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bring heavy rain and lightning putting on a show in the sky. this morning we are bracing for round two. good morning, everybody. thank you for being with us. i'm kerry connolly. those storms have been cleared out but it's going to be an active weekend and that's why barry burbank is next to me to give us the scoop. >> good morning. you know, we don't have all the perimeters in place to kick off a lot of severe weather. that's good. we don't want that to happen. >> right. >> we have a front in the area right now that may produce a few showers or thunderstorms during the day. there's no triggering mechanism to crank out a lot of severe weather. it's just going scattered around, kerry. blood let's go to the? >> let's go to the r's. >> let's see what is happening on the weather bug network. in raleigh, massachusetts it's 6 this morning. -- it's 67 this morning. it's cooled off. there's a breeze in the northeast and it's not strong but enough to introduce the slightly more comfortable air from maine to new hampshire.

it's coming into redding at the memorial high school and 67 there also. west of boston we're at 71 # there. -- 71 -- 71 there. we have a string of showers across mainly northern new hampshire but nothing here. it's cloudy and looks ominous in boston but there's places where there's not too many clouds off to the south and west. some areas wil the heat is going to come back in tomorrow. we will get the relief but it's mainly along the immediate coast through boston up through northeastern massachusetts. it will be a good solid 15 to 20 degrees drop from what we had yesterday. 88 to 90. in far metro west near 90. tomorrow everybody is back in the heat . more on the weather is coming up. >> thank you, barry.

injured in a flash fire at an oil refinery in southeast texas. it's not clear what happened orp why. -- what happened or why. it started last night in jefferson county. everyone injured is expected to survive. a little boy saved by a stranger and a life guard. this morning that child is in the hospital alive because of a team effort. the 7-year-old was from the waters at hyde park. a woman as well as lifeguards were able to get him to safety until ems arrived. the child was breathing again by the time they took him to children's hospital. drc said we recommend our lifeguards on duty for their quick actions. as part of a tame they worked together calmly and efficiently to

-- situation. tomorrow marks one week since vanessa marcot when for a run and was found dead p dfrn -- dead. she fought for her life and her attacker would have scratches, scrapes and bruises. investigators are relying o the killer. if you have any information call the tip line this morning a little boy is safe after a shooting that police say his father may have been involved in. the child is with his grand now -- grandmother now and the family is just glad he's okay. >> how does it feel having him back? >> just happy. >> this moment is precious for

just 12 hours ago her grandson was missing. >> his father took him after a shooting at this apartment building at 198 brew hill avenue. the boy's father is juan paul. >> police searched for him and his green explorer. they found the boy and the suv at this home on fernboro street. >> shante is the s ex-girlfriend. he dropped off kelvin at his house and has known him since he was 1 and had no idea that powell was involved in a shooting or that the boy was missing. he said he dropped him off without explanation. >> no, it's not his nature. no, i have never seen him with a firearm, none of that. >> kelvin's grandmother painted a similar picture of his dad. >> kelvin's father is a good

he would come in here with balloons and a cake for his birthday. >> kelvin just celebrated his birthday two days ago. he's looking forward to spending time with his grandmother and playing. >> the person who was shot on blue hill avenue was a man that police say was in his early 20s and he's expected to survive. shante land, wbz this morning. this northern -- thi m hearing from a rockland teenager credited for scaring off a would be burglar. the 13-year-old came face-to-face with an armed intruder while he was home alone in rockland. instead of running in the woods the thief went after brody davis. >> i thought i was going to die. i thought he was going to come and kill me. i got away and got to my friend's house and my family came. >> he gave police a detailed enough description

this sketch of the suspect. police say a drunk drive -- driver in new hampshire hit drivers on the road and just kept going right into a duncan donuts drive-thru. there was an unusual order at this drive-thru on wednesday night. steven detwilor took his coffee with handcuffs after aes it started where officers say he rear ended a car and took off. on his way down dw highway he hit a second car. that's when apparently he needed a caffeine fix 678 -- fix. an officer spotted him here. they let him complete his coffee order. they said even duncan couldn't arrest his

>> thankfully no one was injured during this or deal. -- or deal. he was hit with a $2,500 bail and ordered to appear in court on august 23rd. boston police are celebrating a big drug bust. officers recovered 27 bags of crack cocaine , six more of the drug in powder form as well as marijuana and $19,000 n cash. -- in cash. the drugs were found at a home on norfolk street. a popular back day lunch spot is back open after food lielation -- lie operation violations were forced to close. sweet pea had problems with not washing their hands. they are hiring a person to help with future problems.

beneath its tires gave out. the fire department tweeted this picture from town neck road. no word on what might have caused the sinkhole. this morning a massachusetts family is getting the news they have waited for for 65 years. the department of defense said the body of corporal ronald sparks of cambridge will be returned for a burial with full military honors next week. he was 19 and serving in the korean when he disappeared in 1951. he died in a pow camp. his returns were returned in 1954 but he was not identified until this year. a war horse is getting a retirement on a local farm. >> fidel castro turns 90 today.

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good morning, everybody. it's 6:14 on this lovely saturday morning. isn't it? >> it really is lovely.

>> what kind of of refreshments? oh, okay. got you. >> the air is coming from the northeast so it's drifting in right now. go outside and go ah. >> i'd like to do that outside. sgltsz you can do that >> you can do that inside too if you want. let's go to the numbers right now and see how many 90 degree days we have. we keep tabs of this all the time. boston has added two more this week. now we're the average for the whole year. we're not done yet. last year we had i think four days in september and we had several -- we had some near the end of august as well. i'd have to check that out. we are still on target to get somewhere between 20 and 24 days of 90 or higher. that means boston is going to get some more. not going to have one today, that's for sure. another one tomorrow in boston to make it day number 16. here we have the cooler air just sort of drifting in, flowing in from

it's not coming in with a strong northeast wind. there's some cloudiness that's coming into parts of eastern massachusetts as well. along the coast in familiar. -- if particular. -- coast in particular. we've showed you the wbz network showing you the difference in temperatures. the front is in this position here. the clouds are heading southwestward. further off to the north southwest of the boundary here there's just some scattered clouds. the cool air is going to come in. along the coast in the 70s. we'll get up to the low 80s on cape cod. these are the dew points that have dropped back. not into the low and middle 70s like yesterday. that high humidity exists not too far to the south and west and all these areas are going to be extremely humid today and that's going to come back at us

today's highs from the mid 70s to the northeast part, maybe even the lower 70s. cape ann 72 to 75 there maybe. then you get into the 80s into metro west. far metro west the upper 70s. 0 -- upper 80s. definitely in the 90s beyond that in connecticut, especially in parts of extreme southern massachusetts here. the national weather service has a hedv that's from noon to 7:00. then the excessive heat warn ing in the pink zones here from springfield to hartford and southwest. it may feel like 105 to 110. that's tough stuff there. heat exhaustion and heatstroke a possibility where it's going to be so hot today. lots of clouds and some sunny breaks as well. the most

not sure about that cloudiness from the ocean, whether that's going to break up to allow for sunshine. we'll call for that and say the low clouds breaking for some sun. we don't have a triggering mechanism to make much action take place. with this boundary in place here that always can be a foe cushioning ing -- focusing axis for showers and storms. duriom out -- morning we start to clear out. heat is going to take over. the front is going to go whipping right back as a warm front. late tonight the showers and storms. the temperatures tomorrow up into the 90s. today it's 75 at many beaches. the lower 80s on most of cape cod but the upper part of the

provincetown and well ford welford. at fenway park the slight chance of a thunderstorm at 76 with that 7:10 first pitch. tomorrow's afternoon game the low to middle 90s. sweltering tomorrow. 94 to 97 tomorrow. not quite as hot as yesterday but almost up to it. the real feel temperatures close to or over 100 degrees. i'm sure the national weath s will issue a heat advisory for tomorrow. the upper 80 to near 90 monday, tuesday and wednesday. along the coast cooler with sea breezes. thunderstorms will be back. there will be a few more on early wednesday. that's the way it looks right now, kerry. back to you. >> barry, thank you so much. when the funeral rolled along he was part of the honor guard taking funerals to their final resting place.

ser moe -- ceremonies at the national cemetery. now this horse is being considered a retired veteran. >> this is quincy and he can rest easy now at this farm in nor well. when he walks there's no longer work. kristen makes sure of that. for years quincy was a big part of the army. >> he was part of the case platoon at arlington national ce they considered the high honors of the burial of the heroes of the country. it's their last ride to their final resting place. >> quincy was hand picked and day after day he provided more dignity to the soldier's families. >> horse people know that quincy's eyes saw what we saw, the tears and the sadness.

and can relate to what is going on. >> his new surroundings are ideal but he still has the dog tags. >> quincy i'm sure saw a lot of sadness and grief. he had a duty there. >> a foot injury forced quincy into retirement and the army picked this farm where he woib taken care of -- would be taken care of and honored. >> i received a letter from the commanding officer of the that quincy was considered one of their own. he was happy to see that he has finally got a home to retire to. >> quincy has seen a lot of sorrow but now he's a retired veteran who served his country. bill shields, wbz news. >> nice job quincy. a shocker for michael phelps but yesterday's swimming wasn't all that bad. coming up, the latest accomplishment by the swimmer who has become the one to watch

>> today is saturday, august 13th. are you a leo? is it your birthday today? if so let's see who you share it with. danny who is 57. john flattery from madmen is 54. patriots safety devin mcordy is 29.

welcome back. the u.s. is swimming in gold medals. katy he deck ki -- ledecky added to her total last night. she's only the second woman to sweep the three longest free style races and the she's 19 years ago old. -- 19 years ago old. -- 19 years old. michael phelps tied for second in the race losing to a man from singapore. he has a chance for one more gold in a relay to want. -- relay tonight. >> the u.s. has 20 gold medals

-- bronze. china is in specked place second place followed by great britain. a surprise encounter with wildlife. the face off that has some people fascinated and others freaked out in quincy. >> first smoke them if you have them. a potentially world record setting cigar. >> as we head to break could it be your lucky day? do you feel lucky. here's a look at your winng lottery numbers.

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welcome back. there's a new record for the longest hand rold this is almost 300 feet long. it was created over the last two weeks in cuba and finished just in time for fidel castro's 90th birthday. now the measurements will be passed on to be certified. we have your top stories cup. -- stories coming up. louisiana is in a state of energy because of deadly floods. -- emergency because of deadly floods. >> violent turbulence on an airport -- on an airplane sends two dozen people to the hospital. now investigators

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welcome back. i'm kerry along with barry. we're talk about the weather -- talking about the weather crazy depending on where you are. >> it's all about location and we're getting some relief to we deserve a break and we're going to get it. let's go to the? >> i don't know. how about the b's? >> let's go back to the b's again and see what is happening. in boxford it's 67. that reflects the cool down from the air coming down from the northeast. it's still 72 at the stonny brook elementary school in booster.

massachusetts. some showers across northern new england. nothing yet. we will be right into this triple h weather tomorrow. today we get a break. today the temperatures mostly in the 70s along the coast, especially near boston, some south shore communities and over northeastern massachusetts. 70 to 85. close to the coast the lowest numbers. along the coast nudging 90 when you get into parts of worcester county. beyond thaso all of us are back up to 95 degrees tomorrow. where they're getting tons of rain, this is louisiana now. here's baton rouge and here's #2340r8s. -- here's new orleans. that rain is sitting there. livingston, louisiana has picked up almost 18 inches of rain. they have some serious floods down there. i wish we could get some rain. maybe some scattered storms later today. back to you, kerry. >> barry, thank you so much. breaking news out of

two people have been killed, dozens more rescued from flooding in the southeastern part of the state. louisiana governor has already declared a state of emergency and he's seen the effects firsthand. these are photos of the governor's mansion. the basement is flooded. the first family has been relocated. it was a team effort to help save a little boy in the hospital this morning. the 7-year-old was not breathing when he was pulled from the waters of hyde park yesterday afternoon. a woman who was at the pool as well as lifeguards were able to get him to safety until ems arrived. the child was breathing again by the time they took him to children's hospital. a little boy is safe after a shooting that his father may have been involved in. police did not find the dorchester 9-year-old until friday afternoon.

-- is juan powell. they began looking for him and the green suv. they found the boy but his father went there. wasn't there. police say 32-year-old steven etwiler rear ended a car and took off and then hit a second car. he ordered coffee at a duncan donuts and when he pulled out police arrested him and charged him with drunk driving and hit and expect in the desert, not outside a quincy home. now a rattlesnake is the talk of the neighborhood. you can see the police trying to get the rattler into a bucket. members of the smith family found the potentially dangerous snake. at first they couldn't believe it but the kids say they weren't scared exactly. >> really cool. >> pretty cool. >> it was cool. it was like moving and it was big like that.

the neighbor. the natural has been hat is the blue hills reservation. they brought it back home yesterday. a midair emergency forces an unscheduled landing. dozens of passengers from boston were thrown out of their seats during severe turbulence. this morning federal investigators want to know if that could have been avoided. ken mccloud has more. >> this is how the trip ended for one -- attendant. >> it felt like a drop. >> flight 429 was bound from boston to sacramento when it was diverted to rapid city, south dakota for an emergency landing just after supper time. >> this is going to be an air bus 320 coming in. eta is less than 10 minutes now. they have numerous injuries due

>> some of the passengers said trouble began when the jet liner flu into a big black cloud. >> i was buckled in but the lady next to me flew. >> anyone not wearing their seat belt bounced off the cabin ceiling. >> i went flying way up in the air. >> the guys behind us hit the over compartment and it cracked. >> 22 passengers an a pair of flight attendants were hospital bound. all were treated and released. >> nurse ilene lunch lynch -- lynch joined a doctor to give first aid. >> a young child was injured. several people hit their heads. >> jetblue sent another plane and passengers not hurt

helpful during the emergency. the clear lesson is wear that seat belt as much as possible. ken mccloud for wbz this morning. a federal judge has over turned the conviction of one of the two men profile inned the netflixd in the netflix documentary making of a murderer. brandon dafney confessed to helping his uncle kill a woman in 2005 and in his fire pit. the judge said they coerced the confession. he could be set free in 90 days while he waits for the new trial. like him or hate him, you have to admit that alex rodriguez made his mark on the game of baseball. coming up, high the new york yankees celebration almost didn't

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sgloomentd. good morning. the red sox opened up a series last night against the arizona diamond backs. a team they should take care of at home but you yo never know. -- but you never know. david price looking for his first win in over a #3407b9. -- in over a month. jackie bradley, junior with the catch

the winner started and then stops and bryan holiday guns name down at 3rd. -- guns him down at 3rd. the sox and price were down a couple of running heading into the bottom of the 1st. >> the pitch. there's a long drive to left. it's gone. homerun. it hit the aaa ion on a 3- -- sign on a 3-0 pitc >> and ramirez would hit another three-run bomb, his second of the game in the next inning. that's right, two homeruns, six rbi in the first two innings for ramirez. big popi had a solo shot in the 7th. david price got his 10th win of the season. sox get back in the win column beating arizona 9-4. a-rod's final game as a yankees.

downpour. he comes through. an rbi double all the way to the wall. maybe his final hit ever. if so it was his 3313th of his career. a-rod says good-bye to the big apple. malcolm mitchell has been one of the stories of training camp so far. turn your head away, he goes down here with a dislocated left elbow. could be back in as little as four weeks. much of the attention was on the play of jimmy garoppolo but the pats defense forced four turn overs in the win returning two for hutch kins. touch kins. -- touchdowns. maybe the play of the game, that was turned in by trey flowers. the sack, the forced fumble and the scoop up in for the score. trey flowers makes plays when he's on

his coach has noticed. >> trey has had a good spring and a good camp so far. you know, we didn't get to see a whole lot of him last year. he fought through , you know, an injury. it's good to have him out there. >> the patriots have another game coming up on thursday night against the chicago bears at 8:00. you can see it right here on wbz. patriots are off from practice today, back at it tomorrow. head on down and it should be a good day. the bears come in town for joint practices on monday, tuesday and wednesday as well. i'm dan roach, wbz shorts. -- wbz sports. good saturday morning, everybody. right now it's 6:46. we're taking a look at the drought monitor again to see what is going on.

most of the region in this shading here. when this was updated last tuesday based upon data from tuesday to tuesday it was upgraded to extreme drought here in parts of area just northwest of bit north -- of boston. some places 10 to 15 inches deficit of rainfall since the beginning of the year. so it's a big time drought, that's for sure. we did get some rain and some badly needed rai of these areas the middle part of next week. around wednesday. we have had a couple of showers since then. now we're looking at the temperature, boston down to 69. yes, it's below 70. the dew point is also below 70. that's good news. still classified as high humidity but not in the 70s like it was. the heat index is 69. it's feeling just what the temperature is indicating , the thermometer is indicating to us

below that 70 degree threshold. temperatures not going much of anywhere in boston today. just a few degrees. low to middle 70s. not up to the 98 that we had yesterday. there could be some breaks of sunshine looking at temperatures in the 60s here. this cooler air seeping in from the north and northeast from maine as you can see coming down like this with a light northeast breeze around 5 to 10 miles per hour. that front is basically in a position like this pretty much just it's going to become stationary, may go a little bit more and stall in here. it may provide a boundary for a few thunderstorms to pop up in central massachusetts later on today. not a triggering mechanism in the atmosphere to get things percolating in terms of widespread conviction. these are the dew points now that have dropped. they dropped down to 69 now in worcester but still low to middle 70s back no here.

there's no big push of this coming down. we just have a little bit of refresh today -- refreshment today with high temperatures in the middle 70s at west along the coast. over northeastern massachusetts, 75 at the coast, 80 inland. then into the 80s into interior new hampshire and near 90 near fitchburg to near worcester and near providence. it's going to be mostly in the 80 to 85 range in cape cod. we have the orange zone indicating that we have a heat advisory up there. as far as showers and storms, can't rule them out completely. it doesn't look widespread for today. so we'll go for just lots of clouds but areas of sunshine breaking through. low cloudiness has come in from the ocean.

we're all in this hazy, hot and humid weather tomorrow. some scattered thunderstorms more likely tomorrow afternoon. the disturbance comes in from the west. going to the beach today, well, it's going to be lots of clouds although the beaches -- at the beaches and much cooler than it has been. mostly the mid 70s at many of the beaches except some 80s on cape cod. before 2:00. going to fenway park, a slight chance of a thunderstorm, 76. tomorrow sweltering again up around 93 and maxing out around 95, 96. you see the high temperatures but with the excessive humidity back with the dew points exceeding 70 and going to up 75 the real feel temperatures tomorrow will

late today by the national weather service tomorrow through the midday afternoon showers. -- hours. still 85 to 90 much of the upcoming week. by the end of the week it drys out significantly thursday and friday. that's it kerry, back to you sglch. -- to you. thank you so much , barry. this is carson an artist worked with families showing them how he makes his designs. he will be back at it again today and tomorrow. we'll be right back.

an update on boston 's they sold the building that anchors it. bu bought it and they will keep the land it's on. they haven't revealed their plans for the building yet but we will keep you posted.

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good morning, everybody. i'm kerry connolly along with barry burbank on this saturday, august the 13th, i think. >> saturday the #130e. >> i was just -- saturday the 13th. >> i was just thinking that. so what is going on, barry? a decent weekend? >> it's been over the top the last couple of days. >> i agree. >> we've had several hot days but yesterday and the day before were too hot because of the excessive humidity with that. where do you want to go this morning? >> down to the a's. >> let's go down

it's 70 there. up in andover at the senior high school it's 66. that's reflective of the cool air that's trickling in from the ocean. it's still warm and still humidity at the ford middle school, 78 degrees there this morning. we don't see any showers or storms around. some showers along new england near the mountains. may be a shower or thunderstorm in spots afternoon along this frontal boundary that exists through eastern massachusetts. that's going to make the difference between the 90s and the 70s. in the 90s in connecticut and then 70s along the coast. in between some 80s, nudging 90 in some areas close to western worcester county. everybody is back up to 95 tomorrow for an average high. the heat index over 100 tomorrow with a few more thunderstorms. more coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, barry.

seven people have been injured in a flash fire at an oil refinery in southeast texas. it happened in jefferson county. everyone who was injured is expected to survive. a little boy saved by a strapger stranger and -- stranger and a life guard. this morning that child is in the hospital alive because of a team effort. he was not breathing when he was pulled from the waters olsen pool in hyde park yesterday afternoon. at woman at the pool and life guard was able to get him to safety they did cpr unless ems arrived. they got him breathing before going to the hospital. dcr said we commend our lifeguards on duty. they managed a crisis situation that resulted in the saving of a

the murder of a young woman jogging in princeton. have necessary a murcot was visiting her mom. police narrowed the time of the crime between 1:00 and 3:00. she fought for her life and her attacker would have scratches , scrapes and bruises. if you have any information you're asked to please tip line at 508-453-7589. this morning a little boy is civil after a shooting that his father may have been involved with. the child is with his grandmother now. they're just glad he's okay. >> how does it feel having him back? >> happy. >> this moment is precious for maria. less than 12 hours ago

his own father took him after a shooting at this apartment building at blue hill avenue. his father is juan powell. >> police searched for him and his green explorer. they found the vehicle and the boy at in vehicle on fernboro street. >> it's crazy. >> shante is his ex-girlfriend. she had known the boy since he was 1 and had no idea that kelvin was reported missing. he dropped off the boy without an explanation. >> no, it's not his nature. no, he doesn't go around shooting him. no, i have never seen him with a firearm. none of that. >> kelvin's grandmother painted a similar picture of his dad. >> he was a good father. he came in here

>> as for kelvin he just celebrated his birthday two days ago. he's looking forward to spending time with his ground mother -- with his grandmother and played what he loves most. >> the wi. -- the wii. >> the man shot is expected to survive. this morning we're hearing from a rockland teenager credited for scaring off a would the 13-year-old came to face with an armed intruder while he was home in robeland. -- in oakland. -- in rockland. the thief went off brody davis. >> i was scared i thought he was going to kill me. i got to safety. >> he gave police a detailed description, detailed enough

a man hit drivers and kept going and went to a duncan donuts drive-thru. >> there was an unusual order at this duncan donuts drive-thru on thursday snieth. -- night. 72-year-old steven detwiler took his coffee with handcuffs. it started where officers say il ended a car and took off. he hit a second car and he needed a caffeine fix apparent. -- apparently. >> police say even duncan couldn't hide his drunken stuper. >> no one was injured, detwiler

appear in court on august 23rd. boston police are celebrating a big drug burst. officers recovered 27 bags of crack cocaine, six more of the drug in powder form as well as marijuana and $19,000 in cash. they were found in a home on norfolk street where several neighbors reported dangerous drug activity. a popular back bay lunch spot is back open after several food violations them to close this week. inspectors said employees at sweet green was not washing their hands. the location reopened on friday afternoon and they are hiring a food safety expert at all locations to prevent future problems. a sinking situation. a truck was trapped in a parking lot when the earth gave out. the fire department tweeted this picture showing the

no word on what might have caused the sink pole. a massachusetts family is getting the news they waited for for years. the body of ronald sparks will be returned for burial with full military honors. he was 19 when he disappeared in february of 1951 in the korean war and died in a pow camp. his remains were returned to the u.s. in 1954 but not identified until last year. more than ea and just a few months after a documentary that made it famous the convicted killer will be let out of prison and get a new trial. the role making a murderer on netflix may have played. >> it's the number one cause of death of babies in the united states. coming up the today's for your community, what it is and how you can help end problems that threaten young children. >> it is 7:08 as you rise and shine with us here on this saturday morning.

of relief today in most areas . we will be up next with his forecast.

welcome back. prematurity is the number one cause of death of babies. or guest organization today in for your community is hoping to fight a way to end that, to give a fighting chance for every single baby. this morning we're joined by jen robins. she's a march of diming board member. >> -- dimes board member. >> thank you so much for having me. >> let's start out with t >> the march of dimes is committed to ensuring that every baby gets a healthy start. prematurity is the number one killer of babies in the united states. the march of dimes is working to change that, to make sure that moms have full time pregnancies and healthy babies. >> you have your own personal experience and that's how you got involved. >> that's correct. my first daughter was born two weeks early.

week she spent this the nicu hooked up to machines. it was the most terrifying time on my life. we were very lucky. she's very healthy and smart and sassy about to be 10-year-old. >> i love it. >> not every family gets so lucky. >> so tell us about the falmouth road race, one that you're able to get some funds and help out with the march of dimes. >> has a team that will be running the falmouth race next weekend. this is one of many opportunities for people in the community to give back and support their march of dimes mission. >> can you give us an idea of where the money goes and how it helps the babies and the moms? >> sure. the money raised goes to research, advocacy and

they not only support services for families but they are feweding ing -- funding life-saving research for technology and developments of these babies. >> we always take this opportunity to see if you need volunteers of -- volunteers. sometimes people are touch ed ed when they see guests. do you need any help? >> we absolutely do. there's so many ways for people in the community to get involved with the march of dimes to make anal packet an impact, whether it's -- dimes to make an impact. you can join a team, volunteers in a number of the other programs that we have in the community. >> do you have a website that we can go to? >> we do. i think all that information is on you're website. marchofdimes.org. you can learn all about our events and the work that we're doing in the community.

glad to hear your baby is doing well. >> thank you so much for having me today. still to come this morning, back to school has come earlier for some not so friendly fish. it's a buffet that may be too attempting. why the black mass could mean for shark sightings in our area. >> is it your birthday today? let's see who you share it with. the winters showediers -- soldiers is now 34. danny bonaduche is 57. if it's your birthday make it a good one. happy birthday to you.

welcome back. this massive cloud of black is actually a school of fish off chatham and lurking near by you can see a great white shark. a pilot captured the image off chatham earlier this week. hundreds if not thousands of fish are near the surface. they make a great snack for seals that are the perfect snack for a shark. snacking away out tlchl -- out there. >> that's shock ing ing. >> good one. did you just come up with that? >> no. >> you plan ed ned it? >> no, i said it the other day. >> i knew i'd

>> why not use it again if it works. >> right. let's talk weather. >> is it going to remain hot, barry? >> we got relief today. how do you smell leaf relief -- smell relief? relief. the front has today. this is the week that was. 15 degrees above average yesterday , man, it was 98, the dew point was way up in the mid 70s. the low temperature was 78 in boston. we have had 15 days so far of 90 degrees or higher at logan airport. it looks like some more coming. today we get relief, we deserve a break. it will get it today. that's thanks to the cold front

the cooler air is coming from maine and down into massachusetts. some south shore communities will drop down more into the upper 60s this morning. this front is going to move off to the southwest and become stationary. it may provide a boundary for s it's not going to create much in the way of showers or thunderstorms for most of the day. this front may act as an axis where something may form. in the low 80s for cape cod with the dew points in the low to middle 70s southwest of boston. we still consider it high humidity in boston but it's not oppressive. we get a break today but the high humidity

-- back in here. blah p the -- back in here. highs today 70 in eastern massachusetts, lower 70s on the outer part of cape ann, perhaps the new hampshire coast. we have an area of low cloudiness that's moved into boston but we also see clear ing on the new hampshire coast. this may break up to allow some sun to breakthrough the clouds from time to time as the day goes along. going on. that's going to heat things up into the 90s where there's an excessive heat warning by the national weather service. this color shading may feel like 107 to 110. it's out in connecticut p -- out in connecticut. a heat advisory for tomorrow. in terms of the showers and storms the models really are not indicating any. there could be a few in here in the hot and humid air

we have to keep an eye to the sky. tonight there's a triggering mesh niche -- mechanism. tomorrow the heat and oppressive high humidity. excessive heat in north eerp massachusetts. -- northeastern massachusetts. a few showers or storms tomorrow. 97 with oppressive humidity. it will feel like over 100. the upper 80s to near 90 much of the upcoming week. the driest by the second half of the week and a few more showers app -- showers and thunderstorms on early wednesday morning after a few more thunderstorm afternoon. the beat goes on but we get a break today. >> thank you so much, barry. the u.s. is swimming in gold

katy ledecky set a new world record last night. the 19-year-old beat her nearest competitor by 12 seconds last night. she's only the second women to sweep the three longest free style races and the first to do it since 1968. the u.s. has the most medals and china is in place followed by great brit tab. -- britain. the arraign -- the teenager con vikted -- the teenager convicted of helping his uncle with murder could be released if prison. -- from prison. >> coming up, the phantom gourmet finds the best

welcome back. countries from all over the world have their foods represent ed if greater boston. -- in greater boston. dan alderman has them. >> dishes like psychological laps and papas frit arc -- fritas. >> i'm from chill y and my husband is from mexico. we thought it would be fun to mold

>> we like taking the best of things from all cultures and seeing what we can come up with that makes you love eating it. >> the elephant walk in the south end serves a mix of traditional french and authentic cambode yeah -- cambodia. >> we like sweet and sour and spicy. >> a couple more interesting spots you might want to check out, cava that's a cool new spot specializing in greek small plates and little big dine for is a noodle bar featuring the flavors of east asia. for more food and fun watch the phantom gourmet on saturday and sunday on my tv 38.

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hi, there. it's 7:30 on this saturday morning. i'm kerry connolly along with barry burbank. we were talking about the heat the past couple of days and how it w it's over the top p -- over the top. we've had a lot of great summer weather this year but when you get temperatures in the 95 to 100 range and dew points at 75 that makes it feel so much worse. this morning we have the upper 60s in boston. portland, maine hit 99 degrees yesterday and they will probably only hit 69 today. >> a big difference. >> if you want to find relief go north along the coast in northeastern massachusetts.

we have mid 70s in worcester right now. off to the west that's where it's going to be hot again in western and south western new england. no action in terms of showers or storms right now. we have no triggering mechanism for the most part in the atmosphere to create much of anything this afternoon. although we have that front which is sort of sinking into the area. that may provide an access for a few scattered thunderstorms f everybody gets back into the triple h tomorrow after a break today. the break is mainly along the coast. if you want to find some hot weather go out west into western worcester county. cape cod the lower 80s. everybody is back in the heat and humidity tomorrow. i'll be back with the forecast. >> thank you. it was a team effort to help save a little boy who is in the hospital

the 7-year-old was not breathing when he was pulled from the waters of the olson pool in hyde park yesterday afternoon. a woman at the pool as well as lifeguards were able to get him to safety until ems arrived. the child was breathing begun by the time -- again when they took him to children's hospital. at little boy a little boy is home after he was missing for two days. the boy's father looking for him and his green ford explorer and they found the suv and the boy at this home on fernboro street but his father wasn't there. a judge over turned the conviction of one of the two men profiled in the netflix documentary making a murderer. brendon dassey was just 16-year-old16

the prosecutors convinced him into admits -- admitting that he did it with his uncle. like him or hate him you have to admit that alex rodriguez made his mark on the game of baseball. how the yankees celebrated

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good morning, everyone. the red sox opened up a series against the arizona diamond backs, a team they should take care of home but you never know. david price got the start looking to get his first win in over a month. nobody out, sinking liner off the bat of phil goslin. jackie bradley, junior with the catch and the throw @ plate. --ow the runner starts and stops. bryan holiday guns him down at 3rd. the sox were down a couple of runs heading into the bottom of the 1st. >> the pitch. there's a long drive to left down the line if it's fair, it's gone. homerun. it hit the aaa sign on a 3-0 pitch. he had the green light and he hit a hot one.

3-run bomb in the next inning. that's right, two homeruns, six rbi's for ramirez of -- for ramirez. big popi added a solo shot in the 7th. david price got his 10th win of the season. a-rod's final game as a yankee at his pre-game ceremony cut short by a downpour. in his first at bat h way to the walsh -- wall. maybe his final hit ever . it was 3313th of his career. a-rod says good-bye to the big apple. let's go to football. malcolm mitchell has been a big story of traping -- training camp so fast. he did great on friday night. turn away though now.

dislocated elbow. he could be back in as little as four weeks. this pick in the end zone by lablank . and then maybe the play of the game was turned in by trey flowers. the sack, the forced humble and scoop up. he makes plays on the field and his belichick has noticed. sgrsz he's add -- >> he's had a good spring and a good camp so far. we gent we -- we didn't get to a see out him last near with injuries. >> the patriots have another game on thursday against the chicago bears at 8:00. you can see it right here on wbz. patriots are off from

tomorrow afternoon at gillette stadium on the practice field. head on down and it should be a great take. the bears come into town for joint practices on monday, tuesday and wednesday as well. dan roach. >> thank you so much. it's 7:41. you made it to the weekend. we're glad you're with us.

good morning, everybody. barry and i just hang out on commercial breaks and just laugh. >> at really nothing. >> as you probably noticed. we'd love to share with you but there's not that much going on. >> you wouldn't be laughing if we told you. >> that's probably true. we weren't laugh ing ing at the heat yesterday. my goodness. >> it's tough for a lot of people. it gets too hot and too animals, for many people. people have to work outside in conditions like that. >> i can't imagine. >> people in build ing without any air-conditioning. >> i always think of the police officers in detail in their uniforms. >> exactly. so many people have to endure tough conditions. we don't have to deal with that today. the excessive heat and humidity is going away for at least one day. it will be back tomorrow. that's all thanks to this late back door

today and it's continuing to progress a little bit but it's probably going to stationary about like that. it's enough so the cool air is trickling in and coming down from maine and the gulf of maine and sfwoo eastern massachusetts. -- and into eastern ma -- eastern massachusetts. areas near and south of that front basically all sunny and starting the heat up rapidly. in over all the showers have gone off to the north at least for the time being. in the wings to come back at us. here's this little low pressure air that's given so much rain to central and southern portions of louisiana. one place has had more than 21 inches of rain in livingston, louisiana. that's a lot of terrible flooding going on there. why can't we get some weather while rain around here, it's so darn fry. -- darn fry. maybe a few showers and thunderstorms over the weekend.

northeast corridor but in new england where we are getting a break today. upper 60s in bedford and boston. portland, maine 69. they had 99 degrees yesterday. a 30-agree temperature drop there. most of northern massachusetts will have a good 30 degrees lower. 78 in new bedford rite now. -- rite now. -- right now. there's no wind. it's stuffy and stuck ki. -- sticky. going to go back to the 70s tomorrow with this excessive humidity and excess heat. today the middle 70s, maybe a few lower 70s

along the know sea along the coast. -- along the coast. we have a heat advisory mostly in connecticut and massachusetts and also into rhode island. some areas in the southern worcester county also. now as far as showers and thunderstorms, there may be a few developing along that frontal boundary here blater today. -- here later today. definitely some across northern new england but we will probably not have too much here. very hot again tomorrow up to 95 to 97 degrees. then the upper 80s to near 90. there probably will not be showers or storms monday and tuesday. maybe a few storms on wednesday. the comfortable air the second half of the week. >> thank you so much .

this week on kren troe. -- on centro. >> hey, everybody. everybody on centro we continue with our special coverage of some of boston's biggest summer events. we'll be right back.

good morning, everyone. welcome to centro. this week we continue with our special coverage of some of boston's biggest summer events. today we are going to tell you about carnaval salvadoreno 2016. that brings the community food and much more. here to tell us all about it is tony portillo. good morning. >> gop. -- good morning. >> welcome to send centro. >> thank you so much for having me. >> i think the audience can tell that we have a new set for now. we're in the process of building a new set. welcome to the new set. >> this is beautiful. >> another one believe it or not. >> oh, wow. >> it's happening today , saturday. it's amazing. >> coming up.

>> we've been working on this event for months. i think we are going to have a day to make history in the city hall plaza. my staff and myself we invest a lot of time and money to make it the biggest event that we ever had in boston. you know, i just -- i'm just excited. >> it's almost 8:00 so we do want to tell people that they still have time to go out there. it starts at 11:00 today. 11:00 a.m. and it goes all the way to 9:00 p.m.? >> 9:00 p.m., yeah. >> so what is going to be happening there, tony? >> a lot of things are going to happen. we have artists coming from el salvador, they're going to play at 1:00 . it's going to up to 9:00 p.m. in the meantime it's going to have -- we're going to have a lot of -- you know, the typical el salvador food,

from t-shirts, toys for kids . we have an area that's going to have a lot of different games for kids. we're going to have -- we're going to sell beers and wines. a lot of things. >> a little bit of everything. >> a little bit of everything. >> who should be going to this? >> everybody. >> city hall plaza, if they're walking around there they should come and join us. >> yeah, we invite anybody to come and see what el salvador is all about. it's a special day for us. as you know, there's a lot of elevator sal dravadorians. >> talk to us about this carnaval salvadoreno. tell us why it is that you decide not to

festival, just a carnaval salvadoreno. >> i think it's two different terms. it's more like come down and it's more fun. we are going to have entertainment from start to finish and a lot of things. it's more of a carnaval salvadoreno than a festival. when peo >> you are going to have some art and music and food. you're just going to make it more fun. >> more fun, that's what is different. it's going to be more fun. i think more of that. >> how many years have been -- have you been doing it? >> this is our fourth year. >> i understand that it's been growing really, really fast. >> i think one of the things that really makes a

i own an advertising agency so we do multiculture advertisements. i think that's the main thing for this event. the first year we did it we got like 8,000 people that came. >> that's a really good number. >> and then second year we got like 10,000. last year we got like 8 to 10,000 people. >> even though it was raining. >> it rain ed ed the whole day and we did -- we still got 8 to 10,000 people. >> that's really good. >> this year i think we'll make history. i'm expected between 10 and 15,000 people. >> thank you so much for coming by and telling us about it. you know, we try to do specials on the different festivals that happen throughout the city of boston. you guys are just growing and growing so congratulations and good luck today. >> this is going for one simple reason, it's more people

this help us to do this event. this is a community event. it's me and my staff but at the end of the day we're depending on a lot of people and i thank people like you. >> thank you. promotion is key and i think that the fact that you've been doing that through your advertising agency is really good. of course we want to tell our viewers to go out there and end joy the day today, saturday. thank you so much and good luck today. >> >> have fun. >> thank you so much. hope to see you there. >> thank you. once again carnaval salvadoreno 2016 will take place today, saturday, august 13th. it will be at boston city hall plaza. to get a link to their web side and -- website and facebook page visit us online at cbsboston.com/centro. connect with us online, like us

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