connecticut is one of the most heavily taxed states in the union. the democratic party has literally had a chokehold on politics in connecticut for many, many years. they've driven out families and businesses by taxing them to death. they've driven down property values. they've destroyed economic opportunity in the state, and i was explaining to the delegates in connecticut that with donald trump at the top of the ticket, this is an enormous opportunity for people in connecticut to really rally support for economic growth. not just at the top of the ticket but all the way down the ticket in an effort to turn connecticut into a red state, a republican state. if you look at the 34 states in the united states with republican governors, you will see that they have higher economic growth, they are more friendly to fossil fuel development, they have much lower business regulations, and much bigger job opportunities, and people are voting with their feet to live in those states. texas, florida, other states where you can go and work and the government does

a lot of the action will be in connecticut through the evening with possibly a lone storm popping in new hampshire mid to late evening. it's 102 in nashua and 100 in lawrence and we have until 7:00 p.m. an excessive heat warning for way for the weekend. we'll time out the stores for the weekend coming up. >> thank you, danielle. the cbs boston weather app will give you hour by hour conditions and live forecasts. >>> breaking news in hyde park. a 7-year-old rescued after nearly drowning in a swimming patey? >> reporter: liam and lisa, the pool is empty even on this hot day as state investigators look into a near drowning. a 7-year-old boy was pulled from the pool, not breathing. ems got him breathing and rushed him to the hospital a couple of hours ago. it was a woman who jumped in and pulled that child out even though lifeguards were on duty. we are waiting to hear from the what happened. as you can imagine, this is a really hot day. the pool is packed, closed for now as investigators talk with the lifeguards. this is a dcr state-run pool here in hyde park. the which were moved to th

. >> a connecticut man is in trouble for making threatening callshr to a local elementary school but now appears that he was callingle the wrong school wrong stateon as roosevelt leftwich joins us. the first call was made to solon roxbury elementary august 12 with 2 mor on 15th and 16th. he made certain cost of the school was going to come to the school causing harm, school called the police who said them to the billing for security, they thought it was a hoax but kept the police there at the school for an extra precautionn now police said the caller actually called the wrong elementary school fairly he was elementary in connecticut when you search for the number he go the number fourar here in solon eke out the correct number and in threatening calls connecticut, he was arrested in now facing chargeses and expect to be later charged and the solon calls. in a separate incident they arrested a solon man who made the roxbury office a few days after the connecticut. police said it was unrelated. and thanks only only thing in common messed up. >> before norwalk job head back to school, p

taking closer look from lightning down parts of connecticut a little steadier rain as parts connecticut river rally right heading towards orange. commerce seeing some steadier rain. making it into the boston area shortly after 8:00. if it holes. we will have watch for some and muggy when you wake up tomorrow morning. we will talking about temperature 70 sfz then another hot day ahead. i will show you how -- in your town for high temperature >> hot weather did not keep thousands enjoying culture events across the city today. >> people lined boylston stone for dominican paired floats antique cars and many danced sang their way through back bay. he was among those who marched it was capped off with a >> that's takes us to china town where hundreds of cell yachted annual august moon festival this one of the most very writed chide me holiday. festival marks ends to the chi knee harvest season which family celebrate with a big feast. the sticky conditions not slowing down. any of the performers there. >> so shark sighting prompteded safety officials shut down chatham beach for peak of heat to

last year ten connecticut residents developed symptoms associated with the virus. right now it is peak season for mosquitos. residents are advised to take extra precaution. >>> a long island pet owner is facing charges tonight, accused of leading two dogs trapped on a blazing hot balcony. hempstead police her dogs on the roof on monday. one dog died from the heat. another was taken to the shelter for treatment. >>> already they are charming all the visitors and making them laugh. looks like they were playing even hide and seek. the pups were born in june. they haven't been named yet. sea lions are known for their playful manner and their intelligence. >>> coming up, the 19-year-old >>> also ahead -- >> school bus drivers, pilots, you put your life in their hands. why are federal drug tests not screening for many popular drugs? when people ask me what it's like to win an olympic medal, i tell them, "you already know." the medals you've earned are all around you. your bronze. your silver. your gold. just like we protect the medals you've earned in life. liberty stand

12:00, 1:00, storms to start blowing up in the warm h connecticut. make way into central mass by say 3:00 p.m. and then that chance over to the north shore, around greater boston area and continuing out to the west through five to 7:00 p.m. then we will have to watch round two potentially into the sunset hours. this may be coming west to east and holding together because there's going to be a lot of moisture to work with and watching out potentially some thursday a pop-up shower with temperatures in the mid and upper 80s, friday the weekend mainly dry and bright with temperature upper and middle 80s and next front new wave on monday to tuesday to bring us more much needed rain and monitoring throughout the day and stay fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. cable can't offer internet sp

hurricane sandy was just that type of event in eastern connecticut. it looks like a category two hurricane hit that area from a storm surge standpoint. it was partly because of the immense ocean waves coming to shore but also because we have harvey, mike, j.c. and i look at the 25 years since hurricane bob, including the lessons learned and the new concerns and what we can do to prepare. >> we're following breaking news, the new trouble for olympic swimmers who claimed that they were robbed in rio, and a historic moment on the track for team usa and a 100-year-old woman gets her high school diploma. the sacrifice putting off that milestone for looking out across the water. a beautiful sunrise. coming right back. for all those pokers, prodders, shuckers and sniffers, all stop & shop produce is triple checked. we're focusing on fresh... everything nature's promise is so wholesome. and it doesn't take the whole paycheck. stop & shop's exclusive nature's promise. >> 6:44, the eyeopener team with news to go. two swimmers are yanked off a plane. >> and we a

we have seen those back into connecticut, greenfield on the map, connecticut border. so along the mass pike and south of the pike for a couple hours this morning, there is the opportunity of picking up a couple sprinkles and showers as this lone batch starts to work across much of southern new england. north of the pike, merrimack valley, southern new hampshire, you won't miss out on any raindrops. once we get beyond that, late morning into the afternoon, more sun. if there's going to be a late-day shower, talking well southwestern new hampshire. so i really think it's limited rain chances throughout the day and overall i do expect some more sunshine to return for the afternoon. so the u.v. index on the high side and if you do have beach plans and you're watching that, 8:00, 9:00 a.m., especially south of the pike, a shower will come up. oh, no, this will be a beach day. i think we'll be fine this afternoon. sunshine and temperatures warm into the lower to middle 80s. so we do have a nice 80s back in the midwest. not a lot of rain in the future. the next few day, area

one connecticut dispatcher took matters into her own hands this summer. >> catherine grady works as a hartford police department dispatcher. she recently received a unique call over the francis horry, a long, roarer. a long time resident. she was a hartford resident and lived in the same place and loves the city and worked here and had her family here and everything. >> francis called for a trash emergency that she had. >> i just wanted to know if you know if somebody will take my garbage out tomorrow. it's been there two weeks and it's overloaded. i'm. 6 years old and i'm handicapped and i have a heart condition, >> neighbors usual help francis around the house but they were tied up with their own family emergencies. francis had trouble getting her barrels down to the end of her driveway. that's when catherine stepped in. >> well, i'm not a police officer, but i do have tomorrow off and i can drag your barrels down to the end of your driveway if you like. >> the trash may not be an emergency for most, catherine understood that this was an emergency to francis. >> if they are calling

look what's going on here in connecticut. this is where we've had the most heat and moisture instability combined and that's where we're seeing the heaviest downpours right now. that's tracking eastward maybe impacting southern parts of our state. also a low risk for lightning and some strong damaging winds as this comes as fox 25 morning news begins. we're still going to be tracking the pockets of heavy rain. now by 8:00 tomorrow morning, these showers are moving offshore. but behind the rain is some cool and drier air. we're going on get a little touch of fall in here. i'll have the forecast for you for the week. what you can expect when you might need a jacket coming up. >> all right, jasons always you can follow the live radar on your mobile phone any time on the fox 25 weather app. it's free and easy download. just search in the app or google play store. >> the investigation continues tonight's into a party bus crash in east boston. has left one woman dead and another person hurt. since this story broke on fox 25 morning

parts of westchester, putnam, and it was, and fairfield county, connecticut. good line of downpours moving across the new england area there. expect that north and east of the city over the next several will move on by. a tropical disturbance right now south of jamaica. it may become tropical storm earl as it moves along the yucatan peninsula as it intensifies. spotty showers mainly north and east of the city. the ridge of high pressure building in humid out there, and morning clouds like we have right now, breaking for occasional sunshine during the afternoon. cannot rule out a spotty shower. into the upper 60s. nice day tomorrow, and less humid for the afternoon. the high up to 80. really nice day shaping up for thursday. mostly sunny. 81. the humidity does return on friday. not too bad. middle to upper 80s. could be a thunderstorm on friday night. much better shot on saturday. 88. a couple of areas hitting friday. the better half of the weekend, 86 and mostly sunny on monday, 83. back to you guys. >> all right, now to heather again. the commute? >> we have

because it can't go in and serve connecticut and still serve wyoming. you can't have a bill that is exactly the same for chicago and good for torrington, connecticut. so you have to -- legislating is a profound experience. it goes to the heart of how you build human communities. this is why the affordable care act -- i'm a big advocate and was an early advocate of universal coverage. because it was done the way it was, it's laid over. it doesn't fit. it can't tie itself down because in some states there is a different pattern. i was interested in one that recently got the right to expand coverage but not through medicaid. well, the waiver section has been there all that time but burwell wasn't flexible enough until toward the end. and then it was kind of too late to say they said well, do it through the waiver system, do it your own way. legislating is fascinating and interesting. we just have to see that if you look back and see how it was done then you can see what was good about them, what wasn't. currently, because boehner made that commitment and s

we see the action in northeastern connecticut. southern worcester county, now northeast connecticut. a tremendous amount of lightning we have been following the hail signature with the storms as well in northeast connecticut and now into western rhode island. as far as we're concerned, it's now southeastern massachusetts getting the eastern edge of those downpours and storms. bridgewater and rain getting involved in totten, shortly. also middleborough and berkeley. as this with time. here in boston, we did get a downpour to cool deed temperatures down some. it is still brutally humid everywhere. now we have a thunderstorm warning in the berkshires. this is the line in our many that has moved into western massachusetts. we take a look at that and we are seeing a lightning with the storms as well as they moved this time. rhode island to southeastern mass, another area could follow suit. it will all diminish after sunset. speaking of which, here is boston. notice we have clearing coming in. it knocked the temperature down to 86. it w

it's moving into rhode island as well as northeast connecticut. you need to take cover. not only are we going to be dealing with heavy rain as well as frequent lightning, we're going to be watching for very strong wind gusts. heading i want to take a look. you can see this is heavy rain south of the pike. north of the pike we have showers and thunderstorms. beach goers who want to get inside. if you have plans outside, you want to wait at least 30 minutes until after the storm passes. heading to the red sox games, temperatures look severe. temperatures really hot. 95 in boston and 98 in lawrence and you take the humidity along with it and it pushes your heat index. degrees and we have an excessive heat warning in boston until 7:00 and i am going to show you when the heat and humidity breaks and the storm for the weekend coming up. >> sarah, thank you. a major milestone in the construction of a bridge. nearly 3 million pound bridge is being changed. once the change in support, it's expected to relieve some of the traffic. >> they call it the forever bridge. >> after more

meanwhile the storms that have been along coastal connecticut and 95 pushed offshore. those of course have sort of settled down getting into cooler air. the heat index future casting, tonight it's extremely warm overnight. we barely slip out of the 90s for like temperature. we have triple digits tomorrow. again on supposed. triple digit heat index. extremely uncomfortable through the stretch. as far as storms, they'll be far and few in between. when they pop up, they're serious with lightning and dusty wins and heavy downpours. if you're making a getaway this weekend and going some where, same thing apply in the tri-state region where you have temperatures hot and a chance of thunderstorms. here's your accuweather forecast. in the mid 90s on thermometer. the forecast tells the story through the weekend it's hot. early next week, we can could get relief. it won't be the extreme heat you have to take shelter from. >> all right, thanks. we were talking about the weather in poughkeepsie. you have more information, shirleen. >> we had the mayor of poughkeepsie on the phone

emily: a connecticut home reduced to rubble. the massive explosion and the victims who made it out alive. questioning why a program to put body cameras on some officers is lagging. why the commissioner says it's been a hard sell. juli: but first, -- emily: but first, changes are coming. cindy: a sure are. we will be near 90 degrees, but right now it is comfortable. 65 in town, skies are clear. not dealing with too much fog, just a little bit on the vineyard, but it is pretty up through the north shore, we have lower 60's. comfortable to start with the clear sky, high-pressure giving us another nice day but with an increase in the wind we will bring in more humidity as the day wears on and that is ahead of the final boundary. you're watching this for tomorrow, triggering thunderstorms across the area, and there is the potential for some of them to be severe. , with just a few clouds this afternoon and temperatures in the lower 70's. by lunchtime we are in the lower 80's and we should top out near 90 degrees. the hottest stuff is

some in connecticut and some just north of greenfield. as we go through the early evening hours, they will tend to wane. there is a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm at the very beginning of the red sox game. mainly in the 70s but the most humid conditions we've had for any game so far this season. also overnight tonight, there is just a chance, the cape or islands could get a shower or thunderstorm. a little instability there. start the day with some clouds. shou part but the islands, low clouds and fog will be kind of lurking right on the horizon. it's so humid that it could wander in and out. in the boston area tons of sun will develop. we'll be raising temperatures and it's already very humid throughout the east coast. we'll start out in the 70s tomorrow and then these are the actual air temperatures to expect. average high in the mid-90s. upper 90s are possible. islands. we haven't had any 90 degree days in august that will change starting tomorrow. check it out. big time heat for tomorrow and friday as well. thunderstorm thr

donald trump is in connecticut a tough week. brian webb reports from new york. >> reporter: with supporters in fairfield connecticut chanting lock her up, donald trump blasted the rival democratic nominee hillary clinton on saturday night. taxes. she is going to raise your regulations for your businesses which is going to put everybody out of work. >> reporter: republican presidential candidate has not won connecticut since 1988. trump is not riding -- writing off the state. >> we are making a big move for the state of connecticut. >> reporter: trump says in november he can win states that have gone to democrats in cree cent elections including -- recrnt elections including pennsylvania -- recent election including pennsylvania and now his campaign is re way we can lose in my opinion i really -- observers. >> the only way we can lose in my opinion i really mean this is if cheating goes on. >> my prediction is when the campaign is over and people have forgotten the losing campaign that he ran the two words they will remember abou

we hear from nancy johnson of connecticut and peter torkildsen of massachusetts. it's about 90 minutes. >>> thank you all for coming this morning to the session on former members of congress. i would like to introduce our moderator this morning, david king, senior lecturer in public policy, fact l chair, master in public administration programs in the john f. kennedy schools of government at harvard university. since joining the faculty in 1992, profession so 1992, he is a member of the core faculty within the carr center frp human rights policy and is a faculty affiliate. in the wake of the 2000 presidential election bs, professor king directed the task force for the national commission on election reform chaired by gerald ford and jimmy carter. that culminated in land marc voting rights in 2002. he later oversaw the evaluation and new management structure for the boston election department and he served in the advisory board of americanelect.org. in the past professor king chaired the bipartisan program for newly elected members of the u.s. congress and he corre

trump from yesterday's rally in connecticut. >> i love connecticut. i have so many friends in connecticut. we are making a big move for the state of connecticut, just so you know. you can run an errand. (music playing) ♪ push it real good... (announcer vo) or you can take a joyride. bye bye, errands, we sing out loud here. siriusxm. road happy. (ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh) (hush my darling...) (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) (hush my darling...) man snoring (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) woman snoring take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. (announcer vo) you can go straight home. (howard stern on radio) welcome to show business. (announcer vo) or you can hear the rest of howard. bababooey! (announcer vo) sorry, confused neighbors, howard's on. siriusxm. road happy. >>> new n a knife attack on a swiss train. the attacker and a woman have died of their wounds. five others were injured in their attack including three others who remain hospitalized with serious injuries. a

it's low cloudiness in eastern connecticut and parts of worcester county. other places with a lot of sunshine and a lot of clouds are developing place-to-place and we have the rain into the midwest and hopefully that is productive when it gets here tomorrow night and into early weekend, a mix of clouds and sunshine and forming along the coast and that may stay relatively sunny and they may produce widely scattered showers from today and tomorrow and into western new england and cooler at the coast. and i'll see you in the seven- day forecast in a few minutes. >>> and thank you so much, barry and we're following breaking news overnight. police are looking for an inmate who escaped from a halfway house in new hampshire. the 37-year-old andrew shea escaped on foot before 7 yesterday, last seen heading east on howell street in manchester. he is six feet tall and weighs 265 pounds with brown hair, blue eyes, and a tribal tattoo on his neck and this is a picture of him again. shea is serving time for two armed robberies. if you have seen him, call 911 or the new

jeremy diamond is live in fairfield, connecticut for us tonight, where trump is expected to take the stage at any moment. as we await donald trump, mike pence coming out and saying he will release his tax returns. >> reporter: that's right, poppy. mike pence saying on a radio show this afternoon that he plans to release his tax returns before election day. i spoke with a spokesman who confirmed to me that pence does plan to release his tax returns before them. that's notable because hillary clinton and tim kaine released theirs yesterday. donald trump has said he will not. you also have tim kaine, the democratic vice pretsidential nominee, saying during a campaign stop that donald trump has to release his tax returns. >> even richard nixon released his tax returns because he said, as has every major nominee of both parties since, the american public have a right to see my tax returns, they should see what my financial status is, they should see who i have connections with, they should see if i am paying the taxes that support our veterans, that support our military. >> reporter: dona

in connecticut my understanding is they have more signatures than they need. a lot of them are not valid so i think they are making progress. but as to a specific number of states i can't answer right now. it is hanging and possible by now it is monday improved. week it has connecticut i found out over the weekend had seen this the vement and we are on right track. so, it really depends on the state. that have states enough signatures so i don't have a concrete answer but awake find out. will -- but we can finds out. that is on the website. here is the updated map you referred to that we can show. on this map is the states ticket is ibertarian on the ballot. blue on this map are the states is under way ess to get on the ballot. or those on the radio the states in blue washington, minnesota, iowa, alabama, ohio, y, virginia, pennsylvania, new york, new jersey, connecticut, rhode new d, massachusetts and hampshire. lp.org to find that map. e go to steven in wyoming, michigan. supports the third party candidate. caller: good morning. i have a comment and suggesti

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showers back into western connecticut and eastern new york. if these hold together, there may be a few showers that pass on by this morning, along and south of the mass pike. i think north of the mass pike, at least through the merrimack valley, southern new hampshire. little chance of any of those. nolo take a look further off to the west. a couple showers in western new york. i think a lot of the activity this afternoon will miss up, maybe a pop-up shower across the higher terrain of worcester county and western new england. the bottom line, the high pressure controlling friday, saturday and into most of sunday, although it does start the slide off to the east here. and you can see the theme of the weekend. it's to keep much of new england, especially the eastern half of new england, on the dry connecticut, into the berkshires and up into vermont, a better chance of picking up on scattered showers, especially on sunday. i think all of us by sunday night into monday have the opportunity of getting some scattered showers and some embedded down

. >> atlanta to connecticut is a lot closer to boston than california, isn't it? >> federal prosecutors say that's not true. they say frank salemme has run from the law before, fannand if given the chance would do so again. >> talk about heavy rain. a chance of pop-up thunderstorms into the evening. but harvey, real thing we're concerned about is the heat emergency that's popped up for see hyped us temperatures are in the 90s or higher over a good chunk of the country. let's get over to the big board. notice it covers a large part of the area. one area that's not affected in terms of a heat advisory is the cape and islands because the air temperature won't be quite as high but it will be very humid as it already has become in all areas. here's all of that heat in the le eastward. already it's incredibly humid out there. very tropical. very uncomfortable. rainfall, though, we picked up anywhere from like quarter of an inch to over an inch depending on your location and we're not quite done. we have an exiting area of showers across the north shore but a few more co

an area of showers in parts of connecticut and rhode island. we may see a spot shower, but otherwise it is a blend of sun and clouds. it will be a late afternoon spot shower. let's get you out to the roads and see how we are looking. bankrupt street in auburn. this is by the fire and rescue, you can see two trucks involved with serious injuries reported. they have only one lane open. we'll keep you posted and let you know when it clears, but keep it mind you may encounter delays. eastbound on the pike you are fine. this is a look by allston brighton. the accident is eastbound on the pike, not affecting the westbound commute, but keep in and stare delays by bankrupt street. east of their, good shape. construction is clearing on 128 and again southbound by route 3. great shape so far. trains and buses to start on schedule. randy: breaking overnight, two u.s. olympic swimmers are detained and told they can't leave brazil. emily: right now the firestorm over armed robbery allegations is taking more bizarre twists and turns. the eyeopener's erika ta

this happened in new london, connecticut. pointed what went wrong. >> fear in a place that should have been fun and games. several children shocked as they got off an amusement park ride. >> first responders racing to the scene of ocean beach park in new london, connecticut. >> emergency services transported several children to the local hospital who received some type of electrical shock. most seriously injured had some burns on his palms when he touched the metal railing get off the ride. >> wiring may have been a factor. the park issuing this statement, the safety of our guests is our number one priority. we'll continue to work closely to find out the answer. >> there is risk in every amusement ride the majority of the incidents that occur on amusement rides today, whether at a fixed park or a traveling carnival, are human error. >> the latest in a spring of rides gone wrong. last week news of a 3-year-old pennsylvania roller coaster. >> i've got kids that have fell from the ferris wheel. >> girls tumbling at a tennessee c

>> reporter: morgan radford, nbc news, west hartford, connecticut. >> good summer fun. that is "nbc nightly news" for this sunday night. lester holt will be in tomorrow. i'm kate snow reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow at 3:00 eastern on msnbc. for all of us here at nbc news, have a great night. a peninsula woman gunned down while on vacation. tonight, her family talks about her life... and the major >>> right now at 6:00, a peninsula woman gunned down while in vacation. the major change in her life she planned to make this year. the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you for joining us. >> i'm peggy bunker. she was a fiance and a beloved sister. today she was mourned while shot dead in a seemingly random shooting while on vacation. she had local ties here. >> reporter: that is right, i spoke with her brother who said she is from san carlos tonight. he says his

but really we've been tracking this severe thunderstorm for parts of connecticut through 5:30. looking through places like glastonbury and within the last 15 minutes. we'll be watching for this storm to move slowly to the southeast. there is also a flood advisory with that thunderstorm as it's already dropped 2 inches of rain. that's because the air is full of moisture. the main threat will not only be frequent lightning but that heavy rain. future cast showers pushing up the coast, especially once the sun sets. we'll be drying that overnight, to areas of fog. we'll notice this north. watch it closely because it will begin to drag south through the day tomorrow. more heat and humidity, through the afternoon, we could see widely scattered showers even a few strong to perhaps overthunderstorms. i think the best chances of those stronger storms will be across central and northern parts of new england. nonetheless hit or miss through the evening hours, even across our area. so we have a higher chance of seeing a shower or two head into your friday. now, by saturday, this front is p

connecticut standards when you look at the fact that barrack obama got mid 60s in connecticut. >> this is trump's view. another state republicans won't won is pennsylvania and the whole strategy is rouse the white working class and maybe you have a shot. >> and another state that hahn won since 1988, maine and he's going up and campaigning in maine as well. >> while trump savored ten dorisments of legendary basketball coaches it's a good thing for him that auriemma will be in rio. the coach of the olympics women's basketball was asked whether his team's dominance in international play was bad for the sport and he answered in part, we have lived in that trumpian area where it's okay to be sexist and degrade people that are just good because they're the opposite sex. >> meanwhile trump picked up the endorsement of utah governor gary herbert but he has taken note that the state seems to be closer than in years past. >> you have a hans to do something that will be earth shaking. i literally mean it earth shaking. you have to get your people out to vote and especially in the states where we

we have got a couple severe thunderstorms in connecticut right now. and additional stback through pennsylvania and ohio. we don't have to worry about these bulk will dive to the south and west. and we will just see passing tomorrow, we will bring a e threat for thunderstorms i want to go through the timeline. tomorrow morning, dry, partial sune again. by 1, 2, the clouds are building in. 2:30 3 is when the storms pop. typical summertime thunderstorms. scat nerd nature from to that p nonetheleskethe skytomorrow. any storms could contain heavyrainfall and lightning as well. so more serious heat tomorrow. 96 degrees very similar to feel again is going to be running in the low 100s and for that reason, the heat advisory has been posted again for tomorrow. all the areas in orange from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the friday. and notice the same areas are not in it. immediate south coast and cape and islands and heat index up to 102. now saturday, it will bring change. this is what happens a front is going to sag across new england. on saturday that will shift the

time it's in connecticut. the children saying they felt tingling on that ride. what happened next is much worse. terror at an amusement park. six children electrocuted getting off the scrambler ride. >> we got a report of a small child that was electrocuted on one of the rides. he's conscious and alert. beach park in new london, connecticut. >> we have six to seven victim, all minor. >> emergency services transported several of the children to the local hospital that received some type of electrical shock. the most serious injured had some small burns where he touched the metal railing off the wire. >> reporter: they believe the wiring running underneath may have been a factor. >> the lights going on and off because they're trying to isolat is coming from. >> reporter: the park issuing this statements the safety of our guests is always our number one priority. we will continue to work closely to find out the answer. >> there are risks in every amusement ride. the majority of the incident nast occur on amusement rides today are human error. >> reporter: this the

>> they're insisting that they believe connecticut is in play. and like pennsylvania which of course we were just talking about, trump was there yesterday, connecticut hasn't voted to put a republican in the white house since 1988. it's been more than 25 years there. but unlike the keystone state where trump is hoping he has a chance by appealing to white working class voters with, connecticut is a solid blue state. with the trump campaign lag in all of the key battleground states, people are raising their eyebrows about why is he in connecticut today. well they think have a shot there. >>> the trump campaign struggled to stay on message this week. and earlier today trump spokeswoman told cnn that president obama was to blame for the war in afghanistan. >> and barack obama went into afghanistan creating another problem. it was hillary clinton and her incidents in libya which was also a reckless decision to create the vacuum. they're armed the you believe r rebels and they're funding them now. >> you're saying barack obama took the country into af

this is just over 90 minutes. >> good evening from the theater in hartford, connecticut. welcome to the first of the 1996 presidential debate between presidential

question is, should donald trump spend a single cent in new york or connecticut? boris: going was a great play. donald trump had a great rally. that really was covered all over the country so that was positive. if they get coverage, there is the money. -- of course, spend the money. >> what do you think of the foray into connecticut? >> i would encourage boris to spend a significant amount of money in new york and connecticut. that is a terrific strategy on the part of the tram campaign. -- trump campaign. it shows they are forward thinking and it is a terrific idea. >> that is not sarcasm, right? >> it is trump-like sarcasm, i can tell by the way his mouth is turning up. >> do have a question? like to know, if this is donald trump focused 100% on winning, what would donald trump focused 50% on winning look like? that was a rhetorical question. >> where was hillary clinton all weekend? she should've been out there trying to woo voters. she was in the hamptons and nobody knows what she was doing. americans have a binary choice. there are two candidates. you have a

. >> during booktv's recent visit to hartford, connecticut, we toured of the special collections unit of the harriet beecher stowe center which houses letters and books related to the novel "uncle tom's cabi cabin." >> here we are in the harriet beecher stowe center archive vault, archive storage area is the home door archival and printed books collection, also photographs, pamphlets, any sort of work of art on paper as well, including broadsides posters of the 19th century. our collections focused around harriet beecher stowe, her family and the active reform work in the 19th century. you will find collections about anti-slavery and abolition in new england, particularly connecticut as well as women's history as it relates to the suffrage movement. the center began collecting works on and by harriet beecher star and come as early as our founder in 1930s and '40s but she found our organization in 1931 and we've been collecting ever since. this archive archive vault was n the 1970s to house really rare documents, paper-based collection. today we'll look at collections that focus on har

and we had confirmed tornados on long island connecticut as well. >> low-grade tornadoes but not line was tornadic activity move real fast. across the sound, are you kidding me? >> it took three hours? here it so unpredictable. you'll see in a tornado situation where one house will be destroyed, another house nothing happens at all. it's calm out there right now. tomorrowing be a repeat performance. >>> a plea for help from the

we begin with peter doocey with the trump campaign in fairfield, connecticut. late- breaking developments with the tax returns and the v, nominee. >> let's hear it. >> mike pence told wabc that his tax returns are ready for release soon. and that is only reaction to hillary clinton and only word from trump tower is trying to turn the tables and get hillary clinton to release more interesting records. jason miller said hillary clinton turned over the only records no one wants to see her. the american public wants to see the 33000 e-mails she destructed and trump himself applied more pressure and he tweeted this evening. we now have confirmation as to why crooked h wanted to be sure no one saw the e-mails. pay for play, how can she run for pres? and they are trying to build a bigger foot print in florida in the report. by labor day, the trump team wants to have 25 field offices open and 200 paid staffers on the ground there and that is a big signal to all of us how important florida is on trump's plan to get the votes. >> what is the trump campaign doing differen

an extreme corner of connecticut ?were moving of rain and back behind it they look a little bit more dry. there's enough going on where the child is moving through and we could see more storms fire out this afternoon.we are 1.7 inches behind for the month of august. for january 1 were 5.61. high temperature gets up about 84b0. 87 is high tomorrow and is little bit humid throughout the weekend. chances are on the minimal size i would not get to work over it. thatspring and ines with an earlier check . >> all in all doing okay. we have the commute in new jersey with 287. we are keeping an ion the you have two lanes blocked with an accident and is a little bit tough to see with all the activity going on. that's the reason you have delays on the eastern side. looks good both directions. no problems in indian. rains are running on or close to schedule. thanks very much. a big kerfuffle down in rio. they are expected to give statements today. >> they are expecting to find out what happened when they were reportedly robbed at

nearly 5,000 people packed into a gym at sacred heart university in fairfield, connecticut yesterday. the republican nominee pledging to make a big play for the state. trump, spent time attacking hillary clinton but she wasn't his only target. he blasted the media and lashed out at connecticut's governor after general elic >> commended ranks number 50 among the u.s. states for its fiscal health. in other words, it is the least this goal help in the union and decades since connecticut voted for a republican for president. antoinette: on the democratic side, hillary clinton's running mate making a push in new hampshire this weekend. tim kaine wasting no time going after trump and what he calls trump's vision for america. >> if you watch the other convention, you saw something very different. it was doom and gloom and blame america first. that was a toward to the mind of donald t very frightening place to be. earlier he stopped at a restaurant. meanwhile, trump's running mate, governor mike pence, is suggesting he may release his tax returns before the election in november. that's contra

connecticut had seen this improvement. track.re on the right sop, you know, it really depends on the state. we may have states that have and haveealed the deal enough signatures. i don't have a concrete answer on that at the moment. that information will be posted our website, republicansforjohnson/weld.com. >> this is the updated map that to.referred green on this map is the states ticket islibertarian on the ballot. blue on this map are the states is under waycess to get on the ballot, for those listening on the radio. blue,states in washington, minnesota, iowa, alabama, kentucky, virginia, pennsylvania, new york, new jersey, connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, and new hampshire. findou can go to lp.org to that map. wyoming,to steve in michigan. support third-party candidates. >> hi. this is david. and a suggestion and then i'll take my comment to yourair and listen response. it's about the criteria for inclusion

. >> plus donald trump on campaign trail in connecticut. how he blasted his opponent tonight. . >>> let's attack a look at the radar now. people in wafter and middlesex counties seeing severe weather tonight. we're tracking a serious line of storms right now. the storms have been moving through parts of massachusetts and new hampshire since earlier today. >> thanks for joining us in new hampshire. there's a lot to talk about tonight. pamela gardner is here with a first look at your forecast. >> we still have a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for wafter county and middlesex counties until 11:30 p.m. tonight this. is whole line racing to the east at about 35 to 45 miles per hour. frequent lightning, cloud-to-ground lightning. lots of thunder. and torrential rainfall too, producing some flooding concerns across the board as we pick up anywhere from rainfall accumulation per hour. as we zoom in to this line, wooter, sutton and towards milford eventually. this is the area that's producing some 60 miles per hour wind gusts and also heavy, h

the wellesley team is heading to the new england regionals in connecticut the team of 11-to-13-year-old players beat out pittsfield in last week's state championship. a double-elimination tournament starts monday. the winner of the tournament has

parts of long island in to southwestern connecticut. there's another line of storms associated with the actual cold front slicing through eastern parts of pennsylvania. behind that, a little bit of a reduction in the humidity as we head in to the day tomorrow. here's our futurecast overnight tonight by midnight, some of those showers and storms approaching the delaware water orange county. they may approach new york city by around 2:00 in the morning. do not be surprised if you wake up to a rumble or two of thunder during the wee hours of the morning. then everything moves out to sea there after. as we head to morning commute time, temperatures around 78 degrees. still going to be muggy early. humidity comes down during the day. i'll tell you if that nice trend continues throughout the work week in your full accuweather 7-day forecast coming up. >>> new tonight, another amusement park accident. this one six kids and a ride operator in connecticut. it happened at ocean beach park in new london on the scrambler ride. police say as kids we

heat advisory back through connecticut. most of southern new hampshire, in the berkshires not as bad, but 100 to 15 feel to the air is what we are concerned about. if you were going to be working outdoors, take a lot a low risk for severe water today and ising we forget to mention because yesterday, only one severe storm pop up in connecticut, and today a better chance of a few of those to get into southeastern mass and back up in here to southern new hampshire as well. let's take look at future cast. this is 2 p.m. model showing dry conditions, but right after, a few storms bubbling up. 3 to 7 p.m. our best window for some of the scattered damaging storms to come through. humid. southwest winds keeping us hot and scattered storms out there. by 9:00 to the, a lot of those storms south into plymouth county, cape cod and fizzling out over dark. as we get into saturday, watch this front. some relief from the heat anywhere east of the front. southeast new hampshire, down along the eastern coast. a little bit cooler tomorrow but

>>> an update tonight on yesterday's house explosion in vernon, connecticut. investigators were back on the scene today testing for high around the house. they also checked nearby sewer lines. investigators say it could be several days before they know what caused the explosion. three adults and four children were hurt in the house explosion. but they are expected to survive. >>> putting in meters where parking used to be free is no ticket to popularity. and now one brooklyn neighborhood is in the middle of what you could call a meter fight. residents are angry au steve langford reports. >> reporter: suddenly having to worry about feeding the meter on a few streets in bay ridge is not change everyone here believes in. >> it's too much. they should let people park for free. >> reporter: sections of third and fourth avenues along with some spaces on side streets here are now subject to muni- metered parking. >> there's no more free anything. everything is taken away from us. >> reporter: some business owners along here like the new spot. >> more turnover. before

we've had a few showers up across connecticut, that will be sliding northward overnight to help get us more humidity in the air, and that will help fuel some showers later in the day tomorrow and tomorrow night. but it's all dry all the way back to the west. can you see the leading edge of the clouds and showers, that's what will move in about 24 hours from now. we'll see this cold front that is currently sitting from detroit back down through memphis. that's what will bring us a quick quarter to a half inch of not a huge amount, but anything we can get will help. tonight we have a dry pocket of air, so it's keeping skies mainly clear tonight. i've had a few reports of folks out there, a friend in wareham saying he is still seeing some meteor showers out there tonight. if you are out and about tonight, you might catch a glimpse of one of those. tonight mainly clear, just a few scattered clouds. patchy fog developing by morning. especi as that moisture moves up, temperatures generally in the 60's, very comfortable. and tomorrow you'll notice it in the morning, very muggy. but if -- afte

mid 70s central new jersey, hudson valley and connecticut. could be a couple isolated showers and storms. some to the north, some to the south. don't hone in on the exact scattered. these are air mass type thunderstorms. lasting through part of the evening hours. dissipating overnight. the air stabilizes in the morning hours. tomorrow, pretty quiet, a couple showers and storms by tomorrow evening. sure you want to cool off, but not much along the jersey shore. upper 80s. lower 80s on long island beaches. wave heights around three feet. low to moderate risk for lightning. that will be the case for friday, saturday, sunday and monday. a break tuesday before another round of wet weather wednesday and thursday. cooler next week. let's see how the commute is treating us. lauren, what's the latest? >> not many problems out there. heading over to route 17, late-running construction is still out there. southbound all lanes remain closed from midland avenue to century avenue. you will be diverted off the and back on at century. delays are building. pa