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southbridge. investigators trying to figure out if they are connected. >> a teenage driver due in court accused of a drunk driving crash that killed his friend. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good monday morning it's 5:00 right now thanks for joining us. i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kate merrill. it's monday august 29. let's check the forecast with danielle niles and danielle a lot of schools are the forecast. >> it's crazy. summer just flew by. aid quiet week for those heading -- it's a quiet week for those heading back. 71 in boston right now. 72 in manchester. lower 70s through the merrimack valley. 67 in springfield vermont as well. dew points in the 60s so it's a little muggy as you step out and it will stick with us through the first part of the day. and we will start to see drier air working into the region. that's because a cold front
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morning. so we have a few clouds north and west of the boston especially make it a stray sprinkle near manchester. not a big issue. the clouds are going to thicken up before they thin back out and give way to sunshine this afternoon. the planner goes this way, isolated sprinkles sunrise coming up about an hour from now. sun and clouds a little muggy for midday and 87 degrees and gradually we turn less humid for the second half of the day. ride home looking quiet and warm. temperatures in the mid-80s with we will go through the rest of the week coming up. let's look at track and weather together. >> hi. >> reporter: the monday morning commute is a busy start construction is causing traffic. 495 south in andover construction at exit 39, there's stop and go traffic back to exit 43 and there's a 15-minute delay there. 128 south in beverly is slow and go at exit 19 and there's road construction there.
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minute delay and going down 128 south exit 30 in lexington down to one lane for road construction and there's stop and go traffic to route 1 and 34. breaking overnight reports of a bomb at a crime lab in belgium are likely false. that according to prosecutors this morning. belgium media reported a car crashed through three fences around 2 this morning and an explosion went off. prosecutors in brussels now say thwa attack. no one was hurt but the damage is significant. belgium has been on high alert since an attack on the airport and subway back in march. also breaking a false report of shots fired causing panic at l.a.x. hundreds of travelers were sent running outside as police searched the terminal. they found no evidence of shots fired or can a-- or a gunman. a loud noise spurred the
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airport. people cheering while watching the olympics prompted reports of shots fired there. another duck boat crash in boston. >> now the company revealing new details about the incident and driver. wbz anna meiler is live in boston and how bad was this crash? >> reporter: and chris luckily no one on board was hurt but what was supposed to be a fun day touring the city turned into a chaotic scene when a duck boat hit the storrow drive. >> duck boat. storrow drive how do you not know this. >> reporter: drivers on storrow drive can't believe their ice as they pass a buck boat with part of the roof ripped off. the amphibious vehicle was east on storrow when it hit a low overpass. there's damage to the part of the convertible roof and ladder but no one on board was hurt.
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20 passengers get off safely. another duck boat picked them up. in a statement the company says a first year driver was can i verted -- diverted off the standard route because beacon street was closed. duck boats don't normally travel on storrow driver and the -- drive and the there will be a thorough analysis of the event. state police are investigating. reporting li meiler wbz this morning. >> thanks very much. fitchburg police are searching for an armed robbery suspect. look at the pictures. they say this man rbd a cvs atpark hill -- man robbed a cvs at park hill plaza. he is described as a thin white man with a neck tattoo and released this photo of a car that may be involved. it may be missing a hubcap on the driver's side. if you see the man police say don't approach him, call 911. this morning investigators
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fires in southbridge are connected. first started yesterday afternoon and quickly scaled to 6 alarms. a dozen people are looking for new place to live. several businesses downstairs key tried -- detoyed-- destroyed including a thrift shop collecting toys for the holidays. >> all the toys are good we just got a thousand dollars worth of toys for toys for tots and they started pulling them out and they are all good. >> hours after that fire crews have not ruled out arson this morning. and a 3 and i harm fire -- 3i-alarm fire destroyed this -- three alarm fire destroyed this home. it was the home of a firefighter and a family. one person inside suffered smoke inhalation and a firefighter on scene was treated for a ankle injury. no word on how it started. 5:05. a teenage driver due in court as the community is grieving the loss of a beloved football
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crash over the weekend. the driver is accused of drunk driving in the accident. nicole jacobs is live with more on the story. good morning. >> reporter: an incredible tragedy here and many of the friends we spoke with were just hanging out with austin robbins earlier in the evening. now they are trying to come to terms with his death. >> he was always happy and cared about everybody else. >> reporter: at the very spot where tragedy struck, friends of austin robbins >> none of us thought it would be the last time we saw him. >> reporter: early saturday morning, the 18-year-old known as aj was killed. >> it's awful this happened. >> reporter: police say he was a passenger in car that lost control and crashed into trees along hollis road. the driver 19-year-old joseph kapp of gardner was drunk police say. >> we watched them grow up from kindergarten to here and we hoped they head a promising
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a leader among them and on the to the ball field. >> he was not just another player. he helped bring the team together. >> reporter: but now sadness in the tight knit community filled with grief as one of their own was taken too soon a second passenger in the vehicle was also injured kapp, the 19-year- old driver, faces several charges including motor vehicle homicide and drunk driving and is due in court today. kate, chris back to you. >> thanks very much. about a murder-suicide in ashby police identified the couple sopped john griffin stabbed his ex-wife several times and took his own life on friday afternoon. officers say even though they were divorced for more than 25 years rebecca griffin would come to john's home to help with errands. manchester new hampshire police investigating a suspicious death there. someone walking by proud park discovered a man's bod -- prout
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boston police will officially begin using body cameras this week. they will go live on thursday september 1. training began last week. 100 officers will be wearing the body cameras. they he were chosen by a department consultant after no one volunteered for the 6 month trial program. officers with the cameras will patrol some of the high crime neighborhoods college campuses and tourists hot spots. new newspaper box unveiled for the abe bow -- rainbow times days after it was vandalized a crowd gathered downtown in salem as the publisher revealed the box. last week cameras captured 7 people putting explosives in the old box and running away. old box was vandalized nearly a dozen times in the past two months but that won't stop the paper. >> i feel that the community has spoken and has said go forward and put it back there and we are here for you. the police is here for us and the hair is here for us and the
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so, incredible. i feel so happy this is happening. >> the state police bomb squad is investigating last week's explosion and they see it here a a u-- 5,000 dollar reward is offered for navigation leads to an arrest. two brothers face first- degree murder charges in chicago this morning. police say they killed the cousin of nba star dwyane wade. the # 2-year-old mother of four was pushing a stroller when she was shot in the head. and investigators isel junior and his brother missed the target and hit her instead. colin kaepernick is not back down from the decision to not stand during the national anthem. he he says by sitting he is taking a stand for african americans. >> i will continue to sit i am going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed. to me this is something that has to change and when there's significant change and i feel like that flag represents what it is supposed to represent and the country is representing
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- supposed to i will stand. >> nfl released a statement saying players are encouraged but not required to stand during the playing of the national anthem. now to campaign 2016 this morning. donald trumpp gearing up to deliver a major speech on illegal imbration this week. -- immigration this week. hillary faces questions over her time at the state department. hena daniels has more. >> reporter: donald trump took to social media to detail plans for a "major speech on immigration wednesday before a big -- big crowds. the development is amid speculation the republican candidate is softening the hard line proposals. including plans to create a deportation force. appears on cnn sunday running mate mike pence maintained trump has stayed consistent. >> we will have a mechanism for dealing with people in the country that you heard the word humanely again it's going to be fair and it's going to be tough but there will be no path to
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the country. >> reporter: trump faces an uphill climb trying to win over minority voters. the effort grew more difficulty over the weekend after the republican nominee tweeted about the murder of nba star dwyane wade's cousin adding african americans will vote trumpp. >> we have been trying to make the case that the increase in random crime and senseless murders is unacceptable to all of us. >> reporter: hillary clinton has been trying to paint trump as hostile towards minorities and dealing with criticism over so-called pay to play operation between the clinton foundation and the state department. >> it's not pay to play unless somebody you know actually gave someone 50 cents to say i need a meeting. no. >> reporter: the democratic nominee is off the campaign trail again today holding more fund raisers with wealthy donors. hena daniels cbs news. still to come on wbz finally free. >>s in a -- final -- nasa scientist are out of the lab
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where did they spend 365 days sim hating life on nurse and two sea turtles rescued off the cape and why there may be more sighting and the warning official want you to hear. good morning danielle. >> good morning. so temperatures climbing into the 80s today. a few spots will touch 90. we have clouds around this morning and then the sunshine is going to be out in full force this afternoon a sprinkle or two can't be ruled out in the next hour or two. other than that 90 by the afternoon. rise coming up about 45 minutes from now. stay with us.
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simulating life on mars stepped outside for the first time in a year. the 6 scientists were living inside a dome on a hawaiian mountain time in near isolation. >> over the weekend the simulation end and they were able to -- ended and they were able to go outside. they say now they are out they want to do everything from jump in the ocean and eat fresh proeduce things not available to them inside the dome. that is torturous being in hawaii and not allowed to go
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alaska or something if you are stuck inside. >> all they wanted was fresh produce? i would be like i want to jump off a water fall or sit in hawaii. and beautiful for science. we will be up around 90 today. it's warm start this morning. most of us are in the upper 60s to low 70s. 72 in man chest erin 70 in concord right now. upper 60s from keen tow worcester and 65 to 70 for -- to worcester and 65 to 70 for most of us the region. where's the moisture with it? we could use some and there's not a lot. new hampshire sea coast will get a stray sprinkle. the clouds will thin back out behind the front and northwest wind brings in the drier air. so, it's going to be mainly dry. i can't rule out an isolated shower on through late morning. it would be a sprinkle. that's about it. notice the clouds they dissipate and may get a couple
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northwest breeze we hold off the sea breeze and make a run at 90, 91 in boston and same for norwood and boston and 90 in plymouth. 80s on the cape and tonight we are mainly clear. dropping back into the 50s in the suburbs. 65 downtown. a comfortable night for sleeping by the way. humidity will gradually drop through the course of the day today. not quite as hot tomorrow. so we get a little sea breeze so coming in off the ocean will be around 80 at plenty of sunshine and mid-80s through the interior and another dry day. high pressure in control and next chance of any wet weather and it doesn't look significant comes in by wednesday night. here's the map on wednesday morning. still dry. but the next disturbance comes in and may spark a pop-up shower or thunderstorm wednesday late in the day and maybe one or two around nothing again all that substantial and then it looks like we may get one that lingers into wednesday. an active tropics.
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fishes. bermuda is well to the east and we will stay out to sea. tropical depression 9 here's western cuba and that's going to make a path and curve up into the gulf and bring heavy rains into florida and gulf coast. tropical depression 8 is spinning south and east of north carolina. this could become herminee but later on -- hermine but for the outer banks of the carolinas. so no need to worry about that here at home. we will watch it. accu-weather seven dane forecast muggy by wednesday but an isolated shower to start on thursday and we turn cooler less humid but looks beautiful to enter the week in upper 7 as -- 70s with sunshine this weekend. >> reporter: the overnight construction has just wrapped up so things are clearing up on 128 south in beverly and
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in andover. a diseent amount of cars -- adecent amount of cars in the northbound lane. expect normal drive times and overall look at the roads, lots of green which is great. the drive into the city is clear and the t and commuter rail are running on time. >> thank you. two leatherback sea tortes re -- turtles rescued after being tangled in equipment. both are expected to be okay. officials say there's an are likely here look for jellyfish a warning boaters should watch out for the turtles if you see a tangled turtle stay at a safe distance and alert authorities. 5:19. coming up next, the red sox looking to gain ground on the blue jays in the playoff hunt. >> coming up in sports, could eduardo rodriguez stop the royals and high powered offense? dan roche has highlights. >> a daring rescue all caught
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sox and royals last night from fenway and this was not an easy game for starter rodriguez. he last started the game for the sox in the 16th of this month went 4 scoreless before coming out with tightness in the hamstring in the first game back he had the defending world series champion royals as the opponent a little rusty first pitch of the second inning and it's gone. perez up and over the monster to give the royals a 1-0 lead. they take another run and add it to make 2in the second. but, big papi got one back in the fourth. >> three infielders to the right and he swings and drives one to deep right center field and this ball is back and it's gone. a home run just behind the red sox bullpen over the triangle. into the centerfield seats ortiz makes it 2-1. home run number 31 for big papi. >> but in the 6th the royals
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the wall ball single to left. lor eno reads it perfectly and never stops running scoring from first and red sox what 4-2 lead turned into a 10-4 deficit. the sox lose to the royals 10-4 and they are 2 games back to the blue jays in the al east the attention has been on jimmy g and tom brady. jimmy g got the start brady came in and showed flashes of the normal brill yaps a touchdown but the third quarterback was perfect on the night. playing against mostly backups jacoby brings settette threw -- brissett threw knight nine times and completed all of them. he there's chance he may start the pre's season -- the preseason finale thursday but he is pleased with his progress even if he doesn't.
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and you know playing more practicing more so you get more familiar with things we are doing you know it's not -- it's ongoing process of learning and getting better. >> what does a night like that do for you. you had to take a moment and say pretty good felt good maybe you feel look i belong here. >> but you know you see some of the things you messed up and could have did better and that's the main thing you take away from it that situation. >> yep the pats and preseason finale thursday agains you can see that kick off 7:00 right here on wbz. that's it in sports for now. dan roche wbz sports. still to come in the next half-hour the latest on last week's earthquake in italy. >> what investigators want to know about construction crews as they begin to clean up from the disaster. danielle. >> temperatures today make a run at 90 degrees. we will have lowering humidity through day today with a northwest breeze. 80s on cape cod. i will let you know if we have
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breaking overnight reports of a gunman inside an airport sending passengers running for safety. new details from police. >> another duck boat in boston. what the company is saying about the incident and the driver. >> two fires break out in southbridge within hours. and investigators trying to figure out if they are connected. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good monday morning everyone 5:30 i am kate merrill. >> i am chris mckinnon we will kick off with danielle niles.
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wrapping up. kids starting school and weather looks quiet overall. it's 72 in manchester and 71 in boston same in lawrence and a mild start relatively speak. upper 60s in worcester and 65 to 70 on the cape a and dew points are running in the 60s. it's not oppressive but it's sticking as you step outside the door this morning. and that humidity is going to be lowering during the second half of the day. otherwise we have got a cold front crossing the region. where is the rain with it. we need the rain. there's not a lot there are a couple showers overnight in western new england and we may get a isolated shower or sprinkle between now and mid-morning. 87 by lunchtime. sun and clouds and warm with the northwest breeze taking over. we will make a run at 90 degrees in spots this afternoon. less humid for the ride home sunset at 7:22 and temperatures in the mid-80s many we will go through the rest of the -- 80s. we will go through the rest of the week. traffic and weather together brianna. >> reporter: -- breana.
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building pretty fast on the leverett connector but flowing smoothly on the zakim making are way into the o'neill -- o'neill tunnel. there's steady traffic on the northbound lanes of the expressway 10 minutes from the split to downtown. and the t and commuter rail are both running on time. 5:31. checking top stories this monday morning, another duck boat accident in boston as it lambs into -- sla overpass there. were 20 passengers on board but no one was hurt. firefighters helped the duck poet -- got them on another one. accident ripped off part of the duck boat roof and damaged the stairs. company says they don't typically drive on storrow drive but the first year driver ended up there after being i did vrtd -- diverted off beacon street. a teenage driver due in court after causing a crash
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of control just after 3 saturday morning hitting several trees. former lunenburg high school football star austin aj robbins was killed in the crash. an investigation after two fires break out in southbridge and now officials are trying to figure out if they are connected. let's go to nicole jacobs live in the satellite center following the developments for us. >> reporter: fire crews were very busy working well into the night sunday and their work is the two fires are suspicious. in southbridge two fires spark hours and miles apart. a home and in downtown an apartment building that also houses businesses. >> my hairdresser is down the bottom floor and they lost everything. it's a shame they just did everything over. >> reporter: the circumstances of the two scenes now have firefighters looking further. >> here in southbridge a couple years ago we had an arsonist who was lighting multiple
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but investigators are leaving no stone unturned. >> we will use all the assets the state has to help us figure the things out to see if there's common threads or if there aren't any. >> reporter: the fire reached 6 alapse and displayed a dozen residents sending business owners scrambling to salvage. >> all the toys are good we got a thousand dollars worth of toys to go for toys for tots. >> reporter: the inst they try to determine what or who is responsible. two firefighters suffered minor injuries. no residents were hurt in either but again the investigation is ongoing. chris back to you. >> thank you very much. a mass will be held to remember two nuns killed in the home in mississippi. sister paula merrill was originally from stoneham and she and sister margaret held were remembered yesterday at a wake in a small catholic church in mississippi. more than 300 people were
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deaths of two nuns. the home holmes county sheriff says sanders confessed to the murders but didn't give a motive for the crime. man on a bicycle apparently ignored the crossing gate in the seconds before a commuter train hill and killed him before 1:30. witnesses say the arms were coming down with the warning lights flashing and ringing when the victim went around them and was hit. authorities in italy want to know if negligence or fraud contributed to the loss of during last week's deadly earthquake. more than 290 people were killed when the 6.2 quake hit amatrice they want to know if construction crews followed building codes and make sure organized crime doesn't take advantage of the construction work that will need to be done to rebuild. this weekend family and friends gather to say bye to an elite firefighter from vermont killed battling a wild fire in nevada. justin bebe was member of the
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fires. yesterday more than 2000 people went to westminster vermont to pay respectsch the mother of a fallen hot shot didn't know bebe but felt she had to be there. >> when i lost my son, everybody it was like this everybody came to honor my son and i fell like i know what the -- feel like i know what the family is going through. >> for those who didn't know him they will remember his smile and love for fishing the vermont area. a wild rescue caught on camera a transit officer pulling a man off the tracks moments before a train rolls through. officer victor ortiz was at the train station when he spotted the man. you can see him struggling appearing to resist the officer's efforts but with seconds to spare the officer is able to drag that man to safety. grab your popcorn the national park service is
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finest hours on the cape. it's based on a true story of a rescue off the shore of the scape. two oil tankers broke apart in 1952 off chatham and the coast guard rescued them on both boats. it will be at the salt pond visitor's center in eastham. high levels of bacteria forcing officials in wesley to close the beach until tomorrow. health official tested the water twice this past week and ai they blame seals there doing their business along with recent run off from storms. a shark gets too close on cape cod this weekend. race point beach was shut down for a time saturday when lifeguards spotted the shark 4 feet from shore. an underwater camera got a look at that shark. beyonce came out the winner in this year's mtv music video awards. she performed for 16 minutes on stage at madison square garden.
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trayvon martin michael brown and eric garner with her. drake won best for hotline bling and britney spears was back performing after a 10-year hiatus. she was dancing to the new hit make me live also jimmy fallon got laughs for impression of ryan lochte playing off justin bieber song asking if it was too late to say sorry. and aly raisman and fastics team members -- her gymnastics team members took the stage presenting the award for best female video which of course went to beyonce. >> very cool. the musical director for the boston symphony orchestra is getting more time in tanglewood. >> he says he wants to do 10 could be certs in the berkshires -- concerts in the berkshires instead of 4 this year. he say the -- says the lineup
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9th symphony and wants aa concert featuring younger musicians antedates -- antedates will be a-- and the dates will be announced. want a shorter workweek. >> we will tell you about the retailer testing a 30 hour workweek for employees. >> reporter: a duck boat crashes with 20 people on board. how the company is responding
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a few dozen tech employees will work monday through thursday. >> they will only get paid 75% of what the full-time workers earn but they will get the same benefits. 5:41. gas prices reaching a 50 day high just a day before or just days before the holiday weekend. >> and it may sound like the future but voice activated hotel rooms may be a reality sooner than we think. jill wagner is live from the new york stock exchange with good morning jill. >> reporter: good morning chris and kate. just in time for labor day triers will find the highest -- drivers will finded highest gas -- find the highest gas prices in more than a month. aaa doesn't expect anybody will not go on a road trip. prices are lower than last year at this time. the merger of the largest brewerers will lead to over 5,000 job cuts anheuser busch
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they will sell 30% of the world's beer. and starwood hotels is showing off the results of the top secret project just an experiment clawing voiceactivated hotel rooms guests at the hotel in boston and santa clara can control room temperature and lighting by talking to aapproximately's siri. each room has an ipad running a custom app. chris and kate. >> the problem is siri doesn't get stuff right on my phone you know. and they want you want your haircut. so i mean if they could get siri to understand what we are saying that might work jill. >> maybe it's the boston accent she has trouble dealing with. >> totally. >> that could be it. >> that's it. >> reporter: you guys don't have strong accents. >> you wait until we go off camera. >> we hide them very well jill. thank you. appreciate eye. coming up a muscle mystery
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four hundred million dollars. that's how much charter schools will drain from massachusetts public schools this year. four hundred million siphoned from local districts that desperately need it. four hundred million that won't fund more science and technology, arts or preschool, counseling, or smaller class sizes. four hundred million unavailable to the ninety-six percent of students who don't attend charter schools. improve public schools for all students, not just a select few. vote no on question 2. welcome back. scientists say wild blue mussels are slowly disappearing from the gulf of maine.
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decreased by more than 60% over the last 40 years. they are used in seafood dishes but they are important to filtering bacteria and toxins out of the water. lots of kids going back to school this week. >> no kidding but summer is hanging on. >> they can't wear new clothes and they have to wear shorts and t-shirts and they are not happy about it in they are not happy really? >> yeah they want to wear new clothes. >> absolutely. by the end of the week it will be a little cooler so you can get into the new jeans and long sleeves or wher but yes it's going to feel like summer today for the kids heading back to school. 71 in boston. 72 in manchester. upper 60s worcester to keene. 65 to 70 for most of us on cape cod. sunrise coming up in about 20 minutes from now or so. 25 minutes. there will be some thicker clouds that roll in before we get some clearing to come in after that. but this is a cold front that's going to cross the region. cold front where is the moisture? we need the rain but there's
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we may get a stray sprinkle and that's about it. maybe you are thinking one more beach day. 85 to 90. northwest breeze taking over. aid little bit humid -- it's a little bit humid but it will be dropping through the second half of the day. water temperatures still in the upper 60 toss mid-70s -- 60s to mid-70s. we push 90 right around there in boston. mid to upper 80s here. bedford nashua lo keen tow jaffrey and 83 in worcester. 90 from plymouth to norwood to taunton and 80s for the cape and islands a southwest breeze will shift around but not until later today. beautiful. tomorrow, another great day. but a little bit cooler. about 84 inland. and then right around 80 at the coast behind. a little sea breeze kicks in tomorrow. high pressure in control and that means it's going to be another dry day. by wednesday a few changes. there's going to be the next
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start with sunshine on wednesday morning and the clouds build in and there will be one or two storms that pop by wednesday late in the day. this does not look like anything substantial. there may be a shower or two an isolated thunderstorm that lingers into wednesday night. we will keep a threat for an isolated shower around on thursday but no significant rainfall temperatures running in the mid 70s by the time we get to the end of the week. less humid too. plenty of sunshine holiday weekend coming saturday and sunday. and plenty of sunshine and we will stay dry heading into labor day too. we will keep you posted on that. >> reporter: traffic on the expressway is slowing down considerablych the area by the gas -- considerably. the care area by the gas tank is -- the area about-- by the gas tank is stop and go. get together braintree split will be a challenge.
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and go on the southbound lanes in the an exact spot. expect delays in that area. chris and kate. >> thanks very much. another duck boat crash in boston. >> and officials in southbridge are investigating whether two fires over the weekend are connected. here are your top stories this monday morning. >> reporter: well, it was supposed to be fun day touring boston and turned into a chaotic afternoon what duck boat hit the overpass this cell phone video shows the duck boat on the side of the road with part of the roof ripped off. boston duck boat tour says there's damage to the convertible roof and ladder but no one on board was hurt. firefighters responded to the scene using a ladder to help about 20 passengers get off safely. another duck boat picked them up near leverett circle. but what was it doing on storrow drive in the first place? what the company has to say
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this morning. break overnight -- breaking overnight crews batel a fire in lawrence. flames broke out around 1:30. three residents got the out safely. they are looking for another place to stay. the fire has been knocked down and officials are investigating what caused it. investigators are looking into whether two fires in southbridge are connected. the first started yesterday afternoon and quickly scaled to 6 -- scaled to 6 alarms. a dozen people are looking for a new place to lib and several businesses -- destroyed. the second fire started in a home a few hours later. >> reporter: i am nicole jacobs live in the satellite center. 18-year-old austin robbins was killed in crash early saturday morning. throughout the weekend, those who knew and loved the recent high school graduate and football player gathered at the hollis road spot where the crash happened. police say the driver of the vehicle 19-year-old joseph kapp was drunk when he loopt lost control and slammed -- lost control and slammed into trees
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with friends of robbins coming up at 6. in the satellite center, nicole jacobs wbz this morning. 100 boston police officers will officially begin a body camera pilot program this week. no officers volunteered for the program so the department consultant picked a diverse group of officers to try themout. they will patrol the high crimes neighborhood college twoa memorial will be held for two nuns killed in mississippi. 300 people attended. a newspaper box unveiled for the rainbow times days after it was vandalized. a crowd gathered downtown as the publisher revealed the new box. last week surveillance cameras captured 7 people putting explosives in the old box and then running away. it appears parents are still weary of vaccinating
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pediatrics says more parents are on thing to delay the -- on thing to delay children's vaccines or refusing to vaccinate. parents are not worried about autism but thinks the vaccines are not necessary. if your teen is diagnosed with a concussion, you may want to keep them on the sidelines from sports for while. doctors at the university of arkansas say kids who played after a concussion took twice as long to recover than those who sat out of games. doctors say if you want your sunglasses at least every two years. brazilian researchers want better -- or marks on -- mashings to let con-- markings to let consumers know how good they are to block out the rays. the sun can damage the lens in sunglass and it's best to get new glasses or lenses to protect your eyes from long- term damage. a big announcement from a familiar face and voice on cbs.
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>> it's been a great run. but after nearly 50 years at cbs including the last 22 years here at sunday morning, the time has come. the date is set for me to do my farewell sunday morning it's september 25th. after which, you can see me on the radio. >> there will be a 90 minute special edition on sunday morning on the 25th honoring him with look back at his career including special performances. >> he plays the piano and bango per-- badgeo performed with the -- bango performed with the boston pops as well. a close entercourter in the wild. >> a man decided to chase after
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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 chris mckinnon it's 6:00 and breaking news overnight. panic at the airport. reports of a gunman sending travelers running for safety. >> storrow drive how do know this. >>. ohman. >> another -- oh man. >> another duck boat crash what the company is saying about the incident and driver. >> a teenage driver due in court accused of drunk driving and causing a crash that killed his friend. >> plus reports of a bomb at a crime lab in belgium. the new key tales but first a check -- details we are learning but first a check of the forecast. >> it's monday morning. feels like summer. >> it does. it is going to be muggy to start today and then less humid air is going to work into the
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