the room. she was on her bed and the defendant said sorry i'm going to have to take this. he grabbed her handbag and a bag of medicine she had sitting on the bed. and she tried to stop him. >> his attorney says he was not at the home in connection with an uber driver. and that she invited him in. a detective came to the woman's house where she did not open the do in a weak voice she said she was not feeling well. >> from the neighborhood, concern. >> yeah, i'm shocked. i'm surprised it happened. >> her relatives who went in court turned angry once they left. [ overlapping speakers ] >> reporter: before they left the courthouse here, he entered a not guilty plea. the judge set bail at $500.

news. and more breaking news. shocking new information came out about the snake that's been slithering around in westbrook, maine. it may be an anaconda. someone found a snake skin near the river which could be from the snake. the skin is a 100% match for the largest species of snake. police cannot rule out the possibility that the snake was left as a hoax. no zoos in the state applied for permits and it's illegal to own an anaconda. eric, say it's not snow. >> something to keep a close eye on. the latest advisory in. it's still a tropical depression and still fairly disorganized and it's going to continue to brew in the gulf of

days, likely not making a landfall in florida until late on thursday. a depression off the outer banks is producing surf at the coastline. and another wave is just leaving the coast of africa. this is the new track just in from the hurricane center and at the very end of it, now a piece of southern new england is within the cone of uncertainty. so it gets wider as you get towards the end of the path. there's more uncertaint there's a chance this may -- as we head to late sunday and monday. the trend today has been farther west. what we're watching with all of this is how a ridge of high pressure is going to develop as we move into the weekends. we have one over the middle of the country and one over the ocean. the storms like to find the weakness between the two. it's likely it will be off the southeast coast saturday and sunday. and the biggest question mark

we head to labor day. we could use the rain but don't want the wind of course. we have breaking news. a 3-year-old boy pulled from a backyard swimming pool in lowell earlier in the month has passed away. police are still investigating. isis says commanders has been killed in northern syria. he was reportedly in charge of propaganda for isis. and this year he is the one who called for attacks during ramadan just before the rampage in orlando and the attack in east france. no word on how he was killed.

to re-sign. a lot of people have called for his resignation. most recently he blamed blacks and hispanics for his state's heroin problem. >> the heroin fentanyl arrests are not white people. they're hispanic and black and from lowell and lawrence, massachusetts. >> speaking at aee boston, he was asked about the opioid crisis in maine. he pointed the finger at black and hispanics living in areas like lawrence and lowell. >> i think it shows that the governor is ill informed and doesn't have a good understanding. >> the comment didn't sit well with lawrence's mayor.

together. not trying to point fingers. >> reporter: he came under fire for an object seen voice mail. he apologized and made reference to a possible resignation. >> i'm not going to say i'm not going to finish it. i'm not saying i am going to finish it. >> reporter: the reports of political demise are greatly exaggerated. >> to make the opioid epidemic a race issue is inappropriate. >> to hear that he pointed to lowell and lawrence is in a moment. in the town of dudley, the

it to block the cemetery. and now they have no use for it and don't want it. the islamic society of greater worcester wants to build a cemetery but the zoning board has said no. we know the u.s. attorneys officer is investigating for a possible civil rights violation. a man fell at a job site, 12 feet. it took rescuers more than an hour to get him to safety. he has serious injuries. take a good look at this man. this surveillance video shows him stealing thousands of dollars in jewelry. he robbed the store sunday morning and officers have not released the name of the store. put me in coach. tom brady wants to play the final preseason game of the year knowing it will be his

weeks. the star player never plays in the 4th preseason game. >> reporter: of course he wants to play. the patriots are -- they'll hand out the ron burton community service award. tom brady always wants to play. why not? you're tom brady. of course you want to play in any game or practice. and brady wants in. the up to bill belichick. after saturday, these next four weeks for tom brady are going to get interesting. >> reporter: the last time tom brady was forced to sit and watch was because of injury. this time it's entirely different. >> i tried to find different ways to be positive. it is what it is at this point. we do the best we can do.

have to vacate the patriot premises and a list of rules will be put in place. >> got a lot of really good players, a lot of really good leaders. we've always done a good job cultivating guys to step in and fill the void. and i think we'll do a great job. >> and maybe the final words were a vote of confidence for jimmy garoppolo that he's coming back. >> i'll be excited to watch and hopefully when i come back, i'll be a better player. >> he didn't tell us what he's going to do but you can tell that he doesn't want the four game suspension.

>> thank you very much. the gala, patriots premiere tonight. >> awesome event. can't wait to see it. >> wbz is proud to be your official patriots station. and the place to see the game against the giants. kickoff is 7:00 and stay tuned for 5th quarter after the game. all right here on channel 4. campaign 2016, and parts of with the fbi could become public as early as tomorrow. the clinton campaign says it's what they've wanted all along. clinton is getting ready for the first of three presidential debates. the september 26th debate is critical. >> these will be the biggest debates as far as ratings go. and if you believe the maxim that many, many voters don't tune in until after labor day.

encountered with the campaign. >> as for donald trump, he's preparing to deliver a major policy speech on immigration tomorrow in arizona. and the fbi wants states now to boost their election security. hackers already targeted data systems in two different states. federal officials say states should be scanning systems for specific signs of security breaches. the fbi did not name the states that have been targeted. she's breaking her >> coming up a teenager sexually assaulted at a new hampshire prep school now opening up. why she's revealing her identity to the world. it's been a year. and there's some frustration setting in. >> she was gunned down while out for a walk. her murder unsolved. the one clue investigators are still trying to track down they say could crack the whole case. and more than a dozen condos at one of the boston's

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identity. >> she was 15 years old when she says she was raped and she wants to let others know it's okay to come forward. >> they didn't belief he did it knowingly. and that frustrated me a lot because he definitely did do it knowingly. and the fact that he was still able to pull the wool over a group of people's eyes bothered me a lot. >> breaking her silence in an interview with she revealed she was the new hampshire prep school student sexually assaulted by i when la brie. -- by owen labrie. she was convicted on three counts of misdemeanor sexual assault, illegal use of computer services and endangering the welfare of a child. he's registered as a sex offender in new hampshire and

get the apology they were looking for she had to come forward. she says now she's taking a bigger stand against sexual assault. saying it's been two years since the whole ordeal and i feel ready to stand up and own what happened to me and make sure other people, other girls and boys, don't need to be ashamed either. >> reporter: the family filed a lawsuit against the school saying the school failed to protect responsible for. and the top judge in massachusetts will not -- a member of the governor's council requested a review of 18-year-old david becker was sentenced to two years probation. becker pleaded guilty to indecent assault and battery on two former classmates at long meadow high school. the district judge says the

that were set by lawmakers. los angeles police have sent the day surrounding singer chris brown's house after a woman called for help. the call came from inside the house around 3:00 this morning. police won't say what kind of help she needed. brown has posted three videos online declaring his innocence and dismissing tv reports that he was barricaded inside. we have a dramatic rescue crews pulling thousands of migrants out of the mediterranean. 6500 people were rescued yesterday off the coast of libya. they included small children drifting in overcrowded boats, some clinging to debris in the water just to stay afloat. and we have to show you a wild chain reaction crash near binghamton, new york. strangers rushing in to save a

incredibly, she escaped with only cuts and bruises. 36 the city's mayor wanted to thank the heroes who risked their lives. >> what an incredible response. talking about weather in the area and it sounded like everything would be great for the foreseeable future. and now a question mark. >> we have all these things in the tropics, some of them with letters and numbers. >> there are seven sy we want to run down the tropics. here's what we look at right now. we have the cold front to the west. and that's bringing us rain showers tomorrow night to thursday. that's the short term forecast. when we talk about the tropics, there are several systems in the atlantic that we're keeping tabs on. tropical depression 8 is on the carolina coast. it's not going to have major impacts except for poor beach weather. we have gaston, still a

one at that. if you've been at the beach, the surf will be the legacy. and we look to the pacific, a pair of hurricanes moving to hawaii. quite a satellite image there. madeline and lester, and this is extremely rare. you don't have back to back hurricanes making a swipe at hawaii. it barely ever happens. madeline will move just south of the big island may experience hurricane conditions, more likely tropical storm force. and lester as we head to the weekend will move north of the island chain. a couple of systems for them to watch. and this is the one that we have our attention on the most. this is td number 9 and it may become a tropical storm shortly. it looks more organized today than yesterday. we're waiting for storms to get stronger and we'll track that coming up in a moment. a little bit milder and

and a few clouds. and by tomorrow morning, the humidity will move up a little bit. we end a record warm august with a very warm day. temperatures in the mid-80s by lunchtime tomorrow. the humidity is on the rise and the clouds will tend to thicken as we head to the afternoon and the evening. and some of us will make a run at 90 degrees. forecasting 90 in boston. worcester up to 84. and new bedford 83 degrees. and a warm sticky day as we of rain. we head to tomorrow night and scattered showers and downpours. if one of these showers can move over logan airport before midnight it won't be the driest on record. we'll see scattered showers and downpours throughout the day on thursday. and beneficial rain. an unsettled day. and then we look to the weekend. friday, high pressure is building in and there's a slight chance of a shower for us.

the system in the gulf starts to move off the east coast. and on saturday it's likely off to the south. saturday is liking like the safest day of the weekend in terms of sunshine or plans outdoors. as we head to sunday, here's the question mark. will the area of high pressure keep it shunted off to the east? or will this be allowed to retro grade or move west late sunday to monday? that looks like the timeline. doth about a hurricane. it would produce high surf. gusty winds, and maybe much needed rainfall. the timing stinks, and it's several days off. we'll be updating this over the next few days. the trend was west. and one thing is for certain. cooler temperatures, 70s to around 80 on thursday. starting to feel like fall is around the corner. part of the powerball

when a supermarket in raymond, new hampshire, sold a ticket worth $487 million, it got $75,000. the supermarket says it's giving that money and another $25,000 to a hunger relief program and to a youth coalition both based in -- the person who bought the winning ticket has not come forward. >> awesome move by the supermarket. and who with a staggering price tag. >> how much would you pay for a pair of sneakers that look like this? how this pop-up coffee shop could shape the future. are you welcoming hackers into your computer? the scam that looks just like

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stand up for new hampshire seniors. on the bz feed it's the ultimate investment apparently. >> this is amazing. one man owns some of the most valuable real estate in boston. the globe reports that a recent immigrant from china bought at least 16 condos in the millennium towers at a cost of $16 million and he paid cash. he bought the property for

$4000 a month. >> this has been a big thing across the country. i watch these real estate shows and new york, same thing. people from the middle east scooping up all the property. >> and the same people -- can afford these sneakers. >> these golden goose distressed superstar sneakers go for $600 a pair experiment. they have scuff marks, covered in dirt. and this pair has duct tape. can this be a real thing? >> it's a real thing. it's a real thing. i don't know how many they've sold but it's a real thing. an 18-year-old in texas has someone older and wiser to show her the ropes and it's her grandfather.

palo alto college. that's grit personified. and he's going to be more popular because it's a great story. >> maybe there's the halo effect. here's a look at what's ahead on the news at 5:30. bumped from a flight, lost her lungage. the airlines are in trouble for the not paying as much as they could. and why a man's ex- needed help. >> and still no arrests. a family is working to try to

new hampshire college students are packing their backpacks and heading back to school. and thanks to kelly ayotte, along with the textbooks and pencils, many students are carrying more student loan debt. ayotte voted to cut pell grants and to raise student loan interest rates. because she sides with special interests looking out for their own bottom line, not our kids'. for new hampshire students and families, kelly ayotte is a heavy burden we can't afford.

i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. michael hayden: if he governs consistent with some of the things he said as a candidate, i would be very frightened. gillian turner: he's been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our western european allies. max boot: this is not somebody who should be handed the nuclear codes. charles krauthammer: you have to ask yourself, do i want a person of that temperament controlling the nuclear codes?

live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz news at 5:30. and now at 5:30. she was t when she was murdered. one-year later, her family is still searching for justice. in the days after denise robert was killed, police went door to door looking for tips. and 365 days later and the murder remains unsolved. and for robert's family the frustration is growing. >> good person, hard working. >> tom robert describes the sister he lost one-year ago.

working and that's helped me cope. >> reporter: her death remains a mystery. she was shot as the 62-year-old advertising sales woman was on a walk last august 30th. >> we're looking for closure like anybody would but it's not easy. >> reporter: they get regular updates on the investigation but so far all leads have turned out. tips come in but she's still looking for anyone who can identify a pickup seen in the area of the murder. neither the driver nor the truck have ever been identified. >> it's my genuine hope that we'll be able to tell this family one day that we do have