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breaking news. thanks for joining us. doug: prosecutors and baltimore dropped the remaining charges against three police officers for the death of freddie gray. the decision comes after the acquittals of three officers out of the six charged in the case. a fourth officers case ended in a mistrial. prosecutors said gray was illegally arrested after he ran from a bike patrol officer. he died after injuries allegedly
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-- great's family receiving a $6.4 million settlement from the city. erika: heartbreak for a boston community after the body of a seven-year-old was pulled from the water. doug: an hours long search. sera congi is live in south boston. sera: investigators are here at the l street bathhouse and counselors are meeting wca we did not get any new information about what happened to this little boy. investigators at the l street bathhouse trying to determine what happened to kyzr willis, seven-year-old boy attending a city run camp. his love ones could not hold back emotions after getting news that his body was found in the water near carson beach. the discovery made after an intense five-hour search
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i visited my unit this morning to make sure the guys are all right. no one likes to pull a child out of the water. sera: mayor walsh cutting his visit to the dnc short. the bathhouse facility closed during the investigation. kids are being taken -- >> about 24 junior counselors in the building. >> we have investigated here now and we are trying to find out what happened to the child in the last hours. sera: mayor walsh plans to meet with the willis family later today. at this point it is unclear whether the l street bathhouse will reopen tomorrow.
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jessenia frederick was visiting her grandmother in jamaica plain when police say she apparently wandered off. she was last seen around 7:00 last night. if you have seen her, call boston or arlington police. doug: two people are dead after a crash involving a wrong way driver in mansfield. two vehicles collided head-on near exit 13 on 495 south at about 2:00 this morning. state police say a 24-year-old from middleborough a woman heading lane when she crashed into another car. 27-year-old man from taunton was behind the wheel. both drivers died at the scene. no names released until their families of the notified. one person is injured after being hit by car in boston back bay. police on the scene photographing evidence. we are told the driver is cooperating with officers are boston police aren't just getting a stabbing in allston. the guy was found near the today
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. it is not clear if that is where the stabbing happened. the vitamins life-threatening injuries. erika: another hot day but the wind around logan does not want to he played to continue. cindy: seabreeze in boston as we expected would happen. 84 degrees. wind, east southeasterly. it holds the temperatures down. it's around 90 here in needham. you can see boston at logan airport cambridge, 88. 87 in somerville. the further west you go you can see it gets even hotter. waltham at 90 degrees. medford, sitting around 90 degrees as well. you can see the temperatures up north in lawrence nearing 88. a lot of us will top that 90 degree-mark this afternoon but we are waiting for wind to shift in a southerly direction through the afternoon but it may not happen until we get toward this
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will be trouble to hit that 90 degree-mark officially. 90's and 95 for most of the suburbs. for many of us we will continue the heat wave. it has been six days so far. i don't know if boston will get to seven. tomorrow is going to be a hot day as well. to the north this will bring in cooler air and much-needed rain will timeout that for you coming up in just a bit. doug: we want to go down to foxborough. the first time since tom brady's suspension. >> all the guys that were able to run ran well. the team looks like it has worked hard. good football condition. moses has done a really good job of the training of the group.
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day-to-day. some of them will not be participating. we will see how that goes. on the roster will have an exemption for nate. i've talked to nate several times and wish him well in his endeavor. a great opportunity for him to follow his passion. participating in thees the olympic games. pulling for him to bring something back around his neck. that puts our roster at 88. we are at 90. the kind of feels like usual. we are at the bottom like everybody else in the league cost during all over again. a long way to go, a lot of work to do. it is exciting to start on that
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today, tomorrow and will be able to get pads in the week and get into some more traditional type football activities. these are good buildup days and it will be important for us. we have really 10 practices until we go at the bears and then the saints. that will be five practices and two games. 10 some insulation done. the basics of training camp. we will have seven opportunities between practices and games to compete with those two organizations to see where we are at at that point. we finally have some definition
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our priority is to get jimmy ready for the start of the season for the arizona game. that will be a comprehensive process. tom will return as starting quarterback when he comes back but in the meantime we have to prioritize the first part of our schedule. i will be to get jimmy ready to go. pretty much where we are for today. a step-by-step i think the players are hopefully ready to handle the challenges of training camp. working different spots, doing the things we did in the spring at a more competitive level. eventually against good competition on a practice field and preseason games.
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all -- was your reaction to the ultimate outcome of everything? >> just what i said. no commentary on it. that is what we work with and that is what we are doing. >> how you will prioritize getting ginny ready for a season -- jimmy ready for a season -- >> not really, it is day by day. . whatever we think is best, that is what we will do. >> what is best? >> we will find out. doug: an enthusiastic and forthcoming bill belichick holding a press conference. they say they are day-to-day with tom brady being suspended for the first few games. jimmy garoppolo getting the reps. the training camp will be open
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tomorrow morning. we wanted to dip into that and see what the coach had to say about the current situation with the qb. seems like it is status quo at gillette. erika: we turn to commitment 2016. hillary clinton the official democratic presidential nominee. the first line to achieve this distinction from a major political party in u.s. distinction. the president and vice president are coming to push for her election. lauren philadelphia. >> 42 votes for the next president of the united states. >> hillary rodham clinton. lauren: hillary clinton made history with that moment. and now political heavyweights heading to the dnc to try to rally americans to vote for her. president obama will take the stage tonight. on nbc he warned democrats donald trump could win this race.
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votes are cast and counted. hes confident the brace and is faithful will vote for clinton. i know you can't go for trump. lauren: trump hitting is now official i opponent with atck fresh praise for clinton with bill clinton revealing her personal side. >> 1971, i met a girl. the beste mar i ever met in my entirehat hillary clintone selected as the nominee. lauren: at the dnc with bernie sanders leaving the public stage as a candidate in this race, senator tim kaine getting ready to make his biggest entrance on it yet.
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kaine will give a speech tonight . it is really an opportunity for him to introduce himself to the nation. erika: our coverage from philadelphia continues this week. ed harding is there and his reports continue this afternoon on new center 5 at 4:30. look for special coverage on channel 5 beginning at 10:00 followed by newscenter 5 at 11:00. mental hospital and where he will live. cindy: i'm tracking one more day jumping into the 90's. a cool down that could bring some much-needed rain. doug: new concerns about the safety of some supplements. the call consumer reports is
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and three others outside in washington dc hotel. he was found not guilty by reason of insanity in that shooting. erika: wildfires burning in california. a state of emergency is in effect as firefighters worked to contain the flames. ray: shock and all across the west as plumes of smoke billowing to the california sky. the site of endless today, a sign of progress. >> it looked like we are starting to turn the corner on this. a large burnout operation in the north aspect of the fire. ray: 3000 local enforce firefighters working to contain the stubborn flames. at least 18 homes charred and those allowed to return back home, think of to have something to return to. >> i unlocked every door and gate so that the fire department or anybody that needed to come
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than 37,000 acres so far. in northern california near big sur, eight hikers lost for six days assisted by firefighters to safety. >> bulldozers putting in fire control lines. ray: growing health concerns for air quality across california as a haze of smoke covers northern california, panic over potential respiratory disease and consequences. >> tar that's going to lead to more wildfires which will have this longer-term impact on people's health. ray: the california lung association says air quality has improved the long-term effects are possible and the heat is not letting up. temperatures are expected to remain in the high 90's and even into the triple digits through thursday. erika: we have been living in our own heat wave and it continues for many today. cindy: many but not all.
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not over at logan airport. we have the sea breeze today. we have had a six-day stretch of temperatures at or above 90 degrees and that puts us in the record books as one of the top 10 longest stretches on record for boston going back to the 1800s. longest stretch is nine days. that happened in 1912. we will not get to nine days. if we jump up with a temperatures later this afternoon to 90 we will make it today seven and tomorrow would be day eight tha you can see how light the winds are. the very light wind coming in off the ocean at logan airport. you see the bright sunshine. temperatures only 84 degrees and it is due to that wind coming off the water and humidity not terribly high. he ask up days hit 94 in boston yesterday. dew points around 60. they are starting to inch up.
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that is uncomfortable air. with a southwesterly wind redeveloping tomorrow that is coming our way. you will notice the humidity ramp up tomorrow and friday and that is when we could he needed rain. with the wind off the water we are in the low 80's right now on the cape. plymouth has jumped up to 88 degrees. you can see of the beverly we are 80 degrees as well. nearing the 90 degree mark come up and third -- 80 did -- i think we will top off in the lower 90's away from the coast line this afternoon if we can get the seabreeze to come down. boston has a shot at reaching 90. high-pressure giving us the lighter wind. up to the north, this is the leading edge of cooler air that is eventually going to get down here. temperatures drop in to the 70's and low 80's. that is the air mass that will work in and that will be here by friday.
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stifling night with temperatures getting down to the upper 60's to around 70 in boston. tomorrow is hotter than today. that southwesterly wind putting us up into the mid-90's. boston probably gets into the low 90's. cooler on the south coast and the cape tomorrow with highs in the lower 80's but we will watch that front get closer to us so the clouds do build in the afternoon. i think the focus of more organized showers and storms will stay to our north and west. as we get into thursday night and especially friday we have a better chance at seen some rain. one more day in the 90's. friday morning that front drops down and that could bring a widespread soaking rain to places like new york city and southern most southern new england, all depending on the track of this low. the potential is there especially along amsouth of the pike to get in beneficial
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as we going to the weekend the storm pulls away and we begin to try things out. temperatures in the low to mid 80's saturday to sunday. nothing more than a pop-up shower especially on sunday and then it's back to drier weather but more seasonal temperatures heading into next week. one more day in the 90's. erika: a major scientific breakthrough in the fight against als and all those buckets of water and in the ice bucket challenge helped make it happen. researchers in part funded by this challenge have a gene that contributes to the disease. the als association reports that discovery will likely help scientists develop new treatments. the challenge inspired by pete frady raised more than $100 million for the als foundation. doug: consumer reports looked at a wide variety of brands. the magazine found some supplements contain heavy metals. others have prescription or even
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organ damage in cardiac arrest are you consumer reports is calling on the government to make changes. >> what we really want is for there to be loss enacted that ensure the safety of supplements at been proven before they end up on store shelves. doug: the magazine ads some supplements may cause side effects that interfere with prescription medicine. erika: a new e-mail scam is targeting users. it claims the company cannot afford to keep the game free and users need to pay 1200 -- $12.99 per month to play. better business bureau says this is a scam. not connected to the game in any way. the estimated powerball jackpot has soared to $422 million thanks to nearly three months without anyone winning the big prize. a jackpot winner could opt for a $422 million annuity payout.
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doug: a thief steals a california boy's prosthetic leg. erika: an abc star is coming to the rescue. liam a when they got back, all of their belongings were gone. when robert herjavec saw liam's story he said it broke his heart so he is trying to fast-track a new leg for liam and he is arranged a vip tour of disneyland. doug: a positive update on adult we introduced you to earlier this week. maverick underwent surgery to repair the foot he chewed off while he was tied up by his owners. the german shepherd has been neglected for days at his home
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