. 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

wind will mean at least the churned up seas will be the primary threat but no longer damaging wind gusts. still kind of meandering south of long island. still has 65-mile-per-hour winds near the city of the storm. so stronger out over the ocean and that is what's built the seas. it's moving to the west at eight miles per hour right now. so rough seas erosion rip currents still the highest risk. it's now low for damaging wind al so we've seen the worst of hermine. 63 in boston right now. most of us in the 60s. still a little bit of light rain out there with some showers that have pivoted north and west. so outside of boston, nice little curve here, right? so inside of 128, a little bit of light rain, back through north redding, 495 back down towards westboro, milford a little bit of light rain.

county, quincy and the outer cape. so yes, you want the umbrella with you today, nothing all that intense. but scattered light shower activity. peek of sunshine possible. the winds still coming in off the ocean. we'll keep that sea churned up today. temperatures around 70 by mid-day. then we drop into the upper 60s, still some scattered showers leftover for the ride home. let's get you on the roads with traffic and weather together. >> live looker tanks on the southeast expressway. you into you it was bound to happen. the traffic has begun. you are slow all the way from route three all the way into boston. also some slowdowns on tower as you approach 128 and we're seeing some slowdowns, 93 south heading towards woo burn and 128. breaking overnight a driver crashes into the back of a state police cruiser. it happened on 93 south near exit 18. a woman was seen getting a sobriety test there and was

injured. hermine still churning up rough surface and strong winds canceling ferry service and causing damage back on the shore. >> wbz anna meiler is live in hull this morning. she joins us now with the latest and still ail little -- still a little tough along the shoreline there. >> reporter: and ken, there are a few gusts between 20 and 30 miles per hour here in hull this morning. and even though the wind will not be a big concern today, the rough seas will stick around through mid week, beach erosion and more ferry cancellations. rough seas stirred up by hermine caused cancellation across a number of ferry lines. leaving people stranded and frustrated. unable to get home from their labor day weekend destination. >> i'm very highly very 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, you know, so we called some hotels in the area on our trip down from boston and, you know,

were lucky to make it to the steam ship authority dock, relieved to half made it safe. >> have there have been a lot of cancellation, there were a lot of people inline. >> she is holding on to me lick a monkey so she is miserable. >> reporter: the effects were felt far and wide. wind whipped through taunton bringing this tree crashing down. >> i happened to be walking in the garage, i heard a loud, loud bang and then i on top of my truck. reporter: the wild weather a more welcome site on cape cod where people flocked to the beach to watch the waves crash enter it's rough. it looks like a painting. beautiful. >> reporter: the island queen has already canceled ferry service for today. the steam ship authority is anticipating cancellations. the ferry from boston to p town

you go. anna meiler, wbz this morning. coast guard tells us they are ready to respond to any emergencies in the rough weather. of this a crew on board this 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 in our area. this is video from taunton. the similar scene in communities all kroong the state where trees have been badly weakene drought. and stay with wbz as we track the impact on new england. get updates any time on the cbs boston weather app, our facebook page, on twitter, and of course our website. unfortunately the wind helped fuel a fire at this ocean-front home in rhode island last night. according to tax records the property belongs to a former own of the pulse ox. firefighters from several communities fought the flames along ocean road.

trants there. no word yesterday on a cause. molotov cocktail found burning enter a police officer's front yard. this morning investigators are trying to figure out if that officer was targeted. this say picture of the device. there was no major damage the home but you can see part of the lawn was scorched. it happened early sunday morning. nobody was hurt but boston police are urging officers to be on alert. commission evans saying, q, officers is always the highest importance to me. this is an incident we are taking seriously. the boston police union and the city whether head -- are headed to court today over body cameras. a hearing is scheduled in suffolk superior court with the city's police union asking a judge for an injunction to temporarily hold off on beginning the new program. the body pilot program was supposed to begin september 1st with 100 officers assigned to

but that didn't happen. the union lawyer wants to postpone the program all together until the two sides can negotiate a new deal. right now police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman on the greenway. wbz' nicole jacobs is live in boston this morning with a closer look at the investigation. nicole. >> reporter: that investigation began to unfold yesterday morning and it's in an area that is typically safe. so it's catching a lot of who frequent this area by surprise. near the area of state street and atlantic avenue is where it happened. an attack, police say, where a woman was sexually assaulted. >> what is a little frightening. >> reporter: just after 4:00 a.m. a woman told police it was during her walk through the greenway towards the carousel that a man in izz 40s or twists -- 50s approached her. white or hispanic, 5'5" with scruff on his face. >> really sad. >> reporter: and many do, the area is known for being safe.

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 attackers jersey and baseball hat. the crime has women in the area now rethinking their steps. >> seeing it's been a sex assault makes they think i maybe need to rethink how i think of boston. >> reporter: police are urging vigilance throughout the city. anyone with information is asked to contact police. we're live in jacobs, wbz this morning. >> nicole, thanks. a campus police officer set to face charges in court today. will ter dorm aville is on leave. he's facing numerous charges including open and gross lewdness and witness intimidation. police is not released information in the case. he is banned from campus during the investigation. he's also been suspended from his volunteer position as an auxiliary officer for revere

hit-and-run in mattapan. police say 39-year-old anthony buchanan turned himself in at around 1:00 a.m. sunday morning. they say buchanan was speeding and driving drunk when he hit and killed a woman in a crosswalk on saturday mite. the first of several 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 installed gantries. they will be charging drivers with a transponders, those that don't will take a picture and mailed a bill. campaign 2016, the election is now nine weeks away. today both candidates will campaign in key battleground states. yesterday they both made news from their planes while sitting on the same tarmac at the same airport in ohio. hillary clinton on a brand-new

she answered questions on many topics, including her health. >> i'm not concerned about the conspiracy theories. there are so many of them i've lost track of them. and so i pay no attention to them. >> her x &a with reporters is the first one she's held in months. clinton will hold a rally in florida today. donald trump takes his campaign to virginia and north carolina today. in ohio yesterday, trump clinton saying his path to victory comes to hammering his democratic opponent. >> hurricanes, natural disaster, i expect to do all three. i think it's an important element of what we're doing. i think we have an obligation to do the debates. >> the very first presidential debate is now three weeks away. coming up on wbz this morning, a rooftop burglar

on the roof and today, he is facing the music in court. >> this man charged in an odd crime on the vineyard. how police say they connected him to a case involving a purple dog. >> and a fun twist to your morning commute. the new excuses next time your train is running a little bit late. danielle, good morning. >> so we'll have some showers to deal with during the day today. temperatures in the 70s as you'll see from the hour-by-hour forecast. a little cooler than average for the beginning of september. i'm still tracking a gusty wind from hermine and rough seas. we'll break down the timeline of when she finally kicks her way

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class city. they welcome constructive comments and suggestions. >> i was watching danielle niles' forecast i didn't want to leave my house. >> or the wind hermine that's been sitting and spinning there. there's always an excuse weather-wise for something. >> what do we have on hermine? hermine is going to get on out of here. >> yeah. >> so she's spinning there. it's not thatening strong. it's not going to be as strong today. >> she's really annoying me. because she could have brought us a little water. a little bit more. >> rainfall. so most of us will end up with less than .10. so yes, shower activity today and tomorrow but not that soaking rain like we need. wind threat has diminished. we may see gusts up to 30, 35 miles per hour. the rough seas continue. so that's kind of the big story here with the churned up waves, dangerous rip currents at the ocean today and tomorrow. in terms of rainfall that

and tomorrow. there is post tropical hermine. 65-mile-per-hour winds though near the storm center just north and west of the track. so out over the ocean. it's been kind of would bibling to the west very slowly. it's going to move over the cape and islands if you can believe it or not in weakened form by wednesday overnight. waves churned up, 5 to 10-foot seas for a lot of spots or even higher. south and east of nantucket where the waves have been building. the inlets and har pores and bay protected from that wind. the wind isn't all that impressive this morning. there are gusts between 20 and 30 miles per hour. but it's not as widespread, not as strong. because of that the damaging wind threat has subsided. 63 in boston right now. 62 in laurens. many of us are running in the request out the door right now -- running in the 60s out the door right now. you'll want the umbrella.

weymouth, a little bit of light rain. it does extend westward through 128 and 495. so framingham back to wooster, westboro and then back up into ac continue. a little bit of light rain. you'll need the wipers on. and then stretching back up to 114 to a little sprinkle activity there. so you can see the bands kind of pivoting in off the ocean. that's going to be the story the next couple of days. the spotty bands that may bring an occasional downpour. oh there's a -- otherwe the west. we need something to kick hermine out of here. what's going to do that? the next cold front coming into the midwest. that will eventually push in here and hermine is going to get captured by the jet stream and eventually move out over the ocean north and east of us. so what can we expect today? scattered shower activity pockets of light rain. a lot of clouds around. i think we get peeks late in the day. a few breaks in the cloud cover. a few occasional down pows and

per hour at the coast. cooler than average today. tonight still a shower around. we drop back in the 60s for most of us. and then tomorrow there will still be a chance of a shower, 75 to 80 with breaks of sunshine. so a little bit warmer. thursday hermine is finally out of here. the sun breaks out, it will be mug yes though, 90 on friday with lowering humidity, start of the weekend looks beautiful to be warm. mid-80s on saturday. chance of a shower storm on sunday. >> all right. is let's go ahead and take a look at the bridge there. now on your tuesday morning. and where that rain was, danielle mentioning down on the southshore, it's slow on route three out of hing al. and it's -- hingham. when you go up north, slow on 95 as you ease into 128. you'll need the wipers and parents on this tuesday morning. rooftop burglar caught breaking into apartments in the north end. police say damian at a what da

from roof to roof. kennan lagreze was at home with her husband. she says 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 starred pushingen ot window. -- pushing on the window. i guess someone must have yelled at him, distracted him and he started talking to them and stomping on the skylight. >> eventually he was found inside a nearby apartments. he faces two cou news. a by star -- break ago and entering. it happened in oak bluffs on martha's vineyard. police say this man broke into a home on saturday afternoon, stole several items and then painted the family's dog purple. we're not kidding here. investigators say felix reagan then stole a car and crashed it. when they found him, he still had purple paint on his hands. police say they have also tied reagan to self-other burglaries on the island. today a judge will consider

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. right now british airways is trying to fix a computer glitch. it has shut down the airlines check-in system around the world. passengers are dealing with long lines and delays. it's unclear how many flights have been affected. well, a surprising find behind a day care. west haven police say they pulled out roughly 600 marijuana plants from behind a fence t all started friday when inspectors were at the day care when the owner wouldn't let them look behind the fence. she suspended license and concerned something suspicious was going on, they called police. officers say the plants were between 6 and 10 feet tall with a street value of more than a million dollars. police now investigating after a popular sandstone rock formation on an oregon beach was knocked over. it's known as the duck bill, oregon state park officials originally said they didn't think the break was caused by humans. but cell phone video shows a group of vandals knocking it over.

feet across and it was in a fenced-off section of that the park. a florida state football player as reunited with a young boy that he befriended. wide receiver travis rudolph seen here in that viral photo eating lunch with sixth grader bo pass kichlt he invited bo and his family to last night's football game. paske has awe stix. during a school visit rudolph, the football player, saw him eating lunch alone and decided to sit with him. paske was presented with his own game where he saw rudolph score a touchdown. >> well, this week has been -- and i -- and i can't believe i get to meet the whole team. >> quite the game for bo and his family to attend. the team staged their biggest come back in school history beating mississippi 45-34. little boy saying after the

school now. >> everybody wants to sit with him. >> good. >> that's what athletes should do. go around to schools and fine the kid with no friends. >> it went viral. setting a good example. it is the unofficial end of the summer and fall is sadly in the air. at least at starbucks. >> starting today they are giving customers something new to drink in addition to its popular pumpkin spoois latte it's launching the chili feature mild chilies with a hint of cayenne pepper. you're a little skeptical. i know. >> i don't know if my stomach can handle that quite so early in the morning. >> you might have to scoop it off the top there. >> yeah, maybe. lots more in our next half hour, including the historic move from president obama overnight. >> plus what's on tap for congress as they head back to work today. >> also ahead this morning, a wild arrest, the extra lengths

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. right now at 6:30, hermine pounding the coast. the latest on the track and how soon the storm will get out of here. >> a woman attacked at a popular boston landmark. the suspect police are looking for this morning. >> and new developments on the controversy between president obama and the president of the philippines as the president makes history overnight. . welcome back. glad you could join us on this tuesday morning. >> it is tuesday, back to work after a long labor day holiday weekend which was interrupted a little bit by hermine. but hopefully we can get her out of here. >> she's just kind of wobbling there. so the next couple of days, the

time. and the wind has diminished too. these are the peak gusts yesterday that caused that scattered damage. nantucket, 58 miles per hour. mash by over 50 miles per hour. boston just shy of tropical storm force. we had a gust of 38 miles per hour. you need 39 miles per hour to have that tropical storm force. the wind is really diminished now. we're gusting occasionally 20 to thirst, particularly at the coast. the seas are still churned up. dangerous rip kurnts we'll have to watch out for. 63 temperature-wise in boston right now. a little bit of light rain and shower activity out there. you'll need the wipers on. head east towards part of the southshore. quincy hall, hing al rockland

tomorrow and some big time heat to end the week. >> here's a look at the jay kim bridge. as taken yes has mentioning, the pavement slick there so the wipers are on. it's tuesday morning but it's the end of the holiday weekend. kids are back to school so you know the traffic is going to be tough this morning. breaking overnight a driver taken into custody after slamming in the back of a state police cruiser. it happened on 93 southea a woman was seen getting a sobriety test before being taken into custody. no word, though, if the trooper was injured. hermine still churning up rough surf along the coast and the strong winds -- canceling ferry service and causing some damage back on shore. >> anna meiler is live in hull this morning with the very latest. anna, good morning. >> reporter: if morning, kate. there are a few gusts between 30 and 20 miles per hour in hull this morning. even though the wind will not be

rough seas will stick around until mid week, meaning more beach erosion and more ferry cancellations. hermine forced several ferries to suspended service yesterday stranding people trying to get home from their labor day weekend destination. on cape cod, whipping winds made for big waves that attracted many on-lock lookers -- on-lookers. this tree came crashing down in taunton. >> i just happened to be walking loud bang, and then i turned around, looked and that whole tree was on top of my truck. >> reporter: back here live, you're looking at the choppy waters in hull. the island queen has already canceled ferry service for today. the steam ship authority is also anticipating cancellations and the fast ferry from boston to p town is hoping to resume sfsh this afternoon but check online or call before you go.

using pepper spray on police is due in court today. he has a history ever resisting arrest. and over-20 active warrants against him. they say he was trying to break in an apartment in brighton sunday morning. police say when they arrived, armelio ran up to the build's roofer, pepper sprayed two officers and used a rope to swing into a apartment. he's accused of punching that tenant in the he is facing numerous rjz cha. police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman on the greenway this morning. nicole jacobs is live in boston. she's got a closer look at that investigation. nicole. >> reporter: ken, you can see now there's a little bit of daylight. this is a heavily populated area with businesses and it certainly has the potential for foot traffic as well. but this is an incident that

that a man in his 40s or 50s, whites or hispanic, approached her. she also told them he sexual, sexually sought her. he's described as about 5'5" with scruff on his face. the area is known to tourists and generally safe and well lit. so news is seshlgly alarming. >> seeing it's been a sex assault, makes they think i maybe need think of boston. >>reporter: no arrests have been made. certainly police are surging people tock -- to be vigilant in thisser aand come forward if they have any information. we're lye in boston, nicole jacobs, wbz this morning. the driver accused of hitting a jogger and speeding away is behind bars. 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

police arrived. the victim was jogging when he was hit on sunday and is in intensive care at rhode island hospital. >> ran to the window and i -- that's when i saw, you know, the victim laying on the sidewalk. >> police arrested the driver just over the border enter rhode island. she is now facing a number of charges. another warning about distracted driving after this crash in hing al. police say the -- hingham. police say the driver was on the phone at the time, was not wearing a seat b he has been cited and police say the penalty included a mandatory suspension of his license. to campaign 16 now. hillary clinton and donald trump both stumping for votes in key battleground states today. yesterday both candidates welcomed reporters on board their private planes. hannah daniels has the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: hillary clinton and this -- entered the final stretch of the election season promising the media greater

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: trump also invited reporters on board his private plane while in ohio where h millions of undocumented immigrants. >> we'll make that decision into the future. okay? >> reporter: the nominee now says he will participate in all debates against clinton, the first of which takes place at the end of the month. hannah daniels, cbs news. donald trump campaigns in virginia and north carolina today. hillary clinton holds a rally in florida. well, it is back to work today for congress following a seven-week recess.

before leaving town again in october. and they have one pretty important thing to do first. figure out a way to keep the government open. spending legislation expires on october 1st and that could lead to another government shutdown. new overnight, president obama making history becoming the first sitting u.s. president to visit the southeast asia country of laos. obama is one of seven world leaders attending a regional summit in the country this week. he was set to meet privately with the president but has put that on hold insult just one day before the summit. this morning, the philippine's president expressed regret for those comments. a massachusetts man accused of threatening to assassinate president obama and attack a mosque is due in federal court tomorrow for a detention hearing. joseph gargiulo of holliston was arrested last week. he's also accused of stockpiling weapons and planning to kill police officers. a friend told authorities he was

denies making any threats. a hearing today in bill cosby a trial could bring key evidence to light. lawyers for the comedian are fighting to keep out nearly 1,000 pages of damaging testimony he gave in his accuser' lawsuit. a judge could also set a trial date today. cosby's charged with drugging and molesting a woman he mentored at temple university back in 2004. and former saturday night live star to rehab. a spoke persons the 72 year old is being treated for an alcohol-related issue in minnesota. it's not the first time the actor has been treated for addiction issues. he checked into the betty ford clinic for a painkiller addiction back in 1996. this morning on the health watch, researchers in europe say oral on tra accept tiff use has led to a drop in ovarian cancer deaths in women worldwide. they say a decline in hormone

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. new overnight, hurricane newton made landfall in mexico. a popular tourist destination could be hid by winds up to 90 miles per hour. officials are warning heavy rain could cause flash floods and mudslides. boy really tough down there. 6:44 is our time right now. let's check in with danielle. we're hawking about hermine. >> she's kind of meandering here to the south and still packing 65-mile-per-hour winds. but that's just to the northwest of the center of the storm. so there's still some strong wind out over the ocean. hermine post tropical. no longer has the tropical characteristics but still has that strong wind. it will curve up and pass over the cape by the time we get tomorrow night in a weakened form. so it will not have 65 miles per hour winds at the center of the so the big i am -- biggest impacts is rough seas and erosion over the next couple of days.

issue too. damaging wind, coastal al flooding, it's low to literally minimal risk here with some showers over the next 24 to 48 hours. thankfully the tides have been low. so costal flooding is not a big threat. current wind gusts, 20 to perhaps 30 miles per hour. it's spotty so it's not the 40, 50, 60 miles per hour gusts we had yesterday. and the damaging risk for any outages, things like that is pretty much done. 63 in boston r a little bit of light rain out there right now. you'll needed wipers in inter mitt lently. nothing all that soaking. boston getting some of it. couple sprinkleses here through the merrimack valley. we have a back edge here or i should say an edge that's moving northwest ward from south hingham back to rockland.

sprinkle that's you'll encounter near the canal town to the vineyard and few pockets of rain from wesley to provincetown. so this is what i'm talking with, the -- talking about, the back edge moving through the interior here. these bands of moisture from the leftovers still pressing across new england. we need something to kick hermine out of here. that's why it's slowing down and stalling. there's nothing back to the west at least immediately. but in the midwest, next front that's the kicker. going to push hermine out of here. so next couple of days here's the hour by hour. spotty showers, maybe a brief downpour but notice that, peeks of sunshine here and there through the afternoon definitely possible. that will help boost our temperatures into the 70s for most of us today. they'll still be notice a couple of showers and downpours around through the evening and overnight as well. so a high of 73 in boston today. 75 in norwood. again most of us middle -- lower

a little cooler for average. 60s overnight tonight. tomorrow, spotty showers again, peeks of sun we come near 80. the wind will shift around a little bit to come oust east tomorrow. here's hermine in weakened form passing over the cape wednesday night and then thursday, the sun is back out, cold front doesn't come in until thursday late in the day that will bring a shower or thunderstorm. a lot of warmth to end the week. mid-30s on -- mid-70s thursday. 90 on friday. start of mid-80s on saturday. chance of shower and storm on sunday. brings in a beautiful start to next week. kate. >> all right. it's 6:47. not so beautiful on the commute. we are in full effect. let's take a live look at the -- two worst spots. we're looking at 93 south as you head into the city. you are backed up all the way from 495 it gets very heavy in the medford stretch and then take a look at the gas tanks. you are stopped the entire stretch of the expressway beginning all the way back at route three. you are slow and then we're also

east around exit 17. so very tough commute this morning at 6:47. ken. new details on some breaking news from overnight now. a driver crashes into a state police cruiser in boston. officials say the trooper was stopped at a crash seen on 93 south just south of the mass exit when he was hit. the trooper was injured and taken to tufts medical center. the woman driving the car that hit that cruiser was arrested for drunk driving. our other top stories this morning. hermine, of course, it is slowly weakening. >> but the storm is kicking off surf along our coast. you can expect more ferry cancellations today and possibly tomorrow. you're advised to call ahead if you're going it try to get to the islands or if you're trying to leave them. the wind helped fuel a fire at this ocean-front home in rhode island last night. according to tax records, the multi million dollar property

pulse ox. firefighters from several communities fought the flames along ocean road. crews reported some issues trying to pull water from hydrants there. no word yet on a cause. boston police are investigating after a woman says she was sexually assaulted early yesterday morning. police say the victim was walking on the greenway near state street and atlantic avenue when a man approached her and grabbed her. she described the suspect as a white or hispanic man in his 40s or 50s. about 5'5", wearing a d jersey and baseball hat. anyone with information should call boston police. 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. this is a photo of the device. tlfts no major damage to the home. but you can see part of the lawn was scorched. it happened early sunday morning. fortunately nobody hurt. the boston police are urging ors -- officers to be on alert inch the first of several meetings will be held today on

all-electronic tolling on the plas 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 be electronically. chaing drivers who have a transponders. for those who don't, the cameras will snap a picture of your license plate and mail you a pix the proposed rates will be voted on in november. still to come it was no holiday for the red sox. >> boston putting in a little extra work on labor day. the highlights from coast are just ahead. >> and has up, dock? why former celtics coach will be

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? good morning. it is tuesday, september 6th, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." hillary clinton and donald trump crossed paths in the september trump faces questions about a donation to support partisan attorney general who is considering an investigation and to trump university. more news overnight over zika. and questions grow over mosquito killing chemicals some considering dangerous. and the prep school student convicted of sexual assault