emily: breaking overnight a fire in lawrence. the information coming in from firefighters hard at work. >> also breaking a teenager, the victim of the latest shooting in the city of boston, the confusion at the scene overnight. >> and one bright moment among the devastation in italy, the that's on the eye for this thursday morning. randy: also on the eye, a starbucks location here literally flattened by a tornado, fortunately no one was hurt but the rumors of that system will cause some changes to our weather here in new england. good morning, and thank you for joining us, i'm randy price. emily: and i'm emily riemer along with cindy fitzgibbon. >> it will have weakened, but yesterday between indiana and ohio, 42 reports of tornadoes. we're watching that, for tomorrow, as that pushes, in but out ahead of it, today will be a nice day. starting out with patchy clouds over boston, and a warm start this morning. 68 degrees, and the wind is picking up the humidity so that dewpoint temperature, it is going to be climbing here over the

doug meehan is live in lawrence. doug: maine is blaming places like this for its drug problem although the people here say don't point the finger at lawrence. >> i don't think it's ok, i don't think anyone should be pointing their finger down at lawrence is ok 'cause i love my city. doug: take a stroll along this hard-working city along the merrimack and you'll find that people here take great offence to the governor of maine's recent statement. during a regional conference of governors in boston, the state's worsening opioid crisis on drug dealers from lowell and lawrence. >> why are you blaming the city of lawrence when things like this happen all over the united states? >> it's not a city problem it's a national problem. doug: the governor sits in an office 130 miles away from the street and the people of his town. massachusetts governor charlie baker sang the opioid crisis does not discriminate and does not have boundaries. >> i think this is one area where the region the way the new -- where the new england regi

we will continue to follow this breaking news lawrence. i am michael henrich, fox25 news. >>> happening today, a former new hampshire state trooper expected to plead guilty to assault charges. andrew monaco was charged with three counts of simple assault after beating a massachusetts man who led police on a chase in nashua in may. the use of force was not necessary in this situation. the separate case still under way for massachusetts officer joseph flynn who was also involved in the incident. >>> new hampshire mom charged in the overdose plead guilty in court today. prosecutors say jasmine rud d hid information and lied to police about her daughter's death. 17-year-old eve tarmey died of a fentanyl overdose in a hotel -- motel room where she was staying with her mom and her mom's boyfriend. the teen was found back in october and it took an hour and a half to call 911 of a she was found. >>> and new this morning, medical marijuana dispensary to allston. it comes two days after the district's counselor had a heated public hearing with the c

fast-moving frames engulf a home in lawrence. crews working for hours to keep them from spreading. >> amaka: also breaking, shots ring out in boston. at least one person and a dog are hit. we're live. >> sarah: a sad scene in new bedford where a teen is stabbed and killed in the street. why you take this little 15-year-old baby? >> sarah: two others injured as police search for the suspect. >> amaka: anger over this explosion in salem. why it could be investigated as a hate crime. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> amaka: good morning. i'm amaka ubaka in for christa delcamp. >> sarah: i'm sarah french. gorgeous day yesterday. hopefully we have the same thing on tap today. >> amaka: chris, what can we expect today? >> chris: high temperatures upper 80s to near once again a warm afternoon. the difference today, you'll note the humanity has come back up a couple notches and the overnight lows early this morning, not nearly as cool as what we have the last couple mornings. good morning, everyone. we're starting off into the

the large fire burning in lawrence right now. and the investigation underway after a teenager was shot in boston. plus, new information on an exciting discovery in space. the planet that has similarities to earth. take a live look at the expressway -- things moving ray: boston and from the earthquake in italy. emily: plus antoinette is following the killing of a teenager in new bedford. but first cindy has your forecast. for us it is not so bad. cindy: not bad at all and we are tracking our forecast because there is a hurricane out there -- this is the tropical wave we but look where it is having. , right for florida -- where it is heading, right for florida. we are watching you, that tropical wave and the other is hurricane gaston. overnight it developed into one in right now it is out in the atlantic and by the weekend is going to the east of it doesn't look like it will interact with any problem areas. beautiful over boston as the sun gets ready to pop over the horizon. 68 degrees with a southwesterly wind, so the dewpoint tem

lawrence and graduated from st. lawrence. a long established relationship with st. lawrence and with father higgins. now, i never called him monsignor or father higgins. was bob and he was padre except when we were out in public, i respected it. we formed a task force and i called him to sit on the task force to select the cable company. he said you want me on that committee. i said yes. but there is one law in florida you have to uphold to. th which means you cannot talk to the other appointees on the subject. i know how much you like to talk. he said i will. well, it was a real blessing to have him on that because a lot of the religious community did not want it. they thought cable would bring ex rated programs which you know it didn't. but he was a calming voice during this entire selection heard and everyone's opinion be listened to but at the end of the day, the committee had to make the recommendation on what is best for the community and not best for any one single person or entity. monsignor attended everyone of my oath of offices and he gave the invocation

live in lawrence, michael henrich, fox25 news. >>> also in lawrence, police are searching for the person who shot a young woman in the middle of the city street. it happened just after 6:00 last night in freeman court. police tell us at least three plates. the woman was flown to boston in critical condition. lawrence's mayor tells fox25 that this part of his city has become violent recently. >> not that this happens anywhere all the time but happened in this neighborhood a bunch of times. they want to make sure that they know. that we know there is a problem and we will get right at it. >> sara: more police officers will be posted in the neighborhood as this investigation continues. >>> breaking overnight, boston police investigating a shooting in dorchester. in this video detectives search are fog clues on paige street. boston ems tell us that one person was shot and taken from the scene with life-threatening injuries. no word on the victim's age right now. we saw boston police caring for a dog who was hot at the scene. you can see the animal being loaded into a police cruiser. >>> ther

to thank you for coming. >> lawrence was visibly affected by mrs. tuthill. when the two of them spoke, what was so interesting to me was lawrence wanted to make her feel better. >> you know, you said you couldn't protect her. i don't believe that. i believe you protected her and it was just someone else's violence that caused what happened. you protected her more than you knew. and you're still protecting her today, doing this. giving of yourself to people who don't deserve it. >> she took comfort in what lawrence was saying. and i think it made him feel somewhat better to be able to give her some type of comfort. >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you. >> but i also think her sharing of that story helped lawrence get in touch with the people he had victimized. >> lawrence, how were you changed by miss tuthill's talk? >> um, i don't -- i just -- i don't know how -- i don't know how to explain it. i really don't. it's deeper than words can ever be said. i don't know if i'll ever -- if i'll ever have that kind of opportunity. and just to be honest, i d

>> gene: now at 7:00 a terrifying morning for doesens of people in lawrence. devastating fire that left 25 people homeless. next what neighbors did to get everne >> jason: a 15-year-old boy is stabbed to death in new bedford. two other teens also injured in triple stabbing. coming up what witnesses say the boy did right before he died. >> sara: plus every parent how back to school clothes can get expensive. one thing to do before leaving the house in order to save money. coverage starts right now. this is the fox25 morning news. >> gene: good morning on thursday morning, it is august 25th, i'm gene lavanchy. >> sara: get ready to sweat, my friends. the heat and humidity is back in full force. shiri spear is at the stormtracker weather center with forecast that will want you to crank the ac or jump in a pool. >> shiri: hopefully the ac is still on hand. we got mostly sunny morning clouds over eastern massachusetts, actually moving offshore and stay bright here the first half of the day. 68 in boston and beverly down to plymouth, 72 in chatham, 65 in worcester,

the woman was taken to lawrence general hospital. also in lawrence, a car slams into a pole. it happened on broadway. early this morning. police say the driver ran off after the crash. they are now looking into what may have caused it. turning now to the race for the white house. donald trump holding a rally in manchester, new hampshire today. after laining hillary clinton a bigot. dan hausle live in manchester with more. >> reporter: well, the crowds starting to file into this downtown hotel ball room right now. donald trump staying more on speech the latest time he has talked. that is interesting. apparently, that bigot line was in the teleprompter on the speech. we will be watching to see what he is speaking about today. >> hillary clinton is a bigot who sees people of color only as votes. >> reporter: line so startology this woman supporting trump. now her reaction is going viral. >> hillary clinton is a bigot! who sees people of color... >> reporter: clintnon a phone interview on cnn previews how she will respond today in reno. >> donald trump has shown us who he is. we

the woman was taken to lawrence general hospital. her condition is not known. >>> and to developing news new bedford, a teenager is dead after he and two others were stabbed. police say the victim who was just 15 years old ran home to get help but couldn't make it. 7's nicole oliverio is live in new bedford, and nicole, that suspect is still on the run? >> reporter: right now, police don't know how many people they are looking for. it all began and still haven't made any arrests. >> reporter: a 15-year-old is stabbed during a fight. investigators say the teen collapsed and died as he tried running home for help. that was this new bedford community wants to know why this had to happen. >> why -- why do you take this 15-year-old baby. he is a baby. he didn't get a chance to experience life spell put a smile on your face. that is the type of kid he was. he is a very outgoing kid. big-hearted, like -- he is 15 school. >> reporter: police say the teen was one of three young people stabbed. officers say there was a big fight at the temple

. >> reporter: lawrence mayor dan rivera said paige is ill-informed and lawrence and lowell are scapecoats for the nationwide drug problem. >> the drug crisis in our community is serious and we don't have time for this kind of. find solutions rath he than call out his community. >> i am hour the people of maine would rather have their governor think of the stream and more detoxs and more counseling instead of picking on a small city in massachusetts. >>> former lowell mayor and city councillor rodney elliott had a lot to say. issued a statement urging lapage to take responsibility for what he called his own state's drug problem and he urged him to apologize to both lowell and lawrence. in boston, christine mccth fox25 news. >>> a brookline couple says their hillary for prison sign keeps getting vandalized. they live on this busy intersection. when they first put up the sign a woman threw paint on it and over the weekend a man cut the sign down. all could caught on camera. a man dropped his phone under the sign which was filled with that was done afterwards. and we -- we believe that there

lawrence catholic church on north himes avenue in tampa for the funeral services of monsignor lawrence higgins. we are, of course,ing to carry the funeral live for you beginning at 11:30 as soon as it begins. but let's look at the traffic on himes avenue with leslee lacey as people arrive at the funeral service. avenue in the west tampa area. some like to call it old west tampa. not far from raymond james stadium. here is what you need to know. the st. lawrence church is where the funeral is taking place, south of hillsborough avenue. himes is getting bogged up. people are parking at al lopez. al lopez is closed unless you are attending the funeral. you can park there. there are shuttle buses taking you back and forth and in lot t heavy traffic in the area. now, the funeral gets underway in about 25 minutes. we don't know how long it will take but i talked to the police department. they will direct traffic. you have the procession after that when the funeral ends. they are guessing between 2:00 and 3:30 or so. they will take it down himes avenue all the way down martin luther king here

the live drive times coming up in just a few minutes. >>> breaking in lawrence right now. fire crews are working to put out a house fire on summer street lawrence police around 2:00 in the morning. this fire destroyed the home. a crew is on the way to the home. a live report is coming up. >>> also breaking overnight, boston police are investigating a shooting in dorchester. in this video, you can see detectives searching for clues on paige street. boston ems tells fox25 that one person was shot and taken from the scene with life-threatening injuries. no word on the person's age. scene. you see the animal being loaded into a police cruiser. >>> developing this more, new bedford police are looking for suspects in the stabbing of a 15-year-old boy. someone stabbed him and two other men near the temple landing housing complex. the 15-year-old crawled back to his home and collapsed on the porch of his apartment. the other victims a 16-year-old and 22-year-old man were both taken to the hospital. they are both expected to recover. >>> we continue to follow breaking toll there ha

nat guns take sot jacqueline lawrence, childress mother 20:59:11:03 it was like reliving that day all over again 20:59:14:01 jacqueline lawrence watched video of the day her son was killed just over 8 months ago. police say 23 year old keith childress was running from them-and when they finally caught up with him-- they thought he was armed with a there was no gun - turns out it was just a cell phone. at a public review held today-- detectives said-- a preliminary determination found the officers-- fired in self defense. craig jex detective metro 21:09:24:29 it's very unfortunate, that it turns to this, the family mourns, and we are very sorry for that 21:09:31:16 reports indicate officers believed childress could've been armed and dangerous. they never used non-lethal force, such as pepper spray. instead, childress reportedly refused numerous commands to drop his weapon - and that's jacqueline lawrence 21:01:21:15 it never had to go down like this, why do this happen, there was no reason for it, absolutely no reason for it 21:01:30:11 lawrence says she and the rest of their family--

lawrence higgins founded st. lawrence catholic church in tampa and remained pastor there are 49 years. sadly, he passed away at his parish rectory home. he was 87 years old. >> reporter: not just members of this parish but those who

lawrence. the families of st. lawrence as well. from through the years he has changed the lives of so many people. he could walk into a room, and you would know right away that he walked in. because everyone would just go about he had some amazing story. so i want to talk to you a little bit about the life that he lived. higgins served pastor back in 1958 and 200 seven. it was longing tenure of any priest in st. pete diocese. back in 2007, he retired as pastor of st. lawrence. he still had his hands at the church. very much so. details of the funeral by the way or still in the works. but we're hearing it will be some time next week. catholic priest back in 1953 in ireland. a short time after he came to florida st. augustine then eventually he made his way here to tampa. the archbishop at the time told higgins, hey i'm going to give you some property on corner i want you to build church out there. and sure enough he did. he built an incredible church at st. lawrence catholic parish. one biggest here in diocese and so many people, ag

adam: we're staying on top of a developing story here at 5:00, a problem property goes up in flames in lawrence spreading to 5 nearby apartment buildings. >> there were fears something like this could happen. in learns with what is next. steve. >> reporter:ment it turns out according to the mayor that there has been a battle going on here for the past couple of years between the property other than of this building where the -- opener and the city and hours before the court date a massive 4 alarm fire that leaves more than 50 poem homeless tonight. >> i woke up to and i was right there. >> reporter: raging flames in the middle of the night tearing through six buildings here on summer among the 53 people scrambling to get out. 7-year-old who was sound asleep. >> when i was sleeping my mom said, she said wake up. there is fire. >> reporter: officials say the fire started at number 29 summer street and abandoned property and quickly spread. >> crews went into initial rescue and attacked the fire attack mode. people were, members were evacuating the structures. >> reporter: the mayor hurt is angry

steve cooper is live in lawrence with the detls >> reporter: a lot has been going on. the mayor speaking. look blind us and you can see the damage done. the flames had out at this hour but as you mention the mayor is calling this a problem property. he has been going after the landlord here for the past couple of years. they were in court. we know 53 people were left homeless by this fast-moving fire that broke out just after 2:00 am. >> you could see the flames over the buildings. it was just crazy. summer street in lawrence when flames broke out inside an abandoned building at 29 summer street and spread to five other homes filled with residents. >> multiple triple deckers in the back. before even get to the next street as well as two and a half story wood frame to left. >> reporter: resident rushed to wake everyone up and scrambled to get out. >> the heat woke them up. so he grabbed his daughter and started pounding on the neighbor's doors to get >> reporter: this person is 7 and describes rushing from the flames and thick black smoke. >> when i get outside i saw fi

so hot spots include norwood at 85, lawrence and bedford and fitchburg at about 84?, 79 in worcester, upper 70s lower 80s running from the sea coast to the north shore in boston and south shore. the cape this afternoon. we are all going to see the sun cloud combination but more sunshine than cloud cover. lows in the 60s and humidity going up. tomorrow ends up being hot and humid and 90s back in norwood and bedford and lawrence over to beverly. how about 89 in boston, 83 in worcester tomorrow, 86 in plymouth and 81? in hyannis. i bet you we actually 91 and get uncomfortable with kids that have gone back to school, especially if they don't have ac. hazy hot and humid and wednesday forecast and nice mix out there, cold front that arrived overnight and into thursday morning. so that means we are going to be tracking widely scattered showers here as we go into the thursday morning. and it is not a washout and not for everybody and everybody to massachusetts bringing in best chance for couple lingering showers south of the pike during the early afternoon. later into the af

nbc news correspondent edward lawrence is here to explain. donald trump says he will enforce the laws already on the books.. walking back his promise to deport all 11 his promise to walking back books.. walking back his promise to deport all 11 million illegal immigrants immediately. some of the emails outline requests that were all hillarys clinton's deputy chief donors did not always get what they asked b washignton. q: lets talk about these new emails.. a federal judge ordered another review, what are they looking for and does this looking for are they review, what another ordered federal judge new emails.. a about these washignton. news lawrence nbc edward they all got asked for, but get what they not always donors did of staff. the clinton's hillarys directed to were all requests that emails outline some of the emails outline requests that were all directed to hillarys clinton's deputy chief of staff. the donors did not always get what they asked for, but they all got asked for, but they all got access. edward lawrence nbc news washignto

and for the afternoon and that's going to be pretty common because we got lawrence up at 90?, 89 in manchester, new hampshire, over to ipswich, upper 80s in boston, framingham and norwood. about 80 in hyannis and 80 on the vineyard. future cast today bringing in the brightest conditions of all for the morning and because we have the clouds creeping in. i still think it is going to be partly sunny here at 8:00 this evening. then late tonight we could see just lonely shower pass through during the evening and overnight hours. it is not a lot of rain but, you know, just make sure you roll-up the car window before you head in for the evening and by early tomorrow morning a lot of on and off clouds here, future cast underdoing the rain risk as well, probably a couple spot showers during the morning commute and best bet for showers so it is going to be really hot and humid this afternoon and starting around noon time we got the risk for some storms, especially boston, northward, passes through boston and 5:00 p.m. we are going to be dry again and hurricane gaston out in the open at

. >>> now to that breaking news in lawrence. fire crews have their hands full after an early morning fire spread to multiple homes. this is happening on summer street. fox25's michael henrich is on the scene now and michael, still a very active situation. >> reporter: this is a very active situation here. lawrence where you can see here, they are putting water on no less than four buildings right now. one building in particular you can see the side -- the siding completely drooping down, melted off. serious char damage to the roof, the top windows. that is just part of the picture here on summer street in lawrence where you see a one-story building. in front of it, of the ladder trucks fully extended. showing -- putting water on the roof of that building and if you pan over to the right, you can see the other buildings affected. this is one of those situations where there are multifamily homes on the street level and then behind it, there are additional multifamily homes, and i spoke with a young woman, a 19-year-old woman who l

it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> rachel, we're going to have walter isaacson join us tonight to talk about the trump intelligence briefing. he's not just the auth ort of the steve jobs biography. he also wrote a biography of henry kissinger. he knows this stuff inside out. we're looking forward to that. >> nice. particularly with trump saying he doesn't trust the intelligence community. >> it was a great way to begin intelligence day for donald trump. >> exactly. >> thank you, rachel. well, would you hire a pilot who had never flown a plane? of course not. donald trump wouldn't either. but he would hire someone to run his campaign who has never worked in a campaign in any capacity at all. which leaves republican professionals wondering tonight, now more than ever, is donald trump trying to crash this thing? >> he can hire and fire anybody he wants from his campaign. >> some are calling it a shake-up. it really is not. >> believe me. >> but he is still the same n. >> bannon, kelly anne conwa

that does it for us tomorrow, now it's time "for the last word" with lawrence o'donnel. >> do you have the cancel jitters because cher had to cancel. >> definitely got her? >> like ten minutes from now, or so. >> i will hold tight and that will help me with my jitters. >> that's why we're doing it. >> thanks rachel. >> donald trump tonight said, he's softening and they're afraid he's panic. >> we'll obey the existing laws. >> i'm starting to worry that he's panicking and talking to the wrong people. >> it's an agile campaign. >> bing bing bing. >> snap out of it. >> he said he'll be a wall. >> that wall will go up so fast, your head will spend. >> he's one of those optimistic people i've ever met in my life. >> he's been saying that hillary clinton looks unwell. >> i'm not a doctor. i'm not a doctor. >> can you open the jar of pickles. [ applause ] >> trump then admitted he thinks anyone over 35 looks like she's dying. >> he thinks the reason trump is behind in the polls, he's been too civil. and now the gloves are off the tiny gloves. >> this is "the last word on campaign 2016". >>> d

good evening to you, lawrence. >> good evening, steve. you know, it always amazed me during the chris christie presidential campaign that so much of the media forgot what was happening back in new jersey in this criminal case which still is going to involve chris christie as a witness probably. >> i always sensed that republican voters knew in the back of their minds and that's why he couldn't get traction. >> yeah. you could see that in the polls. that's true. thank you, steve. >> okay. >> well, donald trump had the whole world thinking about assassination today, not just the united states, because donald trump's words yesterday about the possible assassination of the next president of the united states brought painful memories rushing back, not just here in the united states but in places where words like donald trump's have really been words that killed. >> hillary wants to abolish the second amendment. >> trump sparked an uproar. >> if she gets to pick her judg judges, nothing you can do, folks. >> with comments suggesting "second ame

police say around 3:00 a.m., lawrence manriquez held up the store. he shot one time and stole cash from the register and the clerk's wallet. patrons called 911. police were able to stay on lawrence manriquez as he tried to flee from the store. police say luckily, their officer was not hurt. >> it's very stressful knowing other high-stress situations and every officer and supervisor and every family member gets very concerned. >> reporter: metro police say their officer did not fire any bullets. he did not want to endanger anyone. as for lawrence manriquez, he's at the clark county detention center facing several robbery and burglary charges and a very serious attempted murder of an officer charm. he's in jail with no news 3. >> thank you. >>> the local woman accused of killing a chihuahua puppy by throwing it from a third-story balcony appeared in court today. police say danny webb tossed the tiny puppy from a three-story balcony while neighbors watched in horror. it happened at an apartment big off boulder highway. the dog was so severely injured ve

lawrence higgins founded st. lawrence catholic church in tampa and remained pastor there are 49 years. sadly, he passed away at his parish rectory home. he was 87 years old. >> reporter: not just members of this parish but those who commitment to the community and admired his honesty. he met with the pope, even presidents. took these pictures detail a lifetime of memories, a lifetime of making a difference in the tampa bay community. while he founded st. lawrence catholic church, he was an influential member of the community as a whole. he had a commitment to all people. he loved children. he loved th those were the people that he connected with. one of our anchors has known him . >> in adulthood, i got to know him as an adult hood adult. we were on a lot of boards together and different events together. i would emcee everything and he would always to the invitation. the judeo-christian health clinic, an organization aimed at helping the less fortunate with medical needs. kelly bell is the executive director. >>

and now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening to you, lawrence. >> tonight on "all in" -- >> with a crowd like that, if that's what they thought he meant, they'd have gone wild. >> the trump spin continues and so do republican defections. >> nothing you can do, folks. although the second amendment people, maybe there is. >> tonight the trump campaign denying a report it has been contacted by secret service as a fall-out to the second amendment remarks continues. and why those remarks, jokes or not, are so dangerous. >>> plus, a new look at the increasingly grim electoral map for trump as the clinton campaign picks up more republican endorsements, and sets its sites on another deep red state. >>> and back to baltimore. >> the findings are challenging to hear. >> the jaw-dropping doj findings on the baltimore police department when "all in" starts right now. >> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. today a brief respite for donald trump of all the coverage about second amendment people acting to stop hillary cli

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they're hispanic and black and from lowell and lawrence, massachusetts. >> speaking at aee boston, he was asked about the opioid crisis in maine. he pointed the finger at black and hispanics living in areas like lawrence and lowell. >> i think it shows that the governor is ill informed and doesn't have a good understanding. >> the comment didn't sit well with lawrence's mayor. together. not trying to point fingers. >> reporter: he came under fire for an object seen voice mail. he apologized and made reference to a possible resignation. >> i'm not going to say i'm not going to finish it. i'm not saying i am going to finish it. >> reporter: the reports of political demise are greatly exaggerated. >> to make the opioid epidemic a race issue is inappropriate. >> to hear that he pointed to lowell and lawrence is in a moment. >>> in the town of dudley, the it to block the cemetery. and now they have no use for it and don't want it. the islamic society of greater worcester wants to build a cemetery but the zoning board has said no. we know the u.s. attorneys officer is investigating for a po

. >> adam: problem property goes up in flames in lawrence. the blaze spread to nearby buildings, six structures suffered damage. more than two dozen people had to be driven out of their homes. >> jadiann: steve coop ser live for news lawrence with details. >> reporter: the flames are out tonight but as you look, you can see firefighters are still on the scene. that was going to happen and it did happen. but he says don't blame city office. they've been battling with the property owner here for two years. >> that's what i woke up to. >> reporter: terrifying moments on summer street in lawrence after flames break out at 29 summer street then quickly separate to five other homes -- separate to fire -- sprayed to -- spread to five other homes. >> reporter: a scene with 53 residents 7-year-old scrambling to safety when i was sleeping my mom said, she said, wake up, there is fire. >> reporter: while the share thankful no one was hurt he said the the city spent two years to get the owner to tier down the property. >> reporter: the property owner app

erika: breaking news in lawrence this morning. flames rip through a multi family home on lafayette avenue overnight. everyone got out okay. the fire is under investigation. and right now this man is due in court. police say angel castro tried to rape a disabled woman near the rockport commuter rail station last week. randy: there is an investigation after a duck boat hits an overpass ripping the roof right off. this morning we are getting new details about that crash. emily: the eyeopener's sera congi is live in boston where passengers are talking only to newscenter 5. sera: state police are trying to decide if that duck boat driver should be cited. the vehicle should never have been on storrow drive because of take a look at what happened. the crash happened just 15 minutes into the tour. piece of metal torn off as the duck boat crumpled under a storrow drive overpass. the company says the first year driver was diverted because of an earlier detour. passengers were okay but clearly shaken. the back. luckily it all fell backwards.

you could say the same thing for lawrence at 84 or norwood at 85?. worcester hits about 80 this afternoon. lower 80s in plymouth to about 78? in hyannis. future cast today love the way this looks after sunshine this morning we do s of sea breeze pop up this afternoon. we got real light winds out there, and that's creating cooler beach conditions with winds off the water here. tracking a couple scattered clouds this afternoon, not going to bring you any rain, not going to bring you very much shade, so make sure you have the sunscreen, sunglasses will be incredibly handy today and lows tonight back into the 60s. it will feel pretty good out there but find that humidity is starting to sneak back in. it continues to do exactly that for tomorrow with highs closer even upper 80s in boston and about 84? in worcester. the cape tomorrow runs into lower 80s, it is going to be hot. hazy, hot, humid, got the hhh weather back and going to run generally high. late in the day pop-up shower thunderstorm along extreme and central new england and once the front moves

lawrence. -- battle a flame in lawrence. they are looking -- three residence got out safely but are looking for another place to stay. officials are investigating what caused it. >>> fire fighters in southbridge battled two fires and this morning investigators are wondering if it's a case of arson. nicole jacobs is live in the satellite sent wert latest. any co-- center with the very latest. >> reporter: fire crews were working well into the night sunday and their work is not done. they are trying to dein the two fires are suspicious. in the town of southbridge two fires hours and miles apart. a home and in downtown an apartment building that also houses businesses. >> my hairdresser down the bottom floor and they lost everything. and it's a shame they just did everything over. >> reporter: the circumstances of the two scenes now has firefighters looking further. >> in southbridge a couple years ago we had an arsonist who was lighting multiple building on fire. >> reporter: it's unclear if but investigators are leaving no st

newscenter 5's doug meehan tells us the apology comes as the mayor of lawrence says he would like to sit down with governor paul lepage. >> i don't think it is ok, i do finger here because i love my city. doug: take a stroll along this hard-working city and you will find that people here take great offense to the governor's recent statement. during the regional conference, the embattled paul lepage blamed the worsening opioid crisis on drug dealers from lowell and lawrence. >> things like this happen all over the united states. >> international he like to have a face-to-face conversation with the governor, who sits in an office of hundred 30 miles away from his town. >> i think it is unfair to people dealing with this crisis. doug: meanwhile governor charlie baker is saying the opioid crisis doesn't discriminate and doesn't have boundaries. >> this is one area where the something about trafficking. doug: the mayor of lawrence does not shy away from the fact that there are people in the city you have a drug problem, and the city will continue to work with them to get them the help the

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live in lawrence, doug meehan, wcvb newscenter 5. randy: new this morng, concern in boston about the possible closure of some public schools. the herald reports the contractor overseeing the city's 10-year education and facilities plan has delayed a $1.6 million study on enrollment. that has parents concerned that the city still wants to close some buildings. a bps spokesperson says the contractor is awaiting updated 2015 information to begin the study. emily: it's back to school today in malden. but some students won't have the the city cancelled service to more than 100 families because of budget constraints. many parents are upset that officials waited until july 26 to notify them of the change. malden's superintendent tells the globe they have a right to be angry and that notifications should have gone out in june. promising new research in the fight against the zika virus. randy: the drugs that could prove vital to treatment. a billerica home destroyed in a fire. the common item that sparked the flames. and the warning have for

it's 80 degrees in boston. 81 in lawrence. middle to upper 70s for a lot of us and the dew point is in the #0s. it's quite sticky out the door. dew points will drop through the courafteseofoon. we have a couple leftover sprinkles out there too a few pushing through northern essex county and making their way off the coastline near plum island for the next 20 minutes or so. other than that a few storms and showers. now clouds in place but these two will be departing as well. so it's blend and a muggy start. upper 70s sunrise at 5:5 # and windy a-- 5:5 # and windy and -- 5:54 and windy and gusty. there will be droir air. temperatures in the lower 80s by lunchtime. mid-80s into the ride ---- will ride into the area. developing story a driver hit three pedestrians and the victim a 10-year-old girl her f- old man in wheelchair. a family member tells wb -- wbz the father tried to push the girl out of the way. all thee were taken to the hospital and this happened around 8 -- three were taken to the hospital. and this happened around 8

up-- rockford. 102 bedford and lawrence we will see showers and storms developing in the heat of the day. noon today we are okay but after the lunch hour at that point in time anywhere across new england you can can see a thunderstorm chance. keep an eye to the sky and ear out. if of you hear thunder there's probably lightning so get inside quickly before the storm moves your way. 7 p.m. we could be dealing with strong to maybe an isolated severe any storm that develops later today could produce damaging wind gusts but also very heavy rainfall. if you are heading to the red sox game later today, keep an eye to the sky and keep the weather app to stay up to date on storms moving your way. 09 heat index-- 90 degrees, heat index 100. a back door cold front moves in and temperatures not necessarily in the 90s but it will be muggy. 88 inland. and along the coast in the low 80s sunday 93, back to more of th and chances for rain continue all the way through monday. 82 degrees tuesday and finally all dry 84. chris. >> thanks very much appreciate it. >>> dramatic video of a driver trying to b

randy: and breaking news in lawrence. a home goes up in flames -- flames ripping through other departments. one firefighter was taken to the hospital. police injuries are not believed to be serious. we have a crew on the scene. we'll bring you more as we get it. emily: at least 10 people are dead after a nine-hour siege at the american university in kabul, afghanistan. a government spokesperson says 7 students were killed, as well as 2 police officers and a security guard during yesterday's attack. it started after a suicide bomber targeted the university entrance. police killed two other attackers, putting a stop to the violence. no charges will be filed against police officers who shot and killed a terror suspect in roslindale. prosecutors released new video showing usaamah rahim entering a drug store moments before he was shot by police in june of 2015. police say he threatened them with a knife. rahim was allegedly planning a large-scale attack on other officers. rahim's family says police should have tried to de-esca

. >> and breaking a large fire in lawrence. new video of the damage just in from makes a big mistake. the company's reaction as the vehicle loses its roof on the eye for this monday morning. emily: three packaged lunches are an easy back to school lunch, but not always healthy. how to make a better lunch, we'll share that with you. i'm emily riemer. peabody, revere, worst. we are looking at worcester right now, and also framingham this morning. >> oh, boy. >> quite a few kids going like this, this morning. >> i know. >> sunrise at 6:07. a little pick there to get you out the door in worcester. short sleeves this morning at the bus stop. it is upper 80s for most towns. you can see the readings right now are running around 70 degrees up on the north shore and worcester 67. 71 in boston. you saw the cloud cover pushing in to worcester. these extend through the north shore. it is mainly clear right now for you on the south shore of the cape and the islands, but these clouds are dropping southward. there is not too much shower this

under a mile in norwood and in bedford and lawrence. dense fog in beverly even though boston not reporting fog. we take look at the city just a moment ago and the clouds are settling over the city and half-mile visibility in keene. quarter mile in orange. your day planner involves patchy fog lasting until 7:00 this morning. between 7 and 8 it lifts noontime. 78 and lunchtime. 80 is back along with the sun. how long this hot stretch continues coming up. julie is back with live drive time traffic starting things off north of the pike. >> things moving smoothly north of the pike shiri. route 1, 93 south clear. pike, speed limit from 495 to 128 and into the alton-brighton areas. the expressway one of those rare times when you can hop on the expressway and actually hit the speed limit. just saw this icon pop up on the expressway. northbound right as you approach columbia road. i will check on that and tweet out any updates. here are the live drive times. 11 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. 29 minute

this is lawrence's second year in a row at the top of the list. second on the list...actress melissa mccarthy, pocketed 33-million. mccarthy starred in the boosted her earnings by 10 million dollars. /// >>> that's all for 8 news now live at noon.. the valley's news leader. remember that 8 news now is always available at las vegas now dot com, facebook and twitter. ? >> wyatt: this is not the solution, steffy. >> steffy: there is no solution. that's why i have to go. >> wyatt: i know my mother is a huge problem. but she doesn't have to be the end of us. i won't accept that. she won't destroy our marriage. we'll figure it out. just don't leave! i can't do it anymore. >> wyatt: so we'll figure something else out! >> steffy: okay, tell me. tell me one thing we haven't tried. any way to get your mom out of our lives. tell me. >> wyatt: i know this is hard for you. my mother and your grandfather. trust me, i get it. i get why you're fed up and you're totally freaked out right now, but steffy, come on. i can't, i won't -- i won't let you walk out that d

fire in lawrence. the flames spreading to neighboring buildings. >> the death toll still rising after an earthquake in italy. the race to find survivors buried in the rubble. 0. >>> welcome back everybody. 5:30 on your thursday. >> august 25th, we'll start it off with pamela morning. >> beautiful once again. pretty low humidity for now but the humidity will increase as we go trout the day. plus ahead of our -- throughout the day. plus the next chance of rain. we'll see an increase in your showers and storms. buff that's for tomorrow. so today, enjoy. 68 degrees to start off your day. 67 degrees in taunton. you see a southerly wind will continue throughout this afternoon. lunch hour, we're all dry. 83 degrees in boston with the upper 80s expected later today evening commute and there's a chance for an isolated shower to the north and west. but this all ahead of our cold front that will move into giving us a better chance for scattered showers and rmz so. coming up i'll have that timing and we'll keep yo

boston mild at 56 degrees but lawrence, bedford, norwood all in the 50s. fitchburg at 56. 57 in nashua and ports smith, across the cape as well as nantucket. dew points are comfortable and sneak back up tomorrow. the hour by hour show show 7 a.m. temperatures in the 50s and 60s and by lunchtime 80 degrees. time out the warm-up in a couple of minutes. julie grauert with live drive time traffic checking out the expressway. >> julie: on the expressway so far things are nice and light as they have a tendency to be at 5 a.m. 128 moving fine from dedham up to the pike. no issues on 9 1. 12 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. single digits on the expressway. 19 minutes on 93 south from andover down to the zakim bridge. back to you. >>> a local man accused of threatening to kill a president, armed police stations and attack a mosque is behind bars. >> gene: he was arrested over the weekend after the fbi raided the man's home. they are live at the man's and the fbi got a call that the man was worried that he was stockpiling weapons. >> reporter: the tipster w

no class, it's as pervasive as anything i've ever seen in my 30 years of lepage is ill informed and lawrence and lowell are simply scapegoats for a nationwide drug problem. >> the openoid crisis is really serious and we don't have type for this type of nonsense. name-calling and demonizing of people. >> reporter: rivera challenged lepage to find solutions rather than call out his community. >> i'm sure the people of maine would rather have their governor talk about more treatment beds and more detoxes and more counselling small city in massachusetts. >> former lowell mayor rodney elliot also had a lot to say. he issued a statement urge lag page to take responsibility for what he called his own state's drug problems and he urged him to apologize to both lowell and lawrence. in boston, christine mccarthy, fox 25 news. >>> lots to track out there despite how quiet it is out there. >>> football players badly taking to prevent this from happening again. >>> next and all new at fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means in the time

jennifer lawrence was just listed as the highest paid actress in the world, according to forbes. 1.5 -- $35.1 million in his highest paid actress making $46 million before taxes over the year. fors said lawrence got an impressive piece of the box office of the third and final instants, this is lawrence's second year in a row, second on the list is actress melissa mccarthy who made 33 million in the ghost busters remake. justin has weather for us coming up, first take a look at i'm hillary clinton and i approve this ge. letterman:"has a line of clothing, now where were these made?" trump: "these were made, i don't know where they're made. but they were made someplace. but they're great. it's ties, shirts, cufflinks, everything sold at macy's and they're doing great.? letterman: ?where are the shirts made?? off-camera voice: ?bangladesh.? letterman: ?bangladesh.? trump: ?well, it's good. we employ people in bangladesh." letterman: ?ties? where are the ties made?" they have to work, too. these are beautiful ties. they are great ties. the ties are made in where? china? off-camera voice:

i'm very sorry for your loss. >> thank you, lawrence. thank you for inviting us. thank you for your kindness. and thanks to the entire world that have poured their love, affection and support. we are grateful to every one of them and our hearts and prayers are with the veterans, with those who wear the uniform, we are grateful to them for their service. >> again, thank you, both. good night. >>> coming up, katherine burn, the woman who challenged mike pence about what donald trump said about mr. and mrs. khan. her son is currently serving in the military. captain burn will tell us what she thought about mike pence's response. >>> major general paul eden's father who was killed in action in vietnam. howard stuart are analyzing what polls are showing convention bounce for hillary clinton. esurance does auto insurance a smarter way, which saves money. they offer a claim-free discount. because safe drivers cost less to insure, which saves money. they let you pay your bill electronically, which saves postage, which saves money. they settle claims quickly, which saves t