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>> the new charges. >> a baby left home alone in the sweltering home. the surprise visitor who dime the rescue. meteorologist: two chances at wet wet weather tomorrow. one from the south. brown the west. why most areas will escape. ed: loved ones laid to rest the wrong grave. >> i wan my husband left alone. ed: the burial fights pitting two families against each other. maria: breaking news tonight in the alleged robbery of u.s. olympians in rio. stephanos. ed: and i'm ed harding. two american swimmers have been hauled off their flight back to the u.s. it comes as this security video raises new questions about what really happened. newscenter 5's juli mcdonald is here with the breaking details. juli? juli: con the u.s. olympic committee confirming that those two swimmers have been detained at the airport in rio. jack conger and gunnar bentz were on board a plane that was about to take off for the u.s., when police removed them from
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teammates ryan lochte and jimmy feigen early sunday morning when the four say they were robbed. police are now looking into whether that story is true. the athletes said the muggers, dressed as police, held them at gunpoint in their taxi, and stole money but not their phones. now police want those phones to see if they match up with the olympians' timeline. earlier today, a brazilian judge said the men ap and jovial in surveillance video that shows them returning to the olympic village after the alleged mugging. and police say the swimmers were too drunk to provide any useful information or descriptions. lochte and feigen were ordered to stay in brazil for questioning. but lochte is already back in the u.s. it's not clear where feigen is. in brazil, providing a false statement to police is punishable by up to six months in jail. live in the newsroom, juli mcdonald, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: right now,
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locked-up for new charges added to a long rap sheet. maria: tonight police are maria: tonight police are asking, why was he free in the first place? newscenter 5's jorge quiroga is live in norwood. jorge: maria, they are fed up with this guy. tonight, the level ii sex offender is behind bars again. police complain his record shows he's been doing this for years. 49-year-old chad falcone seen here in handcuffs again. for the same type of crime exposing himself. >> he was waring a kind of mesh shirt and he pulled it up and exposed himself to women. a life long resident police have
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1989. the level 2 sex offender has been arraigned 14 times for 23 related charges, of lewd and indecent behavior. police complain the man is incourageable. >> he has been incarcerated hes been on probation hes been counseled. hes had all sorts of opportunities, but what the neighbors see is that this activity just continues. kevin smith recently bought a house two doors down. jorge for the time being falcone is not going anywhere he was
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$10 cash bail. bail has been revoked. ed: a peeping tom may be on the prowl in boston's back bay. residents are putting posters up along marlborough street. they warn that someone has been seen peeking into windows several times over the last few weeks. boston police tell us they are boosting patrols in the area. convicted mob boss james "whitey" bulger asking the pr bulger argues he didn't get a fair trial three years ago because he wasn't allowed to enter his main argument: that he was granted immunity back when he was an fbi informant. the three judge panel ruled bulger's trial was fair. legal experts say this latest request is a long shot: the 86-year old bulger is currently serving a life sentence in federal prison. maria: right now,
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and suv is under investigation in lincoln. the victim was a 59-year-old man from westford. you can see his mangled bike in the middle of the road. police say he was hit by an suv on virginia road this afternoon. the driver did stay on the scene and talk to police. it is a popular route for bicyclists to take. the victim was pronounced dead on the scene. investigators are still deciding if the driver will face charges. ed: it's a quiet and cooler night as we look live ove some more comfortable air is here. harvey is here with that. and some trouble brewing in the tropics? meteorologist: take a look at that rain around washington, baltimore. i think most of it stays to the south. i believe so. so let's talk over and take a choser look at that. you get a better look. you peel the yellows, oranges and red. torrential rain going up to ball more as well, which is what
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the northern edge around philadelphia now and moving to the east and the authority. we take a look here. we can see some. a few lighter showers and lass couple of scattered hewers approaching western new york. all right. for us. looks like most of the action will be south. most of the clouds to the south. most of the initial showers the south. i don't think you have a worry in the morning. there will will be a fair amount of sun. there could be a scattered pop-up shower or a that would be very, very few andp far between. not too many. by the way, a little bit more comfortable. low 60's in the cool spots. more comfortable in terms of the humidity compared to the wait been. we let you know who the weekend and pew minutes. ed? ed:the weather made itself felt in reading today. a big gust of wind uprooted this oak tree on county road and sent it crashing onto a home.
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maria: tonight, investigators in new hampshire are looking into the death of a two-year-old girl in somersworth. police were called to this linden street apartment on monday for a toddler who was unresponsive. neighbors say there was a noticeable police presence at the complex well into tuesday. u don't want to imagine a mother oar father or anybody doing anything to a helpless child. maria: investigators are waiting on a toxicology report that could take months to come back. the toddler's parents, aunt, and three-year-old sister have left the apartment and are staying with family. ed: no arrests tonight in a deadly stabbing in east boston. the victim was a man in his twenties. he was found inside a house on paris street just before 7:00 this morning. boston police are asking anyone with information to contact them.
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maria: that probation officer conditions. newscenter 5's john atwater is live in barnstable with how it happened. >> knocked on door heard baby in background, knocked, knocked, knocked harder. >> probation officer julie hall was starting to panic. she couldn't get inside and she heard that newborn crying. >> all the blinds were closed, windows closed and air conditioning not on >> she was very emotional, i felt it in her voice. the baby was wailing julie was making an unscheduled visit to the home and called police to help her get inside. conditioner out of the window, they say they found the crying baby soaked in urine. >> i picked him up consoled, took off clothes, diaper, changed him. julie had been making regular visits to the home after
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she's thankful she made the surprise visit on a hot summer day and was able to rescue the baby from the dangerous conditions inside. >> they try to stop in unannounced, and thank god she did. >> you get a true sense of what is going on in the house. thank god, she did. >> tonight, we know that police continue the investigation of the boy's mother. he, right now, is in foster care. live tonight, john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5. maria: commitment 2016: donald trump gets his first classified national security briefing. the republican presidential nominee met with fbi agents in new york. then he held a national security roundtable at trump tower. former mayor rudy giuliani, one of trump's advisors was included in the roundtable meeting. and this follows a trump campaign overhaul. stephen bannon, former head of the populist breitbart website,
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political pollster and friend of trump, is the new campaign manager. democrat candidate hillary clinton says the moves don't make any difference: >> he can hire and fire anyone he waps from his campaign. they can make him read new words from a teleprompter. >> clinton spent today in the battleground state of ohio, touring a middle school in cleveland. ed: 5 investigates a convicted killer's bid for a new trial. on the witness standy today, weichel's original defense attorney anthony cardinale. he testified that he believes his former client deserves a new tria; because back in 1981 he never had access to a braintree police report. the so called leahy report that suggests another man could have
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>> today's testimony wrapped up a three-day hearing. lawyers have until mid-september to get their final written arguments in and then the judge will make a decision. ed: flooding to the south. wildfires to the west. and thousands of americans driven from their homes by maria: in the hills of san bernardino, california, a raging wildfire has grown to nearly 50 square miles. and this is a fire that just started yesterday. years of drought conditi high winds are fueling the flames. 1300 firefighters trying to contain it. 82,000 people are under evacuation orders. >> the smoke was thick. as soon as the smoke cleared, we could see everything was gone. maria: the exact number of homes lost is unknown. so far there are no deaths tied to the fire.
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to stop historic flooding. in the baton rouge area some 40,000 homes have been severely damaged. state officials say it will take more than a billion dollars to recover the worst natural disaster since super-storm sandy. louisiana could also be facing a long-term housing crisis not seen since hurricane katrina. >> next on wcvb newscenter 5: >> loved ones laid to rest in the wrong grave. how the plan to fex meteorologist: how long we can hold ton the comfortable air and the next shower threat. maria: mcdonald's not happy about the happy meal. why activity trackers are
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in the orange sweatshirt, one of the swimmers that has been detained tonight. the u.s. olympic committee is confirming that two american swimmers were detained at the airport in rio. they were both onboard a plane that was to take off for the united states when police removed them the flight. obviously, they have questions. they were teammates with ryan lochte the four say they were robbed. police question whether they were robbed. they are being held at the airport. it is 11:15 here. it is 12:15 in the rio as the questioning goes on. new at 11:00, a switch at death, two men each buried in the other's cemetery plot. maria: newscenter 5's ben
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cemetery mixup that's pitting two families against each other. ben: it happened in rhode island and now the two families want it settled two very different ways. my entire family has to relive the death and burial of my husband. >> pamela chadwick's husband lewis died last october after a battle with cancer. when he was buried at pocasset hill cemetery in tiverton, pamela never suspected anything was awry because she had never seen the plot before. but just recently she learned belonged to the family of raymond murray. the cemetery superintendent realized the switch this year and chadwick thinks the solution, since no other family is buried here yet is to just swap deeds with the murrays. but the murrays want the bodies exhumed and moved. >> i wish i were king solomon and i could order people to do things both wise and reasonable.
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contracts for the plots even though they're steps apart. >> we promised to make that plot available for that person, we have to make it right. >> but the chadwicks say it's anything but right. >> and now i have to sit here and probably witness my dad buried all over again, i have to see his casket again. >> i'm pleading with that woman what sense does that make, i'm not a bad person, i just want my husband left alone. >> right now the exhumation is the murray family has not had any comment. maria: mcdonald's plans to promote fitness in happy meals. not working out quite as expected. the fitness trackers just added as prizes are now being
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the trackers were supposed to be part of an effort to get kids moving. but mcdonald's says it started getting reports that the trackers were causing skin irritations on kids. they're offering an alternate toy while they try to figure out what's causing the problem. meteorologist: well, alex actually in january, the seasoned storm. it still counts. most of these or all of them were earlier. it thats been awhile now. now we are starting the latter part. this is the main part. the second half of august, the sipes we have to watch. so if i anohas formed. let's show you where it is. the coast to the right. the storm in the open waters of the a lan tick. only a minimal tropical storm now ap doesn't lack like it is going to intensify that dramatically. but it is going to move northwest ward. we have to keep an eye on avenue in the storms that form off the african coast or the cape. the thanks come up the east coast, very often start there. not saying this is going to do that.
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long time to worry what that is going to do. meantime today, 5 was the high in boston. what i want you to note. 4.5 degrees above average for the month. after hot july. we have a hot august going on. a little bit more comfortable tonight because the humidity is down some compared to the last month and a half let's say most of the time. 75 degrees. a light wind. was gusty earlier. we have low 60 than the cool spots. even down this the 50's overnight. some air is actually comfortable. uncomfortable or oppressive range and does represent a measure. there is a ul cov upper 50's that i am talking about overnight. tomorrow will be a warm summer day. the humidity will be up a little bit compared to today. not oppressive. but it will be noticeable a little bit. highs could approach 90 in spots. the upper 80's will be most of it. low 80's on the cape and the islands. now we'll talk about tomorrow.
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great day in terms of the warm ocean water temperatures. that is sure? i do want to keep af tie the sky in case. even though most if not all will be rain free in most places. then following some heavy rain near the nation's capital, baltimore edging to philadelphia now. a few showers around pennsylvania. now it appears the bulk of this stayed south of us. cannot rule out a stray shower making the way from this area. also the front approaching later in the day. it spawn an isolated. i mean, widely scattered spotty sh but most of the cloudytons the south of the morning with the first little batch of scattered light showers. most of the action will stay north and west so i this i the bulk of the day is fine for outdoor activities. patriots tomorrow mating. preseason around 80. sol the start of the game. most likely no rain. and at fenway for the billionly joel concert starting out between 80 and 85 as it starts earlier and looks like a rogue
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here is the front that comes through tomorrow night bringing less haw mid unhere which is nice new force pri dy in a saturday. cooler along the coast both days. doing a little bit of traveling daring the were up coming weekend in the cape. that is a good weekend. today, friday, saturday, sunday, might have a little bit more cloudiness in the early part of the day. in the, if you head to the lakes region or the mountains. you look pretty good for all three days. the next chance of the storms would be monday, but if it keeps the way it h widespread. we see how that works out. pretty good day coming up tomorrow. ed? maria? maria: we can take tomorrow off. ed: i heard that. i heard that. maria: thanks, harvey. a raccoon stuck in a tight spot. ed: cute there. all right. it has good ending, right?
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saved the day for some disappointed kids at patriots training camp. police chief david majenski says was approached by a few groups of children who wanted his autograph. they could not get autographs from patriots players, sth he obliged and said he was humbled that they asked him. maria: northampton animal control helping to free a raccoon stuck in a sewer grate today. ed: peek-a-boo! the furry fella was discovered outside the v-a medical center. after a little bit of time, he was freed unharmed. although as you can see maybe a
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the red sox caught a break tonight. in the seventh inning, the skies opened in battle mer and the game was delayed. the delay could last from one to three hours. now to complicate matters crash the sox need to get to detroit for 1:00 game tomorrow afternoon. need five innings and two with teams? they will wait to call it. let's show you why theyle a it a game. all right. down here.
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you can see camden yards between the l and the tt. no chance whatsoever one computer model says it is going to rain until the cows come home. the other computer model said everybody the greater baltimore area should build an arc immediately. the third computer model said call the game. get on bus. get in in line so you can get out of dodge and get to detroit for that game tomorrow that is good. i will keep that. all right. let's show you how before the storms came in. third inning. jackie bradley jr. this the 20th homer of the gear. the sox have a 3-1 lead. strong tonight. sixth inning. four hits. one run. he had four punch-outs of the baltimore orioles tonight.
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but what a night he thatted? he was two for three with four runs batted in. then the skies opened up. he had home run by the way. jr. hits a double and knocked in the reasons and made the score 8-1 which is comfortable enough lead for the empire to call this game. they pulled the top opp the field. it rained. it rained. it rained m. if i need go back to the are a are did a, i can. i think you got the point that it rained after haily going to the bali this the red sox on the way to detroit to lay the tigers at 1:00 there. the only reason they play at 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, the layons are playing a preseason game tomorrow night. e rod yanked. hamstring issue. he is fine. yankees played here the standings. baltimore is back down to two
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heres the wildcard. the two wildcard teams now in the american league. in that game, the yankee stadium. the blew jays and the new york yankees and making the catch over the shoulder. that is hard to do. it is almost impossible to catch him going away keeping a balance keeping the eye on the baseball. he has that right there. all right. first time you hate home run. he put a little bit of problems after the game. josh strikes out a number about of times today. he fired the bat. he went over and had words with him. the two had to be separated. he said, they put on cologne and they came over. they wanted to get. should we go back into yeah. >> yes. >> check the timeline. >> yeah. >> yes. that was fun. a it won't happen again. >> yes, it will. >> all right. all right. the kids are ok.
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