in brookline, john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5. ed:ed: more breaking news. a worker falling off a scaffolding three stories off the ground. maria: shaun chaiyabhat is near shattuck street where it happened. reporter: the worker was taken away to the hospital in serious condition after this really bad fall. i'm going to step out of the way so you can see behind me the entire harvard medical school building. it is being worked on. police and emergency personnel arrived, around 2:00 this afternoon. the worker somehow fell off the scaffolding. he fell about three stories. i spoke with one worker who says the victim is a brick layer. he estimated the follows about 50-60 feet, and the victim lay it -- landed on a plank below. he was not moving, but did have a pulse, and looked to have very serious head and neck injuries. the victim was rushed to the hospital in serious condition.

investigating factory how he fell off the scaffolding. ed: right now, former nasa chooses senator scott brown responding to his name being pulled into the fox news scandal. good evening. i'm ed harding. maria: and i'm maria stephanos. senator brown is not the one being sued. he's name is mentioned in a lawsuit file by a former fox news host. newscenter five's david bienick is live in rye where senator brown lives. reporter: good afternoon. outside his home here hampshire seacoast, former massachusetts senator scott brown denied these accusations against him, and said that they came out of left field. brown and his wife gail said they learned of the accusations this morning when reporter started calling. the accusations come from former fox news anchor andrea tantaros , who says during an appearance last year in the program "outnumbered," brown told her

a nightclub with." later, tantaros claims brown snuck up behind her in a lunch line and put his hands on her lower waist. scott brown i have no knowledge : of what she's referring to. to answer your question, no, i've never touched her around her waist. in a lunch line? why would i do that? reporter and she says she said : stop. mr. brown i have no knowledge of : that. if there's anything in a lunch line, it's hey, good show. and that's it. reporter: brown is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit. instead, tantaros is suing fox news and several of its amounting to a sex fueled labeling mansion style cult. she is seeking nearly $50 million. live in rye, new hampshire, david bienick, wcvb newscenter 5. maria: thank you. tom brady was back at gillette today. ed: he made his first public appearance since a reported 'accident' with a pair of scissors last week. lynchie is here with more. reporter: tom brady told all who were listening that he

preseason game with the chicago bears. brady said today that he was ready to go, had his uiform on -- uniform on, and as he was try to get something out of his shoe the scissors slipped and cut his right thumb. i wanted to go>, and coach said it is probably best if you just -- for what i was going out to do, just take it easy. i wish i could have played. i've been missing playing. i want to get out there responsibility is, to go out there and be with my team. i was -- it was tough not to be out there. mike: lots more from tom brady at 5:00. maria: we are following more breaking news. you are looking at an explosion that was just reported at a florida electric plant. miami-dade county, about 27,000 customers without power because of the fire.

miami-dade florida. all those customers will continue to be followed -- we will continue to follow that. and now to this, a car slamming into a work zone inside the ted williams tunnel. ed: the crash was caught by surveillance cameras. you can see here the car slams into arrow set up in the center lane just before 10:00 last night. the driver is a 60-year-old man from lynn. he had minor injuries. no working at the work zone was hurt. the driver will be summonsed to face charges. right now, we are keeping our eye on the tropics. there are several storms training over the atlantic. maria: harvey leonard is here with what is going on there. harvey: we have three systems we are following. i want to show you all three. tropical storm gaston, farthest in the atlantic and we also have this wave that is very interesting. then, we have fiona, or what is

fiona, it is really going to stay weak. it probably will never get to the east coast. however, this is a significant system behind me. that one not far from martinique is the one that can get close to the bahamas and southeast u.s. several days from now,, and it is a good chance it will intensify and possibly become a tropical storm. then, there is gaston, which is a a hurricane fairly soon. it looks like it's track will be in the atlantic, near the -- anita. lots more on the local weather, coming up. maria: thank you. right now, a family site for answers. ed: the mother of the woman killed after falling out the window of a bus in east boston says she needs to know more about how her daughter died. newscenter five's rhondella richardson is live at her home in dorchester. reporter: that's right. the victim's family here in

paniagua who died sunday, when she fell from the party bus. this is a picture of tracy's smiling face onboard the rather dark entourage livery bus. this is the last photo of her alive. her boyfriend says it was a lingerie party on the bus. tracy died shy of her 27th birthday we also learned the other surviving victim was tracy's best friend. tracy's mom believes her daughter dancing maybe accidentally bumped into the window. the family believes what ever -- >> in the window like this. and the window opened or fell, i don't know. my daughter found. i don't know. reporter: would it make any sense that she was trying to open the window? >> no. no. reporter: the family believes whatever went wrong was not tracy's fault. the bus company says a passenger on the bus had repeatedly been trying to open the window

investigating and eager for more passengers to speak up. the family here in dorchester has had zero contact with the party bus company. they consider that quite inconsiderate and adds to their frustration. back to you. maria: thank you. a worcester man facing a judge today, charged with shooting and killing his neighbor. it happened on hamilton street last night. police say 42-year-old jacinto maldonado shot 24-year-old carlos maldonado. the two are not related. police say jacinto maldonado found the suspect lying t it's not clear what started the dispute. ed: a delivery person is hurt after a shooting in dorchester. this was the scene around 1:30 this morning on norwell street. the extent of the victim's injuries is unclear. no word on any arrests. president obama visiting the areas hardest hit by flooding in louisiana. maria: 60,000 homes all damaged there. thousands of residents have been

floods there are blamed for 13 deaths and widespread rescues. obama went on to promise a continued national effort to rebuild the flood-ravaged areas. president obama: what i want the people of louisiana to know, you are not alone on this. even after the tv cameras leave. the whole country is going to continue to support you and help you, until we get folks back in their homes, and lives are rebuilt. maria: criticism before the visit by opting to complete his family vacation on martha's vineyard before going to visit that area. commitment 2016 now. the attacks intensifying on the campaign trail. ed: donald trump now calling for a special prosecutor to investigate newly released hillary clinton emails. a conservative watchdog group released the documents, which appear to show a closer relationship between the state department and the clinton foundation. but on jimmy kimmel last night , the secretary was not

clinton: he makes up stuff to use against me. if he would stick with reality, i would not have a worry in the world. ed: clinton has no public appearances today. she is attending a fundraiser at justin timberlake's house. donald trump will be speaking at a rally in texas tonight. maria: donald trump's running mate, campaigning today and pennsylvania. that is indiana governor mike pence, touring the tech tube factory in king of prussia before speaking to a rally full of gop supporters. ed: vice-presidential candidate also campaigning on his own today. senator tim kaine spent time in denver, touring a machine shop. he talked about hillary clinton's plan to support small businesses. maria: the u.s. military saying that an american soldier has in killed, and another wounded during an operation in afghanistan's southern helmand province. their patrol was hit by a roadside bomb. six afghan soldiers are also wounded. the attack comes one day after 100 u.s. troops were sent to the area, to fight an increasingly

police trooper accused of violently beating a police chase suspect in may is expected to plead guilty on thursday. ed: andrew monaco is expected to enter guilty pleas to three counts of simple assault stemming from his use of force in connection with the may 11 arrest of richard simone of worcester. during the arrest, simone was seen in sky 5 helicopter video , apparently kneeling on the ground, before troopers from massachusetts and new hampshire ran up and started to violently beat him. maria: the new head of the embattled boston latin school is spelling out plans to address concerns in the classroom. complaints about racial incidents forcing the headmaster to resign. returning long time headmaster michael contompasis says teachers will undergo targeted training this year and set new expectations for for students. ed: police now say some of the animals found dead on a westport farm died of starvation. more than 1,000 animals were taken from the site earlier this month many of them dead, injured and mistreated. investigators are pouring over evidence found at the farm

no one has been charged. with restoration work underway in the massachusetts senate chamber, state senators will be doing business in another part of the historic building. maria: when the new term begins in january, senators will be meeting in the gardner auditorium and another meeting room at the state house. serious deterioration in the senate chamber is being corrected. ed: secretary of state john kerry in africa today. he spent the day in nigeria president to talk about regional security and islamic extremism. during kerry's visit nigeria's military announced it believed an airstrike killed the leader of boko haram, but there is no way to confirm the information. maria: time now to flashforward to 5:00 ed:. ed:ed: here's what we are working oned:. the one-time pastor of a new hampshire church facing charges of sexual assault on a child maria: maria: at 6:00, giving back. a little girl who was treated at tufts medical center returning to brighten the day of kids who

a funny feeling you enjoyed today's weather. you can see the clear skies over such a good expensive territory, which means the final weather is going to last. there are going to be changes. we'll talk about those, next. ed: following breaking, a plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a reservoir. this is a look at the plane. a pilot put the plane safely down o

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announcer: you're watching newscenter 5 at 4:30. ed: let's check traffic. not too bad going into town. getting out of town, that's another story. around. driving north is slower than normal. a little longer than it normally is this time. quiet on the pipe. -- pike. 128 south is a little slow. the tolls to 495, expect it to take 25 minutes.

now. maria: yesterday at this time, we were talking about the tornado. harvey: yes, that was definitely the story of the day. maria: and today, it was the most beautiful day ever. harvey: i would you rated on a scale from one to ten? ed: 75. it was spectacular. harvey: it is hard to beat. it was incredible. hopefully you had a chance to enjoy this. look how cool it was early this morning. the 40's were pretty widespread. check that out. from concord, new hampshire to keene, orange mass, and jeffrey. bedford was 48. norwood, it was 44 degrees early this morning. 46 in other places. it has been spectacular. lots of sunshine, right and an

these are the readings. lots of 80 degrees. very popular number right now. in the 70's, to around 80. very comfortable. look at the relative humidity, 32% in boston. 32% in orange. 31% in plymouth. it is nice and dry. it is going to stay that way. but tomorrow, it will still become table however, it will be warmer than it was today. we have two inch of the humidity along with the heat a little more and friday, we're pretty humid. that will start to trent down into the upcoming weekend. tonight's temperatures, not as cool as last night, but very nice, very livable and pleasant. tomorrow, up in the 80's. it could touch 90 in one or two spots, but it will be a dry heat, for spots that are near 90

the imagery is nice and clear over a good chunk of the eastern third of the country. high pressures and control. we have seen the cool side. we are going to start to see the warmer site tomorrow, and eventually the more humored -- humid side comes in. there could be a few spots of thunderstorms thursday night or friday. another look at the tropics here you can see how activities. multiple disturbances, including tropical srm we'll talk about that more in this evening. in the meantime, over the next seven days, we continue with beautiful weather tomorrow. warmer than today, but still dry. we start to increase humidity on thursday. a spotty storm as possible on friday we should have a gradual clearing on. saturday, sunshine on sunday. a little cooler and less humid over the weekend, but not as cool as it was early this morning. enjoy the really fine stretch of weather.

checking your health now. links between instagram pictures and mental health. ed: a new study suggests the pictures you post can tell if you are depressed. researchers looked at thousands of pictures from volunteers. some of the informal study found that depressed people post more often with more filters. those pictures often bluer, grayer and darker than average. maria: a new warning about kids and sugar. children should eat no more than 25 grams of added sugar a day, according to a new emory university report. that and is less than a can of coke. researchers say kids typically eat more than 4 times that and tend to eat fewer healthy foods as a result. a deal for more than $25 million. a new settlement over curt schilling's failed 38 studios. ed: plus, two years in a row on top for jennifer lawrence. the hollywood power list that's all about what's in the bank. speaking of money, let's check wall street. everything is up.

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know better sleep. only at a sleep number store. ed: checking your economy, a $25.6 million settlement over curt schilling's 38 studios. maria: the state of rhode island reached the deal with two of the companies backers, but not schilling. the lawsuit filed by the state accused 38 studios executives and several financial backers of fraud and negligence. the company got a state-backed

the company went bankrupt in 2012, leaving taxpayers on the hook for $116 million. ed: a major bank must pay up over a student loan scandal. federal investigators say wells fargo charged illegal late fees to some of its student loan borrowers who paid on the last day of their so-called grace period. wells fargo must now pay $3.6 million to the consumer financial protection agency and refund customers $410,000. maria: new home sales surged in july, to the fastest pace in nearly nine years. according to the commerce department, new home sales jumped 12.4% last month. meaning more than 654,000 homes were sold. at this point, demand is outpacing construction. the commerce department is crediting low mortgage rates and a steady job market for the rise. ed: jennifer lawrence topped the list of the word's highest paid actresses for the 2nd year in a

games movie. melissa mccarthy took the number 2 spot with $33 million, scarlett johansson was number three with $25 million. maria: nasa is now in contact with a missing spacecraft, after two years of silence. the space agency lost communications back in october of 2014 with the craft called stereo-b. it was on a mission to monitor the flow of energy and matter restored scientist will be checking through all its systems. the first picture of the earth from space, taken 50 years ago today. this is the photo taken by a lunar orbiter in 1966. it was part of a mission to take pictures of the moon. but when scientists got a look at this picture, it turns out

from muslims in arizona. a group paid to put up this billboard along the highway in phoenix. they say they want people to know that islam is a peaceful religion, and they hope that that sign starts conversations. >> is good to separate the two and be like, hey isis, this is not actual muslims. what they do and what they stand for is actually not in our religion at all. maria: the first of these billboards were put up in chicago. the group behind thepe ed: and if you look closely, put up by actual muslims. a popular candidate, so beloved no one would dare run against him. maria: yes, a dog. duke the dog, now getting ready for a new term in office. what people are saying about

ed: with all due respect mayor walsh, this may be the most beloved mayor in the country. duke the dog was just elected to his third term in office in cormorant minnesota. the 9-year-old dog was first elected during a write-in campaign, and seems to be doing a good job. he had no challengers this time around. >> i don't know who would run against him.

ed: he's done great things for the community. the town elects a mayor ever year, duke has not reached his term limit so he will be running again in 2017. maria: are you kidding me? ed: he seems unmoved by the whole thing. maria: duke for president. ed: breaking news right now. announcer: now on newscenter 5. reporter: breaking news, a man heard and russia the hospital. the incident involving a falling tree. >> scott brown pulled into the fox news sex scandal. > the allegations in a tv anchors lawsuit. >> tracking the topics. which systems to be most concerned with. >> sidelined by scissors. >> it was a silly accident. >> tom brady, hitting the field this friday. >> cutting down on sugar for the kids. the new limit doctors saying parents should stick to. announcer: from boston's news leader, this is wcvb newscenter

quabbin reservoir. the pilot able to land on a sandbar. state police say the pilot reported engine problems. since the plane landed, boats have also pulled up to the island to help the 3 people who were on the plane. we have a crew headed to the scene and will bring you new information as it comes in. >> also some breaking news, a tree limb seriously injuring a man on combat in brookline. i'm been cemented. jc: we are live at the scene with what we know right now. reporter: this is all happening in the alley behind comm avenue. the man was in the alley when he was hit by the following three. the man is 29 years old. police say he is a herb chambers employee. they have a building on this lot. police say a company was