this morning. >> good morning it's 5:00. thanks for joining us i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kate merrill. it's friday august 26th. let's check the weekend forecast with barry burbank a bump in the road but a perfect weekend. >> i think it will be great. good morning everybody. it's a muggy one this morning. we have lower 70s around boston. it's really kind of sticky and steamy out there. there's been a couple showers over cape cod and more showers off to the north and looks like showers and storms will move across northern new england and we may have a few scattered around here in southern sections by late this morning and at least in the first half of the afternoon but hit and miss. so this morning for the morning commute, sunrising at 6:303 and muck mingy around 74. spotty showers and -- muggy around 74. spotty showers andset at 7:27. i think you will love the weekend forecast. i will have that in few minutes. >> thanks very much. we start with breaking news this morning the sumner tunnel

>> police are on the scene right now. let's get to anna meiler with new information on this. anna good morning. >> reporter: good morning kate. state police confirm one person died and two people taken to local hospitals with li- threatening injuries after a crash that happened right here. one lane reopened to traffic so cars are able to get on the ramp to storrow drive but to i- 93 northbound is blocked off. this happened just morning. you can see a gray vehicle mangled and facing the wrong direction on the ramp 93 northbound. there is debris all over the road. we can only see one vehicle that was involved in the crash. state police are now on scene investigating had you this -- how this accident happened. there's no doubt it had affect the early morning commute with the ramp to i-93 northbound closed but the lane to storerow drive -- storrow drive

taken to local hospitals with life threat hening injuries. we doesn't note names or -- know the names or -- we don't note names or ages of the people involved. anna meiler wbz. a woman attacked in rockport. police are searching for the man seen in the pictures. investigators say he fits the description of the suspect who attacked a woman from behind knocking her to the ground the victim told police heth suspect tried to it happened on pools lane after 9 wednesday night. the victim was able to fight him off and then he fled on a bicycle. if you recognize him, call rockport police. a nun from massachusetts murdered in mississippi and this morning she is remembered for dedicating her life to helping those in need. >> nicole jacobs is live in the satellite center with more on this. nicole good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you kate. there was a call to police when sister paula merrill didn't show up for work. authorities found her and

their home. family members here are grief stricken and they believe she is in a better place. sister paula merrill what heart of gold. >> her patience patients loved her. >> reporter: a nurse practitioner for more than 30 years she dedicated her life to serving others in the deep south. durant mississippi was the most recent calling. >> she was so good to them and they -- she and sister margaret went so far above and beyond anything that could of a normal human being. >> reporter: hurst morning she and sister margaret held were discovered dead an apparent home invasion police say. >> i don't understand why these things happen. >> reporter: sister paula grew up in stoneham her older siblings are still there now dealing with the unthinkable. >> i talked to him, him, and i say don't know what your plan was doesn't know that i agreed with it but i trust you. >> reporter: her work in the community spoke for itself.

she knew exactly what her mission was. >> we make a difference in people's lives and we never know what that difference is. we do what we are hopefully we do what we are called to do where we are. >> reporter: the sisters' car was stolen and found just a short distance from the home. sister paula will be buried in kentucky. in the satellite center nicole jacobs, wbz this morning. >> thank you. breaking strong aftershocks in italy as the death toll rises. 267 people are now confirmed dead and another 387 people are being treated for injuries. early this morning a 4.7 magnitude aftershock rattled residents and rescue crews. there have been nearly a thousand aftershocks. here's live video hampering the rescue and recovery efforts. crews are going through the rubble this morning holding out hope they can find more survivors. also breaking overnight a

police checkpoint in turkey. at least 11 police officers are confirmed dead and that number could go up. 78 more people are injured and the country state run news service blames kurdish militants for the attack. and new overnight a deadly explosion at a sports center in belgium. part of the building has collapsed. right now staffers say this appears to be an accident and they don't suspect terrorism. one person was killed two others injured. this happened in the 75 miles south of brussels. new developments in the scandal surrounding olympic swimmer ryan lochte. police in brazil charged him with filing a false report. he said he was robbed at gunpoint in rio but later admitted he was drunk and apologized for embellishing the storey. his spokesman says he has no comment on the criminal charges. a copilot for a night headed to massachusetts accused of being drunk.

the plane and had his heads phone on and prepping the flight for departure noticed the copilot was not acting normal and appeared he may be under the influence of something. >> reporter: during preflight captain manny ramirez smelled something is on the copilot's breath. when they arrived police say it was clear he was into being kateed. he was give a -- intoxicated. he was given a preliminary breath test and blew a .3. >> that's a alcohol level. i can hon of thely say in 15 years of law enforcement this is the first time i am aware the city police has arrested somebody that was planning to pilot a plane. >> reporter: police say they are thankful captain ramirez spoke up. >> it's amazing. kudos to the gentleman for standing up for what's right and making the call and keeping in mind the safety of the passengers and himself as well as the person arrested.

are proud of captain ramirez immediate action in detecting the copilot's condition. and removing him from his position. they say safety is the number one priority. again that copilot blew a .3 on the breath test that's nearly 4 times the legal limit for driving. the plane eventually took off and landed safely in bedford massachusetts yesterday afternoon. kite. >> thank you. this morning a 5-year-old -- kate. >> thank you. this morning a 5-year-old boy is recovering. chelmsrd was semiconscious but breathing on his own when he was pulled from the water. he was visiting a home on gore mam street. last week answered 3-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl were pulled unresponsive from pool inlowell. police say stories like this are a great reminder that most adults should learn cpr. >> put the child on the back. find the center of the chest and hand on the chest push hard and fast until responders get

9 lev will -- 911 will get outinformation you need to know to manage until -- you the information you need to know to manage untilee get there. >> we have more information how to be trained in cbr -- cpr on our website. the candidates are in a war of -- war of words. brian webb has the latest. >> reporter: hillary clinton is accusing donald trump of releasing a radical the republican party. >> he says he wants to make america great and the real message seems to be make america hate again. >> reporter: in reno yesterday she slammed trump for spreading what she cause racist lies and conspiracy theories. >> there's always been a paranoid fringe in our politics a lot of it arising from racial resentment but it's never had

giving it a national mega phone until now. >> reporter: trump tried to beat clinton to the punch on racism claims. >> hillary clinton and her donors and advisers, pushing her to spread smears and her lies. remember these three words. shame on you. >> reporter: besides bashing clinton trump continues to clarify his evolving ideas on immigration. he admitted to cnn anderson cooper last night it would beimpossible to deport all the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the u.s. >> no. there's not a path there's no path to legalization unless people leave the country well when they come back in if they come back in then they can start paying taxes. >> reporter: trump will court hispanic voters in las vegas today. brian webb for cbs news.

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thunderstorms in the forecast but will many strike southern new england and will they be out of the way in time for the weekend. the accu-weather forecast is

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research with a big tie to massachusetts. >> scientists at osearch found an area off long island where they say great whites are giving birth. that's exciting. it's the first known birthing site on the north atlantic coast and finding it could help scientists recommend new ways to protect sharks. the team has been tagging great whites since 2012 including several off cape cod and they want to figure out if any of the sharks they found at the birthing site are the offspring encountered off the cape years ago. >> everybody needs labor and delivery area even sharks. you need a space to just scream and yell and just. >> do your thing. >> and not worry about it. i don't know. >> that's okay. >> i forget i am hear by myself. no other women barry to talk about this with so i will talk about the weather. >> i wanted to scream and yell about barry mentioning fall already. >> yes.

ready for it yet. >> no. >> we have what wonderful summer isn't it time to go back to school and people say no it'stoo quick school is starting in many communities next week and we will have red squares starting next week for sure. rest of the month we are going to have red squares in here. what does that mean? above average temperatures. and in fact, the mean temperature is high. so far looks like 2016 warmest august on record with a temperature mean prurg of 76.5 and that's 3.9 above average. looks like that's going to take place because we have warm weather coming for the rest of the month. then one week from today, i the beginning of what he's going to be a pretty fall like weekend for labor day week he end. looks like we will have blue squares then and below average temperatures. 69 is the dew point right now. it's going to be flirting with the 70 degree mark all day long

that will be here for the weekend so we will have dew points 55 to 60 over the weekend instead of 70 now. we are not going to have super dry air like a few days ago when it dropped into the 40s. upper 80s today. 87 to 79 except south facing coastal spots where the windscomes from the southwest and cools it a little bit. 90s from knew near new york southwestward and staying hot there over the weekend and it will be on the edge of us. so we will get from time to next week through mid-week and really cool air will come out of canada next weekend for a starting week from today. so a little dry air coming in for the weekend should be pretty nice. this tropical disturbance down here may be watching it as it goes to the gulf of mexico and gives parts of florida heavy rain. tropical storm gaston is out there and looks like it is going to turn into a hurricane but it's going to miss bermuda as of this point.

it out. it may become a major hurricane but it will be in the shipping lanes and that is going to move over cuba and into the gulf of mexico. watch that over the next few days in case it tries to develop. showers moving across northern new englandch greatest concentration is up there. down here a few scattered showers and storms in the afternoon. watch the time stamp as we go through the afternoon scattered showers and a few thunderstorms may pop up but that would be just about it. we will have temperatures at the beaches going 90. keep an eye to the sky this afternoon a high tide this morning before 6:30 low and middle part of the day and looking at low temperatures tonight going down to a little lower than they are right nowand weekend is looking like 88 tomorrow and 9 sunday. at the coast both days will be a sea breeze and it will be cooler about the lower 80s. and it goes up to 90 on monday and a slight chance of a shower or storm and another one about wednesday. but again, next weekend is the

change and be refreshing with low humidity. traffic and weather together breana. >> reporter: we are following break news the sumner tunnel reopened but the ram to 93 north closed while state police investigate. this happened after 3 this morning. we know one person is dead two others rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. our cameras saw a gray truck mangled on the ramp to 93 north. it's unclear right now if any other cars were involved. you can get on th store-- storrow drive but the 93 ramp will remain closed while police investigate. most local schools go back next week but yesterday was the first day of classes for the students he at the neighborhood house charter school in dorchester. boston mayor walsh was there to welcome the kids back. school offers longer days and an extended school year. back to school means back to school shopping. >> and those supplies can add up. so we are doing the shopping

bargins in the summer of savings we had 8 bake being items -- basic items pens pencil crayons glue sticks headphones and folders we hit 4 online stores for best deals for many of the items it was a few cents of each other but there were bargins to be had. walmart offers a 24 pack of crayons for 50 cents compared to 2.50 and up at other stores. target was 1 do offered deals on 5 subject notebooks. overall we found walmart had the best deal on our items coming in at 24.84. target was the close second at 27.58 and followed by staples and cvs. check for the coupons. and explore price matching programs too. right now stayels is offering a $1 -- staples is

this time har var invented the first soft robot that runs without batteries. -- harvard invented the first soft robot that runs without batteries. the robot doesn't do anything right now in particular, but scientists say it could be used for surgeries for hard to reach locations or search rescue missions. >> that's pretty cool. >> same thing about us we don't view anything in particular. >> it's pretty cool. >> pretty cool. >> all right coming up the pats getting ready for the third preseason game tonight. >> the big question will tom brady play. the chances he could take the field. >> and the sox placing andrew on the dl. the new concerns that he is

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patriots are getting ready for matchup with the panthers in carolina. in the first two games tom brady didn't play. brady was going to play last week against the bears until he cut his thumb with scissors before the game. so we won't be sure until kick off. pats made a trade with the browns yesterday picking up former first round pick mingo in exchange for a 5th round draft pick he was the 6th pick in 2013 draft but has not paned out after a decent rookie year the numbers dropped off and he was a backup last season mostly. we have it tonight on wbz starting with patriots game day 579. pats and panthers kick off at 7:30. followed by the 5th quarter post game show on wbz. red sox and rays yesterday. pomeranz struck out 11 batters over 6 plus innings but got

mike mahtook drops one. a run scores and race take a 2- 1 lead and toronto lost 2 and the sox are tied for first place before yesterday's game benintendi was on the disabled list with a sprained left knee and the season be could be opened. the rookie outfielder got hurt after he was tagged t second base. an mri yesterday morning and john farrell says he will have more testing today. that's it for sports for now. a blast from the past with an old-time baseball game in cambridge. >> and a young man we first introduced you to years ago was invited to play for the first time this year of the jordan is from now free of bone cancer but back in 2007 while battling the diseases he was invited to sing national act um and runt

baseball with inspirations to go pro. >> i was little i was-- i could have lost my leg and life and nabbing wheel can be being in awheel-- being in a wheelchair didn't think i would be able to play baseball. i am glad i can can now though. >> last night's game benefited boston versus bully a educational program to stop bullying. >> very cool good for him. still to come in the next half-hour new details about a violent arrest caught on camera. >> a former new hampshire state trooper pleading guilty. his apology in court. >> reporter: this is jon keller. i guess why clinton and trump are accusing each other of being too extreme. but do their claims have any merit? my analysis when wbz this morning continues. >> hi. happy friday and the last weekend of august is upon us. looks like it's going to be a warm one in the upper 80s and

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breaking news at 5:30, one person killed an two others badly hurt in a crash in the sulner tum.

and how it is impacting the commute. >> and police in rockport searching for this man. the connection he could have to an attack on a local woman. >> and the number of people dead in italy rises as the country deals with more aftershocks from the powerful earthquake. how that is affecting the rescue efforts. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> welcome back. thanks for joining us. i am kate merrill. >> i am chris mckinnon. happy friday gu summer is sticking around. >> happy friday barry we are so excited the weekend is here and the weather looks great for the weekend. >> it does look beautiful. here we are this morning. it's very muggy. lowerp 0s -- 70s -- lower 70s around much of eastern massachusetts. we had a couple showers move across cape cod a while ago and there are more showers to the north and west and greatest concentration of low showers moving across vermont new hampshire and maine but there's a few scattered ones late this morning and into the afternoon.

midday and spotty showers and storms southwest breeze 5 to 15 and again this safe noon a few spotty showers and -- this afternoon a few spotty showers and storms. most of the activity over eastern massachusetts. traffic and weather together good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have an accident on 128 south at exit 60 and route 286 and there is stop and go traffic from the massachusetts new hampshire state line. as part of your commute. sumner tunnel is reopened after a deadly scratchp but the ramp to 93 north is closed while state police investigate. we know one person is dead and two others have been rush to the hospital with life- threatening injuries. kate and chris. >> thanks very much. and we are learning more about the deadly crash that breana mentioned. state police say it happened after 3 and it was inside the sumner tunnel near the ramp to 93 north. we know that one person was killed in that crash.

hospital with life-threatening injuries. we will keep you updated on that. also breaking more strong aftershocks in italy. look at the earthquake death toll rises 267 people are confirmed dead another 387 are treated for injuries. earlier this morning, a 4.7 aftershock rattled residents and rescue crews. we will look live right now in italy. there have been nearly a thousand aftershocks and that's been getting in the way of some of the search and recovery efforts. rescueers are still trying to go through all the -- rescuers are still trying to go through the rubble holding out hope to find survivors. a woman attacked in rockport. police are searching for the man seen in the surveillance picture. investigators say he fits the description of a suspect who attacked a woman from behind knocked her to the ground and tried to remove her clothes. the attack happened on pools lane just after wednesday at 9. the victim was able to fight

asked to call rockport police. a former new hampshire state trooper pleaded guilty and apologizes for beating a man after a police chase. back in may officers surrounded a driver who they say lead led them on a chase. the driver surrendered but and drew monday coand massachusetts state trooper crossed the line when they tackled the suspect be a beat him -- and beat him. >> i severely regret my actions and i cannot the action i promised myself i would be the do. >> he will pay the suspect's medical bills and career in law enforcement is over a massachusetts state trooper faces charges. well, a nondefense attorney is facing charges -- a well- known defense attorney is facing charges. 66-year-old valerie semency was behind the wheel when she hit and killed john buckley she was backing out of a parking spot when she went in reverse over

buckley was doing community service at the time and she is charged with motor vehicle mom side and -- mom side and neglect -- homicide and neglect operation. 57-year-old victim was a passenger in a car that collided with a school bus carrying kids to a summer campp wednesday morning. no children were hurt in the accident. 5:34 now. now to campaign 2016. the language in the presidential races is more and more extreme. and this morning backfire for the candidates. >> reporter: good morning. i would like to be able to tell you that the presidential race this week reached rock bottom what with donald trump calling hillary clinton a bigot and clinton casting trump as a tool of the kkk but this race has no bottom. as the campaign rhetoric is more and more extreme let's take a moment to consider how americans seem to feel about

presidential nominee barry goldwater made the case that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. he then proceeded to lose 44 states but we are less extremist country than back then and civil rights have expanded, every time a president has tried to push the envelope a bit farther than normal, the voters push back by rewarding the opposition party at the polls. perhaps that is why clinton and trump seem so eager to cast thet tell it clinton would unleash a far left wing agenda on america if elected but didn't we watch her survive a nomination process in which she was repeatedly cast as too moderate too cautious and too responsive to outside pressure. and clinton wants you to believe trump is the front man for the most far right wing elements imaginable. check out this new clinton oohed featuring racist support

right now desperately trying to tack towards the center which is he a radical or a pile on the make with a eye glued to the polls? our political track record suggest extremism just doesn't sell in the end. even if that's what the mudslingers would have you believe is being petaled. talk back to me at keller at wbz.com or reach out on twitter at keller at large. wildlife teams in california are taking drastic steps in the hopes mosquito diseases. thr releasing specifically modified male mosquitoes into the wild. they are the same breed that carried the disease like zika and reelo -- yolo fever but -- yellow fever but injected with back tier yo to prevent females from laying eggs. still ahead a. new way to stop yourself from impulse shopping. >> and major security problems for apple. how the company fixed a bug

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system. this hack is the first known case of software that can remotely take over a fully up- to-date iphone 6 capable of turning on the phone's camera and microphone tosnoop record calls and track movements. a viewrl vermont newspaper is having trouble -- rural vermont newspaper is having trouble giving itself away. they want to-- the editor and publisher wants to retire and launched a essay contestant winner gets the pape are but the deadline is extended. and high tech fashion that can stop impulse shopping. the ibag 2 is designed to stop the wearer from spending money set it to lock when the gps senses you are in places where you spend the most and shop the most it flashes and vibrates when you take out the wallet. this bag is a prototype for the personal finance website

at a time it locks it up be a you -- and you can't get to it. >> reporter: my favorite part of the story is you are looking to poke holes in this already look for work around. >> yeah. >> reporter: i like where u head is at. >> i need somebody to lock my wallet when i get coffee or feed. >> yeah we need a override button and we have a lot more questions about this bag before we will buy it. >> we will end an e-mail you>> reporter: understandable aid prototype so e-mail them your concerns. >> sounds good thanks. >> thanks>> happy friday. coming up, breaking news. the death toll in italy continues to rise. >> aftershocks causing problems for rescuers. a closer look for efforts underway right now. >> reporter: state police are investigating a deadly crash in the sumner tunnel. it's back opened to traffic but the ramp to i-93 northbound

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follow. >> i think you should start your own. >> you need a pigtail wig. >> perfect i would love that. >> the drought eggs anded in the severe drought area. expanded in the severe drought area. we need the rain and it's bad out there even though we have rain earlier in the week. this summer prab to end up being the driest on record in boston. at 3.92 inches right now. the record is 3.97. we have chance of getting showers and storms whether any of those will come across boston remain the question right this morning. but there is a 30% chance of showers and storms today and probability is zero% tomorrow and sunday except way up across northern new england on sunday and a 25 or 30% probability on monday a few showers and storms. that's how muggy and warm it is

up in canada. and one week from today, it really looks like we will say good-bye to all this summery weather and it's going to be cool next probably next friday and i am thinking the high temperature for the day is 73 and like it is right now. but it's going to be very dry and wendy and lots of passing clouds and sprinkles on friday. that's a week from today. looks like labor day weekend if you are planning ahead, it will be cool and dry but gradually warming up as we get deeper into the r eventually going through the 70s or 08 or so by labor day. muggy air to the south and west. dew points that will be on the threshold of being oppressive with high temperatures in the upper 80s. 88, 89 in many spots. lower 80s south facing coastal location southwest wind shift together northwest. 5 to 15 miles an hour. here's the heat from parts of new england southwestward in the 90s as the cold front approaches it's going to give us varying amounts of clouds

scattered showers. storms we are watching to see what happens with the tropical storm gaton in the atlantic. looks leek it will become a --like it will become a impressive hurricane out there but should stay well east of bermuda and well away from the united states. concentrated showers across northern new england a few scattered ones across southern new england this afternoon. and we get a high tide coming up this afternoon rather low at midday and high this evening after 6:30. here's 7 upper 80s to 90 for the next several days and the end of next week one week from today it changes. traffic and weather together breana. >> reporter: an earlier accident in salisbury on 128 south has been cleared but there's strop and go traffic -- stop and go traffic. let's get a look to the south that's pretty quiet on the expressway. traffic is moving along by the gas tanks. where you will really need the brakes is on 128 south in braintree. traffic is slow and go between

the split. but drive time to downtown and pike exits is decent. just ten minutes. >> thanks very much. more aftershocks in italy plus a nun with local ties is murdered in mississippi. >> a deadly crash shuts down the sumner tunnel. top stories begins with that breaking news. >> reporter: state police confirm one person was killed in crash in the sumner tunnel many all lanes of the sumner tunnel are back opened to traffic but the ramp to i-93 northbou police investigate this crash. right now, traffic can get on the ramp to storrow drive. this happened after 3 this morning. you can see a gray vehicle mangled and debris all over the road. that car was towed just a short time ago. and crews are now working to open the ramp to i-93 northbound. again police say one person was killed and two others taken to local hospitals with life- threatening injuries. we will keep you updated on any details as we learn them.

boston, anna my lar wbz -- meiler wbz this morning. the earthquake death toll rises in italy. 267 people confirmed dead another 387 are being treated for injuries. live pictures there. early this morning a 4.7 magnitude aftershock rat ed residents and rescue crews. there have been nearly 1,000 aftershocks hampering rescue and recovery efforts. i am nicole jake sobs live in the satellite center with the story of a nu ties -- jake sobs live in the saturday -- jacobs live in the satellite center with the story of a nun with local ties. sister paula was a nurse practitioner and dedicated her life to serving others in the deep south. at 6, hear from sister paula's siblings in stoneham. nicole jacobs wbz this morning.

dorchester. 18-year-old dashaye mizhari is expected to survive. she was not the target. the gunfire started after a arguement in the street and also shot a 10-month-old dog named felony. the owner couldn't peso plea boston police officers stepped up. >> my partner officer brian smith and sergeant brooks we all agreed to split the cost and it is a natural human response that somebody in need and to help them out with the >> and he would know. a few years ago the dog officer lantain adopted named lily rescued his mother from the path of a train. a mother pleading guilty to charges after her teenage daughter died of an overdose at a new hampshire motel. prosecutors say jazz min rude was with her 17-year-old daughter eve when the teen overdozed on fentanyl last

a little more than two years behind bars. rude's boyfriend admitted to giving the teen drugs and he faces up to 20 years. u.s. surgeon general is sending a warning letter to every doctor in the country about the opioid epidemic and calls it a urgent health crisis n the past 15 years more -- in the past 15 years more th thousands of people received text and phone calls minutes before a first of several twisters touched down in howard county wednesday night. there were about a dozen reports of injuries. the national weather service says one tornado is a confirmed ef3, 165-mile-an-hour winds. 5:52. still to come it's friday and we are looking in the rear view mirror. >> we have a look back at the biggest stories to make headlines this week. stay with us. you are watching wbz this

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live from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz this morning. >> good morning thanks for joining us. i am kate merrill i am chrismc. >> i am chris mckinnon. the entire road just reopened to traffic. we are live with the latest. >> a developing story in rockport. do you recognize the man? police want to question him in a braise n attack on a woman. >> also new developments in the murders of two nuns one from massachusetts. the stoneham native being remembered by her family. >> and several strong aftershocks impacting rescue efforts in italy. >> those stories in a minute but first a check of the weather with barry. it's friday barry. >> it is. that means the weekend is upon us. it's the last weekend of august but it's going to be sunny. lower 70s here. upper 60s out to the west. there have been a few scattered showers across the cape a few