workers dangling off a bridge. then: why they were not the only ones in danger. >> the stash of weapons in his home and the target teen named. maria: a computer charger goes up in flames aching the home unlivable. the mistake a lot of us make. >> a trio of tropical systems. how they will indirectly affect us and take you all the way through the labor day weekend. ed: two bucket helplessly dangling over the river below. maria: they were in that bucket when that truck tipped over. john atwater is live with the rescue. john: this was not a quick rescue. those workers were stuck out there for more than two hours. 100 feet over this economy

bridge. >> it is leaning on the railing in a very precarious state. john: somehow their truck tipped, dropping their bucket five to 10 feet. >> a half a harness on and that harness was attached to the bucket. just -- for events like this so the docket falls, hydraulics failed, they cannot fall out. john: they patiently waited until worker methodically made his way toward them to make the rescue bucket and around and sort of up under and opened the door of the yellow basket and helped those two men into his basket. john: more than two hours later those men were finally back up on the bridge, taken to an ambulance to get checked out, grateful their rescuer was able to make the tricky save. >> he very carefully and slowly maneuvered up to bridge and they

to be commended. john: how did that egg truck just too bright over -- big truck just tip right over? it will be thoroughly inspected. maria: breaking right now, a man loses his life trying to save kids at profile falls, new hampshire. the state marine patrol saying the victim jumped child struggling to swim but got in trouble himself. other people were able to rescue the child and three other children but did not get to that man in time. >> this is a large pool and as a result it appears that the victim may have had a hard time swimming. maria: one of the children, an 8-year-old, was resuscitated with cpr. all 4 kids were taken to the

a stockpile of weapons, a list of targets, all found in a holliston home. maria tonight that homeowner is : locked-up for the violence. -- the violence he may have been plotting. newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat is live in south boston with the allegations against him. shaun: the fbi says he wanted to kill the president when he was vacationing in martha's vineyard. and that he had stockpiled weapons to carry out a series of attacks. a tip led the fbi to this holliston home friday. inside, they found weapons parts fo a muslims. >> he was kind of off, you could tell. there was just something different about him. fbi was around everywhere. >>fbi was around everywhere. they laid everything out on the front. lot of computers, i guess guns may be. shaun: 48-year-old old joseph gargiulo walked into federal court shackled after his arrest saturday. the tip said he plans to chain a the tip said he plans to chain a

homeland security officers as he can before they kill him. >> he doesn't have anti-government views or anti-president views, he has different views but certainly not exceptionally radical. >> his attorney met gargiulo 12 years ago during his divorce. he says, the allegations, came as gargiulo was due to court for a restraining order placed by his ex-wife. there is a long history of false >> allegations on behalf of the mother of his children. >> no, he's never spoken ill to me of any of those categories or anybody of that nature. he's been through a lot and he's a man who keeps to himself and he's a dad trying to raise his two children. shaun: gargiulo was not allowed to have any weapons as part of that restraining order. if convicted he faces up to 10 years in prison. ed: brush fire in wilmington two acres burned on border road,

no homes or property damaged and woburn and tewksbury firefighters also helped which underscores some problems. harvey: when you have a breeze and dry air, -- you can go from boston all the way to chicago, you cannot find clouds let alone rain. there might be some midweek or wednesday. it dry. it was muggy earlier. the air dried out so nicely during the second half of the day. 72 in boston. 50 -- upper 50's in places. a very pleasant overnight. you can see by our colors that it is pleasant to refreshing at it was nicer than it was. here we go overnight, staying comfortable in boston.

trip up and temperatures tomorrow. we are watching three systems and to tropical depressions. this one is causing it tropical storm warning. we will talk about how one or more of these may be direct -- indirectly affecting us. that and the forecast for your labor day weekend. maria right now, uber is being : asked, why was this man allowed behind the wheel?? he's accused of exposing himself to a woman. and it is not the first time. newscenter 5's jorge quiroga is live in everett, where the mayor is demanding answers. jorge: this is the second case in less than a month involving an uber driver here in everett charged with sexual misconduct. tonight the mayor demanding far tougher background checks than a newly passed law requires. paul griffin, 28-years-old apparently telling police he couldn't help himself, the uber driver arrested sunday for exposing himself to a teen age girl in everett.

opening doors and fondling himself in front of girls on the street. jorge coincidentally it's the : same victim griffin allegedly exposed himself to in july. but this time the girl got his right license plate number. griffin did not have passengers when he was arrested after a brief chase. >> she indicated she knew it was the same guy she saw before. jorge the latest incident : raising questions about how uber updates its records, griffin faces similar charges in malden and has an open lewd conduct case in boston, today everett mayor carlo demaria, writing to uber complaining it is clear to me that the current screening system is si n working. the mayor pointing to this man as well. prosecutors claiming in late july darnell booth used his job as an uber driver to meet a 16-year-old girl in everett. a teen he is now accused of rapping. booth has an 8 page criminal history, including one prior sexual assault allegation. everett's mayor is now asking the legislature to amend the recently passed law covering ride sharing companies to immediately require thorough background checks for all drivers and require

tonight paul griffin has been removed from the uber platform, some six months after he was 1st -- first arrested in downtown crossing for exposing himself. griffin is now being held on $10,000 bail for the 2 cases here. ed: a boston university student is out on bail tonight, charged in the crash that killed his best friend. prosecutors say 19-year-old joseph kapp had a blood alcohol level one and a half times the legal limit when he crashed his car into a tree in lunenburg. 18-year-old austin aj robbins was killed in that crash on saturday. a third teenager suffered a minor arm injury and was in court to support kapp. the victim's mother says her son and the driver were best friends. >> they made a terrible mistake and unfortunately, austin paid the price. he was the kid that everybody wanted to be with. ed kapp is charged with motor : vehicle homicide. the man police say confessed to killing two nuns in mississippi, in shackles and a bullet proof

one of the nuns killed, sister paula merrill, was originally from stoneham. a judge ordered rodney sanders held on no bond for the two charges of capital murder. maria a new hampshire mother, : found guilty of second-degree murder in the beating death of her own daughter. katlyn marin beat the 3-year-old girl, brielle gage, then lied about it. the toddler died from blunt-force injuries. in court today the judge called marin an angry, manipulative and deceitful killer. >> this case is about murder. it is about the senseless, cruel, and absolutely inhumane murder of a three-year-old girl. maria: marin will be sentenced in december. ed the driver of the boston duck : boat whose roof was partially torn off sunday has been given a citation. the vehicle was damaged when it hit an overpass on storrow drive. the rookie driver, whose name

a detour. nobody aboard was hurt. the driver has been ticketed for $100. maria: commitment 2016, a new sexting scandal involving former new york congressman anthony weiner is making waves in the presidential campaign. weiner was caught sexting again this time, according to the new york post, with his young son at his side. and after that report weiner's wife, huma abedin, top aide to hillary clinton, says she and weiner are separating. trump sa questions about how abedin and clinton protect sensitive information. mr. trump: she is married to a guy who is uncontrolled and uncontrollable. he is a sick is in. and she has access to classified information. maria no comment from weiner : today; abedin says she and her husband are devoted to doing what's best for their son. new tonight,

ed but the race is tightening. : the new monmouth university poll has clinton up by seven points, 46 to 37%. that's down from a 13-point lead earlier this month, right after the democratic convention. the candidates are taking time off the campaign trail. trump is planning a major speech on immigration on wednesday. he's expected to finally clarify his stance on his plans for 11 million people here illegally. clinton is telling supporters she doesn't know which donald trump will show up when they fundraiser in the hamptons. the campaign also released plans to improve mental health care. maria: maine governor paul lepage making more controversial comments, this time aimed at two massachusetts cities. lepage, in boston for a regional governors conference, said drug dealers from lawrence and lowell are streaming into maine and making the opioid crisis there worse.

hispanics make up the majority of heroin and fentanyl arrests in maine. lawmakers in maine are considering censuring lepage for his comments. ed after intense pressure : the maker of the epipen is now going to start selling a generic version. mylan has been under fire for weeks because of dramatic price increases on epipens. a pair of epipens sell for 608 dollars right now but back in 2007, they sold for $94 when mylan acquith mylan says the generic version will sell for for the pair. $300maria: damage from a fire blamed on something many of us have.

randy: tuesday morning on the eyeopener, prep once, pack twice, saver time. >> ways to speed up your routine just in time for back to school. >> and cooler, less humid air but i'm tracking the next chance

maria: a family's home destroyed by fire in billerica. and you may be surprised to hear how it started. it's being blamed on something many of us have and firefighters say it's a warning to every homeowner. you are looking at what used to be a rug inside this now burned out home on boston road in billerica. it was all sparked by something a lot of us have. a laptop charger. >> it is a difficult, labor-intensive fire. maria the family had no idea : because they were away on vacation. they left with their laptop plugged in charging and came home to this. >> it heated up the rug, the computer, and the charger so

the fl important reminder be careful when you charge anything. and never charge your phone while you're in your bed because you could fall asleep and that could take an awful turn. >> anything with a battery that charges, it is going to create heat to read it will begin as a smoky, smoldering fire because it is overheating and it is warming everything up. everybody has to get in the habit of unplugging the charger. when you're done charging, unplug everything. maria: that hos badly the family can't return yet. they will be living with relatives until repairs are made. ed: iphone is in the news. the iphone -- consumers taking on apple over defective touchscreens on the iphone six an six-s. iphone users have filed a class-action lawsuit accusing apple of fraud. they say the touchscreens becomes unresponsive, which then makes the iphone un-usable. the suit claims apple has known about the defect for a while,

and you. favorite gene wilder movie. ed: blazing saddles. i remember when they were sitting across the table talking about the waco kid. maria: it never gets old. mine is chocolate related. >> ? nation -- pure imagination ? maria: he was 83 years old and had alzheimer's disease. he was diagnosed three years ago but kept it quiet because, according to his publicist, he couldn't bear the idea of one less smile in the world.

frankenstein. was that hump over there over over their question mark he was a comedic genius. harvey: my favorite was silver streak. i felt both of them were hysterical. a great entertainer. he will be missed. we would like to see the drought ease around here but that still obviously is not happening. we know that. we have been so dry now long and he goes on and on. the other part of the equation has been the heat. check us out. we hit 90 in boston. the seventh time this month. 20 times the average, 13 or 14 in a warm weather season and some areas away from the coast. boston loses some of those potential days on sea breezes. it is 30 times and more in some inland locations. almost all the days in red above average. 72 in boston.

refreshing breeze bringing in that drier air as we dropped to the upper 50's and some of our cool spots. it is comfortable around the area and it will be comfortable for the rest of the night and early tomorrow. the next out of higher humidity moves into wednesday. that is when we increase the chance of somewhat wet weather and cool and comfortable air will be here. 50's and low 60's to start your day out early tomorrow. for tomorrow if you are away from the shoreline, 80 degrees to 85 will 70's and the higher elevations of worcester county. 79 and duxbury. a nice day coming up. 77 in chatham. beach and voting because of all these tropical systems that we will talk about in a moment, there is a moderate chance of recurrence from hurricane gaston.

emanates from for hundreds of miles. it will be around 80 in the beaches. low tide at 3:41 p.m. here is our satellite showing us mainly clear. this is the next front and some shower activity and thunderstorms around. here's how it goes. high pressure and control, nice tuesday, another great day to enjoy. some kids are going back to school tomorrow. we are still mainly sunny. it increase -- clouds increase. get to wednesday night on into thursday and then we increase the chance of getting some rain as a front moves through but then stalls for a little while. it will not cure the drought but any bit would help. that is the hurricane and to tropical depressions. one southeast of the carolinas.

warning. it may or may not become a minimal tropical storm. it does not look like a major storm but it is enough to continue the rip current threat. there is gaston, headed toward the azores. any days from now. the final went to keep an eye on is the one that will develop in the eastern wealth of mexico. that will move off the southeast coast of the united states and that could cause recurrence here over the holiday weekend even though the actual weather looks pretty nice. again thursday, our chance of getting some wet weather. very cool the first half of labor day weekend and warmer especially way from the coast as we get deeper into the labor day weekend or labor day itself. ed: pete frates and his family were in boston tonight marking als awareness month. frates is a former bc baseball player who has been battling als but he's best known for starting the ice bucket challenge which raised millions to fight the disease. governor charlie baker also attended the fundraiser at strega waterfront.

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ed: today was a special day for a dedicated employee. maria a needham woman with down : syndrome retires. after more than 3 decades on the job. freia david has been a fixture at the needham mcdonald's for 32 years. now 52 years old, she's done all kinds of work there. she says it is time to retire.

she was excited to work, and very, very happy to be here. >> she used to look for me when i was coming across the driveway and when she saw me she would jump up before i even got there to hold the door open. maria: here are some of the benefits. she will still go to mcdonalds with her mom every saturday for lunch. and it will always be on the house. ed: way to go. congratulations. mike: it is a pennant race. you must keep an eye massachusetts public charter schools are among the best in the country.

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mike: when you get to this stage of the season and you are in a pennant race, you must win the games you are supposed to win. the tampa bay rays are in last place in the divison you are supposed to beat them and that they did. 9-4 the sox the final from fenway. second inning, including this pill from mookie betts. 95 runs batted in and has first at-bat. fourth the sox are on the way. up 4-2. in the fifth inning, this time he comes up with an r.b.i. double, that is number 96. he was two for five and hitting 322, second in the league. he has been having a silently successful year. i do not know what else is under

about superstition. he has won 18 and three. here the standings. toronto wins over baltimore. pushing them for back. and the yankees are losing to the kansas city royals. right now it is the red sox and orioles. look at the tigers. the team that scares me, the defending world series champions, the kansas city royals are about to beat the yankees. orioles turned in the play of the game. of against the wall and he has -- up against the wall. they win five to one. we take you to cleveland. this is mike napoli. this is taking one back inside the park. meanwhile, second baseman is jason tennis. cleveland, he's got it and the

the newest members of the patriots. he was picked up and trade last week from the cleveland browns and all he has to do is take a look around the locker room and decide i am no longer in cleveland. >> it is a huge culture shock. i feel like they're winning spirit was making its way into cleveland with the new coac established here for a long time and decided to be part of it. mike: do not hold your breath about that winning tradition coming back to cleveland. taking it to the u.s. open. at the top of your screen. he accidentally runs into the clock. look what happened right here. this just rarely missed his ankle. there it is. that is how they left it. they never replaced the clock. it took a looking. the question is, did i keep on

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