the 28-year-old suspect had no weapons on him. >> 82 degrees outside right now. >> spectacular. >> just doesn't get any better than this for august, mike. mike: absolutely. so many augusts, it's hot and humid. this is one of those nice refreshing breaks. there is nothing going on. temperature wise, mid-80s but cooler near the shoreline. water temperature right now offshore from boston at as warm as it gets. fitchburg, 82. the cape, enjoying relatively cool temperatures as well. the next 12 hours in boston, skies will remain clear the temperature will drop off. by 5:00 a.m., about 65 degrees but you get away from the city and look at what will happen. dropping once again into the 50s in many spots. that's really comfortable weather for august. we're also keeping an eye on the tropics right now. earl has been upgraded to hack.

winds. and what you can expect for the weekend coming up. that in a few minutes. >> the hunt is on for a robbery suspect whose crime spree landed a woman in the hospital. sarah with what we know right now. >> two stores hit by the same armed robber last night. the first at 129 liquorses on salem road. around 8:45 police responded to a report of a man with a knife jumping the koirpt and threatening a clerk and demanding money. after 90 seconds he took saw a gentleman, probably teenager -- >> nearby resident tony -- recalls seeing someone suspicious run off. >> ran around the corner. towards the side of my house. it was a black shiny sonata. he just sped right off. >> i found it very peculiar. >> moments after police arrived at 129 liquors, they got a second call. >> as we investigated case or were in the process, we quickly got a report of another armed robbery occurring on the other

>> jim's quick stop, second store to be hit, and police say it was the same man. the clerk here alone in the store at the time, was so distraught she went to the hospital. >> armed robbery with a knife. the clerks were obviously both upset and scared but no one was injured as a result. >> police are now going over surveillance video to identify the suspect. police say he's a white man, 5'7" and covering his face with sunglasses and a camouflage hat. >> police are looking for a third suspect in a violence home invasion. three men wearing a ski mask forced their way into an apartment. police say the suspects knew exactly who they were looking for and when they got inside they began attacking them.

then threw both of them to the floor and assaulted them before they tied them up with duct tape. >> police eventually cornered and arrested the two men inside a basement. the third suspect remains at large tonight. >> today marks one year since the deadly circus tent collapse in lancaster, new hampshire. about a hundred people were inside a tent when the storms toppled at the fairgrounds. robert young of vermont and his 6-year-old daughter anna bell were both killed. 50 others were also injured. the now faces several charges including a wrongful death suit filed by the family. >> ken donnelly is recovering from brain surgery. he had a tumor removed yesterday according to his facebook page. the family thanking everybody for their live and support. doctors say they are pleased with how the surgery went. he was admitted to the hospital over the weekend after experiencing medical

session came to and the. >> a jumbo jet making a crash landing. >> the investigation into what went wrong and the tragedy after the plane had touched down. >> we'll be showing you the new invention that china is testing out to ease heavy traffic congestion. >> it's a pretty pure product. >> turning carrots interest a cure. how a local researcher says mush like this could help prevent type two diabetes. let's check first ale not too bad moving on the southeast expressway heading out of town on a wednesday evening. let's go to the machine an see how things are moving around the boston area. let's go to 93 south and you can see, it is about 33 minutes mass ab to route 3 on the northbound side. upper deck to 128. 26 minutes. slow in both directions on the pike heading into and out of downtown. 13 minutes from 93 to newton corner. 128 in both directions around the pike.

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>> british forces are responsible for the bombing of one of hussein's former iraqi palaces. the kingdom ministry defense says and i was i was training center was located on that compound. the palace was used to house foreign terrorist recruits. there is no word tonight on if anyone was injured or killed.

what caused this hard landing of am emirates jetliner. an explosion after the landing left at least one firefighter dead and several more were hurt. here's the latest. >> an explosion right in the middle of a runway in dubai. erupting in smoke and flames. >> the incident coming after a hard landing at dubai international airport. at least one firefighter losing his life while battling flames. among the passengers, six americans. all 300 passengers and crew feeling lucky to be alive. >> the boeing triple seven traveling from south india to dubai. everything appeared normal just before touchdown. then the hard landing. dubai international, busiest

the chairman addressing speculation on what caused the crash. >> it's not clear. >> what is clear, pilots had extensive experience flying. each logging more than 7,000 flight hours the question now, what happened in those final moments before landing. for passengers, there is only relief. relief. >> the ntsb sending five investigators to the crash site. we're also learning boeing is launching a team to serve as technical advisers. abc news, new york. >> imagine you're stopped at a traffic light and this passes over your car. let's show you the video. china testing a new mode of transportation today. look at that. as a way to ease traffic congestion. what if you're not exactly in the lane, though.

that allows traffic to move beneath it. the transit elevated bus could replace up to 40 conventional buses on the road. it appears 300 passengers and runs on solar power. >> wow! >> yeah. >> that's pretty cool actually. >> that's something to see. >> those accordion buses kind of freak me out. make sure you stay in your lane. >> excitement building for the summer games. >> many olympicle confirming the fears about rio that we've been hearing about for months. the conditions at the village causing some problems tonight. >> privacy on the your smartphone. new concerns about your battery power. how that could put you at risk. >> a check on the tropics and a

>> all eyes on rio the opening ceremony kicks off us >> feels like we've been talking about it for years. the accommodation less than ideal. some are foregoing the village. >> olympic athletes, bring your a game and possibly your own shower curtain. >> as athletes and journalists start to move in stories and pictures are coming out about what some describe as

able. >> it looks like a construction site where things are almost done but not quite. they did bring in a fix it crew to deal with issues that we've heard about. >> andrew bogut, who is playing for his native australia, tweeted this photo of him in his village room putting together a shower curtain so we can shower and not flood the place. >> one journalist gave a tour of his roomhl a hole in the water where water comes out. >> you can shower but it's far from ideal. >> while others have highlighted exposed wiring, leaky pipes and clogged toilets. to make matters worse, security is also a concern, after the australian teamideal. >> while others have was robbed during a fire. >> the games are an extraordinarily undertaking, and there are still questions about if rio is up to the task. >> but the usa men's basketball team made up of millionaire

well, this is where they are slumming it. they chart add luxury cruise ship complete with a watraparou deck, pool, and bar. >> phelps will be the one carrying the u.s. flag during friday's opening ceremonies. the entire u.s. delegation voted. phelps is heading into his fifth summer game and says he's humbled by the take a look at this picture. tweeted by a u.s. gymnast and trending. look how tiny she is. 4'8" and standing next to 6'8" ballplayer. he towers over here by two feet. like four heads. she captioned the photo by saying, size in the olympics doesn't matter. depending on which sport you're in. >> fetch way park coming in

major league baseball's 30 ballparks. i had to look this up because i was curious. >> they ranged all the parks based on design food and overall experience. the article said when it comes to ballpark atmosphere, they can't be beat. where? because of the weather. >> it's all sunny this san diego. >> san diego will always win if weather is a facttor. yankee stadium, number5, w. i've been there. it is -- >> you can't beat fenway park's atmosphere. >> that's for sure. fenway fans, unbelievable. >> even when the weather is bad it's still a good place to be. >> too bad we're not playing tonight because it would be a spectacular evening. today's high 79. last week we were flirting with those record high temperatures. well, not tonight.be. >> too bad we're tonight is a nice, clear comfortable evening.

blue. >> you can get that when the humidity is low. when it's high it's more of a hazy sky. humidity is down. dew point is at 54. let's talk about humidity for a second. here i've plotted the dew points out here. notice how they are in red color and we're sitting here with the green colors. i'm going to advance the map over the next 48 hours. our dry air stays in place for tomorrow. looks nice. watch how this humidity builds to the west. eventually it builds all the way to the east coast and as it does that that's when you start to fe it looks like that's also going to be setting up up for thunderstorms. we talk about saturday's forecast. humid air in place but that's another shot of dry air behind it. the drier the air the more comfortable you feel. check out these temperatures. one of the warm spots at 85. concord at 86. down towards the cape we're seeing some 70s showing up right now. just beautiful evening with clear skies that are out there. nothing showing up on the satellite picture until you get way out.

over the midwest because there is nothing going on. that's why we've got several days of sunshine coming our way. i mentioned the humidity coming up as we head towards friday and perhaps some thunderstorms on saturday. they are clear out in north dakota right now. this is a listening way for them to travel to get here. not until saturday, we'll see those thunderstorms. overnight, we'll see lows dropping off into the 50s outside the city. boston will probably still hold on to 63 degrees. all that concrete holds the heat of the day and high temperatures then will look like this tomorrow. we'll see generally into the 80s. we could popping into the upper 80s but the humidity will be down that will make it feel comfortable. southwesterly breeze, that's why it will be a little cooler over the cape and islands. once you cross the canal you will notice it as that cool refreshing breeze comes in. now, tropics, tropical storm earl has now been upgraded to a full pledged hurricane. category one. winds above 74 miles per hour and right now it's at 75. so what is it going to do? run to the coast of belize. about 1:00 in the morning. it should fall apart pretty

arraignment six to 12, isolated areas, as much as 16 inches. cut across the yucatan and head towards mexico. as i it does that it will be dropping much-needed rain across the area but otherwise as far as wind goes, most of the wind will be left at the coast. we don't have to concern ourselves too much with that and it will not play to our forecast in any way, shape or form. tonight, we've got low temperature dropping down to 60. tomorrow, it looks like we'll get to about 84. on friday, back up to around for a few days. if you're keeping track we've had 13 so far this season, far need 14 to be average. go back to 2010, we had 25 days above 90 degrees. saturdays a threat for some thunderstorms. primarily late into the afternoon. about 88 degrees. it will be muggy and behind the thunderstorms, low humidity moves back in. sunshine is out. temperatures are in the lower 80s. if you like today, you're probably going to like sunday. even saturday, with a chance of

washout. just a chance to see some thunderstorms, and again, that hit-or-miss variety. keep an eye to the skishgs on saturday, and enjoy your sunday. >> i like that one day at 90s and then it's over. >> new concerns tonight, your smartphone's battery status could threaten your own line privacy. princeton researchers crawled the top 1 million websites and found a small number are tracking how much charge is left on your device's battery. how do they know that? they can't say for sure what the da i more businesses know, more they can target ads and products to you. goingtle is getting into the drone delivery business. i sdinld of personally doubt this will ever happen but the tech giant is going to start testing a program called project wing, in the united states. that announcement was part of a larger drone initiative. funding to research the best way

season starting with a new co-host. >> good morning america's weekend top news anchors joins the panel led by whoopi goldberg. that announcement comes as whoopi is trying to dispel rumors that she pushed tout former co-host. the view is all new on channel 5 beginning september 6. >> vet life of pets will live on at the box office. universal -- announced a sequel will be made. the sequel will hit theaters in july 2018. >> "frozen," i've seen this a couple of hundred times in my house, the 2013 blockbuster movie will be turned into a stage show to play aboard the disney cruise ship disney wonder. the musical debuts on a ship out of texas in november. disney promises real-life magic

other special effects. i think my daughter has already found the stage version from california adventure in california, online and she's also watched that version on youtube. >> i think you're looking at a crew -- cruise. >> finding fiber in carrots. >> why scientists think this mush could revolutionize the food industry. >> coming up new at 6:00, us what deadly overdoses in the opioid crisis. a shark scare. the lifeguard orders everyone out. terrifying scare for this driver as a pole goes flying right through the windshield. the ice bucket challenge, rather

>> ifou -- [inaudible] >> scientists at brandeis university now say that could be the best part of the carrot. >> the ingredients are simple. carrots strayed out of the ground, tossed interest a juicecer. >> you wind up with pumus left over. >> this carrot pulp could revolutionize the food industry,

products, you have to dry it. >> dry mesh about like flour. researchers at brandeis university carefully blended it into food for animal studies. they found carrot pulp provides all the benefits of fiber but with few of the uncomfortle side effects. no bloating, no intestinal problems. >> and if you have early diabetes, take it and stabilize your gut, and watch your blood glucose come human studies but they are already getting calls from food manufacturers. >> the cereal folks are interested. there are some tricks in the trade in how you have to dry it and process it but we're not adding any chemicals to it. it's a pretty pure product. >> superior to other products, carrots worked best in the testing. >> itle will as though this product is bringing its

it's own package of goodies in the special sugar to our bacteria that are waiting there for this special stuff. >> incredibly this special stuff has been treated as an agricultural waste product until now. >> i think everybody that starts talking about this can think of all the different ways you could incorporate the carrot fiber. >> for the professor it's a researcher's dream come true. science behind smart, balanced products. >> chasing all the details and seeing it end up in the replying health is what i live for. >> he hopes to start human studies right away. preventing type two diabetes that would be huge and the f.d.a. does require science to support it. still, professor hayes expects to see this carrot pulp for sale

additive. >> these big companies used to truck this stuff away. >> now it's useful. >> we have breaking news, upwards of 100 cats pulled from a home in upton. >> newscenter 5 at 6:00 gets started right now. >> new allegations of racism at a boston school. the startling new report and the plan to fix it. >> troubling trend in the fight against opioid addiction. >> what's fueling an increase in overdose deaths. the close call >> boston's first medical dispensary opens as the fight for legalization heats up. >> it's heating up but before it gets here another chilly night in store. i'll show you how cold it gets. >> happy birthday, tom brady. the gift from his head coach. >> boston's news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 6:00. >> proof of dozens of racial incidents at boston latin.

investigation in more than a hundred reports from students and staff. let's get to reid. he's live outside the school. >> this report highlights what some consider a tense racial climate here at this elite high school. and now that these allegations are out, school is forced to deal with them. >> the report confirms america's oldest public high school continues to deal with an age old problem. >> what my shock is that it took us this long to get to this more than 100 allegations of bias-based incidents at boston latin since 2012. incidents in which administrators, faculty and students violated school policy. >> this is a school that claims to be the model of academic rigger. it needs to be the model for inclusivity.

has been launched by the u.s. department of justice and the attorney's office. >> we have new leadership, a system in place. >> the report does not cite specific details of discrimination but curry of the naacp says its investigations have found among other things inequity of discipline among minority students. he also says the school needs to open its doors to more minority children. >> if it's unjust, if it's of us should accept that. >> michael curry continues to say he does expect there will be push back from the school as it continues to deal with issues of bias issues and allegations of racial discrimination but it's a good steppingstone. >> wcvb, newscenter 5. >> more on the opioid crisis. new and startling statistics. more than half of all opioid