>> christa: breaking news, pulled off a plane and stuck in rio, two u.s. swimmers facing questions this morning after they say they were robbed at gunpoint. >> sarah: a warning to women in the back bay, a peeping tom keeping residents on alert. >> christa: offender locked up. who police say he exposed himself to this time around. >> sarah: and whitey bulger trying to overturn his conviction. appealing his case to the highest court in the land. >> this is 7news "today in new england." ism good thursday morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. it's 4:30 a.m. i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. we have plenty of news from rio, but first a check on your

right now it's 58 in norwood. 71 in boston. so we have lower humidity and cooler air mass in place and it's mainly dry across much of our area right now. you get back into western new england, western connecticut and even into the hudson valley of new york, there are some showers out there. there may be one or two of these that make the trip near the mass pike, along the mass pike and south this morning. so the main batch stays south, but there have been a couple showers trying the sneak into southern new england. don't be surprised if there is a passing shower t otherwise the weather is quiet throughout the day. the afternoon shower chance should be north and west of 495. even there it will be isolated. warm this afternoon. but warmth with the humanity running on the lower side, so we do enjoy a nice afternoon. not only today but really more dry weather on friday and even into the weekend. more on that forecast coming up. >> sarah: breaking news, two tractor-trailers collide on i-90 east in auburn.

tractor-trailers rear-ended the other. auburn fire rescue says one person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. for more on how the roads are looking, let's send it over to danielle gersh with a fast track alert. >> danielle: good morning, everyone. this accident already causing delays of about 24 minutes and not very many of you on the road. you saw those pictures. they did not look good. this happened eastbound on the pike in auburn right at route 290 there. so as the morning progresses, probably going to see those delays get even worse. closer to a couple work crews still out there if you're headed into town on 93 southbound. no issues on route 1678 braintree to boston northbound on the expressway, only about ten minutes. ten minutes routes 3, 24 and 95 all looking good. check those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. braintree to boston, northbound on the expressway, 12 minutes into town on the pike from 128. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge 11 minutes this morning. back to you, guys. >> sarah: and we're following

flight in rio as they're trying to fly home. this is new video of the pair leaving the airport in rio after authorities detained them. jack conger and gunner bentz were two of the swimmers who were allegedly robbed in brazil, but this morning there are questions about their story. >> christa: so this news comes as a british newspaper is reporting that a member of the team of great britain was also out. let's go to 7's nancy chen who has the latest. >> nancy into question. now goad medalist ryan lochte, who claims he and teammates were robbed at gunpoint after a night of partying, is on the defense. he spoke with nbc's matt lauer. i said, "ryan, there are people out here, there is script similar that you made this story up along with these other swimmers to cover up some other form of embarrassing behavior." he stopped me quickly. he strongly denied that, said it's absolutely not the case. i wouldn't make up a story like this, nor would the others.

it makes us look bad. we're victims in this. >> nancy: but now police say they haven't found evidence to support his account. a brazilian judge found contradictions in the swimmers' reports. lochte told the "today show" host that authorities never seemed to question his account. >> he said never during the questioning did they question his truthfulness. as a matter of fact, they seemed to support everything he said, and at one point they said, "thank you," and they congratulating him on his rf >> nancy: in security video obtained by the daily mail online, you see the swimmers returning to the olympic village the morning after they say they were held up. the judge cited this video, ordered the passports of lochte and teammate jimmy feigen be seized. the judge says the men appeared to be joking. they didn't seem to be shaken physically or psychologically. lochte is already back in the states. in his conversation with lauer, he denied he made anything up, but his story has changed.

bush on sunday, bob, he said that's when the guy took the gun, put it to his forehead and cocked it. tonight he said, that's when the guy pointed the gun in my head and cocked. i said, you had said before it was placed on your forehead and cocked. he said, no, that's not exactly what happened. he feels it was more of a traumatic mischaracterization. i think people at home might that's up to people to decide. >> nancy: lochte's teammates were preventing from leaving the country. jack conger and gunner bentz were taken off their flight to the united states and brought in for questions. lochte's lawyer insists he did nothing wrong, something the swimmer reiterated to the "today show" host. >> he said nobody at the time he was talking to law enforcement would say, hey, it would be a great idea if you stick around rio while the investigation unfolds. we high want to talk to you.

so meantime, action in rio continued yesterday. the u.s. made history once again. let's go back to 7's nancy chen with more on that. >> and the fans applauding his every stride. >> nancy: usain bolt all smiles, finishing first in his 200m semifinal. the world's fastest man made it look all too easy, leading the entire race, only challenged at the end by kenya's andre degrasse. >> degrasse is not one to be messed with. >> nancy: the two friends sharing a look a the finish line. bolt now has his sights on getting another gold and breaking his world record time. >> i'm ready. i'm feeling good. that felt smooth. i'm happy. i'm on the right track. >> nancy: ashton eaton off the a strong start as he tries to become the third man ever to win back-to-back olympic decathlon titles. after the first five events, the 28-year-old is in the top spot. day one of two ending with with

400m dash. >> these olympic and world decathlons are not like the other ones. i mean, it's tense. 10:00 now. it started at 10:00 this morning. you try to let it flow. >> nancy: he'll be back on the track thursday to compete his events. three members of team u.s.a. making olympic history with diana lawrence winning gold, nya alley taking silver and kristen pasten winning be. the women swept the medals in the women's 100m hurdle. >> i'm happy we pulled it off. we prayed hard about this, and we didn't let the distractions get to us, so it was great. >> it's over! >> nancy: and it's bronze in beach volleyball for kerri walsh jennings and april ross. the pair came back the beat brazil after losing the first set. and tonight usain bolt will run for his second gold of these games inch rio, nancy chen, 7news. >> christa: topsfield's abbey

compete in tomorrow's 5,000 m final. she tore ligaments in her right knee after colliding with another runner earlier this week. she captured the world's attention on tuesday when she helped new zealand's nikki hamblin get back up after they collided in the preliminary round. d'agostino finished tuesday's race despite tearing the acl and meniscus in her right knee. >> i feel grateful that nikki and i were used as an instrument to share that message, hours, but this is really special and we are all united in celebrating the spirit of the olympics, and like the spirit of humanity. >> sarah: of course 7news is your home for the summer olympic games. nancy chen is in rio bringing you all the latest results from competition. you can catch her live report in our next half hour. >> christa: now to a story you saw first here on 7.

keeping an eye out for a peeping tom. women in particular are asked to be careful. jadiann thompson spoke to people in the area who are concerned. >> it's really scary and terrifying. it's a very safe neighborhood. >> jadiann: a neighborhood on watch, someone posting these flyers claiming they've spotted a peeping tom in people's yards for the past few weeks. on marlborough street in the back bay. >> it's the first time i heard of something like this happening around here. i feel like i area. >> jadiann: the flyers saying the person was spotted first a few weekends ago in a yard and then again in that same day if a white ford pick-up truck and more recently outside of a building. a dog-walker says she's out in the neighborhood every night. >> i've been extra cautious lately since seeing the flyers. i think there are a bunch of neighborhood watch people around here and people that keep an eye out for their neighborhood. >> jadiann: boston police have

>> i'll definitely make sure to close curtains and blinds, extra precaution. >> jadiann: boston police say if you see anything, give them a call in the back bay. jadiann thompson, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: new details on a terrifying crash in dorchester that sent three people to the hospital. a father is being called a hero for saving his daughter and a son when they were hit by a car. police say 40-year-old ernesto camach shielded his ten-year-old daughter and their wheelchair-bound friend when a car hit t his daughter and the friend are now out of the hospital while ernesto remains there with severe head injuries. camacho's family is praising him for his sacrifice. >> she said, "he saved my life." he really took one for his family. he's a hell of a father. >> sarah: camacho's family says he's on a respirator. so far no charges have been filed. >> christa: also this morning, lowell police putting a

behind bars. this time investigators say that he was exposing himself to women. here's 7's nick emmons with more. >> i've had it. >> nick: norwood police fed up with a repeat sex offender. 49-year-old chad falcone cuffed and in custody after two women say he exposed himself on tuesday. >> he was wearing a mesh shirt around his waist, and then he lifted it and exposed himself to the women that were there. >> nick: police got an arrest house, he refused to come to the door. when officers made their way inside... >> he was cowering in his weymouth. he's done that before. he goes out and exposes himself to young girls and then he hides in his basement. >> nick: kevin smith, a neighbor, is shocked to hear about a disturbing crime steps from his door. >> it doesn't make sense. there's an elementary school right around the corner here.

at least 14 occasions dating back to 1989. he also has two open cases. if you're wondering why he was out, norwood police are wondering the same. >> he shouldn't be out. i think we're past rehabilitation. he's been on probation, he's been to counseling, he's past all that stuff. at this point families are trying to raise their kids and enough is enough. >> nick: falcone is behind bars with a $10,000 cash bail. norwood's police chief will do whatever it tak into the community. nick emmons, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: mobster whitey bulger taking his appeal to the u.s. supreme court. bull cher was convicted of racketeering in 2013. for playing a role in several murders and crimes. his appeal is on the supreme court docket. that doesn't mean it will be heard by the court. >> christa: still ahead on "today in new england," crashing down in reading, some terrifying moments when a train falls,

>> sarah: and a fight near the top. the sox and orioles taking off. could a rain derail their plans. >> chris: not a lot of rain in the forecast, but the chance of an isolated rainfall working

>> sarah: homeowners in reading cleaning up after a tree falls on the corner of their house. the tree was so big it split in two when it fell. the trunk damaged the house, but the homeowners say it could have been much worse. well, it was a breezy afternoon. some think the wind is not what caused the tree to fall. >> i think the conditions had something to do with it because the exact same type of tree fell up the street a few years ago. >> sarah: crews cut up the tree and got it off the home. >> christa: we were commenting about that tree even in our yard. they're so stressed because there hasn't been enough rain. >> sarah: all right. let's send it over the chris lambert, do we have any rain in our future? >> chris: dropping some acorns early and some leaves falling in the backyard. not a lot of rain in the future. we'll have more dry weather than anything else over next four days. much more comfortable start to the day right now, running in the 60s to near 70 degrees. dew point into the upper 50s

yes, a windy day at times. late in the morning gusting 30 to 40mph. inin the early evening hours, still very comfortable. showers back into western connecticut and eastern new york. if these hold together, there may be a few showers that pass on by this morning, along and south of the mass pike. i think north of the mass pike, at least through the merrimack valley, southern new hampshire. little chance of any of those. nolo take a look further off to the west. a couple showers in western new york. i think a lot of the activity this afternoon will miss up, maybe a pop-up shower across the higher terrain of worcester county and western new england. the bottom line, the high pressure controlling friday, saturday and into most of sunday, although it does start the slide off to the east here. and you can see the theme of the weekend. it's to keep much of new england, especially the eastern half of new england, on the dry

connecticut, into the berkshires and up into vermont, a better chance of picking up on scattered showers, especially on sunday. i think all of us by sunday night into monday have the opportunity of getting some scattered showers and some embedded downpours in here. tracking a tropical storm. hurricane season at times has been quiet, but fiona is out there. tropical storm fiona, winds 45mph, a lot of open real estate out there in the open waters of the atlantic. so this staying out to. five days. 84 to 88 this afternoon. again, catching an isolated shower or sprinkle this morning. more clouds around this morning. feeling a little more sun. very pleasant weather, comfortable for the piano man tonight. billy joel at fenway park tonight. temperatures close to 80 degrees. a comfortable overnight, 64 to 70. tomorrow comfortable day. mostly sunny skies. sea breezes at the coastline. close to 80 to 82 at the beach.

seven-day forecast featuring the weather over the weekend featuring tooler temperatures at the coastline. upper 70s to low 80s. there mid-80s inland. clouds around by sunday afternoon. chance of scattered showers and storms sunday night into monday. >> christa: let's hear it for the red sox. boston beating the orioles in baltimore in a rain-shortened game. boston's offense dominated here. jackie bradley, jr., homered and drove in four runs. the rain forced the game to be delayed in the sixth inning. after an hour and 17 minutes, the umpires the sox won it. >> sarah: all right. still athed -- ahead this morning, flooding in louisiana raising zika fears. hear how the devastating waters could help with the spread of that virus. >> christa: and mcdonald's pulling a new toy from its happy meals.

>> sarah: now to the battle for the white house. donald trump will likely respond to hillary clinton's criticism that the new staff on his campaign won't change who he is. >> he can hire and fire anybody he wants from his campaign. they can make him read new words from a teleprompter. [laughter] but he is still the same man who

disabilities and thinks he knows more about isis than our generals. >> sarah: yesterday trump got a new campaign manager and adviser as he tries to cut clinton's lead in the polls in battleground states. >> christa: happening today, secretary of homeland security jeh johnson will get a first-hand look at the devastating flooding in louisiana. he'll visit the worst-affected areas of that state. no well. 13 people have now died. thousands of people have lost their homes since the state was hit with torrential rain last weekend. there is some good news, though, this morning. officials say the flooding is not expected to lead to a rise in the zika virus in the state. the c.d.c. believes that the flooding could actually decrease the risk of zika because the mosquitoes that were carrying the virus don't travel to those flooded areas. also a hoverboard catching fire in a house in florida, and it

you see the batteries in this hoverboard may have gotten so overheated, they shot across a hall into a second room. the homeowner says the hoverboard had been plugged in for weeks when he heard a popping noise and a fire. both room were just destroyed. >> sarah: toy trouble for mcdonald's. the fast food chain is forced to stop handing out its new happy meal giveaway. mcdonald's says it will stop giving out the step-it tracker because of a defect in the toy. company officials say the customers to experience skin irritation. it was part of mcdonald's new campaign to help kids get exercise. >> christa: up next, olympians like michael phelps are already done with the rio games. we'll take a look at how they're

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need a little time to relax. gymnastics aly raisman and simone biles enjoying fast food after the game. >> sarah: aly captured this tweet, "french fries and chocolate ice cream." a few hours later aly detailed her healthy diet when she answered a question from first lady michelle diet when asked what healthy foods the final five eat. so you have to reward yourself. >> christa: splurge once in a while. >> sarah: michael phelps already home since he finished with the competition.

family photo with the caption, "no place like being back home. great way to spend my first day in retirement." >> christa: oh, cute. boomer covered with that sunhat. and, chris, you'll see lots of sun today orwhat? >> chris: we'll have some more clouds around, christa, this morning, but if you're looking forward to the chance the relax, i think we'll have some nice hours mid-day. temperatures back into the 08s. seven-day forecast, more pool weather for friday, saturday and sunday. afternoon. and do increase the chance of scattered showers and storms sunday night into monday, behind that front coming through late monday, beautiful weather. much of middle part of next week very comfortable. >> sarah: coming up next at 5:00 a.m., more on that breaking news out of rio. two american swimmers pull off the airplane. they're stuck in rio after questions emerge about that alleged armed robbery. >> christa: and father risking his life to save his daughter in

about his brave actions that likely saved two lives when we

>> sarah: we're following two big breaking news stories at 5:00 a.m. two tractor-trailers collide in auburn, shutting down parts of the mass pike. >> christa: and two american swimmers ordered to stay in brazil. they answer questions about a robbery as a british athlete now reports being >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: good thursday morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. we have lots to get to. but first check out the forecast. it's thursday. everybody is thinking about friday and the weekend. we start thinking about that. >> chris: the weekend went by too fast. the weather is looking good this weekend. good morning, everyone. this morning is looking pretty good, too. temperature-wise, a much cooler