live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz news at noon. >> we start with breaking news this noon a 2-year-old boy person hit by a car in a north fork neighborhood. the child rushed by helicopter to tufts medical senter. >> it happened at a bus stop with other kids christina hager joins with us more on the story. >> reporter: kate, it's very quiet tree lined neighborhood behind me. you can see the marks in the road where it happened. but this little boy ended up in the trees. marks in the road where ad itler was not -- toddler was not only hit by a car at a school bus stop but the impact sent him flying. >> a 2-year-old child that had been struck by a vehicle had been thrown a distance into

lives near the spot where it happened. a family friend saying the child's mother texted explaining he had been hit. >> she has other children and so i think she walked them down to the bus stop to you know to dropple drop them off at school and then dosh -- dop trem off -- drop them off at school. >> reporter: no damage to the bmw that allegedly hit the boy who was flown by med flight to a boston hospital. >> we can say that th which is always a good indicator. >> reporter: i just spoke with police who say they are getting all the facts together on this. no word on what that little toddler was doing in the road. or whether the driver will face any charges. in norfolk christina hager wbz news. and more breaking news right now this time an newton war crash shut down part of route 9 -- in newton where a crash shut down part of route

>> reporter: all of the eastbound lanes are shut down state police tweeted this picture showing red station wagon smashed-a utility pole on the side. two patients were taken to brigham and women's hospital. route 9 eastbound shut down until they can secure the wires and pole. drivers should expect lanes to be shut dunn for sometime and we are already seeing fi need to head east but yont do -- but don't want to get on the pike route 30 is a good alternative rile whiewt 9 is closed. >> big changes ahead -- while route 9 is closed. >> big changes ahead in the weather. we are tracking storms that could hit this afternoon. >> danielle niles has the first look at your accu-weather forecast. danielle. >> the threat for severe weather is isolated but we are all in an area shaded in green

marginal slight ris fork an isolated storm or two to be on the stronger side. the storms are back in new york right now so we don't have to worey about them yet. the summer warm as you step outside 5 in lawrence and 82 in manchester. 38 in taunton. upper 70s on the cape and island a couple more degrees by the time the afternoon is done. satellite and radar are quiet. starting to see clouds build north and west of boston. that will continue over the next few hours with a generally 2 to 8 pel p.m. but they bow --8 p.m. but they blow through quickly and some could contain locally wind gusts. temperatures right around 80 at the drive home. we will be in the 50s in the suburbs and a feel of fall tomorrow we only will be in the 60s at the coastline for highs around 70 through interior. nice crisp air in place. the next chance of storms for

weekend in a few. >> stay ahead of the storms with the hour by u hour forecast and radar for free find it in the the google or apple app store search cbsboston.com. there's questions about why the gloucester police chief has been pulled off the job. >> the mayor's office will say it launched an internal investigation into chief leonard campanello. ken macleod is live in gloater. a lot of -- gloucester. a lot of questions. >>po he would give no specifics but it's casting a shadow on a chief making positive national headlines. the chief has become famous in the last year or so but that didn't stop gloucester's mayor from suspending him indefinitely with pay and with no public explanation. >> well, i think the mayor needs to come forward and tell people of gloucester why i mean i think we have a right to know. >> reporter: in the spring of

addicts turned counselors the chief pledged any heroin use wert desire to get clean to ditch needle at pd and get recovery help instead of handcuffs. >> i stood over enough dead bodies with a needle in their arms and that affects you. >> reporter: the district attorney raised legal concerns about the no arrest pledge by the angel program drew praise nationwide as a bet are approach to the -- better approach to the spiraling opioid crisis. >> it affects evy and the difference is we take care of the people that need to help. >> reporter: in suspending the chief the mayor said nothing about the internal investigation now underway and the da's office says it is not involved. the chief told the local newspaper i have absolutely no concerns in my personal or professional life that i've done anything wrong to warrant action against me. >> just a little shocking. i am not sure what's going on. he he has done a lot of good things for the community so i

untangle the angel program astatement from the newly hired attorney sheds little light on the matter beyond saying it's our understanding that this has nothing to do with his duties as chief of police. >> i don't know. pretty mysterious a small town and we will find out soon enough for sure. >> reporter: the chief's attorney says he is cooperating fully and believes his client will be returned to his post quickly. live in gloucester th ken macleod. police say two women least 2-year-old girl in a car while they robbed a home. police say the little girl's mother and aunt ransacked the home and a neighbor heard breaking glass and called police. when officers arrived they found a little girl strapped in the car seat alone in the car. the two-year-old is in state custodych the women are facing breaking and entering and child endangerment charges. a worcester man is accused

two schools as students left for the day a driver told the school resource officers at burncoat high school a 41-year- old aldo rivera threatened him with the machete and punched him in the face. a officer found the macheteunder the floor mat where his 13 -year-old daughter was sitting. his 17-year-old son was also there. the jury selection begins in the death penalty tree trial

2016 is too close to call in new hampshire. republican primary for governor has not been decided. the race is tight between frank edelblut and chris sununu. the real thoughts about the presidential candidate are coming to light from a former secretary of state. >> colin powell's e-mails have been hacked leading to revelations. craig former secretary of state has issues with both major presidential candidates in one e-mail he called doesn't trump a national disgrace -- donned trump a national disgrace and criticized hillary clinton and campaign for using him to justify her use of private e- mail servers at the state department and wrote sad thing is hrc could have killed this two years ago by telling everyone hon of the will he what she had done and -- what

into it clinton is taking would be more day -- taking one more day to recuperate while there's one more campaign event. trump is unveiled a plan to make child care more affordable with her daughter at his side. >> safe, affordable and high quality child care shouldn't be the luxury of a fortunate few. >> reporter: but new york attorney investigating if trump's foundation violate a state law using a campaign contribution to make illegal purchases including spending money on a painting of trump. >> we are looking into it. >> reporter: trump plans to discuss his health on the dr. oz show but the campaign says release of detailed health records will come separately. craig boswell cbs news the white house. >> and back here at home the patriots back at it today

dolphins. quarterback garoppolo gets the first start at home he said they put last sunday's win in arizona behind them. >> sunday is over with we are into the dolphins and we have been into dolphin the last couple days and it's new challenge and it's new week. so, that's the season for you. >> wbz is proud to be your patriots station game day starts you off sunday morning at 11:30. kick off is at post game show on my tv38. celebrating a boston landmark the nation's oldest light house is station turns 300 years old. celebrations and a ceremonial relighting are planned for today. boston light sits on a small island about 9 miles from downtown. it's the coast guard's last manned lighthouse and while it's old they say they see the value in it. >> she has been serving really

and keeping mariners out of trouble and out of shoal waters and guiding them into boston harbor. >> the british built the 89 foot tall lighthouse back in 1716 and it was destroyed during the american revolution and rebelt by the u.s. in 178- --- rebuilt by the u.s. in 1783. under attack. >> a driver intentionally targets police in a park lot and it's called on cat are a -- caught on camera. >> technology hitting the streets of baston you drive. >> and raise a glass to city hall plazach the pop-up event

v.o.: kelly ayotte says she's on our side, but on our rights, she's squarely with donald trump. trump: planned parenthood should absolutely be defunded. v.o.: ayotte agrees, voting six times to do just that, defund planned parenthood. and both oppose our right to safe and legal abortion. ayotte: well i certainly think that roe should be overturned... trump: there has to be some form of punishment. matthews: for the woman? trump: yeah, there has to be some form.

is responsible for the content of this advertising. alarming video shows a driver intentionally crashing into officers at a gas station in phoenix. the officers were standing in a park lot yesterday morning when the driver plowed into them. police chief says the officers were targeted. all three officers are expected to recover. the driver is facing attempted murder charges. a man suspected of killing a police officer in north carolina arrested in rhode

>> this is rhode island state police come out with your hands up. >> that was the scene police got a tip that 23-year-old irving fenner may have been inside the providence home. they used tear gas and fenner was not there and they tracked him down he is in the hospital with a gunshot wound. he is accused of shooting officer tim brackeen in the chest on saturday. he was look for fenner after he missed a court date on an outstanding weapons charge. >> we treat every case the same but when a slain, it heightens up the threat level. he's takee one police officer down and who knows if wasn't to do it again. >> brackeen was 12 year veteran of the police force and leaves behind a wife and daughter. four others are under arrest including his half center who was taken into custody in rhode island yesterday. tropical storm julia is moving north bringing some very heavy rain and winds to florida and georgia. the slow moving system is

cause flooding in some areas until friday. >> hey and the tropics are super busy today danielle. you've had your eye on it all morning. >> there's been a couple different developments. none of which we have to worry about right now at home which is good news. but it's heating up. we are getting it to the height of tropical season. 3 areas we are watching there's tropical storm julia spinning near florida. the latest development is a tropical depression developed off the may become tropical storm karl and that we are watching. ian is out in the atlantic and julia bringing areas of rain to south carolina as well as georgia. but that's the primary concern can. winds are not all that gusty with it and julia will weaken. here at home, summertime warmth is what we are talking about. 85 the temperature right now. dew point in the lower 60s so it's a little bit sticky. nothing oppressive but you feel the difference compared to the last few days. wind out of the west at 14

lawrence to taunton and port lant maine saturday 38. 77 -- 83. and 79 in keene. we will top out around 88 or 9 in boston this afternoon. the sun is shining out there in spots. there's a build-- there's building clouds coming in and north of west of boston the cloud are building more. there are a few showers and storms with the front right now. not a ton of moisture with this, but there is daytime heating. we are warm and a little humid and so i am developing between now and mid to late afternoon. let's go through the hour by hour slowly. we will watch the storms develop first southern vermont and the berkshires southern new hampshire between now and 3:00. they will be widely scattered and then as they come into eastern massachusetts, they are likely to weak ann bit but the threat is there that one or two could be on the stronger side. and we have seen it too any time we have thunderstorms that have some of the strong wind gusts, the trees have been weakened because of the

damage. most 7 or 8 winding down with a leftover shower or storm on cape cod. and behind the front, that is the crisp fall air that's moving in as we head into overnight tonight. damaging wind is what we are watching later on today a low ris fork localized flooding and hail. we are not concerned with that but any thunderstorms that develop may contain lightning and brief heavy downpours. overnight tonight, as the clearing comes in, there's a leading edge of the cool are air. 50 to 56 tonight. boston and it's a 50s to start for most of the kids at the bus stop tomorrow. and it's going to be bright sunshine but crisp air comes in. so we only rise to about 70 no weather related issues for recess and the bus ride home either for the kids at school tomorrow. highs at the coastline check it out. about 20 degrees cooler. 67 in boston for a high tomorrow. and it's gook wind off the ocean. you are certainly going to notice the difference.

worcester hills and 71 in norwood. pleasant but a different feel. upper 60s on cape cod. high pressure will be with us on friday. temperatures rebound a bit and we will be in the mid-70s. starting the weekend saturday is the pick, filtered sunshine highs in the upper 70s. sunday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms again and some of that moisture from julia may come up the coastline and bring us a little bit of rain to start next week. the temperatures rebound to near 80 warming up against by tuesday. >> you mentioned keeping an eye the weather will cooperate is boston city hall plaza transforms into a beer garden from 5 to 8. breweries and food trucks will be on hand. the event is part of a larger plane to inspire creative use of city hall plaza. self-driving cars could hit the streets of boston. today the city announced a plan to pave the way for the testing of self-driving cars here. the city will team up with the world economic forum to develop

driving cars. and boston could be the next massachusetts city to ban the use of plastic bags. the city council held the first of three meetings on the issue last night giving residence a chance to -- residents to-- a chance to weigh in. a turtle getting by with help from friends. >> lola suffered a injury making it difficult to swim but students at worcester polytech institute stepped in and prosthetic flipper. it was part of the senior year project. lola is back to swimming arounat the key west aquarium. coming up, a touching reunion. >> two orphans reunited on the other side of the world. the incredible story bringing them back toth. did-- together. >> and here's what's hot on the

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side in a chinese orphanage back together on the other side of the world. three and 4-year-old hanna and dawson were reunited after 11 months apart. >> hanna was adopted by a texas family but during the adoption process the family got updates on hanna from the orphanage and every update they saw hanna with her best friend dawson by her side. we are bringing -- bringing her home meant leaving dawson behind so her mom took to facebook and shared his story and their neighbors saw the story and dede dawson themselves. then came the amazing reunion nearly a year in the making. >> yes. 400 times they must have hugged. >> her hug and getting so giddy they fell over. >> the kid now live five minutes from each other but to them they are more than neighbors they call each other brother and sister. >> that's awesome. >> they are friends for life. >> yes they are. so cute.

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method that could make treatment safe and -- safer and easier. the most adorable video this weekso. >> so far. >> so far. >> it's baby panda trying to roll over. one of two born in china five weeks ago. try as she might she never manages to actually roll over. and the video has gone viral and if you haven't seen it spreading worldwide. >> like when you watch your kids you are like come on come on. you think it's trying to roll over you think it's stretching? overtrying to get freedom. >> i think stretching. >> wants to go. >> looks like that big and it's so cute. >> they are tiny. >> little things. so tracking some thunderstorms later today. keep an eye to the sky. not everyone will see one. big change you will feel the difference plenty of sunshine to end the week. next chance of storms on sunday. >> sounds good the next newscast is today at 5.

but on our rights, she's squarely with donald trump. trump: planned parenthood should absolutely be defunded. v.o.: ayotte agrees, voting six times to do just that, defund planned parenthood. and both oppose our right to safe and legal abortion. ayotte: well i certainly think that roe should be overturned... trump: there has to be some form of punishment. matthews: for the woman? trump: yeah, there has to be some form. v.o.: ayotte and trump, nthood votes is responsible for the

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