lower 60s around boston or so. tomorrow's high, nudging 90 again in areas northwest of bovrts. 80s elsewhere. maybe 77 in nantucket. water temperatures may be a little lower along the coast thanks to the fact we had an offshore wind yesterday. the water may be a little cooler today in some beaches than it was yesterday. especially east-facing beaches. showers and thunderstorms late thursday. this slight chance of one to new england on friday. but over all nothing is going to happen here until next monday. so if you're on vacation, you got it -- got it made. >> take another look at the expressway before you get in your car this morning. traffic is really crawling in the northbound lanes by the gas tank. back-up begins though way before the split on route three north in braintree and also on 128 south. you are bumper to bumper all the way up exit. your drive time from the split is now approaching 40 minutes. there's still that overturned truck on 495 north just before exit 28. we will let you know what that clears. c

beaches north of boston. also lower 80s from marblehead and salisbury to hampton beach. >> michael: clone-up crew after a stabbing of boston restaurant. what we are learning at the scene of the breaking news introducing dunkin's new cold brew coffee, ooth, full-bodied flavor. discover the craft of cold brew today and keep on. ...clear for take off. see ya! when you're living with diabetes. steady is exciting. oh this is living baby! only glucerna has carbsteady, to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and try new glucerna hunger smart to help you feel full. ? stay cool this summer with a new sour apple, watermelon, or blue raspberry coolatta. america runs on dunkin'. >> elizabeth: gene lavanchy and sara underwood and mitchell there. >> sara: can't wait to hear more about the family because i know your great grandparents lived here. >> i could smell it so delicious. >> shiri: pembroke 79. i got middle 70s in plymouth to marshfield and brewster and nantucket. kind of seeing temperature right now even out still pla

jessica reyes is live at the station in south boston. jess. >> reporter: this morning transit police are searching for that man that was caught on camera threatening riders and getting violent on a red line train. [bleep] >> i told to you move. and you won't be doing it. >> reporter: a woman on that train shot this cell phone video that shows video that shows him threatening to shoot someone who got too close to him. when he saw the woman recording, he went to her and got violent slapping the phone out of her hand. thanks to her video, transit police are involved. they are not making the man's name public but know exactly who he is and do plan to charge him. the woman that recorded that video, she said she seen him acting erratically several times in the past. we will be hearing from her in a few minutes. fell into a cement mixer fell in a local hospital. the 22-year-old man slipped while loading cement into a mixer at a construction site in newton. another man stopped the machine and called 911. rescuers had to use hand tools to cut the

the south boston, doors open. instead of meeting with children, they are meeting with city officials. >> when i spoke with the father, one thing he did say is that if something positive could come of his death, it would be good for the city. out of that conversation with 7-year-old kaiser summer program run by the center for youth and families. kaiser went missing from the summer program last week. his body found in the water hours later. the program's commissioner going over new rules, including the counselors taking a head-count every hour. all kids going into the ocean will wear life preservers. they are increasing staffing levels. the youngest children will have two counselors for every ten children. and they promise to get 34 center working. all to make sure the city never sees another tragedy like. this. >> we have to make sure that when we get the kids in custody, that they are protected and safe. >> reporter: when the commissioner showed up here at the curley center, he referred all questions to the mayor'

low 60s for boston. the high pressure, main controlling feature of our weather as we head through the next few days. we know what that means. we get the sunshine back in store for us. it is comfortable this afternoon. we're talking low 80s, maybe even some mid-80s, but that will be away from the coastline. a bit of a sea breeze. that will keep us closer to 80 degrees for the immediate coastline, including boston. headed to fenway tonight to enjoy some james taylor, the musical stylings of the famou james taylor. we have lots of sunshine to enjoy for there, not only to mention the sunshine and the nice warmth. we will also keep the dew points in check. i always say a good threshold for dew points will be about 60 degrees. any less than that is comfortable. any more and it starts to get sticky. a little noticeable. you'll start to notice it on friday, but you really notice it as you get into saturday. that's also our next chance for a weather maker to come in here, bringing us some scattered showers early

in south boston. the board delayed the coffee chain's application. starbucks wants to open up in a vacant building a the the the corner of l. and broadway. e-mails from residents. >> the owners of fenway park are looking to expand the historic ballpark. the blerld called for more dugout seating for fans, new suites, a right field grand stapped bar and removable bullpen wall so they can fit professional college and soccer games and they are also looking to replace pesky's pole and add a new video board in right field. we are now working on all new stories fo >> including this cat. brought to police after a nasty run-in with a car. >> she survived. coming up, why local vets are asking for your help tonight. >> but first, a popular clothing store dealing with the big data breach. the computer issue that could put your credit card information every day, you're thankful for the ones you love. and every day you promise to protect them. off! is here to help with proven protection against mosquitoes. new at l

news and east boston. one woman is dead and another injured after a crash on route one a southbound. both pedestrians were hit by a private bus in the courtyard marriott. the driver is cooperating. boston police have been talking to several witnesses. antoinette: police say three people were shot last night in mattapan. all the victims were taken to local hospitals for treatment. they are expected to recover. a suspect. doug: two kids are in the hospital after being pulled from a swimming poll -- swimming pool at a home on freedom lane. neighbors say people were at the house all afternoon before the kid to our preschool age were pulled from an above ground pool. both were flown to boston hospital. it's not clear how they are doing this morning. antoinette: a toddler is alive and to an air pocket and life florida when there wrote it in thing and capsized. her parents could hear her crying but could not find her. she was under the boat floating with her head above water in the air pocket. she was under the b

the boston police began a morning. his own father took him after a shooting late thursday night at this apartment building. the boy's father was in a green ford explorer. detectives found the suv and the boy at this home, but not his father. >> he is crazy. it's unbelievable. i don't know. >> reporter: this is the suspect's ex-girlfriend. he dropped off the boy at her house, she's known the boy since he was 1, his father was involved in a shooting or the boy was reported missing. he dropped off the boy without explanation. >> you know, it's not his nature. no, he doesn't just develop around shooting people. no, i have never seen him with a firearm. none of that. >> reporter: the boy's grandmother painted a similar picture of his dad. >> he was, you know, he was a good father. i mean yeah. >> reporter: as for calvin, he just celebrated his birthday two days ago. he's looking forward to spinning time with his grandmother and playing. and that person shot is a male police say in his early 20s, and he's expected to survive

where boston police officers >>> right now at duck boat crash boston. why the company says the driverended up on storrow drive. >> high school football star killed in a deadly crash and the driver headed to court to face charges. >> two fires breaking out within house hours of each other. the investigation to see if they are kecked. >> live from the channel four studios in boston this is wbz this morning. >>> good morning to you it's 6:30. thanks for joining us. i am chris mckinnon. 29th. the week of back to school for a lot of kid but feeling like summer. >> -- kids but feel like summer. >> it is. but not too humid which is good for kids who have to head back. humidity will drop today and we will make a run at 90 degrees in the city of boston. 71 man manchester and -- manchester and lawrence andboston. satellite and radar pretty quiet. there's a cold front crossing the region later on this morning but there's not a lot of moisture with it. we need the rain but th there were a couple showers early this morning. the clouds will thicken up for brief time

outside of boston. finally, the new royal governor, the british general, decides that he has to take action. learned evidence that americans are collecting weapons outside of boston in concorde. preventativeake action to seize those weapons to prevent the americans from an uprising in boston. the leader of the revolution at this point is dr. joseph warren. he is basically unknown today. character for the first part of this book and into the second book. he is, in my mind, the guy that should be remembered. john hancock, samuel adams, john adams. as they are5 right about to seize the weapons in concorde, these men that you know from boston are actually outside of boston. dr. joseph ward is the guy kind ,f controlling the protests reacting to british oppression in boston. after the first shot, hancock amses leaves and ward is the one left in charge. he becomes the de facto governor. ward is the guy who sends these two men -- when he sees the out to preparing to go concorde to seize these weapons, at first

silver lining danielle. >> so we hit 96 yesterday in boston the we will not be in mid -- boston. today. it's 71, 65 in plymouth. and low 70s in nashua and through the merrimack valley metro west and 71 in norwood and taunton. 77 in chatham right now. a beautiful sunrise. no thunderstorms to worry about today. there will be at least a blend of sun and clouds for most of the afternoon. your planner goes this way. sun is up. nice start. we rise out of the 70s. 85 by a light breeze meaning a sea breeze kicks in the at coastline. 90 inland but the coast is mid to upper 80s. beautiful beach day with a sunset at 7:44. we will time out thunderstorms for tomorrow coming up. traffic and weather together breana. >> reporter: traffic is at a crawl on the leverett connector into the city. zakim is in better shape. we have a couple of trouble spots further north that i want to tell you about. in andover for a few exits from 45 to 42. you pick up speed for a while and then you hit a pocket of congestion and woburn between exit 36 and exit 34. to the south 24 north is slowing down approaching 12

. >> nice sky over boston looking fantastic. sun up now. 5:56 is the official sunrise these days so getting later as you know. and starting out with temperatures that are running in the 60s and 70s. we're 73 in town. 70 in worcester but on the north and south shore, 60s of patchy areas of fog, not doing a lot with the visibility, and it will burn off quickly. we have high pressure nosing down from the north, and it fills in and means lots of sunshine but light winds, and that's going to allow a sea breeze, so even though we're in the lower 70s now, notice how we're in the mid to upper 70s late morning and stay there. basically all afternoon. so near the coastline today, not much higher than 80 degrees, you jump inland and 89 in lowell and 88 in framingham, towards too. and mid to upper 80s here in worcester county and lots of sunshine today. towards duxbury and plymouth, 80 degrees, brockton 87, south coast and islands all running close to 80 degrees, lots of sunshine and humidity is in check today and tomorrow, and it starts to

lower 80's boston down to bridgewater. 70's today at the cape with the sea breeze. let's take you out to the ravens right now -- the roads right eastbound. we were able to see this clearly minutes ago, so it is taking over. still watching the crash on the expressway northbound. 24 is in good shape. 95 building a little bit of volume northbound. eastbound still 14 minutes. andover. trains and buses are ok. emily: right now, an armed robber is on the loose accused of targeting two stores in billerica. randy: the crimes committed within the same half hour. sera congi is outside the store that was first hit. sera: police are reviewing surveillance video from this story here as well as a convenience store a couple miles suspect. please first got a call around 8:45 last life in the first armed robbery on salem road. police say a man with a knife was trying to rob the store. it's unclear if he got away with any money or merchandise. as officers were investigating that crime, they got another call about a similar robbery two miles

all these malicious around boston. -- malitia surround boston. by the way, they didn't find any of these weapons in concorde because they were all hidden ahead of the british arriving. for the next two months, the british are stuck in boston. they get new officers and new soldiers arriving almost daily in may. two of these gentlemen are william howe and his deputy. howe is going to lead in an siege of. bust the that is what leads to a plan where the british are going to go south. this is the peninsula of boston, these are the americans surrounding them. there is a peninsula to the south. it is called dorchester. now it is part of boston. it is a no man's land. there are no houses. the british are going to send troops by boat. they will take the american headquarters in cambridge. that is the land. there is a no man's land of charlestown. there is a real town there but because the troops are on one side and americans are on the other, the inhabitants realize they are stuck in a abandon the town. by june of 1775, it is also a no man's land. however

boston rise today 86 degrees. inland upper 80s, even 91 in lawrence. 82348 framingham. 8 in norwood and 89 in fitchburg. the beach is going to be a little cooler. zip tripping to the north end. 6 a.m. beach temperature 92. dry and sunny in the upper 70s and bring a healthy box of drive will be much appreciated. temperatures in the lower 80s at the beaches. but inland more upper 80s. will feel like today again inland. the beaches is where you find a little bit of a cool relief because of the winds coming in off the water and i also think that humidity levels will be somewhat tolerable. a little sticky and oppressive and by the end of the weekend humidity is starting to go up and it does start to get a little bit sticky. the seven-day forecast with the weekend falls view has a by friday, keeping it dry and 86. 86 and mostly sunny on saturday, even keeping it in the middle 80s and mostly sunny on sunday, monday. the next shot for showers and thunderstorms and this will help cool us back to normal highs in the lower 8

announcer: you are watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning, this is newscenter 5 eyeopener. emily: also on the eye this morning, a bear hitches a ride, on top of a garbage truck. the clever way the driver managed to make him leave. we will share with you. good morning. i'm emily riemer. cindy: just trying to get some dinner and now we are moving. well, we have showers on radar this morning. it is our last opportunity. friday night or saturday. these are intense. downpours could lead to localized flooding. some lightning strikes are still showing up. those are just going to be showers coming through with heavier downpours, where you see the yellows and oranges. the leading edge of the rain stretching towards -- right now. out through this area, we continue to watch these showers we will continue to watch this. you can see how the energy is shifting eastward. high pressure will knows down this afternoon. we will keep the chance for rain in the forecast. clouds give way to sunshine this afternoon. temperatures in the 60's this morni

temperature in boston down to 69. -- things are changing. temperature in boston down to 69. yesterday was one of the hottest days of the year. on thursday, 96. we have had some of the hottest days of the entire over the past today. there will be continued heat. we do have an excessive heat warning in hartford from noon to 7:00 p.m. in the heat index over 100 degrees, but not the case in boston. look at the clouds that have settled in over the city and the temperature has dropped to 69, thanks to wind shifting over the north, northeast, and it is bringing in cooler air. you can see it on the north 65. inland, holding the 70's and very humid out there. 77 from norwood and a lot of 70's on the cape. look at temperatures into the afternoon. these are the highest today, in the 70's while the coast line, some lower 80's on cape cod and you jump in land and notice 85 degrees, sticky, near 90 and then extreme heat into western new england. what is happening as we have a lot of thick cloud cover to the north end periodic showers in the canadian border. this frontal boundary is droppi

in boston we are continuing to ramp it up. it could be a new round of thunderstorms and there it is and i will show you when that finally breaks. all that in just a few moments. antoinette: breaking overnight, the coast guard called to a rescue mission off castle island six people were pulled out of the water. they were found clinging on to the boat as it sank in dorchester bay. police responding to a distress call around 1:30 this morinng. officials say the boat was taking on water and sinking fast. some of the passengers were none of them were injured. the cause is under investigation right now. the coast guard will try to retrieve that boat today. we're following breaking news overnight. riots breaking out in milwaukee where angry crowds took to the streets last night, hours after a police officer shot and killed an armed man during a chase. the mayor and other city leaders pleading for calm overnight police say that 23-year-old suspect was armed with a gun, and was fleeing from a traffic stop. the officer shot the victim d

boston got within one. no doubt about that one. the dodgers win it tonight's by ann 8-5 final spwrulian back on the field. edelman was us hadling all day. he understands he has some work to do to catch up with the rest of the guys. it feels good. you know. get out here and get to see the fella and that's the fun thing about this time of the year. get in there and do coaches the nfl's hall of fame game was cancelled tonight why? bad paint you heard me correctly. the grounds crew used the wrong paint on the field it deny dry correctly. they couldn't get it fixed the players said no way we're playing on that field to the league pulled the plug and called the game off. a tough way to start the 2016 pre-season. well, this morning a stunning and abrupt announcement from alex rodriguez this is it. calling it quits after the yankees game on friday night. right he is four h3n2 shyes of 700 for your career. >> i love this game and i love this team and today i'm saying good-bye to both. >> we will have more for you at 11:30 on the "sportswrap

there is boston, clouds after the west. showers moving into metrowest begin to get closer to boston. 75 with a week sea breeze. where it has warmed with sunshine england, it's almost 90 in hartford. the air has become more humid. we have moved into the night with a few scattered storms. tomorrow's temperatures will still be willing 80's and start out very humid, but lowering humidity during the course of the afternoon. if you want to head to the beach, looks like improving day. slight chance of a thunderstorm early. a front comes through and less humid air becomes ours for a good few days. still going to be very warm in the next couple days. pc breezes will keep it cold or off the coast on into the start of the weekend. sometime early next week will be the next chance to get into some some appreciable rainfall. we will follow the storms as they go into metrowest. heather: concert of the flooding in parts of louisiana. ed: severe weather killed at least 10 there. however, it's impossible to go anywhere in the city, since mos

erika: we are following breaking news in boston. a teenager shot several times while sitting in a car. this happened just before midnight on gavin way. that boy is expected to survive. our doug meehan is live at the scene. we'll have updates ahead. cindy? cindy: we are watching some showers popping up this morning. when the more serious storms when i look for solutions, i don't start in washington, and has all the answers.arty you know where i find common-sense ideas? right here in new hampshire... where i'm fighting for the good-paying jobs that strengthen our economy. i worked to make childcare more affordable and make it easier to save for college. and to strengthen social security and medicare. together, we're making new hampshire and america stronger. i'm kelly ayotte, and i approved this message. randy: oh, boy! a big birthday surprise for a little florida boy. 5-year-old jacob is now boston strong too. his family has called boston home for about m diagnosed with cancer last year. he underwent three brain surgeries in florida

here is a live look at boston. it's just very nice but there are storms we have to eye on for tomorrow and pamela the storms could create problems for rides in the pan mass challenge. >> arm no -- afternoon tomorrow through 5 p.m. we could look at the storms. sarday, we want to get to the hour by hour timing here. very spotty in tayture. we are looking -- nature. we are looking dry as they head out to the start by nonthe storms will pop up in the heat of the day. very isolated in nature and at that point in time, the storm potential shifts farther to the south and east and the storms move towards cape cod. by 6 p.m., we could be dealing with a chance for a strong to severe storm at that time. but very, very hit or miss. not a complete watchout for saturday but riders need to keep an eye to the sky. 88 for the high temperature. sunday a much better day for the pan mass challenge. 85 and plenty of sunshine. we are drier too and less hume i. current temperatures in the 8 -- humid. current temperatures is in the 80s. b

boston university paid the most at 80%. harvard paid 56%. and boston college paid 19%. other schools paid the full amount and this was launched as a voluntary program. >>> a framingham family is searching for answers after the an animal hospital. lauren and allen grome say they served to find wish bonn they he say he was a outdoor cat and roamed the neighborhood a new neighbor took him to the spca because they thoughtway astray. the hospital cared for him for two days but because he was ill and had no identification, he was euthanized. >> that is loved family pet and they're animal hospital don't tell meow can't handle diabetic and fall pour -- be a and make an attempt to call the town where it came from. >> the msp-ca says it's critical to make sure your pet has the proper identification to contact you in case of an emergency. >>> a boston icon celebrating a birthday today. >> gisele's wishes as tom turns 39. that's coming up. danielle lot of people wishing for a good weekend. >> the temperatures in the 80s a couple thunderstorms to dodge on saturday. but not a washout

boston police are investigating. you're asked to contact them if you know anything. >>> this afternoon boston police located a woman that they wanted to speak to about a murder investigation. and only malini basu spoke to the victim's family about the person in this video. >> reporter: blanca yonez, a high school student, came here from el salvador to have a better life. today for the first time we are hearing from her heartbroken sister. it's not easy like -- >> reporter: dora says she is still living in fear and doesn't want to show her face or put her last name out there. earlier today boston police were asking the public to help identify this woman, detectives have since located and identified her. it's unclear who she is and why police want to talk to her. >> i wasn't sad this morning because they show a and our lives go back to the past to think about what's happened that time. well, it's so sad. family, we still sad about that. >> reporter: in mid-june, her sister was found dead by construction workers behind

new details from police. >> another duck boat in boston. what the company is saying about the incident and the driver. >> two fires break out in southbridge within hours. and investigators trying to figure out if they are connected. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good monday morning everyone 5:30 i am kate merrill. >> i am chris mckinnon we will kick off with danielle niles. wrapping up. kids starting school and weather looks quiet overall. it's 72 in manchester and 71 in boston same in lawrence and a mild start relatively speak. upper 60s in worcester and 65 to 70 on the cape a and dew points are running in the 60s. it's not oppressive but it's sticking as you step outside the door this morning. and that humidity is going to be lowering during the second half of the day. otherwise we have got a cold front crossing the region. where is the rain with it. we need the rain. there's not a lot there are a couple showers overnight in western new england and we may get a isolated shower or sprinkle betwe

notable i heading into boston. good shape on route 3, no then once again southbound as you pass by route 2 as well as by route 3. both of those projects should be wrapping up in the next 10, 15 minutes. so far, no problems around town. we expect the trains and buses to be on schedule. we are looking ahead to some changes on the roads. beginning october 28, tolls along the mass pike will be replaced with these electronic tolls. the sensors charge your ez pass or take a photo of your license plate and mail you a bill. prices will vary, but most will be lower than the current ticket system. interstate-84 to boston will now cost massachusetts ez pass users $3.60. out-of-state users $4.85. 495 to boston will be $2.65 and $3.75 respectively. and 95/128 to the city drops to $1.70 for in-state users and $2.65 for out-of-state. but those prices will jump for pay-by-plate drivers across the board. emily? emily: olessa, thank you. right now, a state employee is free on bail. he is accused of planting a hidden camera in a wome

in boston yesterday it was baked beans of course. his next stop portsmouth new hampshire where he gets a clam chowder shower. all to raise money for als research. this is cadey -- crazy the stuff he puds on his head. >> i am trying to figure out what's worse baked beans or clam chowder. >> i would be okay with -- with be okay with the the clam chowder because i like it. >>> your top stories traffic and weather are ahead on wbz this morning. >> the news at 5 starts right now. >>> developing route now at 5, a deadly-- developing right now at 5, a deadly knife attack in london. >> and today the public gets a chance to weigh in on a plan to have boston police wear body cameras. >> a big win for wynne. project finally begins. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning it's 5. thanks for waking up with us i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser. we appreciate you being here year night -- overnight herl cane earl ma bringing strong winds and heavy rain. and you have a update for us on earl that ca

reported stolen out of boston. they walked up to it and the 21-year-old set off and crashed into a cruiser. he got out and started running. >>> we've learned the captain of the el faro ordered the crew to abandon ship the morning it sank. the national transportation safety board recovered 26 hours. the el faro sank last october 10 hours after leaving port in florid getting caught in a hurricane. all three people on board died including three from our area. >>> 100 boston police officers have been chosen to begin wearing body cameras next month. all 100 were chosen at random after no one volunteered. here's the breakdown of who is wearing them. 87 men and 13 women. 55 white, 29 black, 13 hispanic and three asian officers. they'll work in five neighborhoods including roxbury and mattapan. >> i have spoken to other mayors across the country about those who wear the camera. >> the trial program begins in september. >>> helicopters flying very low includes the buildings in the middle of the night. how much longer these

>> shiri: 63 in boston. the nice thing the city itself low clouds and patchy fog around the area and will last us until 7:00 this morning. temperatures start going up and i will tell whether you you will be stuck in the 70s or back to the 80s next. >>> 5:11. a new business opening up in boston. the city's first medical marijuana dispensary opens its doors in just a few hours. the service that this facility will offer that makes it different than all others in the state. >>> instagram is moving in on of between and teens. okay, ready? whoa! [ explosion ] nothing should get in the way of the things you love. ? ? only from xfinity. ? ? >>> a woman is nursing some serious injuries after being attacked by two dogs while she was out for a walk. fox25 jessica reyes is in salem, and jess, witnesses say those dogs charged at her for no apparent reason. >> right, elizabeth. the investigation is far from over. it was just a vicious and the woman was rushed to the hospital. cell phone video. and neighbors shared this vi

boston got off to a good start scoring. first two runs of the game, but it was a familiar story from david price. as the staff ace struggle giving up 6 runs three earned through five innings sox offense scored another 3 in the 6th but it was not enough as the sox lose this one 8-5. >>> the patriots will be back in foxboro -- foxborough julian edelman made his return to full practice. he and company were in full pads after having saturday off. the pats another scrimmage yesterday as they did on friday and starting tomorrow, the saints will be in town for joint practices with the pats. and the pats open up the preseason on thursday night against the saints at gillette stadium will we will kick off with patriots game day at 7 here on wbztv. the patriots and saints at 7:30 and we will bring outpost game the game in the 5th quarter. can't believe we are talking about this. >>> a-rod announced his retirement yesterday morning but will there afour more games. a 3-game series at fenway park tomorrow then one final home game at yank

boston 69. that's the mid 60s on the cape, as well, and it should be quiet here through the morning hours around boston. can't rule out a spot shower. but as we get beyond lunchtime into the afternoon that's when we may start to see the scattered, stronger storms developing, and with more clouds around today, and the temperatures are not going to be as hot, low to mid 80s for struggle to hit the lower 80s, into the afternoon, it's a slight risk from the storm prediction center. severe storms popping up across new england back into eastern new york, and eastern pennsylvania, northern new jersey, as well. we have got a warm front back to the west, and this is the leading edge of that oppressive humidity. it hasn't been so bad the past 24 hours but the dewpoints are in the 70s to our south, and that soupy air is working on in. so as the warm front comes in and brings in that soupy air, any storms that get heavy rain that could lead to localized flooding, and also lightning but the stronger storms c

and thickest in boston area. slight risk for sprinkle, one, two communities total, keep the forecast generally dry and kids going back to school here and working way into the lower 80s in worcester, but once we hit the early afternoon, the clearing process takes over. in boston i also expect ones we hi look at how much hotter it gets, boston 10:00 a.m. 80?, noon time 83, 2:00 p.m., how about 87 today in boston. we have even got hotter spots than that, so range of highs 84 to 92, other than that slight risk of a morning spritz i think i'm looking at passing clouds, afternoon hours clearing skies and time out improvements in a couple minutes. julie grauert back now with live drive time traffic. volume and average speeds to columbia road. north of the pike slow spots 93 south, pretty typical there and then route 1 approaching the tobin bridge and zakim and leverett connector. 30 minutes on the expressway and 41 minutes on 93 south from andover down to the zakim bridge back to you. >>> huge fire in the southbridge su

boston, is sitting at 69, that is the cooler side the front. temperatures will be in the upper 70s and that is true for getting into areas of norwood and plymouth and more like low to mid-80s today. most us get a break from the heat. temperatures in the mid-70s, back in the 90s tomorrow, another look at the seven-day forecast coming up in a minute. >>> in the olympic zone out something we have never seen before. three men sharing the silver medal in an individual swimming race, michael phelps he is one of them. phelps falling short of gold in the 100-meter butterfly, settling for the triple sr. americans setting their dominance in the pool, and that includes katie ledeck yes, y leaving their competition in the dust. >> michael phelps earning another trip to the podium, while katie shattered a world record. out in front and all alone, katie, racing just the clock in the 800-meter freestyle. to catch katie now. >> shattering a world record that she setback zan. she would have to wait a whole 11 seconds to find out who would take silver. >> it's g

braintree to boston, 18 minutes. route 24 and 95, route 3 looking good, heading in or out of town on the pike. 93, pretty much fine back to 495, route 1 also looking good. let's check the drive times if you're heading out the door this morning. 18 minutes from braintree to minutes on 123. noish sures on the t on the commuter rail watching delays of about 15 to 20 minutes on the franklin line. back to you guys. >>> let's go to the latest in the race to the white house. the republican harvard club says they will not be endorsing donald trump, and this is the first time in 128 years the organization has not backed the republican nominee. on thursday, also, trump spoke in portland, maine. protesters held up copies of the constitution. and he spoke of the boston marathon saying he could have prevented the attack had he been president. >> -- arrived through the asylum process, right? the younger brother applied for citizenship and was naturalized on september 11th, 2012. the older brother had a pending application for citi

made the return to boston. not band played at the wang theater as part of the 40th anniversary tour. 0 years and 75 million records sold later they sell out crowds across the world. if you missed out, they play another show tonight at the theater. >> you see. >> they sound good. >> they did. >> did you see the shirt? m.i.t. cut off love that. >> go to m.i.t. and turn into a rock star. they sound good. >> they do. they still got it. >> really . they are playing tonight. >> it's a little late. >> true. >> top stories and traffic and weather are all straight ahead on wbz this morning. >> the news at 5 starts right now. breaking news at 5, a police- involved shooting sparking violent protest in milwaukee. what we are learning about the investigation. >> running to remember a jogger murdered in princeton. special memorial as family and friends say good-byes. a local dialysis after closing. the search this morning to figure out how it happened. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >

reported stolen out of boston. they walked up to it and the 21-year-old set off and crashed into a cruiser. he got out and started running. >>> we've learned the captain of the el faro ordered the crew to abandon ship the morning it sank. the national transportation safety board hours. the el faro sank last october 10 hours after leaving port in florida. they lost power after getting caught in a hurricane. all three people on board died including three from our area. >>> 100 boston police officers have been chosen to begin wearing body cameras next month. all 100 were chosen at random after no one volunteered. here's the breakdown of who is wearing them. 87 men and 13 women. 55 white, 29 black, 13 officers. they'll work in five neighborhoods including roxbury and mattapan. mayor walsh says he looks forward to seeing the results of the trial. >> i have spoken to other mayors across the country about those who wear the camera. >> the trial program begins in september. >>> helicopters flying very low includes the buil

the sunshine, 75 degrees in boston right now. it's warm, not quite as oppressively humid today, and instead of a sea breeze, boston in the 80s but brook line, 90 degrees, we're going to see a lot of low 90s in metro west towards the merrimack valley, and coolest today on the cape, where it's in the lower 80s, and really a nice beach day, if you can sneak away, and u.v. index a nine, which is very high, so plenty of sunscreen, we have a high tide coming up this morning, just after 9:30, and we're storm-free today, and notice tomorrow, evening, and some of these could be strong to possibly severe, and lingering showers into wednesday morning. temperatures after today holding in the 80s. emily. >> ok, thanks. the red sox sweep arizona thanks to mookie betts right off the top betts with a two-run homer that, one goes all the way out of the park. but he was not satisfied. he's up again in the second, and he puts a three-run homer over the monster and then another one in the fifth. 16-2, and they are on the road now for the next 11 gam

boston gets up to 82? but 88 in chelmsford for the north shore here we will find temperatures in the lower 80s at the coastline, upper 80s a little bit further inland and we got low 80s worcester over to auburn, 88? in fitchburg and a lot of upper 80s in southern new hampshire. 7-day forecast with the weekend always closer to 90? and once we get into saturday tracking thunderstorms from late-morning straight through the afternoon, 86?, then we dry out again on sunday with high of 82. monday features sunshine, tuesday a couple more clouds of my wednesday slight risk of a late day shower. back to you. >> new disgusting and dangerous turn following extensive flooding in maryland. as many as 5 million gallons of sewage pouring into local rivers chesapeake bay but crews can't fix the leak because debris and flood waters are still blocking path. official hope to have it all cleaned up within a few weeks. emerge restored. fortified. replenished. tioxidants, electrolytes plus more vitamin c than 10 oranges. why no

three of them here in boston. and the cost of seeing his final at bat could be pricey. >> and mission accomplished. thousandsing crossing the finish line for the pan-mass challenge and we have a closer look at the race to raise money >>> welcome back 4:41 morning. a -- on monday mong. a majority of-- morning. a majority of boston area college are not paying to help the city cover costs. globe reports 19 of-- 14 of the 19 college paid less than was requested and some did pay the full amount others hike boston university paid only -- like boston university paid only%. >>> 4:41 is the time. in today's money watch the surprising place olympic knock offs are coming from and more americans are wasting vacation time. >> and a-rod'sing about announcement leading to a surge of ticket prices. hena daniels has today's money watch. >> hi. good morning. are you headed to the red sox versus yaifngees expect to pay more. prices sky after rodriguez announced his final game this week. before the therd gazeman made the announcement

boston e.m.s. tells us that one man and two women were hospitalized with injuries ranging from not so severe to critical. right now no word on a motive or any arrest. and we'll continue to stay on top of this story and bring you updates as they come in this morning. >>> and police continue hunting for another shooter in dorchester. someone shot a woman and a man on dudley terrace early yesterday morning. the 37-year-old man died at the scene the woman in we caught up with the mayor who told us the city has had a relatively peaceful summer. but this recent rise in violence is concerning. >> we're asking people if you know anything, just let us know, let the police department. and we'll continue the peace burke walks and continue what we're doing for the rest of the summer. >> stephanie: police do believe the man and woman were targeted. they're looking at surveillance video as they try to track down that shooter. >> jason: developing this pulled from a pool in lowell. they were found unresponsive on

anna meiler is live in boston getting a look inside boston's firstmedical marijuana dispensaries. this is consider dis-- dispensary. this is where customers can come make purchases starting this afternoon. more than 200 state certified patients have preregistered to company officials say they epared to handle 150 customers a day. the company ceo says "expanding access to the natural medicine will have the potential to improve e of patients and their families. this is the 7th dispensary to open in massachusetts since vo afor medical use four years ago and this is the first dispensary to open in boston. all the products sold at this location are grown at the cultivation facility in lowell. products including cured leaf and infused edible products and concentrates. company officials say they are proud to be in boston and for a decade. some local businesses and residents have expressed concern about the dispensary possibly increasing safety and traffic problems. there will be a ribbon cutting at 10 this mork. we expect to hear more from company officials and community members then. fo

>> from boston's news leader, this is newscenter 5 at noon. national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] emily: good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm emily riemer. antoinette: i'm antoinette antonio in for erika. here's a look at some of the big stories developing right now. an american woman confirmed killed in that knife attack in london. police now saying mental illness, not terrorism, is likely to blame for the random rampage that injured five others. emily: funeral services today for the 7-year-old boy who drowned after wandering away from a drop-in summer camp in boston. family and friends saying a final goodbye to kyzr willis. england today as hillary clinton surges in several new polls. trump's campaign manager also acknowledging conflict inside his campaign. emily: but first, developments in london. police now say the woman killed in that vicious knife attack was american. antoinette: a second american and four others were also hurt in yesterday's rampage. alex marqua

a live look outside boston. randy: the eyeopener team ready with your news to go in roxbury, everett, lowell and erika is following the big moments in rio. emily: but first, how about this, july was officially the hottest month on record since scientists started keeping track 136 years ago. nasa says this was the 10th straight month of record-breaking heat. yes, it's summer. but to give you an idea, parts incredible. cindy: globally the hottest on record. here locally, we had a hot july too. you can see all the days above 90, 12 of them. it was a hot july. it has been a hot august. things are easing in terms of temperature, but something that is getting more accurate, a brand-new tropical depression miles per hour. it is way out there, west of the cape very islands. we will watch it for you in the days ahead. in the meantime we are watching the skies brightening up, partly cloudy in boston, but it is so outside you are stepping into 81 degrees, soupy, oppressive dew points with a gusty wind out of the southwest.

randy: a large fire breaking out in south boston. the extensive damage and the residents forced out of their emily: donald trump laying out his plan for your money. the economic proposals, as a growing number of his rivals sounds the alarm over a trump presidency. randy: good morning, cindy. pleasant out there this morning. emily: for now. [laughter] cindy: cindy: googood morning. fog and a few localized rain. a lot of 60's showing up. just a few pockets of 50's here and there. high-pressure overhead will be another day with sunshine and lightweight wind, but there is e humid air waiting to come in and you will feel a difference as it moves in. temperatures tebow pretty quickly and by 8:00 a.m., lunchtime temperatures in boston's will still be in the upper 70's. that is the sea along the coastline. upper 70's to around 80, upper 80's to around 90 further inland. we will talk about the humidity coming in. back to you. olessa: thank you so much. randy: breaking overnight, a deadly wrong way crash is now under investigation. emily: doug

the city of boston won't dip below 60 degrees. but a comfortable weekend and a good one to keep the windows wide open. we're stuck on one setting. sunrise at 6:01. and temps in the low 80s by lunchtime. and well in the 80s by tomorrow afternoon. the good news is the humidity stays very low. so it won't be a muggy day. 89 in boston and lawrence. with the southwesterly winds, 75 to 80 degrees along the water for the cape and the islands tomorrow. a really nice beach day. 85 and i mentioned at the top of the weathercast. i think we have plenty more beach days over the next several weeks. and now we look to the end of the week. and we have southwesterly winds on thursday. and it gets muggy but not humid. and all the showers will stay to the best. it's a dry day friday we have a chance for a few showers and storms. dew points closer to 70. and those will be the hit or miss variety. not expecting a lot of rain out of this front. after that this weekend. high pressure sitting right over the northeast again. it means warm, sunshine, pleas

ten minutes braintree to boston. and you'll notice around the braintree split, route 95, 24 and route 3 all looking good. problem-free heading in and out of town on the pike. a couple work crews still out there. but they're wrapping things up. routes 2 and 3 no issues. let's check those drive times if you're getting ready to go to work. 12 minutes into town on the pike from 128. 93 southbound, 128 to bridge 11 minutes this morning. both the "t" and commuter rail running on schedule. back to you, guys. >> christa: breaking news on this friday morning. one person waser isly is injured after a stabbing in woburn. it happened in a parking will the of the jake & joe's restaurant on michelin road late last night. investigators say someone stabbed a victim in the neck. right now police say they don't have any suspects in that case. getting a check of this morning's other top stories. police are investigating the death of a toddler. this also happened in row burn. investigators say the fractured skull on monday and died last

silver lining danielle. >> so we hit 96 yesterday in boston the we will not be in mid -- boston.

boston police have made an assault in the south end. the suspects just got out of prison in december for a similar crime. >> and the suspect forced the woman at knife point to walk to a playground where she was attacked in the middle of the night. christina hager has new information tonight. christina-- >> reporter: boston police are telling us this arrest happened only about 2 1/2 hours ago when this is the man they say approached a woman while he was on a bicycle in the south end early monday morning around 1 a.m. he told the woman he was armed with a knife and forced her to walk a half mile to carter playground on columbus avenue where he sexually assaulted her. and this is what the boston police commissioner -- >> he had served time from what i understand for a similar offense and he prison in december. he was on a gps bracelet from all the information we have. he cut that bracelet off. and that's why we weren't able to locate him as quickly as we wanted to. we were on to about 15 houses over the last 16 hours looking for him. and w

you can see the storms west of boston. danielle, what are we looking at? >>> that was over an hour ago. bedford, a thunderstorm that wires down, not widespread damage, but that is long gone off the coastline. we want to give you a look at the severe thunderstorm warning just issued minutes ago. this is berkshire county, massachusetts with the lightning track or here. pittsfield, this is moving east at 40 miles per hour with damaging wind gusts and torrential rain in berkshire county until 5:30. we'll washing that and there is another cell across nowhere rhode island and northeast connecticut. a severe thunderstorm warning was just dropped for that cell. so no severe warnings for eastern massachusetts, just heavy rain and lightning accompanying this from attleboro and pouring along rout 28 and the south side of brockton. you get under this, and it's raining ridiculously hard. route 21 as well. these are the storms we have video from now over boston harbor and east of essex county. there is still lightning with those and downpours, so hopefully, mariners and

the deficit is over 7.5 inches and extreme drought conditions for boston. of boston. a little bit stronger action bothered to the west toronto. that has to come through here, at least the front. that could mean a storm. good news is once it goes through, we are in for nice could go. light, scattered, not amounting to much. that is your chance around boston. mid-to-late afternoon it starts to shift. after the threat is over the clearing comes in for both saturday and sunday. both are looking like nice days. 80 in boston. it has gotten more humid. uncomfortable. warm night tonight, low 70's of boston. sunshine dependent. we could hit 90 but i don't think we will have as much for the red sox, any risk of thunderstorm will be over by the start of the game. for the kenny chesney concert slight chance that there could be a shower or thunderstorm. beautiful weather. tropics, that is guest on. the disturbance looks like it could head close to south florida co producer. here is a look at your next seven days. look at the sparkling weekend. some of the humid. pleasant sea breez