you'll remember aside from his appearance at the patriots hall of fame ceremony this is the first time that we have heard from him since the afc championship loss to the broncos. >> and his message was to stay focused. we have much more on the story. >> reporter: this is something that we've been waiting for since training camp began. when would tom what would he say? that happened today and we were on hand for that. >> it took eight days for tom brady to officially break his silence. he called his decision to serve the suspension a tough one. >> over the course of my career i've been faced with different things and tried to overcome the best way i knew how.

to focus on the future and forget about the past. >> every day is important to me. certainly as someone who has been around for a long time i know i have to bring it every day and lead by example. >> reporter: down the road, tom is going to have to silt. and he's got to be clear of his teammates. he's not focused on that right now. >> i'll deal with that comes. i could have a plan and then change the plan. i'm focusing on every day and trying to get better. and i'll be rooting for us to win ever game. >> reporter: he can play in the preseason games, take part in the practices, but once september 3rd comes around he's

the guy is. it's got ring what this was going to be like. today at practice they had the discriminate am. and i think he finished 27 for 27. and he was lighting it up. and this is not bothering him. this is behind him and he's looking to the future. >> it will be strange. players deal with injuries all the time. for him to have the we've heard the rumors of private workouts. he can't go near the team until the opener. >> and real quick, we don't know many guys who love football as much as tom brady. he just turned 39 a couple of days ago. he wants to play football.

have been perfect but it's not going to happen. >> we'll have much more coming up at 6:00. for now, back to you guys, david and lisa. >> thank you so much. we're live in sturbridge getting ready for the pan-mass challenge. and when you are riding upwards of 192 miles, the weather is important. the good news this right now it looks like have a great weekend. but there's something we're watching tomorrow afternoon. and we want to send it to chief meteorologist and first time rider eric fisher in wellesley. eric-- >> reporter: good evening everybody. and myself and the whole weather team taking part in a leg. we're doing the sunday morning

and reaching over and grabbing the jerseys which i decided to summer evening. let's take a look at the details. tonight it's about the warmth and a beautiful evening comi ou carbs happening out under mostl will be noon to 6 p.m. ac ea and moving from west to east. so in a rela s cyclists will be trying to outrun the storms. tonight we have temperatures in the 80s. it's going to be evening. the winds are southwesterly and bringing in the warmer air the more humid air. and tomorrow for anyone kicking off the pmc it's going to be sticky. the showers and storms get going along and south of

for strong winds and heavy more about the storms plus the second leg of the race on sundayinin just a now, back to you in sturbridge. >> reporter: all righer fisher, thank you so much. the weather guys doing great on sunday. he gets the good weather e weat >> we neput in a good word for us on sarday too. >> the studios, ken news. from beverly where there's a bad crash on 128. exit 18 is where four cars and motorcycle crashed. friday afternoon in the summer, you know it will do a number on the traffic. and three cape cod beaches shut sightings. as many as six great whites

by scientists who were tracking the whale. as a precaution. noon's landing cold storage -- closed to swimming now. boston police officers are calling for more protection. some officers don't feel safe the streets. so the police unhas sent the commissioner a letter demanding better equipment. bill shields than ever, it's nerve to be a police officer. and the union wants the city to acknowledge that and come up with more protection for police. the union sent a letter to the police brass and the mayor

officer's chest. >> i wish some of the words he didn't use are a little offensive. it's a hard time to be a police officer. >> reporter: the union wants ballistic equipment for the officers on the street. while the union contract is in the middle of negotiations, they say this is not a tactic but just common sense protection. >> we have the best trained police department in the country. we have the equipment if we need to make sure they need more equipment. that's my responsibility as mayor. and if officers feel unsafe. we have to ma sure they feel safe. >> and names and pictures have been posted on social media. and the union wants the names removed from public documents.

on 495. the hole was so big you could see the river las have just reopened we're told and the backup now is about 7 miles long. governor baker signed new ridesharing regulations into la e and the drivers do not have to willto pick up at the convention center. let's go back to lisa and david live at sturbridge. >> reporter: thank you, ken. you can tell it gets rowdy in here. that means a first time rider is registering for tomorrow's race. and of course, every mile can r people riding the pmc but they know that every mile makes a

is supporting them. and really a part of the fight against cancer. and with more on that went to go live to paul burton who isou paul-- >> reporter: lisa and david, there are so nyspiring stories, incredible stories of people coming together and why they are taking part. i'm in a sea of bikes, thousands of them. people coming common cause to beat and cure cancer. and today it's all about preparation d gistration. >> brakes greased, wheels spinning, tiring pumped. first time riders, thrilled. >> first time doing the two day. >> reporter: nervous?

>> why you riding? >> 'cause everyone matters. >> reporter: bikes were lining life of -- ride of a lifetime. all pedal to help save a life. >> it's the coming together of people to help other people. >> reporter: he plays a key role, making sure the riders remain safe on the roads. >> we get brake adjustments bike. we prepare it as best we can and get him to the end. that's what is most important. >> reporter: why do you love this so much? >> it's helping people who are doing good for other people. >> reporter: he was ?9for his second year after overcoming a severe brain injury. >> we're riding for people that can't and hopefully, doing some good along the way.

cancer, it's all worth it. >> reporter: cancer is relentless but the bikers up for the challenge to help remove cancer from the face of the eah.donations do the trick. ride on. ? 36 and that's team lick out of new york city. we're going to hear coming up 6:00. just another inspiring team that's raised tens of thousands of dollars for the cause. we'll have more of the inspiring stories later on coming up at 6:00. for now, live outside where all the bikes are. this is where it's really happening. back to you guys david and lisa. >> inspiration is a word you'll hear a lot. and opening ceremonies coming up at 7:00. and hard to believe this started with a few hundred people in 1980 and now

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ransom payment. hillary has a lead over donald trump according to a new poll. clinton leads when you take the libertarian green party candidates into account. jon keller is here tonight. and do these poll numbers tell us anything? >> they don't tell us november by any means, but they tell us two things. the of messaging at their conven thanthe republicans, and voters are g on trump thanks to the feud with the gold star atfatru doing right and wrong in his campaign. let's do the same with clinton. starting with remarks made today in washington. >> we need to stand up as a country and say that donald trump doesn't represent who we

tim kaine and i and everyone supporting us is doing every day. and we're going to keep at it. because i believe with all heart that america is better than this. america is better than donald trump. >> that is the most effective part of the message. capitalizing on the negative view of trump. when the focus shifts back to clinton herself it's here's clinton putting an implausible spin on the fbi director's damaging testimony about their probe of her e-mail misuse. >> having him say that my answer fbi weren't truthful and then i should quickly add what i said was consistent with what i had said publicly. and that's really sort of in my view trying to tie both ends together.

why she can't say i messed up. i apologized. i learned my lesson, it won't ever happen again. it's a mystery. but the efforts to spin the story showcase her at her worst. this should have been put to bed a long time ago. >> you were expecting it a year ago. let's check in with eric fisher, 's first pmc and you're going to ride on sunday. >> does the weather man always know? sunday is looking a little bit drier. everyone is coming in on a beautiful friday evening. what does the cow bell mean? >> for a first year rider we make a big deal by ringing the cow bell for them. first year rider! >> congratulations. good luck out there.

cause. spending time outdoors. and let's talk about the forecast. and we are in a drought. we haven't had many days without much rainfall. and what we're looking at is a very dry stretch that's going to head into saturday. the rainfall deficit is large and even though we have storms tomorrow. we're not looking at drought denting types of rain. it's very warm and tonight won't be as cool as the last couple. we'll hold in the 60s to around 70 and the humidity will start coming up. and it will be quite humid during the day tomorrow. with the warm, humid air, a chance for thunderstorms. and the main risk would be for localized flash flooding on the roads with heavy rain and damaging wind gusts and right now looks like hail and tornado

we start partly cloudy. and we see the storms starting to move into the area by lunchtime to the westthen. hey' eastward. by 3:00, look at that. going down the pmc route. if you're cycling 15, the relative motion is 20. the good news is everyone leaves at 7 a.m. many will be down to -- by the time the storms arrive. hour-by-hour tomorrow, we're looking at raply warmin temperatures. it will be quite humid and as we head past lunchtime, a risk for the storms coming up. be prepared if you plan on being out on the route as we head to the afternoon. the humidity will drop out sunday. look at the wind direction. bright skies and temperatures

risk so good news there. across the whole area tomorrow, a chance 90 in fitchburg and lawrence. it will be a warm and muggy day. the highest risk of storms is along and south of the mass pike on saturday. beauty. mix of sun and clouds and up in the 80s and pretty good finish to the weekend. and the beat it stays warm and dry. 80s and sunshine on monday and wednesday. at the end of next week, it looks promising for much needed rain. we'll have more from here. and coming up in just a little bit from wellesley. the key is to get to borne by 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. that's my goal. 6300 riders this year. this is an event that's seen

minute. in the first 10 years of the pmc, they raised combined $3.6 million. last year, there were 6000 riders, and they raised $45 million. we mentioned that billy starks sets a new goal and this year the goal is morefrom sturbridge and gisele bundchen. and she's going to portray another famous face at the olympics. and a community shocker. a brookline deli closing its

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welcome back in tonight. thousands gettinad pan-mass challenge. some in wellesley, and some in sturbridge. the goal is to beat cancer. >> the average rider trains three and raises in figh we're excited about opening ceremonies which starts at 7:00 here on wbz. but there is also a big opening ceremony in latin america. >> this is kind of the big opening ceremony. that's the other opening

olympics. that's happening tonight. the torch is making its way to the marcana stadium. and protesters are not happy that the olympics are there. and they blocked the torch from entering the co pabaand remembe girl from ipanema. and the real woman who inspired the song will be carrying torch. she is 71 years old. and gisele bundchen, tom brady's wife will play her in the opening ceremonies act. >> she'beautiful. and she's young, and for me so sunrise and feel so happy because i remember my past. i remember when i was young. 'cause now i am a grandmother. no more the girl. >> reporter: back in the 1960s.

through her childhood neighborhood. >> it's a good song too. >> it's to catchy. it stays in your head. a surprise announcement this morning from brookline. >> a brookline restaurant announcing that it's closing its doors after 90-years in business. you probably know the restaurant. it was the last day of business thownersen's kosher and shocking the employees who showed up for work this morning. that's going to be missed in e community. lot of people have memories riders fight cancer 1 mile at a time. still ahead surprising and promising ideas that researchers are now exploring. litt bridge project, eight years and counting.

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