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they will have a better feel for the case outside the area. >> from a handful to an out break it is possible the number will grow even more? >> the local mosquitoes are infected and they will move for the mosquitoes. they are incubating the virus and capable transmitting locally in this area. that's the dooms day look at things. >> any pregnant woman who has partner to or partner traveled to the area after june 15th is asked to speak with their health care provider. wcvb newscenter 5. >> more breaking news and sky 5 is capturing the wild end of a chase in new bedford. police with guns drawn surrounded the vehicle.
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the suspect waived a hatchet in the air during the wild chase that went on for miles. >> i looked behind me and there are 50, 60 cop cars behind me. >> a pursuit that started in rochester and ended here. the blazer boxed in by police and a silver car. he stood on his brake toee >> he cut me off back at that set of lights. it wasn't until the truck was coming toward him i stopped in the road. i saw him backing up and i held my brakes. >> you knew you helped. >> i guess. >> police with guns drawn, but it was a peaceful end to the dangerous scene. >> i was worried about them getting into a firefight with this guy and me in the
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just how dangerous. state police found this in the suv. a hatchet, knives and a butane lighter. police say randal harrison hid his own car and covered himself with lighter fluid. he may have tried to hurt himself, but he put others in danger. >> the suspect is being evaluated at a local hospital and amazingly wcvb newscenter 5. breaking news in concord where an outdoor watering ban and restrictions are in place. they found an access hatch to one of the water storage tanks. and that system has been isolated. coupled with the drought conditions they are putting new restrictions in place. outdoor restrictions include
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pools. indoor restrictions are reducing time in the shower and washing full loads of laundry and full dishwashers. as commander-in-chief i am tired of folks trash you can talking america's military and troops. >> that's the president taking a not so subtle dig at trump about trump's comments about the family of a fallen soldier. newscenter 5's todd kazakiewichs star father who is among them. >> one thing that is not partisan is the support of american troops and gold star members. >> kevin duffy is a gold star member. his brother was killed in action june 4th, 2008 in iraq. >> on his second tour he was killed by small arms fire. >> kevin is joining other gold star members signing a letter
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the khan family who appeared at the dnc. >> you have sacrificed nothing and no one. >> if you look at his wife she was standing there and had nothing to say. she probably -- maybe she wasn't allowed to say anything. >> they call it repugnant. when you question a mother's pain by implying her religion and not her grief kept her from addreg people that's on us. when you say you are a kin to our sacrifice you are attacking our sacrifice. >> he and his wife lost their son 12 years ago this month in iraq. >> it is better for her to speak sometimes because of my accent or not feeling well. i understand why the mother
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trump's comments saying election year or not the vfw will not tolerate anyone be rating a gold star family member for existing his or her right of speech or expression. >> wcvb newscenter 5. >> the republican national convention gave trump a bump in the poll, but a new poll shows the tie is last week. two men are being held on bail charged with what police call a sophisticated theft ring targeting new england. several of the targets are in massachusetts. diane is live in lawrence. reporter: the suspects have been connected to 10 breakss ins throughout the area. they call it a skilled and well organized operation. the investigators say they identified four suspects
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multiple members. >> the professionalism of these gentlemen manifests in that video. >> the suspects broke into the simply max store. they cut a hole and then disabled the alarm and then they waited for a period of time before they continued to steel $120,000 -- s worth of apple phones and ipads. >> they retreated out of the building and waited for the police response that never came because the alarm was cut. >> there was an atm break in welsley. they found a hole cut in the wall from a vacant store next to an atm. in this case they didn't get away with anything. they took off when they realized the officers discovered the break in. >> a third man is observing
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documents they believe the suspects suspects were scouting the locations before they broke into them and then they said they would turn off their phones or put them in airplane mode. >> in some cases they traveled partway and then turn off. then they turn on on the way home. >> he says his client denies the allegations and montero's lawyer says there is a lot of circumstance shall evidence in this case. >> there is nothing c when they were robbed. >> both suspects face a number of charges. the judge ordered both to be held on a $500,000 cash bail. barker was held for alleged probation violation from a previous case. equal pay for equal work. the governor signing a bill that would require men and women to be paid equally. they are paid on average 82%
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counterparts make. the new law also bars employers from asking perspective workers to provide a salary history. the new law takes effect down the road in 2018. boston's mayor celebrating national night out. it is a crime prevention that raw mows, police -- that promotes police, community partnership and comradery. here is no ordinary ice cream truck. the effort that helps kids engage with them and let them know how much they do care. a dangerous drive as a driver follows gps into gunfire. scary moments all caught on the dashboard camera. >> imagine make at work.
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like. >> and the heat is heading this way. when 90s will be back. >> and training for a left handed pitcher. that guy. not chris sale. who is he and can he help 1234 answers are ahead in sports. >> the 10:00 news on me-tv boston. >> we are following breaking news. >> dozens of firefighters responding. >> now on comcast channel 942,
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are you watching newscenter 5 at sick:00 -- at 6:00. >> that's the sound of gunfire. panic as they seize gunfire ahead. >> it was all caught on the dashboard camera. john atwater is eleven at the scene for us. >> heather, so many of us use gps on our phones, but the path down this street could
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shocked as there is a gun fight in front of this will. they go in reverse to speed away as three men run toward them down the street. >> turn right on dale street. >> they were gps navigation and driving through roxbury and directed them down dale street into the path of the gunfire. >> we were talking about how many guns down the street and this illustrates it. >> it is troubling, but critical inhe as they try to find the shooters. if we had more people come forward like that every day our job would be a lot easier and we would have some of the people responsible behind bars. >> thankfully no one was hurt in the shooting, but because of that video police say they do have a number of leads tonight. live in roxbury, wcvb newscenter 5. a landmark local
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25th anniversary. >> the two reasons the owners had no other choice. and big papi giving some
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new at 6:00, they saw this injured hawk and called environmental police. they stayed with the hawk until police arrived to take it to rehab specialists who will try to nurse it back to health. your economy now and there is more good news about gas triple-a reports the average price for self-serve regular in the state fell 6 cents in the past week to $2.08. that's 50 cents less than it was this same time last year. a landmark sports restaurant closes its doors. the charlie horse shutdown after 25 years in business. they reported the owners say declining business and the restaurant's large location is
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the 70 employees are being offered jobs in other restaurants with the same ownership group sniecht we are getting a look at what ge boston headquarters may look like. the company submitted plans to develop a four and a half acre land. the new building would rise 12 stories and it would connect the older buildings via a walkway, restaurant, coffee bar are part of the plan. gean building this year. a two-stage opening of the new headquarters are open for 2018. >> this may be one of my favorite stories of the day. the bo is 10 school district -- the boston school district are making sure students head to school in the morning. >> this is david ortiz, get out of bed and get ready for school. your future is yours. >> who could say no to big papi? that's awesome.
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the call is free, but ortiz is not going to be making all of them. mayor walsh says it is an approach to a chronic problem. you can sign up for the calls starts next month. >> that's cool. >> that is the hardest thing kids face in the morning. >> aj, you should do one of those. that would be perfect. >> i have enough trouble getting up myself in the morning. >> you need big papi. >> 71 degrees outside right now. the wind it coming in out of the east, northeast. that's why the temperatures are being capped off. humidity is on the moderate side. we have had sunshine south shore and south coast and the cape and the islands is where the brightest skies have been. the temperatures are cooler and not a lot of sunshine. boston and along the pike northward and we are also
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showers. we are finding the showers working through west boylston and into worcester proper. these are light showers and not of any consequence for us. we will head up to the north shore. lawrence is getting a shower, a very, very weak shower. you are probably seeing rain drops on the wind shield. the steadiest showers are basically from toward plymouth and into the white mountains where the showers continue. let's see if we can find appreciable rainfall. these are weakening as they continue to move eastward. i don't expect to find a lot of wet weather. 70s across the north east. 80s toward the great lakes and 90s toor knoxville and little rock, as well. heat building in the plain
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week. low pressure is scooting out to sea very slowly. that will feed in the wind. it will be a cool day tomorrow. through tomorrow it will start out cloudy and then the high pressure starts to crest in from the north. albeit slowly. gradually we go from the clouds over to some sunshine later in the afternoon. all is not lost in terms of brighter skies a little on the uncomfortable side. others will get away with just the fan and the weapon dough. 75 to 80 degrees. some spots in the lower 70s with the northeast fetch and brightening skies through the day. any shower activity we see will be very, very widespread and local piddly scattered showers and then the sunshine
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tomorrow. the afternoon is a bright finish to your tuesday. so, let's take you through it on your seven-day forecast. it goes a little something like this. mostly cloudy skies and breaks of sunshine. the sunniest days are wednesday and thursday as the temperatures slowly start to warm up. 80s and perhaps nudging 90 degrees by friday. that makes it 14 days and then scattered showers and thunderstorms by i'm aj burnett. >> here is mike lynch with sports center 5 powered by xfinity. >> lots of moves for the red sox. kimbral comes off the disabled list and joins them in seattle. and before the trading deadline passes for this afternoon, the sox made one move. they acquired the left hand relief pitcher for prospect pat light. he is 30 years old and e.r.a
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been a stingy1 seconds 3. 163. he will become a free agent after next season. the yankees continue to clean house. carlos beltran to the texas rangers. he can hit the baseball, but it is too much and he is a free agent at the end of this year. a couple of red sox a dodgers. josh reddick and rich hill are both sent from the oakland a's to the los angeles dodgers just before the tradinged it line. we -- the trading deadline. and joe madden has done it again. he took his pitcher and put him out in left field. watch this. makes the catch against the wall. that is unbelievable. you think this is
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lestor. >> he gets the bunt down and runner comes home and cubs win with two strikes on him and lester gets a bunt down to score the winning run in the 12th. >> i don't think they realize that is a available arm they are tugging on. >> you know in baseball if y with a bunt you are out. kevin faulk was the newest inductee and it was a great scene. look what he was wearing under his jacket. tom brady's number 12 like he did on draft night. kevin faulk was appreciative and thankful to everyone who coached him and said serve as
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without him those 400 receptions are not possible. without his trust in me, understand i understood what he understood. that was my biggest gift to this football team. that'sy knowing what tom brady do. that's why the situation came and the most precious situation came. i knew what tom brady knew. louisiana state game. >> what were you saying? >> brady walked out wearing number 33 which was fox's number. >> love that. >> what goes around comes around. time to flash floored. >> on newscenter 5, healthy snacks flying off the health.
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gut busting meals on restaurant menus. an entire day's worth of calories in one sitting? we will reveal the worst of the worst according to health advocates. boy that made me hungry. first, abc world news with david muir. >> clinton-trump and a dramatic change. and new flood warnings and tornado worries in the east. the cdc warning not to travel to a c after newscenter 5. >> on "chronicle" at 7:30, cliff climbing with a former drill sergeant and motoring back roads. biking burlington bike trail.
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the skies are gray right a few spitting flakes? >> flakes? parish the thought. >> are you calling me a flake? a few rain drops falling, but nothing major. >> no, no, no. we wish we could get some rain in here, but doesn't look like it will happen. a few piddly rain drops tonight. brightening tomorrow and then a couple of bright days on wednesday and thursday. we may make a run at 90 degrees by the time we head
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then we have all of august. >> back into the 90s. this is the weekend football starts. they don't play a fake game this weekend, but there is a fake game.
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breaking news tonight, as we come on the air. the new polls just out. hillary clinton, donald trump, a dramatic shift. and tonight, donald trump doubling down against the parents of an army captain who died protecting his fellow soldiers. trump now calling the father's words a vicious attack. and trump telling george stephanopoulos, he has sacrificed, too. also breaking, the cdc tonight with an unprecedented warning. telling americans not to travel to a certain part of florida amid several new cases of zika contracted here. bracing for new flash floods and storms tonight after a human chain saves a woman. more than 100 rescued. major new developments in the hot air balloon tragedy. what authorities have now revealed about the pilot. and the family poisoned on

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