birther controversy. i finished it. ben: there's no evidence that clinton or her team 8 years ago were behind the birther movement and today in washington she blasted trump for his crusade. today, she blasted trump for his crusade. ms. clinton: imagine a person in the oval office who traffics in conspiracy theories and refuses to let them go no matter what , the facts are. ben: president obama weighing in from the oval office this morning. president obama i was pretty : well. ben: for years trump has refused to acknowledge the fact that the president was born in the united states. for many today, his statement today amounts to admitting the sky is blue. for others, it is a cynical attempt to broaden his appeal. >> it's a coded sort of language for people who have hated obama from the start, questioned his legitimacy. it has veins of racism through it. ben: and clinton got a boost on the campaign trail today in battleground virginia -- first lady michelle obama holding her first event since the democratic convention.

race could not get any stranger. in a week and a half, we now know it will be just hillary clinton and donald trump on stage at that first presidential debate. the commission announced today no other candidates -- notably gary johnson and jill stein -- hit the polling threshold to qualify. heather and ed? heather: the bay state's senior senator elizabeth warren reacted in this tweet, let's be clear, @realdonaldtrump just admitted that he peddled fake conspiracy theories to attack the integrity of @potus. the president of the united states. warren campaigns for hillary clinton and governor maggie hassan next saturday in new hampshire. new at 4:30, secretary of state john kerry is thinking ahead to what's next after his term as secretary of state ends in january. after almost 40 years in public life as a da, congressman, us -- u.s. senator and now the , nation's capital bassett or kerry says he still wants to , stay involved.

the environment has always been a passion. kerry says he'll also pursue private sector work and return to his beacon hill town house. ed: state police unable to track down a suspect who ran off as they were trying to serve him a warrant this afternoon. the search spanning across the search spanning across melrose, malden and saugus, forcing two schools in the area to go on lockdown. they were looking for a peabody man in connection to a domestic incident. police say they have ended the search for the day, but the investigation is ongoing. they say the suspect is well known to police. heather: right police investigate a sexual assault. woman was walking her dog. she was kicked from behind. she briefly lost consciousness. she could not provide a description of her attacker. ed: and right now, an investigation underway at bridgewater state university after a student recants her story about an attack near campus. heather: a big relief for students who were on high alert for the majority of the day. our nicole estaphan is live in bridgewater with reaction.

nicole: on campus tonight, a big sense of relief and confusion as to what led a fellow student to say she was attacked and then recant the story. an early morning email alerting students to a report of an attack on summer street. the reporting student told police that a man in a ski mask put a bag over her head and tried to take her clothes off. according to police the student then recanted her story. what we don't know at this point is why, students tell us it is the end of a day of concern on campus but the beginning of many questions. >> i can't imagine why someone would make something like this up. for sure, it really scared me. but i'm definitely glad it's not true and i feel 10 times safer on campus. nicole if there is any good in : all of us, students spent the day reminded of the importance of walking in pairs and taking other safety measures.

heather, ed? ed: this is just awful. wank, i don't know if we can -- can we get rid of this weather. this is just embarrassing. [laughter] harvey: this is picture-perfect. although it was cool this morning -- ed: [indiscernible] harvey: and 6:00 a.m., we dropped down to 50 degrees, but a few places dropped down to 40's, the 30's. a little chilly. there are showers sitting out there. they are way out there. they are by chicago now. they have got to take a long time to get here. toronto, eventually, it gets towards boston, but now we're talking about sunday's forecast before it even gets close to us. we have a beautiful day tomorrow. sunday is changeable.

this. we will talk more about the potential for sunday night into monday, how much rain we expect in just a few moments. heather: sky 5 over the merrimack river, where the coast guard came to the rescue of three people on a 32-foot pleasure craft after it ran aground. this all started around 7:30 this morning in newburyport. two of the 3 people on board received cuts, and possible fractures. ems teams were waiting for them as they were brought onshore. they were taken to a hospital for treatment. a rehoboth gas station will undergo a competency evaluation. -- mental health evaluation. 38-year-old benjamin kimball of north attleboro appeared before a judge today, where his attorney made the request. sky 5 was over the scene yesterday as police and swat officers took him down at the cumberland farms on winthrop street. a judge will decide if kimball should be granted bail after he meets with the doctor. ed: these three people are facing charges related to an

from massachusetts into new hampshire. catherine steele, lawrence calafell and kevon simpson, are facing the charges. calafell and simpson both face numerous drug charges, while steele was charged with two driving infractions. heather: federal aviation officials are receiving an overwhelming number of requests for drone licenses. they say so many people are registering drones and applying to fly them, that they wonder if there will eventually be millions of drones crowding the nation's skies. the director of the faa says new registrations are coming in at a rate of 2,000 per day. so far, 550,000 drones have been nasa is working with industry and the faa to create a new low-altitude air traffic control system specifically for drones. ed: the mbta is launching a force of its kind program. jorge quiroga has more on the innovative plan.

school for the blind are very excited about this new pilot program, governor baker today warmly greeted by the disabled as he rolled out a new transmission option for them partnering the mbta uber and , lyft, the on demand paratransit program provides a more convenient and cheaper alternative to the ride. using an app, or by phone , disabled customers can hail a ride any time or anywhere. out of pocket costs, substantially lower as well. the customer pays the first 2 bucks, the mbta pays the next $13 and the customer pays the remainder of the trip. by comparison the ride has to be , scheduled a day in advance. >> their open times i miss appointments, medical appointments i scheduled months and months in advance and i miss it because i am 15 minutes late and then i have to wait another six or eight months to get another appointment. jorge: the on demand paratransit program, the first of its kind, will be tested for a year. coming up at 6:00, the governor

security for some of the most vulnerable passengers. live in downtown, jorge quiroga, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: salutes and cheers as an nypd officer who was injured in a violent attacked is released from the hospital. a homeless man attacked him with an 11-inch meat cleaver outside penn station yesterday, leaving a 6 inch gash in officer brian o'donnell's face. look at the right. there it is. police then shot the attacker. he's been hospitalized in critical condition. the fa deadly police shooting in ohio. a police union leader saying today that the ohio officer who shot and killed a 13-year during an armed robbery investigation did what he had to do given the circumstances. columbus police say officer bryan mason repeatedly shot tyre king wednesday night after the teen pulled out a bb gun. his family and friends are calling for peace, as they try to come to grips with this

night. he is not coming back. ed: mason is on administrative leave as the shooting is continuing to be investigated. heather: a judge ruling against bobbi kristina brown's boyfriend, nick gordon, in a wrongful death lawsuit by her estate. brown, the daughter of singers whitney houston and bobby brown, was found unresponsive in a bathtub in january 2015. she died six months later. the judge today ruling against gordon because he repeatedly failed to meet court deadlines in the case. a jury trial will be set to determine how much he owes in damages. gordon has not been charged with a crime. ed: ramping up the fight against the zika virus. heather: the human trials and what makes this new vaccine so different. ed: broadway meets the classroom. the popular musical making history more fun.

>> you are watching newscenter 5 at at 4:30. ed: do you notice what i notice in the picture? look at the shadow?

-- a little longer. 34 minutes to get down to the split. if you're going north, it will take you about a half-hour. the first leg high up there, that was roughly 15 minutes. 128 south -- oh, forget about it. if you're going to take the pike all the way up to 495, that will only take you about 35 minutes. the pike two to 90 is a 10 minute ride. that is it's only a quarter five. just saying. heather: gosh, and i happy to report this. a major milestone in the widening of route 128. a new exit is open in needham. it will be known as exit 19. >> to the public and private leaders that will last for

adding something that will last for generations. heather: the next major step in the add-a-lane project will be the demolition of the highland avenue bridge. it is right outside our studio. it starts next week. ed: next week? heather: i know. getting to and from work. mike: the replacement one is ready to go to work. ed: i am looking out here and i see butkus. mike: the wonderful chicago. ed: mike: right now it looks very good. right now it looks like it may hold off until sunday, monday. heather: they will play. mike: yes, they will. let me show you the temperatures this morning. whoo, norwood dropping into 37. cool morning out there this morning. the sunshine out there today

-the 70's in most locations. way out to the west, now you start to see the impact this weekend. we also have julia. it is not going to come here directly, but it might put enough tropical moisture we could get some decent rain out of this sunday night into monday. we could get in inch of rain out of t w sight. by the way, the tropical system is going to sit and spend the next few days. we have not picked up much rain at all. we are a quarter of an inch below this month. for the year, we are almost 10 inches drive. the wind is off the water. the dew point is down to bone

and monday, we will have more moisture to work with with the cold front approaching. tonight though, clear, another cool 1 -- not quite as chilly as last night, and then tomorrow, mostly sunny skies. mild conditions. beautiful start to your weekend. let's talk about what is going to happen over the weekend. humid air is going to come rushing in. here comes boundary. notice the timeline. there are scattered showers out ahead of it. for once i get to put rain in the forecast -- not just showers, but rain out of it. most of your sunday will be overcast. by 4:00, not much happening.

nice rain out of this whole thing. tomorrow, spectacular again. sunday, here come those showers. your monday morning commute could be slow. you should not complain at all about that. we need the moisture desperately. humidity drops off again wednesday and thursday. plenty of sunshine to talk about. opportunity for rain sunday night into monday and it may not have much impact on the game so far. ed? ed: 5 on the opioid crisis -- illegal drugs were the leading cause of more than 2,000 deadly overdoses between 2013 and 2014. that's according to a new report from the department of public health. only 8.3% of those who died had a prescription for an opioid drug. nearly 85% had taken heroin or fentanyl. the report also found half of those who died had a popular tranquilizer drug in their

and president obama affirming his concern for the epidemic gripping the nation. he's now declared next week prescription opioid and heroin epidemic awareness week. the president writing in his proclamation that it's a week to remember the victims and to stand with everyone recovering from opioid addiction. he's calling for support of prevention and treatment programs. heather: heather: a step forward in the fight against the zika virus. doctors at a philadelphia-based lab are testing a zika virus vaccine approved for human trials. the vaccine is reportedly being testing in 40 people. doctors say what makes this vaccine different is that it's entirely synthetic. >> it can't replicate, cannot spread to other individuals. so when they would encounter a pathogen, they will be prepared.

be used by the public. ed: hamilton in history class. the hit broadway musical is making its way into the classroom. some students at an independent school in nyc are taking hamilton, a musical inquiry, studying the musical alongside the biography that inspired it. it's designed to capitalize on the musical's appeal to young people and its making history a whole lot more fun. >> i've never taken any class where i lyrics, especially in hip-hop. >> it motivates me more to understand the material. ed: it is the key to get them involved. heather: they are onto something. ed: while the whole class hasn't seen the show, they say the soundtrack has become a big part of their lives. you see? find the key. heather: it takes you through a character's isa makes it more appealing. ed: a massive recall from

of places. this solid gold toilet is open to all visitors at a new york museum. the message behind the high-class throne just ahead. but first let's flash forward to newscenter 5 at 5:00. ben: a massive effort on the cape to rescue more than a dozen stranded dolphins. we take you live to wellfleet. sentencing day in the snapchat rape trial. the punishment for two people who posted pictures of their assault on a teen. a road rage incident involving a school bus and a fedex tck the wild scene caught on camera.

ed: here's a look at the bottom of your screen. you see all of this people lined up on the screen. eager customers lined up early this morning waiting to get their hands on the latest iphone. this is outside the apple store in the back bay. the iphone 7 and 7 plus are different than previous models

the phone also features more storage space, a longer battery life, and an improved camera. heather: and to your economy on a sprightly -- on this friday -- more air bag problems sparking another recall, this time it's fiat chrysler recalling almost 2 million vehicles worldwide because some air bags and seat belts might not work properly in a crash. the recall affects certain chrysler, dodge and jeep vehicles from the 2010-2014 model years. and the years in between. our wcvb mobile. ed: this is a 18 caret gold toilet -- you can call it a toilet. it is a twala.

named bce america. he says that he intended it to be 1% art for the 99%. visitors who pay museum admission can use it as they wish. it actions. heather: wow. would you use it? ed: a wedding takes an unexpected turn for a georgia couple. heather: just for giggles. ed: giggles of the guggenheim.

ed: take a look at this picture. an incredibly powerful moment going viral tonight. a georgia couple moved their wedding venue to a hospital room.

was terminally diagnosed. the couple had planned to marry in october, but late last month, the family was told the bride's father had only a few days to live. so the wedding date was moved up and right to her father's bedside. he saw the wedding, he saw the ceremony, and on julie, i have to tell you he passed away just , days after the ceremony. but he got to see it. it was the last thing he saw. heather: an iowa man setting a new world record. guinness has named 98-year-old ernie smith thde he got the word on monday. he beat the previous record by five years. he plans to keep flying. ed: did you see that sign? it was an error port. -- it was an air port. it was two different words. heather and ed have more newscenter 5 for you right now.

president barack obama was born in the united states, period. jc: a desperate rescue effort on cape cod. mike: tracking rain for part of your weekend. which day is us to be outside. ben: caught on camera. we have seen road rage incidents before, that one involving a scuba? >> newscenter 5 at 0 starts 5:0 now. ben: a major reversal from donald trump. of sorts. the most prominent figure in the birther movement finally admits president obama was born in america.