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. antoinette: right now, a community in mourning after a teenager is killed in an oui crash. the friend charged and how others are remembering the victim. doug: an investigation is under way after a woman is struck by a car. what witnesses say the woman was doing when she was hit. antoinette: a local town on alert after triple e is found. the concerns this morning. you're watching wcvb. good morning. this is newscenter 5's eyeopener. antoinette: hello. good morning. it's sunday, august 28. i'm antoinette antonio. doug: i'm doug meehan. it's the big weekend before the final weekend. mike: it's got an official name.
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doug: the end. mike: summer is over. did you enjoy yesterday? today will be a repeat. look at the satellite picture. nothing going on. as we advance the clock, we can't see anything. you see a few things to the west. overnight, after midnight, we may see a pop-up shower or two. there's a threat of it around tomorrow. it's one of those cases where a lot of us will stay completely dry. 68 degrees in boston. a lot of temperatures in the 60s. toward jaffrey and keen, into the upper 50s. a not like friday, when the humidity was oppressive. we've got 59 in taunton. in the vineyard, 53 degrees. lots of sunshine today, across the board. by 9:00, we should be around 70. 3:00, cooler at the coast, but 84 because of the sea breeze. by this evening, start to see a few clouds. overnight, a chance to see
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we'll check on the tropics in a few moments. antoinette? antoinette: thank you. right now, a deadly crash is under investigation. a teenager is dead, another is behind bars and facing charges. a community that had been filled with hope for the future is now mourning the loss of a young life. doug: newscenter 5's juli mcdonald has the shock and sadness in lunenberg. reporter: broken hartsd in lunenberg this weekend, as the community mourns the death of a recent high school graduate. his classmates and friends are memories of austin a.j. robbins and to each other. >> we brought flowers, his football helmet, practice jersey. things he was well known for. he has a bucket hat we loved when he wore it. >> he made everyone laugh. he's just the nicest guy i've ever come across. i'll never meet anyone like him. >> the one-car crash happened around 3:15 saturday morning.
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was arrested on oui charges. another passenger, sean mcniff, is still in the hospital. >> it's not real. like i just want to wake up and, like, i feel like i'm going to wake up and he's going to be back. that's not how it's going to happen. reporter: a.j.'s friends smiled through tears while they remembered him. as he huddled together in the last place he was alive, they felt thankful for the precious years they shared. >> i'm so glad t know him. i'm so grateful, and i can't believe he's gone. reporter: that driver, joseph kapp, is being held on $10,000 bail. he'll be arraigned in fitchburg district court on monday morning. in lunenberg, juli mcdonald, wcvb newscenter 5. antoinette: right now, police are investigating a crash that left a woman in the hospital. this was the scene last night on main street in acushnet. a witness says the victim ran into the street after her dog
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woman was injured. the driver did stay at the scene. no charges have been filed. doug: right now, investigators are looking for the cause of this fast moving fire on plum island. this video one of many sent by viewers. everyone managed to make it out of the house safely. investigators say it sparked on the top floor of the building on 20th street. it quickly spread, engulfing the entire home. firefighters from several communities worked to put out the flames. a person who lived there was leaving the realized what was happening. >> everything is gone. my car blew up. everything inside is gone. doug: that is amazing. one firefighter was treated for heat related issues. antoinette: the suspect arrested in the murder of two nuns in mississippi will face a judge tomorrow. police say he's confessed to the crime. rodney sanders has a criminal record that includes felony dui and armed robbery. authorities say he was out on
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margaret held and sister paula merrill. sister merrill is from stoneham, massachusetts. police say sanders didn't offer a motive for the crime. sister merrill's family releasing a statement yesterday saying, in part, we pray for mr. sanders and ache for the consequences in his life that drove him to take this terrible action. a wake for the sisters will be held in mississippi today. doug: the tufts university campus is on alert after a student woke up to a stranger standing in their bedroom. campus police were called to the home on college avenue i morning. the student told police the man ran out of the home and took off in a dark colored sedan. police have increased patrols in that area. mbta police are looking for your help in identifying this man, wanted for questioning in connection to a lewd conduct on the green line trolley. the alleged incident happened earlier this month. anybody with information can contact t police. antoinette: boston police are still looking for the person who stole an ambulance. this was breaking news yesterday morning right here on the
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taken from charlestown just before 5:00 yesterday morning. it was found abandoned in everett about a half hour later. state, boston and everett police were all on scene, investigating on drive b off veterans avenue. no word on whether any equipment was stolen. right now, a cape cod beach is shut down, but not because of sharks. calhoon hollow will be closed to swimmers until at least tuesday because of wellfleet health officials say recent rain storms have stirred up waste from seals and other wildlife, making the water unsafe. it will be tested again in the next few days. doug: more signs of a dangerous mosquito-bjoern virus in massachusetts. an insect carrying triple e was trapped in kingston, the fourth to test positive for the virus this year. there have been signs of the virus in middleborough and yarmouth. more than 100 mosquitos have
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unveil a new box in salem after an explosion destroyed the old one. the editor of the rainbow times says they want to send a mentsse that they are staying in that community. police are investigating last week's explosion as a hate crime. several people were seen running away from the scene before the blast. the state marshall's office is offering a $5,000 reward for clues in the case. antoinette: grief and lingering questions as loved ones marked one year since the death of a the family of avalena conway-coxon released balloons yesterday in remembrance in worcester. after the toddler's death, an investigation found the foster mother, kim malpass, didn't receive a thorough background check. her grandfather says he's angry about the way the case has been handled. >> i am not going to live to see a cold case develop, and i will
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truth comes out. antoinette: the office of worcester d.a. joe early sent us a response, saying the case remains under investigation and the detectives work hard to bring justice to the victims, especially victims that don't have a voice. doug: 5:08 is your time. an nfl star suddenly at the center of a national debate. antoinette: this is a controversial one, the move this quarterback made and the message he's hoping to a southwest airlines flight forced to make an emergency landing. the engine ripped off midair. the investigation now under way into why it happened. mike: another perfect day to finish off the weekend. i'm tracking a chance of showers moving through the area overnight tonight. antoinette: kansas city cleaning up this morning after steady rain moved through the area.
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antoinette: good morning. welcome back. right now, this frightening scene is under investigation. that is an engine ripped off a southwest airlines plane. it happened 30,000 feet in the air. frightened passengers putting on
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doug: as newscenter 5's dianne cho reports, the search is on for why it happened. reporter: an in-air emergency. this southwest jet losing one of its engines. the pilot breathing heavily. >> lost number one engine. reporter: this showed the engine ripped apart is what the 99 passengers on board saw as they looked out their windows. >> we heard a loud boom. sounded like an 18-wheeler tire blow. reporter: oxygen masks deploying. that's passenger stephanie miller and her husband, michael, putting theirs on. flight dat shows the flight descending 20,000 feet in eight minutes. >> our ears started popping pretty bad. reporter: the boeing 737 landing safely in pensacola, 30 minutes after taking off. >> the point, this is not just any engine failure. this is an explosive event.
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dangerous, because in this case the engine actually threw a piece of metal into the cabin. it was close to where somebody was sitting. somebody could have easily been killed. reporter: southwest says they're cooperating with federal investigators. passengers are thankful for the pilot who kept them alive. dianne cho, wcvb newscenter 5. mike: another beautiful day yesterday, and no complaints about the cookou you. however, it's still dry. antoinette: i know. we would like to get some rain, for as much as we like having great weather on the weekend. mike: you know how fiercely competitive we are in boston. antoinette: always want to break records. mike: we are number one. doug: we don't want this record. mike: we don't. this summer, june, july, august, we've only had 3.92 inches of rain. we're number one. if we get a few scattered showers, we drop out of the top five. right now, i don't have much
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isolated shower. that's about it. check out the temperatures. 68 degrees in boston. we have a lot of temperatures in the lower 60s, upper 50s. a refreshing start to sunday morning. we have clear skies over the city. the dew point is up a little bit. on friday, it was up in the lower 70s. it was incredibly oppressive. yesterday, dropping down into the 50s. it's up there right now, but most of the day today will hover around 60 degrees. it won't feel bad. yesterday, we were right here. today, it's up a little bit.yo much. tomorrow, you might start to feel uncomfortable. i put a chance of scattered showers or an isolated thunderstorm tomorrow. i don't think most of us will see anything. just the threat is out there. on the satellite picture, nothing happening. quiet view. you start to see a few clouds. maybe rain showers leftover from last night. that's the area that will try to work in here late tonight. most of the energy is actually heading up here to the north. as it moves in this direction, we're not going to be seeing too much. there's not much going on behind it as well.
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today, sunny and comfortable, 84 to 88 degrees. a little bit of a sea breeze keeping things cooler near the shore line. tonight, mostly cloudy skies, an isolated chance of a scattered showers, 64 to 66 degrees. you'll notice by 3:00 this afternoon, it's still sunshine. but there's a few clouds out there. we kind of advance through the overnight hours. clouds develop about 3:00 in the morning. could be a hit or miss shower. most of the activity will be to the north of us. then tomorrow, we've got clouds hangin could be a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. but the chances again are very, very limited. so a fairly dry forecast, even as we look at your monday forecast at this point. if you're thinking about making it a beach day, check out the water temperatures. upper 60s, low 70s. if you're headed to the beach, 80 degrees with a light southeasterly breeze. high tide, 8:33. uv index is very high. you can get a nice sunburn quickly. rip current risk is low today.
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tonight, a few night showers out there. the day is devoted to sunshine. tomorrow, a spot thunderstorm. it's a possibility because it gets hot and humid out there. tuesday, cooler, about 82 degrees. our next chance for rain shows up about wednesday. another one of those fronts coming in from the west. weak. could be isolated thunder with it. it will push through. as you look at the seven-day forecast, the general trend here is it's going to be dry. the two opportunities for rain are tomorrow and wednesday. those are very limited chances. but look what happens toward as we head to labor day weekend, highs in the 70s. a taste of fall into the forecast. right now, it will feel like a nice summer afternoon we have going on out there. antoinette? antoinette: mike, thank you. it's 5:16. now to the other stories wore following. doug: snan francisco's backup quarterback is refusing to stand for the national anthem. colin kaepernick made the choice because he says the united
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african-americans and other minorities. the nfl says players are encouraged to stand but it's not required. antoinette: they are cleaning up in kansas city after serious flooding. there were ten water rescues after one creek rose ten feet in one hour. that area has gotten three days of steady rain. the flooding was so severe, street car services were suspended in downtown. more than four and a half inches of rain fell in 24 hours. doug: work continues after the dramatit bridge. steam pipe venting started yesterday morning to get rid of dirt and debris from construction work. the steam cap rise as high as 200 feet and there is loud rumbling sounds with it. workers say this is a normal part of the process. >> now here's josh brogadir with sportscenter 5. >> how to raise your batting average by 15 points in late august? go 11 for 11. dustin pedroia, the hottest red
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only one carrying this team. game two against kansas city, commandxazander bogaerts with p base. 2-0, red sox in the first. price's only bad inning of the night, the second. perez with a rocket over the monster. david price, six innings pitched. pedroia, 11 for his last record. in his last at-bat, he went 4 for 5. mookie betts stays electric. into the late summer night, his 29th home run. now 100 runs scored. reds sox win it 8-3. the ruckbber game is tonight. rodriguez against ventura in an 8:00 start. that does it for sports. have a great day. doug: the first horse racing track built in new england will
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could be yours. the salem staple has been in business for more than a century. the general manager confirming the sale is final and the public auction will be soon. furniture and other items are up for sale. >> there will be catalogue available and online right after labor day, and hopefully people have a great memory of rockingham. we'll have an opportunity to bring a piece of the rock ho the auction will be held the 24th and 25th of september. 5:19 is your time. say cheese in new england and you think of vermont. antoinette: j.c. monahan han discovered a goat farmer in sterling, mass, sharing the art of cheese making with fellow farmers. reporter: crystal brook farm in sterling is a pioneer starm stead baiting back to 1740 home
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here, ann star board, makes fresh chevre, goat cheese. >> when i started in 1998, 85% of people would run away from the table saying goat cheese. now it's flipped on its head, where 90% of people say i love goat cheese. particularly younger people. reporter: kudos go to the girls, says ann, who forge in the field rich in energy from the sun. a diet that creates the magic milk. >> we have tre goats. pure white ones with the big ears are called sonnens. the different colored ones that have big ears are called alpines, and then we have another breed called lamancha, the goats with tiny ears. i enjoy their personality. they make nice milk. from the nice milk, we can make good cheese. i hung these cheeses at 6:00, 6:30 this morning. the curd level started this
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curd and hand roll all of our logs, which most days are somewhere around 200. reporter: there is a farm store, visitors welcome. along with cheese, you'll find ann's hot off the press dairy goat handbook, a beginner's guide to goat-atude, which she's mastered. >> i'm raised on a farm. dairy production is my life. to have the opportunity to create a business where i can us and provide a nutritious, whole some food for people, so it's important for me to have our nutritional product in people's homes. antoinette: tomorrow on chronicle, deep cool. new found lake. bristol celebrity turtle, traditional irish music and the oldest boy's camp in the
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doug: you were all over that, weren't you? antoinette: salivating. every time. a big welcome home for needham's golden girl. doug: a crowd of people showing up to support aly raisman in the rally for aly. hear from the champion next. antoinette: a national disaster in new hampshire. the declaration alralowing some farmers to receive federal a and why some say they're wary of the assistance. doug: live pictures from the scene of a building fire.
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supporting trump? disclaimer: independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. mike: a beautiful start to your sunday. if you liked yesterday, you'll enjoy today. crystal clear skies over the city. temperature-wise, mild conditions. upper 50s showing high temperatures today will climb generally inland to 80, 85 degrees. near the shore line, in the low 80s. crystal clear skies out there. watch for the frontal boundary to work its way across tonight. most of the energy is to the north, where we'll see scattered showers. the threat is out there tonight and tomorrow. it's not a clean forecast, but behind it comes dry air back into the forecast. over the next seven days, slight
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wednesday. otherwise, it's a dry forecast and much cooler temperatures showing up by. the end of the week. doug? doug: thank you. she's a gold medal winner. but tonight, aly raisman will take on a different kind of hardware on mtv. antoinette: before that, she got a hero's welcome right here in her hometown. the olympian showing off her three medals at the rally for aly in needham yesterday and thanked everyone for their support. fans of all ages filling the own golden girl. aly says she's very grateful. >> sinto all the little girls w came out, i hope one day to watch you in the olympics. antoinette: after presenting tonight at the video music awards on mtv, she's going on tour with her teammates. it's coming to the garden. they get together light shows, gymnastics and fun stuff. i want to go watch it. i'm not gonna lie.
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tickets. mom and dad, if you're watching, help a girl out. antoinette: a retired air force general accused of sexual assault. doug: the investigation helping right now. drivers across the country are falling victim to tow truck traps. tow truck drivers accused of laying the traps themselves. what you should be watching out for. antoinette: several cars broken into in a local community. how police are asking for your help in finding the suspects. doug: the sun barely over the yard arm there in worcester as we get on to a sunday morning here.
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doug: a community mourning the loss of a teenager killed in an oui crash. the friend who is now facing charges. antoinette: a natural disaster across several local communities, thanks to a worsening drought. the help on the way making some people wary. doug: a suspectgh the string of crimes that prompted police in one town to ask for your help. >> you're watching wcvb boston's news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5's eyeopener. antoinette: good morning to you. it's 5:30 on your sunday morning. i'm antoinette antonio. doug: i'm doug meehan. mike wankum is here to help us out on a sunday morning. mike: you like showing up on a day like today. you're delivering nothing but good news.
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other days too. mike: talk to me when it's pouring rain. look at the sunrise. it's great. sunrise is at 6:06 this morning. but beautiful colors out in the sky. a nice lead-in to a sunday. hope you get a chance to enjoy a nice leisurely wakeup this morning. let's show you the satellite picture. very little going on. widen out the view, you start to see a few things to the west. this is going to come through later tonight. it is a very slim chance, but we've been so try, we're most probably won't see a thing late tonight or tomorrow, but some may get a quick, brief shower out of it. as far as temperatures right now, upper 60s. mid 60s. a few upper 50s showing up. the next 12 hours in boston will look like this. ramp temperatures up with lots of sunshine. boston will be in the upper 70s today because we have a sea breeze going on. inland, like yesterday. 85, maybe the upper 80s in a few locations.
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high pressure off to our east and a flow off of the ocean will keep things cool if you're near the water. there's a chance for showers. we'll talk about the timeline and their arrival and check on the tropics. doug: we're following breaking news right now. antoinette: let's take live pictures from a fire in northborough not a lot of information has come into the newsroom yet, but we can tell you this is a three-alarm fire. it started in this building you see right there with the ladder on it just before 4:00 this morning. morning, but once again, a three alarm fire in north bro this morning. doug: in other news right now, family and friends are mourning the loss of a recent high school graduate in lunenberg. austin a.j. robbins was killed in a crash on hollis road saturday morning. the driver, joseph kapp, is behind bars and will be
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hospital after being hit by a car in acushnet. the woman ran into main street after her dog when she was hit. no word on her injuries. the driver stayed at the scene. no charges have been filed. doug: this fast moving fire is under investigation on plum island. flames tearing through a home on 20th street yesterday. the fire started on the top floor but it's not exactly clear how. everybody made it out safely. one firefighter was treated for heat related issues. antoinette: right now, police are working to solve two shoot in question boston. there have been five homicides in the city just this month. newscenter 5's todd kazakiewich has the response and the shock from friends. >> when i saw everything that happened on tv, i was in disbelief, because i'd just seen him before. reporter: jade ortiz is mourning the loss of his friend, shot around 3:30 saturday morning outside 7-11 on center street in jp. jade is different for answers as
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kill a man using a wheelchair. >> though his situation wasn't the best, he always had a smile on his face and seemed to make people laugh a lot. pep looked liked him for his personalty. reporter: police responded to several shootings, including one in dorchester. the shootings just hours before the caribbean festival. >> i think at least three shootings were tied into the parties in the neighborhood. reporter: the shootings are part of a spike in g boston police are making progress, saturday announcing the arrest of a hyde park man for a homicide last weekend in roxbury. and the arrest of dorchester man for a shooting in march in roxbury. police are searching for two other suspects. mayor walsh says there's reason for optimism. >> we're going to continue to work. the effort of everyone, the community working with us, act vichlt vichl in the community, peace
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officers, building relationships. reporter: for years, shootings and homicides are trending down, but that doesn't mean much for the loved ones of victims of gun violence. doug: investigators have determined the cause of an overnight fire in manchester by the sea. authorities say a malfunction of the basement dehumidifier unit started a fire in the vine street home about 1:30 yesterday morning. smoke detectors alerted residents to the danger and they were able to get out of the building in time. th an hour and nobody was hurt. antoinette: right now, police are hoping video will help them stop a rash of car break-ins. take a look. acushnet police releasing this surveillance video yesterday from the air of james and john streets. they say it shows the suspect checking the door handles for unlocked cars. if you see this person or if you recognize the person, please give police a call. doug: the driver charged after crashing into a restaurant in
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jeffrey mahoney is facing several charges, including drug possession. three people were injured, two seriously, after friday night's crash of the square cafe. the passenger of the truck also hurt. today, gun owners hold a rolling rally to protest an increased crackdown in massachusetts. the gun owners action league is upset about new enforcement of an assault weapons ban by including so-called copycat weapons. they'll start at the minuteman sportsmen's club in burlington with vehicles flying americ general maura healey. the rally ends in hanson. antoinette: commitment 2016 this morning. donald trump returning to controversial immigration plans as he campaigns in iowa. >> on day one, i'm going to begin swiftly removing criminal illegal immigrants from this country. the first thing i'm going to do, the first piece of paper that i'm going to sign is we're going
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antoinette: trump didn't offer any specifics as to how illegal immigrants would be removed. only saying law enforcement knows who they are. meantime, democrat tim kaine again accused the gop nominee of having ties to extremist groups. >> he's got guys connected with the ku klux klan who are out there claiming him. and his record of, you know, sometimes he doesn't disabuse that, and sometimes he seems to want to take advta and i find that very troubling. twm hillary clinton, meanwhile, had her first fbi intelligence briefing yesterday since becoming the democratic nominee. doug: he sits on the homeland security committee in congress. that means massachusetts congressman bill keating is playing a role in assessing the u.s. fight against isis. >> we're doing well on the ground and can do well on the ground. but this is metastasized all over the world. >> and here, which is what concerns people.
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>> here, we have investigations into all 50 states. here we're doing -- we're safer here than probably any country. doug: watch congressman bill keating on the record, followed by matter of fact with fernando es pels. then catch city line and the fight for tech equality coming up at noon. antoinette: this morning, parts of new hampshire officially natural disaster areas because of the worsening drought and that means more help will be available. it is a farms like white cedar in kingston. peppers, egg plants, beats, carrots are all dead. the disaster declaration allows farmers to apply for emergency loans, something they're always wary of. >> we'll consider any kind of disaster relief assistance, but the program that they offered last year was a loan, and i'm glad that i didn't take it. we'd have had difficulty this year paying back that loan. antoinette: hillsboro, merrimack
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covered by the disaster declaration. doug: general motors is recalling 368,000 vehicles because of a defective part that affect windshield wipers. it affects the 2013 equinox and gmc terrain. ball joints in the wipers could kroed and wear out. the car maker will cover the cost of repairs. antoinette: a retired air force general accused of sexual assau assault. doug: the investigation into the allegations happe up by drivers themselves. drivers' cars being toed and it's not their fault. what you should be watching back for. doug: the sox boubsing back against the royals. the big swings that led to a big
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counseling, or smaller class sizes. four hundred million unavailable to the ninety-six percent of students who don't attend charter schools. let's improve public schools for all students, not just a select few. vote no on question 2. antoinette: it's an awful feeling, finding out your car has been towed, but what if it wasn't your fault? doug: seems like it's never my fault. as gio benitez shows us, more and more drivers falling prey to traps allegedly set by the tow truck drivers themselves. reporter: new video from
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katie auto parked her car there this week. look at this photo. it appears to show the no parking sign was knocked down. katie never saw it. moments later, the sign has been raised and her car is being towed. >> there were other cars parked there. there was no sign in the lot. there was no indication where i was parking was illegal. it strikes me as dishonest. reporter: from coast to coast, drivers complain of alleged tow traps. in virginia, this driver it was a legal parking spot. but experts believe some tow truck drivers lie in wait, using a spotter to alert them when someone parks in a specific spot. that's when they move in to tow your car and charge hundreds of dollars to get it back. we went out with a tow truck driver for some tips. first red flag, hard to see no parking signs. second, unmarked tow trucks. third tip, look at the other cars in the lot. >> those cars have parking
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reporter: as for the philadelphia towing company, we reached out to them. they're reply? no comment. antoinette: the owl saved by green line employees is facing medical complications. the screech owl's wing was broken when it hit a trolley at brookline village. vets at tufts university say surgery is challenging because owl blood won't flow properly. this condition poison and is common in predators like owls and hawks. two sea turtles were rescued in cape cod bay. the two leather back turtles were found endangled in a buoy line. they suffered only minor injuries. >> now or stormteam 5 forecast. mike: a beautiful start to sunday. a view on the left, worcester, just a bit of a brightoning to
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sunrise comes our way in about 15, 16 minutes. we'll have a beautiful sunrise. five years ago, remember this? this is irene. it was a tropical storm when it moved through here. parts of rhode island had wind gusts of 70 miles an hour. most of the damage was not necessarily at the coast, but inland where we saw so much rain, especially in the western part of the state, into parts of vermont. it ended up being the seventh most costly tropical sys boy, a lot of water out of this one. this one came across the caribbean. it was a hurricane off of cape hatteras and came across our area as a tropical storm. the track was way inland. we had gusty winds along the coastal rhode island areas. this is where we saw the rain and flooding going on. let's check on the tropics this morning. one, two, three systems to talk about. the first one, this is called invest 99.
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put the computer models together, show where it's going. unfortunately, it's heading to the gulf of mexico. remember the flooding in louisiana? this could aggravate the situation. you want this to work its way along the coast because it won't ever become a hurricane. you don't have to worry about the wind, but it would provide much-needed rain across our area. right now, it will be pushed out to sea. gaston, way out to sea. this was a hurricane, became a tropical storm. late last night, bi it could become a category 2 or 3 again. all computer models indicate it's head to the north atlantic and then to europe. then we've got this system right here. doesn't look like it will do too much. only about a 30% chance it will become a tropical system. as a wet sponge, it's heading toward the carolina coast. then this is going to be on tuesday that we're looking at it. this will be nice if it could work its way up along the coast,
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air coming to push it out to sea. we'll miss out on the moisture from that one as well. dry forecast revolving around our area. the forecast revolving around nice temperatures and they are beautiful out there this morning. we've got 59 degrees in hyannis. nantucket at 59. over the city, 68. dew point is up there a little bit this morning. should drop back a little bit, but it's not nearly as high as it was friday, when we had a chance of showers and thunderstorms. notice the skies, clear. to the west that's the key. we have a chance, a very slim chance tonight and tomorrow of seeing showers or an isolated thunderstorm. but the threat is so minimal. i put it in the forecast because we need every drop of fois chmo we can get. hudson, 88 for the high this afternoon. most of worcester county into the mid 80s today. south shore, make it a beach day. it will be cool with temperatures in the upper 70s. inland, temperatures in the mid
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what a beautiful weekend we've had going on. over the next seven days, a chance of showers. a slight chance we could see a spot shower or thunderstorm tomorrow. the threat is very minimal as a cold front kind of tries to work its way through. it's not much of a cold front. behind it, the difference in temperatures, 88 to 82. tuesday looks dry, low humidity. beautiful day again. wednesday, slight chance we could see a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. the end of the week, coo holiday weekend with the highs in the 70s and morning lows in some spots into the 40s. doug: i found irene video on my phone from five years ago. i'll send it to you. antoinette: i'm amazed your phone has room for all this stuff. doug: 5:48 is your time right now. some other stories we're following on the eye. antoinette: the better business bureau is urging caution for those trying to help in the aftermath of the orlando nightclub massacre.
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fund raisers set up for victims on go fund me. while millions have been raised for official and sanctioned groups, for others there's little oversight to where the money goes. a spokesman for go fund me says they're vetting the financial appeals before releasing money to the organizers. doug: a retired four star general is being investigated for sexual assault. general arthur lichte is accused of assault a colonel u command. it happened between april of 2007 and april of 20069. no comment from the general. antoinette: police say the cousin of nba star dwyane wade was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire as she pushed her baby in a stroller in chicago. nykea aldridge was showed and killed friday. the 32-year-old mother of four was near a school where she intended to register her children. no arrests have been made. italy holds a national day of
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deadly earthquake in the umbria region. they held a state funeral for 35 of the nearly 300 victims yesterday. rescue crews trying to make sure no one is alive in the rubble of the of the towns hardest hit by the quake. doug: the red sox come roaring back against the royals last night. after a rough outing friday, the offense was on fire last night, including a nearly historic home run for dustin pedroia. he had f blew the game wide open in the fifth with back-to-back dingers. 8-3 is the final for the sox. they wrap up the series against kansas city tonight. in this morning's 5 for good, a sisterhood of sports where women with vision help each other. antoinette: erika tarantal introduces us to a community called dreamers and doers and its boston chapter. reporter: these business women give new meaning to ladies who
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>> women starting companies, women working at startups. reporter: brought together by gesche haas in what she calls dreamers and doers. >> it started by accident from a personal need. when i was starting my first company, it was hardest for me to find other women that were in similar paths. reporter: she created a space for women to find each other, connecting female entrepreneurs from across the globe online. >> we have people post and post jobs. everyone gives but ends up getting more than they gave. >> right away, i was like this is what i needed. reporter: liz long helps people turn ideas into products. >> you have an idea for a line of children's clothing or a piece of furniture, medical device, whatever it is. i help people through the actual making process. reporter: the waltham mom runs her company from home, even with the experience of founding two companies before, she had worries until dreamers and doers. >> you can go and ask questions
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i need help with an investor and get information from women who are so experienced, so kind. you can also show up and say i'm having trouble balancing my different roles in life. >> i'm gina. i'm an interior designer. reporter: they also have local gatherings like this boston brunch. >> anything we can do for women to get to know each other on a personal level. reporter: haas says her for others is equally important. >> we're showing you can be extremely happy and extremely successful and support people along the journey. reporter: any woman can join dreamers and doers to share information or learn about jobs, housing and the local gatherings for free, it also has a more cure rated paid component where members must apply. find out more at wcvb.com. erika tarantal, wcvb newscenter 5. antoinette: that's what it takes. doug: it takes a village.
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a new season washed away by the drought. doug: the creative way they managed to put on a car wash without any water. antoinette: interesting. live look outside this morning. wow, what a gorgeous start to the day. hey, if you liked yesterday, guess what? you might like today. mike wankum has your forecast
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mike: a nice, mild start to your sunday. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. before the day is over with, high temperatures climb up. if you're near the shore line, a sea breeze will keep things a couple degrees cooler. humidity, manageable today. tomorrow, i put a slight chance of a spot shower in there. most won't see anything out of it. it will be warmer, muggier as well. about 88. by tuesday, we cool down with se back in the lower 80s. antoinette? antoinette: thank you. a new hampshire cheerleading team changed plans of the drought. doug: they held a waterless car wash to raise money. there are water bans in place so they came up with a creative way to get the funds they needed. >> we felt bad using the water from the town. we didn't want to take away from
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so we just give people ious when they come here. whenever the drought is over, in the spring, they'll come back and we'll give them a car wash. doug: very, very clever. the girls hope to raise $1,000 with the fundraiser. it's hard. we had one of those in lynnfield. i drove through and they're out there. i had just gotten my car washed. i felt bad. do you just pull over and hand them money? antoinette: yes. i was one of those cheerleaders back in the day. washing the cars. doug: ladies,l 5:57 on this sunday morning. a fast moving fire destroys a plum island home. antoinette: we'll hear from one of the people living in the house.
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antoinette: right now, a community in mourning after a teenager is killed in an oui crash. the friend charged and how others are remembering the victim. doug: an investigation is under way after a woman is struck by a car. what witnesses say the woman was doing when she was hit. antoinette: a local town on alert after a mosquito carrying

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