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2024 well you you look for that I want to say I got it here oh you have it here I got it got okay all right again again we're Treading Water we never do that it it's just weird and I had to bring this up because uh I wrote this down here's my dream and Chris Quimby was our manager at the time even though where I'm describing here Black Rock predates her it doesn't really matter CU it's a dream M it's 4:00 a.m. at WCBS and we're preparing the morning newscast the scene is Black Rock the overnight anchor is toiling away The Newsroom is unusually busy with faces we don't know Chris Quimby is there looking Sullen the systems aren't working suddenly I hear a collective groan as four men at each big 16th floor Newsroom window pull black curtains across the glass I look to the studio the lights are turned out and the board is dark WCBS is no more I stand there in shock Martin Martin unro sees my face walks over and hugs me my first impulse is to quietly smile yes Severance then then I think of all the people losing jobs then the emotion hits me I hold back tears as I look at the spot where the teletype machines were years ago and I think of my first time there in 1978 when dad drove me in for a tour yeah I tell Martin the story about how Ben Farnsworth was in the studio that morning subbing for Jim Donnelly this part is true this really happened the memories of that visit with Dad those years in that same spot the thread that has been woven through my life makes me realize how much a part of me this has been sad only scratches the surface but grateful too Paul exceedingly grateful not only to have worked with you thank you and all the people here at WCBS and the amazing listeners but um to have the opportunity to sit here with you right now and talk about it and have a farewell which is not something that very often happens in this business as I said earlier U I don't think we would be doing this without your work and the archives that you have kept for WCBS some of them hilarious like the 14-year-old when they mentioned the the snowing in New Jersey the report that you had called in and you recorded it and you're yelling in the background I got it on tape I was so proud I think this many many people who have worked here uh have have the memory of hearing WCBS as a child and the the memory that I have was that the station sounded important yes more than any other station onal W sounded official but stuffy this station was important but friendly you can sound official and you can sound important and WCBS I think chose the right way WCBS 880 magazine they say to make yourself indispensable at work so I developed a digital catering solution that only I can operate okay it's actually easy cater.com David they love me cuz I the director of catering Logistics not a real job use Easy cater to get catering from all our favorite restaurants tight budget no problem need vegetarian options gluten-free check and check d man you crushed lunch today it was easy easy cater easy cater is your all-in-one Tech platform for ordering food for work start your order at eater.com seems like there's more identity theft in the news every day another major healthare breach was reported today in the exposure and four consumers have been a victim of identity that's because there endless places that could accidentally expose you to identity theft in a breach or simply by mistake LifeLock monitors hundreds of millions of data points a second if your identity is stolen we'll fix it guaranteed or your money back save up to 40% your first year with promo Cod news@ lifelock.com terms apply time for WCBS traffic and weather together that crash still there on the L eastbound ramp to the BQE closing down a lane of tra traff let's move to New Jersey we've got a problem in Woodbridge Township on Route 184 all Lanes down at Route 9 an accident with a down pole and cars are being detoured around that and on the New Jersey Turnpike the outer roadway southbound just south of exit 9 you've got a crash there and then a stall on the Garden State Parkway Northbound local Lanes right around exit 123 in seille so in the Bronx that problem still in the westbound Cross Bronx at the Bronx River Parkway two lanes down with a crash and our River Crossings well the George coming inbound is pretty heavy still about 35 to 45 minutes if you're headed outbound 15 to 20 the Lincoln inbound 30 and going out about 15 same thing for the Holland inbound 20 to 30 outbound about 15 minutes and I'm Susan Browning in the WCBS traffic center most places are going to be dry here as we head through the evening pretty nice evening across the tric city area and for tomorrow partly sunny warm maybe an afternoon or evening thunderstorm certainly that's probably more widespread across Connecticut tomorrow 85 the mostly clear tomorrow night down to 69 very warm Tuesday at to 88 and hot steamy Wednesday thunderstorm of the afternoon and evening up to 93 and not as high for Thursday kickoff 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fiser the possibility of lung cancer can be pretty scary especially if you're one of approximately 8 million current or former smokers at high risk that's why save byth scan.org wants you to know that now there's a breakthrough lowd do CT scan that can detect lung cancer early and it only takes 6 seconds you stop smoking now start screening for an easy quiz to see if you're eligible visit save byth scan.org it could save your life save byth scan.org is brought to you by the American Lung association's lung Force initiative and the Ad Council my first few days as our reporter in Jersey reporter Peter hasell took me around showed me the robes introduced me to folks and they would call every few days to see how I was adjusting like a big brother former reporter writer and editor Jane Tillman Irving calling me to say leave on you'd use bad grammar in this story do it again and she was right she always was in co-anchor Vicky Allen felt so bad one night that I had to take a taxi in because somebody stole the tires off my car she paid the $80 fair for me to get in for my shift these are the kind of people who worked here that's why we were great you're listening to WCBS 880 magazine the Biden Administration announced a new plan today that would make it easier for Americans to cancel unwanted subscriptions Paul auster is the founder and CEO of better qualified in Eaton toown New Jersey he is known as America's Credit Repair man Paul joins us on the record on WCBS good to talk with you what kind of unwanted subscriptions are we talking about here oh Steve it could be any any number of subscriptions we we've become a nation of subscriptions Netflix Spotify Hulu uh Netflix PS4 Roblox It Go the list goes on and on and on so the reality is that many people are carrying these subscriptions unbeknown for them they don't real they might even be paying for them so the average family is paying over a couple hundred dollars a month in subscriptions but it's not so easy to just try to send an email or call somebody and say um hey Netflix I I don't want to subscribe anymore yeah it it takes literally it takes three seconds or less a click of a button to sign up and in most cases they make you jump through many many Hoops in order to cancel that very same subscription so something needed to be done I you know I don't know if it's a you know a Biden Administration or or whatever but something needed to be done because again the average consumer has no idea how many subscriptions they have and when they go to cancel it it's not that easy so they give up right and so then they just leave it alone and in some cases they're paying for those subscriptions and let's say you know you put on a credit card and you know the your credit card expires there are cases where consumers have now gotten late payments and fees act on to those very same subscriptions all right so tell us about this proposal this plan from the Biden Administration what would it do well it it's going to put some pressure on the companies that if you offer a subscription there should be some type of standard operating procedure in order for people to cancel that very same subscription right now there's nothing in place so hopefully they they create some uniformity amongst companies who wish to provide subscriptions I mean sometimes they're good right but there needs to be some type of uniformity against all companies to Pro to have people opt out or cancel the subscription does this plan go far enough or is it at least a good start well Steve again I always I always take a step back and say we as consumers we have to be somewhat accountable for our own behavior so uh I think it goes far enough to the point where it's top of the mind and it brings it brings it to light right so but the reality is the average consumer has to realize that we're responsible for our own action so if you sign up for something be prepared do you really need it do you really want it and and maybe before you sign up for the subscription you might ask how what is the cancellation policy that the company has before you actually sign up for the subscription now some companies Adobe is one that comes to mind are being sued by the FTC for making it virtually impossible to cancel subscriptions right yeah sure I mean Amazon's been called uh on the chopping block here for sure uh and again whether it's by Design or not it's just become that much harder for people to get out of these subscriptions that the administration thought it you know Wise to step in and say look on behalf of consumers the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau these are the organizations that are in place to help consumers and something needed to be done I mean this is it's really crazy when you look at it and again I did it myself I didn't realize I had some ongoing subscriptions and again you're paying $4.99 a month 29 night a month but those things start to add up for sure so I I I think the message here Steve before you 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20 minutes coming inbound about 10 to 15 going out and I'm Susan Browning in the WCBS traffic north and west there could be a thunder shower in the next few hours and then we'll turn out mostly clear tonight down to 69 in Midtown overall pretty nice night across the balance of the area then partly sunny for tomorrow we're up to 85 uh there will be an afternoon or evening thunderstorm though a little bit more widespread tomorrow then mostly clear tomorrow night down to 69 very warm for Tuesday up to 88 and then hot and steamy on Wednesday at to 93 with an afternoon or evening thunderstorm and not as high for Thursday at City Harvest we're on the road every day rescuing millions of pounds of nutritious food for New Yorkers in need transforming surplus food into sustenance sustainability and smiles that's how we feed good hi it's Catherine chaffy the station has been a major part of my life I cut my teeth in that Newsroom it's been a long time since I was on the air but the station has remained a constant pillar for me a place that embodies the highest level of journalistic Integrity a special thank you to Tim sheld and Chris Quimby for hiring me and to Paul Wayne Steve Marla Peter Shan and the late French Sido for teaching me how to report and write but also for teaching me about Humanity Lisa chanrich thank you for being a great friend and the best producer I'm really going to miss hearing your voices every day when you need to know why when it matters most count on WCBS 880 news streaming 24/7 on the free honesty app [Music] listening to WCBS 880 magazine obesity has been skyrocketing since the covid pandemic why is that Sean Hopkins is senior VP of chart the New Jersey Hospital Association Center for Health analytics research and transformation Sean welcome let's talk about this tell us about the Obesity rates postco well uh let me start off by maybe talking a little bit about um uh what CDC is seeing at the national level uh between 2017 and 2020 um CDC estimates estimates that 19.7% of us children were obese that's up from 13.9% in 2000 that's a 42% increase and contained within those numbers are uh the fact that um severe obesity Grew From 3.6% to 6.1% and severe obesity is is essentially defined by somebody with a body mass index or BMI of 40 or greater and that could be as much as 100 PB over weight and that 3.6% to 6.1% increase is actually a 69% increase so those Trends are very very disturbing when we look more closely at emergency department activity at New Jersey hospitals we see that in 2017 about 30,000 uh patients presented at hospitals with obesity as part of their diagnosis in 2022 that was almost 70,000 that's 126% increase so that is is certainly a trend that is of concern to us at the hospital Association why do you suppose this is did we get lazy during the pandemic and and maybe develop bad eating and exercise habits well you know I mean when we talk about the pandemic itself uh we can't discount the fact that closures of um Child Care Centers and schools which limited access uh to food accessibility such as School breakfast and school lunch programs physical activity including recess physical education um uh inter Recreational Sports all those were canceled and unavailable and what the loss of those structured activities really led to was increased isolation um and potentially some psychological stress uh and you put all that together and that lens itself is an opportunity for something such as obesity and more specifically childhood obesity uh to start to exacerbate themselves is this leading to other problems diabetes heart disease and the like absolutely when we looked at the the data the uh the emergency room visit data what we saw that when obesity was present in a in a a Pati's record um 55% of those patients also were hypertensive 30% were diabetic 15% were asthmatic 10% were depressed and 13% were suffering from anxiety so obesity does not play well with other chronic conditions it can serve as a pathway to these other chronic conditions and when we think about the fact that we're talking about children uh what we're trying to do is prevent these types of chronic conditions occurring um and growing in adulthood the best way to mitigate that is to try and start to deal with it with the Pediatric population Sean I wonder if you've broken it down by gender and ethnicities do you see this equally in men and women people of various ethnicities or is it more prevalent in some than others what we found is that is that um in in some instances we found that um uh it was really the areas of New Jersey that were when I refer to as medically underserved or economically challenged in many instances those can be communities of color um but it seemed like there was a uh the data showed us that there was a little bit more of a prevalence in those areas as well which is insightful because it allows us to go ahead and start to think about what we can do as far as taking corrected action where do we want to focus our energy what is the answer what can we do can this be reversed well certainly I think anything that is um know diet or lifestyle related has the uh the opportunity to be reversed I would say that the best way to improve overall health status is to mind data and identify the underlying causes of poor health status and then develop programs and initiatives that are designed to mitigate the prevalence of those conditions and obesity would be a great starting point um I can tell you that our hospitals um are very very actively involved in um uh Community uh health programs and uh to the two about $3.5 billion do a year uh and in those programs they're doing um things like promoting access to healthy foods um providing health education Health screenings um transportation services and in some instances housing so I think uh investing heavily in uh Community Health uh is an opportunity for us to get at these underlying causes that really can um inhibit someone's ability to have a fruit you know a long and fruitful life uh by getting at them early important information Sean Hopkins at chart the New Jersey Hospital Association Center for Health analytics research and transformation this is WCBS 880 magazine another reason to keep kosher new research from the University of Cambridge shows eating just two slices of ham a day raises the risk of type 2 diabetes by 15% the study involved more than 2 million worldwide it provides the most comprehensive evidence yet of the link between processed or red meat and the disease that is one of the most pressing dangers to Global Health more than 400 million people have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes Paul mdan WCBS 880 news WCBS 880 magazine the best things in life they come in twos two scoops of ice cream two tacos and now for a limited time get our best deal of the Year buy any phone when you switch the consumer cellular and get 2 months of service free that's right the same fast reliable 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causing delays in that area and we've got the westbound lie pockets of heavy delays from the Northern State to the Clear View and again from the Van Wick to the BQE and in Brooklyn that crash on the eastbound lie ramp from the BQE still there causing delays from vanam street moving to the Bronx Collision on the westbound Cross Bronx ramp to the southbound Degan and several issues on 95 right around Co-op City on the southbound side of Crash past Connor Street another southbound before BTO Avenue and the Collision on the Northbound side of 95 near Co-op City Boulevard uh the George coming inbound still pretty heavy looking about 45 minutes going outbound 20 those uh Huds and tubes not moving too badly 20 minutes coming inbound about 10 to 15 going out and I'm Susan Browning in the WCBS traffic center most places are going to be dry here as we head through the evening pretty nice evening across the tric city area and for tomorrow partly sunny warm maybe an afternoon or evening thunderstorm uh certainly that's probably more widespread across Connecticut uh tomorrow 85 and mostly clear tomorrow night down to 69 very warm Tuesday at 88 and hot steamy Wednesday thunderstorm of the afternoon and evening up to 93 and not as high for Thursday this is WCBS 880 news I started at WCBS in 2004 when I was 29 but not as Kevin Connor there was already a Kevin Connor on New York city airwav so I became cas C Connors always cherished the opportunity I had to deliver news to New Yorkers it was a privilege but that's not what stands out all these years later it's the quality of the people who made up that team the genuine care they had for others for me that is the legacy of WCBS 880 hi senior producer Lisa trovich here although everyone just calls me Lisa T it's been my honor over the last 20 years to have helped deliver the news so many of you rely on us for thank you for making us a part of your daily routines to my news Compadres you guys really are the best in the biz you think I would have stuck around this long if you weren't thank you for the support friendship and laughs over the years as we close the book on this chapter walk away with heads held high knowing we leave this city and the surrounding BBS greater than we found them WCBS 880 news your trusted source for News traffic weather and every Mets game this is WCBS and WCBS FM HD2 New York this is CBS news on the hour sponsored by O'Reilly Auto Parts I'm Monica Ricks Israel launched air strikes into Lebanon today saying it stopped a major attack from Hezbollah but the terror group fired back one rocket hitting an Israeli woman's home she spoke through an interpreter we didn't even get the chance to closed the closet door there was a huge boom inside the house the whole house was shaking I remember like flashbacks of fire smoke that sort of thing all of this as ceasefire talks continue in the region cbs's Mt as tab in Tel Aviv leaders from both Israel and Hezbollah have signaled that at least for now they do not intend to escalate further but as the war in Gaza rages on and negotiations in Cairo for a temporary ceasefire and hostage release deal progress slowly the threat of Regional War remains there's also concerned Democrats aren't doing enough to address this war cbs's Christian bides well the her team is still riding High there is criticism from some Democrats over not featuring any speakers from the pro Palestine movement at the DMC defeating Trump is the top concern but we can do that and we can also give space create space for people voices that are marginalized we missed an opportunity to do that here congresswoman summer Lee of Pennsylvania Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham weighed in on the presidential race today on CNN if you're waiting on KLA Harris to come up with new policies you're going to die waiting because she will continue what they've been doing for the last four years that's why she has no new policies to offer because they're going to keep doing the same old thing also on the news channel Democratic New Jersey senator Cory Booker we are in an neck and neck race The Underdogs it still is a Goliath out there that we're fighting the Harris campaign announcing today it's raised $540 million in just the last month red flag warnings remain in effect as hurricane Hony moves away from Hawaii Hawaii County mayor Mitch Roth still a lot of things going on in the county we still have a lot of closures a lot of our beach parks are closed uh we have a whole bunch of roads I think on the hazard map we're showing about 21 roads throughout the county that have been closed tropical storm Hector also developing now in the Eastern Pacific but that's still well out at Sea l La day travel will be busy cbs's Chris Van Cleave following all of it triaa says domestic travel will be the focus this Labor Day weekend trending up 9% over last year the cost of fly is down about 6% and gas prices are roughly 44 cents a gallon cheaper than this time last year United Airlines expects Friday August 30th to be its busiest day of the long holiday weekend Labor Day marking The Unofficial end of summer this is CBS news thank O'Reilly Auto Parts for all your car care needs get the parts and service you need fast from the professional Parts people at O'Reilly Auto Parts they say to make yourself indispensable at work so I developed a digital catering solution that only I can operate okay it's actually easy cater.com David they love me cuz I the director of catering Logistics not a real job use Easy cater to get catering from all our favorite restaurants tight budget no problem need vegetarian options gluten-free check and check Tech d man you crushed lunch today it was easy easy cater easy cater is your all-in-one Tech platform for ordering food for work start your order at easy cater.com seems like there's more identity theft in the news every day another major healthare breach was reported today the exposure one four consumers have 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ceremonies of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel babe Bruce has his another home run here's Wayne citt and Paul merain well what a great intro there Paul uh great to be back with you on the radio one more time and it's great to be on a radio station Wayne that