pouring rain and damaging severe weather in parts of the region. the forecast is coming up. >> we are following a developing story in winchester. police investigating the death of an elderly woman. >> and taking await toll booths on the pike. electronic tolling is on et cetera way but there are privacy concerns this morning. studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good monday morning everybody i am kate merrill. >> i am chris mckinnon. thanks for joining us august 22nd we will check in with barry burbank a lot of weather out there this morning. >> it's been happening the last few hours. we had a band of rain moving towards the east and what we have let's look at that right now. we have got heavy rain which is in eastern massachusetts. this warm and humid corridor in

rain coming through and down pours and extra shoft energy from the atmosphere and -- shot of energy from the atmosphere. we still have severe thunderstorm warning up down here in southeastern massachusetts parts of bristol county and plymouth county in this region here. there's torrance of rain coming down -- tore aents of rain coming down -- torrents of rain coming down. wind gusts from the heavy rain burst in rain burst in here. meantime warning up is until 4:45. severe warning on essex county has gone by the board. it's all gone the warning expired and the cell that came out of central massachusetts going back to here this is where it was developing and it was a severe thunderstorm but no thunder and lightning. but we have a signature nearmarlboro that moved towards

that cell. moving towards concord you can see a little hook right in here and then headed towards bedford and towards the northeast towards billerica and tornado warning was extended into northeastern middlesex and expired and never did get up in essex county because it lost the rotation and that was the end of that. what we have is a lot of damage apparently down here in parts of concord. we are tating -- waiting to seeadditiona records from reports from sudbury and into this area. it will be done shortly and it's done to the west. that's what we are looking at is heavy rain over southeastern massachusetts and we will be out of this and have a beautiful day. it's going to be gray. bull we will have a -- great. but we will have to see what happened here very tornado warning rare especially when there's no thunder and lightning. near 80 and sunshine returning so it will be a good day and good week as well. more coming up.

you. we begin have a developing story where police and hidel sex district attorney are investigating the death of an elderly woman. police responded to the home on edgewater place around 2 sunday afternoon and say the woman was found unresponsive. she was taken to lahey clinic and pronounced -- dead. police in hookset new hampshire catch up with an an escaped felon andrew shea disappeared last operations unit arrested shea at a home in hookset. he was in prison for firearm possession and felony robbery charges. two young children are recovering after being unresponsive from lowell pool saturday night during a backyard birthday party. a neighbor is a registered nurse and says he revive the little girl. he didn't want to show his face on camera but told us what happened. >> checked the pulse and gave

few chest presidential and went back to giving her preeght and the child began to breath and i had a pulse and turned her on her side so water that was residually left in the lungs came out and she was crying on the way on the stretcher. >> both the little boy and girl were airlifted to hospitals in the boston area. they are expected to survive. boston police are investigating how a private party bus crashed into two pedestrians killing one of them. that accident happened on route 1a in east boston around on sunday. police say it is unclear if the two people were attempting to cross the highway. mayor walsh says it's too early to tell if new regulations are needed for party buses. >> until we find out thecircumstances i am not going to jump to conclusions saying we have to mandate regulating all the different buses. we will see what happens before we start to take the next step. >> and the bus company released a statement saying they are cooperating fully with the police department and it's the first accident they have had

1999. a saugus man is due in court accused of trying to stab a person to death. officers responded to this area along route 1 saturday night and found a victim with serious injuries. faces several charges including attempted murder and domestic assault and battery. the victim is in stable condition can. also due in court this monday a man police describe as a violent felon. police say 36-year-old james lyons stabbed a man outside friday morning. the victim was found slashed in the neck and taken to the hospital with serious injuries. as boston resumes new contract talks with the teachers union there's a new proposal to make major changes. the boston municipal research bureau says changes are needed to boost the quality of education. they are pushing to lengthen the school day and suggest overhauling the evaluation and job assignment and having merit raises replace the current guaranteed pay increases.

current contract ends on august 31st. it could be the end of the road for toll booths on the mass pike. today massdot discuss plans to demolish thelish the toll booth impleament all -- implement a all electronic tolling system they hope to have it operated by october. they will record tolls from drivers with ez pass transponders and vehicles without transponders will be build after a picture they will have to pay surcharge and this morning's tbloab is raising privacy concerns about the electronic tolling. the new system will have a feature that can alert police when a license plate or transponder goes through the tolls. state transportation official say the feature will only be used for public safety emergencies. president obama is back at the white house this morning. the first family wrapped up the two-week vacation on the vineyard yesterday. the president began with a hike

final vineyard vacation while in office. he will head to baton rouge tomorrow to get a firsthand look at the flooding. the state government says more than 60,000 homes are damaged. officials say there are still many areas under water so there's good chance that number will-- there a's good chance did -- there's a good chance the numbers will rise. this week donald trump is heading to ohio today to hold a rally at the university of akron tonight following the ground on hillary clinton by reaching out to minority voters. the chairman of the republican national committee says he thinks trump has shown maturity and is growing in the role. hillary clinton is expected to hold more finance events today in california. she spent part of the weekend in massachusetts. she held a fund raising event in nantucket boosting her fund raising lead over trump.

more than twice of what trump brought in. and this video of clinton and cher arriving at an event in providencetown yesterday. the singer headlined a fund- raiser at pilgrim monument. clinton attended a fund-raiser in osterville. globe reports show raised more than a million dollars at that event. bad news out of foxborough a key player will be out. dion lewis will need a second surgery on his left knee. he and practiced with the team in june but has not been on the field since the pats opened camp. the second operation on his knee is considered more of a cleanup procedure so maybe not as serious as you think. espn quotes a nfl source saying there's a chance for him to return this year. and wbz has you covered as pats play the first road game of the preseason take on cam newton and panthers in carolina this friday. patriots game day starts at 7,

quarter post game show after the game on wbz. coming up for us this morning on wbz news a. brush fire battle. >> the day plus effort for local firefighters trying to put out stubborn flames. >> and students heading back to school in the miary -- miami area dealing with the threat of mosquitoes. and the extra precautions against zika. >> looking to score a cheap flight this fall? the best times this week to

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welcome back. in today's money watch another box office flop and theaters are using technology to lure customers. >> and what's ahead for interest rates. jill wagner joins us live from the new york st more. happy monday jill. >> reporter: happy monday good morning. chris and kate the federal reserve meets at jackson hole investigators will watch for clues about when the fed could raise interest rates. yesterday, the banks vice chairman stanley fisher said the u.s. economy is close to job and enflags targets and that means rate hike this year is still on the table. if you are looking to book a trip tomorrow could be the day to do it.

flight day. it's when summer more he can pensive fares fall as demand goes down. ticket price cos drop 10 to 20%. ben hur remake was a flop and costing 100 million dollars to make and brought in 11 million dollars this weekend. in 5th place the movie was coproduced by paramount and mgn and movie theaters in general are going high texas a way to get people off their couch in the door. 4dx uses motion and sense and water to -- scents and watter to bring a movie to life. regal will expand the number of movies with 4dx after a successful test run in new york and l.a. >> see you next hour. we have a lot of weather out there this morning. >> oh man. >> downpour is wild. >> it was wild overnight barry. so many people sleeping that's the most dangerous part of the storm is people doesn't know it

it's unusual and very rare to have a tornado in the early part of the morning and especially so when there's no thumbed are or -- thund he he or lightning. there's been torrents of rain in spots. -- thunder or height ening. there's been torrents of rain in spots. the rain -- lightening. there's been torrents of rain in spots. we have rain over southeastern massachusetts proceeding towards the cape and move off the cape so you folks on the showers but no severe thunderstorm warnings. so everything is cleared out in areas to the west. but let's go back to the west when severe thunderstorm warning went up this morning and went to a tornado warning in here near marlboro because the radar started to show rotation and when it has a rotation signature, we don't know all the time we have rotations aloft whether they will come down to the ground but there's been confirmation not necessarily ofa tornado but

see the hook in there in the radar signature of the rainfall. this is probably in there where the damage was occurring near concord and headed northeastward towards bedford and into northeastern middlesex county a tornado warning was put up here by the national weather service. and extended up into northeastern middlesex county until about 4 and it was allowed to expire and never did get beyond middlesex county. but a severe thunderstorm warning went up for essex un thunder or lightning with this but there's been damage in concord and we will see it during the news portion of the program of what damage has been occurring out there. so a lot of people doesn't know much of this is happening but it's pretty much a done deal and over with and we will have nice refreshing air coming on in here. so let's time this. the front moves offshore this morning it's gone by boston and wend shifted into the northwest and it's been humid overnight and very humid southeastern massachusetts but dry air is coming in and it's going to be partly cloudy soon and then a

sunny for a beautiful day with lowering humidity and very nice. winds will be gusty out of the west northwest at 12 to 28 miles per hour and you can see it's mostly clear on through the eng evening. we have beautiful-- evening. we have beautiful weather for vacationers. a lovely day for tomorrow. these are the current temperatures. middle 70sin some spots. the front has not gooden there. a wave of low pressure furled on the front to enhance the rain -- formed on the front to rainfall. the cool air and dry air is coming in from the west. temperatures 46 in sudbury and some areas farther north and west of the boston may be down in the upper 40s to lower 50s tomorrow morning. these are the dew points and this is where it's oppressive and this is shoved away and pushed out with this dry air back to the west and initially it's not going to be a quick drop in humidity. feeling a decrease but here's the dew points in the 40s and that's what we will have late today and tonight and tomorrow

so high temperatures today they will be mostly in the lower 80s for most part. let's go to the 7-day accu- weather forecast and see what's going on for the next 7. around 80 for the afternoon high. plenty of sunshine the rain moving off southeastern massachusetts soon. low humidity tomorrow about 81 after very cool start. and in the upper 80s for wednesday and thursday and friday. 89 is not going to be five degrees on friday morning. trust me. it's going to be 65 on friday morning. but we will have some great vacation weather the next chance of a few thunderstorms will be on friday. so we will information about this damage that occurred this morning and the forecast for the week ahead coming up soon. back to you kate. >> thank you. this morning -- this morning's heavy rain could be a welcome change for firefighters who spent much of the weekend battling a brush fire in west rocks roxbury in the area of the latin school and quarry it was not huge but it was tough to put out taking about 26 hours. >> the firefighters have to

of feet up hills and down hills and through the brush over rocks and you know and it's very labor intensive. >> no one was hurt and no homes were jeopardized. firefighters say an extended soaking rain is what is needed to lower the risk of brush fires. it's 4:48. thousands of students head back to school in miami dade county this morning where officials are dealing with a new cluster of the zika virus. >> and there are five cases of people becoming infected through local mosquitoes. cbs brian webb has the latest. >> you wan repellant. >> reporter: health officials in miami dade county distributed mosquito repellant over the weekend to parents sending kids to school today in the newest zika zone. >> make sure you apply it before coming to school and it should be able to last through the whole day. >> reporter: the superintendent of schools helped hand out protective uniforms consisting of long sleeves and pants. >> got to -- better safe than

school it will be comfortable. >> reporter: the back to school push is days after authorities identified five new cases of the virus in miami beach. apparently spread by local mosquitoes. the area is just across from the original zika zone in the wynwood arts district. federal health officials say other states in the gulf coast may be at risk. >> i wouldn't be surprised if we see cases in texas and louisiana particularly now where you have the with flooding in louisiana. >> reporter: zika has been linked to devastating birth defects in pregnant women. the cdc is advising women who plan to get pregnant expectant mothers and their partners to postpone travel to the two florida areas at the center of the outbreak. brian webb for cbs news. still ahead, the latest on the push for police body cameras here in boston. >> the training officers are getting this week and why the mayor is saying he doesn't expect any push back.

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middlesex district attorney are investigating the death of a elderly woman. police responded to the home on edgewater place around 2 sunday afternoon. they say the woman was found unresponsive and was haiken to lahey clinic and pronounced dead. the woman's name has not been release and police were on scene until 11 last night. police in hookset new hampshire catch up with an escaped felon overnight. andrew shea disappeared from a halfway house in manchester last week. police and a spec arrested shea e was in prison for it will any armed robbery charges and firearm positioner. public health official approved the first kneeled exchange program. gloucester based north shore health project has been given the go-ahead for a program including counselor and narcan distribution and needle exchange. they hope to have the program up and running by october. training begins for the

thisweek. 1 hundred-- body cam are a pilot program this week. 100 officers will be testing the body cam. mayor expects no push back now officers have been assigned. >> you not going to hear about large protest from them about wearing them. i think it's really the unknown and uncertainty of what does the camera mean and what does it will do and he think what happens this week is they will it's all about. >> the 6 month program will start on september or the first week of september rather and the mayor says they will evaluate the results and decide the future of police body cams. disturbing statistics from a school safety group. massachusetts has more hoax bomb threats in schools than any other state. the educators school safety network counted 135 fake threats at bay state schools in the last school year alone.

probably low. officials say school threats are increasing and that robo calls allow many threats to reach multiple schools at once. police in schools say it's frustrating problem because responding to the threat uses up valuable resourcer. there is now new protection for pets locked in cars. governor baker signed legislation that will allow first responders to break into a vehicle if the animal's health is in danger. bill allows any individual to enterer's car if the pet danger. the formal signing ceremony will be on wednesday at the statehouse. there's going to be a big anniversary bash. the popular marketplace reopened on august 26th 1976 after extensive renovations and so to celebrate the 40th anniversary, the marketplace is holding a disco dance party this weekend. chris. the fun starts on friday and runs through sunday. and food merchants will rollback the prices to what

car show and juggleers. >> break ute a poliester suit or something. it's been a terrific road trip for the red sox. they had won 5 of 6 but when rodriguez was scratched from the start yesterday owens was called up to pitch again the tigers and it didn't go well. 2-0 detroit lead in the third when justin upton crushes this one to left field for a home run. then in the 5th he does it again. this makes it 8 07b -- 8-0. tigers win 10-5. sox take on the rays tonight. so hoping for good news tomorrow morning. >> absolutely. still to come on wbz this morning, fishing for cold hard cash. >> the catch of the day that

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do. >> don't eat it. >> your top stories weather and traffic all straight ahead on wbz this morning. >> the news at 5 starts right now. >> pouring rain and damaging winds in some locations this morning. but it's going to turn out to be a beautiful week. forecast ahead. >> a developing this morning a woman found unresponsive in her home in winchester. the death investigation underway this morning. >> it could soon be the end of the road for toll booths on the mass pike. the new all electronic tolling system and why it's raising concerns about privacy. >> proposing changes to boston schools. the organization pushing for an overhaul and closer look at changes now up for debate. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston. this is wbz this morning. >> good morning it's 5:00 thanks for joining us. i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kate merrill. thanks for waking up with us. it's monday august 22 and you