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court. >> this is a sexual assault allegation. >> reporter: darnell booth a uber driver suspected of shaking a girl shakes his head before fainting. after a temporary recess he returned as prosecutors revealed new details in the case. >> the victim in this case who is 16 years old took an uber car. >> reporter: assistant da says the girl's father called the driver to bring her home. prosecutors say during the ride booth flirted with he reached out to her on snapchat. >> the person we alleged to be mr. booth asked her to come outside of the house at 11:30 at night on july 4th. she didn't go outside of the house. >> reporter: on july 5 she told investigators she woke up late and missed the school bus and through another snapchat conversation he picked her up from the home and was supposed to take her to school and instead they say he drove another a parking lot in everett and raped her. his attorney says there are
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the alleged victim found initially to be flirting and it was unwelcomed and she didn't like it but she gets back in the car with him in july. >> reporter: outside of court. >> you think-- >> reporter: silence from booth's family. prosecutors asked the judge to keep him in jail pointing to the criminal record with multiple violent offenses. but his attorney says none involve rape or sexual assaultch the judge ruled to hold monday for dangerousness hearing. chantee lans wbz news. >> uber tells us this arrest is disturbing and booth has been perm fently banned from drive can-- permanently banned from driving from the company. he with a long criminal record and we asked why he was driving and we are waiting for the answer. just last week you may remember the governor signed into law
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but the lot doesn't require fingerprinting. everett's mayor wants them to go back into session and change that. prosecutors laid out the case against a man charged with stabbing two women in waltham. emanuel lewis attack the women because they were housing his estranged wife and their child. lewis believed the women were breaking up the family. officers found a 52-year-old woman suffering from multiple stab wounds at weston street home and 83-year-old wowi lewis meadeed not guilty and is being held without bail. boston police are look for teens who robbed -- looking for teens who robbed and attacked a woman in the back bay. she was walking down march bore -- marlboro street when she was approached by the group. she was assault and the i-phone was taken. teens ran towards charlesgate. right now we are under a heat emergency. the heat and humidity combinedmaking it unbearable to
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niles and the heat will stick around for a while. >> no surprise the heat advisory has been going to continue during the day tomorrow. we will see that heat advisory up from noon until 7 p.m. and the heat index value right now is actually at 105 degrees in boston. can we pull the graphics up. i am not sure. we have the heat advisory extended. all the areas shaded in orange. similar to what we had today. the heat index value up to 102 degrees. that's for tomorrow. what do we have out now? 105. heat index in boston. it's right around 100 for a lot of us. looking across the country and there's no shortage of heat. it feels the same here in boston as in dallas texas. heat index of 107 in topeka kansas and 108 in little rock arkansas. a lot of heat. we will get into it and stay into it during the day tomorrow. 96 in boston is the high so far. 96 in lawrence. we hit 98 earlier and we are in
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massachusetts with one severe thunderstorm over connecticut. just on the southeast side of harford severe thunderstorm warning continues. for us, no need to worry about thunderstorms tonight. it's going to be a warm start tomorrow for the morning rush hour. and upper 70s uncomfortable for sleeping. sunrise at 5:49 tomorrow and just like today we warm quickly and midday lunch hour at 906789 hazy hot and humid with a southwest breeze and temperatures-- 90. hazy hot and humid southwest breeze and temperatures will top out in the 90s. a thunderstorm late afternoon and evening tomorrow. i will time out the threat for storms in couple minutes. >> danielle thank you. we want to show people a tornado in connecticut this twister that caused damage in northhaven. natha weather service says ef0 touched down yesterday afternoon and may have been small but it was powerful. winds were 7 0 miles an hour and took down trees and power lines and there were homes that
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a home in abington needs help after being hit by a falling tree. see part of the tree actually crashed into the side of the house on high street. and it took out a full wendo. fire department says one person was hrt but the person re-- hurt but the person refused to go to the hospital. count down continues to the patriots preseason kick off game against the saints. right here at home at foxborough. >> it's going to be hot. >> it will be. >> the big news we all know is the quarterback situation created by tom brady's deflategate suspension lookfor tonight. for more we will pass things out to levan reid. boy, it's hot and you are right in the sun. >> get that sport coat off. >> reporter: you know what's funny, the two e ysand danny wore a sports coat otherwise i wouldn't were tryi so when this is said and done i will have a gloves and a hat. i thought i spilled something on the ground here and it my shoes melting. that's how hot it is out here. let's get you
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first preseason game. here are a couple things to pay obvious. jimmy garoppolo i get the feeling people consider this the most important step in his career e needs to get to the guys on line too manyly and move them from first down and show it factor and who is going to run the ball? we have not seen deion lewis all of training camp. gaffney gets the call and blount and white with jimmy starting the first four ga huge. and what is the effect who is back helping out the pass offensive line. -- pats offensive line can hethey keep the quarterback up right and make holes for running game. all three are connected and you know the wild card i don't have to tell you danielle niles did. it's 175 degrees out here. we have lights on and a jack. players will have between 8 to 10 pound how
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heat? that is miami game going on in august. right here at foxborough. will they be able cramp upwill hydrated. that's the case because there's 90 players and some of the first stringers will not play. will you be able-- it's of attrition but fids the -- it's the first preseason game in foxborough and let's get ready even though it's jimmy time tom is not playing it's the first preseason game. now back to you. >> i love your attitude. see you in a bit. coverage of the patriots just gein wbz. we will have patriots game day at 7, and pats and saints at 7:30. dan roach and christian have the call followed by the 5th quarter post game show. it's not just other drivers posing dangers. aaa says road debris has played a role in 200,000 crashes in four years. and we have had three bad ones recently in our area. one on 128 in waltham and a tire caused this crash
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and another tire that driver was killed and in somerset this driver died sweerching around -- swerving around a file cabinet on i-95. breana pitts has more. >> reporter: heidi will never forget the moment she learned her husband was gone. >> state patrolman there told me that he h made it. he -- he hadn't made it. >> reporter: gaven was killed in a highway crash r unit that fell off the back of a truck and on the road. >> taking a few more minutes to secure a load could have i mean, i would be in a completely different situation today. >> reporter: a new study from aaa finds stories like heidi's are all too common between 2011 caused more than 200,000 crashes. resulting in about 00than 500
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>> that means that a driver didn't properly secure the load or a part actually fell off a vehicle while they were on the road. >> reporter: aaa says debris related crashes are more common on interstates because driving at higher speeds increases the rising for loose parts or cargo to fall. experts say it's critical drivers maintain their vehicles and property secure items they are carrying to help reduce road debris. they also say you should be you >> maintain space around your vehicle, so if you are in a position where you have to swerve, it's safe enough to do so where you won't hit letips t lives of others. breana pitts wbz news. >> it's illegal in every state to improperly secure a load that results in debris on the road. >> boston lisa wants to slow down literally the new state law allowing the city to reduce general speed limit to 25 miles an hour.
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task requiring state approval at each proposed location. so now the mayor is taking advantage of that new law and wants to ask city council to go ahead with the measure. the mash says it will make streets safer for pedestrians bicyclists and drivers. no sales tax holiday this year in massachusetts. >> but that is not stopping the deals. coming up, how to save money even without a day designated for bargins. >> and disney pulling the plug on one of the most famous nighttime spec tack lars. spectaculars. >> we have a ton of weather watchers checking in and guess what, the common theme is it's hot and humid out there. temperatures are running in the 90s for most us. with 93 degrees says joe in clinton massachusetts right now. he said dew point 73. real feel is 103 no need to go to florida this week. another day of 90s tomorrow. i will time out thunderstorms when we come back.
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there's still too many to catch it but before too long be light out for disney world attraction. >> the main street electrical parade is marching out the florida park. disney says the nighttime show featuring brightly lit floats and music will end october 9 after that it will head tout diets anyland for -- head out to disneyland for a limited engagement. have you been. >> i have but haven't taken my children. which is so bad. >> you went >> i had to go for a story. >> sure. sure. an adult trip to disneyland. >> exactly. you? >> you are young at heart. no i haven't. and as a kid but scientists developed 3d printing i can't believe you been-- that's awesome. 3-d printing are two things you never thought you would see done. >> first up printing pizza. stadiums and theme parks creating pizzas with 3d printers. it was originally created for nasa.
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is ready and this is even better the printer is self- cleaning. >> that's nice. >> we should have that in the newsroom and it should be tested in a different environment. i had a crew with me at disney not just me. >> okay come back to that. okay. and here's the other thing 3d printer for this bird that was found in costa rica and the beak was burned volunteers raised money at a zoo and bought it which was made with a 3d printer which means the exotic bird can live a much more no >> -- you would never know. >> great story. dogs are getting a new beverage option. >> it might pair nicely with the dog food. canine wine is launching this fall made with a mix of beats and herbs and suit upset stomachs and treat bad breath. charred dog and there are options for the cats. this is one at 12 ounce bottle cost 20 dollars
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is year. ales this week. state law makers decided to not pass a tax holiday because of a budget crunch. some businesses not letting that stop them. they are planning big sales for this weekend and you probably seen the ads from the furniture change offering offering double tax free savings. and saturday and sut it will be cut 12 1/2% and carpet retailer offering triple x given the weather it might be a good time to head to a store or mall and get ac. >> big fans and no hoses. >> no hoses. the drought has been worsening so we get the update thursday and there's an area of extreme drought. >> wow. >> which is above the severe drought looking at near term records. we have not had that in 16 years. so. >> dire. >> it's dire. but they take data from tuesday to tuesday. so yesterday's rainfall was not included in it.
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besurprised because we have additional threats for showers and thunderstorms. but see the red blob north and west of boston, that's where we have the extreme drought in southern new england. putting the numbers on here too. 8.4 inches is what we are in a deficit for the year so far in worcester. nearly 8 in the city of the boston. want to zoom in and show you where that area is. in this area of extreme drought i wouldn't be surprised if next week it is taken out judging by the rain yesterday. haon inch in many areas. many -- it's brutal out there. the real feel doesn't matter where you go providence 102. taunton 100. concord 100. you notice exception? nantucket real feel 74. and we have been socked with in with -- socked in with fog. temperatures in the mid-90s for boston north and west of town. we are 86 in worcester.
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and 09 intaunton. 84 in falmouth. there have been thunderstorms today but primarily have been focused to the south and west. we have got a couple severe thunderstorms in connecticut right now. and additional stback through pennsylvania and ohio. we don't have to worry about these bulk will dive to the south and west. and we will just see passing tomorrow, we will bring a e threat for thunderstorms i want to go through the timeline. tomorrow morning, dry, partial sune again. by 1, 2, the clouds are building in. 2:30 3 is when the storms pop. typical summertime thunderstorms. scat nerd nature from to that p nonetheleskethe skytomorrow. any storms could contain heavyrainfall and lightning as well. so more serious heat tomorrow. 96 degrees very similar to
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feel again is going to be running in the low 100s and for that reason, the heat advisory has been posted again for tomorrow. all the areas in orange from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the friday. and notice the same areas are not in it. immediate south coast and cape and islands and heat index up to 102. now saturday, it will bring change. this is what happens a front is going to sag across new england. on saturday that will shift the wind around. blow it in f saturday and that means especially at coastline we will be cooler. get on the other side of the front, and we will probably push 90 plus. there will be a lot of clouds around on saturday too just because that front is nearby. what happens is saturday evening and night, we get a round of thunderstorms and that front lifts north and we punch back into the sunshine and the heat on sunday. so we should see highs in the 90s again with a threat for late day thunderstorms north and west of boston especially. so 96 tomorrow. and a little bit of a break and especially at the coastline
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sunday in the low 90s anay and off a bit but it's still going to be quite sticky monday should be mainly dry and a threat for few pop-up storms comes back for the middle part of the week. >> tomorrow hooks like a repeat of today. >> yeah i think it will be -- looks like a repeat of today. >> yeah i think it will be similar and a few thunderstorms. >> thanks very much. the list of the bay states top public schools is out. newsweek made the rankings based off testing schorls graduation rates and college -- scores graduat college enrollment. top three are boston latin, westford academy and westin high. there a no shame in trying. >> well maybe a little bit. shame in this case coming up, a baseball fan's big mess when an >>new at 6, a horse that spent his life saluting our his career honoing thousands of veterans in -- honoring thousands of veterans in arlington national cemetery and how he has come to mass hughes
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to live out his retitle. and new clues on a suspect that police -- retirement. and new clues on a suspect that police made available today. ? ? ? don't fear my darling... ? ? the lion sleeps tonight. ? [snoring.] ? hush my darling... ? [snoring.] ? don't fear my darling... ? ? the lion sleeps tonight. ?
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i hope someone bought him another round. what's worse is he didn't get the ball. >> we have to give him credit for the effort. >> yes, he tried. >> much more still ahead. >> news at 6 starts right now. brock news -- breaking news in the investigation into the killing of a princeton jog neither heat is here. dangerous conditions that are sparking fears of major fires. >> heat advisory in again tomorrow. how long the extreme temperatures will stick around. >> we are back. >> patriots kick off the preseason against the saints and this time all eyes are on jimmy g. >> and the retirement of a horse whose work honored the heroes of war. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz news at 6. >> we begin at 6 with breaking
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struggled with the attacker. >> prosecutors say the suspect is man who suffered fresh scratches and bruises. wbz christina hagueer is live with more on -- hagger is live with more on the -- hager is live with more on the breaking details. >> reporter: for days they have been hude in the town hall annex where information goes in and only some come comes out. today they came out -- comes out. today they came out with the news that she spent a fight. >> we believe there was a struggle between vanessa and her killer. that resulted may have resulted in her killer receiving injuriesand will asay the -- the assailant we know was a man. >> reporter: this after they went in the woods in a shoulder to shoulder grid search formation combing through the area where vanessa's body was discovered off brooks station road and burned sticks can be
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one detective later emerged holding an evidence bag. we also learned from employees at the mountain barn restaurant three miles from the crime scene that detectives stopped in look for information after the murder. then this new information that the man who killed marc marcotte would have injuries. >> scratches and scrapes and or bruises. >> reporter: the 27-year-old was google manage here lived in new york -- manager who live in new york and was visiting her mother in princeton last en sunday run. when she never returned, her family called police who found her body according to a source it was naked and burned. the da asking people to think about the killer's injuries. >> we would ask that anyone who observed a male with these types of injuries that would have been fresh earlier in the week to contact the massachusetts state police tip line. >> reporter: we will have that
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