40s statewide. I'm meteorologist Zach Covey. It is a clear, quiet, peaceful fall evening across the Pine Tree State. Now looking ahead to our Friday, a mix of sunning clouds and for some of you, especially up through the upstate, a few spotty showers. Highs will range from the 50s inland to the 60s at the coast. Hurricane [3:32:28] Speaker U (unidentified): Isaias headed for the Gulf Coast, where some residents are under mandatory evacuation orders. Thanks for joining us. I'm Sharon Tazewell. Coastal communities in Alabama and Florida are being warned up to seven feet of storm surges possible Friday into Saturday as the storm makes landfall. Spectrum's Ariel Wessler shows how residents are preparing to weather this year's first named hurricane in the Gulf. [3:32:54] Speaker V (unidentified): All eyes on the Gulf Coast as residents brace for Hurricane Isaias, expected to make landfall as a strong category two, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. [3:33:04] Speaker BD (unidentified): Forecasts continue to show the real likelihood this hurricane will hit Alabama as early as Friday. Now is the time to prepare. [3:33:14] Speaker V (unidentified): Preparations already underway in Orange Beach, Mobile and Gulf Shores, Alabama, where neighbors filled and loaded sandbags. Drivers encountered long lines at some gas stations. [3:33:24] Speaker AL (unidentified): I'm just here getting gas for the generator, just in case. [3:33:28] Speaker V (unidentified): And neighbors helped each other board up their homes to weather the impending storm. [3:33:33] Speaker Y (unidentified): Everybody's scurrying around like ants, you know, getting ready to hybrenate for a couple [3:33:38] Speaker V (unidentified): of days. Isaias expected to bring strong winds and life-threatening storm surge, even possible tornadoes to the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama, and south Mississippi. [3:33:47] Speaker W (unidentified): Anytime these things are hitting, the northeast quadrant is always the more dangerous quadrant. So if you're Florida, we're on the east side of most of these. [3:33:56] Speaker V (unidentified): Hurricane Sally in 2020 was the last one to make landfall in Alabama. [3:34:01] Speaker Y (unidentified): That was a little bit scary. But this one, I feel like because it's moving faster, I feel like, okay I can if I did Sally I can do this. Officials in the Alabama cities of Gulf [3:34:11] Speaker V (unidentified): Shores and Orange Beach urged tourists to evacuate immediately warning that bridges could be closed by midday Friday. We're making sure that our EMS our fire [3:34:19] Speaker Z (unidentified): and our police are ready to go and really trying to tell the visitors here that you need to make that decision and leave town. Holly admits her focus has [3:34:29] Speaker M (unidentified): been elsewhere. It should be like milk and food and water generators but unfortunately, it's venue timeline vendors rescheduling. [3:34:38] Speaker AN (unidentified): Because I'm supposed to be getting married Saturday. [3:34:40] Speaker V (unidentified): But Mother Nature had other ideas. [3:34:42] Speaker M (unidentified): If there's a mandatory evacuation, of course we would leave then. [3:34:46] Speaker V (unidentified): For now, it's time to stock up and hunker down. How [3:34:51] Speaker U (unidentified): are y'all? We have to talk about the elephants and the bulldog in the room. The Alabama-Georgia game. President Donald Trump said he planned to go. Any updates? [3:35:02] Speaker V (unidentified): Well, Sharon, it is one of the biggest games of the college football season. And still on the schedule for 7.30 Eastern, Alabama Athletics saying it continues to closely monitor the weather forecast, with safety being its highest priority. They say they're in close communication with the National Weather Service, the SEC, and the University of Georgia, and the White House, confirming President Trump is still planning to attend. [3:35:23] Speaker U (unidentified): Sharon? All right. Yes, safety is number one. Ariel Wessler, thank you. President Donald Trump celebrates some of the titans of technology, awarding medals to the world's richest man, Elon Musk, plus the leaders of Nvidia, Google, and Microsoft. Our national reporter Evan Kozloff has more from the White House. [3:35:44] Speaker AB (unidentified): Nearly $2 trillion in net worth on one stage on Thursday, as tech titans are celebrated at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington. President Donald Trump giving national medals for science, technology and innovation to some of the biggest names in technology, including Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, and Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. [3:36:08] Speaker AC (unidentified): We now support only the gold standard of science. [3:36:13] Speaker AB (unidentified): Many of the recipients have contributed financially to the President's campaign, the GOP or associated causes. Huang donated funds for the President's ballroom, and his company contributed a million dollars to the President's inauguration ceremony. Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell, is a longtime Trump donor and committed over $6 billion to seed the Trump savings accounts for newborns. And Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire, campaigned heavily for the president in the 2024 election, contributing over $290 million. Early in the president's second term, Musk was tapped to lead a cost-cutting office called Doge, which triggered intense backlash. [3:36:46] Speaker AC (unidentified): Few Americans in history have done more to advance America's national interest than Elon. Elon is our modern-day Thomas Edison. [3:36:53] Speaker AB (unidentified): The president has aligned himself with tech leaders since he was elected almost two years ago. Many of them attended his inauguration in January 2025. And the president has opposed significant regulation of artificial intelligence, which he says should be renamed as superintelligence. The president invited industry leaders to the White House last month to create a, quote, morally binding agreement to develop the tech safely. This cozy relationship comes despite a growing backlash over AI, with many Americans fearing that the tech could lead to job losses or even human extinction. Americans also increasingly uneasy with data centers, which power the AI revolution, but also drive up utility costs. Their rapid spread has sparked nationwide protests, with data centers becoming a major campaign issue in places like Ohio, where the president held a rally just this weekend and pushed back on the criticism. [3:37:40] Speaker AC (unidentified): There's so much money to be made for Ohio. You can't just turn them off. They'll go to China. [3:37:44] Speaker AB (unidentified): And Elon Musk is spending big yet again on the upcoming midterms. His super PAC has dropped millions of dollars into key battlegrounds like Texas, Ohio, and Maine to help Republicans. Earlier this year, he authorized that super PAC to spend over $100 million this cycle. [3:38:00] Speaker U (unidentified): The Pentagon says an execution by firing squad of the man convicted of killing 13 in a shooting at Fort Hood in 2009 will be streamed live. live. Appearing on Real America's Voice News, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsass said the execution of Nidal Hassan would be, quote, public. The execution at Fort Hood is scheduled for December. Hassan could file a petition in civilian court to review the legality of his detention. Experts say that could significantly delay the execution. This would be the first military execution since 1961. After 265 consecutive days at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln is back home at San Diego Bay. Well, families embracing Thursday as the sailors came off the ship. The crew of about 5,000 received Navy commendations for their service amid the ongoing conflict of Iran. Love all those hugs. Well, the ship departed Southern California last November, arriving in the Middle East in January. We caught up with two families whose fathers were meeting their children for the first time. Here's what they had to say. Seeing him hold Nathan's like wow like we're a [3:39:13] Speaker AW (unidentified): family. She's perfect. She's perfect. She's beautiful. My wife did a great job raising her [3:39:19] Speaker U (unidentified): for the last nine months so I couldn't be more thankful. Oh I love it. Well the Lincolns set a record for uninterrupted time at sea and was deployed for a total of 322 days. Welcome back home. Hundreds of candidates are in the running for a prestigious award. A closer look at the nominees and how officials determine who is worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize. Coming up on Spectrum News. 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So that is the reason we will keep some spotty rain opportunities around heading into our Friday before fully drying out. Heading into our Saturday tonight though should be a dry night, a quiet one at that. Lows drop back into those 40s, ranging from 41 in Millinocket and Jackman to 47 in Portland, 45 there in Wiscasset. Looking ahead to tomorrow, we'll start off with plenty of sunshine along our coast and inland, but as the day progresses and the last little bit of that trough rolls east, a little bit of upslope flow, winds coming out of the northwest running up the mountain tops, will help to spark a few scattered showers. I think the best location for those showers are going to be back inland, Rangely, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket, back out towards the U.S. Canada border. The closer you are to the water's edge, the drier you will remain and most likely the more sunny you will be with just a few passing clouds overhead. We'll keep that scattered upslope flow going throughout the day on our Friday, even into our Friday evening. The trough finally pools away out to see closer to Halifax and Nova Scotia as we go towards 11 and the midnight hour. In addition to watching a few of those spotty mountaintop showers, breezy winds. Now this is going to be statewide. I think everybody could see breezes throughout the day of 15, 20, 25 miles per hour again out of the northwest. So high temperatures on Friday, 50s inland, 60s at the coast, drier at the coastline, a few spotty showers across those inlands. [3:43:58] Speaker Q (unidentified): Here's what's happening around Maine. Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson says visits to food banks are on the rise because of federal food benefit cuts. Jackson said even those who work at the local hospital or for state government now need help. He is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term in office. Astronaut and Mainer Jessica Mear splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday. The Caribou native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving back in February. She performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and of our planet and even witnessed the historic Artemis II lunar mission. [3:44:45] Speaker U (unidentified): Crysta Pike, the Tennessee woman who survived two rounds of lethal injection drugs last week, is eating and able to walk, according to her attorneys. Pike needed assistance to take her first steps Wednesday. She regained consciousness six days after receiving two doses of Pentobarbatol administered through a misplaced ID line in a Tennessee prison. Pike was sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering classmates Colleen Slemmer in 1995. Her attorneys say her movement is limited and there is still uncertainty about her future. The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded Friday morning in Oslo. Nearly 300 individuals and candidates were considered for the prestigious honor. Well, joining us now with more is Spectrum's Alex Cohen. And Alex, remind us how the Nobel Committee selects the Peace Prize winner each year. [3:45:36] Speaker AE (unidentified): That's right, Sharon. There is a five-member committee that is appointed by the government of Norway, and they open it up. There's all sorts of people who can make nominations for this prestigious prize, including university professors of all stripes, members of governments and parliaments, previous winners of the prize, but no self-nominations. The deadline for the Peace Prize was January 31st of this year. And then the committee created a shortlist, which they've been discussing now for months and trying to reach consensus. And the protocol is that if this committee can't reach consensus, then eventually they vote. The winner will be announced at the end of this week, and then the prize itself, will be officially awarded come December, Sharon. All right, Alex, this week President Trump [3:46:30] Speaker U (unidentified): said it would be a great discredit to the Selections Committee if they don't choose him. Any sense of what his odds are this year? Yes, it is unclear whether or not he will be the Nobel [3:46:44] Speaker AE (unidentified): Peace Prize winner. This is, of course, something that the president has been saying for many years now. And what we do know is that there are several countries, including Israel, Cambodia, and Pakistan, who have submitted him as their choice. But when it comes to where people are thinking it is more likely to go, there are a couple of frontline contenders, including a group called Sudan's Emergency Response. This volunteer organization has been providing food, health care, and education throughout Sudan, as civil war there has really ravaged the nation. There's also discussion of Maipola Kuleba, who is co-founder of the group Save Ukraine. This organization has reunited more than 1,700 children with their parents. Other names being discussed, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has opened up new diplomatic relations with China and Europe, and Pope Leo, the first American pope who often has been condemning wars throughout the world. Reviewers might recall that last year, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado received the prize, but then she gave the prize to President Trump, Sharon. [3:47:57] Speaker U (unidentified): All right, it's going to be very interesting. Alex Cohen, as always, thank you. A pre-workout powder is being recalled for containing an illegal amphetamine-like substance. The FDA says Rapture pre-workout contained DMAA, which is an illegal ingredient that can raise blood pressure and lead to cardiovascular problems. Three flavors of the pre-workout have been recalled, including Rainbow Twist, Electric Lemonade, and Berry Mojito. It was sold between January and May. Officials urged those who have it to stop using it and can get a refund. There are no reports of any adverse reactions. Mattel is honoring tennis legend Serena Williams with a second Barbie doll. The signature doll pays homage to her 2005 Grand Slam championship victory at the Australian Open. The doll costs about $45 and is available at retailers now. 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Well, [3:51:27] Speaker T (unidentified): we dealt with an upper level trough passing through the northeast from Quebec and Montreal back out through Bangor to Jackman, Presque Isle and Caribou, even through the green and white mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire and upstate New York dealing with some of those scattered showers today. It wasn't an overly high rain chance that we had, but we did pick up some light accumulations. Rainbow Lake through the center of the state picking up nearly two tenths of an inch. Belgrade, Bangor, Augusta, you name it. Generally around that one tenth of an inch. So again, this was very light accumulations across the state today. And moving forward into our Friday, even lighter accumulations expected from any spotty showers we can get from the upslope flow. Overnight tonight, mostly clear skies. Temperatures dropping down into those 40s statewide. 41 Jackman and Millinock at 42 Greenville. 40 in Rangeley. We'll find the mid 40s along our coastline, maybe upwards to the upper 40s there in the Portland area. Tomorrow morning, we start off with a mix of sun and clouds across Portland and really a good chunk of the state. We warm from the 40s through the 50s throughout that morning commute. But again, with the northwest flow, you get what we call upslope flow. The winds move up the mountaintops. The air cools, condenses, creates some clouds and helps to create a little bit of shower activity. This is not going to be for everybody. The best chance for these showers. Again, through the mountain passes through the interior Rangeley, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket North through the US Canada border. The closer you are to the coastline, the more sunny you will be. Maybe you get a passing shower for places like Waterville and Bangor. But again, I think if you're Portland, Wisconsin through, let's say, Kennebunkport up through Bar Harbor, you should be remaining nice, sunny and dry throughout the day. Range of high temperatures, 50s inland due to the cloud cover and scattered shower nature 60s with more sunshine along our coast. On our Friday heading throughout this weekend, once this last little bit of the trough kicks it out to see big surge, dry air comes in on Saturday, setting up for a perfect fall afternoon. But by Sunday we have a little feature passing on by and that will add a little bit of moisture to the atmosphere with the bigger system moving in by Monday morning. This is going to help to increase our rain chances late Sunday night into are Monday and Tuesday across the greater Portland area. Highs will remain in the 60s, lows ranging from the 40s to 50s. The mid-coast, a very similar time frame looking at that front, heading into late Sunday throughout Tuesday. Next week. We have [3:54:04] Speaker U (unidentified): Heard about boot camp or military-style training that is designed to push participants past their limits. When a former Green Beret led a conditioning session at Arizona State University this year,, one hockey player elapsed and remains hospitalized. According to his family's attorney, he's unlikely to ever recover. In 2024, two dozen Tufts University lacrosse players ended up in the emergency room after a similar workout. These two cases raise questions on safety. Our national sports reporter Rachel Hopmeyer digs into the training style that could be putting athletes [3:54:40] Speaker AT (unidentified): It's at risk. 21-year-old Arizona State University hockey player Matthew Mayock suffered an exertional heat stroke on the first day of organized team workouts in August. A former Green Beret was leading the session. The university's initial report states neither he or his training plans were properly credentialed or cleared by university staff ahead of time. I spoke with performance experts who tell me they believe that the military training trend in college athletics has stuck [3:55:05] Speaker AU (unidentified): around far too long. Probably 15 years ago people talking about this as an idea that we can maybe create mental toughness and the idea that you can create mental toughness in a day is just [3:55:22] Speaker AT (unidentified): foolish. I think Mike Boyle trains superstars from World Series champions to Olympic gold medalists and at the forefront of the sports performance industry. He has noticed what he says is a [3:55:32] Speaker AU (unidentified): troubling movement. I think military training for high performance athletes is a mistake. It's supposed to be for selection, for things like special forces. It's not intended to be kind of a day excursion for athletes. Brandon Marcello has worked with pro sports teams and [3:55:50] Speaker AT (unidentified): the Department of Defense on performance programming and optimization. When I go [3:55:54] Speaker AL (unidentified): into a meeting with a sports team, they're like, you know, I hear you're doing work with the military. What are they doing? They must be so far ahead. Can you share anything? thing. And then when you go into a meeting with the military, they're like, hey, I know you work with elite sport. What are they doing? They must be so far ahead. Can you share? So I think a lot of it is just this kind of mutual admiration, but a lack of understanding of the differences [3:56:19] Speaker AT (unidentified): of the populations. We spoke with several experts on college athletics and military training who all explained a similar distinction. Authentic military training is protocol driven and evidence-based whereas athletic coaches tend to seek out a rigorous program that emulates military tactics focusing on perception and outcome instead of method. I think that the solution is protocol [3:56:42] Speaker AV (unidentified): driven because they're not educated because a coach doesn't know all of the things that they need to know and so if they have a protocol that is the thing that will protect them the most and so when I look at these injuries, it's because they don't know. [3:56:59] Speaker AT (unidentified): Robert Carey, the attorney representing ASU student Matthew Mayock and his family, offered a blunt assessment on the difference between the workout he experienced and the armed forces. [3:57:09] Speaker BB (unidentified): The military protects its assets. [3:57:16] Speaker AT (unidentified): We reached out to the U.S. Army for its thoughts on the difference between the two worlds, and the Futures and Concepts Command responded with a statement that reads in part that military and elite athletic training share similar foundational human performance science, but their operational end states are fundamentally distinct. While we actively learn from and share research, our mandate is not winning a game. Forty-one days after Mayock collapsed, Arizona State University placed head coach Greg Powers on administrative leave, with assistant coach in charge until the university appoints an interim. him. The Mayick family wanted the coaches who ran the workout removed in order for a truly independent investigation to take place. Mayick's parents, John and Christina, say they want accountability and for Matthew's teammates to be safe. [3:58:01] Speaker U (unidentified): I'm Sharon Tazewell. 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[4:00:49] Speaker Q (unidentified): Jackson said even those who work at the local hospital or for state government now need help. Jackson is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term in office. Astronaut and Mainer Jessica Muir splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday. day. The Caribou native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving there back in February. Among other activities while in orbit, Mir performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and even our own planet and witnessed the historic Artemis II lunar mission. She lived aboard the laboratory in 2019 and 2020 where she made history as part of the three first all-women spacewalks. She and three other crew members returned to Earth safely aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. Well now time for a quick check of your local weather on the ones forecast. Alright [4:01:47] Speaker T (unidentified): folks, well as we go through the overnight period tonight, mostly clear skies expected as lows drop back into those low and mid 40s statewide I'm meteorologist at Covey. It is a clear, quiet, peaceful fall evening across the Pine Tree state now looking ahead to our Friday. A mix of sun and clouds and for some of you especially up through the upstate. A few spotty showers. Highs will range from the 50s inland to the 60s at the coast. [4:02:27] Speaker U (unidentified): Hurricane Isaias headed for the Gulf Coast, where some residents are under mandatory evacuation orders. Thanks for joining us. I'm Sharon Tazewell. Coastal communities in Alabama and Florida are being warned up to seven feet of storm surges possible Friday into Saturday as a storm makes landfall. Spectrum's Ariel Wessler shows how residents preparing to weather this year's first named hurricane in the Gulf. [4:02:54] Speaker V (unidentified): All eyes on the Gulf Coast as residents brace for Hurricane Isaias, expected to make landfall as a strong category 2, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. Forecasts continue to [4:03:05] Speaker BD (unidentified): show the real likelihood this hurricane will hit Alabama as early as Friday. Now [4:03:11] Speaker V (unidentified): is the time to prepare. Preparations already underway in Orange Beach, Mobile Beale and Gulf Shores Alabama where neighbors filled and loaded sandbags. Drivers encountered long lines at some gas stations. Just here getting gas for the generator just in case. And neighbors helped each other board up their homes to weather the impending storm. Everybody's scurrying around like ants [4:03:35] Speaker Y (unidentified): you know getting ready to hibernate for a couple days. [4:03:39] Speaker V (unidentified): Isaias expected to bring strong winds and life-threatening storm surge even possible tornadoes to the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and South [4:03:46] Speaker W (unidentified): Mississippi. Anytime these things are hitting the northeast quadrant is always the more dangerous quadrant so if you're Florida we're on the east side of [4:03:56] Speaker V (unidentified): most of these. Hurricane Sally in 2020 was the last one to make landfall in [4:04:00] Speaker Y (unidentified): Alabama. That was a little bit scary but this one I feel like because it's moving faster I feel like okay I can if I did Sally I can do this. Officials in the [4:04:09] Speaker V (unidentified): Alabama cities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach urged tourists to evacuate immediately warning that bridges could be closed by midday Friday we're making [4:04:17] Speaker Z (unidentified): sure that our EMS our fire and our police are ready to go and really trying to tell the visitors here that you need to make that decision and leave [4:04:27] Speaker V (unidentified): town Holly admits her focus has been elsewhere it should be like milk and [4:04:32] Speaker M (unidentified): food and water generators but unfortunately it's venue timeline [4:04:37] Speaker V (unidentified): vendors rescheduling but Mother Nature had other ideas [4:04:42] Speaker M (unidentified): is if there's a mandatory evacuation of course we would leave then for now it's time to stock up [4:04:48] Speaker U (unidentified): and hunker down in ariel we have to talk about the elephants and the bulldog in the room the alabama georgia game president donald trump said he planned to go any updates [4:05:01] Speaker V (unidentified): well sharon it is one of the biggest games of the college football season and still on the schedule for 7 30 eastern alabama athletics saying it continues to closely monitor the weather forecast, with safety being its highest priority. They say they're in close communication with the National Weather Service, the SEC, and the University of Georgia, and the White House, confirming President Trump is still planning to attend. Sharon? All right, yes, safety is number [4:05:24] Speaker U (unidentified): One. Ariel Wessler, thank you. Thanks. Presidents of Donald Trump celebrate some of the titans of technology, awarding medals to the world's richest man, Elon Musk, plus the leaders of NVIDIA, Google, and Microsoft. Our national reporter Evan Kozloff has more from the White House. [4:05:44] Speaker AB (unidentified): Nearly two trillion dollars in net worth on one stage on Thursday. Such a big day in the world of science. As tech titans are celebrated at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, President Donald Trump giving national medals for science, technology, and innovation to some of the biggest names in technology, including Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google and Elon Musk the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. We now support only the gold standard of science. Many of the recipients have contributed financially to the president's campaign the GOP or associated causes. Huang donated funds for the president's ballroom and his company contributed a million dollars to the president's inauguration ceremony. Michael Dell the CEO of Dell is a longtime Trump donor and committed over six billion dollars to seed the Trump 's savings accounts for newborns. And Elon Musk, the world's first trillionaire, campaigned heavily for the president in the 2024 election, contributing over $290 million. Early in the president's second term, Musk was tapped to lead a cost-cutting office called Doge, which triggered intense backlash. [4:06:46] Speaker AC (unidentified): Few Americans in history have done more to advance America's national interest than Elon. Elon is our modern-day Thomas Edison. [4:06:53] Speaker AB (unidentified): The president has aligned himself with tech leaders since he was elected almost two years ago. Many of them attended his inauguration in January 2025 and the president has opposed significant regulation of artificial intelligence which he says should be renamed as super intelligence the president inviting industry leaders to the White House last month to create a quote morally binding agreement to develop the tech safely this cozy relationship comes despite a growing backlash over AI with many Americans fearing that the tech could lead to job losses or even human extinction Americans also increasingly uneasy with data centers which power the AI revolution BUT ALSO DRIVE UP UTILITY COSTS. THEIR RAPID SPREAD HAS SPARKED NATIONWIDE PROTESTS, WITH DATA CENTERS BECOMING A MAJOR CAMPAIGN ISSUE IN PLACES LIKE OHIO, WHERE THE PRESIDENT HELD A RALLY JUST THIS WEEKEND AND PUSHED BACK ON THE CRITICISM. [4:07:40] Speaker AC (unidentified): There's so much money to be made for Ohio. You can't just turn them off. They'll go to China. [4:07:44] Speaker AB (unidentified): And Elon Musk is spending big yet again on the upcoming midterms. His super PAC has dropped millions of dollars into key battlegrounds like Texas, Ohio, and Maine to help Republicans. Earlier this year, he authorized that super PAC to spend over $100 million this cycle. [4:08:00] Speaker U (unidentified): The Pentagon says an execution by firing squad of the man convicted of killing 13 in a shooting at Fort Hood in 2009 will be streamed live. Appearing on Real America's Voice News, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsass said the execution of Nidal Hassan would be, quote, public. The execution at Fort Hood is scheduled for December. Hassan could file a petition in civilian court to review the legality of his detention. Experts say that could significantly delay the execution. This would be the first military execution since 1961. 61. After 265 consecutive days at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln is back home at San Diego Bay. While families embracing Thursday as the sailors came off the ship, the crew of about 5,000 received Navy commendations for their service amid the ongoing conflict of Iran. Love all those hugs. Well, the ship departed Southern California last November, arriving in the Middle East in January. We caught up with two families whose fathers were meeting their children for the first time. Here's what they had to say. Seeing him hold Nathan's like, wow, we're a family. [4:09:14] Speaker AW (unidentified): She's perfect. She's perfect. She's beautiful. My wife did a great job raising her for the last [4:09:20] Speaker U (unidentified): nine months, so I couldn't be more thankful. Oh, I love it. Well, the Lincolns set a record for uninterrupted time at sea and was deployed for a total of 322 days. Welcome back home. From spooky to merry, Spirit Halloween is getting into the holiday spirit. Why the store is receiving a jolly makeover coming up on Spectrum News Main. 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I want to start off with what is a trough digging across the northeast. This trough starting to dry us out across the Pine Tree State, but earlier today brought a few spotty showers to the state. Now, this trough is not going to fully clear the state today, and parts of it will linger into tomorrow. So that is the reason we will keep some spotty rain opportunities around heading into our Friday before fully drying out heading into our Saturday. Tonight, though, should be a dry night. A quiet one at that. Lowe's. Drop back into those 40s, ranging from 41 in Millinocket and Jackman to 47 in Portland, 45 there. And with Gassett looking ahead to tomorrow, we'll start off with plenty of sunshine along our coast and inland. But as the day progresses in the last little bit of that trough rolls east, a little bit of upslope flow, winds coming out of the northwest, running up the mountain tops, will help to spark a few scattered showers. I think the best location for those showers are going to be back inland. Rangeley, Jackman, Greenville, Millinocket back out towards the US Canada border. The closer you are to the water's edge, the drier you will remain and most likely the more sunny you will be with just a few passing clouds overhead. We'll keep that scattered upslope flow going throughout the day on our Friday, even into our Friday evening. The trough finally pools away out to sea closer to Halifax and Nova Scotia as we go towards 11 and the midnight hour. In addition to watching a few of those spotty mountaintop showers, breezy winds. Now, this is going to be statewide. I think everybody could see breezes throughout the day of 15, 20, 25 miles per hour, again, out of the northwest. So high temperatures on Friday, 50s inland, 60s at the coast, drier at the coastline, a few spotty showers across those inlands. [4:13:59] Speaker Q (unidentified): Here's what's happening around Maine. In Maine, Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson says visits to food banks are on the rise because of federal food benefit cuts. Jackson said even those who work at the local hospital or for state government now need help. He is running against Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term in office. Astronaut and Mainer Jessica Muir splashed down in the Pacific on Thursday. The Caribou native commanded the crew of the International Space Station after arriving back in February. She performed experiments, took extensive photos and videos of the stars and of our planet and even witnessed the historic Artemis II lunar mission. Rallies [4:14:47] Speaker U (unidentified): are being held across the country and in New York in response to the Cornell University gang rape lawsuit and investigation. Many gathered in Rochester Thursday to recognize Sexual Violence National Day of Action at a rally. Our Wendy Wright was there and talked to people who say they're marching for change. [4:15:05] Speaker K (unidentified): I think this rally is really important to allow people to express their outrage about what happened with Jane Doe and the Cornell 7. [4:15:14] Speaker AO (unidentified): This Monroe County legislator is hoping the rallies being held will help with the dialogue surrounding sexual violence. [4:15:22] Speaker K (unidentified): I think that our culture really doesn't value women and doesn't value women's sexuality, doesn't value women's agency, and doesn't value their voices. And unfortunately, you have a lot of these things converging in one thing. [4:15:35] Speaker AO (unidentified): That one thing is the Cornell University Jane Doe criminal investigation in Tompkins County prompted by a civil lawsuit filed by a then student known as Jane Doe. She alleges she was sexually assaulted by several current and former students at a Cornell frat house in 2024. Rachel [4:15:55] Speaker K (unidentified): Barnhart is a Cornell graduate. When I went to Cornell back in the 90s, the language was no means no. Then it turns into in later years you need affirmative consent. Yes means yes. [4:16:08] Speaker AO (unidentified): Now what do we do? To answer that question and in response to the Cornell case the Alliance Against Sexual Violence is speaking out and calling for change. The allegations at Cornell [4:16:20] Speaker AP (unidentified): Have brought national attention to what survivors and advocates have been telling us for years. There are serious gaps in the system that are supposed to protect people who experience sexual [4:16:31] Speaker AO (unidentified): violence. The executive director of the organization is calling on the governor and the state legislature to enact laws in New York that fix the voluntary intoxication loophole, provide victims with anonymity protections, protect survivors from predatory defamation lawsuits, strengthen enough is enough protections and mandate campus collaboration. Together, these measures address what survivors need before harm occurs when they seek support and when they pursue [4:17:00] Speaker K (unidentified): accountability. We have to take a look at our laws and make sure that they are protecting women, but that doesn't encompass the whole problem here. [4:17:10] Speaker U (unidentified): Measles infections have now surpassed a thousand in Pennsylvania alone. State health officials say more than 1,000 cases have been reported since April, along with five measles-associated deaths nationwide. The CDC is reporting nearly 3,900 measles cases this year, the most in a single year since 1991. The outbreak is still growing with 145 new cases reported in just the past week. According to the CDC, most cases are adults, but hundreds of children under five have also been infected. Health experts attribute such outbreaks to low vaccination rates. Well, the November international health officials will meet to determine if the U.S. has lost its measles free status. Staying warm will cost you more this winter. A new report shows U.S. home heating oil prices are expected to rise significantly. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says heating oil prices are expected to hit $5.26 a gallon during the winter heating season. That's a 34% jump compared to last winter. Household heating bills are projected to reach more than two thousand dollars that's about 21 percent more than last year officials do expect the high cost to be partly offset by a milder winter in the northeast spirit halloween is known for its spooky merch but many of its stores will be getting into the christmas spirit 44 spirit christmas locations across 15 states are set to open this holiday season. The company says the Christmas spinoff of Spirit Halloween offers many holiday themed merch, including decor, inflatables, animatronics, gifts, and stockings. Well, five Spirit Christmas stores will open in Ohio, Florida, and New Jersey on October 17th. Yes, that's before Halloween. The remaining locations will open the week after trick-or-treating. It's time for a break here on Spectrum News. Your latest weather of the month's forecast is straight ahead. 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For many of my clients [4:20:47] Speaker AU (unidentified): selling their life insurance to Abacus was right for them and their estate plan. Don't sell or lapse [4:20:52] Speaker AY (unidentified): your policy without going to abacuspays.com first. There are no fees and no obligations. Get the real value from your life insurance when you need it with Abacus. At Spectrum News NECN, our weather [4:21:04] Speaker AH (unidentified): Weather experts update you with the information and context you need so you can better plan your day. And we do it every 10 minutes. Always here. Always local. Always on. Weather on the Ones on Spectrum News NECN. [4:21:26] Speaker T (unidentified): Well, we dealt with an upper-level trough passing through the northeast, from Quebec and Montreal, back out through Bangor to Jackman, Presque Isle and Caribou, even through the Green and White Mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire and upstate New York, dealing with some of those scattered showers today. It wasn't an overly high rain chance that we had, but we did pick up some light accumulations. Rainbow Lake through the center of the state, picking up nearly two tenths of an inch. Belgrade, Bangor, Augusta, you name it, generally around that one tenth of an inch. So again, this was very light accumulations across the state today and moving forward into our Friday, even lighter accumulations expected from any spotty showers we can get from the upslope flow overnight tonight. Mostly clear skies, temperatures dropping down into the those forties statewide 41 Jackman and Millinocket 42 Greenville 40 and Rangeley will find the mid forties along our coastline, maybe upwards to the upper forties there in the Portland area. Tomorrow morning we start off with a mix of sun and clouds across Portland and really a good chunk of the state. We warm from the forties through the fifties throughout that morning commute. But again, with the northwest flow, you get what we call upslope flow. The winds move up the mountaintops. The air cools, condenses, create some clouds and helps to create a little bit of shower activity this is not going to be for everybody the best chance for these showers again through the mountain passes through the interior Rangely Jackman Greenville Millinocket north through the U.S Canada border the closer you are to the coast line the more sunny you will be maybe you get a passing shower for places like Waterville and Bangor but again I think if you're Portland Wiscasset through let's say Kenneth Bunkport port up through Bar Harbor. You should be remaining nice, sunny and dry throughout the day. Range of high temperatures, 50s inland due to the cloud cover and scattered shower. Nature 60s with more sunshine along our coast on our Friday. Heading throughout this weekend, once this last little bit of the trough kicks it out to see big surge, dry air comes in on Saturday, setting up for a perfect fall afternoon. But by Sunday we have a little feature passing on by and that will add a little bit of moisture to the atmosphere with the bigger system moving in by Monday morning. This is going to help to increase our rain chances late Sunday night into our Monday and Tuesday across the greater Portland area. Highs will remain in the 60s, lows ranging from the 40s to 50s. The Mid Coast a very similar time frame looking at that front heading into late Sunday throughout Tuesday. [4:23:56] Speaker BA (unidentified): Next week I've [4:24:04] Speaker U (unidentified): Heard about boot camp or military style training that is designed to push participants past their limits. When a former Green Beret led a conditioning session at Arizona State University this year, one hockey player collapsed and remains hospitalized. According to his family's attorney, he's unlikely to ever recover. In 2024, two dozen Tufts University lacrosse players ended up in the emergency room after a similar workout. These two cases raise questions on safety. Our national sports reporter Rachel Hopmeyer digs into the training style they could be putting athletes at risk. [4:24:41] Speaker AT (unidentified): 21-year-old Arizona State University hockey player Matthew Mayock suffered an exertional heat stroke on the first day of organized team workouts in August. A former Green Beret was leading the session. The university's initial report states neither he or his training plans were properly credentialed or cleared by university staff ahead of time. I spoke with performance experts who tell me they believe that the military training trend in college athletics has stuck around far too long. [4:25:08] Speaker AU (unidentified): Probably 15 years ago. People talking about this as an idea that we can maybe create mental toughness and the idea that you can create mental toughness in a day is just foolish. I think Mike Boyle trained superstars from World Series champions to Olympic gold medalists and at the forefront of the sports performance industry. He has noticed what he says is a troubling movement. I think military training for high performance athletes is a mistake. It's supposed to be. For selection for things like special forces it's not intended to be kind of a day [4:25:46] Speaker AT (unidentified): Excursion for athletes Brandon Marcello has worked with pro sports teams and the Department of Defense on performance programming and optimization when I go into a meeting with a sports team they're [4:25:56] Speaker AL (unidentified): Like you know I hear you're doing work with the military what are they doing they must be so far ahead can you share anything and then when you go into a meeting with the military they're like hey I know you work with you know elite sport you know what are they doing they must be so far ahead can you share so I think a lot of it is just this kind of a mutual admiration but a lack of understanding of the differences of the populations we spoke with several experts [4:26:23] Speaker AT (unidentified): On college athletics and military training who all explained a similar distinction. Authentic military training is protocol driven and evidence-based, whereas athletic coaches tend to seek out a rigorous program that emulates military tactics, focusing on perception and [4:26:38] Speaker AV (unidentified): outcome instead of method. I think that the solution is protocol driven because they're not educated, because a coach doesn't know all of the things that they need to know. And so if they have a protocol, that is the thing that will protect them the most. And so when I look at [4:26:56] Speaker AT (unidentified): these injuries, it's because they don't know. Robert Carey, the attorney representing ASU student Matthew Mayock and his family offered a blunt assessment on the difference between the workout he experienced and the armed forces. The military protects its assets. Let this happen. We reached out to the U.S. Army for its thoughts on the difference between the two worlds and the Futures and Concepts Command responded with a statement that reads in part that military and elite athletic training share similar foundational human performance science but their operational end states are fundamentally distinct. To be actively learned from and share research, our mandate is not winning a game. 41 days after Mayock collapsed, Arizona State University placed head coach Greg Powers on administrative leave, with assistant coach in charge until the university appoints an interim. The Mayock family wanted the coaches who ran the workout removed in order for a truly independent investigation to take place. Mayock's parents, John and Christina, say they want accountability and for Matthew's teammates to be safe. [4:28:01] Speaker U (unidentified): I'm Sharon Tazewell. Thanks for watching your Spectrum News in 90s coming up right after this short break. Stay with us. 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