5:00. >> ben: commitment 2016 off the top at 5:00. in a couple hours donald trump and hillary clinton will go head to head on the debate stage for the first time. anchor: the event is expected to be one of the most watched in history. emily is joining us from hofstra university on long island, new york where it will all go down. reporter: absolutely, heather and ben and it all goes down in there. as they get ready for tonight's debate. so much interest in the debate because the stakes are so high. both of these candidates hoping to make their cases to voters. hillary clinton is spending the weekend deep in debate. she held several mock debates pouring over the briefing books. three things to watch for tonight. she will try to focus on donald trump and his vulnerability. she will question his judgment and credibility. and she will focus on her grasp of the issues, the

matters and she will aim to stay calm in the face of any attack from trump. the kinds we saw during the primary debate. donald trump for his part has said he didn't want to over prep for these debates. he wanted to follow his insinks. instincts. he met with the top advisors between campaign events to go over strategy. tonight he will try to make the debate about hillary clinton and her record. as we have seen in the past he is likely to attack her both profsi so he said he will keep his tone respectful if she does. and he will try to build his credibility. many americans saying they don't see him as presidential. as we've learned throughout this election cycle, expect the unexpected. it will be an unpredictable night and all eyes will be on the two candidates on that stage in hours. live in hempstead, new york, wcvb newscenter 5. >> ben: can't wait, emily. you can watch the debate here on channel 5 at 9:00.

app for your experience. it includes live fact checking from politifact and tune -- politi-fact and you can have reaction from our team of analysts. >> ben: mike pence is back. he held a rally touching on the economy and the supreme court and the national security. donald trump will be back in new hampshire and he will be coming up at 6:00 we will have a close look at the important role granite state will play in november. heather:now more on a vermont man found drifting on a raft and his mother presumed dead. todd kazakiewich is live where the coast guard revealed new information on the rescue. todd? reporter: heather, as we speak nathan carmen is aboard the freighter that found him. it is called "orient lucky" and due in tomorrow in

presumed dead and nathan was found alone. >> he was found in a life raft with a life jacket on and food and water. reporter: missing boater nathan carmen alive and well after being rescued on sunday by a freighter 100 nautical miles south of martha's vineyard. >> it was early afternoon and the visibility was good. they saw him and picked it up and reported it to the coast guard. reporter: carmen and his mother, linda, left this island for a fishing trip. he reports his boat sank on taking on water. >> it was reported that he -- when the boat started taking on water he got his life raft and went looking for his mom and could not find her. reporter: the rescue of nathan carmen comes after an exhaustive search using ships and aircraft to comb an area the size of the state of georgia before calling off the search on friday. two days later the freighter finds nathan alone. >> i was thrilled they found

linda wasn't with him. reporter: the coast guard says at this point there are no plans to resume the search for linda carmen. when the freighter comes to boston nathan will be greeted by coast guard investigators who have a lot of questions for him including was there a radio on board? if so why no may day call? reporting live in south boston, wcvb newscenter 5. into the region and the next couple days. harvey: this week could turn out to be a somewhat wet week. there is a difference between a damp week and uh the lo of rain. and a lot of rain. certainly it won't happen late tonight and tomorrow morning. we will get some rain. let's show you what is happening. i think you can see behind ben and me that there is a front on the way. if we go backwards a little bit i will show you how all of

are talking about. first of all i want to let you know we made a big temperature recovery. we were so chilly early this morning we were froasy in some some -- frosty and now the temperatures bounced up into the 60s and even touched 70 in some spots earlier today. that's the good news. there are changes coming and we will go overall of them. i want you to know if you have any plans to be outside i don't see any problems with rain until we get to about 5:00 a.m. tomorrow for a few hours and then we will talk about the rest of the week in a few minutes. it is a narrow band of rain, but it will expand as it moves into the morning commute. >> ben: the u.s. attorney's office finds they discriminated against students based on race. john atwater is live with the changes put in place. reporter: the attorney found problems with the school's

incidents at the school, and now there is a plan to move forward. of course, this investigation has been going on for months. a u.s. attorney found they mishandled reviews of allegations a boy used a racial slur referring to a classmate and him saying he would lynch her with a electrical cord. they also didn't apply policies when disciplining students. the school will administer annual training for students, faculty and staff and there will be a new officer in complaints and the school will conduct an annual survey. the parents are encouraged by these steps forward. >> i am hopeful that this helps us figure out what do we do to address a culture of inclusive tee in our school. this is a conversation to take up district wide. schools and administrators should not be left to figure it out on their own.

the focus on boston latin will improve the environment. you will hear from students tonight at 6:00. live at boston latin, wcvb newscenter 5. heather:a gunman dead and several hurt after a shooter randomly opened fire in houston. it started early this morning and investigators say it appears the gunman was targeting people in their cars. >> i just could hear the whiz of bullets going through my window. reporter: her quiet monday morning in houston, tas shooter opened fire in the parking lot near her family's apartment randomly targeting drivers. >> he is screaming on the phone and crying i am hit, jen, i am hit. reporter: her husband was one of those hit. one is in critical condition. when police arrived the gunman started shooting at them. then they fired back shooting and killing the suspect. it was confirmed the shooter

quiet. police are not yet identifying the man or a mow tiff, but they have confirmed he was a lawyer who apparently had issues with his law firm. if asked if the shooting is terrorism? >> i can't confirm that. it was an active shooting situation. reporter: while searching the gunman's car police found evidence that perhaps he planned more violence. >> it has numerous weapons and we are bringing in the bomb squad once we have done that we will secure the suspect's apartment. >> the fbi is on scene investigating now and authorities are going through the gunman's social media accounts trying to find a motive. >> officials put it into affect last week after a deadly officer involved shooting sparked violent protest in that city. more than 70 people have been arrested over several days of

charlotte. the city officials are urging the community to show their unity in a more peaceful manner. >> ben: firefighters are battling two fires overnight. one at home and one in an abandoned school building. a woman inside the home did not survive. newscenter 5 has more on what caused the fire. reporter: flames ripped across the building quickly becoming a four-alarm fire. >> it broke my heart, but i had to come and see it and salvage whatever memories i have left. reporter: it used to be the old middle school where he was once a student. >> a lot of memorieses. their identities actually start when they are in middle school. you can see how much i can relate to the damage done here. reporter: firefighters had to call for mutual aid to help with this fire and others in the city. >> it was very difficult and it took several hour to

reporter: while the cause of the fire is still under investigation tonight, less than six hours later firefighters finally started heading back to the fire station and that's when they say they got another call and this time for a woman trapped in a house fire. by the time they arrived to the scene firefighters found a woman in the living room off cottage street. >> within five minutes they found her and pulled her out. she was unconscious at the time. she was not breathing. attorney's office says she was taken to an area hospital where she later died. the fire started in the basement caused by wood pellets near a stove too close to the water heater. there was also no evidence of a working smoke alarm in the home. wcvb news sen -- newscenter 5. a woman will be charged. she is being treated with a

had a knife in her happened and refused to drop it despite requests. the 46-year-old will be charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and the officer is on administrative leave. >> prices prices prices are dropping another two cents. they reported the price of self-serve is $2.08 a gallon. that's 13 krebs lower -- cents lower than the national average and 6 cents below the price this time last yea is moving on a monday night and it is a slow go heading out of downtown. let's see how things are moving around the region. you are looking at 27 minutes on mass avenue to route 3. there is the pike slow down. a little bit of tapping the brakes through the work zone at 128 and welsley. further out on the pike,

that's first alert traffic. heather:that could have been a lot worse. >> ben: a lot. two buses collide in new york's lincoln tunnel. heather:traffic backed up for miles. still to come, what may have caused the crash. >> ben: and the confession from a man accused of shooting and killing five people at a washington state shopping mall. heather: and counting down to a possible government shutdown. to see what needs to be done

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>> a frightening bus crash leaves 28 people injured. two new jersey buses collided in the lincoln tunnel this morning. witnesses say one bus made a sudden lane change in front of the other and the second was not able to stop in time and rear-ended it. there was a summons to the driver of the first bus accused of careless driving and making an unsafe lane change. >> ben: the clock is counting down to a possible government shutdown in washington. law peakers have until the e september 30th, to pass a budget. eye -- what is the holdup? reporter: they are putting toward a measure that does not include flint, michigan which they want. the president may not even sign it even if it passes. >> lawmakers are looking to pass a stop gap measure.

important to pass some sort of budget jievment but they can't agree on what the short-term bill should include. last week the senate unveiled a measure that provides funding for zika, louisiana flood victims and opioid abuse. it does not include money for the city of flint in the wake of the water crisis. >> 100,000 flint residents continue to struggle with having safe water to drink. >> it is true that some in 10-week funding bill into some food fight. reporter: they are not sure president obama would sign it without funding for flint. >> the president has been making the case for months and disappointed that we have not seen the congressional response the president believes it will deserve. >> he says with only six weeks left, lawmakers would find common ground last minute to avert the shutdown. >> everyone in washington

this week so members of congress can start campaigning for re-election. >> and republicans say it will come in a separate measure that deals with the water projects and that will be finalized during the lame duck session. wcvb newscenter 5. >> ben: thank you. president obama will be joined by leonardo de cap pre crow for a -- leonardo dicaprio for a talk then his film will air on the south lawn of the wait house and presented by national geographic. heather:there is green on the radar behind us. harvey: and it represents rain, water, something we need. heather: we do. will we get a good soaker though? harvey: this is a few hours worth. but the big thing is it coin sides with tomorrow morning's commute. heather:just add water if you

harvey: check that temperature out in norwood. that was not a mistake. it was 28 degrees. 32 in bedford and 32 in orange. we had pockets of frost in our area. it was more widespread in western mass, but obviously you will get frost with readings like that and no wind at all. was 34 in the vineyard and that measurement was taken in the middle of the vineyard as far away from the ocean as you can get and still be on the of situations. boston though, urban areas are only dropping to 48. that's the coldest since may 16th. looking beautiful and you cooperate tell we have a change coming. the air nice and dry and a great recovery after the chilly start. it made it up to 70 in spots.

some clouds will come in as well. thicker cloud to the west. it is riding along this cold front. it will pass through the region tomorrow. as we take you out in time notice we are still dry. by the time we get to 4:00 a.m. tomorrow pretty good sick:00 may be approaching boston. especially centered around worcester and it gets to 6:30, 7:00, and probably will be for a few hours in the morning commute and then exiting by the late morning. then it looks like we may get brightening of the skies in the afternoon especially from boston north and west will very tricky. instead of going into a long spell of clear skies instead

wednesday morning. it may breng low clouds in -- it may bring low clouds from the ocean and once it sets up by wednesday it will be a long period of time and it will mean a lot of clouds in eastern mass and period trick -- periodic drizzle. will we get appreciable rain? i am not sure how that will work out exactly. but we will have wet weather lingering off and on for only a low chance tonight and that's in the wee hours of the morning. a high chance of getting wet and the chans decrease midday and especially for tomorrow afternoon. with brightening of the skies tomorrow afternoon north and west will clear the earliest and that's where the temperature should shoot into the 70s. a blocked weather pattern is what well in part lead to the unsettled weather at least for

more in the way of clouds and off and on pest than it is heavier rains. a lot of cool clouds and a cool northeasterly winds and occasionally damp for a number of days. that's how it looks right now. ben and heather? >> ben: thank you. one of the things teenagers are failing to make a top priority. the research that shows they are damaging their overall health. heather: u how the procedure is helping people walk. >> ben: and the framingham man who won the lottery not once, but twice in less than a year. interviewer: what would you do with fand a smartphone?ll

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heather:your health tonight. summer vacation is over and the kids are back at school now. good for the tean age brain -- teenage brain, but what about their overall health? here is dr. tim johnson. reporter: between extracurricular activities and after school sports high school can be a busy time. but a new study suggests that high school students will need to rethink part of their schedule because they are not getting some exercise.

researchers followed more than 50010th graders using devices to track how much they moved in a tea, they found that fewer that -- than 9% is getting the recommended amount of daily exercise and those who got the exercise in high school continued to not move enough after graduation. students whose weight increased over time were less likely to be physically active while those who plan their exercise ahe more likely to get that healthy dose of activity. so for students everywhere, a reminder, get moving now and stay moving later. i'm dr. timothy johnson. heather: coming up, the man who shot and killed an army veteran in boston is sentenced for a crime. what the heart broken family said to him in court. >> ben: and an active crime scene in lexington.

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from boston's news leader this is wcvb newscenter 2350eu6 2350eu6 -- news newscenter 5 at 5:30. >> ben: it is probably the most anticipated night of the entire presidential election cycle. just about three and a half hours or so to go until the first presidential debate. this is a look inside the hall at hofstra university island. it is closed off now to the media hillary clinton and donald trump will square off. the polls show the race pretty much neck and neck. heather:and you can watch it here at 9:00. head to wcvb.com or get tweets from the debate hall or live fact checking from politi-fact

live report from emily reimer and our team of am lists as well. harvey is joining us now. i like what i see. >> ben: a lot of people like what they see. it is reverse psychology. harvey: yes to an extent because we need more rain. if we look to the west we do see some rain. it is moving into tennessee and it is not a real wide area. it is it looks like it will coincide with the commute. you can see about 4:00 a.m., but by 6:00 a.m. you can see rain moving into metro west and 7:00, 8:00, and the latter morning even though it tends to come to the end north and west of boston. there is your rainfall in the overnight period. right now we are in the 60s