the impact it's having on ferry service and closer look at today's forecast. >> and a warning in boston. a popular spot one woman says she was sexually assaulted. >> a molotov cocktail thrown into a boston police officer's yard. the warning this morning for other officers and a closer look at the investigation underway. >> it is tuesday, september 6th. the holiday weekend is over. hermine is moving out of here. but let's get a check of the forecast as we all get back to work and school today. welcome back. >> hey, thanks. back to reality, right? yes, hermine still a tropical -- post-tropical storm spinning to our south. it's a pretty nasty storm in terms of winds. but that's out over the ocean. so our wind threat has been diminishing.

pushing off the ocean. winds gusts 20 to 30 miles per hour. not the tropical storm force gusts like we had yesterday out over the cape and islands that caused some of that damage. 28 miles per hour boston. so yes a windy day not a ton of rain. a couple of green little blips on the radar here. you may need the wipers on. temperatures are running in the 60s for most of us right now. so some light pockets of rain shifting in -- shifting in you have at ocean today. there will be clouds around. the winds may gust occasionally to 35 miles per hour. i thinkt threat is done. planner goes this way, then, kids will want the raincoat or umbrella on standby. chance of a shower, peeks of sunshine. we'll be up around 70 by midday and top out to middle to upper 70s. i'll let you know when we could push 90 again coming up in a few. breaking overnight a driver cashed into the contact -- crashed into back of a state police cruiser. it happened on 93 south near exit 18. a woman was seen getting a

no word, though, if the trooper was injured. coming up on 5:steer two right now. hermine still churning up rough surf and strong winds are canceling ferries. >> anna meiler is live with a closer look. anna. >> reporter: and kate, there are a few gusts more than 20 miles per hour here in hall this morning. even though the wind will not be a big concern today, the rough seas will be sticking around through mid-week, beach erosion and more ferry cancellations. rough seas stirred up by hermine caused cancellation along a number of ferry lins, leaving people stranded and frustrated. unable to get home from their labor day weekend destinations. >> i'm very highly ticked off right now. this happens a lot too and the wind with the weather. i understand it's not their fault. >> we kind of saw it coming so we called some hotels in the area on our trip down from boston and, you know, figured it would be what it would be.

were lucky to make it to the steam ship authority dock, we leaved to to have made it safe. >> theres have been a lot of cancellation. a lot of people in line trying to get out here. >> she is holding on to me like a monkey. >> reporter: the effects were felt far and wide. wind also whipped threw taunton bringing this tree crashing down. >> i just happened to be walking in the garage, i heard a loud, loud bang, and then i turned trooe was on top of my truck. >> reporter: the wild weather a more welcome site on cape cod. >> it's pretty rough, yeah. it looks leak a painting. it looks surreal. beautiful. >> reporter: the island queen has already canceled ferry for today. the steam ship authority is also anticipating more cancellations.

but check on-line or look online before you go. coast guard tells us they are ready to respond to any emergencies in the rough witness. they have a crew on board the ship anchored off of massachusetts. they say the tahoma is standing by ready to go with resources from air station cape cod. and strong winds from hermine also toppling trees across our area. this is video from taunton. similar scene in communities all across the state where trees have been bad drought. and stay with wbz as we track hermine's impact on new england. you can get updates any time on the cbs boston weather app, our facebook page, on twitter, and of course on our website. other news on this tuesday morning, right now police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman on the greenway. our nicole jacobs is live for us in boston this morning. nicole, it sounds like the victim has given police a pretty good description. >> reporter: somewhat although

i can tell you it was around this time yesterday this investigation began, and it's caught many who frequent this area off-guard. near the area of state street and atlantic avenue is where it happened. an attack, police say, where a woman was sexually assaulted. >> that is a light freightening -- frightening. >> reporter: just after 4:00 a.m. police told her it was her walk through the greenway toward the carousel that a man in his 40s her, white or hispanic, 5'5" with scruff on his face, she describes him and many do, the area is known for being safe. >> i do feel comfortable walking by myself at night. it depends on the distance of travel. >> reporter: it's all well-lit here. that's how the alleged victim was able to see her attacker he's brew ins jersey and baseball hat. it has women rethinking their steps. >> seeing it's been a sexual assault makes they think i need

boston. >> reporter: of course, police are urge issing -- urging vigilance in this situation. anyone with information is asked to contact police. we're live in boston, nicole jacobs, wbz this morning. molotov cocktail found burning in a police officer's front yard. and this morning investigators are trying to figure out if that officer was targeted. this is a photo of the device. there was no major damage to the home but you can see part of the lawn was scorched. it happened early sunday morning. nobody was hurt but boston on alert. commissioner bill evans saying, quote, the safety and well-become of become of my officers is the highest importance to me. as a result this is an incident we're taking seriously and investigating accordingly. the boston police union and the city are headed to court today over body cameras. a hearing is scheduled in suffolk superior court with the union asking for an injunction

it was supposed to begin september 1st with 100 officers assigned to wear the cameras. a deal reached in july called for the officers to volunteer. the union's lawyer wants to postpone the program until they can renegotiate. a campus police officer set to face charges in court today. he is on leave from framingham state university. he's facing numerous charges including open gross lewdness and witness intimidation. more information. he is banned from campus during the investigation. a dorchester man is expected before a judge today to face charges in a deadly hit-and-run in mattapan. police say 39-year-old anthony buchanan turned himself in around 1:00 a.m. sunday morning. they say he was speeding and driving drunk when he hit and killed a woman in a crosswalk on saturday night. winds from hermine helping to fuel a fire at this ocean-front home in rhode island last night.

multi million dollar property belongs a former owner of the pulse ox. firefighters from several communities fought the flames along ocean road. they reported some trouble trying to get water on the flames. no word yet on a cause inch it first of several public meetings will be held today on the proposed rates for the new all-electronic tolling on the mass pike. mass dot will hold its first meeting tonight at union station in wooster to discuss the newly installed gantries over the highway. they will drivers who have a transresponders. for those that don't, cameras will snap a picture of your plate and send you a bill. campaign 2016 on this tuesday morning, hillary clinton and donald trump are rallying support in key battleground states today. both candidates welcomed reporters on their private planes. hannah daniels has the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: hillary clinton enters the final stretch of the

campaign. the democratic nominee traveled aboard her new plane to illinois and ohio on labor day yesterday. this time with reporters eager to ask her about the fbi investigation into her e-mail scandal. >> the fact i couldn't remember certain meetings doesn't in any way affect the commitment that i had and still have to the treatment of classified material. >> reporter: clinton fought to keep the focusn and his ties to russia. >> he urged the russianians to hack me -- in particular, hack me. >> she didn't have the energy to go to louisiana. and she didn't have the energy to go to mexico. >> reporter: trump also invited reporters on board his private plane while in ohio where he refused to rule out amnesty for millions of undocumented immigrants. and denied his foundation made a

florida attorney general pam bondy in 2013 when she was considering joining a fraud investigation into trump university. >> i have a lot of respect for her. never spoke to her about that at all. >> reporter: the nominee now says he will participate in all three presidential debates against clinton. the first of which takes place at the end of the month. hannah daniels, cbs news. new overnight, president obama making history becoming the first sitting u.s. president to v country of louse. he was one of seven world leaders attending a summit this week. he was set to meet privately with the philippine's president but has put that on hold after a personal insult just one day before the summit. this morning, the fill pooen's president expressed regret for those comments. coming up on this tuesday morning, a burglary suspect headed to court today. >> why boston police are calling him the fiddler on the roof. plus one couple's close encounter with him.

massachusetts is about to get some special attention across the globe. daniel, good morning. >> so back to school, back to reality for a lot of kids today if it's your first day, good luck. bus stop forecast, temperatures will be in the mid-60s, clouds and showers around today. low 70s by the time we get to the ride home. outdoor recess a little iffy in a few spots. we'll take you hour-by-hour

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. a reminder this morning that things may not always be what they sm. hundreds of rose petals. but, in fact, it's the latest creation of a 3-d printer. >> it was made by nervous system, a design studio based in summerville. the dress is made more than 2,000 pieces and is going on display at the museum of applied arts and sciences in australia -- in sidney australia. but you look at that dress, it's hard to believe that it was actually made from a 3-d printer

can do. >> it does. it's incredible. they could get you w. one of you two to rode test how careful do you you have to be? >> what's your weather cast is missing -- missing a little twirl. >> i should do a little twirl over there, talk about hermine. here we go. twirling away. so hermine, speaking of twirling. hermine is twirling off to our south, okay. it's been weakening, it's pretty nasty storm out over the ocean. damaging wind threat has diminished. so we have the strong gusted tomorrow, tropical storm force, but the rough seas are going to continue, is obviously. the seas are churned up. some dangerous rip currents will continue to be a story. the tides have been astronomically low. just those high seas and surf. scattered showers today and tomorrow.

of rain with hermine either. 65-mile-per-hour winds though out over the ocean as hermine spins south of long island. moving to the west, so backing up still at eight miles per hour. hermine is going to slowly meander to our south and eventually, whether or not, cross the island in a weakened form. so the wind currently gusting between 20 and 30 mirnz. not those gusts 40, 50, and 60 like we had yesterday. so i'm not concern #d overrule with anytr during the day today. maybe a few gusts up to 35 or 40 miles per hour. temperatures right now 59 in wooster, 63 in boston, many of us are running in the 60s and just want to show you the live doppler. a little bit of light rain. get a couple showers need the wipers on. back up to norwood, mansfield, city of boston a little bit of light pockets of rain over us as well. westboro, north side of

up to north redding. you'll need the wipers on vee beefly along 93. look at the moisture, kind of pivoting in off the ocean. light for the most part of the we'll not see a ton of rain today. most end up with less than .10 of an inch. so there is is hermine spinning back to the west, not a whole lot of action. our next disturbance doesn't come in until thursday late in the day. that's really going to kick hermine out of here. so it's a cpl meandering to our south and the same goes for the interior too. cloudy skies, maybe a shower or two. the main impact felt at our coastline. even that really diminishing over today and tomorrow. notice not a ton of green showing up on the map. scattered showers, lone downpour through the evening hours and there may be a few that inning whetherer into overnight tonight as well. high temperatures 70 to 75 for most of us today. there will be a few upper 70s that sneak on the map. then overnight tonight, there

over 20 miles per hour. 66 for an overnight low. peeks of sunshine tomorrow. 75 to 80 where we get those peeks that come out. so pretty normal for this time of the year. there is hermine, crosses the cape but in weakened form wednesday night into thursday. maybe a shower on thursday morning and then the sunshine breaks out, cold front doesn't arrive until thursday night that may bring a shower or thunderstorm. then we bump up the temperatures. 84 on thursday. we push 90 to end the week. loweringid weekend looking pretty good. there will be some scattered showers and storms on sunday. beautiful start to next week. let's check out the southeast expressway. still dark and early out there on tuesday morning. traffic beginning to build on the inbound side there. you see on the top of your screen. you're going to need the wipers this morning as danielle mentioned. you know something, we're after labor day so that means the traffic nightmare that you took off all summer long is now back. >> all right. a rooftop burglar caught

injuring from roof to roof attempting to break into apartments on north margin street. kennan lagreze was at home with her husband. he tried breaking in by stomping on their skylight. >> we've had drunk people on the roof before so i didn't -- really think anything of it until he started pushing on the window. and then i guess someone must have yelled at him, distracted him and he started talking to them and stomping on the window again. >> eventually he was found inside a nearby apartment. he faces two counts of breaking and entering. a bizarre break in in the vineyard. felix reagan broke into a home on saturday afternoon. stole several tementz and then actually painted the family's dog purple. police say he then stole a car and crashed it. when officers found him, they say he had purple paint on his hands. today a rhode island judge

a partial settle over kurt schilling's failed 38 studios. they have agreed to pay $35.6 million to settle the lawsuits with the state. the video game company failed less than two years after receiving a $75 million state loan guarantee. if approved, it would bring the total amount the state has recovered to $42 million. a lawsuit against schilling is still spending. the lobster population in our waters is in trouble. officials are meeting next month in maine to discuss this fix the problem. the atlantic states marine fisheries commission is considering several options, like adding seasonal closures. scientists say lobsters here in southern new england are in decline, but the species seems to be thriving farther up the coast in maine. taking on the t in a new and very funny way. two long-time boston commuters have created what they call the mbta excuse generator.

sarcastic alerts. for example, a fake alert on the green line read, the veer residual delays due to an earlier tampa bay suspension hearing. they told the globe they welcome constructive comments and suggestions. although sometimes the real excuses are stranger than the fake excuse. >> yes. maybe they don't want to even put those on. >> right. >> real excuse. >> right. up nextion patriot some roster moves. >> a milestone at the buch bank championship. rory mack el recognize doing something only one other golfer has done. >> the red sox have a close

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eighth. on his birthday, sends it out of the yard. happy birthday. it was 2-1. aaron hill, well he was on third. and strikes out, the ball gets past the catcher. gill comes home to tie the game. but the hit leon. he's out. gill was send back to third. next batter -- well the next batter is wasn't happy with the call at all. david ortiz won't be starting any of these games in the ballparks. but he came up to pinch-hit with a man on. he flies out to center to end it. sox lose another tough 1, 2-1. jays also lost. so they're a game out of first place in the al east. the team signed former titans runner back to their practice

taken in the 2014 draft second round, 54th overall pick. so the guy must have some talent. why not take a chance at this guy. deutsch bank championship. recognize ry mcilroy he was down by six shots but came back to win. only the second golfer to win this tournament twice joining vijay singh. guys, over to you. >> steve, thank you. sll behind bars accused in a hit-and-run. >> but it wasn't police who tracked her down. how witnesses kept her from getting away. >> plus, bill cosby heading back to court to face sexual assault charges. what we could learn today about the case. >> and temperatures today climbing into the 70s. there will be some showers around. a lot of clouds as well in the hour-by-hour forecast. a little cooler than average as we still feel hermine.

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. right now at 5:30. hermine still churning off our shores, strong winds toppling

cancel perry service. >> breaking overnight a driver crashes into the back of a state police cruiser. the new details we're learning. >> a sex assault investigation in boston, a popular spot where one woman says she was attacked. . welcome back, everybody. thanks for joining us. >> it is the 6th day of september.th but hermine is still, you know, hanging around, kind of sort of. let's check in with danielle. we got wet in metro west yesterday. >> i love that you just put kind of hanging around. that's what she's doing. spinning to our south. still pretty nasty storm out over the ocean. our damaging wind threat is pretty much done. the strongest wind game through yesterday and during the evening hours. so now the rough seas, beach erosion remains. rip currents going to be a risk as well. but the damaging wind, the

some pockets of showers over the next 24 to 48 hours. 63 in boston now. 59 in wooster. a lot of us running in the 60s out the door. some pockets of light rain, notice kind of pivoting in off the ocean from some of those outer bands of moisture, still from hermine spinning south of long island. so let's zoom in. a little bit of light rain right now. arlington, belmont down to brighton as well, you'll kneeled the wipers on. this is not all that steady heavy. but a little light rain all the way from marlborough to sudden bury. auburn and oxford and then southeastern massachusetts, pockets of light rain through parts of plymouth county. rockland back up through hingham and a few light showers to tow rare row. highs today cooler an average. there will be some showers spotty through the afternoon. highs in the mid-70s. the wind may only gust to about 30, 35 miles per hour during the

west of the -- rest of the week coming up. . take a live look at the zakim bridge, you can see everyone is headed back to work on this tuesday. although the roads around boston are pretty good. you'll see some slowdowns going on the express way. but so far, the rest of the roads in good shape. ken. >> and breaking news overnight. a driver crashes in the back of a state police cruisers. it happened on 93 south. a woman was seen getting a sobriety test there and was taken into custody. we hav the trooper was injured. if you need to take any of the ferries between boston, the cape and the islands today, you're definitely want to call ahead. some services already canceled this morning because of hermine. choppy seas and high winds forced the steam ship short to suspended service for the vineyard and nantucket yesterday. we caught up with some islanders who were stranded. >> it happens a lot too with the wind and weather. i understand it's not their

little more. >> i guess we'll have to cancel my work tomorrow, call in, not sick obviously. >> but it's already because they have a mean breakfast buffet up there. >> hear if fort mean breakfast if you have bay. if could be more days before they make it home. boston police are investigating after a woman says she was sexually assaulted early yesterday morning. police say the victim was walking on -- on the greenway grabbed her. she described the suspect as a white or hispanic man in his 40s or 50s, about 5'5", wearing a dark brew ins jersey and baseball hat. anyone with information should call boston police. a medford man accused of using pepper spray on police is due in court today. police say fabio arrest meal yo has a history of resisting arrest and over 20 active warrants against him. they say he was trying to break into an apartment on brighton on sunday morning when they say

building's roof, pepper sprayed two officers, and used a rope to swing into a third-floor apartment. he's also accused of punching that tenant in the face. a massachusetts man accused of threatening to asincere nate president obama and attack a mosque is due in federal court tomorrow. joseph gar julio of holliston was arrested last week. he's also accused of stockpiling weapons and planning to kill police officers. a friend told authorities he afraid he was about to snap. his lawyer says his client denies making any threats. the driver accused of hitting a jogger and speeding away is behind bars this morning. and police say witnesses helped to chase her down. seekonk police say two people jumped in separate cars and took off after the suspect on route 44. they caught up with her and refused to let her leave until police arrived. the victim was jogging when he was hit on sunday and is in intensive care at rhode island

when i saw oount victim laying on the sidewalk. >> police arrested the driver just over the border in rhode island. she is facing a number of charges. and another warning about distracted driving after this crash in hingham. police say the 17-year-old driver was on the phone at the time and not wearing a seat belt. they say he was lucky that he wasn't hurt. he has been cited, police say the penalty includes a mandatory suspension o man who was accidentally shot during a s.w.a.t. drug raid has settled their wrongful death lawsuit. 68-year-old you'rie stamps with a the shot while laying on the floor with his hands up as officers worked to secure the scene. before entering the home, the stepson was arrested on drug charges. the officer involved was never charged. the settlement comes just two months before the lawsuit was set to go to trial. the terms of the settlement have

cosby felony sex assault trial and it could bring key evidence to light. lawyers for the comedian are fighting to keep out nearly one had you pages of damaging testimony he gave in his accuser's lawsuit. cosby is charged with drugging and molesting a woman he mentored at temple university back in 2004. former saturday night live chefe chase is headed to rehab. a spokesperson says the 72 year old is being treated for an alcohol-relatesu it's not the first time the actor has been treated for addiction issues. he checked into the betty ford center for a painkiller addiction back in 1986. 200 students at westfield state university are getting ready to give back today. they have signed up for a series of community service projects as part of helping out our town day. this is the seventh year that students have volunteered to help out local businesses by painting gardening and cleaning. well still ahead this

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also new for fall is a chili mocha drink. it's made with steamed mim being and chili topping. ken and kate. >> i don't know if some of those flares belong together. i don't know. what do you think, jil, would you dry a chili mocha blended drink? . >> reporter: not for me. no. >> no. >> reporter: i lake my coffee with a little milk, minute some vanilla creamer and that's it. >> you're wil you're crazy. >> reporter: i live on the edge. >> all right. thanks a lot. coming up, molotov cocktail found burning in a police officer's front yard. >> investigation now underway and the warning out this morning for other officers. ers. >> reporter: plus hermine continues to churn you have rough seas causing ferry chance litigations. a closer look how the storm has

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tropical storm force. so here is posttropical hermine. an area of low pressure essentially still -- wait a minute, what about this. 65 miles per hour out of ocean. it's moving to the west. so it's backing up still a little bit and it's going to kind of meander to our south over the next constitutional of days before crossing the cape and islands. if you can believe it or not. seas have been building on the southern coastal waters. notice just north little bit sheltered there but it's our costal waters just to our east still talking about 5 to 10-foot seas, the seas are churned up, but the wind has died down. current gusts between 20, 30 miles per hour, so not damaging any more. that wind will subside gradually through the day today. we will see gusts close to 30 miles per hour. 60 in wooster right now.

a cool start and few showers too. steady but light rain to brockton. north and weft malden up 93 back over towards watertown and arlington, framingham, a little light rain for us. you notice kind of the motion of all of this to the north and west. these little bands of light rain will be with us, kind of rs spotty through the day today. there's that counterclockwise spin. it will slowly and dwrad wally impact us. we'll get a break in the action back to the west. hermine needs a kick out of here. and it will get that from a cold front coming in on thursday. so hour by hour today, scattered showers, have the umbrella on standby. generally light for the most part. most of us end up with less than .10 offenen inch. there may be a few spots a little higher than that.

high temperatures. still some clouds. still a chance of a shower overnight and then tomorrow will be a little bit warmer with some speaks of -- peeks of sunshine. the wind is going to shift. there will be still be some showers around tomorrow. thursday 84 it will be muggy too with more sunshine. hot and -- hot end to the week. we push 90. start of the weekend looking beautiful. warm 84 on saturday, there will be a chance saturday. beautiful start to next weekend. let's check out how things are moving on zakim bridge there. you can see the headlights beginning to build and the pavement is wet. it's going to be that way all throughout rush hour. since it's the day after a holiday weekend i think you might want to leave a few extra minutes to scoot into town. police are searching for the suspect in alleged sexual assault on boston's greenway. >> plus hermine still churning off our shores. here are your top stories on

range from -- range -- ranging from 20 to 30 miles per hour. ferry lines suspended stranding people trying to get home. the impact of the storm could be felt in taunton as well where this tree came crashing down on top of a man's truck, moments after he got out. and on cape cod, whipping winds made for big waves that attracted many on-lookers. the rough seas will stick around until mid week, meaning more ferry cancellations. i have travel information you need to know coming up. live in hole, anna meiler, wbz this morning. >> reporter: i'm nicole jacobs live in boston where police are investigating a sexual assault in this area. it happened in the early morning hours monday. a woman reported she was walking in the greenway area when she was approached by a white or hispanic man. she told police he sexually assaulted her.

his face. the area here is known to tourists and generally safe and well-lit. so news of the attack is unsettling. certainly anyone with information is urged to contact police. we're live in boston, nicole jacobs, wbz this morning. a molotov cocktail found burning in a boston police officer's front yard. this morning investigators are trying to figure out if that officer was targeted. there was no major damage to the home but you can see part lawn was scorched. it happened early sunday morning, nobody was hurt. but boston police are urging officers to be on alert. a fire in halifax is recovering after this fire on thompson street. crews tell us the windy weather made it difficult to put the flames out. one firefighter was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. nobody was inside the home at the time. the cause of the blaze still under investigation. former poison singer brett michaels is hoping this

somebody stole the phone and other electronics from his dressing room when he was performing at the hampton beach casino ballroom last week. the staff put the photo on facebook showing the two suspects. the staff gave the thieves 24 hours to return the electronics with no questions asked, but the electronics are still missing. ups is getting ready to charge more more shipping. the company plans to increase rates by about five%. but not until after the holidays. the change effect until december 26th. this morning on the health watch, researchers say oral contraceptive use has lead to a drop in owe vare -- ovarian cancer deaths. it has played a role in the reduction. ovarian cancer death rates fell in the u.s. 16% between 2002 and 2012. president obama is now weighing in on collin kaepernick's protest during the

the national anthem. he says he's taking a stand for racial injustice in america. the gesture has become the topic of intent debate and president obama says, he can see both sides. >> i don't doubt his sincerity based on what i've heard. i think he cares about some real legit mitt issues that have to be talked with about. if nothing else what he's ton he's generated, you know, more conversation around some topics that need to be talked about. >> the president says while it's offensive to some veterans, kaepernick is exercising his constitutional right. meanwhile, u.s. sock ser player mag an rap i know showed her support in the national women's soccer league, she knelt during the national anthem. she said it's the least i can do. a florida state football player has re-i newt with a young boy that he befriended during a school visit.

viral video eating lunch with sixth grader bo paske. he invited bo and his family to last night's football game. paske has autism and during a visit to his school, rudolph saw him eating lunch all alone and he decided to sit with him. paske was presented with his own jersey and got attend the game where he saw rudolph score a touchdown in the team's win. former celtics coach is returning to boston today to help raise money for kids in fund-raiser at the garden tonight. it's an event that rivers helped establish after the celtics won the nba championship back in -- back in 2008. proceeds will benefit the work smart initiative which helps low-income kids stay in school. well still to come this morning, a horse that heels. >> we'll introduce you to the special animal working with a local hospital to lift patient's

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. a mini horse being used as medicine at a local hospital. lily the therapy mini horse works at tufts medical center, brightening patients day with her visit. >> she's certified and works much like a therapy dog does. gives kisses too, which is great. her owners jack martin and marsha craig says she brings out the best in patients. >> we get more benefit than i think the patients we visit.

people, a lot of them work here, by the way. and it's always something different. something you don't expect normally happens. >> lily makes visits to the hospital once a month, including easter and christmas. those kisses right there. >> we could use a little mini horse around here. >> in the studio. >> i love it. >> that's what you need, a little horse breath. >> keep it right here. our top stories straight ahead as we take a waters there in hull. we'll have a live report coming up.

. good morning. thanks for joining us. >> it is the sixth day of september. right now at 6:00, a warningen she was sexually assaulted at a popular tourist spot. >> a molotov cocktail thrown on to a boston police officer's front lawn. >> hermine toppling trees and canceling ferry service. the big question when will the storm finally get on out of here. >> we are copping off a long holiday weekend that was a little bit nerve-racking yesterday with the wind. but things are changing hopefully soon. dal yes is here with a check of