breaking news this noon, an uber driver charged with raping a rider collapses in from our cameras as he was led into court. that's where he collapsed when the charges were first read. >> reporter: chris, i can't hear programming. chris, some dramatic moments in court, just a few moments ago,

rape out loud. uber driver darnell booth fell to the ground, and i could hear him crying. this was the 34-year-old before he headed into court. darnell booth was reluctant to get out of the car to face our cameras, he then covered his face with our shirt, as officers escorted him to face rape charges. police arrested the dorchester last night for an incident that allegedly happened in everett last month. prosecutors say booth drove a added her on snapchat. a few days later, prosecutors say the 16-year-old victim missed her bus to school. they say booth asked her on snapchat if she needed a ride, and she accepted. prosecutors say he climbed into the backseat of his car and then raped her. the prosecution says booth is innocent and beside himself, and looks forward to the day

also breaking, two people are dead and several others are missing after a massive explosion sparks an inferno at a maryland apartment building. those flames lit up the night sky in silver springs just outside of washington, d.c. nearly three dozen people, including three firefighters were hurt. people inside hung from the windows in an attempt to escape the fire. nearby neighbors jumped into action, even before the fire department arrived. >> multiple sc made by the civilians, prior to the fire department arrival, using a ladders, and painter trucks as an example. >> firefighters at a station about a mile away say they actually felt the explosion even before the 911 calls started coming in. breaking news in wakefield, where a pickup truck has been hit by an inbound commuter train. the driver of the truck went around the lower gates just before it was hit.

we're told there are no injuries on the train. we do not know the condition of that pickup truck driver. although med flight was called to the scene. we're going to continue to follow this breaking news story for you, and bring you updates as soon as we get them. the other story today, the heat. >> it's expected to be one of the most uncomfortable days of the year. temperatures soaring into the 90s, but the humidity is going to make it feel a whole lot warmer, and it's sticking around. pamela gardiner is here with mo the humidity is high. temperatures are nice and hot, and we have a heat advisory in effect through 7:00 this evening. this is some dangerous heat here. especially the next seven days, as we have overnight lows, right around 80 degrees. 91-degrees from boston to manchester. 92 in lawrence. taunton, 89 degrees. dew point temperatures running

anytime you get dew point temps above 65, you start to notice it, it becomes sticky and uncomfortable. it becomes oppressive. when the factor in the humidity, it feel more like 96 in boston. 9 # -- 98 in nashua. our heat index values will be right around 100. when will this heat break? it's going to be a while. friday, saturday, and sunday, still in the 90s. some cooler temperatures on the way. also tracking a chance for some rain and some storms the next few days. i'll go through the hour by hour timing in just a bit. because of these high temperatures that pamela is mentioning, the city of boston has created a heat emergency from now through saturday. it's also a good time to remind you, you can keep track of weather anytime you like on the

you can get current conditions, including radar, weather alerts all for free. just search cbs boston in the google, and apple app stores. >> that making for a rough ride to work, for red line riders on their way to the track. >> wbz's briana pits is here with more. >> reporter: the delays weren't weather related, but the hot temperatures certainly didn't help the situation. one rider looked like people were going to faint. the nbta confirmed to us, there were no actual medical emergencies onboard. other people cracked some jokes on social media, while they waited, brian tweeted, i get more texts about red line delays than i do from my loved ones combined. we hope that's not true. andrea simply tweeted, i give

regular service has resumed. by the way, they are prepared for the heat and have taken extra precautions to deal with the higher temperatures. thank you very much. in this noon, a man accused of brutally attacking a man and a woman at a waltham home is expected to go >> reporter: they tell me off camera, the 52-year-old who was in critical condition last night is now in stable condition this noon after surgery. the suspect in this case still has to go before a judge to learn his fate, related to these charges. in the cedar wood area of waltham, an investigation continues into a brutal attack

family members tell wbz, the estranged boyfriend of the tenant is responsible. >> what are you doing? he said oh, stay away, stay away. old lady. >> reporter: gabriel john's godmother is 83. she was stabbed in the hand. but her 52-year-old daughter got it much worse. >> one wound here and she got 30 wounds in the head. and face, and stuff. >> reporter: stabbed dozens of times for no a short distance away, authorities found that estranged boyfriend. he's identified as 37-year-old emanuel louis. the tenant, and a child in that basement apartment were unharmed. but for the unprovoked attack on the two women upstairs, louis is charged with attempted murder. and that arraignment has not happened at this point, we're told the hold up now is waiting

murder charges. we're live in waltham, nicole jacobs, wbz news. this noon, a woman is fighting for her life. police it tell us, she was attacked, and stabbed multiple times overnight in dorchester. this happened on millet street. police arrested a man, but it's unclear what sparked the attack. today, police in princeton have established a large search where vanessa marcot was found sunday out on a run. they're also asking the public for any information that they might have about what happened on sunday. you can call the tip line at 508-453-7589, where you can remain anonymous. we want to update you on some breaking news. sky eye is over the scene right now, where a pickup truck has

rail train. the nbta says the driver of the truck went around the lower gates at the railroad crossing on broadway just before it was hit. the t is using shuttle buses to remove passengers. you can see the damage, and people onscene. a med flight has been called. we'll continue to follow this story for you. campaign 2016, standing his comments that president obama founded isis. craig bosswell reports from the white house. >> isis is honoring president obama. >> reporter: donald trump is trying to shift the focus back to national security. he says the president's policies created a vacuum that allowed isis to grow. >> he founded isis. and i would say the cofounder

clinton. >> reporter: the move is an attempt for trump to get back on track after his controversial remarks suggesting 2nd amendment advocates could take gun control matters into their own hands. trump says he was talking about rallying voters. his opponents say it was inciting violence. >> words matter, my friend. and if you are running to be president, or you are president of the united states, words can have tremendous consequences. >> reporter: hillary clinton will try to shift the focus to out a point by point contrast between her plan and trump's. >> i am proposing an across the >> reporter: clinton can dealing with newly released emails from her time as secretary of state. one of the emails is from a clinton foundation official, on behalf of a job seeker.

job seeker was a stormer staff member for the clintons and had nothing to do with the foundation. new york police are it'ding the man who scaled the -- identifying the man who scaled the side of trump tower in manhattan. steven regato wanted a live audience with trump. making it up to the 21st floor, before police grabbed him, and brought him in the window there. he's now undergoing a mental he ortiz avoided a serious heryfo shin. it happened in the 9th inning during last night's loss to the yankees. it ricocheted off ortiz's bat, and hit his left shin. he left the game. but an x-ray revealed no broken bonus. the red sox host their final game against alex rodriguez.

ticket prices for his last game in the bronx have plummeted, down about 30%. right after a-rod announced his retirement, the prices tripled, but the prices have dropped back down. you can see the game right here on wbz. the teams both spent the last two days enjoying practices at gillette stadium. yesterday, julian adelman was the pats and saints kick off at 7:30, dan roche, and christian foyer will call the game. stay with us for postgame reaction from bill belichick and the patriots. coming up. from the witness protection plan to jail. the former new england mobster facing new charges. >> and hazard on the highway. the surprising cause of crashes. >> plus a final showdown.

a former mob boss now charged with murdering a federal witness, and he's being held without bail today.

court yesterday. prosecutors didn't name the victim, but the killing took place in 1993, all signs opponent to steven disarro. >> mr. salemme denies these charges. always has, always will. this case will go to trial. >> the 82-year-old salemme could face the death penalty, if he's convicted. danger on the road, debris causes thousands of crashes a year. aaa says in the last four years 200,000 crashes were the result of debris. more than 500 people were killed. most of the crashes happened on interstates where drivers are going fast, and people are hauling cargo. aaa says make sure your gear is tied down tight, and drivers leave enough space between vehicles so you have time to react. new this noon, west nile

mosquitoes in needham. make sure you avoid jete bites by covering up, and avoid the outside during peak hours from down to dusk. well the weather is making headlines today. it is hazy, hot, humid, we call it hhh weather. it is dangerous heat, pamela, too. >> it is. you figure may be at night -- maybe at night we'll get some relief. not in these next overnight too, so that make it is extremely dangerous. so check on neighbors, make sure everyone's good to go. cooling off, taking it easy in this kind of heat, because it's going to be around for a while. and we're tracking the drought conditions too. we had some rain yesterday. it was rather refreshing out there. picked up a quarter of an inch in some spots along the south shore at least, my house. the drought monitor continues to worsen here. the latest shows, some areas

boston, under extreme drought conditions. we're 7.6 inches below rainfall where we should be from january 1. from burlington to chonsford, you have extreme drought conditions. it's going to get worse as the days progress. this did not take into account the rainfall that we had from the last two days, so keep that in mind. that update every thursday. heat advisory today. currently, until 7:00 p.m. feels like temperature right around 100 degrees. and uncomfortable for at least the next few days. temperatures now in the 90s in most spots. worcester at 94. boston to 91 degrees. 91degrees in manchester. 85degrees even for chat ham. dew point temperatures around 70 degrees. it's soupy out there, it's uncomfortable, you can tell when you breathe it in, you can feel the humidity in the air. 96degrees for our heat index

feels uncomfortable in worcester too. 88degrees. today, ultimately a high of 96 degrees. that's why we expect a heat index around 100. winds from the southwest helping to boost those temperatures and give us more humidity in play. heat index values in the low 100s. air quality alert continues, as we head it to glawfter toportsmith. hot, humidity, southwest wind mixed in. overnight tonight, not a lot of relief, we'll stay warm, but you should get enough breaks in the clouds to see the perseid meteor shower tonight.

low of only 75. cape and island forecast, 80s today, tomorrow, and into saturday. the chance for some showers. we have one little cluster of rain moving toward the vineyard, and eventually nantucket, but showers to the west of springfield. you see an isolated pop up shower or storm is possible today. but we have better storm chances again for friday, into good soaking rain sunday into monday. then cooling off to right around 80 degrees for monday and tuesday. okay, pamela, thank you very much. we appreciate it. we continue following breaking news for you this noon. sky eye over the scene in wakefield, where a pickup truck has been hit by an inbound commuter train. the nbta says the driver of that truck went around the lowered gates. we're told there are now

a med flight was called to the scene. of course, we'll keep you updated on this one, and any delays on the commuter rails. as you can imagine, there probably will be some throughout the afternoon. coming up, living his olympic dream. >> the local athlete taking a

welcome back. today the u.s. is looking to add to its growing list of olympic medals. >> alley raiseman will be going after gold, as she and simone last night, katie ledecky earned her gold medal. >> tonight, we'll see what will likely be the final olympic showdown in the pool between michael phelps and ryan lochte. they'll face off in the final of the 200-meter medley. they finished first and second in the finals last night.

>> congratulations. here's a look at the medal count. the united states still leads, followed by china, and then japan. >> keep it going, right? >> i know, right? >> don't forget, two more at least today. gymnastics. still ahead on the wbz news at noon. going for the win, the baseball fan who risked it all. how it ends, it is quite a

finally this noon, you've got to give this guy some credit. sometimes multitasking just doesn't work out. >> that was true for a man at a baseball game. a man at the padres game went for a foul ball. he seemed to forget he had a plate of nachos and hand. he missed the foul ball. kind of looked like cathy trying to talk and eat potato chips today. don't even deny it. a lot of them fell on the ground. >> what a waste of nachos. >> save the food. >> the nachos? the beer. >> it's a hot one today, so take breaks out there. the heat is going to stick around for a while. >> that will do it for us today at noon. the next newscast at 5:00.

4:30. >> have a great day.

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