maria: damage control. the explanation to that comment about hillary clinton that some are calling a death threat. in: the red sox cancel a bobblehead giveaway. i maria: the arsonist who set himself on fire. his one wrong move caught on camera. >> from boston's news leader. this is wcvb newscenter 5 at seven. ed: new details the day after a jogger was found dead in her massachusetts hometown.

investigators are awaiting the results of a rape kit. maria: this grisly discovery shaking this quiet town. live with what we know at this hour. ron della: investigators came out to assure the public they are making progress. residents want them to make an arrest. >> as you can understand we are devastated over this. investigated in connection with the murder. the 27-year-old bu grad and new york city resident was visiting her mother and went for a jog. and disappeared and was found dead. naked and burned in the woods near her mom's home. family reported her missing when she missed her train out of town.

spoke to steve when the police were there. he was beside himself. >> she worked as a new york city google account manager. numeral community is anxious to guess because police have not made an arrest. using the first conversational church as a sanctuary, the reverend hopes comforts the community. >> do not be afraid. that would be a message i hope we get across to people. >> everyone here very supportive of the grieving family but everyone wants to know was this random or where she targeted? maria: a bobblehead bust. a mistake forcing the red sox to

live at fenway with reaction. sean: a lot of disappointed fans wired to get their hands on those big papi bobbleheads. >> i saw that it was david ortiz bobblehead night. i was hoping to get myself a nice little bobblehead. >> they just canceled that. >> i am upset about it. the bobblehead. >> fans wanted to get their hands on the collectors item. they got a card and apology. the team hoped to get this version on the right. it was delivered this version on the left. can you see anything in there you do not like? >> yes. the color change, the lips.

>> yes. >> he is unclear how many were made incorrect the. the team yanked them all. ticket holders can redeem their car for a fixed version at a later date. >> if there was a flaw on one there could have been a flaw on 100. i was going to come anyway. i would not want something that was not a quality product. >> fans about how they can get their bobbleheads. the maker of that bobblehead released the statement. we value our relationships with the red sox organization and its decisions to postpone the david ortiz bobblehead giveaway. we are working closely with the red sox to ensure the team and its fans receive a quality

ed: donald trump coming under fire again. >> controversial comments earlier today. saying that she would abolish the second amendment. mr. trump: by the way, she gets to pick. if she gets to pick her judges amendment people, maybe there is, i do not know. >> that reference, that provides the constitutional right for citizens to own guns. clinton's campaign releasing the statement. what trump is saying is dangerous. senator elizabeth warren also chiming in an tweets donald trump makes death threats

who cannot handle the fact that he is losing to a girl. the trump campaign is disputing that interpretation saying he was touting the spirit of unification of second amendment supporters. he is speaking right now. he did not repeat those comments in his speech. maria: thank you. you can see -- it will get hotter. we eye on the sky today. the temperature has just jumped, losing the sea breeze. still mid-to-upper 80's to the north and west. 70's on kit god. these will be the overnight ratings for boston. not as cool as the last two nights and slowly as we go through the night we will be getting more humid. the standing here is very humid to oppressive air that will start moving northeast but as it

increasing early tomorrow and a few showers and thunderstorms in parts of the area anytime from late tomorrow. ed: a teacher's aide facing disturbing charges. maria: the stafford accused of repeatedly raping a disabled student. >> personal reconnaissance. that was the personal recommendation of the district attorney's office despite the horrifying allegations and charges he is facing. the bathroom inside high school. that is where a 16-year-old boy who has multiple disabilities was raped by steven mcdonald. >> he continued -- he threatened to continuously go to his home. >> prosecutors laid out stomach

sex ats -- acts last fall. the victim would start holding his urine so he could avoid going to the bathroom. >> the victim had accidents at school and he was left in the hallway and wet close. -- in wet clothing. the defense attorney called the indictments troubling and says his client maintained his innocence. >> the story that is being told by the incredible, unbelievable story. >> mcdonnell has been married for 18 years. his wife and friends were at his side. friends of the accused say they are shocked and saddened by the charges adding mcdonald has always been a very active parent who has always been available to those kids and parents. the alleged victim left school

maria: police making an arrest in the sexually assault of a woman. the victim allegedly attacked in her own home. you can see him during his arraignment. he is a level three sex offender with convictions dating back to 1993. police say dna evidence linked him to the attack on the 79-year-old woman last month. he is charged with ed: bridgewater police are releasing this sketch of a man who tried to bring three kids into a van. police have been going door-to-door looking for anyone who might have seen anything. maria: state police and highway officials say they are on alert after a string of crashes in a work zone.

and launch a new public awareness campaign. there have been five serious crashes in work zones including 2 where two people were killed. all five involved alcohol. >> these are people behind the cones, mothers and fathers, children, grandparents, aunts and uncles. we need to be very clear that this people are in danger. maria: local police getting grants run through labor day. new fallout over the death of a family dog in a kennel. ed: trouble with the -- that the owner faces. harvey: not only heat but humidity as well. preceding it somewhat weather. details ahead. maria: the first of its kind rescue at sea.

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maria: the town of hanover revoking the license of a kennel after the death of a dog. seven other docs have been taken out of that kennel. this golden doodle named ben who stayed, when he was picked up he

that will -- there will be a hearing. ed: the el faro's recorder was picked up. all 33 people on board died including three who had ties to massachusetts. the suspects accused of stealing a state police cruiser is undergoing a mental health evaluation. the man accused of driving off was taken into custody. while walking on t p the cruiser was stolen from a d.o.t. facility and found in somerville. security at that facility will be looked at. >> many times a vehicle will be positioned where it will be accessible. that will be approved. ed: there was no damage and nothing was stolen from inside the cruiser. a new technique.

international fund for animal welfare shows this tangled in fishing line. a special tranquilizer dart is shot by 100 feet and lets the crew track the seal until it tires and then ben drags it aboard. >> 1, 2, 3. , on. back into the sea. the seal has been tagged to keep tabs on its health. ed: it is going to get pretty hot later in the week. >> that is the one thing that has been so nice about the first couple of days of this week. it has been reasonably comfortable. boston just jumped up at logan

and now it is in the 80's. still 90 right now. these are the high temperatures. 90 at harford. 91 in lawrence and 83 in boston. that will start on thursday. we are at 83 degrees at this humidity impact and when you see the blue colors it still is reasonably comfortable but when you start to see the yellow colors it is getting a little bit sticky. when you start to see the brown colors than it is starting to get a comfortable and not that far away from us to the south and west. we have air from washington southward and also from cleveland southward. that is moving away. as we go from comfortable air to this humid air there will be

not be as cold tonight as the last few only dropping to about 70 it will feel more uncomfortable because it will become much more humid. and then we have the possibility of some showers or thunderstorms. we are seeing clouds increase to the west and some shower and thunderstorm development. this will live to the north and east. it may not be widespread, that remains be in the area tomorrow and after some early morning sun in boston, clouds should take over with a few downpours for storms. during the course of the day tomorrow, we're getting a closer look. here come the clouds moving in and here are some of these storms. anyone of these downpours although they may be hit and miss, if you get them, they will be downpours because some -- that could cause some brief,

that threat will continue through tomorrow evening and that should wane instead -- and set us up with sunshine. once we get the sunshine thursday we will gain the heat that we will not lose the humidity. heat advisories probably will be issued tomorrow or thursday. that is what could happen. maybe friday as well. basically we are putting an impact day because of the possibilities of localized flooding. the jet stream and then once we get to the weekend and we wind up close to the boundary between the cooler air to the north and the hot and humid air, then increases the chances of showers and thunderstorms to finish up the weekend somewhat cooler than it will start. it does not look like the type of we can that will be sunny all weekend long. we will have to pay some attention as time goes on. see you later tonight. >> now, sportscenter 5 one

foxboro. the linebacker tore his triceps muscle in practice. he will not require surgery and is expect to -- expected to be out of the lineup till october. it is the return of alex rodriguez. he will play on thursday and has fond memories of this long-standing rivalry. >> i heade to 1994 when i debuted it here. fenway, the fans here are very special. the rivalries -- rivalry here has been incredible. >> coming up at 11 on newscenter 5. maria: delta trying to rebound from that system meltdown. ed: a timetable to get back to normal and the steps being taken

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ed: this guy is trying to light

he just set himself ablaze and he starts running. this was on sunday. this is in kentucky. there is still more arrests in the case. police are looking for the guy and his female accomplices well. -- accomplice as well. a federal judge upheld the sentence for corruption. he tried to sell an appointment to seat. five of his 18 convictions were struck down. he has another decade to serve. maria: delta trying to recover from that systemwide meltdown. more than 250 flights were canceled. that comes a day after the airline canceled 1000 flights. delta says a power outage is to blame for the setback to hundreds of thousands of passengers.

passengers on canceled or significantly delayed flights. in-flight entertainment [indiscernible] ed: the way the patriots are cheering on one of their own in the olympics. maria: a new top police officer poisoned. a fast food worker is accused of slipping math and to his

ed: in tonight's 5 for good, the patriots showing their support for a teammate competing in the olympics. maria special teamer nate ebner : is part of the usa rugby team. coach bill belichick and other pats coaches wore ebner rugb t-shirts at today's practice in foxborough. very cool. ebner and his rugby teammates can use all the help they can get, they opened play today with a loss to argentina. however they just beat brazil with the pats players and coaches watching back here. the usa defeating brazil 26-0 and yes, ebner scored a try in the game. in: you cross the goal line and

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