live from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz news. >> break news right now at noon, a reward up to 5,000 dollars is now being offered for help finding the person who set this blast in salem. police say a group of 7 people were seen on camera putting something in the rainbow -- times newspapers box they leave and it explodes the lgbt newspaper has been targeted several times and anyone with information about the blast is asked to call salem police. more breaking news now. the u.s. and canadian coast guards are rescuing four people from a boat sink off the coast of maine. >> the emergency call went out for a fishing boat taking water on quickly. the people on board were using pumps but couldn't keep up with the rising water. helicopter from cape cod and coast guard ship are on the

we will keep you updated on the story as soon as any new information comes in. this noon rockport police want to find this man officers say he matches a description of a man who grabbed a woman threw her to the ground and tried to rip-off her clothes. the attack happened on pools lane around 9 at night. the woman-- >> the woman fought back and theman took of on a bicycle. and ha -- took off on a bicycle. anna meiler is live with more and the security footage could be a help >> reporter: a big help and that's how police got the pictures of the person of interest and are asking everyone to keep an eye out. police handing out flyers to people who live on pools lane where a woman was attacked wednesday night. they are asking everyone to be on the look out for this man who they say is a person of interest. >> i think it's care. scary i think -- scary i think you know walking along and something happens so i mean you

tight baton down the hatches. >> reporter: 9 wednesday night police say a woman in her 50s was attacked from behind and knocked to the ground. >> she received scrapes from hitting the ground and she was shaken. this is an incident that is uncommon in the community and it's something that obviously we don't tolerate. >> reporter: investigators say the suspect tried to remove her clothes and reach for her underwear. police say the woman successfully scared him off. >> she did everything she was supposed to do. she scream someone's attention and a member of the community called the police department. >> reporter: police say the man took off on a bicycle. they are asking the public to take a good look at the pictures from surveillance video that matched the description of the suspect. >> i will be more hypervigilant and look out for each other more. >> reporter: the person of interest is described as 5 foot 8 has a medium to dark complex and dark hair and no facial hair. police say he was wearing a

attack. if you have any information call police. reporting live, anna meiler, wbz news. >> thanks very much. a nashua now ham sure karate instructor is faces charges he sexually assaulted a young girl. daniel rogers is free on bail. he bit the girl on the neck and grabbed her. he face up to 7 years if prison and will be back in court in october. a diddley -- deadly crash shut down a truck went out of control. one person in the truck was killed and two others were rushed to the hospital. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the crash. the tunnel was shut down for almost 3 hours. the search is onto find the murderer of two nuns. >> one of the nuns was from massachusetts and her family says she was called to the south to help others. nicole jacobs has the story. >> reporter: for those who knew and loved sister paula merrill

>> patients loved her. >> reporter: she was a nurse practitioner for more than three decades and dedicated her life to serving the less fortunate in the deep south the most recent calling durant mississippi. >> she was so good to them and they-- she and sister margaret went so far above and beyond anything that could be expected of a normal human being. >> reporter: but she and sister margaret held were victims of their bodies stabbed in the home they shared the motive unknown. >> i don't understand what happened. >> reporter: sister paula grew up in stoneham wbz spoke with her older sister and brother whose hearts are filled with grief. >> i talked to him, him, and i said i don't know what your plan was don't know that i agreed with it but i trust you. >> reporter: her work in the community spoke for itself and portrayed in a video produced by sisters of charity of nazareth. the 68-year-old knew what her mission was.

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 wherever we are. >> reporter: police have discovered the nun's stolen car a short distance away but whoever is responsible for ending two precious lives and shattering their communities is still at large. nicole jacobs wbz news. breaking news just in fda asking blood banks to begin screening for zika. the measure is part of an supply from the mosquito bosh dis-- born disease. today powerful aftershocks are rocking a central italian town almost wiped out by a earthquake. more than 260 people were killed. crews are searching for the victims in the rubble. now the aftershocks are threatening to cut off the community. jonathan vigliotti has the story. >> reporter: rescue dogs are

than 2 days after an earthquake devastated parts of central italy the race is onto find survivors.this trainer says the dogs are brought to areas where they believe there are missing people trapped beloathe the rubble. -- below the rubble. from above the scale of destruction is overwhelming. several people have been pulled from the debris since the quake struck but crews admisthe odds of finding survivors is diminishing by the hour. aftershocks are slowing shaken the you be stay-- the unstable ruins and threatening to close the roads. this home puts the devastation of the earthquake in perspective. when the quake hit at 3 in the morning, the home collapsed on top of itself inside asleep, a family of three. neighbors say they department make it out alive. for many, the -- didn't make it out alive. for many, the search for loved ones and a airport.

of the hangar where dozens of bodies await identification. the first funerals are being held today. jonathan vigliotti cbs news, amatrice italy. >> turning to the weather at whom we are on the look out for afternoon storms. >> a live look at the city of boston. skies are gray and clouds are hanging low. barry burbank joins because first look at the accu-weather forecast. >> we have enough heating going on it's in the mi will go into the upper 80s. it's extremely humid but we don't have severe weather this afternoon. but perhaps a few scattered showers or thunderstorms are likely to break out. we have had just a few starting to break out over cape cod and islands a few that have been migrating across northern new england. but looks like southern new england is in the sweet spot for a few showers and storms and it gets nicer. the air dries off up to the north and west a few scattered showers and storms this afternoon.

looks really nice in the upper 80s. a little cooler at the coast and a lot less humid than it is today. details on the weekend and a look at the next seven days. i will see you with that in a few minutes. >> thanks very much. new details but a former nesure -- ham sure -- new hampshire prep student. parents and alumni raised money to help owen debris pay for the defense attorney. they rayed more than 100,000 dollfo a charter flight bound for massachusetts was delayed for several hours because of copilot appeared to be drunk. the flight was from michigan to bedford and the company talon air tells wbz the pilot smelled something on the copilot's breath and asked him to step aside and police removed him from the plane. copilot blew a .30 on the breathalyzer. >> that's a very high blood alcohol level. i can hon of thely say in 15

is the first time that i am away the city police arrested somebody that was planning to pilot a plane. >> talon air says the copilot has been fired. a 5-year-old boy is recovering after being pulled from a pool in chelmsford. mrs. say the child was -- police say the child was found semiconscious and breathing on his own when taken out of the office. he was visit a storm on gore mam street. last week two toddlers were pulled unresponsive from pool in lowell. police say stories like this learn cps. >> put the child on the back. find the center of the chest, hands on the side of the chest push hard and fast until responders get there even if you don't know it, calling 911 will get you the information you need to know to manage until we get there. >> we put more information on how to get trained in cpr on cbsboston.com. cambridge landmark could be

harvard square area including the out of town newsstand. the city manager says with the slowing of newspaper business they want to see if there's a better way to use the space for the public. much more on this sanity starting tonight on the wbz news at 5. -- on this starting tonight on the wbz news at 5. get ready to see tom brady. >> and tom curran is reporting brady will see the first preseason action tonight. he was going to play last week against the bears game time. and we will have you covered can here on wbz starting with patriots game day at 7. pats and panthers kick off at 7:30 followed by the 5th quarter post game show all right here on wbz. coming up at noon a. risky rescue. a camera catches a police officer putting it on the line to paul man from a burning car. >> and could ryan lochte head back to brazil is in the legal

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incredible video showing a georgia police officer risking his life to save man from a burning car. the officer's body camera was recording as he ran up to the car that was aggu flames. the driver was killed but the officer spotted a passenger out of a back seat window shouting for help. the officer pulled the man to safety. >> wow. a group fishing fortuna offchatham gets a wild surprise. >> four killer whales swam up right beside the boat. >> oh. it's a killer whale baby. >> they were excited. the video has taken about -- was taken 12 miles offshore.

they were not shy either. the whales got so close to the boat one breached 40 feet away. whale stuck with them for 10 to 15 minutes. >> wild. >> we have friendly whales in the waters. they are very welcoming to the you know the whale watching. >> they put on a show. >> they do. what a sight. >> we should go whale watching. >> let's do it. it should be perfect for that this weekend. weather is great no chance of showers. thundersrm >> let's go. anyway here's a shot outside right now. we can see it's getting brighter. we have what little bit of sunshine breaking through the clouds. so, it looks like the stage is set for a pretty decent afternoon but will there be any showers or thunderstorms? that is the question of the afternoon. let's see what's happening right now. and we want to talk about thing are we had pollen which is going -- ragweed pollen that's going to be in the high zone

the ragweed and unless we have a day when it's pouring rain which we haven't had many of that would cleans the atmosphere a little bit. we may go in the record books as the driest summer 3.92 so far in 2016. the record is 3.97 in 1957. we have a couple shots of getting rain but the question is will there be a shower over boston logan airport to bring the total up. so we wouldn't get the driest summer. but probability of 30% in parts of southern new england but zeros for saturday and sunday. chance of a shower or thunderstorm coming along about monday. and it's going to be the warmest august on record. 2016 us about we want to have several warm days for the rest of the month and, of course, this is last weekend in august can you believe it's there? look at this 84 in wofton dftboston. light westerly wind and-- boston. light westerly wind at the present time. briefly getting up to the upper 80s a slight chance of a

turns sunnier later this afternoon and it's going to be okay tonight. here's the position of the cold front as it charges southeast with a chance of a shower or thunderstorm in southeastern new england as it bumps into the the humid air. oppressive one gone but there's dry air up in here. we will have dew points in that range during tomorrow. it's quite windy on cape cod. some gusts almost up to 30 miles an hour. we don't have much wind here and there won't be much around boston and points upper 80s as the sun gets brighter. hot from new york city southwestward in the 90s. but there's the parcel of cooler and drier air especially over the great lakes which we will enjoy for the weekend. we will watch the system here in case it approaches florida over the weekend. looks like it's become bet -- becoming better organized but it's tropical disturbance. there's a tropical storm over the atlantic that will become perhaps a powerful hurricane

in themid-atlantic. it will be problem for the shipping lanes. this afternoon not a bad afternoon but keep a eye to the sky for a shower or thunderstorm. we have a high tide at 6:47. a chance of a few scattered showers and storms crossing the region this afternoon. nothing severe at all and nice weather for the weekend and good for the ball games at fenway park startling tonight storms will be -- starting tonight storms will be long gone we still are not done with summer a few more days in august and almost every one will be warm in the upper 80s to near 90 but cooler at the coast this weekend with the sea breeze coming in about 80 degrees and then one week from today looks like it's going to change big time. it could be really kind of cool for labor day weekend coming up next weekend. >> all right. >> back to you. >> we will be on the lookout. now at noon interest rate hikes could be in the future. federal reserve chair said

towards a hike. but she would not lay out a time table for the increase. be aware if you have an iphone. apple is issuing an urgent update to fix the security flaw in the operating system. a hack makes it possible to remotely take over the iphone 6. it is capable of turning on the phone's camera and microphone and recording calls down loading personal data and tracking movements. apple advices customers to down load the latest version of ios to protect themsel a that means it's time for back to school shopping. >> and the supplies can add up so we are doing the leg work to find the best prices in the summer of savings. we had 8 basic items on back to school list pens pencils, crayons, glue sticks notebooks binders folders and headphones. from there it was time to shop. we hit four online stores to see who had the best deals. for many of the items theyth stores were within a few crept but there were bargins to be

walmart offers 50 pack of crayons for 50 cents. target was -- target was cheaper for binders and target and walmart had deals on five binder notebooks. and you should keep an eye out for any coupons and check out price matching programs. right now staples 110% price match guarantee so if you find it cheaper they will give you the difference and 10% more. >> back to school. coming up on wbz news going for a ride. >> james corden gets a little help from a pop star on his ride to work. the throw back to the 90s straight ahead. >> before we go a quick look at the hot stories on the website

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bruce springsteen may be in his nory days. he outdid himself this week. on tuesday, he belted out 35 songs during a concert that lasted 3 hours and 52 minutes. he even went longer last nightat under 4 hours and that's the longest ever in the u.s. for bruce springsteen. >> getting your money's worth. >> concert goers needed cups can of coffee to hang with him. james corden took with pop princess britney spears. >> they belted out her classic with a throw back ? my lonely head is killing me and i ? i must cop fess ? i believe ? when i am not with you i lose my pointed ? give me a sign ? hit me baby one more time. >> britney singing and you can

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coming up today at 5 dhal enging the public's perception of normal. a photographer in maryland offers free photo shoots to families with special needs. tonight a look at her work and why she calls it humbling and rewarding. finally this friday, a celebration of man's best friend. >> today is national dog day so take your four legged friends for an extra long wog and if your pup is bella that's the most popular dog name >> i thought it was rusty. >> i thought rusty used to be a popular name especially after we had rustity weather dog here. >> we need a weather dog again barry what are we looking at today. >> a wonderful weekend. a chance of a few scattered showers storms this afternoon a few mainly boston area south. still hot stuff through august. >> hot stuff we love it. thanks for watching everyone.

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