>> now on newscenter 5 eyeopener -- antoinette: exclusive information in the murder of a woman in princeton. the d.n.a. smple that could lead to a major break in the case. doug: a drug warning issued for parts of the state. the area suffering the most from this hot and dry spell. antoinette: and some areas getting a break from the intense heat today. trac t storms, your weekend outlook is coming up. a bear warning in new hampshire, what wildlife officials say leading to this string of encounters. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. this is news center 5 eyeopener. doug: good morning indeed. it's august 13, saturday morning. i'm doug meehan. antoinette: and i'm antoinette. we have the lovely cindy

don't adjust your television. cindy: and don't adjust your television. this is boston right now. it is 98 degrees yesterday. that is not happening today. we've had some low clouds come in off the ocean thanks to this northeasterly wind. and look at that temperature, just 69 degrees in the city right now. we have 60's up through the north shore in beverly. new hampshire sea coast, portsmouth, you're 67. look at the difference when you head to hartford, providence, all in the 80's right now. it is a little brighter off to the west, but i think a lot of clouds are going to dominate today. wf a bdo bringing in the cooler temperatures. the heat and humidity just to our west. this will come back at us tomorrow, so it is just a one-day break here locally. not getting a break through hartford and springfield. excessive heat warnings up, well over 100 degrees again today. where we have the extreme heat and humidity across western new england, that's where we have a better chance of showers and storms popping up today. a marginal risk of severe storms this way. i don't think we're going to

the cloud cover pretty much all day long. temperatures only coming up into the 70's. that will be the case up and down the coastline, but 80's over the interior. 84, worcester. 82, nashua. mostly cloudy skies, but i think mostly dry. the full-timeline on the storm threat ahead. antoinette: thank you. funeral arrangements being finalized for vanessa marcotte. she was murdered while out on a jog in princeton will be laid to rest thursday morning after lake church. right now 5 investigates with exclusive new information about a possible lead in the case. doug: we have the latest information. reporter: police have submitted d.n.a. samples for testing on at least one possible person of interest in the murder of vanessa marcotte. she disappeared after leaving her mother's home in princeton on sunday. her body was found nearby a few hours later. now, sources tell us the person

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 d.a.'s office is following every lead. the d.a. wouldn't comment on our information, but did say the public should be careful and vigilant. antoinette: state police saying they need a break in this case, and your tips are helping. doug: news center a's john atwater has an update on the tip john: it has been a very long week for investigators in this small town as they try to uncover clues that lead to a killer. they are still focused on a time frame between 1:00 and 3:00 sunday afternoon. that's when vanessa was out for a run along brook station road. police say no detail is too small. they want information about any car on that road, and they're asking people to come forward if they saw a man this week who was scratched or bruised.

508-453-7589. investigators are stressing this morning that any small tip could really be critical in this investigation. in princeton, john atwater, wcvb news center 5. doug: john, thank you. right now, a crash in framingham under investigation. this happened late last night at the intersection of irving and waverly street. the man on the bike was flown to boston medical center with life threatening injuries. we're told the driver did stay at the scene. right now, a pornography charges. the grand jury indicted eric watson on those charges that he possess and had shared more than 1,000 images of child pornography. officials are indicting watson after a month-long investigation by the state police computer crimes unit. watson will be arraigned in plymouth superior court at a later date. antoinette: donald trump on the campaign trail with stops in battleground states, where he's losing some steam in the polls. the republican nominee was in pennsylvania yesterday.

trump claiming the only way he can lose in that state is if there's cheating. trump telling supporters he plans to watch certain parts of pennsylvania closely on election day, citing concerns about voter fraud. donald: she can't beat what's happening here. the only way they can beat us, in my opinion, and i mean this 100%, if in certain sections of the state they cheat. ok? antoin: on monday, where he is scheduled to deliver a major speech on what he would do to combat terrorism. doug: hillary clinton's running mate, tim kaine, will hold his first public event in new hampshire today. he's making his first state to the granite state this weekend. he visited a restaurant in concord before heading to a private fundraiser in holderness yesterday. kaine saying donald trump's controversial comments about second amendment supporters

tim: it just has no place in our politics. it's something that is completely out of character to do if you want to be a leader. leader should be about bringing people together and promoting civility and listening to one another. doug: kaine and secretary clinton both releasing tax returns yesterday, dating back a number of years. a contrast to trump, who so far has refused to release any of his tax returns. meanwhile, a top democrat in washington has been hacked. they're calling 2.0 have released private email addresses of democratic house members and campaign aides last night. in a statement, the democratic congressional can he's press detect says the can he has been the target of a cybersecurity incident, and we are cooperating with federal law enforcement in their ongoing investigation. antoinette: right now, a warning to new hampshire residents. fish and game officials are telling people to be on the lookout for hungry bears.

spike in incidents. limited food options are forcing bears to take more risks, and they expect the bears to continue roaming over the next couple of months. to prevent an unwanted bear visit, the state says to stop bird feeding, secure all of your trash, and they also have a warning for campers. >> important to keep your food out of the tent in an enclosed areament once the bear find the food source, it's just going to keep coming and coming. antoinette: officials say there have also been multiple raising livestock. it's important for them to keep those animals enclosed in an electrical fence area to keep the bears away. time is 8:07. a horrific crash with a van loaded with high school athletes. doug: just awful. the tragic scene, and what police say the van's driver failed to do. antoinette: it has been a hot and dry summer. now a closer look at the impact the drought is having on your lawn and what you can do to ease the pain.

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antoinette: 8:11 on your saturday morning. the state has now declared a drought warning in central and northeast massachusetts, the areas shaded in orange on this map calling for outdoor water use to be banned in all of those cities and towns. those areas have been experiencing precipitation below normal for the past four months. and as of late week, 62% of the state was in a severe drought. doug: diane cho looks at what you can do to help protect your lawn. diane: for many of you, this is probably all too familiar. >> most towns at this stage have either a full watering ban or at least a very strict watering ban, or watering policy. so most of our customers don't

irgate. diane: dealing with dry, crunchy, brown 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 isn't the first time we've had a major drought. diane: thomas with the lawn doctors says they've been fielding more calls lately from people with one main question on their minds -- can you help? >> unfortunately, those that put brand-new lawns in this past spring, a lot of those people are going to have to do some work diane: he says for those whose lanes have been taken care of for several years, there's still hope. >> there's a mechanism, which is sort of back up and go to bed. that's really what happens. it's just the lawn shuts down and conserves its energy, and most of that is stored in the root system. diane: he decided to irrigate half the property and leave the other half alone. >> obviously this is not growing. diane: what does he suggest? here are a few tips. if you're in an area without a water restriction, try to water

of rain or watering a week, but if that's not an option, keep your grass at least 3 1/2 to four inches long. once the temperatures get cooler, he suggests using fertilizer to help it recover. >> be patient. pray for rain. diane: diane cho, wcvb news center 5. antoinette: so, so thirsty, those lawns are. cindy: this is a situation we don't find ourselves in that afternoon. typically in a drought this magnitude, it system to get us out. they've been hit or miss smsm towns are doing better than others, but overall, we need a widespread soaking rain. they're getting that down in the deep south. this is down along the gulf coast, and louisiana, where they've been getting too much rain, this almost looks like a tropical system. it doesn't have a name, but it has been producing tremendous amounts of rainfall much this is the past two days, 15 to 20 inches of rain. you know, we've had just over 18 inches of rain this entire

obviously, major flooding problems down this way. in the past 48 hours here, we've had showers and thunderstorms. but they've been hit or miss, and there's a lot of that moisture focus ad cross northern rhode island, connecticut, western massachusetts, not near eastern massachusetts, where we have this severe drought condition right now. and this one area, northwest of boston, we have extreme drought conditions. our deficit, eight, nine inches. unfortunately, they keep growing here. i'm not expecting a lot of rain da clouds, and that is going to hold the temperatures down. we were 98 degrees in boston yesterday. 96 degrees on thursday. so the hottest days of the year are occurring just this past week. big changes out there today. the heat still happening out across western new england, places like springfield and hartford, going to be feeling like over 100 degrees again today, but not here in boston. you can see what's happening. low clouds have come on in, and it's a wind off the ocean now, that northeasterly wind

69 degrees in town right now. a little bit of fog around the city. a little thicker here on the south shore. reduced visibility near the coastline right now with the wind. that is light, but it is demoming off the water. you can see the result. temperatures in the upper 60's on the north shore. portsmouth, 67. 6 in rochester. you jump inland, low to mid 70's. we're already 81 degrees in new bedford. 81 in providence. a little bit more sunshine this way, we've got very humid conditions, and it will stay humid throughout holding in the 70's. inland areas will be in the 80's today, but across western new england, we still have the heat and temperatures in the 90's. this back door cold front pressing southward now, but it kind of gets hung up across the central part of the state. the heat and humidity aren't far away, and once that front lifts back out, it will be back tomorrow, but certainly not today. where we have the most humid conditions, the hottest conditions, that's i think where we'll find the most numerous showers and thunderstorms today.

into the low 80's this afternoon. 80's tomorrow. hotter overall. but if you are up north, central, northern new england, that's where the steadiest rainfall is going to be over the next couple of days. southern new england ark lot of clouds. maybe some breaks around lunchtime. then we get spew the afternoon, mostly cloudy skies, a little bit of sunshine. maybe just one or two storms popping up. maybe focused out here near the front across worcester county. elsewhere, i'm not seeing too much activity. there will be more storms off to our north and west that roll through. during the overnight hours, 70's for overnight lows. going to be really sticky. once that front starts to lift the other way tomorrow, we are back into the hot, humid conditions, back into the 90's tomorrow. look at these highs, mid, upper 90's. heat index values going to be up over 100 degrees once again. tomorrow, i think we have a better chance of seeing some showers and thunderstorms. we've highlighted tomorrow as an impact day. due to the heat, due to the humidity, look at the storms popping up tomorrow afternoon. your sunday may feature a gusty

hours. and then the whole front crosses the area, and we are getting a break, turning a little less humid next week. temperatures more reasonable, back to the 80's. that's generally where we stay most of next week. antoinette: cindy, thank you. time right now is 8:17. some of other stories we're following right now -- doug: a high school water polo's trip to an away game turns into track deesm a passenger van carrying members of an ohio girls team collided with a semi truck. a 19-year-old girl was killed as both vehicles ditch. four other passengers and that van's driver suffering from light-threatening injuries. officials say the semi hit the van when that driver failed to yield at an intersection. investigators in silver spring, maryland, say they've now found a third boy in an apartment building that was the scene of a deadly explosion. two other victims were removed from that building on thursday, but police say the death toll may rise as search and recovery efforts continue today. the explosion late wednesday night shook buildings more than a mile away.

antoinette: this morning, we're learning more about what caused three children to fall from a ferris wheel at a fair in tennessee. inspectors have found that the rivets on the gondola were worn out, and they'd come loose. the bottom plate dropped down, and it got caught on the frame of the ferris wheel, tipping the girls out. a 6-year-old girl remains in critical condition this morning, while two other girls are now out of the hospital. a delicate project is now underway inway mouth. huge span of the four-river bridge. it's more than 78 feet wide, and part of the bridge's lift. on monday, crews will start floating it on the water so it can arrive at its new home. the $244 million project will be completed in 2018. doug: the sox hosting the diamondbacks at fenway park this weekend. another rough start for david price. down by two in the bottom of the first, hanley ramirez, thank you very much, he gets a three-run homer here.

it again. this one deep center. his second three-run homer of the night. and then there's this guy. wow. david ortiz blasting his 26th homer of the season. sox win this one 9-4, and you got yourself a milestone, big papi, his 1,000th extra-base hit with boston. former yankee alex rodriguez is officially "done" playing baseball. he was honored on the field before his final game last night. things difficult. the ceremony cut short by rain. he went 1-4 with an r.b.i. double. the yankees beat the rays. a-rod goes out with a handful of dirt in his back pocket. how apropos, and a standing ovation. antoinette: to your health this morning, a local man who survived a heart attack in his 20's is now facing another health challenge. but this time it involves his young son, who inherited his rare disorder. their story now part of a new web m.d. series on innovations

our heather unruh spoke with the family. heather: max is 9 years old, learning to play the keyboard. like many kids -- >> >> i have been reading the harry potter books. heather: what sets him apart from most his age, his cholesterol. >> his total cholesterol at one point was over 1,000. heather: max suffers from a severe form of familial hyper chest control, which causes too much cholesterol to build up in the blood. >> let's see how this sounds. heather: his case so severe, he spends six hours every thursday getting the cholesterol scrubbed from his blood. >> i 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 inherited f.h.

high cholesterol. jonathan suffered a heart attack at just 28, but neither had even heard of f.h. >> my wife knew that she had high cholesterol, too. and she knew what happened to me am but we didn't put two and two together and say, oh, this is because of a combination of thing. heather: they're not alone. an estimated one million americans have f.h. 90% completely unaware. that's why the f surrounding at left arm. >> if you both have f.h., there's a 25% chance you could pass it on to your kids. if do you have a history of high cholesterol and a history of -- a family history of early heart attacks or high cholesterol, it's important to have your kids checked out, too. heather: the first signs appeared when max was a toddler. he had tests and a diagnosis. because his cholesterol is being controlled, the weekly

temporarily brings levels way down. but he's also on cholesterol-lowering statins and aspirin for life to prevent the buildup of plaque in his arteries. >> i didn't feel sick. heather: but max knows staying well will take a lifelong commitment. >> it's stressful. you know, it's on our minds probably every single day, especially as we remind him every night to take his medication. heather: for people with f.h., it's not enough to eat a healthy diet and eis sharing their story will encourage others with a family history of high cholesterol to talk to their doctors and get tested. heather unruh, wcvb news center 5. antoinette: so much max is dealing with, but he makes time, read harry potter, play the keyboard, yeah. good for him. doug: and god bless those people at children's, oh, my goodness. antoinette: on the way this morning, a rubber duckie returned home years after it disappeared.

surrounding this global-trotting duck. we've got it for you next. and a rattlesnake slithered its way into a neighborhood. the reason experts say it may have made this unwelcome visit. antoinette: and live outside this morning from east boston, it's a little cloudy out there, cooler die tap today. cindy will tell us how long the cooler temperatures will stick

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antoinette:

8:25 on your saturday morning, and you are looking live here over east boston. a lot of low clouds, very humid, and you can see as you look out toward the worcester area, those clouds that have been near the coast all morning moving on in. we did have brighter skies early this morning in worcester. and there you see hampton beach, waves picking up, but a lot of cloud cover for your saturday. not the brightest beach day, but it is certainly going to be cooler. 70's, humid at the beaches today with that easterly wind. low rip current, and we've got a low tide coming up just fo should be plenty of beach to go around. this back door cold front is what is cooling us off today. there will be 80's over the interior. look what happens to this front tomorrow t. goes the other way, so we are back in the 90's. back in the high heat indices tomorrow. it's going to feel like it's over 100 degrees. it's a brief cooldown today. a lot of clouds. can't rule out an isolated thunderstorm. i think a much better chance of that coming up tomorrow. antoinette: cindy, thank you. this is pretty interesting.

rightful owner after five years. doug: five. the duck traveled the world, but its disappearance returned, and it remains a mystery. the duckie has been on the move since it was taken a new hampshire move in the front yard. the family received post cards from across the globe. they've even been following a facebook page that someone set up full of pictures. >> the next picture i saw looked suspiciously like my block and my drooping flower. i'm like, wt she's home. she's in the driveway. she's home. disappoint it's a she. this week, the duck turned up with a suitcase full of memorabilia. the family has enjoyed the mystery, and they say they don't care if it's ever solved. antoinette: yeah, look at the travel brodeurs, thailand, cape town, my goodness. what a story that duck has to tell. doug: five years of jet lag. day eight of the olympic games in rio. kevin: and a reversal of fortune for olympic swimming sensation michael phelps.

local swimming pool, the key training that kicked in to save a young boy's life. doug: a live look outside right now. get out of the way. i got to get on vacation! antoinette: let's go somewhere tropical. doug: right?

antoinette: some areas getting a brief break from the heat

and when we could see some showers and storms. doug: and 5 investigates, a new lead in the murder of vanessa marcotte, the evidence her killer may have left behind, and the key test that could break the case. antoinette: a full rescue in boston, the dramatic team effort to save a little boy pulled from the deep end. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. this is news center 5 eyeopener. antoinette: good morning to you. so glad you're with us. it's just after down on the cape says, oh, cindy fitzgibbon is in this morning. how wonderful. cindy: it's saturday, not friday. you're not late for work. antoinette: so don't go to work. wasn't planning on it, right? antoinette: so worry a break with the heat. cindy: yeah, yeah, we're on a break, a little ross and rachel. 98 degrees in boston yesterday. not happening today, but look

we are back up into the 90's. so big difference out there this morning. this is not going to last. you see a lot of low clouds and fog in the city of boston right now. we've knocked the temperature back to 69 degrees, thanks to this wind off the water. we've got a back door cold front coming in. you can see how the temperatures have cooled up on the north shore of beverly, the new hampshire sea coast as well. and then you head farther west, and it's already creeping up into the lower 80's. down along the south coast as well, even though we've got the cooler temperatures, it's still pretty sticky out oppressive humidity here in the red on the other side of this front, but even where we pulled the temperatures down a little bit, it is still sticky and going to be that way over the course of the day. this front continuing to press southward. it's going to stall out right in this vicinity, and that means there's still going to be a lot of heat just to the west. it's another day that's going to feel over 100 degrees. places like springfield and hartford, where there's an excessity heat warning up today, want going to be the case closest to the coast line.

70's. over the inland areas, though, we will manage some lower 80's. about 83 in nashua. upper 80's today in taunton. a lot of clouds. there's just a slight chance of a shower or storm popping up this afternoon. we'll have the full-time line on that for you just ahead. doug: cindy, thank you very much. it's 8:33. 5 investigates as learned police have submitted d.n.a. samples for testing on at least one possible person of interest in the murder of vanessa marcotte. antoinette: she stand after leaving her mother's home in princeton on sunday. her body was found nearby a few hours later. the d.a.'s office has received more than 400 tips in this case. the d.a. wouldn't comment on our information, but they say the public should be careful and vigilant. doug: right now, a crash in framingham under investigation involving a bicycle and a pickup truck. this happened late last night at the intersection of irving and waverly streets. the man on the bike was flown to boston medical center with

on the scene. antoinette: hillary clinton's running mate, tip cane, will hold his first public event in new hampshire today. kaine making his first trip to the granite state this weekend. both and he clinton released their tax returns yesterday, dating back a number of years. doug: a little boy pulled 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. that's all i was thinking about. diane, judges a mother to a 6-year-old boy, she couldn't help but think of her own son. it was at the olson pool in hyde park for relaxing afternoon when it turned into aer it fire or deevepl >> originally he was in three feet, and i guess he was following someone out to the middle of the pool, and he realized that it was deep, and he panicked. so i started drinking water.

the child wasn't breathing. so she jumped into action. >> she did compressions, i breathed. i did compressions. we just rotated till we got a pulse, and he's fine. diane: dean used to work as a home health aide and was trained on how to perform c.p.r. >> that's training i'm so grateful for, because i did not forget it. and today i just ran right back in. >> we're told by the time the child transported, he was responsive. in hyde park, diane cho, wcvb news center 5. antote missing boy is safe, and his father is in police custody. it all started with a shooting thursday night on blue hill avenue in dorchester. police say 27-year-old juan left the scene with his 9-year-old son, kelvin martin. martin was eventually found at the man's ex-girlfriend's house. she says that the boy was dropped off in the middle of the night with no explanation. powell was arrested a few hours later in revere. controversy in new bedford,

pop warner. doug: the co-founder that have league taking heat for writing a letter in his support. he's now sharing his story with our nicole. >> won't be able to coach. reporter: not on the lost they are year or maybe ever again. the decision made friday by new bedford bears pop warner co-founder, daniel, and the parks department, after a well liked coach, 39-year-old was charged in the heroin drug trafficking ring. >> i think it shocked the reporter: perhaps no one more shocked, who wrote a letter to the judge at the request of menendez. he says at the time he believes menendez's story, that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. he had faith in the player he coached as a young kid, now a man he thought was paying it forward. >> did such a good job with the kids. it's sad to see it end up this way. reporter: earlier this week a judge agreed to led machine

but he says after a closer look at the charges, he changed his mind. >> good things come to an end. easy money will get new trouble. reporter: menendez sold heroin at hart's gym and was a large-scale distributor of heroin in new bedford. , according to charges. he had no comment. menendez will be back in court on september 13 for a hearing. doug: residents in middlesex county are being warned about a te posing as deputy sheriffs and threatening to arrest people for not paying outstanding bills or fines. the sheriff says you should not give out any personal or financial information to these callers. if you are contacted, you should call police immediately to file a report. antoinette: right now, 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 on to the track steve atwater quarme stationed just before 8:00

that caused delays on the blue line, as officers searched for him. police say he was trespassing, and it was dangerous, potentially deadly, a stunt that put officers in harm's way. if you recognize him, you should contact police. a deal is in the works for the building that includes boston's iconic citgo sign. b.u. owns the building and has reached a deal with local developer-related deal. there was public outcry could be torn down. boston's landmark commission is considering making the sign an official landmark, because you cannot let that sign go. doug: no, no, kind of like the welcome to vegas sign. it's kind of an official sign of our city. antoinette: on the way this morning, a snake in the city. doug: a rattlesnake found in quincy of all places, what it took to move it out safely out of that neighborhood, and why wildlife officials why it made

the rescue caught on camera. kevin: and we're tracking cooler air working in today, only some areas are seeing relief, the brief break in the heat and the potential for

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doug: welcome back. right now, residents in louisiana are bracing for more rain this weekend. those poor people. floodwaters have already claimed at least two lives. more than 17 inches of rain has fall known some places over the last 24 hours. cindy is standing by with more information on that. many people needing to be rescue from the their homes on boats, including one family with a newborn baby. the governor has declard a state of emergency. a number of rivers in the southeast louisiana part of the state and southern mississippi ha rains began on thursday. a florida woman is recovering in a hospital room this morning after an alligator nearly took off her hand. the attack was yesterday in the everglades. officials say she dropped a can from a dock and was attacked as she reached down to get it from the water. she remains in critical condition right now. a rattlesnake spotted slithering down a street in quincy is now safely in the custody of environmental police. it turns out all this hot

blame for the unexpected visit. antoinette: mary talked to some of the startled neighbors. mary: imagine finding this coiled up outside your front door, not just any snake, a rattlesnake. it happened here in quincy thursday evening, and people noticed. >> really scary. >> he was going across the street and our neighbors came out. mary: it was hissing? what did it sound like? >> like -- you know the thing you dance with? they were banging together, sounding like that. what did it look like? >> black and long and evil. [laughter] >> one of the reasons it came down is the result of a drought we've been having. mary: that's right. experts say blame extremely dry weather we're having. this guy was thirst air, so i came down looking for a drink. did you know there was rattlesnakes around here? >> no. i thought there was one. mary: but the older brother makes a good point. >> since we have coyotes in

surprising because we live right next to the blue hills. mary: timber rattlesnake are actually common in milton. and once environmental police captured this wayward snake, they took him home. scale of one to 10, how cool? >> 10. mary: 10. >> i love snakes. mary: and there could be others out there, so if you see a snake, keep your distance and call 911. rattlesnakes are venomous. you'll need emergency care if you get bitten. in quincy, i'm mary saladna, wcvb news center 5. antoinette: it's the dry conditions. blame the meteorologist. cindy: that's ok, there you go, right? doug: jim, i don't like spieders and snakes. anyone? cindy: i prefer spiders to snakes. but i don't prefer either. we've got some major changes happening outside. you're looking out the window, seeing the clouds. the temperatures, 69 in boston. only mid 80's in new york. but here on the cool side of a front today, so worry a break from the heat. we were just yesterday 98

this entire year have occurred in the past couple of days. we've got another hot one coming up tomorrow here locally, but not today, at least here in eastern massachusetts, look at this in springfield, hartford, southern western new england here, talking about the heat index again today up over 100 degrees. the heat still lingering here out to the west, but just not in boston. you can see why. look at the cloud cover out there. low clouds, some fog, wind off the water. look at the temperature, this back door cold front is sliding in, and you can see is here. this is the humidity impact. it's showing you the dew point. we still have oppressive humidity here in the red. it's still humid, even where we've cooled down in this uncomfortable rain. the dew point now in the 60's instead of the 70's. you're still going to notice the humidity, even though peeve cooled down today. the wind is demoming off the water. you can see it here, bringing in the cooler temperatures. we have fallen into the upper 60's in beverly.

portsmouth. you go farther south and west, already in the low 80's. new bedford, 70's. and the cloud cover has made it back to about worcester. brighter skies just west of there, already in the low 80's in hartford as well. here are the high temperatures this afternoon. the front is going to stall and get stuck right in this vicinity, so we will manage the 80's over the interior, but right along the coast, we're holding in the 70's throughout the day from lower 80's on cape cod. there you see the extreme heat still across western new england. you can see the cloud cover that is out there n a solid strip of rain across northern new england, that is not coming our way today. but this boundary here set up right over southern new england could be a weak trigger for showers and storms. a better chance of those happening where we have the higher heat, the higher humidity, and that is really focused off to our north and west today, so that is where we have a marginal risk for severe storms. i think we're going to hang on to a lot of cloud cover today, so middle sunshine for you on the cape, but it should stay

but to the north, it is going to be kind of lost in the clouds with numerous showers and thunderstorms. you can see that up in new hampshire today. here locally, cloud cover, maybe a few breaks developing. overall, more clouds than sunshine, even as we go into the afternoon. notice by 3:00, not seeing a lot of storms popping up. one on two storms may pop up right through this evening, and if we do get them, there will be the potential for very heavy rainfall with the soupy air in place, and there could be even some stronger winds. i'm there will be some bying about overnight. we're going to see the clouds break apart tonight, and our low temperatures drop down only into the 70's. still going to be kind of muggy difficult for sleeping tonight. watch that front tomorrow shift back to the north, and we are back in the heat and humidity, going up into the 90's again tomorrow, looking for a high of 96 in boston tomorrow. and with the humidity it's going to feel like it's over 100 again. the heat and humidity, and tomorrow a better chance of some thunderstorms.

through during the afternoon and evening hours. tomorrow's storms could be a little more intense with some potential wind damage. that's the front coming through once it slips by sunday night. some relief coming monday into tuesday with dryer weather, less humid weather and temperatures back down into the 80's. big changes out there today. antoinette: all right, cindy, thank you. the sox hosting the diamondbacks at fenway park this weekend. rough start by david price. bottom of the first, hanley ramirez showed up to this one sox up 3-2. bottom of the second, there he goes again. ramirez goes deep to the center, his second three-run home run of the season. and that. david ortiz blasting his 26th homer of the season. the sox win it 9-4, and it was also big papi's 1,000th extra-base hit with boston.

continues to dominate, leading the medal count right now with 50 medals, 20 of them are gold. today, day eight, and all eyes will be on the pole for the women's 50-meter final, and both the men's and women's 4 x 100 relays. doug: yesterday, a string of gold medals for the u.s., plus one surprising silver. in the 100 meter butterfly, a shocking reversal of fortune. michael phelps was going for his fifth gold of these olympics, and his 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's schooling of singapore stunning phelps to snap phelps' gold medal streak. 19-year-old katie ledecky was back in the 800 meter freelystyle, where she set an olympic record thursday, and yesterday she was good as gold, surging all along to an amazing finish and to a new world record.

she's the first woman since 1968 to sweep the 200, 400, and 800 meters in a single olympics. ledecky finishes with four gold medals and one silver. in the women's 200 meter back stroke finals, american maya durado takes the gold. in the men's 50 meter freelystyle final, american anthony irvin grabbed the gold. in tennis, steve johnson and jack sock won the men's double bronze, beating the canadian pair home the gold medal in the women's shot put. and the u.s. fencing team won bronze in the men's foil. the americans handily beating the eye tailian team, and it's heir first medal in the event in 84 years. the women's quest ended in heart break. americans, defending gold champs, were shocked 4-3 by sweden in a shutout. for the first time in olympic history, the u.s. women's

medal. i watched that. my heart was jumping out of my chest. in hoops action, u.s. women's team, they routed the previously undefeated canadians 81-51. while on the men's side, a surprise squeaker. they barely held off serbia 94-91. antoinette: i can't get over katie ledecky. like, there was no one else on the screen. it's not fair. speaking of some amazing athletes, they already have a gold medal, a place in american history, and now the final five, they've got their own cereal box. among them, aly raisman, kellogg's announcing plans to release special edition boxes of special k with them on it. kellogg's already sponsors simone biles. the boxes will feature a photo of her with an all-around gold on one side, and a photo of her with the rest of the final five on the other side.

doug: katie ledecky, i'm going tweet it out. the wheaties box, all you see is the seat. antoinette: pretty interesting. on the way this morning, 5 investigates with accident inclusive information on the murder of a woman in princeton. doug: the d.n.a. sample that could lead to a major break in that case.

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antoinette: 5 investigates has learned police have submitted d.n.a. samples for testing on at least one possible person of interest in the murder of vanessa marcotte. marcotte disappeared after leaving her mother's home in princeton on sunday. her body was found nearby a few hours later. the d.a.'s office has received more than 400 tips on the case. the d.a. the public should be careful and vigilant. doug: right now, a crash in frame spgged ham under investigation involving a bicycle and a pickup truck. this happened late last night at the intersection of irving and waverly streets. the man on that bike was flown to boston medical center with life threatening injuries. we're told the driver did stay at that scene. hillary clinton's running mate, tim kaine, is going to hold his first public event in new hampshire today. kaine is making his first trip to the granite state this weekend.

yesterday, dating back a number of years, a contrast to donald trump, who so far has refused to release any of his tax returns. antoinette: ok, if you love deep fried fair food, who doesn't? we have some good news for you this morning. you can now enjoy the deep fried twinkie right in the comfort of your own home. wal-mart is now selling them. the hostess product hit the frozen food section in some wal-marts this week. a nationwide rollout will happen next week on august 16. two flavors, original golden and chocolate. cindy: oh, chocolate. antoinette: yes. right? this guy is like no, no, no. i would eat them for breakfast right now. doug: that screeching sound you hear is the arteries clogging up. antoinette: because then there's the twnkee. these ones, you pop them in the oven, so it's healthier. doug: oh, well, then.

so we've got cooler temperatures. 70's at the coast. 80's inland. 90's are coming back at us tomorrow with the heat, the humidity. i think a lot of clouds today, but not so much at all in the way of showers and storms. better chance of that tomorrow afternoon. antoinette: all right. i'm going in search of twinkies, guys. doug: bring them tomorrow. we'll see you tom morning at

announcer: "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. hanna coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." you could easily get the wrong idea about today's scary sounding animals. aren't they real aggressive? some of them are lethal. this thing looks deadly. it's no wonder they're called cold-blooded. whoa. but the truth is, there's a huge variety of cold-blooded creatures. looks like two big boulders in there. and most aren't dangerous at all. rex: the only thing they're actually horrible towards is little black ants. jack: today we'll find out what it really means to be cold-blooded and why it's such