growing up outside boston. hitting pop flies with dad. >> i have a kid that i knew was chosen to do something great. i've known it since he was a boy. ♪ how old are you peter >> reporter: in high school he was a three-sport star. team captain of the football and hockey teams. but it was baseball that would become his life's passion. >> going back is frates -- >> reporter: he went on to play center field for division i boston college. >> frates is the leading base stealer -- >> reporter: wearing his lucky number 3. despite his athletic prowess, it was his personality that was larger than life. >> pete's someone that puts out this infectious energy. >> he was friends with everybody. >> reporter: beloved by his hundreds of self-proclaimed best friends. >> when i first started dating him, he'd always be like, i'd like you to meet my best friend so-and-so. i was like, how many best friends do you have? because i've met 14 best friends so far. >> reporter: his many besties will tell you the strapping hometown hero

east boston. >> do you know -- >> how many movies have they made on east boston? >> listen, you know the movie "the rat." whitey bulger. [ bleep ]. that's the claim to fame. >> no, he ain't! >> yes, sir, that's all he's got. that's all he's got. >> they're from chelsea. >> you live in chelsea? >> see you later. >> i'm out of here. >> the inmates in boston shared more than neighborhood pride. they also knew how to throw a punch. >> every day. we respond to fights every day, sometimes they're one-on-one fights, sometimes multiple detainees are involved. >> got hit with a tread. >> he beat the [ bleep ] out of me. >> we just stomped him. >> on numerous occasions, the "lockup" production team would be in the middle of an interview when a fight call would come over a deputy's radio. >> however, we've had him down. got to go. be right back. right back. got to run. >> you guys must do a lot of running if you're looking at fights. >> we just break the camera off the tripod, grab the boom as much as we can as quickly as possible and we head off to see what's going on. >> l

for months following this moment, this person embodied the spirit of boston, or boston strong. for many, all these images represent so much, but what is it like for the person on the other side of the lens, the person whose frozen face is frozen in that picture? in "stronger," an upcoming film based on a memoir written by jeff bauman, the bombing itself is not the central focus but the starting point for the journey of a man caught in the middle of a national tragedy while struggling with his own. here's a clip from the movie which premieres tomorrow. >> does it feel good? >> yeah. >> all set? all right. when you're ready. scootch ahead before you stand up. >> i'm going to straighten up. yeah. >> okay. okay, scootch ahead. chest up. chest up, jeff. chest up. chest up. chest up. good. good. okay. good. >> you are so tall. >> okay. >> okay. >> feels like needles on my legs. >> but you look awesome. >> good job, jeff. >> he looks amazing. >> keep going. it's the first time. >> i can't. >> let him sit. >> i've got to sit down. >> good job. >> i spoke with the actor and co-producer

growing up outside boston. hitting pop flies with dad. >> i have a kid that i new was chosen to do something great. i've known it since he was a boy. ♪ how old are you peter >> reporter: in high school he was a three-sport star. team captain of the football and hockey teams. but it was baseball that would become his life's passion. >> going back is frates -- >> reporter: he went on to play center field for division i boston college. >> frates is the leading base stealer -- >> reporter: wearing his lucky number 3. despite athletic month wes, it was his personality that was larger than life. >> pete's someone that puts out this infectious energy. >> he was friends with everybody. >> reporter: beloved by his hundreds of self-proclaimed best friends. >> when i first started dating him, he'd always be like, i'd like you to meet my best friend so-and-so. i was like, how many best friends do you have? because i've met 14 best friends so far. >> reporter: his many besties will tell you the strapping hometown hero was

east boston. >> do you know -- >> how many movies have they made on east boston? >> listen, you know the movie "the rat." whitey bulger. [ bleep ]. that's the claim to fame. >> no, he ain't! >> yes, sir, that's all he's got. that's all he's got. >> they're from chelsea. >> you live in chelsea? >> see you later. >> i'm out of here. >> the inmates in boston shared more than neighborhood pride. they also knew how to throw a punch. >> every day. we respond to fights every day, sometimes they're one-on-one fights, sometimes multiple detainees are involved. >> got hit with a tray. >> he beat the [ bleep ] out of me. >> he just stomped him. >> on numerous occasions, the "lockup" production team would be in the middle of an interview when a fight call would come over a deputy's radio. >> however, we've had him down. got to go. be right back. right back. got to run. >> you guys must do a lot of running if you're looking at fights. >> we just break the camera off the tripod, grab the boom as much as we can as quickly as possible and we head off to see what's going on. >> lo

this was a mark that washington purchased in boston in 1775 to distinguish himself. of course, this is primarily a new england army that virginia has been appointed to command. toody knows who's in charge the first thing he does is purchased this ribbon to mark him as the commander in chief. below the portrait is the actual original ribbon which washington gave to the painter, charles peele during the revolutionary war. now it is in the collection of the harvard peabody museum. this gallery sort of takes you through the end of 1775 and it is now january of 1776. our next gallery, which we title revolution: everything changed in 1776, really focused on independence and the big change now from appealing to the king to try to resolve these to thinking the king is the enemy and the only solution was to declare independence. one of the things we try to do in this gallery is to try to invert the narrative that many of us were taught in school, which was viewing the declaration of independence as a document sprung from the mind of thomas jefferson, shared with members of co

it's a chance to catch up with buddies from his neighborhood. >> east boston baby, east boston. waitress. 2128, stay golden. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] how i grew up, just loyalty was a big thing. friendship was a big thing. don't find too many people who understand them words, friendship. friendship to me is, you know, i do for others, those that are my friends i would do before i do for myself. >> selfish. one coffee. there's six of us. you come in with one coffee. all right. i'll remember that. >> i didn't get canteened this week. >> i got your canteen. you hungry? you hungry? what you want? >> that's what happens -- >> all right, listen to me. >> it'll all be gone by tomorrow. >> we're going to take that but don't ask for it back later. when the camera leaves, don't ask for it back. >> we catch a lot of flak. we laugh. we joke, you know what i mean. we hang out with each other all the time. we become close. we have your zip code tattooed on your biceps. >> how am i getting home? i'm from east boston, 0212, send me on my way. >> while one of guiliano's prior stays here resulted in a

if you go to boston, the old statehouse. these were the legislative assemblies where men met who were elected. those were the people in the view of colonists who could pass taxes and impose taxes on them. differente two visions of empire that collide in this room. is the empire going to be managed locally from the colonists or are colonists going to tax themselves and provide the manpower to make decisions about defense? or is that going to come from above, in this case from parliament? that is what is represented by the tax stamp behind me here. iscourse, very famously it benjamin franklin serving as the colonial agent for them. he recognizes nobody likes taxes, but does not anticipate virulent reaction in the colonies. he even recommends some friends of his to become tax collectors and then has to react and recover his reputation a little bit after the stamp act is passed. the next room which we call "resistance" is about the decades stretching from the stamp act from 1765 to the outbreak of the revolutionary war in 1775.

he died in new york in 1775, having marched to boston and then contracted fever. that's a great object that remembers michael cresap. finally, george washington himself, through the courtesy of two institutions very generously lending these objects. we brought together for the first time since 1776. the portrait of george washington painted here in philadelphia in the summer of 1776. this was commissioned by john hancock, painted by charles willson peale. if you see over the shoulder of general washington, that blue-ribbon. this was a mark that washington purchased in boston in 1775 to distinguish himself. of course, this is primarily a new england army that this virginia and has been appointed to command. nobody knows who's in charge. and so the first thing he does is purchase this ribbon to mark him as the commander in chief. and here below the portrait is the actual original ribbon which washington gave to the painter, charles willson peale, later during the revolutionary war. that defended and is now in the collection of the harvard peabody museum. and so this

. >>> the boston red sox under investigation accused of using apple watches to gain a competitive edge. >>> a good morning to you all. i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm nick watt in for kendis gibson. one of the most powerful atlantic hurricanes ever is speeding towards florida. >> hurricane irma made its first landfall in the caribbean overnight. the category 5 hurricane is expected to hit the u.s. virgin islands later and pass north of puerto rico tonight. >> time lapsed photography sos the ourer bands rolling into the island of st. martin. also in irma's path, tourists and resort workers are riding out the storm in hotel ballrooms there. >> all the forecasts agree that hurricane irma is headed straight for florida but after that there's several paths it could take up the east coast, along the gulf coast or through the middle of the state. but wherever it goes florida is getting ready. abc's janai norman has more. >> reporter: a monster storm whipping through the atlantic. hurricane irma a category 5 storm with its eye on the caribbean heading toward the florida peninsula. >> it's a reall

she went to boston. she worked with amos lawrence to get her husband and rest of these captives released. she had a very important role. the people of lawrence recognized that they were targets as they had to defend themselves. they were successful working with amos lawrence and others in the east in acquiring the finest weapons of the day called sharks rifles. they shipped them to kansas and kind of interesting ways. they called them bibles. they called them books. another person who helped raise money for this was the reverend henry beacher from new york. he was the -- lot of these were beacher's bible. someone asked him why he did this. christian ministry. why he raise money for these bibles. he said, one shark rifle had more power with it. post slavery folks than 100 bibles. he said you might as well read bibles to buffaloes. try to convince these folks that they're wrong. it's kind of fun story. but, while charles robinson and others were being held in prison the pro slavery missourians attacked law

a doctor in boston at boston university who was examining aaron hernandez's brain concluded he had suffered from severe cte. take a look at the pictures of his brain. just to clarify to our viewers, cte stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which is a neurodegenerative disease found in people who have had multiple head injuries. marvin, you have been trying to create awareness about cte and other brain injuries. why is this such an important issue and what do you think of hernandez when you look at that? >> it doesn't surprise me at all. i kind of called it this when aaron hernandez was going through this a couple years ago, when he was first arrested. there was a few guys that i think have cte. one of them being lawrence phillip. lawrence phillip committed suicide last year. i reached out to dr. bennett amalu and told him to get his brain. this is something that is a safety issue in the nfl. unless they get their hands around this, in 20 years i don't know how the game is going to

a doctor in boston at boston

. >>> the boston red sox under apple watches to gain a competitive edge. >>> a good morning to you all. i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm nick watt in for kendis gibson. one of the most powerful atlantic hurricanes ever is speeding towards florida. >> hurricane irma made its first landfall in the caribbean overnight. the category 5 hurricane is expected to hit the u.s. virgin islands later and pass north of puerto rico tonight. >> time lapsed photography sos the ourer bands rolling into the island of st. martin. also in irma's path, tourists and resort workers are riding out the storm in hotel ballrooms there. >> all the forecasts agree that hurricane irma is headed straight for florida but after that there's several paths it could take up the east coast, along the gulf coast or through the middle of the state. but wherever it goes florida is getting ready. abc's janai norman has more. whipping through the atlantic. hurricane irma a category 5 storm with its eye on the caribbean heading toward the florida peninsula. >> it's a really big storm. they're really taking it serious this time. >>

sculpture inef memory of robert gould shaw of is on gouldantry street in boston. street in boston. took almost 14 years to complete the high relief bronze monument. the veterans of the 54th, 55th, and the fifth massachusetts would come back to pay commemoration to that. veterans would return here to gettysburg on the 75th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg, and played host to nearly 2000 veterans. most were of advanced age, the average being 94. one veteran, 92-year-old thomas walters, had made the trip from los angeles, california, to attend the gathering of veterans. he was only one of 35 african-americans to serve in the civil war and attend the festivities. he enlisted and served in company c. among the ranks of the regimental members, one would hold the title of king. samuel boulton and listed a private in company h. he held the rank of corporal after mustering out and returning to civillian live. bolton established himself as a successful entrepreneur in the packaging of pickles in greenlawn, new york. this was so profitable that in 1899, bolton alone harvested 1.5 milli

. - at this point, you're no longer in jersey, you're up in boston. - we're in boston, i grew up in boston. i was always very resourceful. i did enjoy school a lot even though i wasn't very good at it, but i always sort of gravitated towards the arts and any creative learning, so when i got to, i had the privilege of attending a performance arts high school in boston which really saved my life. - boston arts academy. - boston arts academy really saved my life. it was conducive to how i learned and how i retained information and obviously, the arts, i think for education, is really necessary for kids to flourish. - and especially in a situation like the one you were in where you had so much going on outside of school that was so problematic and distracting. - yes, it was a release. - it focused you. - yeah, and it was really therapeutic and i talk about that, how it served as therapy for me. i mean, when you're made to be empathetic or connect to other people's stories and experiences, it automatically helps you. - your first professional role was? the first job you got, was what? - my firs

. >>> and the boston red sox under investigation accused of using apple watches to gain a competitive edge. >>> a good morning to you all. i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm nick watt in for kendis gibson. one of the most powerful atlantic hurricanes ever is speeding towards florida. >> hurricane irma made its first landfall in the caribbean overnight. the category 5 hurricane is expected to hit the u.s. virgin islands later and pass north of puerto rico tonight. >> time-lapsed photography shows the outer bands rolling into the island of st. martin. also in irma's path, tourists and resort workers are riding out the storm in hotel ballrooms there. >> all the forecasts agree that hurricane irma is headed straight for florida, but after that there's several paths it could take, up the east coast, along the gulf coast or through the middle of the state. but wherever it goes, florida is getting ready. abc's janai norman has more. >> reporter: a monster storm whipping through the atlantic. hurricane irma, a category 5 storm, with its eye on the caribbean heading toward the florida peninsula. >>

you moved to boston to work for a sports station, sports network. this is a new studio. we have a couch now. >> it is really cool to see this in real life but this is breezy, wow. >> yes. >> it is like a opened kitchen , what everybody dreams of, my gosh. >> the couch is a problem for ladies, because. >> yes. >> you have to be able to sit. >> i missed these things. people who run the prompters for news boston and i'm like, they are like what, i need my pedal back. >> like when you adlib they don't necessity where to put the prompter. >> yes. >> great to see you good to he zoo you do. >> you look fantastic. >> you look dueey and fresh and tan. >> why did you only have one hour of sleep last night. >> well, why? we had a bruins/flyers game, u gh. >> bruins won. >> it is preseason. >> nobody cares, it is like the lidle kid. but we had that. i went home. i have a cat name phil, so we have to talk when i get home. >> you saw mom and dad. >> no, heyed to talk to my cat last night. >> literally your cat. >> my cat, last night. >> is there a cat. >> we go back and forth. >> yes.

this kitten was seen wandering around 90 route connector in boston. multiple motorists called to alert the police and they stopped traffic so the animal rescue league of boston could rescue the cat. the female kitten is doing fine, although she lost some fur from an apparent burn. she'll soon be up for adoption but police are looking for some ideas for a name. r-90, the connector there, big dig is what they call that? >> something like that. it's a famous cat now. tweet us, let us know what you think the name should be. but yeah it's a famous cat now. >> and some families, too, are going to be very, very happy when they're the ones who take her home. >> quite a story. thanks for joining us. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. thanks for watching "early today" on this tuesday morning. have a great one. >>> it is tuesday morning, believe it or not. a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. many of you coming off an extended labor day weekend. it may feel like monday. look at that. already a day in the books. good morning to you. thanks for joi

the sergeant was born in boston. at the age of 30 he was working as a porter when he joined the cavalry. he was present at baylor's farm virginia, and was taken by typhoid fever sometime during the month of october, into early november. service records indicate he passed away november 6, 1864, at the regimental hospital in port lookout, maryland. a bronze relief sculpture in memory of robert gould shaw of the 54th infantry is on beacon street in boston. the sculptor took almost 14 years to complete the high relief bronze monument. the veterans of the 54th, 55th, and the fifth massachusetts would come back to pay commemoration to that. in 1938, veterans would return here to gettysburg on the 75th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg, and played host to nearly 2000 veterans. most were of advanced age, the average being 94. one veteran, 92-year-old thomas walters, had made the trip from los angeles, california, to attend the gathering of veterans. he was only one of 35 african-americans to serve in the civil war and

commissioner ed davis is here with us from boston. it's interesting that they're looking at what seemed to be a relatively crude device that could have been very, very effective. not that injuring 22 people is not. but could have been a lot worse. what do you see paralleling what you experienced in boston? >> thank you, neil. it's troubling to see this happen again. when you look at the device, it's about the same size and shape of what we saw in boston. i don't know what the contents were. there's different types of explosives, differents of detonators. there's talk of a timer on this. it was clearly designed to go off to create the most havoc. they tried to target one of these stations where several lines connect together. it would appear as though there was a flash-over of the explosive. so it didn't detonate. if it's not under a compression of some sort, it will flash over and create the kinds of burns that we've seen in the victims that were hurt today. so someone has done this and they've done it wrong. it didn't work, thank goo

the female students are from boston college. three of them are studying abroad. french police say a woman with a history of mental illness through the acid at the students. they say this is not terrorism. two of them suffered some very serious burns, boston college released a statement saying the students are out of the hospital and appear to be okay given circumstances. >>> great britain today lowered the terror level threat from critical which is the very highest level to severe following friday's subway attack. the uk lowered the threat level after police arrested a 21-year-old man overnight outside of london in connection with the attack. it follows yesterday's arrest of an 18-year-old man. friday's explosion injured 30 people. >>> sky rocketing noise complaints at a couple of our regions busiest airports. one of our most talked about stories right now in z2i1vz z16fz y2i1vy y16fy >>> a new report by "the washington post" shows people across the washington area filed a record number of noise kplints from flights from reagan national and dulles international a

. >>> boston, massachusetts, is by any standard a world class city, but ever since its colonial days, some have called it a fighting town. and located in the heart of the city is a place for anyone who does their fighting outside a ring. >> step inside, gentlemen. back to the wall, please. >> more than 12,000 people a year pass through the doors of boston's suffolk county jail. though the jail also holds inmates who have already been convicted and are serving short sentences, most arrive here having only been accused of a crime. if they don't make bail they will stay until their cases are resolved. for some, that time could be measured in months, if not years. >> two to five, one in restraints. >> we're not necessarily housing people, very violent crimes with people with completely non-violent crimes but it's a maximum security facility. if you're one of the nonviolent ones, it's definitely something that you need to get used to. >> with an average daily population of 2,700 male and female inmates, someone reaches their boiling point virtually every day of the week. >> on the ground!

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