>> now on newschannel 5's eyeopener. >> exclusive information and a murder of a woman in christ in. the dna sample that could lead to a break in the case. >> a drought warning an area parks of the state. >> some are going to get a break from the heat today. tracking the next chance for storms per year weekend outlook is coming up. >> bear warning in new hampshire. what wildlife officials say is leading to a string of encounters. >> you are watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. this is newschannel 5's eyeopener. >> i'm doug meehan. antoinette: you said it is set

cindy: something special was happening. we dropped below 70 degrees. i thought i would comment -- exactly. 69 and the city. things are changing and is all about this wind coming in off the water. a northeast wind 12 miles per hour bringing down some cooler air. you can see it in beverly where it is 68. the farther north you showing up. you contrast that to near 80 degrees in hartford. there is the boundary working southward. that is quite to be the focus of our weather. there are clouds and showers across the northern new england. cloud cover in southern new england but we will see that increasing as this front continues to drop southward. on the other side, still very hot and humid. i think the focus of potential severe weather is going to be across western new england.

temperatures hold basically in the 70's all day along the coastline. a lot of clouds today. you jump in land and we will still manage the 80's. 97 in hartford today. we'll time things out this afternoon. antoinette: thank you. funeral arrangements being finalized right now for vanessa markoff, the 27 year old murdered out on a jog in princeton will be laid tuesday morning. right now 5 investigates with new information about a possible lead in the case. reporter: 5 investigates has learned that police have submitted dna samples for testing on one possible person of interest in the murder of vanessa markoff. she disappeared after leaving her mother's home in princeton on sunday. her body was found nearby a few hours later.

is familiar with that area. we're not identifying the person because no one has been charged with any crime. this could be a solid lead, but with more than 400 tips the c d.a.'s office is following any lead. the d.a. said the public should be careful and vigilant. antoinette: state police as saying they need a break in this case, and your tips are helping. doug: john atwater has anpd john: it has been a long week for investigators in the small town as they try to uncover clues that lead to a killer. they are still focused on a timeframe between 1:00 and 3:00 sunday, when vanessa markoff was out for a run. police say no detail is too small. they want information about any car on that road and asking people to come forward if they saw a man this week who was bruised.

08-453-7589. any small tip could be critical in this investigation. doug: 5:04 now. a crash and framingham under investigation involving a bicycle and a pickup truck. it have been deadly intersection of living in waverly last night. the man was flown to boston medical center. the dr plymouth man is facing child pornography charges. a jury indicted eric watson on charges he possessed and chair of more than 1000 images of child pornography. officials indicting watson after a month long investigation. watson will be arraigned at a later date. antoinette: commitment 2016. donald trump on the campaign trail will stop in some

pennsylvania yesterday. he toured a factory before he held a rally there. trump claiming the only way he can lose in that state is if there is cheating. trump telling supporter he plans to watch a certain parts of pennsylvania on election day, citing concerns about voter fraud. mr. trump: she can't beat what is happening here. the only way they can beat it in antoinette: trump will be in ohio on monday where he is scheduled to deliver a major speech on what he would do to combat terrorism. doug: tim kaine will hold its first public event in new hampshire today. kaine making his first trip to the granite state this weekend. he visited a restaurant and concord before heading to a fundraiser yesterday. saying donald trump's controversial comments about second amendment supporters

from appointing judges were dangerous. tim kaine: it has no place in our politics. it is something that is out of character to do if you want to be a leader. a leader should be about bringing people together and promoting civility and listening to one another. doug: kaine and secretary clinton both releasing their tax returns yesterday, dating back a number of years. a contrast to trump who has refused to release any of his tax returns. an hacked. the hacker calling themselves goose-ifer is taking credit for releasing private e-mail addresses of democratic host -- house members. the press secretary says "the committee has been the target of a cyber security incident. we are cooperating with federal law enforcement in their ongoing investigation." antoinette: a warning to new

be on the lookout for hungry bears. they say the drought in the lack of rain is leading to a spike in incidents. limited food options are forcing bear to take risks and they expect the bears to continue roaming over the next couple months. the state says to secure all trash and they have a warning for campers. >> keep your food out of the tent. once a bear it will keep coming. antoinette: officials say there has been multiple incidents with people who are raising livestock. it is important to keep those animals and close and in an electrical fence area to keep bears away. it is not the bear's fault. a crash with a van loaded with high school athletes. doug: what police say the driver

summer. now a closer look at the impact the drought is having on your lawn, and what you can do to ease that pain. cindy: there may be a little help for those thirsty lawns over the next couple days. i'm tracking the chance for storms as we roll to the days ahead. doug: please don't retire. big papi power at fenway park. his solo home run and his new

antoinette: the state has declared massachusetts. the areas shaded in orange calling for outdoor water use to be banned in those cities and towns. those areas have been experiencing precipitation levels 5-8 inches below normal for the past four months. 62% of the state was in severe drought. doug: what you can do to protect your lawn. reporter: this is an all too familiar sight. >> most have a full watering ban

so, most of our customers don't have any wayt to keep the lawns irrigated reporter: dealing with dry grass rather than the lush lawn you once had. >> the lawns are definitely stressed right now but it's always amazing to me because this is not the first time we had a major drug. reporter -- a major drought. they have been fieldi >> those that put brand-new lawns and this past spring, a lot of those people are going to have to do some work in the fall. reporter: for those who have laws that have been taken care for several years, there is still hope. >> the lawn will pack up and go to bed. that is what happens. the lawn shuts down and conserves its energy. and most of that is stored in the roots.

decided to irrigate half the property and leave the other half alone. >> this is not grown. reporter: here are a few tips. if you're in an area without restriction, try to water your lawn. grass needs about an inch of rain or watering a week. keep your grass 3.5-4 inches long. >> be. patient pray for rain. >> now your stormteam with meteorologist cindy fitzgibbon's. doug: no rain but we are very lucky. look who it is. antoinette: cindy. cindy: i like spending saturday with you guys. antoinette: you want to do it all the time? doug: sure you do. cindy: we just saw how dry everything is. this is going to take repeated rain. it takes a tropical system to get us out. nothing on the horizon.

monitor. most of the state in that severe drought category as that one portion in the northwestern suburbs of boston, acton and burlington, north reading, those are the areas that are in that rare extreme drought category. it is the nature of what we get for rain this time of year. hit or miss, we got missed yesterday. two towns over got it. we miss storms firing up today. and a potential for severe storms. looks like it is going to be focused farther to our west across new york state and parts of western new england. it does not look like a big issue in southeastern new england. we have got the hot weather we had in place. 98 yesterday in boston. that is actually going to be focused to our west today. we are watching her frontal boundary dropping down from north new england with cooler air. you can see a lot of clouds and

showers. we will see an increase in cloud cover and we are also seeing a shift in the wind, at least in boston where the temperature has dropped to 69. wind at 10 miles an hour and that is bringing in that cooler air. you can see it on the north shore and beverly up into portsmouth where the temperatures have dropped into the 60's. a little warmer the father south you go. look at harford -- still holding near 80 degrees. the cooler air continue to progress towards the south and west slowly over the course of the next several hours. you will notice a difference along the coast line because the wind is going to stay from the northeast to the east. a lot of cloud cover today -- i think very close to the coast line, we may stay with cloudy skies all day long. that coupled with the wind off the water. look at the temperatures holding in the 70's this afternoon. you jump in land, and lower 80's in nashua.

talking. -- around taunton. in harford and springfield, temperatures in the 90's. we are talking about an excessive heat warning about hartford and springfield. that is where the heat index this afternoon is going to be 100 to 107 across the boston area holding in the 70's this afternoon. quite a contrast. the timeline here. notice the skies are mostly cloudy through lunchtime. it is still fairly quiet with the mostly cloudy skies. however, look out across new york state. a couple of storms. as we get later into the afternoon and evening, couple of those may shift eastward and try and hold together. but they are going to have a tough time making it to the coast line. a spot shower overnight. i'm not expecting a whole lot of rainfall today. as we get into tonight, the skies begin to clear out. temperatures falling into the

heat and humidity coming up tomorrow. tomorrow just like that with the shifting the wind. we are back in the mid-90's, boston and even worcester 90 degrees. 80's on cape cod. tomorrow, we have a pretty good chance of getting in on some thunderstorms in the afternoon hours. take a look at future cast. live storms developing midday are run new york state. that will march eastward mid-to-late afternoon. with torrential downpours as they shift eastward into the evin one more day in the 90's tomorrow and then more tolerable temperatures in the 80's. antoinette: tolerable. that is a good word. stories we are following right now. doug: a high school water polo team's trip to an away game turned into a tragic. a van carrying members of an ohio girls team collided with a semi truck. a 19-year-old was killed.

van's driver are suffering life-threatening injuries. the semi failed to yield at an intersection. investigators in silver spring, maryland, said they found a third boy in an apartment building that was the scene of an explosion. two victims were removed from the building thursday but the death toll may rise as recovery efforts continue today. the explosion wednesday night shook buildia antoinette: we are learning more about what cost of three children to fall from the ferris wheel at a fair and tennessee. inspectors have found the rivots on the gondola had come loose. the bottom plate got caught on the frame of the ferris wheel tipping them out. a six year old remains in critical condition while two other girls are out of the hospital. a delicate project underway in weymouth. crews using jax to raise a huge

four river bridge. on monday, crews will start floating it on the water. the project will be completed in 2018. doug: 5:19 on your saturday morning. the sox hosting the diamondbacks this weekend again. rough start for david price. down by two. but hanley ramirez showed up. a three run dinger. is again. ramirez going deep for his second homer of the night. then there is this from david ortiz. he blasts his 26th homer. sox win 9-4. a big milestone for big papi, his 1000th extra-base hit. how about this guy? former yankee, alex rodriguez? he is officially done playing baseball for now. he was honored on the field

then he went 104. t-- went 1-4. the yankees beat the rays. antoinette: a local man who survived a heart attack in his 20 is facing another health challenge but this time it involves his young son who inherited his disorder. their story is part of a new web md series. heather: max is nine. he is learning to play the keyboard and like many kids -- >> i have been reading the harry potter books. heather: his cholesterol -- >> his total cholesterol at one point was over 1000. heather: he suffers from a severe for a familiar hyper cholesterolemia which causes too much cholesterol to build up in the blood.

hours every thursday getting the cholesterol scrubbed from his blood. >> we wake up at 6:00 a.m. in the morning, and we go to children's hospital. they have this machine that takes out my blood. they clean it out through the machine, and then they put it back in. heather: max and heritage fh from his mom and dad. at just 28, but neither had even heard of fh. >> my wife knew she had high cholesterol, she knew what happened to me, but we did not put two and two together to say this is because of a combination. we're not geneticists. heather: an estimated one million americans have fh, 90% completely unaware. that is why this family has sounded the alarm.

a 25% chance you can pass it on. if you do have a history of high cholesterol and a history, a family history of early heart attacks or high cholesterol, it is important to have your kids checked out, too. heather: the first signs appear to when max was a toddler. it led to test and a diagnosis. because his cholesterol is being controlled. the weekly treatment he's also on cholesterol-lowering statins and aspirin for life. >> i dno't f -- don't feel sick. heather: staying will take a lifelong commitment. >> it is stressful. it is on our minds probably every single day, especially as we remind him every night to take his medication. heather: it is not enough to

that is why jonathan hopes sharing their story will encourage others with a family history of high cholesterol to talke to their doctors and get tested. antoinette: 5:23. a giant rubber duckie returned home years after he disappeared. doug: the mystery surrounding the globetrotting duck. a rattlesnake slithered its way into a quincy neighborhood. the reason experts say it may have made this visit. antoinette: bath outside. 77 degrees at 5:23 in the morning. doug: excuse me, look how dark it is. it used to be light out. antoinette: that's what happens. doug: what? antoinette: are you happy no?

>> monday morning on newscenter 5's eyeopener, classes are about to start, that means bills. >> three hacks that can help college students cut costs >> and the temperatures coming down, when the humidity breaks, monday starting at 4:30 a.m. cindy: things are changing. temperatures: done, especially from boston through the north shore. we are tracking a backdoor cold front that will knock the temperatures back. by late morning, in the 70's new the coast but look at the temperatures climbing in land, 80's to the 90's once again today. excessive heat back through parts of central western new england and that will be coming back to the rest of the art

after parts of springfield and hartfield. the place to be is the coast line. mostly cloudy skies, temperatures only in the 70's. by the heat is back in a big way tomorrow. looks like we are back into the 90's. antoinette: a giant rubber duck back with its rightful owner after five years. doug: that duck traveled the world but it's disappearance and return still remains a mystery. gayle duckas family's front yard. it has sound. the family has received postcards from across the globe. they have even been following a facebook page someone set up. >> the picture i saw looked suspiciously like my sidewalk and my drooping flower. wait a minute, she's in the driveway, she's home. doug: that duck flies first

if it is ever solved.. antoinette: i think that is kind of creepy. it just showed up. doug: people steal the gnomes from the lawn. antoinette: i want to know where the duck's been. a reversal of fortune for olympic swimming sensation michael phelps. and some quick thinking at a local pool. the

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>> now, on newscenter 5. cindy: the potential for some storms later on. doug: and a 5 investigates exclusive. a new lead in the murder of vanessa marcotte the evidence her killer may have left behind. the key dna test that could break the case. antoinette: and a pool rescue in boston. the dramatic team effort to save a little boy pulled from the fox news later. good morning. this is newscenter 5 eyeopener. antoinette: good morning. thank you for joining us for it is after 5:30. i am antoinette antonio. doug: i am doug. i am looking at this camera. that is god-awful.

well you were sleeping. someone knocked on the backdoor, a cold front, and it said, let me in. clout several thin and temperatures dropped. 69 degrees, wind off the water and the front-row pulldown parts of the area today. 98 in the city yesterday and now you wake up to 69 degrees. feeling very different. a lot of 60's through the new hampshire coast and even 50's in northern maine, but lots hartford area. here's that backdoor cold front marching south this morning. it will bring down cooler air, but just to the west, the key people and humidity around comes a contrast around new england. at frontal boundary makes spark thunderstorms later on. i think the focus will be around western new england and new york , where there is a marginal

throughout the entire day, mainly cloudy. we will manage later it -- lower 80's. the real hot stuff, back to the west. another day with excessive heat to springfield and hartford, where the heat index is at over 100. mainly dry, a couple of storms this afternoon and i'll have the full timeline, coming up. doug: police have submitted dna samples for testing on at least one possible person of interest in the murder of vanessa marcotte. antoinette: marcotte disappeared after leaving her mother's home in princeton on sunday her body -- home in princeton on her body sunday. was found nearby a few hours later. the da's office has received more than 400 tips in the case. the d.a. joe early wouldn't comment on our information but did say the public should be careful and vigilant.

the current pickup truck on waverley street last night. the men on the bike was flown to boston medical with life-threatening injuries and the driver did stay at the same. antoinette: hillary clinton's running mate will hold his first event today to the granite state this weekend. he and secretary clinton released their tax returns yesterday. they dated back a number of years. a little boy told from a pool in boston, lifeguards and strangers jumping in to rescue him. right now, that 7-year-old child is in the hospital. our diane cho was in hyde park where he was rescued.

fallen someone out the middle of the pool if you realize that it was deep, and he panicked, so he was drinking the water. diane: she says that the child was not breathing, so she jumped to action. >> i breathe, i did the pressure and we rotated. diane: dean used to work as a home health aide and was trained in cpr. >> to hospital and responsive. doug: thank you. sky 5 over the pond. the body of a 49-year-old woman was recovered there yesterday by the worcester fire department dive team. neighbors say she went swimming thursday night, and never returned. police believe the drowning is accidental. antoinette: right now, a missing boy is safe, and his father is in police custody. it started with a shooting thursday night on blue hill avenue in dorchester. police say 27-year-old juan

kelvin martins was eventually found at his ex-girlfriend's house. she says kelvin was dropped off in the middle of the night with no explanation. ayala-powell was arrested a few hours later in revere. controversy in new bedford where an accused drug dealer was initially allowed to coach pop warner. doug: the co-founder of the league taking heat for writing a letter in his support. he's now sharing his story with our nicole estaphan. >> not be the coach. nicole: not on the roster this year or ever again maybe. the decision made by the cofounder after a well-liked coach, 30 nine-year-old mendez, was charged in the heroine drug trafficking ring. >> i think it shock posted day. those who liked him and those he who did not like him.

time he believed mendez's story and he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. he was not the man he thought was paying it forward. >> it is sad to see it in this way. nicole: a judge agreed to allow members to coach, sparking controversy with a letter at the forefront, but after looking at the charges, he changed his mind. >> nicole: according to court documents, he was a large-scale the stupider parent in new bedford. we caught up with him friday packing up the gym and had no comment. he will be back in court on september 13 for a plea hearing. doug: residents in middlesex county are being warned about a telephone scam. sheriff peter koutoujian says callers are posing as deputy sheriffs and threatening to arrest people for not paying outstanding bills or fines. the sheriff says you should not

callers. if you are contacted, you should call police immediately to file a report. antoinette: right now, mbta transit police are looking for the man who caused disruptions on the blue line as he tried to get a selfie. they say this man walked onto the tracks at the aquarium station just before 8:00 wednesday night, heading into the tunnel. that caused delays on the blue line as officers searched for him. police say his trespassing was a dangerous, potentially deadly, stunt that put officers in harm's way. if you recognize that man, you should contact transit police. doug: sweetgreen on boylston street is back in business after being shut down wednesday for health code violations. in a statement, the owners said they have taken steps to make sure it does not happen again. there is now designated food safety expert on staff in back bay and they plan to assign a similar expert to all of their locations. antoinette: a deal is in the works for the building that includes boston's iconic citgo sign.

has reached a deal with local developer related beal. there was public outcry earlier this summer over fears that the sign could be torn down. boston's landmark commission is considering making the sign an official landmark. this makes it official because it is always -- already a landmark. doug: of course. antoinette: a snake in the city. doug: a rattlesnake found in quincy. what it tookmo made the visit. antoinette: dangerous and deadly flooding down south. the rescues caught on camera. cindy: watching cooler air making its way south but only

when you've been making delicious natural cheese for over 100 years like kraft has, you learn a lot about people's tastes. honey, what do you want for dinner tonight? oh whatever you're making. triple cheddar stuffed sliders. sold! doug: welcome back. right now, residents in louisiana are bracing for more rain this weekend. floodwaters have already claimed at least two lives. more than 17 inches of rain has fallen in some places over the last 24-hours. many people needing to be rescued from their homes. the governor has declared a state of emergency.

mississippi have been overflowing since the rains began on thursday. a rattlesnake spotted slithering down the street in quincy. it is now safely in the custody of the environmental police. it turns out all this hot weather may be to blame for the unexpected visit. antoinette: newscenter five's mary saladna talked to some of the startled neighbors. mary: imagine finding this outside your front door, a rattlesnake. it happened on grove thursday evening in quincy and people noticed. >> it was scary. he was sitting across the street and a neighbor came out. gary: what did it sound like? >> you know the things you dance with, they were banking together, it sounds like that. mary: describe it. >> black, evil. >> when of the recent it came

drought. mary: experts blame the dry weather we are having. the guy was thursday so it came down to a populated area looking for a drink. you know they were rattlesnakes? >> i thought there was none. mary: but older brother brendan makes a good point. >> we have coyotes, and it is not really surprising because he lived next to blue hill's. mary: rattlesnakes are common at the nearby blue hill reservation. once the captioned should the wayward snake, they took him home. >> 10. i love snakes. mary: there could be others, so keep your distance and called 911. rattlesnakes are been amiss and you will need emergency care to get bitten. doug: i have no idea. antoinette: to do hear him? i like snakes. good thing he did not bring that in the house to show mom and dad. could you imagine?

if they walked in the house with any type of snake, no, no, no. antoinette: [laughter] it makes me nervous. cindy: something is happening outside. eggs are changing. temperature in boston down to 69. -- things are changing. temperature in boston down to 69. yesterday was one of the hottest days of the year. on thursday, 96. we have had some of the hottest days of the entire over the past today. there will be continued heat. we do have an excessive heat warning in hartford from noon to 7:00 p.m. in the heat index over 100 degrees, but not the case in boston. look at the clouds that have settled in over the city and the temperature has dropped to 69, thanks to wind shifting over the north, northeast, and it is bringing in cooler air. you can see it on the north

65. inland, holding the 70's and very humid out there. 77 from norwood and a lot of 70's on the cape. look at temperatures into the afternoon. these are the highest today, in the 70's while the coast line, some lower 80's on cape cod and you jump in land and notice 85 degrees, sticky, near 90 and then extreme heat into western new england. what is happening as we have a lot of thick cloud cover to the north end periodic showers in the canadian border. this frontal boundary is dropping south with cooler air and pushing back the heat and humidity, so every have the higher heat and humidity, that is where we will find stronger to severe thunderstorms this afternoon, really focused across new york, vermont and western new hampshire. a marginal threat of storms

mostly cloudy skies, so not expecting a lot of sunshine today. there will be limited son that more clouds -- sun for more clouds than anything else. in the afternoon, clouds break a bit and that could promote one or two storms in the afternoon and evening hours. when we get them, there could be localized flooding due to moisture and also some storms could have stronger wind. they will be few and far between. their firing up between new y eastward overnight. they will die out before they get near probably. overnight, temperatures in the 70's. quite humid and the wind turns up to the southwest because the front rows back the other way tomorrow, so we are back in the heat, back and humidity in the get the highest level of into the 90's. when you factor in humidity, heat index over 100. a one-day break from the heat and a better chance of storms

the mid afternoon hours. especially late afternoon and evening hours. see the line? potential for potent storms tomorrow with damaging wind. we will watch them. it drops on sunday night and we get a break from the heat monday into tuesday and humidity comes than a little. a lot of clouds and cooler temperatures today. antoinette: thank you. some of the other stories we're 5:48. now have three suspects in custody after an officer was shot and killed. officer jose chavez died at the hospital yesterday. he had pulled over a vehicle during a traffic stop when a passenger got out and shot him in the neck. officials say the three male suspects fled in a car and were later arrested. a florida woman are covering in the hospital room this morning after an alligator nearly took off her hand. she was attacked yesterday at a fish camp in the everglades. officials say she dropped a can from a dock and was attacked as she reached down to get it from

she remains in critical condition right now. antoinette: the pentagon is banning pokemon go from all government-issued phones and devices. pentagon officials recently sent a memo reminding workers and contractors to keep the app off their work phones. the memo, obtained by "the washington times," said the game could be used by spies to pinpoint the locations of sensitive facilities where secrets are stored. abrupt start to david price. down by two in the bottom of the first, but hanley ramirez showed up to this one. he gets a three run homer, sox up bottom of the second, 3-2. and there he is again. ramirez goes deep to the center, his second three run home run of the night. and then this. david ortiz blasts his 26th homer of the season and the sox

extra-base hit with boston. more than a week into the olympic games now and the u.s. continues to dominate leading the medal count right now with 50 medals. 20 of them gold. today is day eight, and all eyes will be in the pool for the woman's 50 meter final and both the men and women's four by 100 relays. doug: yesterday, a string of gold medals for u.s. athletes including one surprising silver. >> shocking reversal of fortune. michael phelps was going for his fifth gold of this olympics, and his fourth straight in the event, but he faltered and had to settle for the silver in a three-way tie in the last individual race of his olympic career. joseph skooling of singapore claimed the gold and snapped phelps' gold medal streak. nineteen-year-old katie ledecky was back in the 800 meter freestyle, where she set an

gold, surging all alone to an amazing finish and to a new world record, more the eleven seconds ahead of the pack. she's the first woman since 1968 to sweep the 200, 400, and 800 meters in a single olympics. ledecky finishes the rio games with four gold medals and one silver. in the women's 200 meter backstroke finals, american maya dirado took gold. in the men's fifty-meter freestyle finals, american anthony ervin grabbed the gold. american nathan adrian battled his way to the bronze. steve johnson and jack sock won the canadian pair 6-2, 6-4. and the u.s. fencing team won bronze in the men's foil. it's their first medal in the event to 84 years. antoinette: 11 seconds. couldn't believe it. doug: and hoops action, the u.s. women's team routed the previously undefeated canadians, 81-51. while on the men's side a surprising squeaker.

that was nice. antoinette: katie ledecky is just amazing. i cannot believe it. doug: and 19 years old. just the beginning. antoinette: this weekend, boston will be overrun with superheroes. a great event. doug: it draws comic book fans from all over the world and celebrity guests make an appearance. antoinette: live look outside this morning. pink sky out there. we will have some changing conditions right now. cindy a break from all the heat and

antoinette: you are looking live at a tale of two stories, that is where you can see there are a lot of clouds, cooler temperatures in the 60's right now. then sun coming up, where it is still in the 70's and temperatures will be climbing back to the 80's today. different story across the area with a backdoor cold front sliding into a deep into the cloud cover in boston, 69 right now. take a look at temperatures elsewhere. a lot of 70's as you look from will stir, nearly 80 in hartford. if you're heading to the beach today, there will be a lot of

currents and we have a low tide coming up before 2:00 this afternoon. heat off to the west. 70's along the coast and 90's around hartford are back in boston tomorrow. i think we have a better chance of showers and thunderstorms on saturday -- tomorrow. we're getting a little break early next week. antoinette: thank you. if you're in the seaport area, thousands of people are expected to makth comic con this weekend. it runs through sunday. among the celebrity guests, captain kirk himself william shatner. doug: he threw out the first pitch at fenway. antoinette: i did not know that. doug: so he is in town. lots of people watching. antoinette: interesting costumes out there. how about this? if you love deep fried fair food -- i do -- we have some good news for you this morning.

antoinette: what? [laughter] doug: walmart is now selling them. the hostess products hit the frozen food section in some walmarts this week. a nationwide rollout will happen next week on august 16. the deep-fried twinkies come in two flavors, original golden and if you're really feeling crazy, dive into the chocolate. antoinette: i saw this story this morning, went online, lifted up the oven -- doug: so you do not decry it question mark -- deep fry it? antoinette: it saves you the trouble. so it's goodness. doug: i will stick to apple pie. antoinette: we have got to move on. doug: the tale of the traveling giant rubber duck. antoinette: the mr. surrounding its five-year journey and its return. and saving your dry, brown lawn. what you can do right now even with a water ban that could help green up your yard in the future.

snickers. antoinette: it is good. [cracking] -- [quacking] doug: we found the rubber duck. antoinette: the mystery is