situation where there was violent abuse in the past and there are ties of a child. >> reporter: the father of emilio de la rosa, the father of the child's, was released from state prison in january after kidnappingeries and attempting to murder her. court papers show a long list of abuse claims over many years. when she was pregnant, she that he put a hand around her neck and began to squeeze it and documents show that he took her head and hit it against the wall in the bathtub, writing he grabbed me by the neck the day before telling me that the child will be left without a mom. i'm scared for my life along with my child's life. he loosened the restrictions on

he could see his son. >> provide visitation centers and modified custody agreements that might help to protect not only the child but the victim parents. >> reporter: police say de la rosa brought the couple's 4- year-old to the home of a relative. that relative called police, and by the way, wands rosa's friends set up a gofundme page to help raise money to support the little boy. christina hager, wbz news. firefighters were busy today first with a big fire in a brown stone that damaged surrounding buildings that broke out on rut land street. and there were propane tanks and gas grills on the roof of the building and a valve on one

boston rooftops. three buildings were affected, and there were no injuries. them a fire damage aid home off jerusalem road. you can see the fire burning at the back of the home. they had to bring in crews from surrounding towns. the roof collapsed. the people whoive lead here were not home at the time but tonight, their dog is missing and the fire is under investigation. >> investigators say thae a woman -- eyes of a woman who hit and kill aid woman in her 70s. the woman was walking on the street, and the driver said they did not see her originally because of the sun. no charges have been filed. in dover, part of a cree came crashing down on top of a woman's car at 7:45. the woman was taken to the

recovering tonight. lisa? david, after a beautiful summer with a lot of sun and little rain, you just hope for an equally beautiful fall. the question is how are the dry conditions going to affect our fall favorite? we talked about apple picking and foil annual -- foliage and let's go out to eric fisher at smolak farms. >> reporter: you are thinking about getting the house ready but one thing we haven't talked about, pumpkin. choosing a perfect pumpkin, a fall ritual, but since it takes water, should we worry? >> we opened pumpkin season last weekend and we are well supplied. >> reporter: michael smolak gets most of his pumpkins from

with irrigation that -- have been able to irrigate fine. the size is small they are year because of the lack of rain. >> reporter: smolak farms also did well with apples and other crops in part because of this, their own water source but even that is challenged by the drought. >> it's probably a good 8 feet lower than it should be but we a lot of farmers have run out of sources. their wells and ponds have gone dry. we have not. >> reporter: if you are like charlie brown and hang out at the pumpkin patch, it may be harder to find. it will base on farm to farm irrigation. do they have the ability to water a thirsty plant?

fruit or a gourd as you head out. still more time to grow for the crops and a chance for rain. we'll time it out coming up. >> thank you, eric. boston could be the next city to ban plastic bags. there will be three meetings tonight where the public can weigh in. more than 30 towns in the state have passed the ban. the issue of equal treatment for once again at the forefront, with smferl trying to change the culture. >> reporter: this is over two separate issues. the hasting pudding theatricals is under fire to cast women. more than a dozen women tried out and none received a callback. hasting pudding has been around since the 1800s, 1875 and it's

they said, quote, having an all- male cast is an artistic decision. some at harvard want it to be open to women as well. this comes as we are learning that another all male club at harvard has tired a team of lawyers potentially to challenge a rule change. harvard announced students in single-gender social groups will be banned from campus leadership positions and the club has hired a team headed by harvey silvergate but they have not said if they will file suit. they called the sanctions bad judgment and bad policy. david? >> liam, thank you. and speaking of harvard, they just missed the top spot in the top colleges in the country.

yale. other new england schools, mit at 7th and dartmouth college at 11, and brown at 14. in desperate need of a life- saving liver transplant. >> a baby girl in the fight of her young life, and her family is appealing to anyplace who may help. >> and digging up history here in boston and what it could tell us about the >> the orioles tonight along with the sox and with first place on the line, we'll have a preview. >> and on my tv 38 tonight, we'll get things going on non- stop news and then a live debate, pot or not? you will be vote on whether to legalize marijuana here in november. liam martin and i will moderate.

tonight at 6:00, a tough

who greatly needs help. >> she specifically needs a liver transplant and tonight her family is really hoping by sharing her story, someone will want to help. paul burton has the story all new at 6:00. >> the prettiest smile. can i see the spiel? >> reporter: 7-month-old gabriella puts on a brave smile even though she is fighting for her life. >> we are doing our best. >> reporter: gabby is in advance and is liver transplant. >> you can see her eyes are very yellow. her belly is extremely swollen. >> unfortunately, this is a disease if it gets to this point can be fatal if it progresses longer without a transplant. >> reporter: a facebook page is to let people know how she is doing and spread awareness about the importance of organ donation. in gabby's case, she doesn't need a full liver. >> we can take a part of the

donor or a recipient or a living donor. >> it's a lot to ask of someone to go through that and give up a piece of themselves. >> reporter: she needs it. >> she needs it. >> reporter: the family is grateful for the love and support that they have received but she needs a liver transplant within the year and they know it will get tougher. >> it's overwhelming. i'm 30-year-old and this is my first baby and you think you will have a newborn d that you didn't get to do that. >> with a healthy liver, she is predicted to have a healthy and long life. >> reporter: the family is grateful at boston children's hospital and hope for a miracle. >> in reality, she may not get it before she needs one. the doctors and nurses have been unbelievable, and we trust. >> reporter: until then, gabby

i'm paul burton. >> gabby needs an o positive or o negative blood type. you can any to cbsboston.com for more information right there on the website. >> if she gets the transplant, the outlook looks really good. the organ regenerates and you can do that, a living donor. >> and i have to say having the cute face on tv will have to help. >> exactly, yeah. and let's talk we sent him out and he is looking and talking about fall and apples and pumpkins and everything. >> and eric, we might to lower our expect eggs a bit with the respect to the grandness of all. >> reporter: i think that's a fair assessment of it. we won't have fall ruined by a dry summer or a couple of dry years. when you go out on a hike or a walk in the woods, you will

are smaller this year. and you will have the same amount of apples but just smaller sized. and there will be signs. it won't ruin what is arguably the best season in new england, a fabulous day. taking a look at the temperatures, another day of just a big temperature swing. 40 this is afternoon, and we'll have a nearly 40-degree change. beautiful, 75 worcester, the air is cry and the dew points are starting to climb up. the southwesterly breeze will keep us from cooling off nearly as much as the last couple mornings. upper 50s to middle 60s, a few clouds and a great night for baseball at fenway park. starting to get the feel of the playoffs lurking around the corner. hopefully, i didn't jinx it. a chance for a brief shower or

kick up. that will be the biggest factor for mid week. tomorrow morning, warmer, well in the 60s and we're over 80 by lunchtime and then well in the 80s in the afternoon. that's when we'll have building clouds and winds getting stronger and a chance for thunderstorms late in the afternoon and in the evening time frame. looking it to be faster than yesterday. it will be right around the evening rush, and coming up short, forecasting 89 for a high in boston, way above average and a few degrees shy of the record from 1931. a couple degrees short of the mark. in terms of the severe weather aspect, the biggest concern for damaging wind gusts like last sunday, over 50 miles per hour. it could bring down trees and i'ms and power lines, and that's what we'll focus on

low, and lightning, a couple of storms, more on the weaker side, more of the wind aspect than the thunderstorms. springsteen, thunder road or waiting on a sunny day? there is a storm risk after tailgating and early in the show and then cooler towards the end. so about six hours, so leaving, you might want to have a light jacket. the winds will kick up and temperatures miss in nature, and then high pressure in control and friday looks absolutely perfect, sunshine and 70 and the dry air in place. the accu-weather 7 day, generally warmer than average. thursday morning, chilly. friday morning,chilly, and

lingering to sunday but it could have an impact on the patriots' home opener on sunday. back here, early evening light on the orchards at smolak farms and we appreciate their hospitality, allowing us to come out here tonight, and i have good news for everyone. david and lisa, the truck is full of cider >> oh, thank you. eric, thank you. and the old north church, archaeologists have unearthed dinner plates, bottles, marbles and dolls from the 21st century. >> that's good. at first i thought it was bags of drugs. [laughter] adele will be performing but the tickets for the show

hear she was going to hold a show at the quincy center t station. but it was all a hoax. hundreds of people said they were interested in going and prompted transit police to send out multiple police saying it was a public safety, and please do not show up because there is no concert. bummer. when the patriots play the texans next week, they will sp time since 2003. it's called the color rush with the pats' logo on the arms and they will be worn during the thursday night game next week against the texans. >> what do you think? >> i like them. >> yeah. the red sox are looking to pad their lead in the al east. >> and steve burton is the lucky guy at fenway park. steve, take it away. >> reporter: oh, truly, and 19 games left, and the sox will

the orioles by 3, and pomerantz will get the start on the mound for boston tonight. how great is this? check this out. the reek outfielder, active and available tonight after suffering an awful knee sprain on august 25. they fitted him with a knee brace and he saidly has no said -- said he has no limitations. >> it shows you training staff works. dodged a bullet and i'll be back. i am just going to try and contribute any way i can and help the team win. >> reporter: always great to see him back in the outfield along with the other killer b. it's been a wrong time since the sox had this many young players in the key roles and they have a good vibe anything on right now.

everybody knows what is at stake. we want to finish this strong especially with it being david's last year. we want to make something happen. >> just live in the moment and ride the wave and enjoy it and playing good baseball. >> reporter: as for the patriots, they're off today. when they go back to work tomorrow, they will be between arizona and on to miami getting ready for th sunday on sunday. and the 12th annual celebrity shootout today in rhode island. >> what you can say about a guy like that other than, again, he was poised. he obviously had a lot of confidence in these guys around him and i think jimmy should

respects the coaches and will only get better and hats off to him for the job that he did. >> reporter: tom brady was sitting on the couch watching football on sunday and drew brees pulled ahead of him on the all time touchdown pass list. brady has plenty of time to catch him, though, since he will play forever. and be sure to catch all the action friday on wbz. and start this sunday with the patriot's game day on wbz. and the 5th quarter post-game show on my tv 38. and thursday night football is back on wbz. this week, the jets and bills and kickoff at 8:30. and good luck to the reds taking on fc dallas. and in the lamar hunt, the u.s.

the 2007 final which they won 3- 2 and hope they bring back that trophy. it's great to be a sports fan in new england where everybody wins. that is the story from fenway park. guys, back to you. >> and we get cider doughnuts later. thank you, steve. we have all heard don't judge a book by the cover but what about the new mit

narrator: "by almost every measure, public charter schools have been a success." "they are models of inspiration." with "impressive results"

it's turned my son's life around. narrator: "charter schools amount to hope" for kids all across massachusetts. question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. vote yes on 2.

well, mit has done again making the seemingly impossible, possible. >> this is cool. this time, they invented a machine that allows you to read a closed book. it relies on tiny gaps of air that identifies each of page and then scans it one by one. they are hoping to use this to take a peek at old books from

for them. >> the old and crusty books, sure, fragile. everyone's needs are different. i've made sure i'm ready for an emergency. we made an emergency kit with water, canned foods, a flashlight, and important papers. emergencies can happen at anytime.

every time a new charter school opens in massachusetts, it takes funding away from regular public schools in that area. 400 million dollars away from neighborhood public schools. that's not right. instead of draining even more money from neighborhood public schools and giving it to charters, let's devote public resources to all of our students... not just a select few. don't lift the cap on charter schools. vote no on question 2. hey how's it going, hotcakes? hotcakes. this place has hotcakes.

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