still mainly to the south. may start to get into some of the rain sunday night and throughout labor day. monday and tuesday impacts. >> breaking overnight. hurricane hermione made landfall in florida. it is weakening now. the storm's track and the impact on the holiday weekend here. >> the driver of a tractor trailer keeps hitting a woman. >> a baby sitter apparently in no shape to watch a toddler the conditions neighbors say they found her in. >> breaking news this morning as now tropical storm hermione moves across florida even before making landfall as a hurricane the system caused

but that doesn't mean that we won't see some of the effects here in new england. good morning. >> as we're ibbed kating we start with a decent weekend. but things could change. >> today and saturday are going to be great. this is down in florida now about 1,000 miles away. it has time to get here. it will slow down and stall. i think sunday night into labor day is kind of the primary time period as we start toov now tropical storm the winds are 70 miles an hour. it is weakening over land but look at the rainfall. heavy bands spiraling through florida. that red box is a tornado watch box still dealing with hurricane watches and warnings. so we will continue to watch this as it shifts up into the carolinas as we head into tonight. and by the wee hours of tomorrow morning it's reemerging as a tropical storm here off the outer banks of north carolina.

and start to drift in our direction. sunday monday into tuesday it will sit here and far enough to our south will be along the mid-atlantic states from new jersey to the delmarva but we will start to get some fringe effects as we head toward sunday night and monday. the most likely area to get into stronger winds and heavy rain along the south. and again that is sunday night into labor day on monday. in the meantime, things are pretty the skies have cleared out. high pressure moving in. 50-60s this morning. much more coming up. >> quiet start on this friday morning. live look outside. here's a check of the expressway. you can see heading to the top. still an issue-free trip as well if you're heading into boston you're doing fine.

problem-free out of 95. pike is about 50 minutes eastbound where construction is picking up. north of town you're fine. trains and buses starting as normal. >> new developments in a deadly hit and run. this is new video in. police inspect the tractor trailer blamed in this crash, the victim the beloved community leader. >> people aren't just in shock this the new details in the investigation. >> heavy hearts throughout the community this morning. the tribute here along main street is growing this morning. a woman who meant so much to so many people here is now gone. police inspected that truck believed to be involved in this trash. investigators say barbara was crossing main street when she was hit. security cameras showing that

path. the driver never stopped. police believe he may not have known he hit anyone later being told his truck was on tv he turned himself in. clement was the first female constable, best known as sarge because of her decades of service in the national guard. >> she always would introduce herself as sarge. very, very proud of her rank. proud of where she came from. her family roots. >> while being in the national guard she had a while serving her country. definitely going to be missed. >> police say that truck driver is cooperating with the investigation. he was questioned last night. at this point no charges have been filed. >> right now a suspicious death is under investigation. state police were on the scene

barnard field road. we know that state attorney general's office is now leading this investigation. >> an 18-year-old man accused of stabbing another teenager with a golf club is expected back in court today. a dangerousness hearing will be held for curtis day. accuse ch of stabbing another 18-year-old man earlier this week. the victim has been released from the hospital now. >> right now a medford woman is facing charges accused of drunk and high while baby sitting a 3-year-old boy. this is not the first time the 51-year-old has been in trouble with police. susan devrow was found. neighbor called police who reunited the little boy with his mother. the family said they hired her in the spring from popular baby sitting site care dfpblgt >> i was hired off a website like that.

makes us look bad when we're not all like that. >> police say devrow has been arrested before for motor vehicle violations. and for receiving stolen property. she will soon face a judge on reckless endangerment charges. watertown police are investigating after a woman claimed she was being followed during a jog last week. the woman said she was running down mount auburn street when a suspicious man approached twice. the jogger was not hurt. >> lots of financial help in particular for the hundreds of animals found here in deplorable conditions on this farm. here with the big money anma rights advocates are spending on this. >> every dollar of a $2 million donation is expected to be needed to respond to what's been called the worst case of farm animal cruelty ever found in our area.

investigating the farm and to care for the survivoring animals. more than 1,000 were found in awful conditions. a number were discovered dead, others so sick they had to be put down. expenses now include moving, feeding, caring for the animals, overtime for police. they have helped create an emergency shelter for many animals as officials determine where they should end up. the farm property was divided into about 20 farng people said as many as two dozen people may face charges. >> boston police commissioner could be called to testify in a lawsuit against the police department over its body camera pilot program. an attorney for one of the police unions tells the herald commissioner evans will likely take the stand next week. the commission had agreed to the pilot program if officers

the program was supposed to start today and is now scheduled to start september 12. >> hillary clinton will begin traveling on the seam plane as her press corps. the nominee will replace her small private jet with a significantly larger aircraft that she will share with her campaign staff secret service and reporters that new plane will take flight on monday. clinton has become under fire for not being the press. >> the state department has agreed to turn over the details scheduled from clinton's time as secretary of state. the schedules will be released before the election in mid october. this is an abrupt reversal from last week when federal lawyers warned that hundreds of pages would not be released until late december. donald trump will receive another classified briefing today. he will be in new york.

ago after his controversial claim that he did not trust some of the senior officials. trump said they made some bad decisions over the last ten years. >> massachusetts top law enforcement leader is weighing in. two top managers the top managers of the department of conservation and recreation were caught using public funds for a private july 3rd party. state money was used to rent the golf carts which took the the ees plan add. >> that is intolerable, unacceptable and i'm glad to see the administration took the action it took. i think this is an issue of misuse and abuse of well-known ethics laws and policies. >> the department of conservation commissioner and deputy commissioner were suspended for a week without pay and had to pay back the state about $800.

fans will see tom brady in uniform again will be october 9th when the pats take on the browns in cleveland. he begins his suspension tomorrow. but last night he got to start against the giants playing the entire first half completed the passes but they went on to lose the final preseason game 17-9. they will open the season next sunday in arizona. bealt the traffic this holiday weekend. the best time to hit the road. new this morning, ease back to school stress. the yoga poses that make parents and kids feel better. and not the best behavior on an airplane the passenger most people would not want to sit near. >> breaking overnight hurricane hermione made landfall in florida overnight. it was the first hurricane to hit that state in more than a

right now down in florida. but we could see the effects over the course of the holiday weekend. the full been downgraded timeli wind potential. comfortable out there. the humidity has dropped. a little cooler as well. only 59 degrees as you're

>> that craziness was not on cue card there. that's all improvised. good morning. spent time with energyic kids last spring. >> i think twe lisseners before that. >> they were. and hope to be visiting more schools. talking weather this year. >> school is coming back in session. >> get ready. >> asking all about hurricanes. >> they actually do. funny you mention that. we had hurricane make landfall, the first in 11 years in florida. hermione has been downgraded to a tropical storm.

racing now towards the north-northeast at 14 miles an hour. producing tremendous bands of rain spiraling in from the ocean and this red box is a tornado watch box typically you see quick spinups and weak tornadoes. 5-10 inches of rain and that swath of flooding rain is going to continue to lift up through the carolinas tonight and into saturday. then from there hem oin is going to continue up the coast providing heavier northern edge is going to try and get some rain in here by the tail end of the holiday weekend. there you see the tropical storm. these red lines are warnings that are up. these are up all the way through the carolinas because overnight this is where hermione is going to be down to about 45 miles an hour. and then we get into sunday. it is reemerging here back into the waters of the atlantic where it is going to strengthen and then eventually weaken as

wednesday of next week. this thing is going to be sitting here and meandering. look how wide the cone is. if it's doing it on the northern end closer to us the impacts will be greater. if it's farther south we will be removed from any wind and rape. some uncertainty but the greatest likelihood of being impacted by stronger winds and rain with this sunday night into monday down along the south coast the cape and islands and rough surf going to be an issue for all. cloudy, the humidity has come down. you can see how the skies have cleared and we have high pressure moving in. so cooler less humid day out the door right now some of you in the 50s especially through worcester county. sunshine with building afternoon clouds. pretty comfortable overnight. even a few 40's. around 60 downtown. the skies are clear. we'll wake up to a good amount

afternoon. partly to at times mostly sunny skies for your saturday. here's hermione saturday night and sunday morning. notice where the rain shield still to our south. clouds, wind on sunday. could see gusts 30-40 miles an hour. plus down along the south coast and cape. the rain potential through monday is greatest. here in southeastern massachusetts where we could see half an inch to an inch of that's when the impacts are coming in as we head towards sunday night and monday. so saturday, sunday now on the cape looking ok. the clouds are increasing the rain threat now on labor day. if you're traveling north you're removed from the impacts but going to linger off the coastline. it will stick around a while. >> we can enjoy friday, saturday, most of sunday.

if you're trying to make that holiday get away you're in good shape right now. heading into the tunnel northbound -- southbound head ago way from us. traffic light in both directions. not a whole lot of construction last night trying to accommodate anyone who wants to make the early get away. south 24, route 395 all getting by. problem-free start. 50 minutes 128, then 93 south issue-free start. so far trains and bus noss problems. they're starting the morning on schedule. i've been saying all week long if you have a traffic question just ask. we've got answers for you. several wanted to know the best and worst time to start your gate way. they say the best time to be on the road is 7:00 a.m., the worst between 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.

crowded between noon and 4:00 p.m. all this depends on the weather as well. thanks for sending in that question. >> we want to remind you to keep those questions coming. if you have any questions about traffic you can tweet her, you can post them. she will get the answers for you and share them right here you economy headlines for this friday morning. walmart cutting 7,000 jobs as the company tries to concentrate on its invoice and accounting departments, the company said yesterday the cuts will take place in all of its name sake stores over the next few months. walmart believes they will be able to find new jobs. asian stock mixed overnight as

reports. the monthly data due out at 8:30 this morning could influence the fed's decision on interest rates. right now stock futures are higher. >> back to school jitters. they can affect even the most confident kids. but there's a simple way to melt that stress away. and one instructer said you can reap the benefits too. >> take everything up tight. little ball. and -- >> kids and tension releasing tension. lion's breath one of four studios the studio teaches specifically aimed at helping kids handing stress. >> yoga gives us skills we can do every day quickly. >> set aside five to ten minutes a day. after lion's breath try a yogi frog squat.

negative feelings and bring in good feelings. >> next tree pose. stand on one leg and place your foot right above the other knee. >> you come into tree. the balance, calms and finds peace. >> lastly rock pose. a time to rest. his daughter amount's favorite part of class. >> i think the most important. we don't have a chance to just rest and clear our minds. and autumn is directly benefiting from that. >> so they have one last suggestion to help you box. you have everyone in your family put their devices in here for a set amount of time and focus on each other. you can do the poses together or just spend time with each other. and they have a free e book on their site. so go ahead mindful monkeys check it out. >> that's a great idea because we really do not have that quiet in our lives sometimes.

everyone looked at me in horror. you want me to give up what? so hopefully we'll see. maybe it will catch on. >> still ahead, behaving kind of badly on an airplane. some eat set quiet that might make you criven. >> the a threat targeting planes. the incidents causing dangerous situations for pilots. also, the move he hopes eases some tension as he clambs his position and we do continue to follow breaking news in florida where hurricane hermione makes landfall. downgraded to a tropical storm. but heavy rain and flood rg expected there. updates on the potential impact

i think any rain holds off until sunday night into monday,

coast the cape and islands. biggest impacts will be south on labor day locally around the surf is going to be building. you can see big waves miving up the coastline. >> thank you. it is time for friday eye popper. at the mnt he shared this unbelievable shot. he says these were some of the best he's seen. >> like a painting. >> how about some aerobics. one woman was bored. so she did some yoga in her seat. a man captured the woman doing a hand stand some stretches on the flight from los angeles. he says the flight attendents asked her to stop but she kept on going and somehow managed

her. >> i think -- >> ridiculous. >> i would not be doing it in my seat. >> jetblue in hot water after sending some kids home on the wrong flights. where they ended up and what

four hundred million dollars. that's how much charter schools will drain from massachusetts public schools this year. four hundred million siphoned from local districts that desperately need it. four hundred million that won't fund more science and technology, arts or preschool, 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.

>> hurricane hermione makes landfall. the impact in florida. and how it could affect the holiday weekend here. >> a community leader struck and killed. the new details in overnight on a hit and run crash. three planes targeted by lasers. the new investigation now under way. and new new backlash. how one n.f.l. star's protest is growing. >> tropical storm hermione is moving across florida right now made landfall before being downgraded. heavy rain and flooding is

>> the effects that we could feel here. >> i think that timeline has shift add little later into the week. i think sunday most of the day is ok. sunday night into labor day that this is going to get closer. down over the florida area. over land the winds have come down to 70 miles an hour. this is now a tropical storm still producing tremendous rainfall. a lot shifting up through georgia and this red box is a tornadwa breaking out this morning. this is going to continue to track up to the carolinas and then reemerge off the coastline and he had in our direction. watches up along the coastline from new jersey down through the mid-atlantic states. but noticed where this is sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, stalled out sitting to our south. so the farther south you are in new england the south coast the cape island moderate risk we get into stronger winds and some rain into labor day.

impact not much at all. clear, partly cloudy skies. high pressure knowsing in. going to ba nice day. less humidity around. 50s and 60s. clouds as we jump up. much more in the weekend forecast ahead. out to the roads as we begin the holiday weekend. >> good morning. so far it is a quiet start. heading in, you can see the no issues to report heading into boston and south 24 looks good. peek eastbound only 15 minutes. and if your commute takes you north so far fine on 93 as well as 128. trains and buses so far on schedule. >> thank you. now to stories we are following. >> tracking that new information as it comes in.

involved in a deadly hit and run crash. police believe barbara chement, a beloved town leader stepped into the truck's path on main street yesterday. at this point the driver has not been charged. a suspicious death is under investigation in dumb barton, new hampshire. state police were at a home for several hours. we'll bring you more as we get it. this arlington baby sither is facing charges. police say she was drunk and high while baby sitting a 3-year-old boy. she was allegedly found stumbling down the street wednesday afternoon. the boy was not hurt. >> right now federal investigators are looking into three new cases of airplanes targeted with blinding green laser lights. >> the results could be catastrophic and julie is live at logan where two of those incidents are under investigation. >> pilots here reported two separate incidents of those powerful green lasers shooting

the first happened around 9:17 wednesday night. an american airlines flight said the laser illuminated the aircraft ten miles northeast of logan airport. the second happened about two minutes later to a delta airlines crew in the same area. miles away there was a third incident, a pilot there around 8:53 p.m. reported that their aircraft was targeted with a green laser while flying over the airport. state police and federal authorities have laysers are very dangerous. they can actually temporarily blind the pilots when they see them. the crime carries a fine up to $100,000 or up to five years in prison. >> thank you. right now two families are demandsing answers after two boys sent home on the wrong flights. five-year-old andy martinez was

the dominican republic. his mother left early paying jetblue to have her son escorted home. but she ended up in boston. another boy brought from new york. >> the jetblue employees who are responsible for this should be ashamed of their behavior. >> both boys were safely returned to their parents and jetblue says it is reviewing the incident. it stress that is the chinch supervision. >> overdoses in manchester, new hampshire are dropping just a little bit. last month paramedics responded to 48 overdoses. in july that number was 81. and last september it was up over 100. health experts credit an increase in awareness and drug safety programs in that city. several plastic orange

returned now along with an apology. the birds were all over town in support of the 12-year-old abby vandyke undergoing treatment for leukemia. several disappeared last month. and yesterday police received this letter from the thieves who apologized and said they had no idea what the birds represented. the letter also came with a cash donation. >> he says has been misinterpreted. his clarification. and samsung will stop selling one of its galaxy models. making a threat to users. >> heavy rain and flooding expected in florida today. hurricane hermione has made landfall overnight. it has been downgraded. tropical storm hermione right

>> you can see some of the early morning volume already starting to build here. about a 25-minute ride into boston. the rest of your ride fairly quiet. big holiday get away. leave early if you want to beat the traffic. >> we're in great shape the next couple of days. 64 in boston but the humidity has come down. we have sunshine to start off your day and then building

through saturday will be the brightest of the weekend days. rabe may hold off as hermione approaches on sunday. perhaps sunday night into labor day on monday into tuesday there will be some showers stronger winds along the south coast and cape with temperatures in the 70s. >> more backlash as collin sits out second week in a row and joining him is his teammate safety. it was ahead of the 49ers game against san diego chargers during the annual salute to the military game. capper nick choosing to take a knee instead. he has been protesting police brutality but he did make a point to stand up and applaud during a rendition of god bless america. >> i realize that men and women of the military go out and sacrifice their lives and put

freedom of speech and my freedoms in this country and my freedom to take a seat or take a knee. so i have the utmost respect for them. >> the quarterback says he wants to start a conversation on equality and justice. he plans to donate the first million he makes this year to organizations promoting those causes. >> the diszpwraced ex subway spokesman is suing the parents of one of his v did not fulfill. and the controversy as penn state plans to honor joe pa terno. plus, an embarrassing moment for a college football team. the exciting moment gone wrong. and we're tracking tropical storm hermione. its potential impact here. but we're going to have nice start to the holiday weekend as we look across the skyline at

>> new developments in a huge case of animal abuse. >> we want to continue to follow the breaking news of the morning. hurricane hermione has made landfall near st. marks florida. the surf already whipped up

storm hits. it has been downgraded just a little bit now. of course the grade below but still a problem. >> we talked so much about the rain coming on in, the wind. but that surf was so rough. talking about 20-foot seas down there just off the west coast of florida and a big surge overnight close to sitch foot storm surge. some of the surf action and the waves off the west coast of florida. but i want to hermione works up the coastline how they'll prop gate northward. saturday then sunday labor day you can see the strongest waves highest waves to our south but they're going to be building around here. towards sunday and monday 10-15 foot seas with much stronger than that to our south. i know it's a big holiday weekend. looks like the greatest impacts

surf. rip current throughout the weekend. and the rain and wind likely impacting greatest the south coast cape and islands closer to the storm. so the farther north you go you're getting out of this. if you're going to be across northern parts of massachusetts, southern new hampshire, i don't think you need to worry about much impact. we're in good shape. 64 we have dried out. the dew point down in the 50s so feeling much moffer comfortable. low 50s in the suburbs. so a much cooler start. a dry day today as high pressure noses but the clouds will build as temperatures come up into the low to mid 70s. fairly light north easterly wind. here comes hermione up the coast. notice the swath of rain to our south but the clouds increase

rain is still to our south. by sunday evening and monday some of those rain bands may pivot in. notice the winds picking up on sunday. wind and rain especially down along the south coast and cape on labor day. >> it looks like they might be heading out along the expressway seeing early morning volume. you can see some of lights starting to light up. there's that volume on the expressway almost 25 minutes now. pike eastbound. 495 to 128. so far we're pretty good shape as you travel down. trains and buses running on schedule. one train 801 is running about 20 minutes behind. >> now to new details overnight

beloved local leader was killed. >> so many people in this community are grieving the loss of barbara clement. overnight police inspected the truck they think hit her. investigators say she was crossing the main street when she was hit. security cameras show she stepped into the truck's path. the driver never stopped. police believe he y known he struck anyone. clement was the first female constable. everyone here knew her as sarge because of her decades of service in the national guard. at this point no charges have been filed. >> two pilots on separate flights forced to deal with proufer green laser pointing directly into their pock pitt.

reported the first laser that flight about 10 miles northeast of logan airport. then a delta pilot had to deal with the same minutes later. on the other side of the state a pilot reported seeing another green laser. and this crime carries a $100,000 fine or up to five years in prison. it is not just a nuisance. it can actually temporarily blind the pilots putting lives in danger. a donation going to westport to deal with what's been called the worst case of animal cruelty in our area. more than a thousand animals were found in just awful conditions back in july. a number of the animals were dead, others so sick they had to be euthanized.

police have said as many as two dozen people may face charges in all this. >> thank you. no scheduled events today for democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton. but next week her former rival will stump for her in new hampshire. senator bernie sanders will speak with labor groups monday on behalf of clinton. he endorsed her in mid july during an event. republican nominee donald trump will be in new york today to receive another classified officials. >> a new report into alleged widespread abuse at an elite boarding school. at least one in five girls who attended st. georges in the 1970s was abused by athletic trainer al zpwibs. gibbs was fired in 1980 and has since died. the school ooge knocked in december that he abused 17 students. >> an intense fire destroys a

explosions in the garage before flames broke out. nobody was inside at the time. the cause is under investigation. former sbabe pitch man jared fogele is suing one the parents of one of the victims. fogele is in jail on porn charges. the victims filed charges. he says the parents are responsible for some of her issues. >> penn state's plan to commemorate the 50th anniversary of joe pa terno's first game as coach. the move has caused backlash critical of his role in the sex abuse scandal. the commemoration set for september 17th. the university spokesperson says penn state will announce specifics to ticket holders during the week.

the cause of this explosion at its launch pad in florida. the private company says the blast happened while the rocket was being fueled and it originated somewhere in the upper stage oxygen tank. nobody was hurt. that rocket of course though completely destroyed as was a satellite that facebook was pressing to spread internet service to africa. >> samsung says it will stop selling the zpwal axey note 7 after reports of batteries exploding. several le images on line. according to romplets from south korea samsung is expected to issue a global recall for the smart phone as early as this weekend. >> the scientists say the rare white wail population is in danger. the cape cod times report that is recent birth and death rates could mean trouble for the endangered species. experts say the whales have been dying from injuries caused by fishing gear. the death rate four times

estimate the species can handle. >> mother teresa is about to become the newest saint. on sunday at the vatican. this event is expected to draw people from all over the world. mother teresa was known for her selfless dedication to the poor and needy. she died in 1997 at the age of 87. >> tom brady begins his deflate gate suspension tomorrow. the next time fans will see him in uniform will be october 9 whenhe last night he got the start against the giants playing the entire first half. he completed 16 passes but they lost that game. the patriots will open the season next sunday in arizona. here's one way to kick off a football season. players -- heading into yesterday's season opener against rice. one of them stripped himself setting off a domino effect

not the greatest. pretty embarrassing. but did not prevent western kentucky from a dominating win. so maybe it's a new thing. >> fall over each other. >> set up and make the competitor laugh. >> psych them out and then hammer them. >> check out the sky this morning. sun up at 6:11 today. pink glo on the horizon. today. you're stepping out. temperatures in the 60 but drier air. we are continuing to monitor this. center of hermione a tropical storm spinning over georgia. this is weakening over land but working up the eastern seaboard throughout the upcoming weekend. today high pressure knowsing in

air. it's 49 in orange. mid 50s. we'll see temperatures jump up into the afternoon. it should be a dry day. tonight clear to partly cloudy once again very comfortable sleeping night to have the windows open. tomorrow morning sunshine around. as we go through the day these bands of high clouds trying to with hermione but high pressure locked to our north. slowing down the northward progress of hermione. by sunday you see it spinning. throwing some stronger winds but cloud cover throughout the day. could be gusts by sunday

rainfall will hold off until sunday, monday. the heaviest rain along the south coast of the cape and islands. we're good through sunday with mainly dry weather but sunday into monday the potential time periods of impacts. with some rain with wind and again the greatest impact down along the south coast cape and islands. big holiday w the great escape. >> we've got some delays in place on the expressway. leave early if you want to beat that holiday traffic. the worst about 2:00 until 7:00. so far quiet over to the south of town not seeing problems except the expressway. pike at 15. 495 to 1238. so far looks ok. trains and buses on schedule. e.

road. >> back with the answer in our next half hour. and new this morning ease back to school stress with yoga. the poses you and the kids do together. a close eye on tropical storm hermione. a live look at the radar making landfall across florida there.