-- innocent young woman, saying the defendants showed absolutely no remorse. ben: a massive rescue effort on cape cod. more than a dozen stranded dolphins saved. the stranding happened in wellfleet harbor. rescue teams now working to keep the dolphins from possibly stranding themselves again. heather: mike wankum joins us now. don't you think it is starting to feel a little like fall? mike: sun angle is low. its service to feel a little like fall. gorgeous guys out there. -- gorgeous skies out there. i'm also watching this. a little tropical storm. it's not going to impact us, but it will throw in some moisture and that will impact the system from the west, giving us a better opportunity for rain. that does not happen until sunday. temperatures in boston dropping off into the lower 50's.

the 40's again. humid air in place. showers and thunderstorms, but not until late on sunday. most of the week and is looking drive. tomorrow is looking especially nice. more on the timeline in a few moments. ben: all right, commitment 2016: a huge reversal from donald trump today. heather: the gop candidate admitting president obama was born here in the united states. our john atwater has more, john? john: this has gone on for years and years, and finally today, donald trump gave up. mr. trump: president barack obama was born in the united states, period. ms. clinton: donald trump owes him and the american people an apology. john: donald trump has been fueling conspiracy theories about the president's birth certificate for 5 years now.

today and offered no explanation for why he changed his mind. he also did not apologize. the president had little reaction to trump's reversal today. he says there are more important issues to talk about. live in the newsroom, john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5. ben: thank you for that. trouble on the orange line. passengers were forced to clear a train late last night as mbta and boston police searched for an armed robbery suspect. you see it here. passengers on the tracks, walking to jackson square in jamaica plain. the incident caused delays on the orange line between ruggles and forest hills. no word on any arrests. heather: the man accused in a standoff at a rehoboth gas station appearing before a judge today. sky 5 was over the scene as police and swat officers took him down at the cumberland farms on winthrop street. newscenter 5's sera congi was inside the courtroom. sera: benjamin kimmel appeared in a courtroom this morning.

in rehobeth yesterday. he claimed to have a gun under his shirt, which turned out to be a gaming console. he threatened to "blow this place up." at one point, police say he tried to light a gas nozzle. he took off on foot. he was tackled to the ground and subdued by a police dog. he faces charges including attempted arson of a gas . as he was wheeled out, he gave a wave to loved ones in the courtroom. one of his family held a sign outside the court saying "we haert you." in totten, sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5.

widening of route 128. a new exit is open in needham. the state's transportation secretary along with congressman joe kennedy cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of the kendrick street ramps that will also be known as exit 19. and then network on the highland avenue bridge will get underway. it looks ready to go. looking at the pike, first solar traffic -- headed out of town, a slow go. see how it is moving across the boston region. the expressway, the slick you're looking at 20 minutes. mass avenue to route three -- upper deck to 128, 31 minutes. the pike inbound having problems. there is 128. stop and go. southbound, also tap in the brakes. -- tapping the brakes. 45 minutes, the weston tolls. 495, a slow go, to you will is

tonight. samsung customers scrambling after the recall of the galaxy note 7. ben: still to come tonight the rush now to get a device that does not pose a danger of exploding. heather: a fiery crash caught on camera. the mistake that caused this deadly scene. ben: it's a popular app but is it dangerous?

>> you are watching newscenter 5 at 5:30. ben: a fiery crash in houston, te forced the closure of a four-lane highway for hours. according to police, a wrong-way driver slammed his pickup truck into an oncoming vehicle. the driver going the right way is the one that was killed. police are currently investigating if alcohol played a factor in the crash. heather: now to the latest on that massive samsung recall. the fallout over the exploding batteries in their newest mobile devices continues. the federal government, now stepping in, issuing its own official recall of the product. abc's ray raimundi with the latest developments.

burn over its latest cell phones. the consumer products foundation stepping in. >> take the phone to your carrier or same song and take advantage -- or samsung, if that is where you purchased it, and take advantage of this recall. reporter: 55 pieces of property damage flames. a rush to return the galaxy note 7, after samsung said it was only this model, but reports of other smoking and burning. >> i was sitting at my desk and it pretty much exploded. reporter: 800 thousand mobile devices with suspected lithium-ion batteries are still

>> we apologize. reporter: as the president of the u.s. division of samsung apologizes, the timing could not be worse. samsung is promising to have phones in stores by wednesday. replacement phones, bill credits , and cards are also being offered. ben: chrysler, recalling almost two million cars. heather: the design issue that may put some drivers at risk. ben: prince william rushes to the rescue. the fallen dignitary he lended a helping hand to.

heather: the navy's blue angels stunt team is shelving a stunt 32-year-old marine captain jeffrey kuss was killed in june when he crashed his fa-18 hornet. navy investigators blame pilot error. partial cloud cover and possible pilot fatigue were listed as contributing factors to the crash. the crash is also prompting other changes including more rest for pilots and a review of all aerial maneuvers. the associated press and two other news organizations are suing the fbi over the hacking of a terror suspect's iphone. the plaintiffs want to know whom the fbi paid, and how much it paid, to unlock san bernardino

apple to get access to the phone, but dropped the lawsuit after getting a third party to unlock the phone. a lawsuit has been filed under the freedom of information act. ben: the international olympic committee is now getting involved in the hacking scandal involving several athletes. president thomas bach says he will ask russian authorities to help stop hackers from releasing more confidential medical files. olympic gymnastics champion simon biles, tennis star venus winner chris froome are among 29 athletes who had information compromised. usa gymnastics has a new national team coordinator. valeri liukin will succeed martha karolyi as the leader of the unstoppable women's program. liukin is a four-time olympic medalist and father of 2008 olympic champion nastia liukin. he has worked at the team's elite development coordinator for a few years. karolyi retired last month after guiding team usa to nine medals at the rio olympics.

the aid of a elderly man in england today. the duke and duchess were at a school to discuss mental health issues with students. one of the local officials who was there to greet the royal couple tripped over a divider and fell onto his back. prince william and several others rushed to help the older man to his feet. once upright, the man assured the prince he was quite alright. a heavy rainstorm causing a major travel disruption just outside london this morning. look at that. ben: heather: the rain led to severe flooding and caused a passenger train to derail. two people were hurt. other trains were delayed after lightning hit a signal box. the storm brough an end to a spell of hot weather across -- the storm brought an end to a spell of hot weather across southern england. ben: was it really hot? they act like it is hot if it is like 75 degrees. i'm just saying. they do, don't they? mike: you're absolutely right. [laughter]

80 degrees in london. mike: it looks like we will have rain to talk about. check out this morning. still 39 -- orange, 30 nine. concord, 39 degrees. a lot of spots chilly out there. he gives you the feel of fall. we have that earlier and earlier sunset. we are losing three minutes a day. by the time we 16, 6:00 even. halloween, it is at 5:38, and daylight savings time in's november 6. you know what happens then. we don't want to talk about that. you see foliage changing colors. one of the typical times we would see that change? late september up north. around our area, not october. i think the trees have been really stressed.

that earlier and the colors muted as well. 20 degrees colder. that is why it felt like fall. a couple areas to watch. we have a tropical system to the south as well. that is julia. it's not going to do anything, but it's going to allow or tropical moisture to begin lifting up here. as the cold front comes through, it has more moisture to work with. that is why i'm so optimistic. today clear skies. look at that fear. and the dew point is way down. very dry conditions. that will start to inch up as we talk about the weekend forecast. the full harvest moon. and that moonrise is at one minute before some :00 tonight and it stays out there all night long. this is why they were harvesting in the middle of the night a

lights and look around at what is going on. if you are near the ocean, what a gorgeous view of the moonlight coming off the water. it's not as cold as last night. high temperatures tomorrow climbing nicely into the 70's, upper 70's in a few spots. may flirt with the 80 degree mark in a few locations. that is tomorrow. let's talk about sunday. humid weather starts tve there is a chance of showers coming out ahead of this cold front. i think most of the rain is going to hold off until sunday night, monday morning. that is when we get heavy rain across the area. that will be welcome rain. we see a lot of broken clouds. not much sunshine. of the two weekend days, your saturday is much sunnier than your sunday.

be especially wet and that will hang around through the morning hours. gillette stadium, the patriots game, there is a shower risk. i do not think we will see much out of it, but plan accordingly. here is what it looks like the next several days. a chance of rain. tuesday, we start to clear things out, and wednesday and thursday, we are back to wha sunshine, low humidity, beautiful fall like weather. keep your fingers crossed we get rain. we need every drop we can get. right now it looks like some of us could pick up an inch of rain. heather? heather: shrinking sea ice may spell trouble for polar bears across the arctic. a new study looked at 35 years of satellite data showing decreasing sea ice. polar bears rely on the ice for hunting, traveling, and breeding. the study by university of washington researchers shows the

negatively impacts polar bears. ben: in your economy now -- uber will settle claims it misled consumers by charging them a 20% tip for drivers. the ride-sharing company will shell out close to $385,000 to nearly 50,000 customers. those passengers claimed uber said it would charge the 20% gratuity for drivers. but the company instead took nearly 50% of the tip for itself. more airbag problems. this time it 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. we have those details on our wcvb mobile app and wcvb.com. heather: in northern california, a kidney transplant involving 4 kidneys and 8 people is planned, and it came about thanks to a groupon. the 8 donors and recipients will swap kidneys among each other in a complicated swap that came together only after one of the parties met another through a

kidney incompatibilities were solved through linking 8 people, and everyone's ready to go. >> you can help someone have a better quality of life, and is not harmful -- why wouldn't you? heather: you only need one kidney. the patients say they'll plan a huge party for themselves once everyone recovers from the operation. nice. nice. ben: yeah. heather: app proving to be quite the distraction. ben: up next, the real dangers revealed by some new research. but first let's flash forward to newscenter 5 at 6:00. ed? ed: next on newscenter 5 at 6:00 we continue to follow breaking news off the cape, where rescuers have saved several dolphins and are trying to prevent another mass stranding. how new technology, developed in boston, is making easier for

how new technology, developed here in boston, is making it

ben: numbers reveal brain cancer is now the deadliest childhood cancer in the u.s. for years, it had been leukemia. there are still more cases of leukemia diagnosed each year, but it no longer accounts for the most deaths. this reveals treatment has proved for leukemia. accidental injuries remain number one.

stemming from an activity -- many of these costly, chronic conditions could be prevented or managed with physical activity. heather: it may be a game, but there is a very real danger in pokemon go. they seek them there. they seek them there. pokemon go appears to be everywhere. it is fun. it is for all ages. it physical activity. but pokemon go players may be putting themselves and others in dangerous situations all to capture a couple of charizards. they analyzed tweets over a 10-day period. 40% showed that a driver,

focused. like this 1 -- the researchers then looked at news reports over the same time, finding 14 car crashes attributed to pokemon play with one distracted driver even steering his car into a tree. the study, a reminder augmented reality games could foretell any new era of distracted driving and walking. the bottom linis look out for your own safety before the pokemon. ben: scary. heather: ben: yeah, scary. newscenter 5 at 6:00 starts right now. ed: a desperate rescue operation on cape cod. donald trump finally admits -- mr. trump: president barack obama was born in the united states, period. ed: fact checking his change of

sunny and beautiful. i amtrak in rain this weekend. -- i am tracking rain this weekend. the timeline. >> from boston's news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 6:00. ed: following breaking news from wellfleet where more than a dozen dolphins were stranded. heather: in from happening again. juli mcdonald is live from wellfleet. juli: nearly an hour, rescue crews tried to prevent what happened yesterday. they used devices to herd dolphins deeper into the ocean, desperate to prevent what happened yesterday and again this morning. six dolphins were stranded by the harbor.

crews to arrive. >> we knew we would be in trouble. with the tide following so quickly, it dropped 11 feet. juli: because of the number and size of these atlantic white sided dolphins, they called and bystanders to help with the heavy lifting. >> they can range from 200 pounds to 500 pounds for the bigger animals. the longest golf and i saw last night was about 90 feet long. jul i: the dolphins were loaded one by one on trailers. the team reeve to a sigh of relief as all 16 swim away. >> we are a global hotspot. some years we have as many as 33. it allows us to get good at certain things. this is one of the things we have gotten good at.

the preventative measures involve 15 to 20 different offense here in wellfleet. juli mcdonald, wcvb newscenter 5 . ed: right now, police in easton are searching for a suspect after a woman is attacked while out walking her dog. it happened just after 6:00 yesterday morning in the area of 41 foundry street. the victim says she was kicked from behind and briefly lost consciousness. it's unclear if she was sexually assaulted. heather: mask try to rip up her close. now the bridgewater student is taking it back. reporter: the student is recanting her story, but not before a lot of concern on campus. >> it is a huge relief. reporter: a crime alert lifted.