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trump arrived to a room full of hundreds of supporters. he was introduced by paul lepage. during his speech he referenced the boston marathon bombing and said it could've been prevented if the brothers had not been able to enter the u.s. as refugees. >> how violent and how vicious and how horri have that incident which killed so many. >> three groups of protesters interrupted the speech. you see some here holding up pocket versions of the u.s. constitution. trump is hoping to win at least
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anchor: his running mate appeared in raleigh, where he received this unexpected response from an 11-year-old. >> you have been softening up on his words. >> he has been softening them up. that got a chuckle out of t he said sometimes things don't always come out like you mean adding he and donald trump have different styles. a new poll of likely new hampshire voters shows hillary clinton with a big post-convention bump. the wbur poll gives the democrat a fifteen point lead over republican donald trump. with 4 electoral votes new hampshire is an important swing state. the poll suggests that granite state voters are uniting behind
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anchor: at least one person was injured in this crash on 495 in littleton. sky 5 over the scene this afternoon an suv and a tractor trailer involved. traffic was at a standstill in both lanes as a medical helicopter landed. all lanes are back open right now. hundreds attending the funeral of a little boy who drowned. anchor: live with the emotional tribute. reporter: hundreds l funeral service. he was remembered as a little boy who was full of life. family members receive -- were seen wiping away tears. he was found dead last tuesday after he managed to disappear from camp staff members. he drowned. changes have been made at camps throughout the city.
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they hope his death prevents another family from having to go through what they did. his casket was drawn away in a horse carriage. >> when do you ever see a turnout like this for a child? he brought everyone together. reporter: the police department were here during his funeral services. heather: steps are being taken to fight the zika virus. ed: live with the research. reporter: researchers here say they have created a zika vaccine. ed markey tour the lab that created this breakthrough.
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small-scale test. 15 people have tested positive. experts say it will spread throughout the country. it could be pivotal to stopping it. >> 18 of them were given the vaccine. 10 of them were not given the vaccine. the vaccine did not. >> researchers hope by october the vaccine could be ready for testing in humans. they will be looking for people here to help test the vaccine. they are looking for additional funding.
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crews began aerial spray in miami-dade county to kill off mosquitoes including some that may carry zika. crews are going door-to-door checking backyards for standing water. they will offer free testing for the virus. heather: a live look outside at boston. lots of blue skies. 86 degrees. weekend. anchor: you mentioned it is 86. it's only 80 degrees of the airport. the breezes keeping things cool. what's more important than is what is going on to the west. all into the 90's right now. it's going to push its way in here tomorrow. look at how minneapolis we have
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the timing looks like saturday afternoon. much more details when that will move through. it is something to keep in mind. ed: we are learning about the american woman killed in a violent rampage in london. reporter: investigators confirm the woman killed in london lived in florida. six people in a popular tourist spot. five of them suffered nonlife threatening injuries. investigators suspected terrorism but now say it was a random attack adding the 19-year-old has mental health issues. >> so for we have found no evidence of radicalization that
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be vigilant in light of recent attacks across europe. terror groups -- police said they were putting more on the streets. most british police don't carry guns. >> an update into the death of a baby. a four-month-old found unrespve of natural causes. the cases had been under investigation because of their previous involvement. >> a woman facing drunk driving charges. she overdosed when she was driving in brockton. anchor: the woman was taken to the hospital for treatment. no one was hurt. ed: new at 4:30: a worcester man faces a judge accused of assaulting a police officer.
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when police approached him they say he yelled obscenities and tried to run off. even after being pepper sprayed, police say appiah charged an officer and tried to gouge his eye out. heather: three braintree police officers are cleared in this deadly shooting of a suspect in march. the norfolk district attorney says no criminal charges will be filed. state police detectives found that robert dussourd, a domestic violence suspect, was within three feet of an officer, and threatening to stab police, when officers had tried unsuccessfully to subdue the suspect with a beanbag gun. the future of the florida nightclub targeted in june's deadly attack is up for debate. orlando's mayor says he wants the city to buy pulse to create a permanent memorial to the 49 people killed by a gunman who opened fire on june 12. a pulse spokesperson says the club's owner has met with city officials, but talks are still preliminary.
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nine people inside a south carolina church involved in a jail fight. police say dylann roof was assaulted this morning. he was not seriously hurt but was checked out before being sent back to his cell. roof allegedly wrote a manifesto saying he had no choice but to kill black people before opening fire inside the emanuel ame church last summer. he goes on trial later this year. heather: a move to stop the demolition of this peabody foam company that went up in flames last month. an injunction since the cause of the fire has yet to be determined. that's according to the salem news. it's believed the fire started near a sytro-foam cooler storage area. ed: a race against time in california as crews battle two fast-moving wildfires. the first. ,is burning in big sur. that one has charred nearly 73 square miles but is now 25% contained. the other, sparked by a campfire in northern california, has
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crews are now asking for the public's help to find whoever started that fire. more than 400 cars are destroyed in a wildfire in portugal. the flames spreading to the parking lot of a music and dance festival. the 4,000 people at the festival were evacuated from the site. no one was seriously hurt. the driver involved in a heart-stopping rollover, caught on camera, is speaking out. this video shows joe myers' car flipping eight times in florida last week. incredibly, myers survived only suffering a few small ts he says there's only one reason he is still alive today, a group of good samaritans who rushed to save him. >> they pulled me out through the sunroof. they could not open the doors. it's a miracle i'm here. i'm grateful for them for saving me. anchor: police are still
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found. let's take a look at the votto. the dog ran away from the crash scene but he was found today by a dog recovery in one of their traps. >> they hit the lottery. time to flashforward to 5:00. ed: back to corner. the things that can help parents save money. heather: a giant gator found in someone's backyard. what a zookeeper is saying. >> a check on the traffic, and a look at your weekend was in --
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fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really?
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so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh absolutely. i like that. tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone.
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>> we're seconds away from 5:00. let me hit the update button. let's see what the traffic looks like now. slow in our normal spots. if you're going north, 27 minutes.
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495 is not bad. it's a seven minute ride in both directions. heather: abb giraffe is now back at the zoo after getting treatment. the calf born sunday, was struggling to get on her feet and start nursing. giraffes typically stand within an hour of birth. no doubt why she couldn't stand. ed: when it comes to lanky legs i would know nothing about that. earl is not a hurricane. anchor: it is kind of falling
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it flexes its way through, wind down to 40 miles per hour. it is like a northeastern. earl is going to continue its track across mexico into the central part of the country. things fall apart, there is a lot of water around there. above the degree mark. august has been cool. although it is 82 for a high at boston, temperature shoot ride up. the sea breeze is not going to be as prevalent as it was today. 18 miles per hour keeping us cool.
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tomorrow? it is going to move up tomorrow and get muggy on saturday. it changes by sunday. what is going to happen here to do that? thunderstorms will be forming. right now there is nothing going on. to the west there is a cold front coming in. it is not going to get here until we talk about saturday when it comes through some thunderstorms out there, some lightning with it. tonight clear and patchy fog. sunshine, committee up from what it was. let's talk about what is going to happen. the cold front comes at us to see what happens.
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during the afternoon. around 2:00 and 3:00 seems to be the most likely time. cooler weather as well. saturday is not bad. do keep a night to the sky. the high-impact weather, not because i'm looking for any severe weather, there's going to be some lightning. keep an eye to thsk less humid, temperature of 84 degrees. next week, temperatures into the 80's. we get a chance of some thunderstorms. towards wednesday and thursday we will see an opportunity for
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from mass general. that's according to a post on his facebook page. donnelly had a tumor removed earlier this week. the arlington democrat's family is thanking everyone for their love and support. he was admitted to the hospital over the weekend after -- the weekend. >> thank you for their continued lesh people on our campaign in june after the attack in orlando. we have continued to be relentless in our fight against i sold -- isil. isil continues to lose territory area we have also seen isil has the ability to direct and inspire tax. -- attacks.
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bangladesh, france, germany. the decline of isil appears to be causing it to shift to tactics we've seen before. a greater emphasis on encouraging terrorist attacks including in the united states. intelligence professionals are working around the clock with other countries and communities at home to share information. as we discussed today we will go
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this campaign. our air campaign continues to hammer targets. 14,000 strikes so far. including those hitting the isil core and rocco and moses -- rocca and mosul. we will continue to do everything in our power to avoid -- it is the innocent civilians of syria and iraq who are suffering the most. we have worked to find the facts and hold ourselves accountable for doing better in the future.
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leaders. in a significant loss for isil, their minister of war. none of their leaders are safe and we will keep going after them. on the ground in iraq local forces keep pushing isil back. iraqi they are clearing fighters up the euphrates valley and iraqi forces. the last major stronghold in iraq. the additional u.s. support personnel that i ordered will help turn this into a logistical
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push into moz oh -- mosul. coalition forces continue to take the fight to isil as well. they are fighting the way into the town, a gateway for isil fighters coming in and terrorist heading out to attack europe. isil is beaten back. we are gaining intelligence. thousands of digital we will use to keep destroying isil networks. we also continue efforts against al qaeda in syria. i do want to set back and note the progress that has been made
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since then and iraq isil has lost at tikrit, at sinjar, and now falluja. isil has lost at kobani and lost territory across the in both iraq and syria they have not been able to reclaim territory they have lost. they have not had a major successful offensive operation in a full year. they know they are going to keep losing in their message to
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they turn out not to be invincible. they are going to be defeated. we recognize the situation is complex and this cannot be solved by military force alone. united states and countries around the world pledged $2 million to help iraqis rebuild we are working with a rack to develop a campaign to liberate moz oh matched with political efforts to protect civilians and promote inclusive governance so isil cannot return by splitting new grievances. in syria, feeding isil and al qaeda wires and end the civil
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the regime and its allies continue to violate the cessation of hostilities including attacks on civilians, and blocking food from reaching families that are starving. it is deplorable and the depravity of the syrian regime has are the condemnation of the world. russia's involvement in these actions -- the u.s. prepares to work with your to reduce the violence and strengthen our efforts against isil and al qaeda. they have failed to take the steps given the to tearing situation. it's time for russia to show it is serious about following these objectives. we will keep working with partners to go after isil
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we are conducting strikes and support of government forces. we will continue to support efforts to secure their country. in afghanistan one of the reasons i decide to maintain current posture is so we can keep eliminating isil's presence there. finally, it should be clear by now, even as we need to crush isil on the battlefield their defeat will not be enough so long as their ideology persists and drives people to violence. groups will ca continue to emerge.
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broadly including the social, economic and political factors that help fuel it's like isil . we will continue to expose isil for what they are who set off bombs near the profit mocks -- prophet's mosque. one of the reasons america's armed forces are the best in the world is because we draw on the skills and talent of all of our
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and faiths including muslim americans who risk and give their lives for our freedom. i think the entire world was inspired sunday when muslims across france joined a catholic neighbors in mass and a moving display of solidarity. it has to be the message we echo and all of our country's. peace be with you and also with you. i want to say a few words on another topic. been warning we are now seeing the first locally transmitted cases of the zika virus and mosquitoes. this was predicted and predictable. we've seen 15 cases in the miami area area are cdc experts are working shoulder to shoulder with florida health authorities.
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pregnant women have been urged to stay away from neighborhoods they were focused on. i want to be clear, our public health experts do not expect to see the widespread outbreaks of zika that we have seen in brazil are in puerto rico. we expect to see more cases. even though the symptoms for most are mild, many may never know they have it. we've seen the complications can be severe. i want to encourage every american to learn what they can do to stop zika. in addition, congress needs to do its job.

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