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as friends and family start to say goodbye those who knew saw net saw start to tell a similar story. she was warm, kind and loved. it ended while she was killed out for a jog last sunday. an only child she often came home to visit her parents. her body was found not far from her mother's home and sources say naked and burned. her killer ending a young life with a bright future before landinger google. her first boss out of college posted this. we knew instantly she was a rising star, smart, dedicated and willing to go the extra mile for anyone or any customer. she built strong relationships with all of her peers. he went on to say word stream misses her terribly and i miss her immensely. reporter: many people who cannot attend this wake today
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condolences on-line. posts from people who knew her and posts from complete strangers who are rocked by her death. her funeral is tomorrow. wcvb newscenter 5. >> thank you. concern over rob gronkowski after he leaves with an apparent injury from practice. tracking details and what do we know? >> it happened during a seven on seven passing drill gronk was from tom brady. when he was reaching for the pass he pulled up. he took himself out of practice and took off his helmet and started walking up and down the sideline. we cannot shoot the entire practice. we are only allowed to shoot a limited portion, so this is what we shot. this was well before the injury. after the injury the head trainer met gronk and went to the lower field where the players rehab and after a few minutes gronk went to the locker room and never
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practice with injuries. things got testy with the chicago bears during practice. we will tell you about that at 6:00. see you then. heather: looking forward to it. live pictures from boston and it is still steamy. not as hot and humid as the last few days and harvey has his eye on something else. looks like we have potential for severe weather, harv. harvey: it is usually not widespread, but there can be spots that could experience severe weatherom today. but somewhat less humid. when you see these colors that's better to deal with than what we have been dealing with. the humid air will be making a return tomorrow. not so much tonight. we are starting out with a northwesterly breeze and relatively dry air. it will be a mild to warm evening to be sure. here is what i'm keeping an eye on. a few storms are showing up around pennsylvania and a beggar -- bigger area in
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tomorrow. that is one thing that will certainly happen. the first round of showers and thunderstorms could be approaching in the morning. but there may be another wave or two to follow and it is possible a few of these storms as the more humid air moves in could contain some locally damaging winds in spots. we'll certainly be letting you know about that. heavy rain chances as well and more specific than the rest of the week's weather. heather? heather:right now a roxbury man is being held on bail. he is accused of shooting ama todd kazakiewich is live in roxbury right now where that suspect's mother talked today. todd? reporter: --ather dash. reporter: she is concerned about her son being held on high bail and her grandson that may have witnessed the argument that lead to his father allegedly shooting another man in this building where they live. the man accused of a shooting on thursday night and the parental kidnapping of his 9-year-old son allowed to stand outside the courtroom
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juan ayala powell says there are identity questions about a man who shot this man. boston police released this video of ayala-powell and prosecutor said there is no question who pulled the trigger. >> the victim made a statement identifying the shooter. reporter: after an argument with neighbors he takes off with his son, kelvin and then allegedly returns. the ayala-powell opens fire. >> he shot the victim in the stomach. reporter: he is missing for 12 hours causing a search. a scheduled custodial visit long over. this is his uncle after he described his whereabouts and he turned himself in. >> he wanted to know her his son was and he told him. that's what any respectable,
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courtroom today and she hasn't spoken to her son, but she says her grandson is doing reasonably well. >> calvin was not involved in this in anyway and that's why they removed calvin from the best of my knowledge wherever he is at. >> the victim was shot in the stomach and is expected to recover. todd kazakiewich, wcvb newscenter 5. commitment 201 sick and donald trump laying out his plan for defeating isis. his campaign manager denies a report linking him to pro-russian ukrainians. eye eeks -- >> the u.s. will be making immigration changes if he is president, and at the same time tackling radical islam.
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needed immediately. >> donald trump says the u.s. will only allow immigrants who pass a screening test. >> those who do not believe in our constitution or who support bigotry and hatred will not be admitted for immigration into our country. >> trump said before that can happen the nation must suspend immigration. >> we will stop processing visas from those areas until such time >> middle east analyst says the next president must handle the suspension diplomatically. >> the u.s. must take steps to protect the homeland security without ale written nateing these -- without alienating these allies and that is why it is a mistake to lump all muslims together. >> we could find common ground with russia in a fight against isis. >> trump says his administration will seek joint
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philips warns against involving russia. >> i would be careful working too closely with russia. russia uses the military option to the excloudy skies of other -- to the exclusion of others and i don't think that will work to defeat isis. >> trump's campaign manager said he has never done work for the governments of ukraine or russia after a "new york times" article linked him to pro-russia politicians. heather:hillary clinton spent the day campaigning with vice president joe biden. they spent time in scranton, pennsylvania where they both have deep ties. clinton going after trump again. they talked about the isis plan before it was even released. >> once again in comparison donald's been all over the place on isis. he talked about sending ground
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that is off the table as far as i'm concerned. >> at the same time biden vouched for clinton's readiness for the white house. he called trump's foreign policy plan dangerous and unamerican. new at 5:00 a massive se x abuse settlement. the catholic diocese paying $6 million to six men they say hid allegations against a former priest. here are the details revealed today during a press conference. eight or nine years told and went on for several years. >> i knew i was in a downward, spiraling circle i could not get out of. reporter: it took decades to finally have the courage and the strength to come forward. he went public in 1993 and he is now 68 years old. >> it wasn't until then i was ready. after that it was like if i shut up one more kid could be
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$1.2 million settlement with the diocese for a sex abuse case from those who were abused by the late father. the victims are between eight and 15 years old at the time. >> the claims are brought under fraudulent concealment. through prior litigation they say he knew in95 sexually abused five children, yet the bishop did nothing to protect innocent children. >> he says the letter was obtained through discovery and wasn't publicly revealed until last year by his office. the bishop was with the diocese and he died in 1969. >> where is the accountability. >> after he was informed of
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transferred to another parish and continued to be transferred over the years. >> we have to shine a light on the cockroach in the corner. if we don't come forward the cockroach will stay hidden. reporter: he hopes there will be an independent investigation. they say in part that, quote, the diocese hopes the settlement brings a measure of peace to the people involved. in boston, wcvb newscenter 5. and it is monday night and time to look at first alert traffic. not doing bad in the region. the southeast expressway is your usual half hour 31 minutes mass ave to route 3. 17 minutes on the upper deck to route 128. the pike slows down a little bit from 93 to newton corner. 16 minutes 128 south and usually slow as it always is through the work zone. further out on the pike, the western tolls to 495, not bad. 21 minutes. a little slow on 495 south
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a scare at new york's jfk airport. heather:boy was it ever. it forced two terminals to be evacuated. >> historic flooding. thousands were caught off guard after a deadly downpour striked with little warning. heather:and then a mother on trial for allegedly killing her daughter. what they say happened to this 3-year-old over several days. >> and she helped save her il a harrowing account on why she
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four hundred million dollars. that's how much charter schools will drain from massachusetts public schools this year. four hundred million siphoned from local districts that desperately need it. four hundred million that won't fund more science and technology, arts or preschool, counseling, or smaller class sizes.
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heather:a deadly attack in yemen. at least 20 patients and staff injured and others killed after an airstrike hits a hospital that was supported by doctors without borders. the attack coming just days after an airstrike on a school killed 10 children and woundeddozens of others. the coalition that was carrying out airstrikes for a year is suspected it in both attacks. a brief scare at jfk airport s. this happened after they received 9-1-1 calls of shots fired near the departure area. it lead to frightening moments before the all clear was given. more violence in milwaukee. one person was shot overnight during a second night of violent protests. it started with a fatal shooting of a black man by police. now, new restrictions in the city tonight. maria? reporter: there is now a 10:00
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the age of 18. the mayor of milwaukee says that will be strictly enforced. the city is now preparing for a possible third night of violence after the deadly police shooting on saturday. the 23-year-old was shot and killed by an officer in a traffic stop after he was ordered to drop his weapon. he did not and police say the weapon was stolen during a robbery back in march. during the last two nights of protest, police have been attacked and businesses were burned. it is something city >> i am calling on every is inning -- every single resident of the city to make sure they are getting the message across to everyone do not do further damage to this great neighborhood. law enforcement has done a phenomenal job, but we will make sure that there is peace and order restored to this neighborhood. >> last night there were more than a dozen arrests and an 18-year-old man was shot in the neck.
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the officer involved in the shooting is now on administrative duty. the death toll from last week's building explosion in maryland has jumped again. they pulled a 6th body from the rubble today as they continue to look for survivors. seven people remain missing following wednesday's blast. it sent debris flying hundreds of feet and it was felt a mile away. the building is also on the verge of collapse. the cause of the blast is tell being investigated. investigators are trying to determine what caused a plane to yesterday killing three married couples. the six were returning home from a dental seminar in florida when the aircraft crashed. police say the aircraft ran into engine trouble. the ntsb is trying to piece together a time line of the moments. two more cases of the zika virus reported. both people got the virus after being bitten by mosquitoes there. it brings the total number of
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of the neighborhood winwood in miami. crews in louisiana are battling historic flooding nearly two feet of rain fell in just two days leading to tens of thousands of rescues and claiming at least six lives. reporter: with helicopters in the air and high water vehicles on the ground rescuers are working around the clock and residents are box in hand. since saturday tens of thousands have been pulled to safety. including this woman and her dog rescued just in time. shelters for so many in a state of emergency. >> it is scary because we didn't know how high the waters were going to rise. >> it is like my subdivision was in a bowl. everything around us was flooding. >> in some areas two feet of
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historic. >> it was historic levels of rivers and creeks rising and i will tell you vee not seen anything like this in the past. >> with neighborhoods underwater some residents are grateful to be alive and vow to rebuild again. >> i hillary build like i did with katrina and start all over again. >> authorities are still on high alert. they say the water actually is still rising in someplaces and they are asking cautious. >> streams flow into rivers and then flow into bigger bodies of water and sometimes it is after the rain it reaches its peak of the you have to put this in perspective. it is incredible. >> you can see 24 and a half inches of rain. this is how much rain boston has had this calendar year. >> in almost eight months. >> that's way more in a couple of days than we have had in eight months. that's a tremendous amount of
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time. a very different story as we have maury freshing air. at least in terms of humidity levels it is down some compared to how it has been. let's show that to you right now. in boston -- sorry, wrong button. in boston, 89 degrees right now. it is certainly still hot out there, but the breezes from the west and northwest not from the southwest which brings us all of our humidity. so the dew point and relative humidity is somewhat lower i am not trying to say it isn't. it is hot. you probably can recognize that it is not as oppressively humid as it has been. this shows right here as we show you the humidity impact and notice that we actually have relatively pleasant air over parts of the region, a little sticky elsewhere. overnight it won't be brutally
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not be the issue, but the humidity will be back up again and the dew points will be higher and also we have a threat of storms. here is how it will play out. you can see this oppressive air off to the south. it comes back at us tomorrow and as it does so, a disturbance accompanying it and you can see a few showers and storms and a more organized area. it may not be widespread and it may not cover the areas. areas that run a couple of severe storms. the warm front will make an approach. the first chance is in the morning. for our area the better chance of something really strong would be later in the day and into tomorrow night. here is what i'm talking about. any one of these storms could be potent and then we get into dryer air on wednesday as it crosses the region. as we give uh closer look at the time line we can see a few pop up storms in the morning.
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afternoon hours we will watch the storms developing out west. in this particular case they could hold together into the end of the day and even into the nighttime hours as they press through metro west and boston. then it will tend to move offshore, but not until very late on tuesday night. that's 10:00 on tuesday night. then we get into the less humid air on wednesday. the storms i am talking about, there is a high chance of having heavy rain and a lot of lightning. e of stronger damaging winds and a chance of a spin up or tornado. we have to keep our eyes to the sky as we watch the threat of severe weather. that's why i put tomorrow as a weather impact day. then notice it is still warm and it will become less humid as the day progresses and the front comes through and the wind goes back to the northwest. then a little reinforcing shot of somewhat dryer air approaches later thursday and
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thunderstorm. it will look comfortable into the weekend especially along the coast where there should be comfortable sea breezes. that's how things are shaping up and we will continue to keep you posted on that threat for tomorrow. ben and heather? heather:sea breezes are a blessing in these hot months. >> definitely after this weekend, yes. we are all doing it and some of us are doing it now and what other -- other does it for hours. >> what doctors say abo >> and wildfires triggering evacuations. trying to stop the flames from doing more damage. >> the judge who presided over a first degree murder conviction 35 years ago. he thinks the man serving time deserves a new trial. new at 6:00, 5 investigates with the exclusive interview as the hearings got underway that could set him free.
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focusing on your health, if you are looking to lose weight you may want to swap the soda for a water. a virginia tech study shows switching an 8-ounce sugar-sweetened drink with an 8-ounce cup of watery deuces calorie intake 17%. it also reduces cholesterol and blood pressure levels and could decrease the rate of obesity. and also in your health, this is something many of us do every day. some all day. itou doctors are weighing in on sitting and explaining why we need to get moving. >> sitting and watching the olympics. sitting and driving. sitting and surfing the web. you see the pattern. but exactly how can sitting be hurting you? for the first time the american heart association has come out with an advisory. warning that sitting around may lead to heart disease, diabetes and even death. their new recommendation is to
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evidence suggests that most american adults spend six to eight hours sitting, saving all of their daily exercise for one block of time. which alone may not be enough to combat the risks of a block of said -- sedentary time. they recommend getting up and doing a quick lap around the office. anything that will interrupt the sitting with more >> gets the oxygen flowing too and makes you feel more awake. simple steps could make a difference in fighting the risk of heart disease and diabetes. >> makes the day go by faster too. a new hampshire mother on trial accused of i killing her own daughter. >> the severe abuse prosecutors say the 3-year-old endured for days. >> gas prices are down again. when experts say they could reach the $2 mark.
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the verge of unveiling another new iphone. this one could come with a key feature. have i peaked your >> tuesday morning on the eyeopener, summer getaways can end in summer gold. >> three strategies to keep the family healthy when you travel. plus a chance for storms returns, when this heat breaks tuesday at 4:30 a.m. massachusetts public charter schools are among the best
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and we have longer school days with more personal attention. we have a proven record of helping students in underperforming areas succeed. announcer: question 2 will expand charter school access and result in more funding for public education. every parent should be able to choose the public school that's best for their child. announcer: vote yes on question 2.
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in lemonster. they are asking for tips on who ever killed marcoff. >> extreme vetting for those coming into the united states. the republican nominee outlining his plans on foreign policies. trump said he would temporarily suspend immigration and nations with a history of supporting terrorism. >> and rob gronkowski leaves with an apparent injury. he took himself out of practice a pass. a new hampshire mother is on trial accused of killing her young daughter and then lying to investigators about it. heather: ed harding is here with the details. reporter: that's right. she is accused of beating her 3-year-old daughter to death. they say she attacked her daughter because she wet herself at night. they say the mother delivered blow after blow over several
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