. breaking news right now a deadly earthquake rocks it thely of the video shows the -- italy. the video shows the magnitude. >> live pictures. trackor trailer trouble in -- trackor trailer trouble in charlestown. >> a plane problem quabbin reservoir. state police trying to figure out how to remove the plane that made a imagine landing on a sand bar. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz this morning. >> good morning thanks for joining us. i am kate merrill. >> i am chris mckinnon it's wednesday august 24. pamela gardner is in for

>> gorgeous weather -- gorgeous weather but the temperatures right now are in the 50s and 60s. lawrence 6 # and not -- 62. not as chilly as what we experienced this time yesterday and temperatures are on the uptick. winds from the south a sea breeze could develop later today keeping temperatures along the coast in the low to mid-80s but inland especially 88 degrees for the drive home high temperatures elsewhere nearing 90. once we get farther to the south and to the north here 82 hyannis. 82 in provincetown. more warmth is on the way. 90s and tracking the next chance for rain. it's a slim chance but it's a chance. i will go through that in the 7- day. we begin with breaking news from italy a deadly earthquake hitting the central part of the country as people slept.

two towns. at least 11 people -- debris littering the streets of two towns. >> reporter: italian officials say ies a -- it's a 6.# and u.s -- 6.1 and u.s. official measure it 6.# it hit central italy including rome after 3:30 their time. the pictures show a tremendous amount of devastation with buildings completely leveled. while people were inside asleep in their beds. they are dealing with aftershocks as well. some reportedly coming in as strong -- coming in as strong as 5.1. this is a live look at rescue efforts there. crews have moved in and there is a desperate attempt to find survivors in all of that rubble. reports of a family of four trapped in a home in one of the hardest hit areas and we are sure to hear some stories like

officials are saying the death toll right now is between 11 and that's with the hardest hit areas. officials with the u.s. state department of travel are askingu.s. citizens who are safe to check in with family via social media. again the rescue efforts as you just saw remain underway right now. we will continue to keep you updated on the very latest in the breaking story throughout the morning. in the satellite center nicole jacobs wbz this moin missile in to the sea. south korean officials say it was fired from a submarine this morning and flew about 310 miles. that's the longest flight by that type of weapon and puts it in range hitting much of south korea. the launch happened as south korea and u.s. are conducting their annual military drills. also breaking overnight a tractor trailer crash in sullivan square sending debris all over the road. police are still on the scene this morning. crews are working to try to

ambulance. no word on their condition. traffic is being impacted this morning. we will bring you updates throughout the morning as crews work on the scene. a convicted sex offender due in court charged in the rape of a woman at a boston playground. police arrested 31-year-old eduardo rodriguez yesterday afternoon. investigators say he he had cut off the -- say he had cut off the gps monitoring device was wearing as pat of probation e approached the victim on a bi her he had a knife and forced her to walk nearly half a mile to a nearby playground where he assaulted her. the victim was instrumental in helping officers track down her accused attacker. >> just want to thank her very much for having the courage to step forward and work with us to get this dangerous felon off the street.

massachusetts state police are trying to figure out how to get a small plane off the sand bar. pilot was forced to land there after some kind of mechanical issue. he was not injured. water levels at the quabbin are low cue to the drought and may imay have, posed the sand bar allowing the pilot to land safely. man is in the hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a tree limb in brookline. a tree can youing crew wa when the branch fell and hit a dealership employee a woman who works nearby says she asked the landscaping company before the accident why the area was not roped off. >> one of the guys was telling me they don't have any like tape around or any cones that they use to prevent the people that whatever they working they doing over there. >> police say the victim is a 29-year-old man who had to have surgery.

and his family. police are investigating how a worker in roxbury fell three stories. boston firefighters telling us he was at scaffold weg fell yesterday afternoon -- scaffolding when he fell yesterday afternoon. a woman and her son stabbed while on vacation she and her 14-year-old son have been discharged from the hospital and are expected to fully recover. her 16-year-old son confessed to the attack and is now police custody a gofundme page has been set up to help with the family's expenser. a worry for those cleaning up from tore the tornado. several people pretedding to be contractors have apropped -- i -- pretending to be contractors have approached the area to make repairs. the tornado damaged dozens of homes and police say only use state licensed workers and always ask for identification. boston police officers are being trained on the city's new body cameras program.

today. this week is about getting officers used to the cameras. what they are for and how to use them. participating officers were chosen randomly by a police consultant. 55% are white, 29% are black and 13% are hispanic. and 3% are asian. former massachusetts senator scott browned tells wbz he didn't sexually harass a former fox news host that. lawsuit filed against the ousted fox news ceo andrea tantaros claims that brown made several inappropriate comments and he grabbed her from behind in a cafeteria he says it caught him by surprise. >> someone who is a survivor of sexual abuse i don't participate in conduct or action that is would perpetuate that activity. >> 20 other women have come forward with sexual harassment

after gretchen carlson brought the lawsuit. over to campaign 2016 as hillary attends more fund raisers in california her campaign is pushing back on theassociate press report. they claim more than half a dozen people donated money to the clinton foundation of the her campaign says the report relied on flawed data. donald trumpp called it evidence of her pay to politics. trump is softening his stance on immigration during town hall in texas he no longer talked about deporting all undocumented immigrants living in the u.s. only what he calls the "bad ones." trump insist his plans to build a wall is not going away. 4:38 on your wednesday morning. coming up on wbz, the wild end to a search for a wanted man. >> police searched a brookline home and couldn't find him. but wait until you hear where

some customers. the item sold that didn't live up to the promise. >> and video on the dangerous crash in a boston tunnel. why police say the driver should have never been behind

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if you bought sheets from target you may be owed a refund. target is offering gift cards to thousands of customers who bro fake egyptian cotton sheets. they were sold under the field crest brand between august 2014 and july 2016 and you can request the refund on the website. the clothing store zare is accused of pi class action lawsuit claims the store's price tags used euro a s but the register charges u.s. prices that are higher there are 71 stores in the u.s. including here in boston. in today's money watch, star buck customers told to chill out and a big day for best buy. >> and congress wants answers from the drug maker who sharply raised the price of a life saving drug. jill wagner is live with those stories and more with today's money watch.

the cost of a life saving allergy medicine jumped 500% in a decade. and lawmakers are calling for an investigation into why. best buy stock hit the best day in years. shares jumped nearly 20% on stronger than expected sales in the last quarter. best buy latest earnings prove americans want to test out and see home and other electronics in person before they buy. although best buy online sales rose as -- rose as well. score one for starbucks the california judge threw out a lawsuit against a company from a man who claimed that starbucks put too much ice in the cold drinks and that means he got actual less coffee or whatever other drrchg he was paying for. a judge says a reasonable consumer should know when they order a ice drink a portion will be ice.

>> do not ask this one what her coffee order is yesterday it was a something something something. >> it's very complicated. you did very well. >> reporter: you are one of those kate. >> i want to see if they can do it right. it's like a test if they can can rise to the chal ema -- challenge and times i do and i give them credit. >> reporter: very good. >> you -- >> very good. >> reporter: you need to give them a funny name. >> i will do that today. >> in never -- they never get y >> it's going to be another day for ice coffee. >> why do you bother coming to work there's not much to say other than like perfect. >> we are tracking the pollen counts. >> great pamela. >> there's some stuff to track and keep up-to-date with. plus we have a chance for rain coming in the 7-day forecast. but it's tough to come in on days like today because it is going to be picture perfect this afternoon. the pollen report is not good news here. it's going to be high.

weed is that time of the year. make sure to take the extra nasal spray or whatever you have to get through with the allergy season. current temperatures right now in boston 66 degrees. dew point is low. 57 degrees and wind coming from the southwest. 9 miles per hour helping to pump in warmer temperatures later today. especially once we get the sun high in the sky. temperatures starting off in the 60s and 50s for some but not experiencing the 40 degree readings like what yesterday morning. 53 in keene. # 6 in boston -- 66 in boston. and heading out the door in taunton 67 degrees. temperatures will stay very comfortable through the morning. 74 by 9:00. 80 by len and 83 degrees -- 11 and 38 by 1 -- 83 by 1. it's going to be tough to find clouds in the sky. with the south southwest breeze temperatures will soar into the upper 80s close to 90s inland

there may be a sea breeze late in the the day too helping to cool temperatures into the low 80s from time to time along the coast. but otherwise it's going to be a picture perfect beach day. 80 to 85. winds from the south and water temperatures 68 to 76 degrees. high tide 4:46 p.m. lows tonight back into the 60s. and still a pretty mild forecoste for us. i think it -- forecast for us i think it will be cool enough to on the windows and enjoy the cape and islands, temperatures in the low 80s the next few days and another dry forecast going into friday. but friday we have a chance for some spotty showers and storms. high pressure is in control. that's the main story for today and tomorrow. thursday morning, 7 a.m. cold front still well to the north and west of us. we might see an isolated sprinkle in the higher elevations but the cold front approaches going into friday, friday afternoon hit or miss storm chances. not a complete washout and not

we will keep our fingers crossed. drought conditions remain going into the weekend a little cooler less humid saturday 86 and sunday 87. back to you. >> thanks very much pamela. two communities are wrapping up another round of mosquito spraying. crews sprayed the cushman landing's area and the area around kennedy park in fall river. fall river will spray again on friday as it prepares for the feast of the holy ghost and the crowds it had bring to the area starting today. a man wanted by home. >> the family actually found the burglar under the bed after officers already searched the home. w before the z chantee lans spoke to the family and as it-- wbz chantee lans spoke to the family and has the call for help. >> 911 what is your pg. >> he was hiding under one-- emergency. >> he was hiding under the bed. >> reporter: it's call they don't normally get.

>> reporter: he says his wife and two adult kids were home when they found a man under the bed. >> this was a -- there was a lot of stuff under the bed and i was like how did anyone and they said he was skinny. >> reporter: harry castillo pujols was wanted for stealing packages from homes and they searched multiple powss -- houses to find him. >> my son was home the first time when the police came and they were there with the gu wife and daughter came home a hour later and they came to that room and she saw the foot under the bed. >> reporter: his wife screamed and yelled at him to get out. >> he ran out and ran past the family when he was coming out and ran and they saw him go over the fence. >> reporter: police caught the east boston man on south huntington avenue in missionhills and charged him with several felonies including larceny and receiving

strategy. >> they slept with the lights on in the same room last night and took good care of each other. >> reporter: and suspect remains in jail this morning held on 7500 dollars bail and the judge says if he gets out, he is not allowed back in this town. in brookline chantee lans wbz this morning. dramatic video of a crash in the ted williams tunnel. you can see a car slammed into the construction sign there sending debris everywhere. the driver was charged with drunk he was not badly hurt. police say this all happened monday night. ahead a concerning report about the number of errors at hospitals in massachusetts. >> also coming up this morning, growing outrage as a star athlete accused of sexually assaulting classmates is set free. >> and why time is running out for this thief to turn himself

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that. also breaking you can see crews working to clean up a mess in sullivan square this morning. live pictures here as well. a tractor trailer carrying scrap metal rolled over spilling debris all over the road. the driver was taken away in an ambulance. no word on the driver's condition but traffic is being impacted in the area this morning. brianna -- breana pitts will have a update. crews responded to a lynwmi the building was evacuate and no one was injured and no word on any damage. also new crews in brookline respond to a burst sprinkler at arthur oshea house. water damage forced 15 people to be displaced they were moved to a shelter overnight. the state is keeping a closer eye on hospital errors but they are happening more than ever. according to the globe there were 26 cases statewide where the hospital performed the wrong surgery or procedure. and 51 instances of serious

mistake. there were 446 cases of contaminated drugs devices or biologics. that hospital says it has fixed the issues. woman's group is drawing parallels between a sex assault kate in east longmeadow and one from stanford that made international headlines. in the east longmeadow case david becker pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two slee c party. he will serve two years probation instead of jail time. >> i think there's a strong outcry because there's a perception among public we are not taking the cases seriously and protecting the women. sentencing shows other people other victims of sexual assault that if they say something, no justice is going to happen. >> becker has to avoid drugs and alcohol and attend counseling. if he stays out trouble in the next two years he will have no criminal record and won't have

former pastor in man shiest your new hampshire accused of sexually a-- man sheet chester new hampshire accuse -- manchester new hampshire accused of sexually assaulting a minor. a pats fan caught on camera stealing an autographed helt helmet and police say he is running out of time to turn himself in. he hopped at a bar and took stashed it under the tom brady jersey and he later called the bar back. >> we heard from him the next day when he called and admitted to it and said he was mailing the helmet back. >> that opportunity that he had to try to do the right thing has evaporated once he is identified. >> that stolen helmet is from the 2014 championship year and it's worth a couple hundred dollars. tom brady is back on the field and we are looking at his

number 12 certainly looked fine at practice yesterday after accidentally slicing open the right thumb before last thursday night's preseason game against the bears. brady didn't have a wrap on the thumb and it seemed to be fine throwing and catching the ball. he called the scissor accident "a silly accident." >> he should have people to clean his cleats. >> yeah that thumb important. you can say a local building is going to the dogs. or at least their owners. >> the puppy perk offered at an apartment building. we

the first three rules about real estate is posed -- suppose to be location location but a luxury building is counting on a fourth doggy day care. >> the owners of the one north boston apartments in chelsea tell the globe the roof top doggy day care has a big drop for young professionals who might move to somerville own verse to pay a fee of 50 dollars per month for each dog. nice perk. >> a good deal $19 a day. >> i was out with pie parents dog and my dog at 3 this morning. >> and is everything okay 3 in the morning. >> everything was okay. now i hope they hold on until like 9. >> your top stories weather and traffic all straight ahead on wbz. >> the news at 5 starts right now. >> breaking right now at 5, a

damage and the desperate search right now to find survivors. >> also breaking overnight a tractor trailer crash causing a mess in charlestown. the impact it could have on your morning commute. >> the suspect accused of raping a woman at a boston playground head hing to court today. his criminal past and how the victim helped police track him down. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning to you it's >> i am kate merrill it's wednesday august 24th a beautiful summer weather rolling on. let's check the forecast with pamela gardner who is in for danielle and we are on repeat and we like it especially at the end of summer. >> low humidity and you can't ask for anything bet better. plenty of sunshine and looks like temperatures are running just a touch warm -- better. plenty of sunshine and looks like temperatures are running just a touch warmer.