maria: new at 7:00, why we won't be learning how much taxpayers shelled out for the marathon bomber's defense team. a desperate rescue mission on cape cod. the team effort to free more than a dozen stranded dolphins. >> a gorgeous day today but it will be changing this weekend. rain. >> they witnessed history. now the new app preserving their memories for generations to come. >> this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 7:00. >> we start with a massive rescue effort in cape cod. maria: rescue workers right now are working frantically to save more than one dozen dolphins, calling in people watching in

>> those crews worked four hours this afternoon to push the dolphins as far as possible from the harbor. if they don't beat the tide, those animals are left high and dry. >> being in the wrong place at the runtime for these animals. >> a 17th dolphin became stranded in wellesley friday morning record-setting rescue. >> when they're in a difficult to navigate area like this harbor can be, the tide starts going out and they are getting stuck and they all stay together as a group. >> the team even called and bystanders to help with heavy lifting. >> they can range in weight from the smaller one 200 or 300

to deeper waters, friday was all about prevention. some 15 to 20 new dolphins were getting dangerously close to another emergency. >> we are using our boats and an acoustic device to omit a high-frequency noise that is annoying to the animals to move them into deeper water. >> the scale and success of the past 24 hours is for the books. certain things. >> last night's rescue was record-breaking. the largest amount of animals i saw has found, treated, returned to the ocean in one day. >> president barack obama was born in the united states,

a big reversal from donald trump. the republican presidential nominee admits the president was born in the u.s. maria: trump was the most prominent figure in that so-called birther movement. >> this has gone on and on for years with no evidence and finally today, donald trump gave up. for years, donald trump has been perpetuating conspiracy theories about president >> why doesn't he show his birth certificate? >> abruptly today, he gave up the fight. >> president barack obama was born in the united states, period. >> but he didn't stop there. >> hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008. started the birther controversy. >> fact check.org has found no

clinton may have stoked russians about obama's identity but never questioned his birth certificate. >> barack obama was born in america plain and simple and donald does him and the american people an apology. >> the congressional black caucus also weighed in today. >> donald trump is a disgusting fraud by any definition. in the president himself says they're more important issues in >> i was confident about where i was born. i think most people were. >> donald trump holding a rally in miami but not talking anymore about his reversal today. maria: coming up in eight minutes, we will break down what this turnaround means for donald trump's campaign with our political experts, democratic analyst mary anne marsh and mass republican chair kirsten hughes. libertarian party nominee gary johnson and green party nominee jill stein will not be invited to the first presidential debate.

debates made the official decision today. they could qualify for the two debates in october if their national polling average hits 15%. ed: new at 7:00, we will not be finding out how much taxpayer money was used for marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev's defense. a federal judge ruled today the release of the defense costs should not be made public yet. the boston globe filed a motion to see the information. federal law requires the release of the information when the case is over. but the judge says the case will not be over unl appeal is decided. 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 a.m. yesterday morning in the area of foundry street. the victim says she was kicked from behind and briefly lost consciousness. police say she may also have been sexually assaulted. the young man and woman who raped a teen and posted it on

probation. the two were convicted in july for the assault behind a saugus elementary school 2 years ago. a third person pleaded guilty to videotaping the attack. in court today, prosecutors said the two had no remorse. leaving the courthouse, kailyn bonia's aunt said that's not the case. >> she is very sorry. i don't think she realizes how ed: that was the defendant's father. not much to say as their family left after the sentencing. both will also have to register as sex offenders. maria: a bridgewater state student has taken back her claim that someone tried to rape her. the unidentified woman claimed she was attacked on summer street near campus. she said a man wearing a ski mask put a bag over her head, then tried to tear her clothes off. the claim put the college on high alert most of the day but the police say the student eventually said the attack never

taunton man accused in a fatal drug overdose. scott reynolds is charged with manslaughter and several drug crimes for the death last april of marc esperanca. the 25-year-old esperanca died of an overdose of fentanyl, a powerful painkiller. prosecutors say the victim bought the drug from reynolds, who was allegedly selling drugs out of his girlfriend's house. that girlfriend also faces drug charges. a second person has died as a result of a collision during a boat race on a taunton pond on saturday. our partners at the brockton enterprise reporting 67-year-old stephen joy of bangor, maine died at rhode island hospital. 39-year-old mark greene moultonborough, new hampshire was declared dead at the scene after a three-boat pileup during the bill giles memorial regatta. a third boat driver suffered minor injuries. ed: the crash is still under investigation. a wild find in a forest in western mass. take a look at all the pot plants. last night, massachusetts environmental police officers located a large marijuana grow site within the daughters of the

marijuana plants. no word on any arrests. maria: the mbta launching the first of his condyle of program today partnering with luber and -- uber and lyft. the customer will pay the first two dollars and the and tba pays the next 13. by comparison, thee >> there have been times when i miss appointments, medical appointments i scheduled months in advance with a specialist and i miss it because i'm to the minutes late and i have to wait another six to eight months to get another appointment.

>> the idea is to be able to try and spread the word and enable people to gain accidents. ed: the veterans history out makes it possible to upload over the internet. 500 veterans and day are dying. maria: breaking down donald trump's turnaround on one of his signature issues, the birther controversy. ed: our commitment 2016 coverage continues as our experts weigh

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>> president born in the united states. >> barack obama was born in america and donald trump owes him and the american people an apology. >> you just heard donald trump reversing his stance of president obama's birthplace. hillary clinton saying that is not good enough. ed: kirsten, we start with you. trump has been questioning the president's birth for 5 years even after he released his birth certificate. so can he really make it go away

did say it. he should have said it earlier but this is an issue the clinton campaign and media has riled up to take focus off of hillary clinton's bad two weeks. all of the problems. the clinton campaign is a total disaster mode. >> obama was born in the u.s. not because he believes it but he believes he will lose the white house just white college-educated women thinks he's a racist and they do. 61% of them think these are racist. he said this is not about african-american votes. he will never get them. he needs those white suburban women who still haven't made up their mind who always vote republican. he wants them to think he's not

clinton campaign dredging up an issue that they need to excite their base about, something voters are not coming out in droves with hillary clinton so they need issues to take away from their own troubles and ignite the spark for hillary clinton. ed: barack obama has been president for 7.5 years and has a half it? >> because donald trump is the leader of the birther movement. for eight years, he's been asking barack obama for his birth certificate, something never asked of a president before yet every other president has provided there off records. donald trump said i'm going to release my taxes when barack obama provides his birth certificate and he still hasn't provided his taxes. maria: do you think this

him with the donald trump supporters? >> i think donald trump move on from this and hopefully, what we will do is start talking about the issues. unfortunately for hillary clinton, that is not what she can do because she still has a problem with trustworthiness and she will continue to deflect and make this election about a referendum on donald trump and that is clearly not working as the polls are showing. >> they already given him passes. so we are left today with the donald trump as a liar or a racist or both. ed: the first debate is just going to be between clinton and

i think we need to hear from the two people who can actually be president and i think that's an important thing and i think marianne and i are both agreeing on that. mike: what a beautiful night we had out there. it is spectacular once again this evening. look at some of these overnight lows we had last night into the upper 30's. as you look over the city right now, dew point, 53 degrees. then on sunday and monday, humidity comes up. much-needed rain at that.

systems. one is this trap. to the south. it will kind of make this era little more saturated and tropical. we have a little more to work with with this air coming in. it's a beautiful night if you get a chance to check out that full harvest moon. a south wind at five to 10 miles an hour. tomorrow, mild. of the two weekend days, tomorrow is looking is looking good because it has some rain in the forecast. humid air will start to make its way in. a few scattered showers mostly to the west. there's enough instability we may see a pop-up shower in the afternoon. towards sunday evening, that cold front gives us a better chance of seeing some rain. that is your best opportunity for rain.

more clouds and a few holes in it. a few pop-up showers developing. past midnight is when the rain really comes in and monday morning could be a wet commute. scattered showers will plague the day through monday. 1:00 start for the patriots game. a shower risk. 76 degrees and muggy with a southerly wind. sunday has a bit of cloud cover and sunday night, the rain we so desperately need. after that, tuesday, it clears out and wednesday and thursday will be repeats of today. wednesday and thursday, low humidity and lots of sunshine. unfortunately, a dry week coming

maria: the red sox facing off again tonight against the 80's.

>> classic red sox and yankees. david ortiz and his 34th run. stole the show in the game for the red sox. no question, this win was the signature come-from-behind season for the red sox. >> as we talked last night after the game, the deeper you go into september, the significance of those types type -- starts to grow a bit. you would like to think it has a

>> the sox hold a two-game lead. the pitching mac of -- that is the one minute drill. ed: great job. maria: making sure kids in the hospital get extra comfort. the effort to spread the love from a little boy who's been there himself in five for good. ed: and the mystery on a roof of a south beach condo.

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ed: today on five for good, we introduce you to a boy named leo, a former mass general patient who is on a mission to pay it forward. maria: leo spent 19 days in the hospital to treat his ulcerative colitis and says the support of his family comforted him during his stay. now he's trying to raise money to buy stuffed animals for other children at the hospital. he hopes to donate 100 stuffed

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