now at 5:30, a fisherman stuck in the mud. quincy firefighters doing all they could to pull the man to safety. the mud was waist high. >> as bill shields shows us, that guy is lucky he had his cell phone to call for help. >> reporter: it was a nice morning for fishing black's creek in quincy but there was a problem. when the tide went out, the fisherman went out with it and stepped in the mud and got deeper and deeper. >> let's go back. th support weight at all. >> reporter: luckily, the fisherman had a cell phone and called 911 and the firefighters quickly laid down ladders to reach him. >> two 20-foot ground letters to have the firefighter guess out and aid him. >> reporter: two firefighters got to him. mike griffith was one of them. >> got his leg out and crawled back with him. >> reporter: the bottom here is not sandy. it's mud, and if you get stuck

the tighter it becomes. >> he was lucky enough to pull himself up but the mud does create a suction. >> reporter: the if i rememberer man refused medical help. all he wanted was for firefighter hose him down to get the mud off. >> the fisherman didn't tell anyone when -- his name and just went right to work. maverick, a german shepherd who chewed off his own paw to escape. kennedy was arrested and maverick already has a new home. firefighters just knocked down a fire in hyde park. it started between the third into and attic of a 3-story wood home on river streak. one firefighter was taken to

dei -- dehydration. a man admits that he took items off the shovels of home depots and then returned them for cash. he was previously convicted of stealing $30,000 in a similar hide love for his patriots, attending at least three of the groups game watching parties in the last three seasons. he entered witness protection in 1999 after testifying against whitey bulger and several others. last week, he was arrested on charge that is he murdered a witness in 1993. chicago's police chief is recommending that seven officers be fired after the

officers lied about the night in 2014 when the 17-year-old was shot and killed. they claimed that the teenager threatened officer jason van dike but video does not support the claim. van dike pleaded not guilty to murder charges. the last survivor of the orlando nightclub massacre who is still in the hospital is improving. this is someone who has been in critical condition attack. doctors upgraded the patient's condition to guarded but will not say anything more or identify the gender. a gunman opened fire in early june killing 49 people. a heart-wrenching image showing the reality the crisis in syria, the face of a young boy who appears to be 4 or 5 and was pulled from the rubble of a building that was hit by airstrikes. this picture of him sitting in

gone viral. the boy isn't crying, just looks overwhelmed by the chaos around him. campaign 2016, donald trump supporters raising a familiar question. can we trust poll that is show trump losing ground to hillary clinton? jon keller joins us, not the first time there were questions. no, lisa, and it will not be the last. bad polls can deflate a campaign's energy and slow the flow of scoff at lousy poll numbers but i can't recall someone trying to pretend that the polls don't exist as one trump spokesman did on cnn. >> you said it's not a shakeup but you guys are down. >> says who? >> polls. most of them. all of them? >> says who?

i answered your question. >> which polls? >> all of them. >> okay. >> yes, okay. well, the website real clear politics keeps track of the poles and publishs the daily average and shows clinton ahead of trump by 6 points, hardly in kerry and bush showed bush ahead by 4 points and obama over john mccain and obama won by 8. and president obama led mitt romney on 3.s and on

could they turn the polling record? of course they could and trump's numbers in some key states are worse than initial showing but in other states he is competitive. but consider that two leading political scientists found, researching history for their book. since 1952, no candidate was leading in the polls at least two weeks after the conventions were over went on to lose the popular vote and conventions now. so what it's worth, that's the history. >> as you were talking, breaking news. the clinton foundation announced if hillary clinton is elected, the foundation will no longer accept foreign and corporate donations. this has been a major point of criticism. >> as well it should be. that's sketchy, that whole donations from foreign governments when hillary clinton was secretary of state and she's taken a beating over

a step in the right direction, it won't take that off the table. look for trump to bring that one up. >> jon, outstanding. thank you. lisa and john, thank you. the countdown to kickoff with the bears and patriots and levan reid has a closer look at what to watch for during the pre-season game. a big part of the news, levan, is tom brady's status. >> tom brady will play 1 or two series. i guess he kind of demanded he be out there, and if he department, the next time he would be on the field would be week 6. uh, practicing against the bears and watching film of the first pre-season game, here are some of the items they will try and get better at. first, they will have to start a lot faster.

and establish a rhythm quickly so his confidence will go, get back to the line and keep the chains moving. next, it would be nice to continue to see a pass rush. this one after the quarterback in the last game, and the patacy defense imposed their will. they feed to keep that going, and finally, young jacoby brissette. he is the backup quarterback to start the season and needs to be better than the average qb. he needs to be ready to start if anything happens to jimmy. also, it would be nice to see nate ebner, back from the olympic rugby team. if he makes a play, if and when, expect a huge applause. not many times the patriots

plus, we are out having the second pre-season game, david, and you are not here and by the way, he looks nothing like jimmy garoppolo, eric fisher. just stop it. stop it right now [laughter] >> just trying to give him a little fun. >> reporter: not even close! >> thanks, levan. you make your own hour and make your boss a bigger profit. >> why a flexible work schedule could be the ultimate benefit. >> a game of luck or skill, arcade favorite claw machines under scrutiny. >> and a closer look at the longest plane in the world but it may not be the best choice to get there quickly. >> i have 5 minutes up to the next forecast which means i can run up and slap levan before the forecast. we'll take a look at the rain

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with flexible job scheduled and found those who have flexible schedules work more, work moreover time. expertssay it's the gift exchange theory. employees treat their job trip to with a gift and reward that by working harder. >> totally makes sense. >> i can see that. and one police officer in virginia is showing off his moves. >> not in a bar or on a stage but at a back-to-school event that collects supplies for won the lip sync contest, and he capped off his performance with -- hey, he practiced. he performed a split. >> like an armed napoleon dynamite. >> exactly. and finishing with the split and he will win. after the break, it could be a ride share, working on cars that know when and where

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working to make a car that reads your mind, anticipating where you want to go and when. >> ford motor group partnered with a local university to test out an on-demand shuttle service. >> you want to have the vehicle sort of people will be so they'll be there before they request the ride. >> reporter: starting in september, a select group of mit students and professorrors will be able to request a ride from one of these electric car that is look like futuristic golf cart as soon as we use laser scanners and cameras to track people as they walk by. >> reporter: grad student justin miller has been working on the project for two years. >> the purpose is to get a

flowing throughout the campus. >> reporter: tracking people's patterns overtime, the cars can predict when and where the most pedestrian traffic is on camp news here is a person tracked in the camera and 18 as they get tracked, he is drawing his pedestrian pass here. two people are walking by. >> reporter: as each car drives, it's collecting data that goes to this portable computer behind the back seat and that information will makes its way to ford 2 to better understand the mobility and demand in dense urban areas. >> this is an initial roll out for campus which is a microcosm of what traffic is in general. having a small said of vehicles on campus, we can analyze things that will be expanded. >> reporter: miller is excited to provide a more reliable way for classmates to get around. >> and we want to provide a service for mit and students

class, wake up and get a ride, and it is there and picks you up. it can't be late and can't take forever. >> and it has a pretty good horn, too. this runs through an app that they create and plan eventually to have them be self driving. >> i think for urban planning it has so much promise and if you can get a car to take tout game of and take you home, you would be set? in and out of foxborough on eric said he would make a trip up to the cbs area but i don't think he did. >> reporter: oh, di. levan and i will have words. this is lighting up the internet, no pun intended. this was captured in the petrified forest in arizona. what do you see? a lot of people are seeing a t- rex in the sky with the lightning bolt.

maybe i'm a homeless romantic. but a cool side of nature and a big lightning bold in arizona. all right. talking about gillette stadium accident a beautiful night of foot bowel cam paired to last week when it was so hot and sweltering. 80s and couple of light clouds. we'll rip through a few different frames because there is not much billy joel at fenway park, a perfect evening and then zach brown band coming to town this weekend, no issues, warm and dry. sunday, the humidity will be up, but no rained -- rain expected there, and then we have the falmouth road race, and we'll be in the 70s for that and low ocean clouds

the runners down. i don't think it will be hots which is good new when is it comes to falmouth. and i have been watching a few showers popping up to the west but they are all peetering out. everything is drying up as has been the case. as we head into the night, temperatures cooling back into the 70s and 60s for tomorrow morning, the way we'll start o a mild note and back up 80s as we look towards tomorrow with the winds on shore and slightly cooler near the coastline and noticing the southeasterly winds bringing in more low ocean cloud cover. all told, it's a quiet pattern as we head throughout weekends. temperatures in the 80s both days, and we don't have rainfall in the forecast. if you are heading to the beach tomorrow, 80 to 84, and to the south shore, high temps in the low to perhaps middle 80s

enjoy the cape and islands. high, 78 to 82, and the water temps rising with a couple of buoys along long island sound, 80 degrees. and nantucket, martha vineyard or the the humidity will move up on sunday. and it will peak on monday as we start next week. a look at the accu-weather 7- day forecast, showers and downpours possible on monday. that's it when it comes to rainfall. a quiet stretch. david and lisa, a great night for the patriots. cheering on the first big rainstorm. the world's longest plane

blimp, part helicopter, part cargo flame. it's - - policemen and it's the size of a football field. it's super efficient and is powered by four suv engines but won't go anywhere fast and maxs out at 70 miles per hour. so basically, it does all the thing bus drives like a prius. a birthday celebration that is all in the family. coming up next, the one couple welcomed their new baby girl. then all new at 6:00, a kidnapping attempt caught on camera. a man grabs a boy in a quincy store and tries to take off. we're live with the story and brady's back. the star qb will take the field in foxborough. those stories and more tonight

oh, baby. a little girl in australia made her entrance into the world on a very special day. this is caitlin, tom, and brand new daughter lucy who arrived on tuesday about a week early. august16th is her mom's birthday and her dad's. the chances of a child, a mother, and a father all

million. much more still ahead. the news at 6:00 starts now. shocking surveillance video of the moment a man tries to snatch a little bye boy with his parents right there. and a framingham teen accused of stabbing his brother and brother. >> brady versus the bears, the word that tom will take the field for the first time this season. the now at 6:00, brady's back. the patriots' qb is expected to take the field against the bears in foxborough. >> his first game action since giving up the deflate gate fight. we start with steve burton who is live at the -- actually down on the field. steve? >> reporter: that's right. the patriots and bears have been fighting all week and hope

this is pre-season game number 2 and tom brady will see action. how much? only time will tell. here's what we do know. brady would love to play the whole game if he could but he would like to get in a few snaps before he turns it over to jimmy g, jimmy garoppolo. and after tonight, the next time fans will see him on the field is week 6 against cincinnati. bill belichisa >> we need to get all three quarterbacks ready for various situations, and i stated what the priority is. nothing's really changed. they need all three guys ready to go, and jacoby is the back up for jimmy and jimmy for his role until tom comes back and try and balance that out. >> reporter: brady's job is not on the line but he can't get to get on the field and fans cannot wait to show their

paula? >> thank you so much, and wbz is the place to be for the pre- season matchup and we'll get you started at 7:30 and kickoff at 8:00, and stick around for the post-game show. and let's bring you to eric fisher also at foxborough and steve just said the words beautiful night to have play football . >> reporter: it's gorgeous, david, and these late august temperatures are nice and warm and couldn't complain at all. 80 at kickoff and the humidity has not been a big problem for us. a pleasant evening and a south southwesterly breeze and all told, stars will be out overhead and stars out on the field as well. a sneak peek for the weekend. we don't want weekend rain per say but we do want the rain. saturday's looking dry and sunday, a chance for a couple of showers especially across western new england but most of