right now at 4:30 clues in the searchp for a killer in prins -- search for a killer in princeton. >> someone targeting police cars in boston. it happened three times over the past few weeks. the investigation underway. >> and jimmy garoppolo takes the field for the preseason game. we will hear from the qb about the first start. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning to you. it's 4:30 i am cathen hauser. >> i am chris mckinnon. august 12th and it's friday. we made it to the end of the week. another hot one on tap. >> i know. we have to get details. how hot will it be pamela. >> just like yesterday, mid to upper 90s. heat index temperatures right

starting off in the 70s. it's muggy once again. 78 degrees in boston. 78 manchester. 76 in taunton. dew point temperatures running around 72 degrees in boston. and it's very sticky out there again. so our heat index this morning is a low 80s for some communities. feeling more like 80 in boston at this hour. and then notice by midday we increase the 9-- to 90. a chance for a thunderstorm late her on today for the drive home. and high temperature of 95. plus with 100, another heat advisory goes into effect this afternoon. and we will have repeated chances for rain and storms going into the weekend. plus more hot temps on the way. i will have the full forecast in a bit. back to you. >> thanks so much. and this is a good time to rehyped you to track storms any time you like with the cbs boston weather app with leave radar hour and hour conditions and video forecast on your tablet or phone. a crash on 128 in newton. four vehicles involved with

no word on any injuries in the crash. police are trying to figure out what caused it. the highway is now reopened. also breaking overnight a. flight from boston to sacramento diverted because of turbulence. the plane landed safely in rapid city south da cova 22 -- dakota. 22 passengers and crew members were checked out. one passenger telling us the turbulence was so severe there were cracks in the overhe investigation underway after three police officers personal vehicles were tampered with. the latest incident happened wednesday in a police parking lot in east boston a. two lug nuts were missing from one of the tires. that was the third time in less than a months. in the two earlier incidents loosened lug nuts caused damage

marcotte struggled with her attacker. >> police have fareoed the timeline of her murder. narrowed the timeline of the murder. >> reporter: even as kids took tennis lessons things are hardly normal in princeton with vanessa marcott's killer at -- marcotte's killer at large. police scoured the area where her nude partially burn return from a jog near her mom's house. they boinged possible evidence. >> we have made some progress. >> reporter: but what investigators -- they have bagged some possible evidence. >> we have made some progress. >> reporter: but what the investigators have is evidence from the fingernails indicating she scratched clawed and maybe bruised the male attacker summit wounds might be visible

-- attacker wounds that might be vil on his face neck and arms-- visible on the face neck and arms. perhaps he called in sick hoping the scratches would heal. >> it's not a lot to go on, but it's better than nothing. >> reporter: indeed some 300 tips have now poured in. but as investigators retrace their steps, and atown tries to carry on there's sense finding this killer won't be easy. >> a lot and the longer they go, you know you don't know. >> reporter: investigators have also narrowed the time frame a bit. they believe the murder happened between 1 and 3 now on sunday afternoon and are asking anyone who saw a man or parked vehicle along brook station road during that time frame to call police and report it. in princeton ken macleod. >> if you have information to help police call this tip line

7589. a 5 year old -- 13 yr old boy ---year-old boy comes face- to-face with a man that tried to break into his home. police released a sketch of the suspect and detectives say he had a knife and was trying to pick the lock at the home yesterday afternoon. anyone with information on this is asked to call rockland police. checking in on come pane 2016 -- ai until the election. hillary clinton foe kiss canning on the economy and donald trump is focusing on florida. craig boswell has the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: domed trump court -- donald trump courted voters in florida, the biggest prize of the battleground states. the candidate criticized hillary clinton's economic plans. >> maybe the greatest biggest tax increase in the history of our country. >> reporter: he also doubled

allowed terrorist groups to grow. >> barack obama and hillary clinton these are the founders of isis. >> reporter: his comments including the suggestion that second amendment voters to stop clinton ignited a fire storm. cbs news learned more than 70 republicans sent the republican national committee a letter urging the rnc to cut off fund to trump campaign and shift to senate and house races. hillary clinton supporters in michigan and is calling for billions in new investments in manufacturing and infrastructure jobs. >> my message to every worker in michigan and across america is this, i will stop any trade deal that kills jobs or holds down wages including the transpacific partnership. >> reporter: she promised to release 2015 taxes soon but trump says he won't release his

completed. craig boswell, cbs news the white house. >> donald trump and republican party have a partnership to raise money for trump and other republican races. trump says if money is taken away from his campaign he will stop fund racing for the party. a -- fund raising for the party. teen faces charges for climbing the trump tower. he is undergoing a mental evaluation. he was pulled in side at 291st floor n a video he says he is a urgent message for the candidate. the patriots first game of the preseason now in the books. new england taking on the saints at a balmy gillette stadium. ball is tipped to jamie collins who takes the interception all the way back for the touchdown. pats will convert on the 2 point conversion to lead 8-0. garoppolo played the whole

yards on night. no touchdowns though. pats go onto win this one 34- 22. >> it was not our best start no question. we started a little slow which we never want to do but that's going to happen sometimes. you won't always start the right way and it's how you react and it's a good experience being put in a difficult situation and seeing how the guys responded and how everyone responded and i think we reacted in the the right way. >> no gronk or edelman and bry for a family member. chicago base bears come next week. see the action right here on wbz. it's 4:38 on your friday morning. coming up on wbz this morning, on a collision course with a commuter rail train. >> surveillance video shows the frightening moments a pickup truck was hit by a train. what witnesses say about the crash. >> the drive through boston could take longer. change the mayor is moving

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making changes to the kids menu. >> and cvs offering new service to the customers. hena daniels is live at the new york stock exchange with those stories and more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning kathryn and chris. cvs is getting into the payment system game rolling out its own version of cvs pay. the in-store payment system can be used from the smart phone for purchases and picking up prescriptions and is part of aexisting mobile app. the check out process for customers. panera is revamping the kids menu and challenging other fast- food changes to -- chains to do the same shedding artificial grind cents and preservatives as part of the no-no list. saying it won't encourage children to eat unhealthy foods while using toys to push its meals. the new meno will include soups, salads and pasta along with water juice and milk. if you are one of the many

taste better fried we have exciting news for you. hostess announced the deep fried twinkie is coming from the state fair to the home freezer. snap in vanilla or chocolate is a result of a year long collaboration from hostess and walmart to spark sales with innovative products. >> aid good attempt but we are for freshly fried twinkies that's the consensus here. >> or we talked about. >> reporter: you can never beat . put them in the fridge so you eat them chilled. >> which i never thought. >> they are delicious. >> chilled twitchingies. >> reporter: i never -- twinkies. >> reporter: i never tried that. >> thanks we will check in the next hour. >> reporter: thanks guys. >> anything chilled today will be awesome. >> that's true. it's just been a scorcher and more of the same today. >> yesterday we had a high of 96. going for mid to upper 90s for the high temperatures today and the heat index at one point yesterday 105 in boston.

well. and we are tracking a chance for a few storms and showers which will help the drought conditions but latest drought monitor is updated in yesterday morning this didn't take into account the rain we have had the last couple days. but we are still in a deficit here and in extreme drought conditions actually just to the north and west of boston. including burlington and so we will keep you up-to-date on this map as it is reissued every thursday. we have some soaking rain in the forecast the next few days. i will minutes. temperatures starting off here this morning. nice and warm and humid. 78 in boston. 76 in taunton. the same for chatham. ocean temperature this morning 69 degrees. dew point temperatures running around 70 toe greece. and it's very -- degrees. and it's very sticky and muggy making us feel warmer than the current temperature. feeling more like 80 in boston. 81 in lawrence and the heat index temperatures will be a factor throughout the day

afternoon in the mid-90s for most. 95 boston to rockport. 91 plymouth and mid-80s on cape cod. heat index forecast around 100 from boston to rock pored. 102 tabored and lawrence and feeling like the up-- rockford. 102 bedford and lawrence we will see showers and storms developing in the heat of the day. noon today we are okay but after the lunch hour at that point in time anywhere across new england you can can see a thunderstorm chance. keep an eye to the sky and ear out. if of you hear thunder there's probably lightning so get inside quickly before the storm moves your way. 7 p.m. we could be dealing with strong to maybe an isolated severe

any storm that develops later today could produce damaging wind gusts but also very heavy rainfall. if you are heading to the red sox game later today, keep an eye to the sky and keep the weather app to stay up to date on storms moving your way. 09 heat index-- 90 degrees, heat index 100. a back door cold front moves in and temperatures not necessarily in the 90s but it will be muggy. 88 inland. and along the coast in the low 80s sunday 93, back to more of th and chances for rain continue all the way through monday. 82 degrees tuesday and finally all dry 84. chris. >> thanks very much appreciate it. dramatic video of a driver trying to beat a commuter rail train across the tracks in wakefield. this is another view of the crash. you can see exactly when the train hits the truck there with such force it pushed it 700 yards-- feet rather down the

field. julie loncich look at what went wrong. >> reporter: surveillance cameras capture the violent impact. >> at the again i was drying -- beginning the way crying and shaking and calling 911. >> reporter: a pickup truck veered around a gate while the signal sounded and was truck by -- struck by a commuter rail train traveling 30 miles per hour. drivers stopped for the train couldn't believe what they were watching. >> all of a sudden, the white pickup truck came out of i di nowhere and the train hit it and it went down. >> reporter: the train pushed the truck 100 yards before it could finally be brought to a stop. passengers on board were not injured but were certainly startled. >> it was -- we were going along normally and there was bump and everything stopped. >> reporter: the 70-year-old driver was transported to the hospital by medflight with serious injuries. for a while his truck remained attached to the front of the train. >> it was so quick.

drivers could have to slow down in boston. a state law allows the city to reduce the general immediate limit to 25 miles per hour -- general speed limit to 25 miles per hour. mayor wants the city counselor to go ahead with the measure. comic con kicks off at the seaport world trade senter. >> all weekend expect to see unique characters. comic book fans and celebrities. scheduled tie shatner jillian anderson and ben mckenzie. we are proud to be a sponsor of the event. >> and super heroes in town took time off from fighting crime yesterday to visit the pediatric unit in charlestown. they chatted with kids and even posed for selfies. judging from the smiles they received, it was mission accomplished. >> nice thing. some had the kids had cool costumes too. >> no kidding.

woman searching for her birth mother. >> her story and emotional social media posts 25 years after she was last -- left at the hospital. >> a rhode island man accused of leaving his young child in a hot car. how long police say this 3-year-

breaking overnight part of the mass pike shut downright now after a crash. pike is closed in both

several vehicles were involved in this crash. no word on injuries. we will have an update in about 10 minutes. also breaking overnight, a crash on 128 in newton four vehicles involved with this. one of them caught on fire. no word on any injuries right now. police are trying to figure out what caused that crash. 128 is back opened. a rhode island father charged with neglect. police say he left his 3-year- old in a hot car. according to our sister station in providence, the boy was crying and sweating it was 9 # degrees -- 93 degrees outside at the time. father had -- the father had taken another child to a doctor's appointment 30 minutes earlier. windows were cracked and car was not running. the boy was taken to the hospital as a precaution. lawmakers in massachusetts have passed a bill to protect pets left in hot cars. under the legislation first responders and good samaritans can break into a car if an

for this. the bill goes to the governor to sign. an uber driver charged with rape colap as prosecutors lay out the case against him. prosecutors say darnell booth raped a 16-year-old passenger in an everett parking lot and drove her to school. the defense claims there are big holes in the girl's story. but a judge ordered booth held without bail until at least next week. prosecutors say booth has a long criminal record. but-- but uber says that didn't come up and all drivers go and he passed the screening check based on federal and state guidelines. laws only allow us to look back 7 years on a person's record. it's not an uber background check. we follow state and federal guidelines. boston police are searching for several teenagers who roughed up and robbed a woman in the back bay. officers say the victim was walking down marlboro street tuesday night when drupe pay-- group assaulted her and stole her phone. the teens took down towards charlesgate.

detected in rhode island our sister station in providence reports a mosquito sample in westernly tested positive. this is the -- westerly tested positive. officials earn poem-- urge people to protect themselves. there's ion crease of zika cases in miami florida. officials say there are 25 cases in the wynwood neighborhood. extra precautions are being taken with students heading back to school at the end of pants and long sleeve shirts that don't match the uniforms but student won't be allowed to bring repellant to class. a small section of northeastern massachusetts now considered in extreme drought. about 60% of the northeast is under some sort of drought condition. and now one local fire chief is worried about having enough watter to fight fires. water to fight fires. water tum pg stations in

low levels and can't be tapped in an emergency -- river. but it's at low levels and can't be tapped in an emergency. >> to get a faster knock down because if a fire has time to grow it will be difficult to catch up with limited water. >> there are some water restrictions in place. but the uxbridge fire chief is asking people to stop all outdoor watering. a massachusetts woman abandoned as a newborn is turning to social media to help find cannot lien oshea of palmer says she was -- kathleen oshea of palmer says she is left in the bathroom and adopted and raised a half-hour away and has a family of her own but never stopped thinking about her birth mother. she says her mother was a teen at the time who turned herself into police but was never charged. that post has been shared thousands of times. ahead in an adoption first at wbz.

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norman was one and no one would adopt him in florida and dan called dan ray and asked if he would put the word out and he did. becky answered the call last night dan flew in from florida and becky drove up from rhode island and norman left our wbz studios with his brand new home i was hoping to show norman but he is so sweet. >> he is a cute cat. >> adorable. >> there he is. he is how sweet is that. >> that's awesome. >> sometimes you have to ask for help and look at what happens. >> nice job becky stepping up to the plate. >> exactly. >> they look happy. >> good luck norman. your top stories weather and traffic are straight ahead on wbz this morning. >> the news at 5 starts right now. breaking news at 5, a four-car crash on 128 overnight. one of the cars caught fire. the investigation now underway.

evidence police are hoping to lead them to the killer. >> and police cars targeted in boston. how many times this has happened and the search to find who is responsible. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning it's 5:00 on your friday morning. thanks for joining us. i am chris mckinnon. >> i am cathen hauser. -- kathryn hauser. happy friday to you. and if you enjoyed the heat it will >> yes hot and humid. same deal as yesterday. we have a heat advisory that goes into effect this afternoon. and the heat index temperatures right around 102 across the board here. temperatures starting off warm in the 70s and in boston 78 degrees. 78 in lawrence and 78 in manchester and worcester coming in with 73. by midday today, 90 degrees and hazy hot and humid. and continues to be the theme. there's a chance for an isolated thunderstorm for that