>> now at 7 the zika virus triggering new travel warnings right here in the u.s. >> reporter: tracking one last chance of showers and then sunshine makes its return? a man accused of setting his own home on fire. landing him in court. >> anchor: a them driving into danger. >> anchor: closing the pay gap. a new law on beacon hill making history. >> anchor: and david ortiz a surprise and giving students a wake up call. >> anchor: a special message from big poppy. >> 7 news at 7 starts now. >> anchor: we begin with breaking news in boston. a couple catching the whole thing on dash cam after making a wrong turn.

custody. their gps sent them into the gun fire. >> anchor: the driver throwing it into reverse. kelly o'hara with more on this close call. >> reporter: it's a sight and sound no one wants to hear. a gun being fired feet away. saturday afternoon that's exactly what happened to one couple when their gps led them down the wrong road in roxbury. you can see the men running and shooting at each something that doesn't make police commissioner bill evans happy. >> this particular incident is troubling and hopefully we get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: and he wants to know who was involved. >> we're working on the video. we have it out to every officer. we're looking for the identities of these 2. >> reporter: as for the people who live around here they say it's why many people are afraid to open their doors and look out their window.

to the leg. like they say it is what it is. >> being here for a bunch of years. >> scared to open their door. >> when i'm in the house i close and lock my door. i hear the sounds but i don't run to the windows to see and look. not at all. >> reporter: kelly o'hara 7 news. >> anchor: on to the developing story in the fight against the zika virus. issuing a new warning for pregnant women. expecting not to travel to a certain part of miami. there are 10 new cases in that state all likely transmitted by mosquitos. >> anchor: that brings the total number of infections up to 14. >> reporter: and the cdc says pregnant women need to watch out and avoid going to a specific part of miami. 14 cases in that area. now florida's governor says that

square mile neighborhood north of miami. door to door in that area testing residents. governor rick scott asked the centers for disease control to send an emergency response team to help the florida health department to deal with the problem. >> we asked for the response team that will help with collection efforts with lab with mosquito control. and then mosquito boards we're doing and continue the state we will be successful. >> reporter: cdc pregnant women should talk to doctors about exposure. at the breaking news desk ryan schulteis 7 news. >> anchor: 7 news turns to your forecast. the weather clouding up in boston. it was muggy over cast for most of the day in the city and parts outside the city. what are we expecting tonight? jeremy reiner back from vacation

forecast. >> reporter: we have the clouds now. isolated showers. there was a batch through the new hampshire sea coast. it's from a weak weather system that is way out here in northern york state. there are steadier showers even some downpours. as we work through tonight that will drift across southern new england. we hold on to the clouds. risk of beneficial rain. nothing wide spread unfortunately for the drought. after that drifts out of new england we focus on getting the sunshine back into the region. talk about that and the forecast for the week in a few minutes. >> now on 7. the homeowner charged with igniting trouble on the north shore. >> it is suspicious in origin. >> tonight investigators left with burning questions. >> anchor: fire fighters say that home went up in flames in a

on arson charges. kimberly bookman has the details. >> reporter: investigators believe the fire was intentionally set by the homeowner. police say 57 year old timothy brosnon admitted it. >> he stated i did it. i poured gasoline. my wife is moving in tomorrow. >> reporter: during recent divorce proceedings told his wife would live in the house. brosnon set the fire. >> going through a difficult time in his life. the end of a 27 year marriage with 3 beautiful children. >> reporter: he was polite and responsive to police. letting them know on scene that no one was in the house including the family pet.

comes to living breathing things. >> reporter: brosnon appeared to be drinking.laughed as his house went up in flames. his long time friend who says he's never been in trouble before it's hard to believe. >> he's a nice kind man. he would help anywhere, anytime, do anything for you. that's out of character. >> reporter: the suspect is dangerousness hearing on wednesday. his wife took out a restraining order. >> anchor: a hot pursuit in new bedford ending in an arrest this afternoon. police stopped a suspect accused of leading them on a high speed chase. police using the cruisers to block in the suspect's cars you see there. ended in new bedford. state police found weapons in

ran from police in the first place. new video of another chase as police were wrapping up one scene in new bedford cameras catch another police chase racing by. there it is. the video shows as reporters were interviewing witnesses about the first chase sirens in the background and another chase. the car comes racing down the road while police cars after it. >> anchor: crews working to get the suv on its right side. the vehicle over turned on the median between the ramps for the highway there. there it goes. no word on injuries or what caused the crash. >> anchor: sky 7 over the mass pike today after a tractor trailer got stuck in the u-turn lane. police had to close the highway to one lane. it did cause major back ups. it is cleared up now.

cashing in on a string of atm robberies. accused of breaking into hundreds of atms across new england. prosecutors say the men stole cars and phones. phones that were able to trace their location back to the crimes. >> the nights of the break ins these gentleman are disciplined enough to put them in airplane mode. in some cases the turn off during the course of the break in and then turn on on the way home. >> anchor: neither man's face is seen in the surveillance footage. >> anchor: more news at 7 o'clock closing the gap for equal pay rights in massachusetts. governor baker leveling the playing field when it comes to how women are paid. amaka ubaka with more from the

>> reporter: a historic day in massachusetts as governor charlie baker signs the equal pay bill into law. >> this is a good day. better late than never. >> reporter: the law fights against gender discrimination in the work place and gets the state closer to achieving income equality. experts say women make 82 cents on the dollar of what a man makes. >> we would be one of the states in the country to pass legislation to ensure people are paid what they are worth. >> i am shocked. i am shocked that this happened. >> reporter: in 1989 dore obligaty was one of the cafeteria workers arguing that they get paid half as much as men for doing the same work. >> it means so much because of all my fellow workers that i worked with no longer with us.

comparable work for men and women, and establishes protections so companies review compensation practices and fix them. >> wage equality is not just a woman's issue. it is a family issue. >> reporter: lawmakers say that this is a great start towards equal pay for equal work. they say in the future they'll be looking at paid family leave. outside the state ubaka 7 news. >> anchor: ashland ue dog stuck .fighters jumped in to help animal control officers. eventually able to pull the dog out to safety. >> anchor: ge releasing plans today for new global headquarters in the city's fort point neighborhood. the campus is expected to open

employees. and a new 12 story building on 2.4 acre plot. new berry street closed to traffic this sunday. the city is banning cars 10 to 6 to make it a pedestrian only walk way. it's called open new berry street. it's a test run. >> anchor: a patriots legend honored today. 3 times super bowl champion kevin talk hall of fame. >> anchor: saw tom brady out there to. falk racked up more yards than any player in history. helped lay the foundation for the patriot way. >> what a pleasure to spend as many years as i did in the back field with him. and his commitment to our team was exceptional.

but when you were standing 2 feet from him and you knew that he had your back on every play you knew what was going on. >> anchor: falk is the 25th patriot to be inducted. 7 news is your home for the patriot opener. sunday september 11th. >> anchor: pounding it out. a gorilla gets up close and personal franklin park zoo. >> reporter: that is close. tracking showers overnight tonight and tomorrow morning. forecast up next. >> anchor: getting a call from big poppy. a group of young students are going to want to check their voicemail. >> are you one of those people who prides yourself in keeping a clean house. >> if you're one of those folks we're jealous of you.

>> a wild encounter at the franklin park zoo. it's a gorilla lunging at the glass. that animal making the move as a tourist was just out there with the camera trying to get video of the exhibit. the adult silver back leaving him absolutely stunned. >> anchor: so experts now say

business. jennifer eagan has the story you saw first on 7. >> reporter: an unexpected encounter captured on camera. this gorilla on all 4s slowly looking around before standing up and leaping against the glass. >> whoa. >> he was fast. it was like lightning. >> reporter: mark shot the video while checking out the exhibit at the franklin park zoo with michelle. >> no one wasan >> reporter: they had been watching okie for 10 minutes. noticing he was communicating with the crowd. >> i said i wish i caught that on video. i started filming. >> reporter: once the gorilla started pounding his chest he knew it wasn't going to be long before okie did something memorable. >> with a huge karate chop. >> whoa. >> it was so loud.

sledge ham and hit the window. >> reporter: a way of claiming territorial boundaries. the behavior is nothing new. over the years he's learned to get a response from guests. the couple says they were happy to catch the experience on video. >> thank god the glass was there. i felt like he was coming through the glass it was so loud. >> reporter: jennifer eagan. >> anchor: sounds like he knew how to ge >> anchor: 15 seconds of fame there. >> anchor: and he did it. >> anchor: all right grass was happy over the weekend jeremy. today pretty okay. it looks like the heat's coming back. >> reporter: the dry pattern rolls o. the last couple of days we've had a break from 90 degree heat. upper 80s by thursday and friday. july eighth driest july on record for the city of boston.

of rain. we picked up 9/10 inch of rain. you go back to june 2.2 inches of rain. many cities and towns running a 5 inch deficit. we need more rain. this is the best i can do. isolated showers tonight through tomorrow morning. the highest chance of rain tomorrow is before noon. then we are dry essential for the rest of let week. but again only a doppler radar showing that we have a few light sprits and spr. 1 or 2 in new york as well as pennsylvania. thiscloser to that weather system. as the weather system moves across southern new england tonight we'll have isolated showers. these storms were bread in the afternoon heating of the sun.

the world there will be a shower or a down pour. no heat in the upper 60s and low 70s. the city at 70. cape and the island rise eked out a nice day. so the maps will have low pressure through southern new england in the morning. continue to drift away from us in the evening. high pressure takes over. a nice day on wednesday. temperatures in the upper 70s to around 80. on thursday the high south new england. and that will boost temperatures into the upper 80s with a little more humidity around. not overwhelming. tonight mostly cloudy. isolated showers. morning cloud wise an isolated shower. partly sunny by mid to late afternoon tomorrow. wide range of temps. with the sun near 80. with the northeast wind and clouds in metro boston in the lower 70s.

fitchburg at 78. jaffrey at 81. cape and the islands morning upon clouds. chatham at 75. the middle of the week and the end of week great beach weather. sunny skies. in terms of the drought not enough rain drops on that forecast. >> anchor: no that's okay. >> anchor: no that's all right. the lawn suspect saying yes please. >> anchor: that's true. david ortiz boston public schools to strike out against tardiness. >> anchor: big poppy recorded wake up calls for students chronically late. we'll let you listen now. >> wake up. it's david ortiz of the boston red sox. get out of bed and ready for school. your future is yours. >> what a fun afternoon. >> anchor: it works. could have yell today to wake them up.

motivation than alarm clock. marty walsh says he wishes he has something like this when he was in school. >> it's exciting that big poppy is going to awaken kids. a great way to get your school going. that would have been great in our day. who would woken us up a long time ago? jim rice or bobby or. >> anchor: coming up new do in rio. ry your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives.

s like stop & shop's nature's promise brand. great prices on over 800 items.

at longhorn, steak is all you need. its not all you get. longhorn's great american steak dinner for $12.99. perfectly seasoned sirloin with your choice of side. plus an appetizer or a dessert. all with fresh salad and unlimited bread. the great american steak dinner, for 12.99. tonight, only at longhorn steakhouse.

and for lunch try our steakhouse burger or any steakhouse lunch combo starting at $7. >> team u.s.a. on the road to rio. one of the u.s.'s top swimmers ready to go. >> anchor: ryan lot key is trying out a new hair color. it's not gray. i think it might be platinum. he wrote a new look here we go. nancy chen is in rio covering the action up to the opening ceremony. her live reports starts this thursday.

>> well that's all of our time for 7 news at 7. jadiann thompson in for kim khazei. >> anchor: always a pleasure to

fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the waer'st. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online.

? dogs - sure can be messy. but with nexgard, their flea and tick killer doesn't have to be. nexgard, the vet's #1 choice for dogs, is a delicious, beef-flavored chew that kills both fleas and ticks. so it's easy to give, easy to take. reported side effects include vomiting, itching, diarrhea, lethargy and lack of appetite. use with caution in dogs with a history of seizures. why mess around? for powerful flea and tick protection, as

first lady exposed. the donald's surprising reaction to the front-page stories today. >> now on "extra." ? ? the oval office, the screaming headline everyone is talking about just uncovered. naked melania pics. will they derail the donald? >> it's part of her past. >> his last interview about melania before she became mrs. trump. >> she's as beautiful as she is inside as she is outside. and dancing duo kym johnson