cases are in a one square mile area of a neighborhood there just not of downtown momenty. health workers have been going door to door in that area testing residents. crews are spraying mosquito hot spots. rick scott there saying he asked the centers for disease conit will to send an emergency response team to help the florida health department deal with this massive problem. today we ask for the cdc emergency response team that will help with collection efforts with with mosquito control and then mosquitoes will continue do e we will be successful. >> anchor: so besides that travel warning the cdc with some other suggestions today including all pregnant women in the country should talk to abou. pregnant women in miami should second trimester of pregnancy. also pregnant couples should use protection every time they have sex during pregnancy and the cdc is also saying both pregnant women and their partners who

precautions to prevent mosquito bites. at the breaking news desk, ryan schulteis, 7 news. >> anchor: coming up, as we said, now 14 people inat thed with sihka in florida. we'll hear from all of those people about how sick they got and what is going on with them. so we'll have that for you coming up at 5:30. >> anchor: following breaking news a suspect in custody after leading state police on a high speed chase. chase started on route 6 today and ended in new bedford. sky 7 over the scene when that chase came to an en can see the police cars blocking in the suspects car on the road there. state police say it all started in rochester when the suspect was seen hitting his own vehicle with a hatchet. troopers say during the chase the suspect was waving the hatchet and a knife out the window. state police also say they found these weapons in the suspect's car. this etweeted out this picture today of two, an ax, fuel and a lighter. also breaking sky 7 hd over the mass pike where a tractor trailer was stuck in a u turn lane it.

exit 20 tolls in brighton. good news is that it's all cleared up now. >> anchor: we're following a developing story at the statehouse. governor baker signing a landmark bill into law requiring men and women to receive equal pay for equal work. amaka ubaka live for us from the statehouse. >> reporter: advocates of this law say massachusetts now has the strongest legislation in the country when it comes to equal pay so that women finally here is video signing that equal pay bill that law. this has been in the works for a long time and was a bipartisan effort among democrats and republicans in the house and senate. both parties voted unanimously in favor of it. this law strengthens already existing legislation getting massachusetts closer to equal pay for equal work. here is what the law accomplishes. it defines capable work for men

establishes legal protection for companies to conduct internal audits to review their penization practices and to fix them. here is sound from the female state treasurer deborah goldber. the signing of the equal pay bill is something that is a long time coming but is a critical it makes our families stronger, our state stronger and our economies thrive. wage equality is not just a woman's issue. it is a family issue. >> reporter: right new a woman makes 82 cents on the dollar what a man makes. advocates say this law won't change that but it's a critical step in the right direction. for now outside the statehouse,

>> anchor: officials in swampscott vetting a case of arson after this home went up in flames over the weekend. the man who police say set the house on fire was called to court today. attorneys say it's allinged it a messy divorce. kimberly bookman live in swampscott with more on the charges. kimberly? ther of this home is a carpenter and he actually built this house and on saturday police say he stood outside here watching as it was engulfed in flames and said look at it go. fire that ripped through this swampscott home saturday was intentionally set by the homeowner. police say 57-year-old timothy brosnan admitted it "when asked if he had connection to the fire. he said i did it. my wife is moving in tomorrow. his defense attorney said his client built the home but during recent gores proceedings he was told his wife would live in the house while they split the mortgage 50-50. authorities say he set the fire

to hand over the house. he has been going threw a difficult time in his life. it's the end of a 27 year marriage with three beautiful children. the defense said he has not taken responsibility for the fire and adds he was polite and responsive to police letting them know on scene no one was in the house including the family pet. he made sure even the cat was out of the home so if that doesn't tell but what kind of heart he has when it comes to living, breathing things then i don't know what el >> reporter: police on scene say he appeared to be drinking, he had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech and allegedly laughed as his house went up in flames. but for his longtime time friend who says he has never been in trouble before, it's all hard to believe. he is a very nice, kind man. he would help you anywhere, any time. he would do anything for you. so that's out of character. >> reporter: the suspect is being held without bail pending dangerousness hearing on

wife took out a restraining order and he is ordered to stay away. reporting live from swampscott, kimberly bookman, 7 >> anchor: a maryland town's away after flash-flooding this weekend. two people killed and at least 100 people had to be rescued. you can see how committee that water is from the video. heavy rain caused that river to rise and rise fast. the flash-flooding being called the worst area has seen and at least a half century as maryland's governor now declares a state of emergency. >> anchor: a kay of cleaning up digging out and taking stock of the damagemaryland saturday knit a month's worth of rain turned main street into a raging river which swallowed everything in its path. cars, buildings and people a nearby river rows tterf minute. people died, wept away in the flood more than 100 rescued. people waving horror unfold jumped into action.

the track. as state and federal leaders toured damage, one said water washed foundation as way like an earthquake. more than 180 cars were damage. another said it was like a hollywood disaster movie set. i have never seen devastation like this. grieven owns a coffee shop here. it was horrifying. one my employees is the daughter a good friend of mine so that was scary. >> anchor: business owners wonder not just when they will be devastation if they will be able to reopen at all. there are people that have lost everything. so we're feeling fortunate for ourselves but just devastated for a lot of people. >> anchor: the state is seeking federal disaster aid to help rebuild. we're tough here in howard county and we'll be resilient. these individuals aren't going to let this storm defeat them. >> anchor: a flood for the ages testing strength and resilience of people in an historic

could and will probably take months is estimated to cost hundreds of millions of dollars. >> anchor: 7 news now turns to your forecast and so the of a eain the city of boston boston. although this shot it looks like it's clearing up a bit. clouds, light clouds over a lot of areas, some rain moving through but nothing like we saw this weekend. it doesn't look like this week is a washout. so when will we see the bright, hot sun again? here is our chief meteorologist jeremy reiner. welcome back, by wa great to be back and we do have clouds across southern new england. not much in the way of rain. there have been a count emstrips else and spritzs and one little batch of iran shower activity. new hampshire sea coast up through southern maine but otherwise the bark is worse than the bite. in fact if anything there has even been sunshine this afternoon on the cape as well as islands. clouds all over the place and they will take over skies across the cape and islands this evening. temperatures at this time 60's and 70's, the city at 71, plymouth at 76.

through morning new york and new england and that's generating a scattering of showers so we'll hold on to the risk of isolated showers overnight tonight an tomorrow morning from this weak low pressure system then high pressure begins to move back into new england tomorrow afternoon and more so on wednesday when that happens we get the sunshine back so again your time line tomorrow morning ray few isolated showers, nothing significant or long lasting and as we step through the day you will notice the green blobs kind of fade out and white blobs, the cloudsey tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. >> anchor: question area following more news today. a russian helicopter has been shot down overseeria. now you are going to see video showing the burning wreckage just moments after the crash. russian president vladimir putin confirming all five crew members on board have died. officials say the chopper had just delivered what it calls human tarian aid. it's deadliest incident for the russian military since it has

war of words continues between donald trump and parents of a fallen muslim soldier. trump still taking heat even after he tried to patch things up a bit. today the campaign controversy triggered a new round of attacks between donald trump and hilary clinton as they both try to shore up votes in a very tight race. donald trump took his campaign to the crucial swing state of ohio. we're also going to stop radical islamic terrorism come in. >> anchor: there is growing backlash against his criticisms of the parents of a muslim u.s. army captain killed in action. his father blasted trump at last web's democratic convention. this candidate amazes me. his ignorance, he can ge. >> anchor: the head of the vfw, the in addition's largest rawhom trump appeared tuesday today called

demanding an apology writing this goes beyond politics. it is about a sense of decency. without mentions trump by name prled his support to the group. in a speech before disabled americans. our gold star families have made a sacrifice that most of us cannot even begin to imagine. they represent the very best of our country. >> anchor: trump campaign advisor sam says the khan's opened themselves to criticism by appearing on stag with the loss of their son our daughter, brother or sister, husband or wife, they are not rspective . >> anchor: the controversy opened a new front for hillary who in ohio this weekend call his comments insulting. the republican chairman of house and senate armed services committees issued statements critical of donald trump's comments. in fact one of those chairman m presidential nominee.

keeping her crown despite controversial social media posts. shortly after miss texas carly hey was crowned tweets from back in 2013 and 14 started resurfacing when she had used n word. in a statement the miss u.s.a. pageant said it's standing behind hey and is committed to supporting her continued growth and hey took to twitter to amom jews herself. this is what she said. i admit i used language publicly in the past that i am not proud of and there then she added several years ago i had many personal struggles and found myself in a place that's not representative of who i am as a r: jor safety concerns after a hot air balloon crashed in texas over the weekend killing all 16 people on board. investigators say they know what happened. the balloon was too low as it lifted off in san antonio never gained the height it needed. investigators say it flew directly into some high tension transmission lines which have so much voltage. a friend of the hot air balloon

spirit who loved being up in the air. weapon' list a really sweet individual. a lot of people will be affected. he was very well none because he helped people as well if you ever needed anything. >> anchor: investigators have recovered more than a dozen phones and cameras in the wreckage and they are hoping to get some more clues from pictures and videos. >> anchor: and we're getting a closer look now at general electric's plans for boston. ge released these pictures of its new four point channel. it's ex39ed to open in 2018 and will be home to 800 e e employees. the company is expected to rehabilitate two historic brick building on a 2.4 acre large campus. and historic shopping street newbury street will be closed to traffic this sunday so if you have plans to gut oh there it will be different. the city have beening cars from

pedestrian only walkway for sunday. so open newbury street is what we're talking about. mayor marty walsh said hoe may consider making it a regular thing if it goes successfully. >> anchor: all right, still to come here as we continue on 7 news at 5:00 a crazy car crash down south. witnesses race to get a driver out of danger when his car spins out of control. >> anchor: at 5:30 facing charges at least two people under arrest after police say they stole thousands of from atm's. >> anchor: plus, waiting on a winner. 1078 one picks the winning powerball numbers at a new hampshire grocery store. >> anchor: in just one hour, a ride in roxbury tax a troubling turn for one couple as they drive right into gunfire. we'll show you this incredible video. >> anchor: we're following more breaking news. a new warning officials telling pregnant women not to travel to parts of south florida as the sihka virus continues to spread there.

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spiraling down a street and then some. you saw it flip several times before finally coming to a rest upside-down. i mean, there is just debris everywhere. looks awful. officers rushed in to pull the deliver out of the car. >> anchor: officials say it was a miracle no one else was hurt. we couldn't pull them out of windows because the car was crashed. >> anchor: this tumbling crash shows the frightening moments when bystanders ran toward the wreck trying to save the drivers life as sm mangled sedan. people came over with fire extinguishers, put out the fire. we flipped the car back over, pull the guy out so he didn't burn alive. i start pulling him out and another guy probably about my age helps me. we pull him out of the car. then cops and paramedics did their job and took over the rest really. >> anchor: rescuers rushed the driver to a hospital by helicopter. officials say he had head trauma when his car lost control first

scooter dealership before it started flipping no one else was versus in the crash. something those good samaritans say they are so thankful for. the more people the better in a situation like this that helps somebody possibly save their life. if it wasn't for the by standers, he wouldn't have made it. at least this far. >> anchor: the good samaritans were able to rescue that driver from the sunroof. authorities are still investigating what caused that in the first place. >> anchor: coming up next on 7 news, getting ready for rio. right before the live i games. >> reporter: we do have a lot of clouds but not much in the way of rain. the forecast is up next. >> anchor: a judge giving her objection. what she said after a suspect appeared in her courtroom

>> anchor: dry pattern rolls on first week or perhaps two weeks of august. i don't see any rain heading for southern new england of we have the race a few showers overnight tonight and tomorrow morning, clearing skies tomorrow afternoon. warmer by the end of the week with more sunshine so your chance of rain this week again just a little bit possible tomorrow morning. otherwise dry for the rest of the week, there is a 10% chance of a spot thunder shower friday evening but again 10% chance probably not happening. this is where we have the rain

well as southern maine. there is ipswich, rochester out of the way, manchester, new hampshire, webster, meredith so this activity slides out over the waters doesn't bother us but i wouldn't mind if it bothered us. we do need that rain. metro boston clouds, yes, no rain. few showers and some rumblers have been moving out of new york state but as they slide east into this somewhat cool air they fall apart because those showers and downpours they like the hot, humid air to sustain themselves. and they can't find any in our part of the worldp in a shall with a 68, the city at weak little area of low pressure will wobble across new england tonight and that will keep the chance at least of a few isolated showers so i'm telling you there is a chance of a shower or two but what we really need is a day long rain or two or three of those but not happening not in the cards. that little weather system fades away do you remember the day tomorrow. wednesday we'll have mostly sunny skies, comfortable the temperatures on wednesday, upper 70's to around 80. high pressure will move to the

that will set up a southerly wind and that will boost temperatures into the upper 80's for some of you getting close to 90 degrees possible thursday and again on friday. tonight mostly cloudy an isolated shower 62 to 66. tomorrow morning clouds and a few random showers up until about noon and then i think after that party skste tomorrow afternoon it mat sak in there t but it will pop up. temperatures between 70 and 0 where you get sun first. new hampshire more so than the south shore or south coast. so that's tomorrow to mostly sunny skies and temperatures on wednesday in the upper 70's. so now here ewe are in the month of ought and tropics beginning to wake up. we aclump of thunderstorms in the hurricane center they actually sent a planwn tre to investigate that and they don't thiner significant or organized but unfortunately they had cancel their observations because the plane needed some maintenance so the planes heading back to hurricane ops and so we just have a clump of thunderstorms

across the caribbean sea and as we roll through august and more so into september this is when this is august 1 the season really ramps up even though officially the season is june 1 until november 30 it's usually mid ought until mid object with the peak september 10 when you find all of your tropical activity. 7 on 7 forecast, nothing tropical about that, partly to mostly sun ease skies warm but again not a lot of humidity by the end of the week thursday and friday 84 to 88. see >> anchor: alley rays man having a bit of fun. the needham native posting this picture yesterday showing some of the olympic pins she already picked up. she wrote pin trading like it's my day job. and teammate laurie hernandez posted a picture with a caption rare pic of mama ali tucking me in bed. >> anchor: u.s. olympics swimmer ryan lochte is trying out a new hair color he posted this picture on instagram sunday and wrote "new look and here we

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