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.

least 4 degrees warmer in boston here. 6 degrees warmer in nashua compared to this time yesterday and we are going to increase the temperatures this afternoon too by a few more degrees. midday 84 with the wind from the south. drive home 88 degrees warmer conditions and thatset at 7:31 p.m. satellite and radar picture shows a few clouds up in new hampshire but otherwise it's going to be clear day. our next system our next chance for rain doesn't move in until friday. coming up in a bit. i will have e timing and how much rain we could see in the 7-day forecast. traffic and weather together now breana. >> reporter: getting into the city on major highways is a breeze. we will look live at the zakim bridge and leverett connector and it's quiet out there as you approach the o'neill tunnel in downton to the south route three is in great shape and so is 24 north through avon and brockton and expressway is wide oa. your drive trial from braintree

some trouble this morning is sullivan square in charlestown. these are live pictures of a truck that rolled over in the rotary and being see the cleanup effort is underway. this is near the schappe center -- scrap center. we haven't heard how long this might take. traffic is getting by but getting by slowly and as the morning goes on it could be a problem for the commute. play it safe and avoid the area and we will let you know it clears. >> thank you. we have breaking news from italy a deadly earthquake hitting the central part of the country as people slept. >> buildings collapsed and debris littering the streets and the death toll is rising. wbz nicole jacobs is live in the satellite center with the latest. >> reporter: italian official say it's a 6.1 magnitudeearthquake and u.s. official measure it as 6.2 it hit central italy including

pictures coming into the newsroom show a tremendous amount of devastation with buildings completely leveled homes crumbled while people were in the beds asleep. they are dealing with aftershocks as well. some reportedly coming in as strong as 5.1. rescue crews have moved in as you see with the live pictures here. there is a desperate attempt to find survivors in all of the rubble. they are using bulldozers buckets and their hands and anything they can hands onto free the victims. reports have been -- of families trapped in the debris and we are sure to hear more stories like this come in as crews continue the search. death toll right now acoring to cnn is at least 21 people. officials with the state department of travel are asking u.s. citizens who are safe to check in with family via social media. again, the rescue efforts as you just saw remain underway

updated with this breaking news. in the satellite center nicole jacobs wbz this morning. also breaking north korea fired a missile into the sea. south korean official say the missile was fired from a submarine this morning and flew about 310 miles. that's the longest flight by that type of weapon and it puts it in range of hitting much of south korea. the launch happened as south korea and the u.s. are conducting the annual military drills. at least one person flown to the hospital after around 10 last night. part of the area was shut down for a while while police investigated. a convicted sex offender is due in court accused of raping a woman at a boston playground. >> and that victim is being credited with helping police track that suspect down. anna meiler is live with more for us. anna. >> reporter: chris eduardo rodriguez will be arraign merchandise roxbury and boston police are thanking the victim for helping get a violent felon

in this case the poor victim who suffered this for being brave and coming forward. >> reporter: boston police say they have the person responsible for a terrifying attack that put neighbors on high alert. >> i would have hoped someone would notice something i have a daughter that's 23 so when she comes home from work late at night it makes me nervous. >> reporter: police arrested 31- year-old wearedo -- eduardo when he allegedly threatened a woman with a knife and forced her to walk a half mile to carter playground where he raped her he. he is is a convicted sex offender and served 7 of an 8 to 10 year sentenced before he was released last december with a gps monitoring device. >> cut bracelet off and that's why we weren't able to locate him as quick as we wanted. >> reporter: this morning there's a feeling of relief in the south end but advocates with the boston area rape

more to look out for each other. >> you can call the police or get someone else involved or check in with someone after thefact and say i saw that interaction are you okay. >> reporter: rodriguez is facing charges of aggravated kidnapping and rape. reporting live from roxbury anna mile meiler wbz -- meiler wbz this morning. a pilot makes a emergency landing in the quabbin reservoir. let's in. >> reporter: water levels there are low due to the drought and that may have exposed the sand bar allowing the pilot to land safely. the 42-year-old man was not hurt and told state police he was having mechanical issues that forced the emergency landing. plane was intact and there are no reports of environmental issues and state police are working to figure out how to get the plane out of the reservoir. back to you. >> thank you. a man is in the hospital this morning with serious

a tree can youing crew was working at the -- cutting crew was working when the branch fell and hit the dealership employee. a woman who works nearby says she asked the landscaping company before accident why the area was not roped off better. >> one of guys wassing it me they don't have any -- was telling me they don't have tape or cones that they use to you know prevent the people whatever they work and doing over there. >> the police say th a 29-year-old man that had to have surgery. workers say their hearts go out to the man and his family. police are investigating how a worker fell three stories. he was on scaffolding when he fell yesterday. the man is now in serious condition. 5:07. a scam warning in concord for homeowners cleaning up from monday's tornado. police say several people pretending to be contractors have approach the area offering

the ef1 tornado damaged dozens of homes in concord. police say you should only use a state licensed worker and always ask for identification. good news for a newton teacher and her son stabbed while on vacation in florida. melissa ramgren 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 he is in police custody. a gofundme page has been set up to help with expenses. boston police being trained in the city's new body cameras program and according to the globe the training officially kicks off today. this week is about getting the officers used to the cameras what they are for and how to use them. participating officers were chosen randomly by a police consultant. according to the globe 50% white 29% black and 13% hispanic and 3% asian. former massachusetts senator scott brown tells wbz he did not sexually harass a former fox news host.

ousted fox news crest o roger ailes andrea tantaros says brown made sexual inappropriate comments to her onset and brown grabbed her waist from behind in a cafeteria and brown says the claims caught him completely by surprise. >> someone who is is a survivor of sexual abuse you know i don't condone or participate in any type of conduct or action that is would perpetuate that activity. >> at least 20 other women have come forward ailes after former fox host gretchen carlson brought up a lawsuit. time to check in on campaign 2016 this morning. donald trump heads to mississippi and missouri and hillary clinton's campaign is pushing back against ap reports about donations to the clinton foundation. brian webb has more. >> reporter: hillary clinton greeted supporters after a full

fund raising after her past involvement comes under more scrutiny. an associated press report out tuesday claims more than half of the people outside government who met with clinton during her time as secretary of state all donated in some way to the clinton foundation. but the clinton campaign pushed back saying the report relied on flawed data and provides a distorted portrayal of clinton's schedule. well. >> welcome donald trumpp. >> reporter: at a to event -- trump. >> reporter: at a town hall event yesterday trump called it evidence of the so-called pay to play politics. >> they got the access because they wanted things. and if you trace it back you will find out that they got plenty. >> reporter: clinton is expected to take aim at trump so call devisive view of america when she return to the public eye tomorrow in nevada. brian webb for cbs news. coming up this morning a. unique debate in one local community.

town says they can can stay. >> and a special -- they can stay. >> and a special celebration for a low came olympian how needham plans to welcome home aly raisman. >> another picture perfect day. 88 degrees and sunshine and low humidity. we are nice and dry and calm today but the tropics are heating u. tracking a couple dis-- heating up. tracking a couple disturbances

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kate. >> uh-oh. >> there's been another sighting of a massive snake nicknamed wessie. >> a 10 foot snake was spotted near a popular swimming spot in west brook maine and a large snake skin was found and a man tells the globe he saw the snake yesterday morning and claims the head was the size of a car's rear view mirror. what did we tell wessie we told her don't come around. >> go away. >> stay away. >> she is not listening we are not happy about this. we want wessie to hide somewhere far, far away. >> yeah absolutely. and we are having the rain hide far, far away. it's picture perfect the next few days. maybe you are on vacation this week. high pressure stays in control. that means dry conditions. our next system will move in but we are looking at friday

humid conditions will stay to the south prior to the cold front passing the one friday. and it becomes a little more humid. and we are tracking the tropics too as things become more active. we have tropical storm gaston and also invest 99l which is expected to become a a prop cal storm or tropical depression later today as a -- tropical storm or tropical depression later today which potentially will be named hermin atlantic. max wind speeds 70 miles per hour a strong tropical storm moving west northwest at 17 miles per hour. anticipating this to strengthen into a category one hurricane and over the next 12 to 24 hours actually friday into saturday of the then it strengthens in the sea becoming a potential category 2 hurricane by next monday. and this doesn't look to impact the eastern coast of the u.s., but stay tuned it could change.

the 60s and 50s and beautiful start to the morning here in worcester and in manchester. 59, 65 in boston. 61 in lawrence and 65 degrees in chatham. high temperatures today in the 80s and low 90s for some communities. a little sea breeze kicks in later today. helping to cool us a tad along the coast. 8 0 to 85 and boating temperatures the water temp 68 to 74. overnight dipping to 68. under a mainly mountainsforecast heading to the north 86 today and tomorrow. friday 74 with a chance for some spotty showers. high pressure again in control but as we go through the hour by hour 7 a.m. thursday we will watch for a couple spot showers and moat of the sprinkles will stay to the north. cold front pushes in and prior to this passing friday is going to be humid and a little soggy for some but very isolated

and as we go into the weekend we cool off less humid again saturday and sunday. mid to upper 80s. traffic and weather together now breana. >> reporter: well, we know the morning commute kicks off early on the expressway and we have a live look at the northbound lanes at columbia road and you can see there's a lot of people out there but it's not slow and go yet. your drive time from braintree to downtown boston is just 10 minutes. the ride in from the west is easy. the pike is clear and so is route 9 route 2 and route all great options. a place you will hit traffic this morning is sullivan square in charlestown. we have live pictures of a truck that rolled over in the rotary. you can see in the background. the truck was carrying scrap metal and debris and spilled all over the road. there's a cleanup effort underway but we haven't heard how long it will take and traffic is still getting by slowly. kate back to you. >> thank you. new this morning a fire in the community in north bridge. crews respond to the lynwood

night. the building was evacuated no one was injured. and no word on any damage. also new crews in brookline respond to a burst springler at the arthur oshea home. 15 people were displaced and moved to a shelter over-- sprinkler at the arthur oshea home. 15 people were displaced and moved to a shelter overnight. a man hopped a bar at skipjack's and signed by tom brady he stashedit under the tom brady jersey and later called back. >> he called and admitted to it the next day and said was mailing the helmet back. >> that opportunity that he had to try to do the right thing has evaporated once he is identified. >> the stolen helmet is from 2014 chapel anyionship -- championship year and worth a couple hundred dollars.

pets locked in cars. first responders will be allowed to break into a vehicle if a animal's health is in danger and allow any individual to enter the car if the pet is in danger. the formal signing is 11 this morning at the statehouse. well, a different type of lawn ornament in williamsburg. the health board says a man can keep port-and potties lining the driveway because there's no bye laws banning the practice. they havse called for them to be removed. they will regret that when they have a party and they come in handy. >> i guess so. get the proper removal of them. decorative though? >> you know if you paint them different colors. >> abextract art. >> wonderful -- abstract art. >> wonderful. tom brady is back at

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again. clay on the mound for boston. archer struggled big time versus the sox in 14 career starts and he was one in 9 with a 5.8 2era coming in. the record so bad perhaps he wanted to hide from the red sox lineup or just confused on how to wear a hoodie. call bill belichick. no score david ortiz beats the shift with the ground ball base hit into right er making it 1-0 boston. 98rbi on the season for big papi. betts chops one over the first base and ortiz rounds second and goes to third. check out the throw awful. gets away and allows ortiz to score and 2-0 sox and ortiz needs a breather. clay looked sharp again 6 1/3 strong exallowing one run on five hits walked 2 and struck

where has he been all season. hopefully this will continue. bottom of the 8th, sox up 2-1 play of the game with one out kevin rips the base hit down the line off stickler and it's an easy double but -- strictler and it's an easy double but a great throw and a bone head decision. sox will teak it and win 2-1 for the second straight win. 17-3 rick relief when tom brady returned to foxborough. he missed the last preseason game and missed the past two days with an excused absencesaying he had something to take care of but he was back on the practice field. qb12 didn't seem to have trouble throwing or catching the football before hitting the field he addressed the mishap. >> i wish i could have played. i been missing playing and want

feel like that's what my job is and responsibility is to be with my team and i was you know -- it was tough not to be out there. i let out a pretty loud you know word i wouldn't repeat in front of my kid and then -- kids and then yeah, couldn't believe it. >> tough one. we will see if he plays on friday when the pats visit carolina a game you can see here on wbz. i am dan roche wbz sports. raisman. the olympic gymnastic team stopped at the empire state building. needham will hold a rally for aly at 11 on saturday on the town commons. she won two silvers and a gold medal in rio. >> deserving. >> totally. >> pretty cool. still to come a shocking find in a brookline home. >> a wanted man hiding under the bed. how long police say he was

stand -- keller. stanford's university response to binge drink and rape? posturing that's a caution tale for parents. >> aid beautiful start to the day. we have picture perfect skies this afternoon. plenty of sun. low 80s on the coast with a high of 88 especially inland. tracking your next chance for rain coming up in the 7-day forecast. here's a live look at the charles river from photo journalist paul and what a gorgeous sh. we will be right back. at longhorn, steak is all you need.

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at a playground. how the victim helped police track him down. >> a shocking tine for homeowners. a wanted man underneath their bed. yes was on the run. why he was on the run. >> live from the channel had stewed -- 4 stewed crows in boston this is -- 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 24th. let's kick it off with pamela gardner. another nice one out there. >> yes, it is. picturpe degrees this afternoon. plenty of sunshine and again a dry forecast as temperatures start off in the 60s and 50s. this morning 59 degrees in manchester as you head out in worcester 59. 65 in boston and 61 for the neighbors in lawrence. day planner today we already increased to 84 by midday. plenty of sun and low humidity. the south wind boosting temps into the upper 80s and hour by

temperatures in the 80s for most of the day. sea breeze develops and temperatures click back to right around 80 degrees at some point this evening along the coast. satellite and radar are clear here in massachusetts. but as we take a bigger picture here, notice there's a cold front moving through the midwest and that's going to be the next chance for rain. not moving in until friday but coming up i will have the hour by hour timing and show you who could see showers and how much rain we might get. traffic and weather together now breana. >> reporter: hi. good news getting city. pretty easy from every direction. let's look live at the eastbound lanes out at the pike from the cameras in brighton and you can see it's beautiful out there. nothing to slow you down of the north of the city route 1 through everettt in chelsea is wide -- everett in chelsea is wide open. we know this won't last long. t and commuter rail are on time but it's not this perfect everywhere. you will hit traffic in sullivan square in charlestown. these are live pictures right

rotary at the intersection of rutherford and main street. the truck was scareying scrap metal and debris -- carrying scrap metal and the debris spilled all over the road. we haven't heard how long it will take to clean this up. traffic getting by slowly. avoid the area. >> breaking news out of italy. the death toll is rising. after a powerful earthquake hit in the central part of the country. at least 23 people are reported dead in three hard hit towns. these are live pictures right now. crews are digging through the rubble looking for survivors. the quake struck at about 3:30 a.m. local time. tremors could be felt in rome about 80 miles away. and the u.s. geological survey estimated the quake at about a magnitude 6.2. checking our other top story convicted sex offender due in court charged in the rape of a woman at a boston playground.

investigators say he cut off the gps monitoring device he was wearing as part of the probation. police say rodriguez approached his victim on a bicycle in the south end early monday morning. they say he told her he had a knife and assaulted her at a nearby playground. a brookline family finds a man wanted by police hiding under their bed. jeffrey benson says his wife and two adult kid were inside the stearns road home when they found the suspect. brookline police wanted to talk to 27-year-old harry as pack -- castillo-pujols about a series of packages that disappeared and they searched several houses. >> my son was home first time when the police came. he came upstairs from the basement and they were there with the gun and then the police left and my wife and daughter came home a hour later and that's when they came to that room and she saw a foot under the bed. >> benson says his wife screamed and the man took off. police arrested him in mission hill and he is charged with

breaking and entering, larceny and receiving stolen property. stanford is proposing an alcohol ban on campus. it comes after a rape case involving a student made national headlines. this morning our jon keller explains why the ban does not get to the root of the problem. >> reporter: good morning. every devoted parent listening to me knows it's true. you have the power to control the behavior in your home by establishing and enforcing rules and a culture. if only some prominent institutions could learn the same fundamentallesson. remember the scandal at stanford war young woman was raped -- where a young woman was raped while on conscious and the criminal's behavior can't be brimmed on drinking alone and prompted a reassessment by stanford or the alcohol policies resulting in a laying ban on hard liquor at on campus parties and limits on

the dorms as if that would even slow down stanford's binge drinking problems. i seen this process in action before. right here in our local college official handling of student alcohol abuse prompted by a horrendous incident yields token gestures that does little to solve the problem. why? a poll of students found 91% were opposed to any hard alcohol ban. gh they tried too hard to create a safe culture. parents know they only have a few years to raise responsible kids before a booze peddling pop culture and pressure takes charge once they leave the nest it's up to institution schools and workplace to reenforce boundaries and demand that limits be respected. some will do it, others never will.

their job and are now paying the freight for others to reenforce their work step up and demand it. your comments are welcomed via e mail at keller@wbz.com or on twitter. the state is keeping a closer eye on hospital errors but they are happening more than ever. in 2015 there were 26 cases statewide where the hospital performed the wrong surgery or procedure. in 51 i stans of serious -- instance of serious rm death from a mistake in medication, there are 446 cases of contaminated drugs devices or buy logics. most coming from the bay state dialysis unit. the hospital says it fixed the issues. two communities are wrapping up another round of mosquito spraying. crews sprayed the cushman landing and kennedy park in fall river overnight. fall river will spray again on friday as they prepares for the

crowds it bring to the area starting today. tell ahead, a change for -- still ahead a. change for hulu customers. >> and a lawsuit against customers-- starbucks put on ice. >> a big relief for people in the south end after police catch a man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman at a playground. why boston police are praising

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customers. jilling with aner is live with today's money watch. good morning jill. >> reporter: good morning chris and kate. hulu will no longer offer a free version of the streaming service. they are shifting to an ad freepaid sus description service only. tis the season for divorce. researchers from the university of washington listed more than a decade's worth of data finding divorce filing peaked during march march possibly because it follows the holiday season including valentine's day and august because it follows the most popular month for vacation which is july. and score one for starbucks. california judge threw out a lawsuit against the company from a man who complained that the coffee giant put too much ice in the cold drinks. and that man says he was getting less actual coffee than he paid for. the judge said a reasonable consumer should know when they order an ice drink a portion of

chris and kate. >> i have to say>> reporter: ice drinkers. >> yes and i did order an ice drink and i sort of noticed it was all ice and i felt so bad about saying anything i didn't want to be that person who says there's so much ice but there's a lot of ic>> reporter: your order is difficult enough. >> light on the ice. >> ice on the side. >> reporter: you know don't feel bad because starbucks has said in response to this lawsuit that people can can ask for on the ice so if you feel that way ask for it. >> i have to be the guilt of being the high maintenance order. >> add one more item to the order. >> reporter: go for it. >> all right. >> jill thanks. >> it's complicated enough. >> hand over you write it on the post i hand to the barista and they make order perfect. coming up, we are looking ahead to thanksgiving. >> three things to do right now to save on holiday travel. >> also we are following

this morning. a devastating earthquake hits in the middle of the night and the death toll is rising. we will have the latest coming

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canadian side of the river and no one had passports the canadian and u.s. government worked together to get everybody back via bus or just you know pulled them on a boat back home. >> wow. >> we are looking attributeful weather this week was the week to pick for vacation. >> we got out rest of the week perfect. the next chance for rain is friday and will move in to new england but we are keeping watch on the tropics two disturbance. invest 99l. tropical storm gaston. that's going to stay out to sea becoming a hurricane later today. i vest 99l will affect our friend in the bahamas and

tropical storm hermine. moving west northwest at 17 miles per hour right around guadalupe and we put the spaghetti charts on here and you've seen it before this is every forecast model what they think is going to happen and where the center of the eye of the storm is going to hand and as of right now it's going to land over the bahamas but there's a potential affecting florida going into the weekend of the we will keep you up-to- date on the latest developments. for us no tropical storms moving this way and we have dry conditions and temperatures very comfortable to start it off in boston. 65. hour by hour temperatures increase to 78 degrees by 10. but that full sunshine ahead and the south southwest wind 83 by 2. there's a potential for a sea breeze to kick in along the coast late today but inland temperatures are right around 90 degrees a few degrees warmer than say yesterday still low in

temperatures expected tonight. cape and islands forecast if you are lucky to have a have ication -- vacation wednesday thursday and friday dry and low 80s. high pressure in control here over new england, but it slips out to sea and that's why we have a little bit of the southwesterly airflow. thursday morning, starting off dry hour by hour you see thursday night the potential for an isolated sprinkle and more clouds moving in. but ultimately dry here in massachusetts. and then by friday morning friday afternoon cold front approaches kick canning some isolated showers in the dash -- and the potential for a storm. not a washout or a wall of rain, but going into the weekend, that cold front cools us off into the mid-80s lower humidity both saturday and sunday. picture perfect of the traffic and weather together now breana. >> reporter: we are seeing the first slow downs of the morning at braintree split and expressway. traffic is really really slowing down on the expressway right now. it look like there might be a couple stalled cars in that

by the gas tank exit. further back there's more problems. a disabled car on route 3 north in weymouth at exit 16 blocking the shoulder and you can also see orange lines a little further up in braintree by the union street exit. we have red arrows on 128 south between exit 6 and route 37 as you approach the split and it's bumper to bumper traffic. you will also hit traffic this morning in sullivan scare in charlestown. these are -- square in truck that rolled over. it was scareying scrap medal -- carrying scrap medal -- smeltal and the clean -- metal and the cleanup effort is underway. we don't know how long it will take to clear. traffic is get iing about -- getting by slowly. best bet avoid the area. >> thanks very much. a convicted sex offender heading to court accused raping a woman a -- at a local play

news out of italych the death toll right -- italy. death toll continues to rise. 23 people are dead but crews right now are in a search for survivors feared trapped underneath rubble and they have freeze many. u.s. officials are measures the earthquake at 6.2. it has completely devastated areas of central italy. u.s. officials are asking u.s. citizens to are there in italy and safe to check in with family via social media. in the satellite center nicole jacobs wbz this morning. the man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in the south end will be arraigned in roxbury today. police arrested 31-year-old eduardo rodriguez accused threatening a woman with a knife near claremont and grenage park and forcing her to walk a half a mile where he raped her.

coming forward and getting a violent person off the street. this was not the first time he sexually assaulted a woman. more on his criminal past coming up. anna meiler wbz. no jail time for a former star athlete accused of sexually assaulting two sleeping classmates at a house party. david becker was sentenced to two years probation instead. his case is being compared by some to the former stanford university swimmer who only got 6 months in jail assault conviction.>> i think there's a strong outcry because there's a perception among the public we are not taking the cases seriously and protecting the women. >> this sentencing shows other people other victims of sexual assault that if they say something, no justis is going to happen. >> -- justice is going to happen. >> becker has to stay away from drugs and alcohol and attend counseling and have no contacts with the victims. if he he successfully follows

and he won't have to file as a sex offender if he violates it he could face up to 2 1/2 years in prison. rhode island is getting some of the money back it paid to lure curt schilling company to the state. 75 million dollar loan guarantee to relocate 38 studios but the company went bankrupt two years later. state reached a 25.6 million dollar settlement with two of the financial backers it sued. state is suing anot and schilling himself. on "healthwatch" this morning a key ingredient in the fight against breast cancer could be in your head. researchers at michigan state found the sleep regulating hormone melatonin significantly decreased the number and size of breast cancer tumors in mice. scientists have long suspected a link between sleep deprivation and breast cancer. children who use standing desk are more likely to be at a

200 third and fourth graders were followed that stood and saw average 3% die crease in body mass index. kids who sat saw a 2% increase in the bmi. don't let the cal ender or weather fool you -- calendar or weather fool you. now is the time to hit thanksgiving travel once we hit september it goes up a doll every day and two dollars in october. if you can change itinerary slightly you can find extra savings. the most expensive days around thanksgiving are the wednesday before and sunday after. popular tourist being a any of the hawaii could get the boot. federal regulators want to ban swimming with dolphins. national marine fishery service says they are deprived of rest and are stressed out. they want to require swimmers and snorkelers and others to stay 50 yards from the animals.

operators take their customers to find the dolphins. the agency expects to make a final decision next year. a new hampshire woman got the unexpected visit during a backyard coffee break. >> jamie was sitting in her yard in hanover when she noticed she had company can. a bear and three cubs ran into the house and grab the camera and the bears hung out for 30 minutes climbing the trees and checking out the rope swing and looking for food. >> all of a sudden she nod consider porridge was missing-- porridge was missing. still to come james corden the latest carpool karaoke guest. >> a sneak peek of what happens when he hits the road with

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. live from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz this morning. good morning. i am kate merrill i am chris mckinnon many we are following several breaking news stories at 6. first a big mess in charlestown. here's a hive look at a truck carrying scrap metal overturned and the y pact on the morn >> also breaking a deadly earthquake rocks italy. videos shows magnitude of the damage. we will have the latest on the search for survivors. a plane problem in the quabbin reservoir. state police trying to remove the plane that made a emergency landing on a sand bar. >> pam what gardner has a look -- pamela gardner is here with a look at the forecast. >> we have a refreshing start to the day. low humidity and temperatures in the 50s and 60s but not as