debris strewn highway tells the story of what happened this morning when the driver lost control and the vehicle rolled into the median strip on route 495 north in merrimac. 23-year-old jose with -- 23- year-old hose say with an injured arm says a tire blue. he has little memory of what happened next. he speaks through the interpreter. >> he kind of blacked out during the time the van was rolling and came to his senses when they came to a stop. >> repr: others traveling from milford to a home many maine for a roofing job. one person thrown from the vehicle was killed. another later died from his injuries. one of the victims, jose's uncle. he admits not all were wearing seat belts. >> he says the driver had a seat belt on, but the other guys were in the back with no seats in the back. so they were just on top of the tarps.

extra workers today to get the job done, ladders and tolls strewn about the highway. the devastating scene backed up morning traffic for hours while the cleanup and investigation was under way. jose was fortunate to survive but heartbroken at the loss of his friends. >> a lot of emotional pain right now. >> reporter: it was a very difficult day for family and friends trying to figure out what happened. already in had passed away and learning a second one had died as well. reporting live from lawrence, i'm beth germann know, wbz news. a couple is heading to prison after pleading guilty to killing their baby girl. a judge sentenced ryan barry to 10 to 12 years behind bars. ashley will seven six to eight. barry admitted that he fed 5- month-old maya opioid laced formula through a baby bottle.

needles in the couple's bedroom. the owners of the mendon twin drive-in say a tractor- trailer hit a fence tuesday night, damaged the property and then the driver just took off. security cameras capturing the incident. the owners are offering a reward for information. democratic lawmakers are borrowing the patriots' slogan and telling their republican colleagues to "do your job and pass a bill to help battle the zika virus." health officials in florida delayed the spraying mosquitoes. there are now more than 650 cases of zika in that state. 80 patients are pregnant women. last night, miami-dade county's mayor tried to tell the crowd that the insecticide is harmless to humans but the people there weren't having it. many in the crowd actually doubt that zika causes birth defects. >> raise your hand if you are skeptical about the link between the zika virus and microcephaly. >> there's still a lot of

birth defects are linked. >> reporter: zika is already affecting tourism in miami. bookings for flights and hotels are down 10% from a year ago. >> dr. mallika marshall is here tonight with more. while most think of birth defects, when you think about it, it can cause other issues as well. >> reporter: it can, and it is something we should be taking seriously. a third of babies develop eye disease and adults get cases adults can have uvitis and it can cause vision loss. in mice, it can live in eyes. they found its genetic material in tears. so the question is can you catch zika by coming into contact with an infected person's tears? it's not clear but could explain why zika is spreading faster than expected if mosquitoes were the only source. remember, most people experience little to no

illness with fever, rash, and body aches. there appears to be an increased risk of a paralyzing condition that affects a small number of people with zika. i about egg to differ with the people that don't that there is a link. the w.h.o. said there is a link between zika and microcephaly. >> and still so much we don't know about the virus. we have to take every precaution possible. >> you got it. paula, over thousands of kids in boston. summer vacation is over and it's time to head back to school. school officials are still dealing with problems left over from last year. >> welcome back to school. >> reporter: and a hearty welcome at that. >> >> i was not ready for this. >> reporter: thursday brought out prominent city and school

welcoming students and staff reflecting on their own back to school memories. >> i was excited that my best friend could come back as well. >> reporter: with that are the reflections of a few troubling times in the school district. last year was superintendent tommy chang's first. >> there are always going to be issues that come up. we always move forward. >> reporter: he's building on that, addressing the lingering lead issues with solutions. >> we're flushing every active water fountain for a minimum of it is the best way to get lead out of water. >> reporter: the school budget is always a source of concern but with the state funding, to schools have been -- 20 schools have been updated. for some, the first day is a race against the clock. >> getting to my first period class. >> reporter: while school officials set their sights and goals high. >> we're going to be a model

backpack? >> i do. while driving down the highway, you don't want your doors to pop open. >> there is a risk and now a recall. >> plus, a jail break caught on camera. how one man escaped from an interrogation room. >> cooling off with alcoholic ice cream. how one entrepreneur cracked the code for this spiked treat and where you can find it many massachusetts. if you look toward tomorrow a ri temps. we'll look at the time line

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on the money watch. two major auto recalls. first, mazda is recalling 2 million cars and suvs because the rear hatches can fall and hurt someone. the coating wasn't sufficient so this recall covers mazda 3 compact cars, mazda 5 minivans

2010. ford just added 1.5 million cars, suvs and vans for a recall for doors that can pop open while the vehicle is moving. a spring tabitha's in the door latches -- a spring tab that's in the door latch can break. it's mustangs, lincoln mkzs and the vans are included. for all of this, go to cbsbosn. relaxing after retirement, a new survey shows about 70% of people plan to work after they retire. 38% of them say they just like to work and keep busy. a third of them say they just need the money. amazon is speeding up delivery from certain items in china. right now if you order something from china through amazon, it could take a few weeks to a month before it arrives.

promising delivery in five days on some items. if you are not sure whether you want an after- dinner drink or dessert, we have the answer for you. alcoholic ice cream. creators of tipsy scoop say it's not easy to make. the key is using an especially high fat -- high butter fat content with the alcohol, my producer is telling me. you can find it in massachusetts. daddy's dairy offers brockton, stoughton, randolph and braintree. sounds like it could be delicious, perhaps a little dangerous. >> i don't like sweet with alcohol. i just want regular beer, liquor, or straight whiskey or whatever it is. >> i think it's going to sell. our floor producer is on board. i'm not an apple teeny guy -- appletini guy.

safety at sweet tomatoes. just one day after charges are announced, new safety measures are installed right outside of the restaurant. tonight, we're going to tell about you the role wbz played in making that change. we'll hear from the victim that survived that restaurant

incredible video. tonight a murder suspect breaking out of handcuffs and escaping from custody. >> friday night, the man was in a police interview room in north las vegas with the

you see here. he twists and stretches the handcuffs until they break. then he climbed onto a chair and escaped. it took 25 minutes before detectives even realized he was missing. police found him on tuesday and re-arrested him. this river in serbia, take a look, turning bright red. experts think a leak from a nearby chemical plant might be responsible, but they aren't sure. peel are not at risk, they say, even if it is chemical contamination us supply. copper coins spilled all over i-95 in delaware. a tractor-trailer was headed to the u.s. mint in philadelphia with a shipment full of blanks to be stamped into pennies when it crashed. so the truck split open, busst into flames. the driver escaped with minor injuries, which is the good news, and pennies everywhere. china's traditional lantern festival is now on display in vienna.

bamboo, steel and silk. it's ranging to more modern works of art. that is a cool thing. >> have you been there yet? >> i've been to thailand. i've not been to china or any other southeast asia countries yet. it's on the list. >> it's a big list that seems to grow every year. >> it's feeling summery-ish. just the mugginess, i mean. >> the mugginess and now the real heat is coming back. >> back to 90 tomorrow. it will be the 19th day in boston. it's a very long list and warm summer for us. we'll show you the weather camera. been tracking fog that's been working its way in and out of the city. clearing up over logan, you can see the fog bank in the distance. very thick around hull and nantasket. any boaters out there need to take a look at the fog. hanging out in massbay for the next few hours. so the weather to watch, we say good-bye to hermine.

temperatures. if you air humidity hater, the dry air returns sunday evening. so the onshore flow and rain moving in, springfield is at 89 degrees right now. we're tracking a cold front. some of the downpours are working their way into albany, new york. they will weaken into the south and east. we'll get at least a few showers and a couple of downpours. as you approach 8:00, we'll see them into southwestern new hampshire. throughout the overnight, scattered showers and downpoor activity. if we start out with cloud cover, we see brightening

as we look toward tomorrow evening, it's right on the south coast. clouds increase in southeastern massachusetts. there is an outside chance we could see a shower or storm develop for tomorrow evening plans. tonight, the scattered downpour, warm, humid with overnight lows near 70 degrees. tomorrow will be like the middle of july. we're looking at high temps. increasing sunshine into the low 90s across the area. 80s in worcester county. 80s on the cape as well. if you can head out to the shore, we're not done with those just is 93 in boston. we're forecasting 91. even if we don't get to 93, a hot day by september standards, nevertheless. the weekend is a little tricky. the same front that's moving to our south coast tomorrow is going to be in the area for saturday morning. so i think we'll start with some cloud cover. we'll work in more sun as the day goes on, but it's filtered sunshine. at this time, i think most of the showers will stay north and west of the area. running into new york state,

the ground on saturday. then saturday night into sunday morning, a cold front moves through. it's not great timing. the front doesn't come through during peak heating. so we get a couple of showers, a chance for a thunderstorm, but it doesn't look widespread. i'm thinking 07s at the coast and low 80s on saturday. sunday, a chance for an isolated shower or storm. again, we're up into the 80s. summer weather, warm an muggy toward saturday night. for the keep and islands, tomorrow we'll see feltered sunshine saturday, same idea. sunday a chance for a shower or storm popping up. the dry air pours in by sunday afternoon. by monday a real september day. 0s, low humidity. we'll like that and 40s at night for the suburbs. long time coming. >> tough in the classrooms tomorrow, though. >> oh, yeah. it's that time of year. we didn't have it in june. june was so cool that it wasn't a concern.

was then. >> thank you very much. decades ago, kathryn switzer made history as the first woman to officially run the boston marathon. next year, she will be back on the course. she has been port of our marathon coverage fear years, she is now officially registered for the race. back in 1967, the marathon was for men only. she got a bi initials instead. getting ready to launch an asteroid hunter. the mission is to track down a space rock made of the same raw materials that went into building the sun and the planets. scientists believe the after the right bennu holds the key to our solar system and life on earth. tonight, nasa will launch what they are calling a robotic

led manyition to retrieve a sample and return to earth. >> reporter: the trip will take six years then cruise around the asteroid and map its surface. then comes a robotic high five of sorts. when osiris-rex brings back the soil samples to earth. >> we'll go down for a second contact, grab the material, bring it back. >> the mission has a $1 billion price tag, by the way. if it is successful, it'll take seven years to complete. the launch is scheduled for 7:05 tonight. >> you know how fast that goes? 63,000 miles per hour. it's unbelievable. >> it's going to be an amazing feat. the center piece of an iconic image finally returns to the world trade center.

6:00. it is a development in the debate over boston police body cameras. tonight, who now says they will wear them and the big decision coming tomorrow. >> then, this was a suddensy surprise in the charles river today. what's going on here?

tonight, the american flag that flew at ground zero hours after the september 11th terror attacks is back where it

they have it back, from are lingering questions about what happened to it in the first place. marlie hall has the story. >> reporter: a symbol of hope has come home. emergency responders raised this american flag at ground zero just hours after the 9/11 attack. a moment captured in these photographs. >> the raising of this flag restored some humanity. it restored hope and really told all of us as americans that we were goin through this together. >> reporter: but days aof it was raised, it disappeared for 13 years. then in 2014, an anonymous man turned it into a fire station in everett, washington. >> these law enforcement officials from everett investigated its puzzling reemergence and helped authenticate this piece of history. exactly how the flag ended up across the country and the identity of the person who

but it is back and here to stay. the flag has now been donated to the 9/11 memorial and museum. >> everyone here at the 9/11 memorial and museum feel as i tremendous measure of pride and responsibility in assuming custody of this flag. >> reporter: while the flag has been found, the mystery of where it went lingers. >> now with the amount of attention that's being given to it, we suspect there will be leafs that come in. >> reporter: the stars and stripes are now on display for the 15th anniversary of the attacks. marlie hall, cbs news, new york. >> of course there will be memorials, vigils, and tributes this weekend including a ceremony at the 9/11 plaza at the world trade centerp. stay with us. the news at 6:00 starts right now. captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com now at 6:00, dozens of birds fall dead from the sky. is there something poisonous in

attorney where it took six months to get answers in the sweet tomatoes case. >> it's important to get it right, and that is not always as quick. >> reporter: tracking a couple of showers tonight and a chance for record heat on the way for our friday. >> i was curious about people and their stories. >> and a deeply personal display writtenly strangers. what would you write if asked, what's your story? the news at 6:00 starts now. we begin with breaking news on body cameras here in boston. >> police commissioner evans just announced eight department leaders, including the superintendent in chief have volunteered to wear the cameras while on street duty. louisa? >> reporter: lisa, david, evans says this shows his department's willingness to explore this policy.

officers who have been assigned to wear body cameras. of course this comes amid a bitter battle between dpd leadership and the police union. last month evans announced he would assign 100 officers to wear body cameras for a pilot program after not one single officer volunteered to partake. the union then filed an injunction citing a breach of agreement and calling the timing of the program horrible. earl whyer this week, the week, the two sides testified at a hearing. a judge will decide. evans said he thinks his department -- he thanked his department brass for stepping up. we know the eight brass members will be under the same policy any officer would have to abide by if wearing a body camera. live outside of boston police headquarters, louisa moeller, wbz news. the suspicious death of a woman in new hampshire has been ruled a homicide.

police say 51-year-old joanne boucher was murdered. her body was found in her home on monday. police are not releasing the cause of her death at this time. breaking news at 6:00, dozens of dead birds falling from the sky onto lawns. >> investigators are on the scene right now trying to figure out what's causing it. bill shields tonight with the breaking details. bill? >> reporter: this is very bizarre. people in the neighborhood got up this morning. there are dead birds around and no one could figure out. there's only one kind of bird. it's a grackle. so now inspection services are trying to figure it all out. >> we received a call to come to bakersfield street because there were a lot of deceased birds and birds quote, unquote falling out of the skies. >> reporter: residents first saw them this morning. >> i tried to move them a