. breaking news right now at noon a high school staffer under arrest accused of sexually assaulting a student. >> the man was working with special needs students at maude inn high school. the police say the assault took pl nicole jacobs is live with the latest for us. nicole? >> reporter: the 46-year-old steven mcdonald is accused of rape and indecent assault on a child 14 years old or older, a disabled child at that. i can tell you these accusations are so graphic we can't share all of them during this broadcast, but i want to get you right to some video of mcdonald in court just a short

the alleged victim here, one of mcdonald's 16-year-old disabled students who accuses mcdonald of assaulting and raping him during trips to the bathroom where mcdonald had to assist the student. the prosecutor describes sexual acts allegedly performed on the student and the student allegedly being forced to reciprocate. mcdonald began working in the student's clam in september of 2015. it is unclear when the alleged rape and assault began, but the prosecutor says the boy told his mother about what was happening in school in late march. the prosecutors governor a possible reason as to why the boy may have been afraid to tell. >> the defendant continue usely threatened to go to the victim's home and kill his mother. the defendant would offer the victim candy on occasions in order to lure him into the bathroom. >> reporter: school officials became aware of the situation

mcdonald was placed on leave from his position. the school superintendent released a statement. it reads the indictment of mcdonald is deeply concerning to the public schools. we cannot comment further since it is -- [ no audio ] [ brief pause. no audio ] again, back in court next month. we're live, nicole jacobs, wbz news. >> nicole, thank you. also breaking, hingeham police have arrested a man for raping an elderly woman in her home. the police day donald galvin broke into the woman's home a little over a week ago.

forced open a window and climbed into the house where he raped and beat that woman. galvin is set to face a judge today. this afternoon the quiet community of princeton mass is on edge a young woman out for a run murdered. >> the police are asking residents to with extremely cautious as they try to find her killer. you spoke with the officials. >> reporter: i talked to people from the district attorney's office and from state police this morning. they didn't bring any new information on this investigation, but they did stress they want residents to remain vigilant. here in town the focus is on healing with a vigil planned here at the first church tonight. people in the small rural town of prince phon are nervous and afraid after the body of the 27- year-old vanessa marcotte was found in the woods about a half mile from her mother's house. the sources say she was naked and burned.

this is very family friend community, -- this is a very family-friendly community. >> she was in princeton visiting her mother and went for a jog sunday afternoon around 1:00, but never made it home. hours later, canine units discovered her body in the woods. >> we are concerned about the safety of our town residents and the visitors who enter our town. we would ask people to pay attention to their >> i think this is a wake-up call to be aware but not be terrorized. >> reporter: they're trying to bring the community together during this difficult time by organizing a vigil at the church. >> with singing, with love and joy showing we're a strong town and we hold together when things get tough. >> that vigil will be held here at the first church at 7:00 and people from all over the area are welcome to attend.

>> thank you. the police are pleading for the public's help in finding this killer. if you have any information or saw anything unusual in the area, you should call 508-453- 7589 and you can, of course, remain anonymous. stay with wbz for the latest on this investigation. we'll bring you updates on air and online at cbsboston.com. we're going to switch gears and turn our attention to the weather. >> it may no provide much needed relief for our drought stricken area. barry burbank is here. >> hi, everybody. it does look like there is some rain in the forecast and we need it badly and we're going to get some tomorrow. first things first and how beautiful it is out there now. look at the wind particles here. it is providing a little bit of cooling along the coast. it is really, really nice. it may get up to 80 assuming

but just inland it goes up to the upper 80s, almost 90 degrees with all of that sunshine. some feathery clouds going by. while inland it is just going to be a wonderful afternoon overall, as we see not much in the way of the clouds. they will start to roll in and i'll tell you how much rain i think we could get out of this with the forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you so much. breaking news out of patriots' hearing jewel i don't know edelman appeared to be hurt. it looks like he injured his left foot which he had surgery on during the off season. edelman was able to walk off the field. so far no word as to what happened to edelman. the pats open the preseason. we're going to kick thicks off with patriots game day. it is followed by the fifth quarter post-game show.

on wbz. dan roche will call the game here on channel 4. new at noon, firefighters say oily rags stored in trash bags started this massive fire at a south boston home. the flames broke out on east fourth street last night. authorities say the home was under renovation so no one was living inside. five people who live next door was forced out by that fire. the damage is estimated to be at about $1 million. a deadly wrong way crash died when he crashed head on with two other ve [ brief pause

a police motorcycle offs ser recovering after a crash with a car that accident shut down part of the road last night. the police say the officer is expected to be okay. no one in the crash is now under investigation. and state troopers think they know who stole a police sugh that man is currently undergoing an evaluation at the hospital. they found the police suv abandoned yesterday afternoon hours after it was taken. it was not damaged and no equipment was taken from inside. and campaign 2016, donald trump is firing back as more than 50 republicans back away from their party's nominee saying he is unfit to be president.

lawmaker. craig boswell reports. >> donald trump has lost the vote of another prominent republican. and in the "washington post," i am a life long republican, but donald trump does not reflect historical republican values. >> it shows you the breadth of the problem he has in the party. this tells you moderates are in revolt as well. >> reporter: this comes a after group of 50 republicans signed a letter saying trump would be the most reckless president the group includes the former director offers the kay cry and national intelligence, plus two former homeland security secondaries. >> these are the people who have been there a long time. washington establishment people. they have been there a long time. look at the terrible job they have done. >> reporter: it wasn't all bad news for trump. many republicans praise the economic plan that includes cutting taxes and then he took to twitter and sparked another controversy. trump tweeted many people are

u.s. because of hillary clinton's hacked e-mails. trump is referring to a nuclear scientist iran executed after claiming he spied for the u.s. but r. iran did not need to hack e-mails. he very publicly defected to the u.s. in 2009 before returning home to iran one year later a clinton campaign spokesperson called out trump saying what he really means by what many people are saying is i made craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. paul ryan tries to fend off a primary challenge. ryan is going against paul nayland who was relatively unknown a few weeks ago until donald trump thanked him on twitter. trump later endorsed ryan after days of criticism from gop leaders no house speaker in modern political history has lost a primary. coming up, a devastating death a young boy killed on a water park ride. what we're now learning about

down, the terrifying moments as robbers storm into a grocery store. how those inside turned the table. >> have you told your kids to shut off the video games. why they may actually be better for their development than other devices like social

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some chicago grocery store workers won't take a robber sitting down two men walked in around closing time, pulled a gun demanding cash. the workers pounced and went after the duo chasing them out of the store. this is the second time the store workers have fought back. the last time the thieves pulled a gun on a manager a dog overboard in martha's vineyard. the passengers saw the dog paddling. the captain stopped and turned the ship around. one woman caught it all on camera as the dog swam towards that other boat where he was pulled to safety. one of the rescuers tells us the dog was reunited with his owner in falmouth. he apparently had fallen off another ferry. >> glad that dog is okay.

there so far. >> fantastic. low humidity continues. we have pleasant temperatures. the sun is out. what more could you want? >> take your lunch outside, do something. >> enjoy the last few hours. we have a lot of days ahead where the humidity is going to be oppressive. boston, really beautiful. just a few puffy clouds starting to show up and a lot of sort of feathery clouds up there as well. baugh very nice afternoon for sure. dry weather and not good knew force the farmer this is year for sure. the landscape is so thirsty. the last time a quarter inch of rain fell in boston, 64 days ago. the last time an inch or more fell, 71 days ago. we certainly need the rain. i can tell you what is coming is some rain. but what also is coming afterthe rain we get tomorrow is many days of really hot weather. we've had 13 days in boston so far, but today we'll probably

temperatures going over 90 degrees. there are areas northwest of boston that have been a horrendous hot summer and boston has had 13. we're probably going to have two more this week. we're not going to be anywhere near it. it may go do 80 when the wind turns more southerly. the dew point is 54. it continues to be nice and dry. through the afternoon the temperatures go slowly with the easterly wind. once it turns around more southerly it may go lower 80s by the owned the afternoon and with temperatures around 80 to 81. okay. here is where you have the temperatures now. 80s inland. you can see the wind particles coming in. the nice little sea breeze. the easily breeze that is blowing and keeping it cooler. a beautiful afternoon, and enjoy in the dew points in the 50s. 66 to 72-degree dew points. that is what is coming our way for the rest of the week. so at fenway park now, it is 78 degrees.

three games with the yankees. it should be fine at 83 degrees at fenway park early they are evening. about 77 tomorrow. there won't be any rain. in fact, the sky may become partly cloudy and hot and sticky on thursday. it is probably going to be in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees as they have that first pitch on thursday night. a lot of triple h. weather is headed our way and we have a fly by by the international ac minute at 10:04. about 55 degrees up. look to the northwest and you'll see the station tonight and also the perseid meteor showers may be visible tonight. i saw big one last night on the way to work this morning, about 2:00 to 2:30. it should be visible tonight and then after that we're going to have haze and higher humidity. the lows in the upper 60s. quite a bit milder than last night. highs tomorrow will be mostly

and it looks like at the beach tomorrow there will be showery rain around with the high tide in txcn. it is not going to be a great beach day tomorrow. take a look at this rain which will be coming in tomorrow. let me take a look with the showers, a few scattered showers, but most of the rain in the morning. i think it will amount to maybe hopefully to a quarter to three quarters of an inch. the computer is getting a little morrow bust and hopefully the computer will be the an inch. look at e after tomorrow. in the 90s. really hot stuff coming, but it is going to be cooling off and at some point over the weekend, maybe sunday the back door front comes dunn and we have more showers that is it for now. see you later. >> thank you. it turns out video games may be better than social media for your kids. australian researchers said kids scored higher than

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ask today an american swimmer is celebrating her gold medal and says she within the right way. >> lily king took the top spot in last breast stroke. she beat out a russian swim were the history of doping. king spoke out about the russian swimmer blasting her for cheating, but you know what? she won. the 100-meter backstroke, ryan murphy wins gold and also setting an olympic record and the american got the bronze. a disappointing night for the u.s. men's gymnastics team. they finished fifth, the same results as in 2012. the u.s. women's gymnastics

championships today. i can't wait to watch that. and a quick check of the medal count so far. team usa is still first with 19 overall medals. five of them gold followed by china and japan. today taking over social media with his game face. >> it is serious. the most decorated swimmer ever was spotted getting in the zone before his preliminary race. so take a look at how he gets ready. very seriously. and the full deck with a stern look at one was throwing jabs right in front of him. it didn't bother him. he kept that stone he'll compete in the 200-meter butterfly finals tonight. i got a little tongue tied o, look at your stone face. >> is that what i look like? >> before your coffee. halfway to coffee -- >> and you other throwing jabs right in front of me? >> every time. >> and up next, boston style. >> boston mayor is feeling the

watchers doing? >> they are doing well. they tell me it is a beautiful day with the low humidity continuing. we have temperatures pretty much in the 7 #s to 85 in central massachusetts so it is a really nice day, warming up to near 90 inland, but a nice sea breeze continues a the coast. what happens in the next seven day ? we'll see that forecast

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and searching for new treatments for a skin condition, and how a shot could help people suffering flop the skin condition that is ahead on the wbz news at 5:00. you could call this cargo shorts controversy. >> i would say it is one. the boston mayor y shorts. he wore a pair of cargo shorts on new berry street while the road was shut down. people mocked him almost immediately calling the shorts ugly and uncool but the mayor tweeting his fashion choice i love my cargo shorts. >> tomlin thing on new berry street is highly fashion baling. >> you're funny. >> you're procargo.

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>> victor: did you tell summer how you felt about her relationship with luca santori? i guess that means you haven't. now, you and i both hope for the same thing, don't we? we want him out of my granddaughter's life. plan? >> victor: i was hoping it could be our plan. put our differences aside, work in the common interest, make sure that luca santori gets out of summer's life. >> phyllis: it's working together is what worries me. >> victor: i am mostly concerned with summer's well-being. >> jack: what's this? >> phyllis: victor wants to team up with me. >> jack: really? >> phyllis: yep.