. this noon, women in boston's south end are on edge after an assault. police say the victim was forced to walk down the street when a man pulled a knife on her. >> now officers want neighbors to be on the end for us with the very latest. >> reporter: chris, boston police are putting out a community alert after they say a man sexually assaulted a woman near this playground then took off toward davenport street, and they say he's still on the run. this area of the south end is bustling with early morning joggers and dog walkers. >> i always felt really safe,

the morning. never had a problem. . >> reporter: but people who live here say they're starting to feel differently. after police say a man on a blue bmx bike approached a woman near greenwich village around 11:00 monday morning and told her he had a knife. police say then he forced her to walk to the area of the carter playground where he sexually assaulted her. >> i think it's terrible. i think it's so scary that you live in a neighborhood that you think is safe and you can't through your neighborhood without feeling, you know, violated. >> reporter: police are asking people to be on the lookout for the suspect who they describe as a hispanic man in his late 20s to mid-30s. he's about 5'6" with a medium build and short brown hair and he has tattoos on his right arm and back of his right hand. neighbors say they will be more alert and take steps to protect themselves. >> i don't think i would walk down the street when it's dark, there's like a few parks that i

bag. >> i probably won't loam with headphones in anymore late at night. but i'll just be aware of what's going on and who is around me for sure. >> reporter: if you have any information, call boston police. reporting flye boston, wbz news. >> thank you very much, breaking news right now at noon. tom brady addressing the media right now. >> talking about why he's missed practice for the last two days, talking about an accident where he slipped and would have been smart to go to practice. >> i obviously got, you know, work to do and that's where my focus is [ question posed by reporter inaudible ] >> i think so. yeah. there's only one time i've ever missed for injury, that was -- and i wanted to go back and play that year, too. so... yeah i think that's just -- i've always felts like, you know, the team is counting on me to be out there. and i will do everything i can to make sure i'm out there and playing.

but i think coach made a great decision. >> you mentioned early on [ [ inaudible ] did you want to be out there friday night. >> yeah, absolutely. i like to be there every time i goat a chance to play. you only get so many opportunities a year and, you know, i'm getting so many opportunities left in my life, so i would like to take advantage of any -- any and all of them if possible. so yeah, it's -- when you see their uniforms and ready to go, you want to be out there with them. on friday? i'm always prepared to go, so whenever my number is called, i'll be ready. >> still the accident, when it did happen, did you feel like you dodged a bullet? >> i let out a probably loud, you know, word i wouldn't repeat in front of my kids. and then, yeah, couldn't believe

out. so it was just a -- it was an accident. >> was there a moment, how -- what next? [ inaudible ] >> i don't think about that stuff too much. i -- you know, i'm pretty positive person, so i just focus on, you know, i wish -- i was trying to do everything i could to get ready to play, it finally with the qbs ran ups, it's like all right, we're not playing, so -- just like i said, i'm bummed i couldn't be out there. taking to the practice field, i love practicing, so to have a chance just to go out there and, you know, you would like to as a guy whose been here for a long time, throw your leadership through example and be out there whenever you can, because that's the what team is counting on. so it's been -- you know, that's a -- like i said, a crappy way

a silly mistake. but, you know, i'm glad it wasn't the regular season and i learned from it and hopefully won'ting operating anymore sy stores. >> -- sicczor ] >> [ inaudible ] question ] >> i don't believe any of them hurt, so i think -- just do the best you can do. i know we're preparing a will the of guys to get ready to play. and i fit into this but so do a lo i'm just taking the advice of coach and whatever he wants to do, i'm going to do everything i can to be ready to go when i am called upon. and that's what my responsibility is, so that's what i'm preparing to do. >> what's the big difference between game reps and practice reps in the preseason? >> well, i think you're getting hit. so just the spacial warns and guys around you and ball security. whatever the last 30 practices, you know, quarterbacks aren't touched. so to tant there in the pocket

coming to get the ball, knock it out of your hands, hitting the ground and so forth, those types of things are important. so i have to feel those things out. the game is the only place to get it. because it's regular speed. it's -- it's -- you don't know what's coming, you're not prepared -- we prepare but we don't obviously get to walk through the looks that we're going to get and then, you know, when you get out there, you have to make the decisions and go play quarterback the way that i've always tried >> what are you thinking how jimmy mas played the first go games? how much advice does he ask for you? does he lean on you a lot during practices? >> yeah, we're in the -- you know, we're in every meeting together. there's always a good, you know, back and forth in our -- in our room. i think that's really encouraged by josh to speak up and say what you think and you see someone that maybe doing something a little bit different or, you know, we're always trying to be

we've been winning. that's been fun to watch. we can always do better at our position. and we're going to try to. we're going to need to. it's a tough schedule we've got. but we're going to do the best we can. >> locker room on how the team is going to do when they don't have to practice against a team and they get on the road when these preseasons are a hostile environment. >> we had that opportunity this week. so i think that's what you have to use it for. every week youet opportunities, monday night game or monday night game or sunday night game or road game or a road night game. i think all of these things are different opportunities to prepare for. the guys who have been around and have had a chance to experience those things you fall back in the routines that you have. but you're right, this team is a -- it's a phenomenal team we were playing, speaker in the super bowl last year. some of the best defensive players in the league. it's a big test. i'm glad it comes this week,

probably the most game planning we've done, the most opportunities we've had to watch film and really prepare as if it's a regular season week. so it's a good match up. >> how would you describe the preseason considering the unusual circumstances the way the season? it seems like you tried to make it business as usual but of course it's not. >> in what sense? >> you know, you're not going to play the first games. >> so is it different for me? >> approach this preseason, is it any different for you knowing you have that. >> yeah. i try to approach it the same way. i think that's been successful for me. so i -- i want to try to change a whole bunch of things up. i try to work hard every day. i try to do what i need to do on the practice field to prepare myself. that's just, you know, kind of what the routine is. we'll deal with those four weeks when they come. but in the meantime i'm trying to prepare this week like

and the year before and try to just, you know, prepare the best i can so i can be the best quarterback for this team that i can be. >> plans for you in [ inaudible ]. >> no, i haven't put much thought into it. it's been busy with the practices and so forth. so i still have a couple important weeks to, you know, for this training and for this phase of the season. i want to effort and thoughts into this week and next week and try to go out and play, you know, in a couple good preseason games see if i can get some of that game action. and then deal with that when it comes. thank you, guys. all right. you've been listening to a live news conference with tommy -- brady addressing the issue why he hasn't been in practice. it was a silly accident.

he left the stadium. >> he will be ready to go friday night if coach calls his numbers. he's preparing just like any other year. he talked with -- he talked about that there. >> wbz is your home for the patriots of course. they play the panthers our coverage starts with game day at 7:00. pats and carolina panthers kick off at 7:30. followed by i have -- followed by the fifth quarter post game show. we have more breaking news. former senat anchor at fox news. andrea tantaros has sued the network. in the lawsuit suit she says brown made a couple of sexually inappropriate comments to her. she says she complains to a network executive but she claims no action was taken. brown is not being sued as part of this legal action, his name is only mentioned in the legal paperwork. well, brown just released this

saying, quote, there were never any circumstances of any kind whatsoever in which i had any interaction with her or any other employee at fox outside the studio. if i'm asked to make a witness statement of some sort, i look forward to that opportunity. coming up on wbz news at noon, driving up the cost of your commute. how new tolls on the pike could affect your bottom line. >> new details in the dedly gator attack. what two tourists say they saw justor pulled into the water. >> and it's close to perfect here this afternoon. lovely weather. sunshine from the mountain tops to the sea shore. pleasant temperatures and low humidity. will it change the rest of the week? find out in my accuweather

. today concord is cleaning up after a tornado touched down. >> the storm left a large path of damage and while work has been underway for more than 24 hours, there's still more to be done there. wbz' nicole jacobs is following the story with more live. nicole. >> reporter: chris, over those 24 hours, crews have gotten quite a bit accomplished. the buzzing sound you may hear in the background is one we've

day. with you will athe clean-up that is still left, residents here will likely hear it for some time. as the sun peeks through the trees, this is the inevitable pull of the day. the community cleaning up after an ef1 tornado starts off the week. where everyone has a different tale. >> windows start to smash, trees start to fall. and just all hell break l won't soon forget. >> what sounded like basketball sized hail pounding on the roof. >> reporter: all of that amounting the to buzzing sounds of the day after. >> it's extensive. it's devastating. >> reporter: mark owns the hawthorne inn that stood directly in the path of the storm. still only minimal damage to the roof and a window. >> it's just the trees. we are incredibly lucky. >> reporter: but crews have their work cut out for them. as more than a dozen trees have

house. >> reporter: this is betty's reality. >> yesterday it didn't quite set in, the extent of the damage. you just had adrenaline. >> reporter: an update rooted tree with branchs crashing next to her bed. >> i feel incredibly lucky. >> reporter: it's more than many here ever thought they would experience. >> we lived through a tornado. >> reporter: did -- and a collective prayer they'll never see this again. work crews have worked the of the debris. the fire chief says they hope to have that road back open by the end of the day. and that's also the case for power, they hope to have that restored to all residents with the exception of those who need their lines completely reinstalled. we're live in concord this afternoon, nicole jacobs. >> thank you very much. and just a day later we're talking about going from a tornado in concord to a picture perfect day out there. >> perfect weather out there, barry. >> yeah, i would like a few more days like this. >> yes. please.

night, though, please. >> all right. >> weather made-to-order, right? >> okay. >> take a look at the shot outside. you can see there's hardly hey cloud out there. but what a lovely afternoon. the humidity is so nice and low. man, there's a nice breeze out there. pleasant temperatures this doesn't get any better than this. let's take a look though. we continue to show this chart because we're at 3.92 inches of rain in boston for the june, july, and august. so-called meteorologist logical summer. we have eight days left in the month, there's not going to be much rain around boston in the next five days. the chances pretty small. although a chance of a few showers and storms around scattered on friday, the percentage probability there is very, very low. we'll take us through sunday. it looks like a few showers are possible. so we need the rain very badly now to help cleanse the

on the rag weed. it's that time of year. take a look at this beautiful shot. wow. look at that visibility. it's 74 degrees right there now. it's crystal clear, and it's just wonder of. -- wonderful. the dew point is 45. wow. yesterday morning it was 73. ahead of that front which came through with a band of rain and that tornado. southwest wind is starting to blow. that will storm to warm us up to about 80 this afton 3:30. by 9:00 we're down to 72 and it's going to be a clear night tonight. after we reach that 80 to 81 degrees in many locations this afternoon, we will drop tonight quite a bit but not as much as it was last night. look at these numbers. we have temperatures in the 80s and low 90s. that heat is going to start building as this high pressure moves out and it picks up the high humidity in the south and brings it right back at us. so we'll have it very comfortable through tomorrow.

the tropics are getting active. fiona is going to pass away. but there's this tropical disturbance right here which is going to be watched very carefully. here is tropical storm gaston and it's going to move out in the atlantic. take a look at the track as it becomes a hurricane, it moves well east of bermuda. that's very, very good news. however, with this little tropical wave which is going to head toward the islands and then toward the bahamas we'll have it might get in a position where it will be in a favorable environment for development next week. so we'll watch that closely. low of 64 in boston. not down to the 40s like we had last night. many of the weather watchers especially in outlying locations were down in the lower middle 40s. well tomorrow it will be up close to 90. a little cooler on the south coast. another great beach day coming up tomorrow.

80s. i high tide coming up late in the afternoon. high pressure building off to the south. so we have another beautiful sunshiny day am cog up tomorrowment on thursday, a bit more clouds as this front approaches. much of the clouds north and west with a few scattered showers popping up. look at the dew points, about 48 today to 48 tomorrow. still dry. then it goes to 64 on thursday. really quite almost oppressive here on friday. th so there you have it, nice weather coming up. vacationers, oh you have to love this. 90, 91 thursday and friday. a little cooler this weekend. that's it. chris and kate back to you. >> all right. thank you. coming up on wbz news at noon. >> 25 years later, how today marks an incredible high tech

. new details this moon in the deadly al gator attack at disney. a report shows two different tourists warned staff about gators near the beach. the report does not say if the employees did anything. since the attack disney has put

tolls on the mass pike. some drivers could end up paying more while others could catch a break. open road tolling is scheduled to go into effect october 28th. nully installed gantries over the highway will charge drivers who have a transponder. under the proposed rates the toll from the framingham to boston will stay the same. west ton to boston will be cheaper. but from downtown each trip will cost you 70 cents more. >> look at that. you're going to be paying >> see, there you go. that sounds good to me. >> i have hawaii license plates on my car and i'm from california. so i don't know what they're going to do with me. >> here's the other thing if you don't have a transponder, your rate is going to spike. massdot will spend you a bill with i surcharge tacked on. several hearings will be held mechlt month. so today, we wish a very

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