tonight in their own house. a seekonk couple found an armed man inside. >> he attacked the husband and threatened the wife with a knife. investigators think this was a random attack. >> reporter: the voice of a terrified seekonk homeowner whose 65-year-old husband was

david allard who police say broke into their home in broad daylight on tuesday and was stealing valuables when the couple came home. before he ran out, he threatened the 67-year-old woman with a knife. >> a man in our house, a young man carrying a green bag running down the street. >> reporter: allard's 18-year- old cousin was driving the get away, allegedly and arrested. allard was stealing to support a drug habit with so many people in our state addicted to opiates, police in every town and city said they had seen a tremendous spike in the number of property crimes. >> we have seen an uptick in residential theft and in conjunction with that, with shop lifght because of the large commercial district.

frustration with the opiate problem and lives ruined. >> there is no community that is immune unfortunately and it's a sad day when you see these things transpire and people affected by it. >> reporter: allard and has cousin were held on bail. bill shields, wbz news. police in new hampshire are investigating a young child's death. someone from a home in somersworth ca unresponsivive 2-year-old girl. the medical examiner performed an autopsy. the results are not out. the pilgrim nuclear power plant is cutting down on operations. the temperature of the bay water which is used to cool the reactors has become too warm to using the plant. to compensate for that, the plant has had to power down. this is the third time in the plant's 44-year history they

because of the warm water. and this water is usually crystal clear but now, concern about algae blooms. they are much bigger than in years past and blame the hot and humid weather. the algae is thriving, really, choking the waterways with nitrogen, really bad news for fish. over the second, as many as 75 fish died oxygen. to the bad news down south. the floodwaters are receding leaving the incredible damage behind. at least 11 people have died in the historic flooding and thousands more are in shelters. don champion has the story from baton rouge. >> reporter: it's a common sight along the once-flooded streets in baton rouge, mounds and mounds of debris.

the sense of how long it will take to get back together. >> reporter: inside, 25 years of memories and belongings in disarray, more than 40,000 homes here suffered damage in the flood and more troubling, because areas that had never flooded before were inundated and few residents had flood insurance. in hard-hit baton rouge, only 1 in 8 businesses or residences are covered. >> right here is the kitchen where we found it. >> reporter: this woman considers herself lucky. her home was designated to be in the flood zone and she was newly insured. >> they are material things and

been declared a disaster. >> after scattered looting, the governor has ordered a curfew with the significant flood damage. >> i am who i am. i have gotten here and we'll see what happens. donald trump tonight is shaking up his campaign staff again but then vowing to stick with the style and tactics that won gop for the presidency. but will this help his now- sagging poll numbers? our political an lift jon keller is here, and john, what do you think this means for his campaign? >> reporter: the struggle between those who wanted to turn trump into a more traditional candidate and a "let trump be trump," has been run by the let it rip camp.

first, the negativity that flows from the unscripted trump is turning off people, and they really don't like his mocking of the disabled reporter and the treatment of the gold star family. nearly a third of voters say it's their top concern. another problem is the incompetence modeled by a campaign that's plummeting the polls. one survey found 61% of likely voters are less impressed with trump's business skills now than when he started running. if this re-boot doesn't work, watch out. and new campaign ceo steve bannon prompts trump to return to the republican establishment, it could exacerbate his ongoing failure to rally enough republicans behind him. hillary clinton has many

more than 90% of democrats are with her while trump's gop support lags behind and really, partisan support is something you should have in lockdown. that's a warning sign. >> what do you think about the timing of that? we have a couple of months, 75, 90 days. good time for a reboot? >> reporter: not unheard of for there to be a campaign shakeup this late in the race and it's an idea that you wait until after labor day when the campaign begins. no. that's not how it works. >> jon keller, thank you so much. google helping to make it easier for to you cast your ballot in november. you search how to vote and you can get an info box personalized to your state including registration dates

-- cast your absentee ballot and more. the trick that key athletes choose to look so good no matter what they are doing in and out of the water. and mission, shark. how the military is looking at them as a weapon. and dr. mallika marshall has a look at how the so-called smart pill issue. so do we have rain in the forecast? we'll have a look coming up. and on my tv 38, an air scare at martha's vineyard, a private pilot too close to the vacationing o bam as, and starting august 29, the 10:00 p.m. news on my 38 will move to 8:00 p.m. and we'll kickoff every

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on the bz feed, the effort to turn sharks into weapons. >> american scientists apparently tried to make this happen after world war ii. one author uncovered project head gear as it was called published her findings on undark.org and said the u.s. navy tried to train sharks to deliver bombs and chose sharks over dolphins because sharks are stealthier.

powers, they used sharks. have you ever managed to look how great the swimmer in the olympics look so great, now we know how. they use jello. they mix knox gelatin and brush it in their hair and pin it in a bun and it hardens and doesn't come lose and doesn't get into their eyes. >> but je the fruit would throw it for a loop. some people put bananas in there. >> maybe they want to shake it up, but, yeah. and fast food and fitness trackers. >> mcdonald's is putting them in there to help a child's activity level. there will be six colors available. and mcdonald's has been criticized to lure kids into

i think it's a good idea. eat the food, hopefully, a healthy choice and burn it off. >> proof that if you do offer something with value, kids will go with that. and surprising safety concerns about volars and why so many kids are rushed to the

new safety concerns about strollers. expertssay dozens of kids get hurt every day in equipment that is supposed to be safe. dr.mallika marshall is here, and i have to say i look at the stroller like the ultimate protective vehicles. so i'm shocked. the number of reported injuries has skyrocketed. you may think your baby is safe and secure but a remarkable 50

and almost half involve a concussion or a trauma to the brain. make sure your child is properly strapped in, don't use stroller handles to hold your purse or bag and make sure the equipment is appropriate for your child's size and age. i used to hook my bags on the stroller but you let go of it, and they are rearing backwards. >> a good reminder, and this is a follow up to a story that you told us in the winter, like a >> they are using it. pediatricians in texas are using a high-tech pill to monitor young patients remotely and they are seeing good results. 5-year-old riley kinman has to take medication twice a day after a kidney transplant. the pills keep her body from rejecting the kidney she got from her dad. but these are not just any pills. each have a tiny sensor.

activates inside riley's stomach and transmates the signals to a cap she wears and sends data to her doctors and parents through a tablet, alerting them she took her immediates. >> if they are not take medications as prescribed or missing medication doses, we know they are at higher risk. >> reporter: doctors say that the smart pills are they never could before. >> heart rate monitor functions and gives us an idea of activity and sleep cycles. >> reporter: riley's parents hope that it will give riley her independence. >> we're in charge but 10 to 15 years from now, i will know exactly when she took her medicine and i don't have to nag her.

this has been used on 75 kid sos far but we'll use it more and more like antibiotics. >> and ultimately better for the patients. thank you, doctor. >> lisa, doctor, thank you. scientists at stanford may have come up with the cure for jet lag. a night before a flight, volunteers were subjected to short flashes of white light. researcherssay that helps to advance the body's internal clock by 2 hours d to do the same thing outside the lab. they should sell that in the sky mall; right? >> in a kiosk thing? >> that's a big thing. got rid of sky mall? >> really? >> yeah. don't see those magazines on planes anymore. >> oh, how sad. >> someone will let you know. >> yeah, sure. let's talk about what is happening to the south.

people have -- a lot of people are thinking about shrek. and fiona has 40 miles per hour winds way out in the atlantic. here is the forecast track. it's expected to stay out to sea. so interest for the shipping concerns, and it will stay away from the islands and curve away from the east coast and this will be a big front, something we'll keep tabs on but no immediate threat to land. on this date 25 years know what happened? hurricane bob forms just off the north carolina coastline and that's the last time that a hurricane ever made half fall. haven't had one since, 19, been a long time and that's a good thing. take a look at the weather tonight. the winds, not too gusty anymore. but really, a refreshing breeze and dew points are falling back in the 50s. so a really nice summer night is shaping up here.

a few rain showers in pennsylvania and most of those should be drying up before they reach us, and the beat goes on. as for tonight's temps, 59 to 65 degrees and the wind will continue to die down and the city will hover at 67 degrees for the low temps. watching the clouds from pennsylvania moving in as we head towards the overnight and scattered clouds tomorrow mixing in with the sunshine and not much rainfalling from them, a slight chance of a shower pe the best chance across western massachusetts and vermont and maybe northern worcester county. but the vast majority of towns will stay dry. tomorrow morning, partly sunny and the sunrise at 6:00 a.m. 69 will start the day and midday, warming into the 80s, a blend of sun and clouds, and an isolated shower with temperatures up in the 80s and

bedford. the humidity will stay in check. it won't be very muggy. tomorrow night, piano man coming to town, warm and beautiful and 84. check out billy joel and then move to the weekend, the zach brown band for saturday and sunday. these cop certains, too, looking good. warm and breezy on sunday night and the winds kicking up and the humidity on the way up as well. this is a weekend setup, high pressure drifting offshore. so friday and saturday, same idea but i think clouds will fill in in with respect new england and tough to erode on sunday in the locations, also. but the next chance of rain doesn't swing in until monday of next week. so the accu-weather 7 day, a chance of scattered showers and downpours, and then beautiful air for tuesday into wednesday. and with the forecast, the drought will continue to get

>> no relief on-site. >> all right, thank you, eric. new additions at the stone zoo. this is an endangered species that looks like a hairy wild pig. three males came from the los angeles zoo and each weighs about 70 pounds, and they all get along. they are found in a hot, dry forester and grasslands in south america. >> have you ever heard of one in. >> never heard of one. after the break, a pop star at a cape cod beach. >> a special concert for a local family. and a local doctors grin and bear it when a big bear came in with a toothache. >> and scary moments for a homeowner when a tree came crashing down.

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grace and her family. she won the weak at the beach house and that's one of the best contests around. >> they had cold play like three weeks ago. the news at 6:00 starts right now. breaking news on whitey bulger, the infamous mobster taking his case to the supreme court. >> two close calls involving toppling trees. the owner of this home crashing down. and tropical humidity and falling dew points. >> toothache? no problem. a local dentist doesn't hesitate to perform a "grizzly" task. we begin with breaking news at 6:00. convicted boston mobster whitey

>> he is appealing to the u.s. supreme court. kate merrill has details. kate? >> reporter: david, he is going straight to the supreme court, asking them to look at the case and overturn it and filed a petition today asking for them to get involved. he previously asked the first u.s. circuit court of appeals to get involved. but that court ruled that the mobster got a fair trial so he is reaching out to the supreme court. and three years ago, he was predicted of drug trafficking and 11 murders and other crimes. kate merrill, wbz news. also breaking tonight, we just learned that a man is dead after a bicycle next lincoln. the victim is a 59-year-old man from westford. police responded to the scene at virginia runed and link an about 1:00 this afternoon.

the victim's name was not yet released. lisa? david, in salem, new hampshire, a tree came crashing down on to a moving car. this lucky driver in the end wasn't hurt and no word what took out the tree but there were gusty winds in the area. a tree in reading came down on top of this house and caused damage there. and in this just returned. she talked with jim smeght -- smith and he is live in reading. jim? >> reporter: lisa, this was not a small tree and when it came crashing down t caused a lot of damage and work crews are doing their best to get the oak off the roof. the homeowners have quite a story to tell. >> it was a crack, a loud crack. it wasn't as loud as you would think. >> reporter: joan is shocked