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

oak tree fell into her home in reading. it sliced a hole in her spare bedroom but no one was home. she was out for a bike ride. >> i said a few bad words and i was like, oh, i have to get the cad and dog out of the house, and i peeked in the bedroom where i could see daylight and shut the door and tried 10 times to call police because i kept dialing it wrong. >> reporter: joan's husband happened to be the dpw director in a nearby up to town and he said trees everywhere are under stress. >> i think the big trees, they're drying out. >> reporter: they cut power to the neighborhood and no one was hurt. the family has a repair bill but that's something they could live with. >> it could have been so much worse. someone could have been in the

>> it could be worse, in louisiana with the house underwater or california with a forest fire. we just have tree damage to deal with. >> reporter: that does put it into perspective. there is significant damage in the house. they can live in at least part of the home until repairs are made. jim smith, wbz news. let's bring in eric because it was a beautiful day but especially this morning when the cold front was moving through and high pressure was moving in and we forced some of the strongest wind gusts outside. tonight, winds are subsiding, breezy, and as you heard in the story with the drought, a lot of root systems and trees are weaker, and it takes less wind to knock them down. something to keep in mind. the dew points are back in the 50s with tropical air that was

off to the south and there it shall remain. the oppressive humidity will take a break. 75 in worcester and 78 in fitch purring and taunton, 81 degrees and tonight, we'll fall back into the low 60s. so it's much more comfortable than has been. it's another warm and very dry stretch and very little rainfall in the forecast until we get to next week. as i mentioned, the oppressive humidity on next few days. a weekend preview coming up. david? >> eric, thank you. police are searching for a killer in east boston. someone stabbed a man multiple times and left him for dead on the street. he die the later at the hospital. police spent time collecting evidence and say there was a lot of trouble before in the area. >> it appears there was an

suspect, and an altercation ensued and he was stabbed. >> no arrests yet and police are hoping someone saw something that will want had them catch who is responsible. an investigation under way into the death of a 2-year-old in new hampshire. police responded to a medical emergency, 911 call and found the little girl unon vanessa marcotte's body. >> and the community of princeton remains on edge. christina hager is live with the latest. visit evenna? >> reporter: david, investigators spent another full day in princeton following what amounts to more than 800 leads from august 7 when

in the woods. the leads have come in from the police tip line and we have learned that princeton police have handed over their police log, and that's a written record of every incident princeton police responded to and every call that came into the regional dispatch center in the last week and a half. vanessa marcotte worked at google and the 27-y visiting her mother here when she was out for a sunday afternoon run. there are burned sticks and debris in the area off brooks station road hours after she was reported missing. a source said she was naked and burned. yesterday, a crowd gathered for her funeral and back here today, investigators continue to pour through leads. theysay her killer would have had scratches and bruises from

sunday afternoon, august 7. we have seen people stop by the police station and they are joining the town hall annex, and one man came by saying he had news to share and another woman had food and cases of bottled water. every bit of help is appreciated here. christina hager, wb wrrks z news. lisa and david? >> thank you, christin you have something that might help, you are asked to call the tip line and, again, you can remain anonymous. a 61-year-old carlyle man is hospitalized after the driver of a pickup hit him this morning on trapelo road. policesay the bicyclist had the right of way which means the 42-

and killed a man had a conviction overturned. the massachusetts appeals court dropped the motor vehicle homicide charge. his other four convictions were upheld. he will ton serve his prison sentence for the death of the 22-year-old victim. police say this driver was drunk when she crashed into the lawn of a home last night and police also arrested the marriage who's accused of fighting with a person who stopped to check out the crash scene. no one was badly hurt. making sure your kids have safe water to drink. school suiter suiter tomorrow chang is trying to reassure parents after several more schools tested positive for

fountain because we know that that is critical to getting the lead that's been in the pipes overnight. >> affected schools will provide bolted water to students if the lead levels aren't back to normal by the time school starts. a map who wants to develop condos in the seaport are looking for a bargain to make this happen. john cro min wants to replace the beer garden with a luxury condo but he needs a 3000 square foot part of a sidewalk and the city opens the sidewalk. cronin is offering the city $55,000, less than you pay for a parking spot in boston. and this is the condo tower that is localized in seaport and the city has not agreed to the price that cronin is offering.

pound bear to the dentist. and mit is helping to find life on mars. liam martin has more on this week's wednesday's child. >> reporter: hey, everybody. i'm here with devin and his father, joe. jack saw definitein on the wednesday's child segment and now, denin pound his forever family. what did you want three years ago? >> a family who will love and always be there for me. >> reporter: you found that? >> yeah. >> reporter: you in the joe and went through the process. what did you think? >> i was really happy. >> reporter: what does wednesday's child mean it you, joe? >> you get an additional window into a child's life and do things that they are naturally comfortable doing and see them

otherwise have. >> reporter: with so many more kids like devin looking for their forever family, c bsboston.com/wednesday'schild to find out about someone who

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attacking care of your health, a "bear" necessity. >> and the same goes for animals. liam martin has the story new at 6:00. >> she is just an older animal with tooth issues, so this is just basically her visit to the dentist. >> reporter: ursula the bear is okay. heavily sedated going to the dentist in bedford. >> it's not just as simple as jumping in the dental chair. she is a 250-pound bear. she is a tough, tough woman. >> reporter: she laid under

vets made sure they monitored her and making sure she was feeling okay. >> she is fast asleep and this is a tooth extraction, and we are removing her lower left canine. >> reporter: she is 16 years old and came to the zoo after being orphaned in the wild in virginia. black bears can live in their early to mid-20s. as for how officials through there was a problem? >> the zookeepers very experienced. we know the watch their food intake, and the keeper mixed up on it. >> reporter: they wanted to share what they do on a daily basis and the amount of science and care that go into treating animals at the zoo, and just the root of the lower can a 9 they extracted is 5" long. >> wow. >> too much candy was the problem. gummi bears, i heard. >> oh, dear.

[laughter] just kidding. now we talk about the weather with eric. i could barely hear you off in the distance booing me, eric. that's why co-workers are here, a lot of support here in the bz newsroom, and this august so far, well above the norm. all the red squares are the days above average in a row. to this point, a very warm stretch for us, and you know so far, 3" of rain in boston the entire summer. the driest on record is 3.97. we'll need an inch of rain. we only have 1 to 2" for the rest of this month, and we'll see where things go. but a very warm and dry second half of the summer. we have humid air moved off to the south and drier sarah take up residence in new england and

before they get to us. temperature wise, can't complain. the humidity is low and showers off to the west here all drying up as they come into the drier air. tonight, a few clouds and cooler. give the temperatures a break. upper 60s in downtown boston and winds will continue to die back, and we'll watch the clouds move in from the west overnight into the day tomorrow and i sunshine is on tap for tomorrow. if anything gets going, it should be in with respect massachusetts, northern worcester county, southern vermont and new hampshire. temperature wise, up in the 80s and 90s, and the humidity will be in check. it won't be a muggy day to go along with that. at the beach, 82 to 87 and a west southwesterly please at 5 to 15 and the water

at 80 degrees. warm water. for the patriots, 82 and on saturday, wedging in cloud cover, and into connecticut and western mass and vermont, may have to deal with the cloud cover on saturday and sunday. for us locally, i think stay locally into mostly sunny skies and sunday, increasing wind out of the southeast and more humidity ahead of the next rain chance, really, monday of next week. so dry weather in control and very low rain chances. monday, the best risk for showers and thunderstorms. so the weekend focus, saturday, a high of 87 and bright skies and 80 on the south coast and sunday, more cloud cover and breezier and hear miewmed and

issues. here is the accu-weather 7 day and all told just a summer stretch with the next chance of rain on monday and beautiful weather for tuesday and wednesday. david and lisa? >> eric, thank you. abbey d'agostino will not be able to compete but she has been making headlines because of what pp she tripped. he tore her acl in the semifinal. she and the new zealand athlete made headlines because they embraced each other and helped each other through the finish line and because there was tripping involved i they were allowed to move on, but sadly, she cannot. and official training camp in foxborough, and it was the last day that the fans could

>> before tomorrow's pre-season game with family members there, steve. >> reporter: yeah, and hanging out with the fans and fam, always a good sight. it was only a walk through, not much contact and there was no fighting, which is a good thing, and no sign of gronk. is that a big deal? probably not. not sure if tom bradile play in pre-season number 2 tomorrow, time after the practice. le -- levan reid has more. >> reporter: it's the final day of joint practices. the second game is tomorrow, and new england has improvement on their schedule. their running game has got to get better. >> just run hard. you gotta get through them. >> reporter: maybe there will

quarterback jacoby brissette. >> you know, i just gotta do my job and put my best foot forward. whatever happens from there on is not my call. i will control what i can. >> reporter: if you look down on the bears' roster, you can see the familiar name, the backup for chicago. it wasn't too long ago that hoyer was brady's backup. and praise is through the roof calling him great >> he was always one of the first guys to text me after a game, good, bad, ugly, whatever it was. so it's a friendship that i have cherished over the years. >> reporter: hopefully, tom brady will take the field and play. if he doesn't, the next time 12 will be at gillette will be week sex of -- 6 of the

by the post game show. and the sox are rolling with david price on the mound tonight and tomorrow, a day game in detroit starting at 1:00, and they hope tonight will not go into extra innings. and how awesome is mookie betts? he has to be a favorite for mvp hitting two more homeruns, driving in all the sox' runners as they high 28 homers for the season. 5 games at camden yard and get this. mookie has gone deep 7 times. that's insane. he will only get better. he is just 23 years young. the blue jays have a one game lead over the sox and os in the al east. it can all change tonight. that's the story here from

guys, back to you. cbs evening news is coming up next at 6:30. scott pelley has a preview. scott? >> reporter: great to be with you in boston, david and lisa w a fire disaster in california. 80,000 people have been forced in their homes as entire neighborhoods have gone up in flames. we will show you e news coming up in about 10 minutes. all right, scott. see you then. thank you. still to come, how mit will

the great minds at mit say they have developed a better way to look for life on mars. >> in 2020, the mars rover will search the planet for signs of ancient life. scientists hope to make the

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the weather we're about to get is the kind of weather that you just dream of. tough that we're not getting rain to go with it. we had the conversations and feel guilt be every beautiful day, a lot of beautiful days, when it comes to rainfall, looking at monday, showers and downpours. >> interesting.

rain, weeds, weeds, of course. >> they're green. >> see you at 11:00. >> pelley: mass evacuation. a rapidly spreading california wildfire is now the size of san francisco. >> in my 40 years of fightingan fire i have never seen a fire behavior so extreme. >> also tht top. donald trump goes through three campaign managers in eight weeks. the robbery mystery. >> they pulled out their gun. >> pelley: brazil orders u.s. olympian ryan lochte not to leave the country, but his family says he's already home. and turning the beauty of sport into an art form captioning sponsored by cbs