. 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

degree temperatures. but 65 in boston starting off at 59 degrees in manchester. 55 in taunton. midday today 84 and still low in humidityment every sunshine drive home. 88 degrees and slightly cool are along the coast. we anticipate a little sea breeze developing in the heat of the afternoon hate today and dry according to the satellite and radar picture. next chance for rain sitting over the great lakes and that will bring us a chance for some spotty showers and de timing and a look ahead at your weekend forecast coming up in the 7-day. traffic and weather together brianna-- brie one ooh. >> reporter: that he a -- breana. >> reporter: there's been a accident in the worst possible place you have to get past a disabled car in weymouth blocking the shoulder and a snag on the expressway. there was an accident it was blocking the northbound center lane at exit 14 at morrisy boulevard. the accident has been cleared

and we have trouble in charlestown a truck carrying scrap metal rolled over in the rotary at sullivan square. it spilled debris all over the road. crews are working right now to clean this up. that is live aerial look at the mess there. we don't know how long this could take and see the traffic is getting by. but it's down to one lane and it's getting by slowly. this could become a huge problem for the morning commute. just play it safe and avoid that area. chris and kate back to you. >> thank you. we begin with ki a deadly earthquake hitting the central part of the country as people slept. >> buildings collapsed and debris littering the streets of several towns more than 3 dozen people are now confirmed dead. nicole jacobs is live with a closer look at the damage and rescue efforts underway. nicole. >> reporter: the mayor saying that the town is not here anymore. this as u.s. officials measure a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that hit central italy.

amount of devastation with buildings completely leveled leveled. homes crumbled and all happening just after 3 a.m. this morning their time. people were asleep in the beds. aftershocks have been problematic as well. some as strong as 5.1. rescue crews are working feverrerly as you can see -- feverishly as you can see through the live pictures trying to find survivors in the rubble. reports of entire families ap debris. we are sure to hear more stories like this as rescue crews continue their search efforts. the death toll continues to rise this morning at least 37 people are dead. officials with the u.s. state department of travel are asking any u.s. citizens to are in italy and are safe to check in with their family members via social media. as you can see this is a developing breaking story this morning. we will continue to keep you

nicole jacobs wbz this morning. breaking overnight north korea fired a missile into the sea. south korean officials say the missile was fired from the 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 their annual military drills. at least one person flown to the hospital after a serious crash in wilmington. this is the around 10 last night. part of the area was shut down while police investigated. a convicted sex offender is due in court accused of raping a woman and it took longer to find him because he cut off the gps monitoring bracelet. anna meiler is live in roxbury where the suspect will be charged. good morning anna. >> reporter: good morning kate. eduardo rodriguez will be

for helping to get a violent felon off the streets. >> i want to thank the female in this case the victim the poor victim who suffered this for being so brave and coming forward. >> reporter: boston police say they have the man responsible for a terrifying attack in the south end. that put neighbors on high alert. >> i want to -- i hope someone noticed something i have a daughter that's 23 and when she is coming home from work late at night it makes me nervous. >> reporter: eduardo rodriguez less than 48 hours after he ahdgedly threatened a woman with a knife -- allegedly threatened a woman with a knife and forced her to walk a half mile to carter playgrounder with raped her. he's convicted sex offender who served 7 of an 8 to 10 year sentence before he was released last december with a gps monitoring redecember -- device. >> he cut the bracelet off and that's why we weren't able to locate him as questioning awe -- quick as we wanted to.

boston area rape -- advocates with the boston rape criesis center sauce we should do more to help one another. >> you can call police or check in with someone after the fact and say i saw that interaction are you okay. >> reporter: rodriguez is facing charges of aggravated kidnapping and rape. reporting live in roxbury, anna meiler wbz this morning. >> thanks for the update. this morning state police are working to figure out how to get a plane reservoir after a pilot made a emergency landing. >> reporter: the small plane landed on a sand bar in the quabbin reservoir. water levels are low due to the duty and that may -- drought and that may have exposed the sand bar allowing the pilot to land safely. he was not hurt but he told police he was having mechanical issues that forced him to make the imagine landing. the plane was intact and there are no reports of environmental

a man is in the hospital with serious injuries this morning after being hit by a tree limb in brookline. a tree cutting crew was working at the herb chambers dealership when the branch fell and hit a dealership employee yesterday. a woman who works nearby says she asked the landscaping company before the accident why that area was not roped off better. >> yeah one of the guys wassing it me they don't have any like -- was telling me theydon't have tape around or prevent the people what are ever they work and doing over there. >> the victim is a 29-year-old man who had to have surgery and workers at herb chambers saytheir hearts go out to the man and his family. police are investigating how a worker in roxbury fell three stories. boston for fighters tell us the -- for fighters tell us he -- firefighters tell us the man was on scaffolding when he fell. he is in serious condition. good news for a newton teacher and her son of the both stabbed while on vacation in

can and are expected to fully recover. her 16-year-old son confessed to the attack and is in police custody. a gofundme page has been set up to help the family with expenses. a warning in concord for homeowners cleaning up from the tornado. scam artists may target them. police say several people pretending to be contractors have approached the area offering to make repairs. the ef1 tornado damaged dozens of homes and police say use state licensed this week boston police officers are being trained on the new city's body cameras program and according to the globe the training officially starts today. this week, it's about getting the officers used to the cameras what they are for and how to use them. the participating officers were chosen randomly by a police consulting. 55% are white and 29% are black and 13% hispanic and 3% are asian. former massachusetts

former fox news host. in lawsuit filed against ousted fox news ceo roger ailes andrea tantaros said brown made inappropriate comments to her onset and he grabbed her waist from behind in a cafeteria. brown says that the claims caught him completely by surprise. >> someone who is a survivor of sexual abuse i don't condone nor do i participate in any time of con-- type of conduct or being a that is would time. at least 20 other women have come forward with sexual harassment claims against ailes after grasp n carlson brought a lawsuit. hillary clinton attends --gretchen carlson brought a lawsuit. hillary clinton attends more fund raisers and is pushing back on a press report. the ap claims more than half of the people who met with her outside her official capacity

foundation. her campaign says the report relied on flawed data. donald trump called it evidence of clinton's so-called pay to play politics. trumpp is softening the stance on immigration during a town hall in texas last night. he no longer talked about deporting all undocumented immigrants but only the bad ones and insist the plan to build a wall is moth going away. coming up this morning, the wild end to a search for a wanted man. >> policeer is ached brookline home and couldn't fiend wait until you hear what -- the homeowner did. >> why police say a driver shouldn't be behind a wheel. >> and a local build something going to the dog. the puppy perk offered to pet owners good morning. >> good morning. picture perfect forecast. low humidity 88 degrees and plenty of sunshine. coming up, i am tracking your next chance for rain in that 7- day forecast and here's an

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welcome back. first three rules about real estate are supposed to be location location location. and a new luxury build something 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 been a draw for young professionals who might otherwise move to somerville or med forefoodford. the own verse to fee. s about as your dog if you get someone to take your dog to work it would be awesome. >> as long as they open at 3 in the morning. >> your dog is. >> watching us i am sure. >> good. okay trying to get the forecast from pamela because it's good news that's coming this week. >> yeah. low humidity today. to take your dog out it will be comfortable and maybe toasty in the heat of the afternoon as temperatures soar into the upper 80s. it will be slightly warmer than what we had yesterday or the

northwest breeze and now that area of high pressure that's been dominating the last two days will slip off to sea later today giving us a south southwest airflow. so, ahead of the cold front that's going move in by the end of the week it will be eventually more humid and the next chance for rain doesn't move in until friday a couple more days of dry weather. two disturbances we are a eye on invest and hermien as it -- hermine as it moves through. tropical storm gaston still spinning up in the atlantic and this one is a strong tropical form and becomes a hurricane when the wind speeds are 74 miles per hour. latest from the national hurricane center shows that it becomes a hurricane later today and perhaps a category 2

the eastern coast of the u.s. it stays out to sea. temperatures right now in the 60s and 50s. 65 boston. 59 manchester and another cool and crisp start to the day. not as cold as what we experience yesterday with some of the morning lows in the upper 40s. for the rest of today, temperatures will stay in the 80s and lower the 0 -- 90s for some especially along the coast once the sea breeze develops and temperatures will be in the low to mid-80s. overnight tonight 68 mainly clear sky and weakened fore-- weekend forecast the next few days, to the lakes and mountains, you are extending the weekend, today 86. thursday 86. friday 74 with a potential for an isolated shower or storm. high pressure in control again over the next two days. but a few showers try to make their way into the northern parts of new england once we get into thursday morning. thursday afternoon, spot shower northern new england and we are dry in massachusetts and for southern new england too.

a.m. clouds increase and it becomes humid and temperatures right around 90 degrees and once again the dog days of summer. spotty showers and storms along the cold front will give us a chance for rain after that front moves through though check it ute. saturday and sunday, we are -- check it out. saturday and sunday we are less humid and mid to upper 80s both day. dry and warm stretch today and tomorrow. friday next best chance for rain even though it's very hit or miss. saturday and sunday 80s and next monday 92 with weather together brie one -- 84. traffic and weather together breana. >> reporter: traffic never really recovers. coming into the city from the south shore we want you to be on the lookout for a disabled car in weymouth. that exit -- it's at exit 16 blocking the shoulder. the earlier accident in the center lane the expressway moreies -- morrisy has been

no trouble this morning is sullivan square in charlestown. threes live images right now of the cleanup efforts that's underway after a truck rolled over into the rotary at the intersection of rutherford and main street. the truck was carrying all that scrap metal that's all over the road. debris went everywhere and again the cleanup effort is underway but we don't know how long it will take. you can see only one lane of traffic is getting by. your best bet avoid the area andwe will keep you upd >> thanks very much. a brookline family finds a man wanted by police hiding under their bed. jeffrey benson says his wife and kids were inside the home. police want to talk about harry castillo-pujols and they searched several hourss -- house and including bensons to find him. >> my son was home first time when the police came and he

gun. and they 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 the foot under the bed his wifeveal and the man took off. he is charges with felonies including breaking and entering larceny and receiving stolen property. new this morning a fire at an adult community in northridge. police respond to lynwood mill apartments around building was evacuated no one was injured and no word on damage. also new crews in brookline respond to a broke sprinkler. water damage forced 15 people to be displaced. two communities are wrapping up another round of mosquito spraying. crews sprayed the cushman's landing area of plimpton and kennedy park in fall river which will spray again on friday as itprepares for the

the area starting today. dramatic video of a dangerous crash right there inside the ted williams tunnel. you can see the car slam into a construction zone sign sending debris everywhere. the driver was charged with drunk driving and speeding and was not badly hurt. police say it happened on monday night. 6:20. coming up, a concerning new report about the number of errors at hospitals in massachusetts. >> plus congress wants answers from the drug maker who sharply raised the price of a life saving a refund to some customers. the items sold that didn't live

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wrong surgery or procedure. 51 instance of serious harm or death from a medication mistake and 446 cases of contaminated drugs device or biologics most coming from the dialysis unit. they say the hospital fixed the issues. law makers are look for more information about why the price of epipens skyrocketed a two dose package cost less than 06 now it's dollars. pay for the drug -- executives soared and people were severe allergies rely on the syringe to counter reaction and a senator wants federal trade commission to investigate the price hike. if you bought sheets from target you may be owed a refund. they are offering gift card to thousands of customers who bought fake egyptian cotton sheets. they blame supplier a textile

crest brand between august 2014 and july 2016 and you can request a refund on the target website. zare is accused of duping buys a class action lawsuit claims the store price tags are in the euro but at the register you are charged u.s. dollars. starbucks workers can put as much ice in the drinks as they want. a judge dismissed a lawsuit some argue you are not getting what you pay for. starbucks says if you are not happy with the drink they will remake it and you can always order a cold drink without ice. the olympic flag has arrived in tokyo. tokyo's governor held it proudly as she got off the plane just a short time ago. she receive it in rio during the closing ceremonies. they will host next summer

2020 seems so far away. >> it will be here before we know it. >> i know. lots more a in the -- lots more in the next half-hour including the latest on a truck carrying strap metal that overturned. >> and the death toll rising from an earthquake in central italy. race against time to rescue survivors. >> a and a push to ban a -- and a push to ban a tourist activity. why they want to put an end to swimming with the dolphins.

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break news right now at 6:30 a earthquake in central italy. 37 people have been killed. massive rescue effort underway. >> a truck spilled scrap metal and we will have an update in

growing outrage at the star athlete accused of sexually assaulting classmates is set free. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning it's 6:30 on your wednesday morning i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kate merrill a busy news day but not a busy weather week and this is how we like our august to be. >> we will be a little warmer this afternoon. but picture perfect and another top 10 weather day which we have run out of early in the season. temperatures starting off milder compared to this time yesterday. we are 61 in worcester. 65 in boston. 59 in manchester and running 4 degrees warmer compared to this time yesterday. in boston 7 degrees warmer and lawrence and worcester and you can feel it in the air. another warm afternoon midday 84. low humidity and the wind from the south boosting temps into

we keep it dry too. satellite and radar pictures shows we are quiet and the next system moves in from the west but it doesn't arrive until the end of the week. specifically on friday. coming up, i will have the hour by hour timing more warmth we are tracking and all that in your 7-day forecast. traffic and weather together. >> reporter: we have a few hazard to know about before getting in the car. let's look live at the eastbound lanes of the pike heading into the city further up from here there is a car on fire. and it is just prudential tunnel. the right lane is blocked and avoid the area if you can. way up north in acton on route 2 a overturned car in the eastbound lanes at exit 43 and traffic is backed up all the way to exit 41. and we have an update from the scene in charleston. crews have finally uprighted that truck that rolled over in sullivan square earlier this morning that spilled debris over the road. the work is not over yet.

slowly this morning just one lane of the we will let you know when it -- lane. we will let you know when it completely clears. we follow breaking news from italy. more than 3 dozen people have confirmed dead now after a powerful earthquake hit the central part of the country in the middle of the night. >> buildings collapsed and debris everywhere. rescue efforts are still underway and nicole jake oobs is live in the satellite -- jacobs is live in the satellite center. >> reporter: the mayor says this morning the town is not here any a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit central italy. the pictures coming into the newsroom this morning show a tremendous amount of devastation with buildings completely leveled, homes crumbled and all of this happening after 3:30 this morning their time. people were asleep in their beds. multiple aftershocks have also been very problem matic. some coming in at 5.1.

this morning. crews are making a desperate attempt to find survivors in all of the rubble. they are using bulldozers as you see here. they are using buckets and their hands and anything they can find to free the victims. reports of families trapped under the debris. the death toll is rising at least 37 people are dead. officials with the u.s. state department of travel are asking any u.s. citizens in italy who are safe to check in media. these are developing pictures you are seeing. a breaking story happening overnight. we will keep you updated as we learn more. nicole jacobs wbz this morning. >> thank you very much. and the men's basketball team from bryant university in rhode island is in italy right now. the assistant coach taking to twitter saying they were woken up around 3:30 when the rooms started to shake and they felt aftershocks too. but the good news is everyone on the team is okay.

operation in syria to to free a border town controlled by isis. as many as 20 turkish tanks crossed into syria and this comes as joe biden arrived in turkey's capital for talks with turkish leaders. a convicted sex afend -- offender due in court. and police say it took longer to find him because he cut off the gps monitoring device. anna meiler is where the suspect will be charged. anna. >> reporter: and police say he was wearing that gps monitoring device because he's convicted sex offender who was just released from jail in december. he is accused of kidnapping andraping a woman in the south end. police arrested eduardo rodriguez on tuesday afternoon accused of threatening a woman

grinage park. police say he -- grin itch park. he -- greenwich park. he searched 7 to a 8 year sentence before he was released with a gps monitoring device. he cut the device off making it more difficult to find him. investigators are praising thevictim for helping to get a dangerous felon off the streets. >> i want to thank the female in this case the victim the poor victim who suffered this for being so brave and coming forward. >> reporter: rodriguez charged with aggravated kidnapping and rape. he will be arraigned in roxbury and we will be in court bringing you the developments -- those details in the developing story. for now reporting live, anna meiler wbz this morning. no jail time for a farmer star athletes accuse -- former star athlete accused of sexually assaulting two sleeping classmates. david berk was sentenced to two years probation instead. his case is being compared by some to the former stanford

assault conviction. >> i think there's strong outcry because there's a perception among the public we are not taking the cases seriously and not protecting the women. >> this sentencing shows other victims of sexual assault that if they say something, no justice is going to happen. >> the terms of the probation becker has to stay away from drugs and alcohol attend counseling and have no contact with the victims. if he dismissed 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. former pastor in manchester accused of sexually assaulting a minor. police say they have been investigating stephen jesmer for several months he turned himself in monday night e was working at at dialogue church on pine street when the assaults occurred. a new hampshire state

arrest. he is one of the troopers accused of punching a suspect nearly two dozen times after a chase. a massachusetts state trooper is also facing charges. a patriots fan caught stealing a helmet and police say he is running out of time to turn himself in. he hopped the bar at skipjacks and took helmet signed by the team and stashed it under his tom brady jersey he was wearing but later called the >> we heard from him the next day and he called and admitted to it and said he was mailing the helmet back. >> the opportunity that he had to try to do the right thing has evaporated once he is identified. >> by the way the stolen helmet is from 2014 and the championship year and worth a couple hundred dollars. today governor baker will sign legislation to protect pets locked in cars allowing for first responders to break into a vehicle inform a

and it allows any individual to enter the car if the pet is in eminent danger. the signing is at 11 this morning at the statehouse. federal regulators want to ban swimming with dolphins in hawaii. national marine fishery service says the dolphins are deprived of rest and are becoming stressed out they want to require swimmer snorkelers and others to stay 50 yards from the animals. and it would cover close to shore waters which is where more tour operators take the agency expects to make a final decision next year. 6:38 on wednesday morning. and florida is seeing the first case of zika outside miami not related to travel. but the governor says it's too soon to say whether there's a new zone of transmission. there have been four new zika case connected to mosquitoes reported in miami's wynwood arts district bringing the total number of home grown cases to florida to 42 as of tuesday.

fight against breast cancer could be in your head. researchers found the brain hormone melatonin significantly drey creases the number and size -- decreases the number of size of the cancer in breast. children who use standing ding in the classroom are more likely -- desk in classrooms are more likely to be healthier than those who those who stood for both years saw 3% decrease in the body mass index and kids who sat during the same time period saw a 2% increase in the bmi. new this morning, soon to be college freshmen may have a tough road ahead. testing company that run the a.c.t. entrance exam says 38% of students who took the test as seniors are actually prepared for college and 3 of the 4 -- in 3 of the 4 core subject

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locks now. we are halfway through week and i wish i picked this week for vacation. >> i know. >> wouldn't that have been nice. >> don't we alltemperatures are deribbing douse. it's -- ridiculous. humidity is so low and it feels fantastic. today we will be warmer and keeping forecast dry until friday. that's when we track the next chance for rain but tracking the tropics right now. it's becoming a little more activity at 9 invest 99l is out there and tropical storm gaston will tha will become a category one hurricane but it will stay out to sea over the next week or so. but another area of interest here invest 99l could become hermine and as it does strengthen a little into a tropical depression later on today it has max wind speeds moving west northwest at 17 miles per hour. this could affect the forecast

u.s. over the next weekend here. and the models forecasting the potential for at least going through the bahamas and heavy rain and wind. but these are the spaghetti charts and this is something that shows every single model forecast what they anticipate the center of the storm to lock like in the potential track of it. so it's all over the place at this time. stay tuned and we will keep you up to date if eye strengthens and where it heads next. but for now we are experiencing another dry day and another tough one sufferers. pollen count will stay high as we get into saturday and even beyond that too. it's rag weed season. temperatures in the 60s, 50s and 65 in boston to start off the day. and hour by hour temperatures will remain in the 70s. by 9, and then increasing to 80 by 11. and 84 for 3 and full sunshine all afternoon sea breeze developing late in the day but inland temperatures will be in the low 90s along the beach and 80 to 85 degrees.

overnight dropping to 68 degrees under a clear sky. and high pressure in control. and the position of that high indicating the wind directiontherefore the wind from the south southwest even for thursday morning a. 7 a.m. we start off hour by hour nice and dry and a few spotty showers and sprinkles move into northern parts of new england with a increase in clouds. and keeping it dry until friday morning. then, here's where a cold front enters into the picture. and ahead of it it around 90. a cold front passes through in the heat of the afternoon. so we could squeeze out spotty thunderstorm chances not going to be a wall of rain or entire washout and then after that cold front your 7-day forecast temperatures cool into the mid and upper 80s. low humidity both saturday and sunday. traffic and weather together breana. >> reporter: a car fire in the eastbound lanes of the pike before the prudential tunnel.

from the allston brighton cameras. traffic starting to slow down in this area as a result. again the car is on fire before the prudential tunnel and the right lane is blocked. a rollover in being aton on east -- acton on the east bound lanes of and the backup is to 41 an update on the situation in charlestown in sullivan scare. cleanup crews making proimpress and they -- progress and they cleared out tractor and made a huge mess and spilled scrap metal but you can see the crews made a lot of proimpress. most of it is cleaned -- progress. most of it is cleaned up and traffic is getting by slowly. breaking news out of italy, at least 37 people killed when a earthquake hit the central part of the condition trim crews are searching looking for any survivors. take live look as we -- if we

itth quake toppled buildings and homes in two towns. tremors could be felt in rome which is about 80 miles and way. u.s. geological survey estimated the quake at 6.2. 6:48. checking our other top stories state police are trying to work out a way to remove plane from a sand bar and the -- in the quabbin reservoir. >> the pilot landed after a mechanical issue. water levels are low due to the drought and that may have ebb posed the pilot to land safely. he was not hurt. a convicted sex offender is due in court charged in the rape of a woman at a boston playground. police arrested eduardo rodriguez yesterdaya noon and investigators say he cut off his gps monitoring device he was wearing as part of the probation. police say rodriguez approached his victim on a bike in the south end early monday morning. and they say told her he had a knife and assaulted her at a nearby playground. this week boston police officers are trained in the

training starts today officially. the goal is to get officers used to the cameras and answer questions. the officers were chosen at random and the pilot program starts september 1. hillary clinton will attend more fund raiseers in california today as the -- raisers in california today as the campaign pushes back against a associated press report. the ap claims more than half the people who met with hillary clinton outside her official government capacity donated daysch the campaign says the report relied on flawed data. donald trump may be softening the stance on immigration during a town hall in texas last. >> i he no longer talked about deporting all undocumented immigrants living in the u.s. instead, trump says the administration will focus on "getting rid of all the bad ones." still to come, the red sox playing defense. >> for the second night in a row it was a sox outfielder making a huge play. >> be and he is back.

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and look at this. rips down the first base sign and a easy double. but, the run are goes for third and doesn't get it thanks to the perfect flow and -- throw andsox win. >> tom brady is back on field and looked fine yesterday after accidentally slicing open his right thumb before last thursday night's preseason game against the bears. hen' and catching fine. before hitting the field he addressed the mishap. >> yeah i was you know ready to go had everything on and i was trying to get something out of my shoe and the scissors slipped and just a silly accident. >> we will see if he plays on friday night. patriots game day starts off at 7. kick off is the 7:30

on wbz. i think it's time to get a scissor assistant. >> seriously. job opening. >> hello. time for a closer look at what's coming up at 7 on cbs this morning. >> let's check in with noraho'donnell. >> more on the italian earthquake that killed dozens. methadone just arrived and a man infamous for racing drug prices defense the hike in the cost of the epipens. news is back in the monk we will see you at 7 -- morning. we will see you at 7. >> he did it again. james corden giving us a sneak peek at the newest version of

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welcome upbritney spears. >> it's not airing for few days but he gave us a sneak peek on the late, late show he last night. [ music ] ? >> in that clip the pair also talk about spears' children and show in vegas and catch the whole segment on the late, late

>> can't wait for that. >> cannot wait for that. >> yes amazing. >> a nice day. >> beautiful. temperatures a few degrees warmer today compared to yesterday. still low humidity. 88 degrees cooler at the coast for thursday 90 friday the next chance for rain but a spotty chance and a couple storms coolest through the weekend. >> cbs this morning sp up next. >> have a great morning -- morning is coming up next.

captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is wednesday, august 24th, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning.? a are. a powerful italy overnight. a mayor says his town isn't here any more. >> how donors had access to hillary clinton's foundation while she was secretary of state. and donald trump's running mate asks for a clear of their deportation plans. a remarkable boy after a hand transplant. we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds.