randy: accusations against an uber driving. the change one mayor is pushing as he demands answers. >> a situation with workers dangling over a river. the big question this morning. randy: a holliston man accused of stockpiling weapons. what he planned to do with them on the eye for this tuesday, month. emily: also on the eye this morning, it looks like a standard pickup truck, right, from this angle anyway? but there is a surprise making this the perfect truck for a plumber, and we will show it to you in eyepoppers. i'm emily riemer. randy: and i'm randy price. happy first day of school to folks in methuen and some of the

school weather. mike: i saw that earlier. so if you are headed to the bus stop, a gorgeous morning. emily: we don't want them to be chilly out there. mike: we have plenty of sunshine. this afternoon, boy, a nice, toasty day out there with temperatures in the 80s, so lighter clothing and shorts out there and enjoy the day. check out the temperatures. we have 64 in bostonut of temperatures into the 50s, and upper 40s showing up this morning. the humidity dropped off. yesterday it was muggy out there. you start to notice the humidity. humidity dropping off with the clear skies so where's the next rain-maker? way off here to the west. it is poised to move in here but not until tomorrow night. today we get to enjoy the temperatures like this. highs inland well into the 80s. 80 to 85. if you are right near the shoreline because of that sea breeze, we'll hold the

any way you look at it, it will be a really nice day across the area. but i am watching that system out to the west, and we're keeping an eye on the tropics, which will be very active. i will show you where that's going to be moving and how it will impact the weather as we economic on what happens over the next seven days, including all the way into the labor day weekend. how are things on the roadways this morning? >> they are a bit busy for a tuesday morning. thank you, mike. a live look outside at the expressway, the gas tank camera, the northbound side, you can see the delays. let's get to the map, the travel an accident here on northbound side by 128. and the expressway right now about 30 minutes from braintree into boston. and also, watching a disabled car northbound on the expressway by government center. delays, and as you travel west of town the pike looks good, 15 minutes, 495 to 128. 93 south, building volume, and to andover and more delays down to spot pond, so far, trains and buses are doing ok. emily. >> thank you. right now, city leaders are demanding new action after

they want changes and they want them now. >> sera congi is in everett where the ride share company is under fire again. sera: this is the second arrest of an uber driver here in everett in recent weeks, and the mayor is calling for an emergency meeting with the company to go over exactly how they screen their drivers. paul griffin was arrested on sunday. he's accused of exposing himself in two separate incidents in front of a teenage girl, and boston last year, and this man, darnell booth was arrested for allegedly range a 16-year-old in everett last month. prosecutors say he met through uber. the mayor is pushing for changes, demanding that uber immediately require thorough background checks for all drivers and require fingerprinting. the state passed ride share legislation but that won't take effect for several months. according to uber griffin did

he is now banned from the service. live in everett, sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5. emily: a factory fire is under investigation in pittsfield. flames consumed the abandoned building on elmvale place. the building has been home to squatters for years. it's not clear if anyone was inside the factory when those flames broke out. >> and a holliston man is being held without bail accused in a chilling plot. the fbi says the 48-year-old joseph weapons planning attacks on muslims and targeting president barack obama. he was arrested after a tip on friday that he wanted to chain a mosque closed and burn it down. and that he will plant bombs in police stations and kill as many homeland security officers as he can before they kill him. his lawyer says the allegations came as his client was due in court for a restraining order, which was requested by his

>> he's never spoken ill to me of any of that nature. he's really -- he's been through a lot, and he's a man who keeps to himself and is a dad who is trying to raise his two children. >> gargiulo was not allowed to have any weapons as a result of that restraining order and will be back in court tomorrow. right now investigates are trying to figure out how two workers ended up in this dilemma, trapped in that bucket over the river. you case helplessly over the river, and erika is here with the scene that touched off a rescue. erika: truly a scary situation for these workers. the crew was doing inspections under the bridge when their truck tipped. that bridge spans the saconet river in tiverton. the workers did follow protocols. patiently waiting until another worker and another bucket was able to make his way to them, make the rescue. it was an effort that took two

that basket back up onto the bridge and all of them were safe, and everyone was very pleased to see that. but the plan who did that, in the white basket needs to be commended. >> the workers were taken to a waiting ambulance to be checked out. the truck that tipped over was towed away. it will be inspected to see what went wrong. emily. emily: thanks. boston is making a new push to increase diversity at its prestigious exam schools. leaders started this schools that often didn't send any students to the programs. part of the push is the exam school initiative, provides free tutoring for students, but it's largely unknown to many families. the new effort started after racial tension at boston latin sparked several investigations. also new growing concern in boston about the possible closure of some public schools. the herald reports the contractor overseeing the city's ten-year education and

and that has parents concerned that the city still wants to close some buildings. a bps spokesperson says the contractor is awaiting updated 2015 information to begin the study. so it's back to school today in malden. some students won't have the option of taking the bus. the city canceled service to more than 100 families because of budget constraints. many parents are upset that the officials waited until july 26 to notify them of the change. the globe that they have a right to be angry and that notifications should have gone out in june. >> a man is dead after trying to save several children at a waterfall in bristol, new hampshire. the state marine patrol says the victim jumped in to help a child struggling to swim in profile falls, but got into trouble himself. other people in the falls were able to rescue the child and three other children but did not get the man out in time.

as a result it appears that the victim may have had a hard time swimming. >> one of the children, an eight-year-old was resuscitated with cpr and all four kids were taken to the hospital. they were checked out there. a boston university student is out on jail charged in the crash that killed his best friend. prosecutors say that 19-year-old joseph knapp had a blood alcohol level 1.5 times when he crashed his car into the tree in lunenburg. 18-year-old austin, a.j., robbins was killed. a third teenager suffered a minor arm injury and was in court to support kapp. >> they made a terrible mistake, and unfortunately, austin paid the price for it. he was the kid that everybody wanted to be with. kapp is charged with motor vehicular homicide.

involving congressman anthony wiener is now fodder for the presidential campaign. he was caught sexting again, according to the new york post, with his young son at his side, and after that his wife, the top aide to hillary clinton, said that she and wiener are separating. donald trump says this raises questions about how huma hillary clinton are handling this. >> she has access to classified information. emily: no comment. huma says she and her husband are devoted to doing what's best for their son. hillary clinton is holding her lead over trump nationally but the race is tightening. there is a new poll that has clinton up by seven points. 46-39%, and that's down from a 13-point lead earlier this month

convention. the candidates are taking time off the campaign trial. trump is planning a major speech on immigration on wednesday. he is expected to finally clarify his stance on his plans for 11 million people here illegally. clinton is selling support -- telling supporters she does not know which donald trump will show up when they debate. she's attending a private fundraiser in the hamptons. the campaign also released plans to improve mental health care. >> former presidential candidate john governor's race, and kasich took a surprise second in the state. a house fire caused by a common device, a simple change that could protect your home. some iphone users are suing apple for the big flaw that they say the company refuses to fix, and new this morning, an out the door, get out the door faster by spending less time packing

done. mike: sunny and the 80s today, we could see thunderstorms soon. the time line and waist going on ahead. first, what to expect when you head out the door. a nice, cool, comfortable morning this morning but we are watching showers out over the midwest that will be tracking this way. i will have a time line on their arrival narrator: "by almost every measure, public charter schools have been a success." "they are models of inspiration." with "impressive results" and "eye-catching educational gains." it's turned my son's life around. narrator: "charter schools amount to hope" for kids all across massachusetts. question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. vote yes on 2.

>> this is your wakeup call, boston. randy: good morning. we love to see the bakeup call and young people of beverly and others going back to class today. emily: record a wakeup call like they did. you can do it in the class. do it on your phone and upload it using our ulocal. what were you saying about the pumpkin spiced lattes randy: we'll get that on labor day. >> ok. >> ok. >> that's what it is. >> check it out. it is chilly out there in a few spots. look at jeffrey and keen, 49 degrees. norwood not terribly warm at 51, and taunton checked in at 50. a lot of places are still in the 60s. we get the pockets of cool air that can develop this time of day. we'll warm things up. it will be 80 before we're over with. and speaking of that, look at that beautiful sunrise that we

64 degrees on the westerly wind but the dewpoint which measures how much moisture is in the air, it's way down. that puts us down into this refreshing pleasant category. now we'll be starting to inch up later on tonight and tomorrow will be muggy. thursday, a bit muggy, and late in the day on thursday, and into friday, that humidity is going to drop off and the weekend ahead is looking like low humidity, and sunshine, and almost perfect weekend weather. sunny, comfortable today, a bit of a sea breeze, will keep things in the 70s. and otherwise, about 80 t 84 degrees and partly cloudy tonight with slightly higher humidity but nothing terrible. and you can see the satellite picture nice and clear but as you look off to the west, that's our rain-maker coming in tomorrow night and into thursday. it's also going to be in combination with this system. tropical depression no. 8, that depression is not going to get in here, but there is enough moisture hanging around that we may get the showers on thursday. we'll keep a close eye on that one as we get closer to it. well, let's check out what's going on in the tropics right

it's a major hurricane or was. it's down to a category 2 but you know what it's doing? it is moving in the mid atlantic, or excuse me, the outer atlantic and heading its way basically towards europe over the next seven to ten days. wind driven rain expected there. what we really want to watch is this, tropical depression 8. this is going to try to lift northward. but our cold air, as it comes in will shoot it out to sea, and that will keep us away from the shoreline. we won't be worried too much, but with that out tropical depression 9 down to the south, it will be turned up, so be cautious. you are near the water, a moderate risk of rip currents. otherwise, enjoy the beach. beautiful. sunshine. the rain comes in here as we talk about tomorrow night and into thursday, a good chance of showers. by friday, breezy weather, moves, in and that's when the dry air comes rushing back in here, and there is your weekend. sunshine, sunshine, sunshine. 70. low 80s. oh, that is just looking

looks good. reporter: you have got to be excited. mike: i will give you the best news that i can. olessa: ok. thank you. good news this stretch of the pike we're looking at right now. there it is. brighten. eastbound heading to the top of the screen. sun glare. you will need the sunglasses. over to the maps because we are watching a crash on 128, approaching 128, 24 northbound, that accident right there, and you can see the delays all the way back into avon. the crash is right in this stretch in the final stages should it should be gone in a couple of minutes but expressway north right now a half-hour, braintree into boston, and then as you travel farther north, another incident, a disabled car cleared by the o'neal tunnel. eastbound on the pike, a 15 minute ride, 495 to 128, and if you are heading north, 93 southbound, delays building into andover, and as you travel south of there, more volume down to the spot pond, and once again as you approach the lever connector. so far, no problems with the trains and buses. they are running on schedule. and something cool and exciting for you, if you are concerned

questions you can go ahead and contact me askolessa@hearst.com and post on facebook, and i will get answers for you. share them right here on the eyeopener. randy. randy: a warning about a common device, a computer charger is blamed for destroying a billerica family home. firefighters say that someone left their laptop charging inside of this home on boston road. the family was away on vacation. they had no idea what they would come home >> it heated up the rug, the computer and the charger so much that it burned a hole in the floor. everybody has to get in the habit of unplugging their chargers. >> the firefighters say it's important to remember to always unplug your devices once they are done charging. never charge something while you sleep. >> your economy now some iphone users are taking on apple over defective tough screens on the 6 and 6x. they filed a class action

is unresponsive, which then makes the iphone unusable. it claims that apple has known about the defects for a while but refuses to fix it. and the federal government is still backing the mbta's proposed green line extension but they do have concerns. in a letter object taped by the globe federal officials say they need more information before approving funding. the planned expansion will take the green line into summerville and medford. and a check of the markets. asian shares are mostly higher overnight. tradings investor confidence in a fed interest rate hike as early as next month grows. right now stock futures here are mixed. >> and this morning we continue our push to make back-to-school a bit easier for a lot of us. making that meal doesn't have to mean starting from scratch. we are talking about leftovers. >> they can be delicious. >> of course. >> anything your family ate the night before can be tweaked to be enticing the next day.

>> they will happily eat cold pizza, meatballs, meatloaf and cold spaghetti and sauce. >> all that sounds better than a sandwich to me, and professor jean goldberg says it will to your kids, too. >> this is leftover chicken from the chicken i had last night. it has lots of vegetables in it. lots of vegetable color in it. lots of crunch. >> she made us an example of a leftover-based lunch. are equally good for you. >> for the adult in the family, consider a more mature presentation. >> i might throw in lettuce and make it more of a salad. >> but for the kids getting them to eat it takes just three simple steps. make it easy to eat. >> you want it in fight-sized pieces. >> make this more appealing. >> some kids have to have sauce for their vegetables. >> and don't just throw

distinct ones. >> the carrots and tomatoes cannot touch. >> oh, no. >> remember when bringing leftovers you might want the cold pack, and the doctor says if the food is clean and well prepared and chilled before school it should be fine in the locker. >> some ideas there and tomorrow morning on the eye, easy ways to save money on lunch, and one tip, it's all about the packaging, right. >> you can save a lot. >> good advice. thank you. and people usually dread jury duty but there was a treat tennessee. we will show you in eyepoppers. and new at 6:30, a chain reaction crash caught on camera in new york. the life-saving moment among the chaos. and a governor blaming the bay state cities for the drug problem in his state. the fighting words getting a strong reaction from a local mayor. a woman overcome challenges to spend 30 years at work. the tradition she'll keep up now

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mike: a cool morning out there,

rebounding nicely at 80 degrees, warmer inland, and a bit cooler if you are right near the shoreline, and after that, the next seven days, warms up and gets muggy in here for your tomorrow forecast with rain tomorrow, that threat of rain will linger into thursday, and then it clears out for a long, beautiful, sunny, and dry weekend coming in our direction. >> thank you, the red sox, trying to regain their first placed slot in the al east, mookie betts kicking things off against the rays at fenway park. and a solo home run in the second, and another run with the double in the fifth. and look for solo, his 18th win on the mound last night, and that's more than anyone in major league baseball. the sox win 9-4. >> 6:25 right now. time for your tuesday eyepoppers. and there is a blank space on one jury. >> yes, there is, turns out that taylor swift will not be taking part in the judicial process in tennessee. she was dismissed from jury duty yesterday. she still took time to chat with

have missed her on sunday. >> gotcha. >> but jury duty. >> i don't know if i could take a seriously with her on the jury. >> someone in canada wants to be sure that you get the message, when he drivers around it looks like he's sitting on the toilet. insert your own jokes here, and i think it's very clever. and i am just glad that, that's all that we see. and nothing else. but the shirt matches perfectly and ties together well. ve >> yes. >> it's really great. >> randy. >> takes the mows -- pose to a new level. >> a fugitive, how a vanity helped police catch up, and the drought is forcing ever source, the company to take the preventative measures and how dry trees could cause a major problem for the utilities. >> and underway for this tuesday morning, looking at traffic moving on the massachusetts

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emily: sounding an alarm over uber, a meeting one city is demanding. reporter: a governor lashing out against two communities. the fight turning ugly. randy: a wild rescue high above the water, the move that ended this scary situation.

on the eye. randy: 6:30 on tuesday morning, and sky 5 is live on this beautiful morning over 128 heading northbound waving at them shortly. good morning and thank you for joining us. i'm randy price. emily: and i'm emily riemer. olsa this morning. a lot of districts heading back today so we hope this is a good one for you. randy: traffic should be no problem this morning. olessa: so far. so far. mike: weather is no problem. it is really quiet. it is really nice. we'll have temperatures on the cool side, they have been holding there for a while, a lot of places in the 50s. a few 60s showing up. look at that satellite picture. crystal clear. we had the sunrise, it was gorgeous, and i am watching way out here, you have got to go out

showers and thunderstorms. that threat is going to move in tomorrow night but it's so far off that i think the day tomorrow is fine. it's tomorrow night that we start to talk about the rain. what's going to happen the next 12 hours in boston? it looks beautiful. we'll warm things up to the upper 70s. there will be a few fair weather clouds but it's the sea breeze that's going to keep things cool in boston, and of course that reading is taken out of logan airport. you get downtown, and it will be a few degrees warmer but most areas inland will be seeing 80 to 85 degrees so a toasty d track what's going on, not only off to the west with the showers coming in way but also what's happening in the tropics. the tropics have been active lately, and that's going to be turning up the ocean, and causing a moderate risk of rip occurrence, and we'll talk more about that coming up but now the traffic with that glorious sunshine out there, and there should be no problems, and everyone should be happy, and smiling on their way to work. how does it look? >> wouldn't that be nice? so far a bit busy along 93 southbound side. you can see the delays over in

stretch but let's get to the maps and check the rest of your ride as you head south, just cleared a crash on 24 northbound at 128, and still lingering with the delays back into brockton. 95 building out of sharon, and the ride on the expressway right now, about 30 minutes braintree into boston with a disabled car cleared by the o'neal tunnel. as you travel west the pike eastbound, a 30-minute ride 495 to 128, and 93 south looks ok, the volume does pick up as you approach concord street and go down to the lever connector, and just getting word of a crash on burlington accident by win street. trains and buses on schedule. emily: now to the stories we're following on the eye. randy: and erika is, tracking the new information as it comes in. erika: two workers are safe after this scary scene. their bucket tipped over yesterday, and they were doing inspections under the bridge in tiverton at the time. another worker in another bucket was able to make the rescue. and right now a huge factory fire under investigation in

authorities say that the building has been home to squatters for years, and a man is dead after trying to save several children at a waterfall in new hampshire. the victim jumped in to help a child in bristol but got into trouble himself, and others were just able to rescue the children. emily: the maine governor paul lepage is facing criticism after comments aimed at two massachusetts cities. randy: the eye's doug meehan is in lawrence this morning with the latest in atr governor. doug: randy and emily good morning. yes he made disparaging comments about the cities of lawrence and lowell during a regional governor's conference in lowell. make that in boston. governor lepage said that the drug dealers from the two cities are streaming into maine making the opioid crisis there worse. yesterday he also reiterated his earlier comments that blacks and hispanics made up the majority

his counterparts say the comments are troubling. >> whether you are a state representative, a state senator, or the chief executive, there is a way that you should expect your officials to act, what the governor did, is completely unacceptable. >> and meanwhile, lawrence mayor daniel rivera was quick to respond saying that, "the governor of maine is clearly at a loss of how to fix his state's drug problems." join the club. we're looking for solutions, lawmakers are considering censoring him for his comments. doug meehan, wcvb newscenter 5. emily: a quincy police lieutenant is denying allegations that he bilked his department out of thousands. prosecutors say that lieutenant thomas corliss vacationed without recording time off and charged double for detail shift. he pleaded not guilty yesterday. he's been off the job sips he was suspended last september.

the vehicle was damaged when it hit an overpass in stir row drive. the driver's name has not been police, diverted from his usual route because of a detour. nobody onboard was hurt. the driver was ticketed. and right now extreme drought conditions are prompting concern for utility companies in massachusetts. eversource is taking steps to prevent trouble. they are checking the trees, weakenedy they are trying to spot dying trees before they can collapse on anyone. >> they are briefed and trained to look for and spot the impact the drought is having on the trees. what we're seeing is trees, some trees are changing color much earlier than one would expect. they are losing leaves and they are losing branches. randy: eversource plans to invest $23 million in the baystate to remove the hazardous trees and trim around power

today. the makeover that will only last through the morning. and a woman with down syndrome retires after decades at mcdonald's, but she will be a familiar face, the routine that she is keeping up now that she is off the clock. randy: and ahead in news to go, a law inspired by a short sentence for this man, the new way that california will handle

olessa: good morning, a live look outside at the lever connector. so far not too bad. southbound, we are watching a couple of accidents, so northbound side of 24 at 128 and also a crash on 128 in burlington, i will have the details coming up. lots of sunshine out there, mike. mike: lots of sunshine and lots of sunshine all day today, a little show you what they will look like. to the north of the city, and to the west, those will be the warmest readings, about 80 to 85 degrees, and much of worcester county into the 70s to lower 80s, and comfortable humidity all day today. and a sea breeze is keeping it cooler but inland the temperatures are into the mid 80s, and the cape you are going to be enjoying the temperatures into the upper 70s and lower 80s, a beautiful day, and i will show you when the rain starts moving in tomorrow night, and that's in a few minutes.

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6:44, the eyeopener team ready with your news to go. in everett and lawrence and erika is tracking a risky rescue above a river. emily: first mike has a look at your forecast and the potential impact from some stuff not far away from us. mike: it's busy out there. it's like in the bathtub when you go the water splashing around, that's what the atlantic is doing right now. emily: compare the atlantic to a bathtub. mike: yes, the rubber duckys are really a mess. we have had a the shoreline. let me tell you what we are talking about. gaston is the strongest one. it's a category 3, was 3, now down to a 2, the crack have go towards europe over the next seven to ten days, they may have wind-driven rain before this winds down. and now we have tropical depression 8, it may get a name. hermine would be the name but it's disorganized, we're watching this one because what it will do is move northward but

going to push it off the shore but still, kind of churning the ocean out there and that's why i say we'll see it a bit busy the next couple days. and way down here at the gulf, we have this, tropical depression number nine, it does not look like it will become a tropical storm but what will happen with it, tracking across florida, back out into the atlantic. and again, it is passing close enough to us that it will turn up the ocean, and that's why it is going to stay unsettled for the next several days. here's what we're looking at, a moderate rip current, five 7-foot surf, three to five on the south shore, and this is no today, and i think that we can repeat this all the way through the weekend because the ocean will be churned up, so if you are thinking about making it a beach day, water temperatures are delightful, and the air temperature, 80 degrees, a sea breeze coming in this afternoon, and overall, really nice conditions coming in here, and we do have some rain, however, showing up as we get to tomorrow night's forecast. most of tomorrow is fine. sunshine. fading to clouds in the afternoon, and there comes the threat of showers, and then a

chance of seeing rain across the area. after that you have got a great weekend with lots of sunshine and low humidity. and we'll talk more about that seven-day forecast coming up. but now time to check on the roadways on a tuesday morning. good morning. olessa: good morning, a bit busy, 93 in summerville and you can see the southbound side, picking up the rush hour delays. let's get to the maps. as you go south, 24, very slow out of brockton, earlier accident cleared at 128, and as you travel northbound, it's a half-hour, and braintree into building, that volume now, a 30-minute ride, 495 out to 128, and as you head north, 93 south it looks ok out of methuen, that does pick up as you travel past concord street and go down to the lever connector and also watching a crash on 128 north by win street where one lane is closed. trains and buses so far on schedule. emily and randy. >> thanks, city leaders are demanding changes after another uber driver is arrested in everett. >> and the eye's sera congi is there with what they want to see

sera: the mayor here in everett is demanding an emergency meeting with uber over the scrutiny of its drivers. paul griffin of malden is now behind bars for exposing and fondling himself in two incidents. he's also accused of similar crimes in boston from last year. he's the second uber driver arrested in everett in recent weeks. now the mayor sending a letter to uber demanding thorough background checks and fingerprinting. the company spokesperson says that griff check, and is now banned from the service. live in everett, sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5. emily: two workers are safe after spending two hours dangling over a rhode island river right under a bridge. the workers were doing inspections under this bridge in tiverton when their truck tipped over and leaving them helpless and in need of a rescue. a worker in another bucket was ultimately able to carefully maneuver to them and make sure that they were safe. get them off that other bucket.

harnessed in, once they were checked out awaiting an ambulance. it's not clear what they led their truck, what led the truck to tip. >> lawrence and lowell are contributors to the state of maine's opioid crisis so says the governor of maine. at a regional conference of governors in boston paul lepage said drug dealers from these two cities are streaming into his state and making the opioid situation there they are firing back telling newscenter 5 that mr. will he page's remarks were outrageous and do a disgrace to the efforts being taken. lepage standing by a statement that he said blacks and latinos made up a majority of the heroin arrests that are made in maine. we're live in lawrence, doug meehan, wcvb newscenter 5. >> video of a rescue during a

new york. the dash-cam video shows this chilling first moments of the crash last week on route 17. you can see in the left cancer a car catches fire. the flames quickly spread before someone uses a fire extinguisher to put them out, and then the group pulls the driver out likely saving her life. the mayor posted this video online thanking everyone involved in this rescue. >> a huge fire in a factory building in pittsfield is under investigation. the flames consumed this abandoned building place last night. firefighters say that the building was home to squatters for years, and it's not clear if anyone was inside when the flames started. >> no bail for the man that they say filled two nuns. sister paula merrill was originally from stoneham. the judge ordered rodney sanders held on no bond. >> a mother is found guilty of second degree murder in the death of her daughter.

and then lied about it. the court called her an angry, manipulative and deceitful killer and will be sentenced in december. emily: a visitor after cape cod, wildlife experts say an eight foot long manatee has been spotted a half dozen times since august. they are normally found in florida but they think it swam up the east coast feeding on local vegetation. the concern is when the temperature drops later this year making it too animal. randy: lawmakers are pushing for a mandatory prison sentence for defendants convicted of rape. it comes afghanistan ford student brock turner was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. the judge in the case sentenced him to six months in jail followed by probation. legislation passed yesterday would compel judges to hand down mandatory sentences. the bill now heads to the governor's desk. emily: the government is launching a they are inquiry

a price hike. the government reform committee is demanding information from mylan's ceo. the epi-pens jumped to 608 a pair from the 94 in 2007. the company will sell a generic version at $300 a pair. last week two committees pressed for more information. randy: there is a possible breakthrough in the fight against zika. researcher say that three drugs show promise against in petrie dishes, as the drugs normally used for cancer, hepatitis c and parasvitek infections were used on human cells infected with zika, and some human cells recovered. scientists warn this is a preliminary step towards treatment. and the united states has admitted 10,000 syrian refugees now. a goal set by president barack obama reached faster than expected. millions of syrians were forced to flee their homes, their

least 106 refugees from the war torn country have settled in the commonwealth. emily: general electric is throwing support behind the energy research program. g.e. will donate 7.5 million to the research effort focused on finding new ways to cut carbon emissions and replace fossil fuels. the donation comes as the electric company plans its headquarters shift in boston. randy: the city of boston is testing out a pop-up plaza today. for 11:00, the city is going to close one of twhree westbound lanes on franklin street between beb --devonshire and arch street. the city hopes to eventually set up a permanent plaza on that site. ? come with me and you will be

celebrities and fans take to social media to pay tribute to the star. he died on sunday at the age of 83 at his home in stanford, connecticut after complications with alzheimer's disease. wilder was known for his role in movies like young frankenstein and willie wonka and the chocolate factory. randy: the winner of "dancing with the stars" will be revealed this morning. season 23, it will kick off on the 12th and there have been a lot of rumors about who will be on the catch the big reveal on "good morning america" at 7:00 right after the eyeopener. >> the red sox try to regain their first placed slot in in t. east. mookie betts knocked in a home run in the seventh and another one in the fifth right there. rick porcello got his 18th win on the mound. that is more than anyone in major league. the sox win 9-4.

celebrating big poppy's final season with the red sox, a taste here, olessa. he now has his own doughnut. dunkin' donuts has apple raspberry filling with icing and of course the number 34 on top. >> she's going to test it out for us. an australian fugitive helps police in her own capture so this is the photo shared after amy sharp escaped from a correctional facility in sidney. but apparently, they did not like that society so she asking for them to use it instead and after that, police were able to track sharp down at a park near where she escaped. >> oops. >> filed under dumb criminal. >> can we go back to the doughnut story? i want to talk about that. did you say you got a taste? >> no, i said you are going to. >> i thought that you had one. randy: you are the official taster for the eyeopener. david ortiz, doughnut is waiting

a live look outside here, 93 summerville, so far not seeing too many problems southbound side, a bit of volume there as you can see, typical for this time of the morning. let's get to the maps, we are seeing some delays south, 24 heavy out of brockton and earlier crash at 128 is gone, and 95 slow from sharon and then your ride on the expressway, 30 minutes braintree into boston. and pike heading he or she right now about 30 to 35, and 495 to 128. and 93 south looks ok out of methuen but that volume picks up at wilmington at 125 and slow all the way dow also still watching the crash on 128 north by win street, some southbound rubber necking delays in burlington. trains and buses are running on schedule. mike is here and picked a good day, a beautiful forecast. >> especially since you are bringing in doughnuts. beautiful start to the day. 64 degrees. dewpoint is down and comfortable out there, and light westerly breeze at three miles per hour. and the high temperatures today will look like there. if you are right at the shoreline, a bit cooler but inland, 80 to 85 degrees, but

yesterday morning was so muggy. and today, the humidity is comfortable. so a bit of a sea breeze, and refreshing, and still very pleasant as you look i -- inlan. the next seven days gorgeous. tomorrow, sunshine. clouds roll in and by tomorrow we have a chance of seeing showers and remembers to. this line will kind of work its way through and tropical depression 8 will stay off the shore. we'll keep a close eye on it. it will be churning up the rip currents all the way through the weekend, as all the systems are out there churning up the ocean. churs devoted to overcast skies and showers are likely as the front hangs up. eventually kicks out of here and the cool dry air moves in. and once it moves in it is with us for the whole weekend. the long holiday weekend at that. and sunshine. temperatures around 80 degrees. comfortable humidity, and you cannot ask for much more than this. you can always ask but don't get

weekend coming this way as of right now. it looks perfect. >> i like it. >> thank you. >> my pleasure. >> i am glad you like it. >> you play not like it but i do. >> ok. >> that's all that matters. >> right. >> thanks for joining us. we hope you have a fantastic

good morning, america. storm watch. a tropical storm warning for the consideration. one of three big systems growing in the atlantic. florida's gulf coast also on alert for heavy rain, rip currents and dangerous winds. out west, two hurricanes could be heading for hawaii. >> scandal in the clinton campaign. hillary's closest adviser huma abedin now separat that new sexting scandal. donald trump already on the attack calling it a national security issue. >> he's a pervert and just a very sick guy and she's married to him. >> how clinton's campaign is reacting this morning. a dramatic rescue caught on dash cam. ten cars piled up trapping a woman inside a burning car. bystanders rush to the scene and pull her free. the all-out search for the good samaritans this morning.