>> now on newscenter 5. >> the city's accusations against the police union. >> a driver's plunge into the cape cod canal, >> the comments moments before they hit the gas. brexit there is still some affect on the weather. >> the new rules for the flu vaccine. the change doctors are making kids. >> from boston's news later. this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 7 p.m. ed the fight over body cams : for boston police is now in front of a judge. good evening, i'm ed harding. jc i'm jc monahan. : the patrolman's union pushing back against the pilot program that was supposed to start this month. newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat is live outside of court tonight.

department and union agree body cameras are the future here. but the question for the court is how to roll them out. >> we have nothing to hide. this is only going to show how difficult our job is. shaun: commissioner william evans cited 3 local cases. where video helped vindicate boston police officers and keep the public calm. but the question over body cameras has left bpd and the union fighting in court. >> there are a lot of unanswered questions to this day privacy -- about five or issues, things of that nature. shaun: the union says officers were promised they could volunteer to wear them. in a pilot program. but when none did the department began to assign them to 100 officers. the city says the union coerced officers telling them not to volunteer. >> did you take any action to discourage them not to volunteer? >> not at all.

accountability. >> and then having not a single officer, not one volunteer for a program of body worn cameras is troubling. the union president supported it. if he supported it, he could have had at least one volunteer, himself. shaun: the aclu thinks bodycams should be required like a gun and a badge. court resumes tomorrow morning. live at suffolk superior court in boston. ed: right now a warning for students in weston tonight over met with sophomores this morning regarding an account that may have included compromising photos of male sophomore students. administrators say the snapchat account was soliciting the pictures, and so far it does not appear any girls were targeted. the principal says there's no information about who is behind the account. jc: today's gloomy weather is due to hermine.

we do not have dangerous weather except for the rip current risks through tomorrow. there you see it am a the low-pressure area spinning around, most of the moisture on the southwestern side but there are some hands on the southwestern side. we can expect some off and on showers. they are located -- they are rotating in from the circulation to the south. the biggest often on tonight and tomorrow. more off than on but there will be some showers from time to time. the breeze is there that gusts up to -- stronger closer to new york city. no longer is there a threat of strong winds. areas of drizzle and missed. the visibility is lowering right

of the week when -- in a few minutes. ed: hingham police looking for a brazen band of thieves they say made off with $14,000 worth of i-phones. police say the group of nearly a dozen young men hit the apple store in what's called a swarm robbery, at the derby street shops last night. the group overwhelmed employees and other shoppers, quickly cutting off security cables and running off with i-phone floor samples. police say no one was threatened or hurt during the robbery. >> the witnesses several of this group of people had entered into a white car with a license plate covered up outside area they believe it was similar to a ford taurus and the rest of the group ran across the parking lot to word a kohl's store. jc: two people are hurt, one seriously, after a driver lost consciousness on route 9 in natick and veered off the road. police tell us this case service truck was headed west on route 9 when it veered into this parking lot of the aj rose carpet store, hitting 4 parked vehicles. a woman was sitting in one of

precaution. but the truck driver suffered the most serious injuries. there you see the truck. >> the gentleman behind the vehicle pulled over to the stop of here and ran down and called 911. he pulled the gentleman out of the vehicle. he was unconscious at the time. : investigate the crash. ed dramatic video from bourne a : driver pulled from the cape cod canal. police say this crash was no accident. he intentionally drove into the water. newcenter 5's rhondella richardson is in bourne rhondella, he's facing charges? rhondella: this happened at an area at three mile look. the driver was pacing up there plotting. charges are malicious

a speeding. a 55-year-old bourne man started swimming to escape what appeared to be a horrified plunge, but witnesses and investigators say it was all intentional. >> the engine roared and the tire screeched, he had to have been doing 75 miles an hour. he took out the guard rail and hit the edge. ro went over the edge. bourne fire and rescue fished out the car and it's driver who was clinging to the rocks . >> he slowly backed up over the edge and called and he said this guy is going to go for it. i said no way. rhondella: this is the lengthy foot path near perry avenue the car's raced down before taking the plunge and landing on it's

the wires up high, and his hood came off and sparks went into the air and something blew up on a police over there and he floated a while. about 15 or 20 seconds and went down. >> watch out, that is live wire. do not go in there. rhondella: behind the vegetation is a road, it used to be a highway that abutted the old drawbridge before the new bourn bridge. the driver suffered only minor injuries. jc a dorchester man comes face : to face with the family of the beloved grandmother he's accused of killing in a hit and run crash. it happened at anthony buchanan's arraignment today on a motor vehicle homicide charge. prosecutors say the 39-year-old dorchester man was speeding and drunk when he hit johnette sims as she was crossing a mattappan

>> why did you choose to get in the car when this other -- there are other ways to get yourself home? >> this is like a nightmare. my sister -- she is going to show up. this is not real. jc buchanan has no criminal : background. his bail was set at $5,000. a new poll puts donald trump and hillary clinton in a statistical dead heat. ed: we are joined live by our political team to talk about the state of the re lowering his ability thought, that will be a problem. a little more damp weather ahead and wait to you see the changes coming late jc: new recommendations about the flu shot. what you need to know before you take your kids to get theirs.

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at: two commitment 2016. political analyst to see where the race stands. pat griffitrump has a slight edt whole in a four-way race, that is an important thing to point out. he has 45% compared to hillary clinton's 43% but clinton has the clear advantage. abc news forecast puts her at the electoral votes she needs.

ignore the national polls and especially the cnn hole. the election were held today, hillary clinton would win with 272 electoral votes and she would do it without ohio, nevada, pennsylvania, and florida. that will tell you everything right there. hillary clinton is where you want her to be at this point in this race. a lot of bumps to go but donald trump has not moved. that is talked about earlier. the electoral votes are what matter in the battleground states. >> are the candidates connecting ? >> they are. we have a natural tightening of this race. labor day is done, people are starting to pay attention and what is happening now is hillary clinton has -- as a candidate is having the same problem she has always had. we have seen trump come along.

have based her campaign entre failing. if he starts to do better that changes. >> you can win 11 states and be president which means you can lose 39 and still be president. next issue, both candidates seem to be struggling in key areas. trump with immigration, which was his core issue. clinton with continued questions about her emails. patrick, where will trumpet land on immigration and does he have to soften? patrick: your answer is as g place on immigration. we are talking about it. his issue continues to be talked about. the trip to mexico, the speech in arizona, the back-and-forth on what he will do on deportation. this continues to be his issue driven by him. hillary clinton does not own this issue, trump does. ed: will clinton ever escape email questions? how big a problem is her

>> the perception looks bad but she did nothing wrong. if she had they would have indicted her. donald trump has a reality problem. he is trying to present himself as moderate on immigration and he is not and the reality is he is conservative but delivering both messages because he is trying to hold onto his base and appeal more to independent voters in suburban voters. he is not threading that needle but he has to if he wants to move up. >> the first debate is three weeks away. trump says he is not how crucial will these matchups be? >> unless or until donald trump can convince people that when he is there in the debates he has a shot at this. perception is reality in politics. if he looks presidential he can handle hillary clinton who will more than prepare. he has a shot to open this up and it would not surprise me if the first debate is a major game changer. ed: who has the most to win or lose?

down he will try to take hillary clinton with him. hillary clinton has a lot of risk that if donald trump was three president he has to be a different guises and we have seen and i do not think that is going to happen which is why he will not be president. it could be close but he will not make it. it: yes or no, should the other candidates be involved in the debate, dr. jill stein and gary johnson? >> no. ed: the two best in the political business. weeks before hermine gets out of here. in the forecast you are bringing summer back. harvey: even though hermine is affecting us a little bit the good news is not in the way it was yesterday into yesterday evening. here it is, it is still a circulation, still spinning around the is meandering, drifting west and it will come

wednesday or thursday. by then it will be gone. because it is weakening not a real concern. no tropical storm watches or warnings in effect. surf and group current risk am a that is a different story. we have some bands of rain still rotating around affecting southernmost new england, connecticut, rhode island, southeastern massachusetts. they're moving around the circulation. that is hermine. in terms of the rain most of it is light. moved into southwest rhode island and southeast connecticut at a few more may rotate up. more often than not it will not be raining but everyone -- once in a while a band will be some showers. probably not amounting to a whole lot of rain in any one given area. we will see a few breaks at times tomorrow. more breaks in the clouds coming thursday especially in the afternoon. that might be slightly brighter of the next two days. we will be starting to turn

the feel of summer is coming back full-time. there is a high surf advisory tomorrow for the maine coast and parts of the south coast of massachusetts and rhode island as well as the island, the vineyard and nantucket, the risk of rep current is quite high and that is not anything you want to get involved in. rough surf is the real key and keep that in mind for beach and voting interests tomorrow. visibility has worcester. we have seen some low ceilings in boston. do expect some positive drizzle and the clouds in the fog overnight. the 14 mile per hour wind in boston off the water, we are in the 60's and 70's, it is getting more comfortable with time. these will be the low temperatures. tomorrow's temperatures up a few from today but at some more the day after. here is hermine sitting around the running weaker, inching

have dissipated over this relatively cooler water. the pollen count not down by the damp weather. we will be back on the high side later on this week. here's a look at the next seven days, warmer and more humid on thursday and by friday we are talking near or around 90 degrees. we have done that 20 times in boston. we may not be done yet at an early look at what you might see for this upcoming weekend while day. saturday looks pretty warm as well but a little bit cooler than friday on the cape. saturday might be a shower or thunderstorm. north, chance of a shower or thunderstorm saturday night. all three days look ok with friday being the warmest of the three. we will have a full and date later tonight. >> now, sportscenter 5, one minute drill.

reporters he is a go for sunday night in arizona. the patriots selected captains. rob gronkowski and hightower, the book ends on the team. and elected for the sixth time. meanwhile you have probably seen it eye on -- by now. when reporter as this to bill belichick. have you noticed the image of tom brady? >> where focused on arizona right now. our focus is on the cardinals. that is who we play this week. and all the other decorative in marketing these are not part of the operation.

. >> i would tell you and we would help put the fire out but bill belichick would not. ed: the flu shot is now

jc: new recommendations when it comes to getting your kids vaccinated against the flu. ed: the biggest change involves the nasals way -- nasal spray. have your kids get the traditional needle vaccine. get vaccinated to help those around them. >> what about their grandmother, what about that child at school who is on chemotherapy for cancer? they may not do well with the flu. in: the academy wants everyone vaccinated by mid-october. jc: the maker of epipen is under

under fire. the new york ag said the prillaman a investigation says mylan may have violated antitrust laws in its sales contracts with schools. mylan says more than 700,000 free epipens have been given to schools, and a purchase restriction for schools has been dropped. ed: five for good is next. the new class of firefighters in one town who are proving women can take on any job they want.

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,

firefighters in groveland are busting stereotypes while doing what they love. jc the newest class of : firefighters is all female. four of the women will attend the fire academy this fall. one of them has already been working as a firefighter in the west newbury fire department. with their hires, the 32-member groveland fire department is now nearly 20% female. congratulations to them. i wore the gear once. it is so heavy. 40 or 50 pounds.

imagine, when you add water to it? tonighharvey: tonight boston isa little bit like london. it gets warmer on thursday and like the middle of summer on friday. and a warm weekend.

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