to keep a local olympic swimmer ahead of the pack. >> jeremy: i will track showers and storms for the weekend. >> adam: a connecticut home destroyed, what investigators know about the cause of the explosion. >> jadiann: and how the people inside managed to make it out a stolen bike is returned to a beverly boy. realtime closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning. >> adam: with start with a construction worker rescued when part of his body is stuck? a cement mixer. a risky and dangerous rescue. >> jadiann: we are live in newton with the story. >> reporter: this man was working on new apartments in newton when this all happened. a tricky rescue because firefighters were trying to help the man but didn't want to hurt him more in the process.

the hospital after an awful accident. >> a delicate rescue. >> reporter: the worker slip and caught his foot in a working cement mixer. departments were called in to bring hand tools.

the force of the explosion sent pieces of a home flying and its collapsed. four people including a child had to be pulled from the debris. one adults and two kids were outside the house which had collapsed. four others including one under

from inside what was left of the home, investigators say the child had significant injuries. what i can tell you is that at least four people, we confirmed were in the house when its collapsed. several of them were outside when responders arrived and they were injured and have been transportsed to the hospital. since i have been here rescue crews pulledded a young child from the home. >> reporter: you can see police digging through the debris and the explosion did not leave much serious condition. the cause is under investigation. in the newsroom, ryan schulteis. >> jadiann: some of boston's finest fighting for the city to protect police. the police union calling for better protective gear like helmets and vests. tim tim caputo is live at boston police headquarters. >> tim: that police union september a letter of demands to the mayor and police commissioner asking for more

firepower. tonight the boston police commissioner said the letter is self was offensive but he does understand their concerns. police officers were ambushed at murdered in dallas and baton rouge and many believe not enough is being done here. in a scathing letter to the commissioner william evans the police union said enough is enough and begged officers and equipment. we have requested long guns for the pal officers and we now demand it. a very new hostile environment that we live in and it is a requirement that to be able to quickly neutralize a threat we require long guns. the heed is necessary and now. commissioner evans thought the letter was offensive. >> it is what it is.

pictures of of a new ice cream truck. the letter says you can sink we shall overcome until the cows come home but that won't stop arrival rounds aimed at police officer's chest. officers are being targeted, but the commissioner believes the leter from the union was a bit much. >> it is a hard time to be an everyone feels underattack and i think he's speaking from the heart. i some of the words he used are a little offensive but it is a hard time to and police officer. so i know where he's coming from >> tim: they have been reviewing everything but have not made a decision on whether they find it

live from roxbury, tim caputo. >> adam: one night away from the opening ceremonies and a live look from rio de janeiro. calm night ahead of festivities. lots of colors there, too. many athletes settling in for their last night hoping to get aed in night's sleep, because up next is fierce competition. let's get that nancy chen live in rio with key story lines before opening night. >> nancy: hey there adam, good than 24 hours away from the opening ceremony. and with all the excitement building up security is as tight as ever, we have seen it all around us here, seeing the sights in rio and greetded with heavily armed soldiers from the sands of copacabana threat police are looking for threats, big and small. and authorities are on high alert on the olympic torch route

cauldron, lit tomorrow night with the world and athletes watching. among them russian olympians cleared to compete. earlier tonight a big story line, the international olympic committee approved the entry of 271 russian at loots. that means only 70% of the country's original team will compete following revelations of states backed doping. the ioc reskrekted calls to ban and the local athletes have been settling in before competition begins. and i had chance to catch up with alley, one-on-one and she said she was in the practice arena for the first time tonight. and she's having a great time in the olympic village, trading pins and getting to know athletes. she said she almost flipped over the table to get to him, and not

>> i met him very briefly and yesterday we saw them a couple of times, it is cool to be around the best athletes in the world and having fun pin trading and meeting athletes and everyone is excited, and here for the same reason. it is greats to bonds over all the hard work and how excited we are to represent our country. >> nancy: she is one of our local athletes in rio and dozens will go for gold and trng england proud. and before they head to the olympics i talked to them about their journeys. six olympic medals and one super bowl ring, some of what athletes from new england bring to the table. returning to rio for her second games as the captain of the u.s. gymnastics team. she and the fierce five were a force to be reckoned with in london and with a new team she says she's looking to do it

olympics and having the whole world come together. >> reporter: kayla made history when she was the first american to win gold in judo. ready to defend her title, but during our conversation she admitted she still getsmer vows. >> when you are care this much you will nervous about the results. but i know i'm prepared and i have done everything to be ready. >> reporter: and rhode island native is looking to make a splash. appearance for the captain of the u.s. swim team. >> i'm just excited to swim the first day and literally have seven days of just watching the olympics. watching the best supporting event, and i get to do it in person. and its will be really exciting to me. >> nancy: the games are a first for new england patriot safety lee ebner.

he tried out for the rugby team. one of the biggest sports competition and how do you not want to be a part of that? really, those thoughts were flooding my mind. along with what type of regret would i feel if i didn't try to do it. >> of course we are exciteed to cheer them all on. live in rio, nancy chen. >> adam: thank you so far. coming up later, elizabeth and the rest of the a... a party before arriving in rio. they released a video showing they are talented outside of the pool as well. and turning to the race for the white house, donald trump campaigning in new england and dealing with another potential controversy, but this time around his wife. the trump campaign responding to new questions about melania.

states, when she was a model. and whether it was legal for her to work here. number uncovered photos reportedly placed her in the u.s. in 1995 a year before she and trump say she first arrived. and in february she said this. >> i had visa. firing back on twitter calling it inaccurate and misinformation. saying she was always in full compliance with emigration laws. and trump's aides and operatives and even supporters are pleading with him to get back to basics. trump in portland maine where protesters interrupted holling up copies of pocket constitution and trump mentioning boston and the fight on immigration. >> the boston bombers, what a horrible thing that was. arrived will you the political asylum process. and we are letting people come

shouldn't and loued. >> trump mostly stayed away from the topic and focus on the iran payment controversy. >> adam: president obama clearing things bup claim has $400 million sent to iran amounted to a ransom to release u.s. hostages from that country. >> we announce the payments in january. many months ago. it wasn't a secret. wenn to all of you. josh did a briefing on them. and this wasn't some nefarious deal. we were completely open with everybody and it is interesting how suddenly this became a story again. we do not pay ransom for hostages. >> adam: the "wall street journal" said it was part of a settlement of a financial dispute between the two countries. and hillary clinton rallying

spent time touring a local truck company praising it as a sample of how small businesses can succeed. and secret service agents rushed to her side as animal rights protesters approached the stage. nevada is among the top battleground states in this year's fall election. >> jadiann: jr is here tracking storms. >> jeremy: a timeline coming up in a bit. >> adam: a local teenager is reyou nighted with a bike left to him by a late brother. >> jadiann: and we will check in with nancy chen in rio with how some athletes blow off some steam before the competition. for all those pokers, prodders, shuckers and sniffers, all stop & shop produce is triple checked. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess.

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>> adam: breaking news, here's details with brandon gunnoe. >> reporter: this is in jamaica plain on the conner of washington street and school street happening at about ten. the airbag came off the other car and the police officer was taken to brigham & women's hospital and we are told he is doing okay with non-life threatening injuries. we don't know the condition of the other driver but it does not appear to be serious but they have a couple of blocks closed off. brandon gunnoe. >> adam: back where it belongs a beverly boy gets a bike and more importantly, it is a cherished memory. we told you last night how the boy's brother gave him the bike before the brother passed away. >> jadiann: the bic is back thanks to a 7 news viewer. kimberly? >> reporter: in little boy and his permanent have been through so much and they turned to us

viewers came to their aide. a boy and his bike reunited and yes, it feels so good. >> i was like wow, i can't believe they found it. you see earlier in week he left the bike outside of a friend's house in beverly and someone took off with it. he was devastated because it belonged to his big brother who died unexpectedly this past winter. >> my brother passed away in january. and the family burned to us for help in finding the bike and wednesday night we told what you to keep an eye out for. >> aden had a special connection with this bike and that would be wonderful if he could get it back. >> reporter: that plea stuck with a 7 news viewer. >> the story was called in and a commuter getting on the trains to beverly depot saw the story, and saw a bike that looked similar to it. >> reporter: the am commute the conductor wouldn't let the bike

it hundred dollar and the viewer led police right to it. >> this individual could have got on the train and not followed up on it. and we are grateful he called. >> reporter: returning a piece of what was taken from this boy. and police are working with the mbta to review surveillance video from the train station in hopes of fundsing a person who took in bike. 7 news nightteam. >> adam: that it will stay this way to days like this. jade skaid i thought why couldn't it be like in all year-long. but that makes us appreciate the days, so nice like this. >> jeremy: i tell you what, though, the drought is a serious situation, but getting a couple of rainy days and washout days could not be a bad thing. to the first of january, running

ved that out over a couple of rainy days, and rainstorm bus this time of year it is tough to get the widespread significant rain unless you get something from the anticipate and you don't want to root for that. best you can do is get scattered showers and storms. the next chance on saturday afternoon a sixty% chance of showers and storms from this weather system here. a cold front coming through the great lakes states and they are scattered in nature. in sweep through the states and to new england. high pressure in control and through the day tomorrow. tonight mostly clear and comfortable, sif 7 to 64 and for tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, low humidity temperatures between 83 and 88. southwest wind about 5-11. beaches and sunshine, great beach day, water temperatures 75 and air temperatures 77 to 82 and use the sunscreen tarks sun is mighty strong in august.

tomorrow afternoon, south wind 5-15 knots. pearl jam taking over the house tomorrow night. looks like fun out there. sunday night's show will be good and temperatures in the mid80s. here comes the cold front for the weekend, scattered showers and storms, and i was partial to them. and in the a washout, one of the best chance of storms would be to 7:00 on saturday evening. and in any event is blows through here and sunday mostly clear and less humid. and other breezy side with temperatures both weekend days in the midand up are 80s. we have the panamas challenge,

>> jadiann: the nightteam's nance chen is live for us tonight in rio de janeiro. hi nancy! >> nancy: hey guys i'm in the running away from the camera.

we talked about the u.s. swim team coming to ri , no style but before they left they decided to have fun on the road. ? u.s. post, michael phelps, and rhode island's elizabeth joying the rest of the team, karaoke. they belted out miley cyrus's party in the usa among other songs. michael got a call from his mom and he commitly told her he would give her a cal back. >> adam: you spoke with the swim team captain before she left and singing and dancing is nothing new for her. we understand?

bit about her prerace routine, something she does to get the juices flowing. she and her co-captain allison dance to rihanna's "cheers." >> we did it at trials and we are definitely going to do it. it is a tradition that we do it. and statistically swim faster when we do it. so that is something we want to do. and it is just something really helps us than joy it and keeps the mood light. it can death serious at the olympics. >> nancy: we will have to see how well it works when she races, saturday night in the 400 meter individual immediately. we will cheer her on. >> jadiann: you look great. she is pulling a lots of hours, and nancy will be here bright and early tomorrow morning on

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