Red Line shutdown underway and more top stories

thanks for joining us I'm Chris Tanaka with a WBZ News update a new disruption for t- Riders as part of the red line shuts down for several weeks closure starts today will last for 24 days service will be suspended between brain tree and JFK UMass as Crews repair 18 miles of track shuttle buses will pick up passengers along the brain Tree Line the Kingston Middleboro Greenbush Commuter Rail lines will also be replaced with shuttles between braan Tre and South Station for the next two weekends well CBS News has learned a whistleblower has come forward saying the CEO of Steward healthc care conspired with foreign officials to secure a hospital contract overseas according to a senate committee Ralph de laori used company money to F A lavish lifestyle his spokesperson says de laori did everything in his power to help Steward stay afloat de la Tori was Su subpoena to testify before Congress next Thursday he requested an extension citing pending bankruptcy hearings well there's now a third case of Triple E reported in Massachusetts Health officials say a man in his 70s was exposed to the mosquito born illness in acted now the town's Board of Health says it's going to start spraying for mosquitoes every Wednesday until the end of the month when the risk of the disease is lower and the state is getting $171 million in new funding from the Federal Highway Administration Governor Healey says mot's going to use it for projects including work on Route 9 in Pittsfield New bike paths in Lawrence and pey intersection improvements in Brockton and Bridge work in lemonster Dennis and Yarmouth the weekend approaches time for a check of your next weather forecast with meteorologist Jason Michael oh we're going to be Bridging the Gap between sunny conditions we've experienced this week and also sunny conditions we're going to experience next week that bridge is going to be built upon the situation developing with a ridge of high pressure exiting and a coldfront moving on in along with that Coastal storm system also causing some ISS ues for the North and also the Southshore mid to low 70s expected for the latter half of the weekend mid to Upper 70s along with an extra dose of humidity also arriving for today as well as tomorrow a spotty sprinkle here and there throughout the course of the afternoon more clouds rather than Sunshine for our our Friday more clouds rather than Sunshine certainly for our Saturday timeline now into the midafternoon look at that 3 p.m. start to get even more showers developing through the region 700 p.m. there stopping the clock light rain showers for the Worcester County region more appreciable is also going to be developing moving through the Boston area between 8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. through about 10: p.m. 11:00 p.m. by midnight most of the shower activity is exiting that nice chilly dry northwesterly Breeze going to be cruising on in offering more stability for the region Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday a lot of sunshine and in fact from the 70s we flip over into the 80s by Tuesday Wednesday and certainly into Thursday as well still mild and some areas going to be a little bit more cooler into the overnights Chris all right Jason this has been a WBZ News update Chris Tanaka have a great day