and coastal flooding at the high tide today and through the weekend weekend. those tides run between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. we've got concerns at the coastline. tapering off to showers. it's a damp day. drying out on sunday. we'll break down the timeline of that rain right now as the "eyeopener" continues. erika: grief on a college campus after another mass shooting. this morning the shooter's father speaks as local schools take precautions. randy: one-on-one with hillary clinton. newscenter 5 sits down with the democrat front-runner as she poses a challenge to gun rights activists. erika: and hurricane joaquin on a new track. the improved outlook is not eliminating all concerns. it's on "the eye" for this friday morning. randy: 5:00 a.m. also on "the eye" this morning, these contractors are famous and not for construction, though. the hobby making them internet

sensations. that's ahead this morning. thank you so much for joining us. good morning. friday morning. i'm randy price. erika: made it to the end of the week. i'm erika tarantal. cindy is here. hurricane joaquin, thank goodness for now, is moving away. cindy: looks like a big shift eastward with our computer model. landfall in the united states is looking very unlikely. far cry from what we were thinking a couple of days ago. it's still a powerful storm. the winds this morning, 130 miles per hour just sitting there over the central bahamas. you can see that forecast track now offshore away from the eastern seaboard here. we'll continue to monitor it very closely as we look at the weekend. once again, heads up for the high tide. coastal flood advisories up during the afternoon for that threat of splashover and minor coastal flooding. the winds have not gone down. they're gusting over 30 miles an hour on the cape. by the end of the day, they may gust over 40 miles an hour.

place through saturday. the front has actually nudged northward a little bit, so the rain is coming back at us. you want the rain gear with you. not seeing a lot of activity north of the pike this morning. the heaviest showers over the south shore and the cape. as we go through noontime, that's generally where they stay. as we get deeper into this afternoon and evening, that rain may start to pivot northward in just a bit. have the wet weather gear with you. it is cool and raw and damp. temperatures near 50. we hold only in the low to mid-50's throughout the day. not the best looking friday weather-wise. let's get you out to the roads and see how we're doing out there. olessa: so far we're in pretty decent shape on the roads. a live look at the pike by allston-brighton. that's eastbound moving away. let's get to the maps. some overnight construction clearing up as we speak. 93 south at the zakim. expressway, also northbound by the south bay mall. we're picking up road work on 93, the ramp to route 24 and again by route 138. all that construction in the final stages, 128 near great plain avenue, and once again on

the ramp to the pike from 128. your last project by newton corner also chaerg as we speak. no issues heading down from new hampshire, and the trains and buses starting the morning on schedule. erika: right now we're getting new information about an oregon school massacre as hundreds gather to mourn the lives lost. at least nine people were killed. this morning we're hearing from the gunman's father for the first time. antonio following the overnight developments. erika: the gunman's father says his family is also in shock after his 26-year-old son went on a shooting rampage, killing at least nine people and wounding several others. the tight knit community of roseburg, oregon, is still reeling with grief this morning. students ran for cover yesterday as the gunman, now identified as chris harper mercer, opened fire at umpqua community college. law enforcement sources tell abc news four firearms were recovered at the scene, three pistols, and an assault type rifle. they've also hinted the gunman

may have left messages behind. the shooter's father speaking briefly last night. >> obviously, it's been a devastating day, devastating for me and my family. all i ask is i know you guys are here to do your job. all i ask is for you to just respect our privacy, and so far you've done that. antoinette: seven others were wounded, three are in critical condition at this hour. the gunman was killed during a shootout with police. the college campus will remain closed until at least monday. president obama: somehow this has become routine. we've become numb to this. erika: an emotional press conference, president obama lashing out after the shooting. this morning he is again calling for action. president obama: this is a political choice that we make. to allow this to happen every

we collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction. erika: the president is calling for tighter gun control laws. this is at least the eighth time in his presidency that he's addressed the nation after a mass shooting. the heartbreak at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut will never be forgotten. 20 children, 6 adults were killed there. that was december 14th of 2012. and since then, records show there have been 142 school shootings in the united states. that's nearly one every week. randy: right now college campuses across the commonwealth are taking another look at their security. "the eye's" frank holland is at the university of massachusetts boston this morning. with how they're responding. frank: good morning, randy. with 50 colleges and universities here in the boston area and 250,000 students, the rampage in oregon has campus police reviewing every facet of their security plans.

here at umass boston, the campus police say they work with staff and city police to make sure they have a security plan to keep everyone safe if the unthinkable should happen. >> the way we train, it's not if happens. that's the way we have to think now as police officers, and it's scary to think that way. plans to make sure we're doing the right thing. frank: the chief here at umass boston has some experience with campus shootings. he was at delaware state university in 2007 when one student killed another on campus. one tactic we're seeing here is tracking social media. as we've seen, it's not unusual for a would be shooter to telegraph his motive and his plans online. here at umass boston, frank holland, wcvb newscenter 5. randy: breaking overnight, the taliban is claiming responsibility for shooting down a u.s. military plane in afghanistan, but the pentagon isn't buying that. 14 people were killed, including 6 american service members killed when the transport plane crashed approaching the airport

also among the dead, several civilian contractors and three people on the ground. erika: right now hurricane joaquin is just battering the bahamas. the powerful and dangerous category 4 storm creeping along, dumping torrential rain on the island. there are no immediate reports of casualties there. the storm may only get stropger. cindy: for the ba bahamas, 12 to 18 inches of rain. just a tough, tough situation there. by this evening, it's going to start to move away from the bahamas. the track has shifted. it looks like it's not going to impact the u.s. mainland and stay offshore, which is wonderful news. really along our coastline now, hurricane joaquin is not their first concern. you can hear that right there. that was the wind howling in marshfield, whipping up the surf on the south shore. the good news is the

new sea wall, which eclipses its battered predecessor. >> 2 1/2 feet, that's a big difference. now let's hope they just get a little spray over rather than the full force. >> i feel much safer that the water will stay on that side of the sea wall, not come over. cindy: let's hope so. more good news, the astronomical high tides we've been monitoring since the weekend are actually decreasing, and our next high tide in marshfield is at 2:00 this afternoon. even though the wind is staying strong, the tides are lowering astronomically, but certainly something to watch the next several amps. erika: tentatively good news. randy, back to you. randy: thank you both. we've learned a second person has died after contracting west nile virus. the victim, a woman in her 90's. she was from suffolk county. it's believed she contracted the virus there. the other victim, whose death we learned about earlier this week, was also from suffolk county. the mosquito threat there has

been raised to high. erika: boston's mayor is bringing in some big legal guns amid questions about the city's role in a teamster extortion investigation. brian kelly will lead the probe at city hall to, as mayor walsh puts it, make sure everything was done properly. kelly, who's now in private practice, helped convict james "whitey" bulger. five members of local 25 were accused of yelling racial and homophobic tires, and slashing tires of production members for the show "top chef." an unnamed city worker called two locations to warn that teamsters were angry that union workers weren't hired. randy: disturbing details and harsh words from governor charlie baker. the subject, the death of a 2-year-old girl in an auburn foster home. the governor speaking of an unacceptable series of d.c.f. failures after reading a state report on the avalena conway-coxon case. medical findings in the report indicate the child died of heat stroke, but the governor also

blamed a breakdown in the department of children and families procedures. governor baker: at different times, too many children were assigned to live in this foster home despite the glaring fact that there was not enough space. the failures outlined in this must and will be promptly corrected to ensure the safety of other children in the care of the apartment. randy: two d.c.f. employees have been reassigned and could face further disciplinary action. erika: newscenter 5 sitting down with hillary clinton. randy: her plan to take on the n.r.a. and the question she would not answer. millions of t-mobile customers exposed now. how the company's making amends could be called ironic. erika: losing weight while you sleep. three foods that might help it happen. antoinette: right now the father of the campus shooter in oregon says he is shocked. hundreds gathered last night to

killed at umpqua community college. the shooter identified as chris harper mercer, died in a shootout with police. cindy: and hurricane joaquin now looking like it will not have a big impact here. there will be rain, you can see it behind me, and wind. the latest updates are ahead. first take a look. in addition to the rain, the temperatures are bracing as you head out the door this morning. 40's to around 50 degrees.

good morning, "eyeopener"! good morning, "eyeopener"! randy: good morning to the fifth graders at cleveland elementary school in norwood. they got to spend a little time learning about the weather with danielle vollmer. erika: that's why they're so pumped up. danielle knows how to do it. show your school spirit by recording your own "eyeopener" wakeup call. go to wcvb.com and upload it to the u local section of our website. olessa: this is the first day i've accepted it's foul. reality has arrived. it took until the 1st of october. now it's here. cindy: it is. we've got more rain coming at you today. going to be heaviest in southeastern massachusetts. the showers will linger into

taper off. some is a drier weekend day. what about joaquin? we've been tracking this thing for the past several days? a powerful hurricane. it now looks like it's going to track offshore. we've had a major shift in our computer models. the bulk of the computer models, which were a couple days ago, bringing this into the carolinas and the mid-atlantic. a lot of them now, the majority of them, the more reliable ones shifting them offshore, and the national hurricane center is thinking the same thing. you can see right now it's a powerful storm, central bahamas. winds 130 miles per hour. it's been battering folks down there in the central bahamas, and it's going to sit there throughout the day. later this evening, it begins to pull away. over the weekend, it continues to move north and east, staying offshore. by the time it comes close to our coastline monday night. looks like it's going to be a good distance offshore. not completely letting our guard down. looks like it's going to be a safe distance away from us through the weekend.

look at these winds, they're gusting 20, 30 miles per hour, perhaps even higher. that's a big concern for the high tide coming up this afternoon. between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m., minor coastal flooding and splashover a concern here. during the afternoon hours, we may get a little minor coastal flooding and splashover on saturday and sunday afternoon as well. the frontal boundary that brought us the heavy rain a couple days ago sitting to our south. high pressure nosing in. in between, we're getting those winds. some rain allowed to make it to the south shore and the cape. you can see right here, there are areas of rain generally on the lighter side. i notice, as you get into boston and points northward, not raining just yet. it is cool and raw. 47 worcester. 52 in boston right now. high temperatures today stuck between about 50 and 55 for most of us. so it is going to stay on the cool side today. those winds picking up could see some gusts of 45 with the wind advisory through tomorrow morning on cape cod. let me walk you there the timeline here.

here's noontime. notice the rain may get a little closer to boston. during the afternoon and evening hours, that rain may back up all the way toward the new hampshire border border. it will get wetter as we go into the day for everyone. during the overnight hours, some rain. that rain may linger as we head into tomorrow morning. when it's all said and done, we're talking about rainfall amounts of an inch or two on the south coast and the cape. the amounts really drop off the farther north we go. the rain will be with us into tomorrow morning. it does dry out a little bit in the afternoon. still kind of damp on saturday, 54. sunday looks like a cloudy day. very limited. shower activity, maybe a little drizzle along the coastline. mid-50's. we start to brighten it up on monday as long as joaquin stays onshore. maybe back up around 70 degrees here by the middle of the next week. right now it's damp, and some of the roads wet, olessa. olessa: might be a little bit slick. here's the pike by allston-brighton. eastbound moving to the bottom of the screen.

let's get to the maps and check out of the rest of the trip. watching one accident early this morning, 290 westbound by route 12. aside from that, so far you're in pretty good shape. all of our overnight construction is gone. 128 the ramps to the pike are open. all of the road work on 93, the ramps to route 24, and by 138 also cleared away. all the construction near the expressway by the south bay mall also wrapped up for the early morning hours. traveling south out of new hampshire, no problems, and the trains and buses are starting the morning on schedule. randy: democrat presidential candidate front-runner hillary clinton goes one-on-one with newscenter 5. speaking with our janet wu, clinton reacted strongly to the shottings in oregon and spoke for background checks for buyers and waiting periods. clinton also said she's not afraid to take on the n.r.a. hillary: i'm going to do everything i can as president to raise up an equally large and vocal group that's going to

prove to be a counterbalance. and we're going to tell legislators, do not be afraid. randy: clinton sidestepped questions about vice president joe biden possibly getting into the presidential race. erika: in economy news, hacker hit the t-mobile wireless network. it includes phone numbers, home address, birth dates. they got it from experian, which t-mobile uses to check the credit status of its customers. t-mobile is offering itzhaked customers two years of free credit monitoring from experian. randy: this sounds a bit like a dream. sleep. erika: researchers say it is possible with a few little tweaks maybe to your routine. first, flip the switch on sleep. get more z's. it's a quick way to shed pounds. if your last meal has sleep inducing qualities like turkey or chicken, you might have better luck. second, pack on a little protein.

a recent study found men who had an evening snack that includes 30 grams of protein upped their metabolism by the next morning. and finally, consider keeping it cool. researchers found turning down the heat can help the body attack belly fat while we sleep. wake up with a six pack. randy: i'm sure. maybe a couple years of doing all those things i might get there. contractors with a hidden talent and the sound track to a storm of selfies. erika: it's all ahead in eye poppers. antoinette? antoinette: new at 5:30, attorney general loretta lynch in waltham. her message as the state takes new steps in the opioid crisis. and a mystery focusing on these people. the concerns that have police

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cindy: we made it to friday morning. you'll want to head out the door with an umbrella. light rain really south of boston, south shore, cape, and the islands. let me step you through the day because, as we get closer to noontime, notice the rain creeping into the city. by this evening, may lift north border. it's going to be damp and kind of raw. for temperatures with that strong wind along the coast. a little damp on saturday with that northeasterly breeze. by sunday, we're drying things

out. cloudy still. shouldn't be as much wet weather by then. erika: it is 5:23. we have a musical edition of eye poppers. olessa: we start with a pair who may not be fancy, but they're taking the internet by storm. olessa: they're pretty good. they're the singing contractors. aaron gray and josh arnett work together in indianapolis. erika: meanwhile the customers are like, uh, are the walls done? it's nice that you're singing, but in the background, is there work to finish? olessa: and you may have seen the group of sorority girls snapping selfies at a football game. it inspired mike lynch.

i don't care about any of your wise cracks it's click, click, click for ourselfies and we don't feel any shame it's one, two, three clicks for us at ourselfy ball game olessa: very impressive mike. i think he may join those contractors. you just never know what's going to happen. i'm newscenter 5 at 11:00. randy: sheer joy from a father to be. his reaction when he learns that he is becoming a dad. it's on "the eye" this friday morning. bill: in the past several months, we've been embroiled in heated battles over immigration, proposals to build giant walls along our borders, battles over marriage rights, pitting religion against court rulings, battles over surging wage and income gaps, and whether our environment should take a

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president obama: there's been another mass shooting in america. randy: outrage and fear turns to grief after an oregon campus massacre. >> just rapid fire over and over and over again. you could hear them moving and crying. randy: new details about the gunman and the one question he asked the victims. erika: the bahamas slammed by joaquin right now. cindy has the overnight updates on the powerful hurricane's path. randy: and a tv rant goes viral. the tirade that has a pregnant

randy: 5:30 friday morning. we're looking at traffic moving across the zakim bridge. yes, there are wet roadways out there this morning, a little rain overnight. thank you so much for joining us. good morning. i'm randy price. erika: and i'm erika tarantal in for randy. cindy and olessa are with us too. some bad news in the weather department. cindy: looks like joaquin may stay away from the eastern seaboard. so good news there. don't leave the house without the umbrella. there's some rain south of boston, but it turns into a rainy, kind of raw day for everyone. temperatures stuck in the lower 50's. feeling like october out there. the rain right now is about as far north as scituate up towards quincy this morning. you can see south of there, it's very light activity now. we've got our stationary frontal boundary in the south kind of lifting northward a little bit. that will bring in more rain as we go through the day.

north is giving us a squeeze play with the wind. look at the winds gusting along the coast up to 30 miles per hour. may gust to 40 miles per hour on the cape and the islands. got a wind advisory until 11:00 on saturday. we're going to be watching that high tide this afternoon as well with potential of minor coastal flooding. notice the rain by lunchtime sneaking back up into the boston area, and by this evening, it may lift northward along the shore and up toward the new hampshire border. it will get a little wetter as the day wears on. temperatures will go nowhere. starting out near 50 and hold only low to mid-50's throughout the day with the raw, northeasterly wind. it's going to be a chilly one. give you the latest track on joaquin coming up. right now tracking some busier roads in some spots, olessa. olessa: picking up a little volume on the zakim bridge and leverett connector behind me. also watching a crash early this morning. if you're traveling 290 westbound by route 12, there's a crash there. one lane is blocked. aside from that, it's a fairly the pike.

route 9, so far no complaints out of framingham. south of town, route 24 looks okay out of brockton. route 5 from sharon and 128. weymouth into braintree getting by okay. expressway is quiet. your ride on 93 south out of methuen all the way down to the leverett connector issue free for now. trains and buses also on schedule. i'm olessa stepanova, and that's a look at your traffic. >> shocked. shocked is all i can say. randy: new overnight, the father of the man accused in the oregon campus massacre says that he is devastated. this morning we're learning new details about the final moments of the nine people who were killed. erika: "the eye's" antoinette antonio monitoring developments as they come in. antoinette: the shooter has been identified by police. right now investigators are still trying to figure out why he opened fire, killing at least nine students and wounding several others. police say 26-year-old chris harper mercer was armed with four guns, three pistols, and a rifle. when he fired shots at umpqua

town of roseburg, oregon. while police haven't released a motive, the father of one of the shooting victims says that his daughter told him the shooter was targeting christians. >> are you a christian, he would ask them? if you're a christian, stand up. and they would stand up. and he said, good, because you're a christian, you're going to see god in just about one second, and then he shot and killed them. erika: stacy's 18-year-old daughter was hit in the back by a bullet. she's among the seven wounded. three are in critical condition this morning. the gunman was killed in a shootout with police. the college campus will remain closed until at least monday. erika: breaking overnight, the taliban claiming they shot down a u.s. military transport plane in afghanistan. the pentagon is not convinced. 14 people were killed, including 6 american service members. randy: a second person has died

after crag the west nile virus, a woman in her 90's from suffolk county. erika: an arizona man is being held without bail after abusing a 7-week-old child in new hampshire. chase mariscal got in a fight with the mother, with whom he used to have a relationship, grabbed the boy and dropped him on the floor. the boy will be okay. erika: tackling the opioid crisis here and around the country. randy: "the eye's"ed to kazakiewich is in waltham where the summit will get under way. todd: attorney general loretta lynch will address people today, each one involved in the opioid crisis. the summit here today comes as state lawmakers take new action to fight this deadly trend. there were an estimated 1,200 deaths from heroin and other opioid related overdoses last year. a new plan passed by the state

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olessa: good morning. welcome back to the "eyeopener." so far a fairly quiet start. we're building some of that volume on the zakim bridge and the leverett connector behind me. heading into boston, so far all of our construction is out of the way. a little moisture, especially on the secondary roadways. cindy, it's cold. cindy: it is cool and raw. it's going to stay that way all day long. the cape. that's where we have the rain. over time today, that rain is going to lift northward. you. look at the temperatures, 53. it's a chilly one. we're stuck in the 50's all weekend. it will be damp on saturday with showers tapering to drizzle. sunday is looking like the drier day of the weekend. the very latest on joaquin coming up. erika: waterworks of a different kind. who says big guys don't cry?

when he finds out he and his wife are having a son. >> he's due february 16th. >> oh, man. >> and it's a boy. [ crying ] erika: he says his tears of joy came after he and his wife have tried to have a baby for the last 17 years. the couple has had four miscarriages. but no sadness this morning, just happiness. >> i've never been that excited before in my life. and i mean, not mainly for myself, for her. erika: he's getting plenty of giggles from the video, even getting stopped on the street. congratulations to them. meantime, a pregnant australian tv host is confronting her critics. photos were snapped of sarah harris leaving a restaurant recently. she looked at the comments online and find many of them disparaging.

she took that negativity to the air waves, transforming it into pregnant women. >> on behalf of all the pregnant women out there who might be feeling a little bit chubby and a little bit flaby, on behalf of all of them, i want to say to the haters, get stuffed. erika: harris later joked the restaurant was awesome. so there. randy: updates ahead on our breaking news this morning. the claim the pentagon is denying after a deadly plane crash in afghanistan. an arrest in that 20 yard murder case in boston as the evidence

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randy: good morning. the "eyeopener" team ready with news to go. antoinette has new information on a deadly campus shooting in oregon. frank has the steps to be taken to make sure students in new england are safe. erika: and todd has the effort to get a handle on the opioid crisis in the bay state. the first big wave causing concern this morning on the south shore. however, this marshfield neighborhood is now protected by a new sea wall. hopefully, the tides are slightly lower and lower. cindy: they are. astronomically the tide has been high since the super moon, and they're gradually coming down over the weekend. on alert along the coastline through the next few days. we're standing down a bit here with joaquin. winds are 130 miles per hour now.

most powerful one of the season so far. it's barely moving over the bahamas at the moment. there's been a big model shift over the past 24 hours in the east. now the majority of our models here are taking this offshore. just a few of them making a turn toward the eastern seaboard, and the national hurricane center is thinking it's going to stay offshore. this is the official track. as we go through the weekend and early next week, looks like it's going to stay east of us here in southern new england. not completely letting our guard down, but feeling more confident this will not have a big impact here. in the meantime, still tracking the northeasterly winds for the next several days. beach erosion and minor coastal flooding is a concern. these are the times of the high tides today, saturday and sunday, between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. on average. during those times, do keep in mind there could be splashover and minor coastal flooding. if you live along the coastline, keep that in mind. winds could gust 45, maybe even 50 miles per hour. wind advisory is up through 11:00 this morning.

notice the wind gusts, 28 miles per hour boston, gusting to 37 on nantucket. these winds bringing in cool, raw air off the ocean, as high pressure noses in. it's keeping dry enough air this morning north of the pike that we're not seeing wet weather. notice there are showers to the south. these are going to slowly pivot northward with time today. damp for the moment on the south shore notice upper 40's to lower 50's. we're going to watch that rain get a little closer to boston by lunchtime. by this evening, it's all the way up to the new hampshire border. during the weekend, let's start with showers saturday morning and kind of taper them off to a little bit of drizzle through the afternoon. not a washout for your weekend. saturday is damper than sunday. temperatures in the low to mid-50's both days. let's get you out to the roads. how are we doing, olessa? olessa: so far we're doing okay. lots of volume on the expressway. already bumper to bumper behind me. this is the northbound side near morrissey boulevard. you want to budget in extra travel time. let's get to the maps. westbound, one crash to 290.

9, so far you're in good shape out of framingham and into boston. one disabled car on the pike eastbound on route 16. south of there, you're doing okay on 24, 95, and route 3. expressway is slow. you just saw it there, 25 minutes braintree to boston. 93 southbound, so far getting by at the speed limit. trains and buses also running on schedule. erika: the question this morning, why? a gunman opening fire, killing at least nine people on an oregon college campus. randy: the "eyeopener's" antoinette antonio is here with the overnight developments. antoinette: please have not released a motive for the shooting rampage, but survivors say the gunman was targeting christians asking them to stand up before he shot nine of them. this tightknit community of roseburg, oregon, is reeling this morning. the shooter, now identified as 26-year-old christopher harper mercer, opened fire at umpqua community college. law enforcement officials tell abc news four firearms were recovered at the scene. mercer was killed during a

shootout with police. seven others were wounded. three of them remain in critical condition. frank: in the wake of oregon rampage, campus police at umass boston and the other colleges and universities in the area are reviewing their security procedures. >> it could be any of these people on campus. it could be a visitor, faculty, staff, student, so we have to plan for that. frank: here campus police say we have to train for active shooter scenarios like the one at umpqua community college. 250,000 students in boston area schools, police say all of them should review their campus security plan. one tactic at umass boston, reviewing social media. would be shooters often telegraph violent intentions online. erika: the taliban claiming responsibility for a u.s. military plane crash. this morning four people are dead, including six american service members. 14 people are dead. the c-130 transport plane

crashed approaching an airport in jalalabad. despite the claims from the terror group, the pentagon says the plane was not shot down. todd: this morning u.s. attorney general loretta lynch will be here in waltham for a summit on opioid addiction, which led to 1,200 overdose deaths last year here in massachusetts. beacon hill now taking action. a new plan passed by the state senate encourages doctors to find new approaches for treating pain and explain their use of high risk options in writing. the bill also implements verbal drug screening in all public schools to determine if students are at risk for addiction. that plan moves on to the house. the attorney general's speech scheduled for 10:45 this morning. reporting live in waltham, todd kazakiewich, wcvb newscenter 5. randy: breaking now, the vatican is releasing a new statement on the pope's controversial meeting with kentucky clerk kim davis. a spokesman says that meeting last week in washington should not be considered a form of

support for her position. davis was jailed after refusing to sign marriage licenses for gay couples. the vatican said pope francis met with many people during his u.s. stay do to, quote, kindness and availability. governor charlie baker outlining what he calls a series of unacceptable failures by the state department of children and families in the i case of a toddler who died while in foster care. medical findings in the report suggests 2-year-old avalena conway-coxon died of heat stroke, but the governor also blamed a breakdown in d.c.f. procedures, saying the foster home was unacceptable. two d.c.f. employees have been reassigned and could face further disciplinary action. erika: a new study suggesting bedford is the most violent area in the city. the crime rate 12.6%, up near 2% from the year before. fall river in second place.

springfield is at 10.8%, compared to boston at 7.25%. randy: police have made an arrest in a 20-year-old murder case. 42-year-old james whitkowski is now accused of murdering lena bruce. bruce was killed 23 years ago inside her south end apartment in boston. investigators found a wallet outside the murder victim's building with evidence that proved vital to cracking the case. whitkowski expected to be arraigned in court next week. erika: state health leaders say a second person has died after contracting west nile virus, a woman in her 90's in suffolk county. the threat level there has been raised to high. randy: and the final report on the deadly police shooting in ferguson, missouri. the st. louis county police department requested the review to help advise departments on issues such as use of force policy, training, helping officers to be free of bias. 18-year-old michael brown was

unarmed when he was shot and killed, prompting days of rye theioing. rioting. erika: pentagon officials are urging the u.s. military to focus its fighting in syria on islamic fighters rather than opposing president bashar assad. russian air strikes are seeming to strengthen assad by striking rebels, including some that are aligned with the u.s. randy: lawmakers on capitol hill have passed a bipartisan measure that stops increases to premiums on small businesses. current law defines small businesses as any having up to 50 employees. that expanded to 100 starting next year. under the new bill, the definition of a small business will stay the same. individual states, though, can increase the number if they choose. erika: sports to go. the yankees clinching the wild card spot after beating the sox 4-1. that single point for the sox coming at the top of the fifth. mookie betts hitting an rbi single. the sox back at it again playing

the indians tonight in cleveland, first pitch at 7:10. randy: just when you think you've heard or seen it all, some men are opting for beard transplants. these guys didn't need any help on growing their beards, but some men can't achieve the look on their own. men who say they want to look more mature are opting for the hair transplant on their face. one doctor performs about three facial hair transplants a week up from just a few a year. erika: those men could be donors. they have plenty to spare. randy: i don't think i'm going to go for it. cindy: we've got rain out there this morning, and it is going to be heaviest today over southeastern massachusetts, but the rain itself getting out of here as we go through the weekend. showers early saturday, and then they taper off. good news from joaquin.

the official track from the hurricane center has shifted eastward. winds still 130 miles per hour. this is a strong category 4 hurricane. notice the official track keeping it away from the eastern seaboard. keeping a close eye on joaquin certainly in the days ahead. winds along the coast gusting to 25, 30 miles per hour. those winds have a concern for this afternoon's high tide. once again, could be minor coastaled flooing, some splashover. we've got rain out the door on the south shore and the cape. elsewhere, it is dry and chilly. running upper 40's to around 50 degrees. 52 in boston. notice throughout the day, we may get up to 53 or 54. that's it. showers are going to be filling back in in the boston area. that northeasterly wind keeping the temperatures down. low to mid-50's, the best we're doing. down on the cape and the islands, we do have a wind advisory up until 11:00 tomorrow morning. we could see gusts close to 50 miles per hour. notice as we go toward lunchtime, the rain is creeping back toward boston. by this evening, it's actually lifting up toward the new hampshire border.

overnight, a period of light to moderate rain still with us first thing on saturday morning. and then throughout the day, that rain is going to taper off with just a little drizzle. when it's all said and done, we're talking about one to two inches of rain by tomorrow afternoon down here on the south coast and the cape. elsewhere, the amount is going to be much, much lighter. if you have outdoor plans this weekend, sunday is looking okay, in the mid-50's. a lot of clouds. i don't think we're talking about much wet weather at all. saturday a little different story in the morning hours. there will be showers around. notice as we get into the afternoon, showers lighten up. still some drizzle, especially near the coastline. we'll slowly dry things out. that persistent wind is going to keep temperatures way down. 50's this weekend, warming it up next week. keeping a close eye on joaquin for monday. for now, looks like joaquin will be staying offshore. let's get you back out to the roads. olessa: we're watching delays on the expressway northbound here by morrissey boulevard near the gas tank. you can see that heading into the distance. let's get to the maps and check the travel times for you. as you travel west of town,

290 westbound by route 12. another accident along the pike. disabled car eastbound by route 16. south of there, we're watching one accident at the braintree split on the expressway north. making your way north of town, 93 southbound now picking up volume out of methuen. once again, concord street down to spot pond. so far, trains and buses operating on schedule. randy: president obama with strong words after the oregon shooting. erika: his frustration this morning. also loding weight in your

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