the city of somerville legally appealed a state environmental permit, citing concerns about the impact of the casino on the mystic river and the environment. by tuesday, the city choose not to appeal the decision to grant the permit. >> it's a mess out there. they're abandoned barges, piles, contamination, everything you can think of. we have to clean all that in. >> officials say they will restore the shoreline dredging 8-acres, making the harbor a place every one can enjoy. >> thiss we're excited about it. >> the city can still appeal the water waste permit, with the state superior court. they have until august 22 to do that. it's scheduled to be officially opened in june, 2019. 7 news. anchor: a final fair wel for a 7-year old boy, kyzr willis drown attending a city operated summer camp last week. so today, friends, family, and even boston's mayor gourd for

here is a look at the young boy. >> reporter: morningstar baptist chump here was packed with folks who came to mourn the loss of this little boy who was described as playful and loving. a horse drawn hearse carrying away the body of 7-year old kyzr willis, family members dressed in white followed behind down blue hill avenue. >> kyzr s energetic, and just full of life. >> he died tragically last week. police say it was an accidental drowning at the community center day camp in south boston. >> he was such a lovely little boy. definitely going to be missed. >> his parents said their painful goodbyes, as others tried to console them.

>> we love him. so bubbly, so energetic, anyone who knows him, he's just a good kid. >> millionaire -- mayor marty walsh also paying his reports. of of respects. family members say it will be hise ci of boston there is change today because of my negativeu. the future and that's what we need to recognize it, another family will not have to go through this tragedy again. >> reporter: of course this tragedy touched many across the city. today, bishop john told his parents that when he was born, he was their son. but that on july 26, when tragedy struck, he became boston's son.

mattapan. >> anchor: now the fight against isis. president obama delivering a strong message about the terror group. he spoke from the pentagon about an hour ago. >> he said the u.s. will not stop until isis has been shattered. let's get to ryan for the story. >> the president addressed the nation after meeting with the national security council. he's satisfied with the progress u.s. forces are making against the terror group isil has not had a major successful offensive operation in syria or iraq in a full rather. even isil's leaders know they're going to keep losing. their message to followers, increasingly acknowledging they may lose mosul and raqqa, and isil is right. they will. we'll keep hitting them and driving them out until they do. in other words, isil turns out invincible. they are in fact inevitably going to be defeated.

strikes in libya. >> a serious crash involving a suv and tractor trailer, happened on route 495 on the northbound side. one person had to be taken to the hospital. via helicopter. officialshad to shut down the highway in both directions for a little while. right now all lanes are back open. >> anchor: a break in, police responded to a call about a home invasion. a couple told -- inside told police a group of men broke loaded guns. police are now warning that these guns are out on the street. they do say the homeowner has a license to carry and that the guns were in a safe inside the home. >> anchor: boston's fire commissioner saying today 3 large fires in july were started by people disposing of cigarettes or smoking materials carelessly. says the large fires all started outside while people were on their decks. he stressed while it's good

>> we're in a significant heat wave. not a lot of rain. there is a lot of dry brush, leaves, you know, rubbish, material that accumulates that doesn't make much for a cigarette with a little wind, little anything to get that debris going, which in turn causes these significant fires. >> anchor: no one was hurt in the fires but the damage totaled more than $10 million. >> anchor: all right. let's get into the new england patriot nate ebner is going for cold in rio. >> his teammates back here definitely cheering for him. here is a lock at his -- look at his experience. >> reporter: his teammates are preparing for the nfl season, nate ebner is gearing up for a different kind of contact sport getting ready to roll with the u.s. men's rugby team.

capturing palm trees and beautiful mountain, the caption, first practice in rio unreal. team u.s.a. posted this video of ebner, fellow player madison hughes and other teammates. we 130 to him about the sport he's -- support he's received including matthew. >> i texted matt every other day. he's asking what this is like. trying to send him pictures, and let him know how it's going. like i said on the s, support. i can't say enough about that. >> anchor: ebner team u.s.a. get their first taste of game action tuesday against argentineaire. live, 7 news. >> anchor: very cool. the opening ceremony in rio is tomorrow night already. >> not that we're counting down, right? and in the days to come, the venues there will fill up with people watching the athletes all competing for gold. nancy chen is in rio giving us a

will take place. >> reporter: competition information the olympic games will be happening all over the city. rio is showcasing the best locations to really make it all shine. >> over the course of 19 days, more than 10,000 athletes are going for gold in rio, hoping to be the world's best in 28 different sports. rio is hoping to shine as well, the first south america city to ever host an olympic game. and trying to make a splash organizing venues around the most iconic sites. clusters in the city, with a journey officially kicking off america eye, the legendary soccer stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the soccer finals. in the north, home to rugby 7, as well as equestrian, and rio's famous beach will get a starring role as the home to beach volleyball. the heart of the olympics will be here in e, the home of the

athletes are staying. this is where the world's best gymnasts, tennis players and swimmer will compete. behind me, the aquatic stadium where michael phelps, katie, missy franklin will compete. these arenas will host judo, wrestlepping, basketball and they're supposed to represent the mountains of rio. this is where it all happens. the world coming together in a spectacular celebration of those venues will all be opening up shortly. the olympic park isn't open to the public just yet. the opening ceremony will bring every one in after friday. 7 news. >> anchor: and the olympic zone begins tonight right here on 7 news. everything you need to know about the games. tonight at 7:30 right here on 7. nbc. >> coming up here on 7 news a local boy begged thieves to return a very special facical, the bike was a gift from late

to 7 news for help.

>> anchor: we wanted to tell you about braintree police posting a gun challenge on social media, trying to show how hard it is between a fake and real gun. so the picture you see here shows 8 different guns, only one of them is real.

pellet guns that they've taken off the streets. braintree police chief says it's easier to make the right call when you have time to carefully look at each time. when officers are on-the-job and have seconds to make that choice it's much harder. >> you presented with something hike this here, you have only seconds to make a decision. maybe split seconds. that decision is mostly to use deadly force. these guns, you can see they have the decocking leave here. this is made to look like a rilistic handgun. >> he sports marking fake guns are red stripes and warns parents to make sure kids are supervised if they use pellet kids. >> a happy ending for a benchly team. we told you how 13-year old boy had his bike stolen. the bike was a gift from his brother who passed away. the bike was found and let

>> good ending to that story. the week ends on a sunny note.

th >> reporter: all right. let's get the bad news out of the way. the drought situation has worsened. they update these once a week. the severe category has expanded

year, many cities and towns running about 7 to 8-inches of rain and melted snow, below normal. the best we can do over self days, cold front coming through. they don't have widespread rain. they pop off scattered showers and storms. next one slated for saturday afternoon. not to advertise a washout on saturday afternoon. that would be the next chance of beneficial rain t down side, could be lightning and brief gusty winds as well. dew pointpe around 50. now we flip to the good news. because there is no water in the ground, no moisture added to the air. it's warm,ry heat. 70s and 80s. that arrows temperatures to cool off during the evening hours. bid ford, 85. boston, 78. here is next weather system kicking scattered showers and storms through wisconsin and minnesota. this has a long way to go. so it's not going to pester you tomorrow. mostly sunny skies tomorrow, clear skies tonight.

lots of supervise tomorrow. low humidity,nc 83-88. weekend sunday, mostly sunny skies. that's the easy day. we'll get that out of the way. saturday, mix of clouds and sun. between 2 and 7:00 p.m., the window if anything will happen at all for showers. see you at 7:00. >> spending time with team u.s.a. flag bearer. a short will pes, as you can see. he's the most decorated olympian of all time, and towering over the 3 members of the u.s. gymnastics team. they weren't short on smiles there. >> anchor: and gymnastics at her gym in burlington -- showing support for -- more than 100 athlete decked out in red, white, blue. looking gorgeous there. wishing alley, her coach and all of team u.s.a. good luck in rio.

rhode island native looking to go out on top. what will likely be her final game. left honden with a silver and bronze. >> hoping to capture that elusive gold medal in here is more on tonight's hometown hero. >> as a veteran, elizabeth beisel is use to being on the world's biggest stage. even though she's been here before she says she's looking forward to making the best of it. in 2008, 15-year old eliza on the u.s. olympics swim team. >> i was so, you know, like a deer in a headlights, on a team with michael phelps, i was so young. >> 8 years later she's running for her third olympic games as captain. >> i think for me wish my role on the team is not necessarily winning the medals or being the face of the sport. it's more behind the scenes, being a cheerleader.

made a splash of the age of 5. >> the ocean state, i absolutely loved the water. i wouldn't sleep unless i got a work out in. so my parents sort of got the energy out of me like plunking me in a pool. >> started in the local swim team, then massachusetts to join the blue fish swim country club. >> thank god for my parents. they drove me there and back every day without a question. just for me to live my olympic dream. so i pretty much oall my succ >> here parents in her home state supporting her all the way. >> rhode island has been the biggest support system i've had since my olympic journey. i have an anchor tattoo for rhode island. >> she will compete in an event where she took silver in london, but this team -- >> i to know this is possibly my last olympics.

leaving my olympic experience the way i want to leave it. >> possible end to a chapter many years in the making. >> it's really been an amazing journey. i've seen amazing stuff. michael phelps won gold melds, so many world records brow. i've made the best friends of my life. i really would not change a thing about the journey i have been on for team u.s.a. >> once she finishes the race on saturday, she pla rest of team u.s.a. nancy chen, 7 news. >> tonight we'll dive into her prerace routine. how she prepares to go for the gold, coming up tonight at 11. >> if you think of an technical training camp of one gig game of musical chairs, pretty talented guys standings when the music stops september 3.

53 roster spots is heated. brian stork is losing ground on the rest of the offensive line. according to the herald, jeff, the center is dealing with other concussion. 4th in 4 years dating back to his last season in college. as far as quarterbacks are concerned, alex is in foxboro with more on this. >> with jimmy starting the first month of the season, the patriots third round pick, jacoby, an injury >> big, stroke kid that can run. probably help him in the pocket, maybe out of the pocket. we'll see. we haven't got to situations yet. he's got physical talented. >> 64--he has a good combination of size and athleticism t rookie quarterback knows he has a long way to go but putting in the work to get there. >> not getting comp placent with learning. trying to unfold different

asleep with his playbook every night. he does just about the same trying to get up to speed in the first nfl training camp. but it doesn't hurt, he's learning from the best, tom brad a getting plenty off advice from jimmy. >> the group is awesome together. and helping each other out. and learning from each other. going out there competing against each other. >> and taking advantage of his front row seat, observing all the ways that future hall >> i don't know how to put it into words. he's a role model, not just my but a lot of players. >> 7 sports. >> thank you. for the first time since late april, the rox playoff standing is officially on the ropes. 9 of 13. sox are tied with detroit. the latest set back with the most reliable starting pitcher on the mound. entered wednesday night with

four hits, 8 inning complete game effort against the mariners, 3 of the 4 left the yard, that was enough to suck the life out of the red sox. boston looking to sal vietnam the split tonight. a bright spot, 22-year old out fielder collecting the first isecond big league base hits. a broken bat liner to right in the 8th. betty baseball coming up with 2 of the sox night's outing. forget russell westbrook, thunder keeping him in oklahoma city with a new 3 year, $85 million estension, a surprise. was set to become a free agent at the end of the year. revolution trading away charles davies, philadelphia union. scored14 goals in 4 seasons. that's it for sports.

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tonight, tale of a tape. donald trump and the video he claims he saw despite no evidence that it exists. a new firestorm amid new questions about how melania trump came to america. knife attack horror. an american woman stabbed to death on a london professor's wife. five others wounded amid fears of terrorism. what investigators are now saying. major mob bust. dozens arrested on a laundry list of charges. and the americans to watch. some familiar faces, some new hoping to strike gold here in rio. plus matt lauer with michael phelps. why he says this olympics is so different as we reach the eve of the games.