project finally begins. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning it's 5. thanks for waking up with us i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser. we appreciate you being here year night -- overnight herl cane earl ma bringing strong winds and heavy rain. and you have a update for us on earl that came out minutes ago. >> earl weakened slightly chris and kathryn. 75-mile-per-hour wind right now as opposed to 80 miles an hour. it's just a category one hurricane. you need 74-mile-per-hour winds or greater. earl is moving to the west at 15 miles per hour. here's guatemala and belize and going to continue to be impacted today. parts of mexico too as earl he comes ashore and continues to

may receive up to a foot of rainfall even though it will weakening. 65 here in boston right now. 51 in taunton. so just like yesterday, some of the suburbs are cooler at 61 in manchester and 53 in keene with a it up of fog. not nearly as widespread as yesterday. and some of the typical spots like taunton and like keene. satellite otherwise is quiet and the planner goes this way. beautiful. 62 for 82 by lunchtime. fantastic. bright and warm. we will be 84 for the ride home. no weather related issues. 70s on cape cod with the sunset. look at that. 7:59 the first before 8 p.m. that we have had in a while. i am tracking thunderstorms as we head into the weekend. we will talk about it coming up. heats get you on the road usually a quiet start. >> reporter: it's early enough that traffic is not really a concern yet. there's barely anyone on the

route 3 -- connector. route 3 nothing to slow you down. the split gives you no troubles. it's smooth sailing from braintree to boston. you will get there in just about 10 minutes. chris kathryn, back to you. >> thank you. we begin with a developing story. police investigate hing whether a deadly knife attack in london was an act of terrorism. a woman was killed at least 5 other people injured. the attack happened in russell square near the british museum. suspect is in custody. it appears mental health was a significant factor in the attack. security is stepped up in the city. a couple inches makes the difference between hive and death for a wo-- life and death for a w opburn woman. she lost control hitting parked cars and a fence. witnesses say a pole from the fence pierced the front windshield missing her head by 6 inches. the pole went through the center of the car and digging

everything inside me drop and i almost kind of freaked there. >> sawyer is in the hospital and she was told to stay there overnight as a precaution. right now her family says they still doesn't know he what caused her -- what caused her to blackout. worcester man is due in court accused of attacking a police officer directing traffic. police say jones appiah tried to get into driveway closed off. police say that's when he got angry and punched the officer eye. officers had to pepper spray him several times. it's a big day for casino gambling. wynne resort will start work on the efforte -- everett casino. >> reporter: this has been a long time coming and to become reality, the lot behind me in everett will be busting with the construction activity. in fact that activity is slated

project which will sit on 33 acres near the mistic river. the move comes after the city of somerville decided not to further challenge a permit for the project granted by the state department of environmental protection. somerville was concerned about possible environmental impacts in the area. and they might still seek more changes in the courts. but wynne says this will create hundreds of construction jobs and many more jobs once the casino is opened. they hope the opening will happen in and later today, the people behind the project will gather right here with the mayor of everett to talk more about what's to could have been. jim smith wbz news now back to you. today residents will get the chance to weigh in to have boston police officer wear body cameras. our anna meiler is live in mattapan with a closer look at that proposal anna. >> reporter: and that hearing will be here at the mildred

review the police department's plan to test out body cameras and residents are welcomed to come give the input. the department recently announced it would conduct a 6 month pilot program with 100 officers volunteering to wear body cameras while patrolling. civil rights activists had been pushing for police to use body cameras after officer-involved shootings across the country. they argue it will increase transparency accountability and trues trust between law enforcement and community members of the last month department announced it reached an agreement with the police union to conduct the pilot commissioner evans says he was hoping for an august launch but it has not taken off. if you want to weigh in on the program, you can come to the mildred community center at 5:30 tonight. reporting hive in mat a -- live in mattapan anna meiler. new overnight the fight to wipe out mosquitoes carrying diseases intensifies in new bedford. ground spraying gapped around -- began around 2 this morning

parks and locations that host large public events. residents can also request ground spraying near them by contacting bristol county mosquito control. this morning animal rescue crews will be back at a condemned house in uptown. yesterday they removed -- upton. yesterday they removed 8 living cats and think more may be hiding inside. investigators described the two sisters who live at the house as hoarders. neighbors say the home has been a problem for years. >> it tink real -- stinks couldn't sit outside our house and we are two houses away. >> they have to take measures to prevent this once and for all. >> the sisters in their 60s when checked out at the hospital and are now staying with pam if i -- family. they are not facing criminal charges right now. fentanyl overdose related deaths are on the rise in massachusetts. the number of overdose deaths in the state has more than tripled in the last five years. 66% of overdose deaths so far

fentanyl. that's up 57% from last year. fentanyl is considered 50 foo times more potent than heroin. after months of tension a report details allegations of racism at oop elite boston school -- an elite boston schooled. they investigated more than 100 biased based and found more than a dozen violates school policies. the superintendent is working with them to make sure they are more welcoming for all studts is settling 30 sex abuse case. dozens came forward to say teach he is and staff in st. georges abused they will. the school admits they never reported the allegations. no word on how much the settlement is for but a mediator is determining how much each former student will receive. over to campaign 2016 now. donald trump head to maine today. the gop nominee is trying to get the campaign on track.

latest. >> reporter: campaigning in florida wednesday donald trump sought to refocus attention on hillary clinton blaming her for the creation of isis. >> she should get an award from them as the founder of isis. >> reporter: and tying her to accusations that the obama administration made a so-called ransom payment to iran in january. around the same time four american hostages were released. >> 400 million dollars in cash. how does a president do that? how do you do that? this was by crooked hillary clinton. >> reporter: the attacks cameamid signs of a deepening rift between the gop nominee and members of his party. yesterday, illinois representative adam kensinger was the latest republican refusing to support trump angry over the feud with a gold star family. trump's running mate mike pence split with him and endorsed house speaker paul ryan. >> i am strongly support paul ryan and strongly endorse his

clinton by 10 percentage points nationally. at a denver based tie company the democratic nome. >> i attacked her oon the's business record. >> i would like him to explain why he paid chinese workers to make trump ties. this is one of them it's got his name on it of course. >> reporter: today clinton will continue to talk about jobs and the economy at an event in las vegas. hena daniels, cbs news. coming up a mixed signal at a local intersection. >> the new traffic light leaving a lot of drivers seeing red. >> and another visitor to the shores a closer look at the latest great white tagged off the cape. good morning. >> beautiful weather these next couple days. if you are headed down there. 78 degrees with sunshine and we will be around 80 tomorrow low humidity saturday is the day humidity goes back up and i will be tracking a couple thunderstorms too from the start of the weekend. we'll talk more about it in

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a big scare at a local beach. swimmers were ordered out of the water at south beach on martha vin yarr's after report -- vineyard after a reported shark sighting. this actually might have been a hammerhead shark but officials have not confirmed the sighting. >> speaking of sharks the 10th great white shark of the season was tagged off the cape yesterday. the doctor worked with the atlantic white shark conservanctagged the i love they name them as they go along. >> the beach on the vineyard is part of the jaws movie. >> is that where they shot jaws. >> part of it was over at the scene when she goes under in the beginning and then yeah the waves at south beach, i am not getting out of the water for a shark. >> can you imagine the warningeverybody out of the water and you look to the shore to look for the fin. >> everybody runs towards the watter to look for it instead

we have a spectacular -spectacular day on tap. >> it will be beautiful. these days, i want to say they are he numbered but this is the time of the year august we get the full month to go and temperatures on the cool side this morning. 51 in taunton. 65 boston the middle to upper 50s on the cape. the fog not nearly as widespread as yesterday. 3/4 of a mile visibility in taunton. quarter of a mile dense fog in springfield vermont. a few patches will burn off between now and through the course of the the day today. looks fantastic. you get back to the midwest and not so nice. we get areas of rain and thunderstorms pushing through minnesota stretching back into south dakota. this is what the next disturbance a cold front that will arrive to new england by time we get to saturday. so until then it's a dry stretch and we could use the rain because of the drought but we are not talking about any of the next few days. beautiful weather for outdoor activities. low 80s in boston. 75 to near 80 on cape cod.

interior. most of us topping out 86, 87, 88. clear and cool tonight again. 65 downtown. 50s for the suburbs with a light southwest breeze and highs tomorrow, bumping it up a little bit. 86 in boston same in rockport and 85 to 90 from metro west and lawrence and fitchburg hitting 90. jaffrey 85 and along the south coast back over to cape cod will be in the upper 70s to lower 80s and humidity will tomorrow's another dry day as well. saturday that's something changes so here comes a cold front. we start with cloud in the morning and-- clouds in the morning and gusty southwest breeze and perhaps a shower or two. and then the thunderstorms develop kind of early on saturday by midday we have scattered showers and thunderstorms firing up. so here's the map at 1 p.m. we will track the timing closely. a difference of a couple hours would mean the storms could be

northwestern areas of massachusetts are drying out. and the storms are pushing from boston back down to the south shore and cape by late afternoon and evening. 8 p.m. most of the action long gone and clearing skies coming in and less humid air coming in for the second half the weekend. temperatures in the 80s through the weekend. and again sticky on saturday but drier air comes in on sunday so pmc riders gray day on sunday 80 on cape cod. beautiful start to next week. mid-80s with sunshine on monday and a warmup by wednesday. traffic and weather together. >> reporter: plenty of people on the expressway. that is live look at 93 north from dorchester. traffic is really picking up right around columbia road. further south we have planouth along pond road northbound on route 3. the crash is on the on ramp and we are seeing there's rampp restrictions there. mooning you probably can't get on at exit 5ch the best option drive up to exit 6 in done town plymouth and get on there.

quincy are getting mixed significant malls from a new traffic light systems that use single double flashing and solid lights to warn drivers when they need to stop. the idea is to help pedestrians on hancock street in the center cross safely. right now signs for both pedestrians and drivers try to explain the signals. >> you need a sign initially to understand the signs but the signals themselves are familiar to every ri be. >> -- motorists or should nob this is usthat's why i have to look up here several times. >> and-- >> reporter: and the city says it takes a little time but they are learning the lights. eye has been in place for a month. the obama administration denies reports this morning that it made a huge payment to iran as ransom for four americans. the wall street journal first reported the 400 million dollar cash pay out was flown to tehran around the same time the

money settled a dispute dating back to the 1970s -- dispute dating back to the 1970s. but the timing is ies dense. -- coincidences. 67 inmates are serving life sentence and yesterday announcement was the largest batch of communications on a single day in more than a century. almost all of the inmates were in prison for nonviolent drugoffenses. a familiar face around the white us job in the bay state. sasha obama is working at the take out window at a restaurant on the vineyard. boston herald reports the firstdaughter works at nancy's in oak bluff. she has 6 secret service agents by her side and will reportedly only work until saturday when her parents arrive for their two week vacation. there are two new additions to the stone zoo. we want to show you they are twin. [audio not understandable]

goats. for now the -- endangered mountain goats. for now they are staying close to their mom and a surprise for those at lake tahoe. three bears decided to have a family vacation of their own. at the popular tourist destination they were spotted swimming and playing in the sand. how amazing is that. on vacation. >> wild. >> swimming with the bears. >> beautiful spot to go. >> anything goes. >> dome don't blame them. a birthday celebration for tom brady. fans at training camp. >> and a good night for the newest member of the red sox but is it enough to beat the

wbz sports is driven massachusetts bmw center or visit us at bmw mass.com. >> 5:22 right now. coach belichick praising one player's progress at training camp. >> and celebrating tom brady's birthday. steve burton has more in the morning sports. >> tom brady turned 39 creed but he -- 39 yesterday but he was not the only one to have a

asked -- belichick was asked if they had anything special planned for the day. >> practicing. >> no special plans for the head coach and no big surprise but patriots fans brought dozens of signs wishing qb12 well and sang happy birthday. ? happy birthday dear tom happy birthday to you. >> so nice of them to and no doubt appreciated it. as for the teammates they tried their best to give number 12 a hard time. >> he didn't do too bad and i tried to make a wish for him you know we celebrate his birthday with interceptions but he was not for it no interceptions today. >> of course not he was completing passes to chris harper. the second year wide receiver had one catch last season. spinedding most of the time on the practice squad.

he is turning head including bill belichick who had unusual high praise. >> he is doing well but has come a long way and made as much progress as any player in the last calendar year mai maybe more than that going back to last spring but he is gone a long way. >> for a young player in the press coffins with bill he never says anything but he praised you what do that mean. >> it means a lot hearing the kind words he said it makes me want to work hard to continue to get the praises. >> tom brady did turn 39 and he still playing like he is 25 years old. that's sports for now steve burton guys over to you. and new this morning, a good night for the red sox newest member but it was not enough to beat the mariners. andrew gets the first major league start in left field and got the first major league hit. two hits last night. but the starter gave up thee

lose 3-1 and they wrap up the series with seattle tonight. a new ranking of the nation's best ball parks is out. >> maybe you wonder how fenway ranks up. number 8usa today ranked all 30 ball parks based on overall experience and authors took into account atmosphere design and location and food and unique quirks. the survey says the atmosphere at fenway is tough to beat and it is a baseball landmark and everything about that is special. kicks off tomorrow but there's some competition underway. the u.s. women's soccer team faced off against new zealand yesterday. carly lloyd with the header to make it 1-0 early. and alex morgan adds another goal in the 46th minute and team usa wins 2-0. >> off to a good start. still to come in the next half-hour, more on summer games. >> the olympic torch in rio and who team usa picked to carry the flag at tomorrow's opening ceremony.

keller. a baseball umpire who egeeked a fan for vulgar language is sending us a message -- ejected a fan for vulgar language is sending us a message we can fight back against unacceptable speech. >> we are talking about sunshine today. warming temperatures looks beautiful. this hour by hour forecast we come into the 70s by 8 a.m. hook at that. 78 by 10 a.m. in boston. we top out in the low 80s at the coastline today. great beach weather as well as we look live out at the looking at the harbor beautiful colors coming over the horizon. rise coming up in few minutes. stay with us. you with watching-- you are

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london new detail coming in on suspect. >> pushing body cameras. plan up for debate. >> and construction getting underway at the casino. the ruling letting construction start today. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz this morning. >> good morning to you. it's 5:30. i am kathryn hauser. >> i am thanks for joining us. it's thursday august 4. another beautiful day on tap in new england. yesterday it was -- yesterday it was nice but overnight hurricane earl made landfall. coming ashore in belize bringing strong winds and heavy rain. danielle has been tracking this. >> earl weakened just a little bit. so it had 80-mile-per-hour winds as it came ashore and now 75 mile per hour winds earl is moving to the west at 15 miles per hour. northern guatemala getting into it in terms of the eye of the

and then into mexico here over the next several days. the biggest concern with earl is that the rainfall is going to continue to come down even as earl weakens over the next couple days. so upwards of a foot of rain may fall in some spots with locally higher amounts. mud slides and flash flood sergeant big areas to watch over the next couple days in parts of mexico and guatemala. current temperatures at home 65 in boston. 50 in taunton right now. 55 in falmouth and 59 in chatham a cool quiet sunshining is coming up in few minutes from now. and there's just a touch of fog like yesterday but it's not nearly as widespread. so just few patches out there. rise officially in 9 minutes from now. 8 1/2. 5:47, 62 degrees we rise out of the 60s quickly through the 70s. 82 by lunchtime. mostly sunny and low humidity. just a great day of summer weather overall. we will top out in the mid-80s.

p.m. tonight at 7:59. we have a dry but warmer end to the week tomorrow. we will time out saturday thunderstorms coming up. let's get you on the roads and see how the commute is shaping up brianna -- brianna -- brie one ooh. >> reporter: traffic is pick -- breana. >> reporter: we are watching an accident in plymouth on route 3 north at exit 5 long pond road. the crash is on the on ramp and there is ramp restrictions in place. your best option is probably to drive up to exit 3 there and we will let you know when it clears. now back to you. >> thanks very much. we begin with a developing story for you. police investigating whether a deadly knife attack in loppedon was an -- london was an act of terrorism a woman was killed and five others injured. that attack happened in russell square near the british museum. the 19-year-old suspect is in custody after an officer used a stun gun on him. police say it appears mental health was a significant factor

up in the city. checking our other top stories this morning today boston residents can weigh in on police body cameras. a public hearing will be held at the mildred community center tonight. the department is planning a pilot program where about 100 officers were volunteer to wear cameras for 6 months. civil rights activists have been pushing for this in light of the police-involved shootings across the country. wynne resorts will start work on the they will hold a construction kick off. yesterday they received a state environmental permit clearing a final hurdle. somerville challenged the permit and lost but has several pending lawsuits against the casinoch the two billion dollar casino is expected to open in 2019. new york state back in the game. dorn r -- the governor allowing the fantasy sports. it calls the contest a game of

explaining the rules identification of pyle highly experienced players and prohibiting minors from playing. massachusetts put similar regular layings in place. 5:34. in the digital era it's easy to insight vinyls online. jon keller explains the people are abusing the first amendment. >> reporter: good morning. we are in the middle of a red hot campaign and when passions run high tempers flare. when that happens, civility an manners take a back seat or are ejected from the car altogether. perhaps there's nothing that can be done about that now that the internet has provided every loch in america with a mega phone or maybe we need more umpires like major league baseball ump bob davidson. he was working the plate at tuesday night's game in philadelphia when a fan started heckling him at first with a

escalated and became profane and the the ump had him ejected there. were kids there and young girls there he explained later and they don't have to listen to that. i applaud his decision and wonder should we push back harder on those who abuse their first amendment rights elsewhere. that right is not absolute and it never was. it doesn't include the right for instance to insight vi world of social media has given some among us the impression they are preto bully, slander and -- free to bully slander and spew inappropriate language. that leaves it up to us to play umpire. we can't eject every offender but we can reject them. block violators from our facebook and twitter feeds. call out creeps who act out in

shame and shunning can be powerful tools. it is time we start using them to stem the tide of social sewage. weigh in on this via e-mail at keller@wbz.com or on tweeter at keller at -- twitter at keller at large. excitement is building for the olympic gamesch the torch is in rio arriving by boat yesterday morning. it will travel through the city until it reaches the stadium tomorrow night. and during the opening ceremonies michael phelps will carry the u.s. flag. members of team summit. -- usa voted to give him the honor. he is the most decorated athlete winning 8 golds and 22 medals overall. this will be his 5th olympic games. what do you think. >> i am going throw this out here he probably what quite the trophy shelf with the medals. make sure it's on the wall.

18 golds you say i want to display the other one. >> i don't know. good for him. still ahead a. growing problem with the self-check out lanes. >> and big changes coming to cvs. the medication the pharmacy chain will stop carrying. >> reporter: and good morning. this is jim smith live in everett where the long awaited wynne casino project is going to be a reality a live report

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thrip -- winthrop site. there will be office spies and condos and the price tag was 151 million dollars. >> wow. green light for a commercial mission to the moon. and some problems in the self- check out lane. >> and cvs is making big changes. jill wagner is live with those stories and more. good morning jill. >> reporter: good morning chris and kathryn. cvs health will add 35 products to the list of excluded drugs next year. for cancer and diabetes. this is the first time that brand named cancer drugs have been taken off cvs's standard list. the company says they are taking a stand against egregious drug price increases. cvs is based in rhode island. walmart is in talks to buy jet.com that's a online retailer launched last year to take on amazon. jet operates like an online

year and members save 10 to 15% op products. walmart is trying to boost its own internet seas as it competes and self-service check out could be turning us into thieves. a study found retailers suffered major losses up to 170% with self-scanning check outs compared to normal check outs where a cashier rings you up so this is a drugstores and supermarkets. and it's not exactly clear user error as in people are forgetting to ring up items. chris and kathryn. >> i think it's a little bit of both makes sense. >> you know it's tough when you use it and it is like put your item in the bag and you are like it is in the bag and you are yelling at the computer. >> right. >> i like the old fashioned check out lines. >> reporter: i am with you. it's definitely a little frustrating. >> thanks very much. >> reporter: i feel like there's so many people sorry i

there's people looking down like regular like store workers i would think it would be hard to steal. >> i think so tie think you are right. they have got their eye on the self-check out lane. >> reporter: yep. >> coming up, and there's the bell. time is up jill. coming up, an update on developing news out of london. >> the latest on a deadly into attack and details we are learning about the suspect. >> reporter: boston police are going to launch the pilot program to test out body cameras for the and tonight the community has a chance to weigh in on the plan. details coming up. >> weather watchers checking in this morning and the past few mornings people are saying if i didn't know it was august it would feel like fall. especially with the temperatures. 53 degrees in barre. bellingham mid-50s andovers and well and nashua a lot of 50s on the map. 80s by later on today. thanks as always to the weather

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the population of the town explodes from 3,000 people in the off season to 60,000 during the summer months and it's going to get big they are sunday when thousands of pan mass challenge drivers peddle into town. and wbz is your official station for pmc tomorrow night 7 p.m. for opening ceremonies live and stay with us all weekend for our live coverage and on sunday we will stream the finish line live right on cbsboston.com. so you can watch people crossing the finish line from the comfort of home. into course so many people riding a lot of eyes on the actual forecast for the weekend so we will check with danielle this morning. >> good morning. >> we have had hotter pmcs because it will be warm for usriders heading into saturday. 87 degrees but we are starting in the 60s in the morning. we will have to dodge a couple rain drops in the afternoon. so muggy too. but the good news is on sunday,

there will be less humid air and plenty of sunshine and a little breezy too. 80s on cape-- for most and right around 80 on cape cod for the riders that are running from bourn tow p town to day two. 65 in boston. 61 manchester. 51 taunton a lot of 50s on the map a touch of fog not nearly as widespread as yesterday. 1/4 of a mile visibility in vermont. that area dissipate. you will need the shade as you head out the door there. are thunderstorms rolling through the midwest from minnesota stretching back down through south dakota. this is the next weather maker. a cold front that will arrive not until saturday so gorgeous beach day today. check it out at and in and on the water. 76 to 83 today. water temperatures have been creeping up and i've been hearing from a lot of folks saying it's warm. nice relief jumping in. 68 to 75 water temperatures.

cape cod. high tide 1:08 this afternoon. put on the sun block and you know the drill by this point of the summer. 82 in boston today. low 80s at the coast. a little wind that comes in off the ocean today. and 87 in bedford. and middle to upper 80s through the interior. and 83 in jaffrey and 81 worcester and south southwest wind 86 in norwood and 70s for cape cod and islands. tonight no issues. for sleeping. clear skies cool and 52 to 60 in the suburbs right around 65 at boston and tomorrow, looks fantastic as well. we will bump it up a little bit. 89 with sunshine and a couple clouds mixed in. humidity still in check. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. tomorrow night, is when the the cloud roll in. here's map on saturday morning. 7 a.m., notice there's a little bit of green showing up and there may be a shower or twogusty southwest wind on

afternoon, scattered thunderstorms are firing up. this point of the summer the drill was thunderstorms too. not everyone is going to see one. but where they come through briefly heavy downpours maybe lightning. nothing to cancel outdoor plans on but i would have backup plan to she can shelter in doors -- to seek shelter indoors. 5 p.m. area of showers and downpours pushint from the south shore to the south coast. by the early evening, most of that is going to offshore. less humid air drying and clearing coming in behind it. sunday looks beautiful. mid-80s. same for monday. gorgeous start to next week and another warmup. 90 by the middle part of the week. an isolated evening storm on wednesday. traffic and weather together. >> reporter: volume is building on the expressway by the gas tank. the slow down is starting further south. you're slow and go on 128 south to 93 north between exit 6 and

red on the map. to the north, the first one to pick up is 93 south in andover slow and go between exit 45 river road and exit 43. the he willer accident in plymouth has been cleared and the on-ramp at exit -- earlier accident in plymouth has been cleared and the on-rampp at the exit is clear. a chance for public to weigh in on police body cameras. >> the latest on a deadly nerve here are your top stories on this thursday morning. police investigating whether a deadly knife attack in london could be linked to terrorism. a woman was killed five other people injured in russell square near the british museum last night. an officer had to use a stun gun on the suspect. that 19-year-old is in custody right now. police say it appears mental health was a significant factor in the attack. >> reporter: the boston police department will launch the

they announced they will conduct a 6 month program with 100 officers volunteering to wear body camera while patrolling. civil rights activists has been pushing for police to use cameras after officer-involved shootings across the country. they are arguing it will increase trance parent sigh. tonight -- transparency. i have details coming up on the opportunity to weigh in on the plans. anna meiler wbz thisni this is jim smith live in everett with are a long awaited cay -- where a long awaited casino project kins off wynne reports will hold a construction kick off this afternoon. yesterday wynne received a state environmental permit clearing one of the project's final hurdles. the city of somerville challenged the permit and lost but still has several pending lawsuits against the casino. the two billion dollar casino

wynne says the project will create hundreds of construction jobs and more jobs once it is up and running. they hope to have that running, the casino that is, in three years. live in everett jim smith. police are investigating a crash that badly injured two people in lowell a man and woman were crossing branch street when driver hit them last night. the woman was airlifted to a boston trauma center. we are told the man was up and talking to police at the scenech the driver did stop and so far no charges have been filed. fire investigators cigarette sparked this massive apartment fire in charlestown last month. eye took fire fight -- it fobbing fire tight -- it took firefighters 8 hours to contain the blaze. fire firefighters were hurt and 9 people -- five firefighters were hurt and 9 people were displayed. a british teen is turning sunscreen inside out it protects the inside of the cells where greatest damage

to skin cancer. cell death cause wrinkles and sagging. a text message could help you stay on track if you are trying to lose weight. one study obese teens who received text messages reminding them of the commitment to eat healthy were 8 times more likely to keep the weight down. that's compared to teens who didn't get the texts. still to come, the ice bucket challenge is back. >> but instead of using water, there's a new messy twist we

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one man putting a twist on ice bucket challenge. >> larry kaplan is traveling to all 50 states but instead of ice and water he is dumping one of the state's signature items on the head. this was boston yesterday baked beans. he wants to complete his fund raising tour in the next 30 days.>> i took off one month from my business and one month from my wife and children to do this myself for a month and then i get to go back to my normal life. if you have als you wake up one day and don't get back to your normal life that change is permanent. >> his goal is to raise 100,000 dollar for als next stop is portsmouth new hampshire where he takes a clam chowder shower. >> brave man. >> he made a great point. keep it here. your top stories are straight

developing news right now at 6, new information on a deadly knife attack in london. the suspect in custody this morning. >> and a big win for wynne. what's happening today at the site of the everett casino. >> and a close call for woman in woburn. how a pole went through her windshield. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston, morning. >> good morning to you great to have you here with us i am kathryn hauser. >> i am chris mckinnon it's thursday august 4th and another beautiful day on tap in new england but overnight hurricane america. the storm brought strong wind wind and waves and heavy rain. danielle niles is here with a better look. >> category one hurricane kathryn chris weakened