>> now at 7 a malden sex offender under arrest and in court. the details on just one station. >> reporter: clear skies now. here is the next chance of rain. >> anchor: they're into the final turn. the olympic action making a dash for gold. >> reporter: and playing piano with a legend. >> anchor: a look at their night >> 7 news at 7 starts now. >> anchor: first at 7 a story on just one station. a convicted sex offender back in court on troubling charges. police say he exposed himself to several women. and the allegations don't stop there. >> anchor: let's get straight out to malden amaka ubaka with the story you will only see here. amaka. >> reporter: police received a flood of calls from these women

which is the police chief says helped them make a quick arrest. 49 year old kevin scribener tries to avoid our camera in the courtroom. arrested thursday after 3 women came forward. 2 accused him of exposing and touching himself. all 3 incidents happen within a short time of each other in the maple wood area of malden. >> the individual was described as a white male carrying a backpack. the calls approximately 15 minutes of each other. >> reporter: police say scribener fit that description. he told officers he was homeless. >> they did note that this male appeared to be sweating heavily. his t-shirt was soaked with sweat. >> reporter: all 3 women were able to id scribener as the suspect. he admitted to police that he did expose himself. >> he stated he has a mental

>> reporter: scribener has a lengthy criminal past in several states. >> in massachusetts and south carolina and california. they are all -- the charges are like in similar offenses essential all sexual offenses. >> reporter: while worried parents in the area are relieved that he's been caught. >> he's on their radar. aware of the fact that he's displaying this type of behavior. maybe he can be stopped or prevent anyone from being scarred. >> reporter: now police say they may seek search warrants for scribener's cell phone and flash drives to see if there are illegal videos or photos of other women. now now he remains held in jail without bail. amaka ubaka 7 news. ; also on 7 police in woburn investigating a toddler tragedy. all while in the care of his baby sitter.

the details tonight. >> reporter: at this hour investigators are waiting for an autopsy report. but at this time there have been no arrests. investigators come and go from the woburn apartment building the last place little noah was before he was rushed to medical care and died at children's hospital. >> it's heart breaker. >> reporter: a family friend who has a toddler of her own was baby tt sister. emergency responders were called here and found the boy was unresponsive but breathing. noah was taken to winchester hospital. he died thursday. >> nobody wants to hear that. especially since the child never even began his life. you know it's pretty -- it's sad. >> reporter: the middlesex county district attorney says the boy suffered a fractured skull. his twin sister was hospitalized

children and families got involved. she was also hurt and in a cast. >> i would like to know who did it and why they did it. if it was an accident. it would be nice to find out who -- what caused it, what happened the story. and prevent things like this happening in the future. >> they posted a sign on their door requesting prayers and privacy now. dcf has had no prior involvement with noah and has taken other children. and at this hour a gofundme page popped up to pay for the funeral expenses of this boy. reporting live from woburn 7 news. >> anchor: authorities say this wooded area is near harwood avenue. the pilot is an 18 year old flight school student.

power while he was in the air. this teenager knew the area. he's okay. >> anchor: developing story from south florida now. more cases of the zika virus triggering travel warnings for pregnant women. doctors say 3 of the new zika cases involve tourists. jadiann thompson in the newsroom with details for us. >> the state of requesting help from the disease control to get help. the second in south florida after the area of win wood became a transmission zone last month. win wood is somewhat contained. florida's governor rick scott spoke today detailing 5 new cases. >> 2 of these individuals live in miami dade county. one person is a resident of new york.

taiwan. >> reporter: so the new area in miami beach is around a 1 and a half square mile area. the state and the city have started spraying that area for mosquitos. officials are urging residents to spray themselves and clothing with mosquito repellent. >> anchor: and now to a developing story at 7. u.s. swimming star ryan lochte saying sorry to fa international olympic committee is step nothing to focus on all of these olympic swimmers. ryan schulteis live in our newsroom now. >> reporter: lochte lied about being robbed at gun point. he didn't want to be released until teammates were cleared by brazilian authorities. saying i want to apologize for my behavior last weekend. not being more careful in how i

wednesday morning. lochte left rio after the incident. teammates in brazil the others jack conger and -- back home today. brazilian officials found lochte's story didn't hold water. swimmerats different places throughout the night including a gas station. the international olympic committee says it will investigate lochte against the star swimmer and the other 3 involved. in the newsroom ryan schulteis 7 news. >> the world's greatest athlete. >> team usa make egg statement in rio. 6'5" and durant shoots over and from downtown. >> it's the home stretch. >> oh.

>> anchor: and live once again tonight it's the olympic caldron burning brightly in rio. night 15 and the final friday of the summer games. american athletes made more history in brazil. >> anchor: the world's greatest athletes go for gold. get caught up on the day's highlights. >> reporter: the men's basketball team is on the way to more hardware after winning the semifinals today. team usa will play for the third clay thompson was on fire. leading the team. durant added 14. face the winner of australia and serbia in sunday's gold medal game. the team capped off a dominant run in rio with a beat down of italy today in the gold medal game. the first women's water polo team to win back to back gold

in these games. into rio with an incredible record. but the reigning olympic champion wasn't his usual self today losing 2 matches in a row today to the number 2 ranked wrestler in rio. more heart break for the mens volleyball team. in 3 points away from beating italy for a chance at a gold then winning the final set. the u.s. will play for bronzop sunday. to tonight's must see moments. the fastest man on earth u sane bolt will compete in the relay for another gold. and in the pool david badia will be diving in the platform qualifier. tune in to 7 nbc tonight for the prime time action.

after this newscast for our olympic zone special at 7:30. joe amorosino getting you ready for prime time in rio. check nothing with her tonight on 7 news after the olympics. >> anchor: and we have more news this evening. prosecutors getting a key clue in the aaron hernandez double murder trial. the state's highest court ordering defense team to hand over a phone believed to contain key evidence before trial. prosecutors say the phone holds a link to the shooting. this phone was given to the former patriots star attorney and it's going to be analyzed at a computer crime lab. hernandez serving a life sentence for odin lloyd in north attleboro. hernandez will go on trial in connection with a drive by shoot nothing the south end that

300 potential witnesses are expected to testify including bradley who was with hernandez the night the men were murder. >> reporter: a needham woman called to court after an alleged hit run. charged for running over 3 pedestrians yesterday afternoon. prosecutors say she was unlicensed driving a car rented by a family member. police say she hit the and fled the scene. the victims are expected to be okay. steel will return to court in september. >> anchor: we have exciting news about the future of 7 news a. at the start of next we're we're extending the news we give you every day. >> anchor: 7's dan hausle looks at the new schedule. >> reporter: don't touch that

a change next year when whdh becomes an independent station. the more things change the more they'll remain the same. >> they're going to see in large part the same station they've always seen 7 news. >> reporter: whatever cable channel you now tune to. behind the scenes edhanson says whdh will be increasing staff and increasing news coverage. >> we want to have innovated we want to have aggressive coverage in the news. being an independent is a challenge and it makes you feel the competitive juices. >> reporter: innovative and aggressive hallmarks of 7 news. >> we have been and will continue to be the news station. we'll give viewers what they want to tune to. and that's not going to change. >> reporter: what will change is

run from 5 to 10 in the morning. there will be news at noon and then from 4 to 7:30. in addition to bringing you the news from 10 to 11:30 7 nights a week will be adding a newscast at 9:00. >> television viewing has changed. people aren't glued to network prime time anymore. they're living habits are frequently different. because they're getting up earlier. we believe there's a good market for 9:00 news. >> reporter: whdh will continue to bring you entertaining programs between the news shows including the popular family feud expanding into a new time slot. >> i'm excited about our programming. i'm excited about steve harvey and family feud at 8:00. a family friendly program for the market and people in boston.

familiar challenge for hanson. his miami station created the power house when it lost it's nbc affiliation and went independent. hanson says he doesn't care that many are cutting out his boston station. >> somebody said you're going to be the underdog. i said that's good. it's good to be the underdog. >> reporter: on a personal note i was went through this challenge. it wouldn't be smart to bet against him this time around. dan hausle 7 news. ; that was great what dan said. we are looking forward to bringing you more news every day. >> anchor: best place to work. coming up jamming out with billy joel. a local teen getting a chance to play on the big stage in fenway. how the super star in the making rellished in the moment. >> reporter: a nice weekend

the rest of the forecast in a minute. >> anchor: and back to school. lucky kids getting a big

>> a piano kid stealing the show at fenway park. this 13 year old getting the invite to join billy joel on stage. can you imagine?

light together. >> anchor: and his skills earning him serious applause. tim caputo is live at nathaniel hall. i guess the teenager is playing there too. >> reporter: billy joel does a concert once or twice in an entire month. and whether it's in front of 30 people like this afternoon or 30,000 like last night everyone is awfully impressed with teenager. [music] >> reporter: he's only 13 years old and he's a big shot. >> it was an amazing night for me. i had so much fun. >> reporter: performing in front of a crowd at nathaniel hall. last night on a stage at sold out fenway park with billy joel. >> i was euphoric. it was the best moment of my life. >> reporter: he was trying to play with billy for years.

one that highlights his talent on the piano. >> it's called the rootbeer rag. >> i've gone to every billy joel concert at fenway. it's called rootbeer rag let's do it billy. >> reporter: bradley whose piano since he was 2 says he wasn't nervous on stage. >> everyone was so nice. the band took me in. >> reporter: bradley and billy talked about music back stag it was a feeling i've never experienced before. >> reporter: and he wowed the crowd last night. long term goals he'd like to be like billy joel. short term he is looking to go to college hopefully to get to berkeley school of music. >> anchor: i have a feeling he'll get in. >> anchor: without a doubt. >> anchor: he's 13.

>> anchor: you asked me that too fast so much pressure. >> anchor: are you square dance or tap dance. >> anchor: tap dance. >> anchor: which is cool. >> anchor: i have to get back to you. i am drawing a complete blank. >> reporter: i would play with u2. that is my go to band. >> anchor: i would direct the boston pops with the baton. >> anchor: seriously. we'll have to do the christmas thing. >> reporter: out at the hatch or tangle wood. >> anchor: anywhere they'd take me. >> reporter: boston 74. norwood 80. fitchburg 84. dew point temperatures 50s to around 60. comfortable air in new england this evening. if you are headed out to the berkshires this weekend the humidity does start to build. it's brief. sunday it's oppressive. showers that come at us after midnight sunday night.

the air is loaded with dry air and hint of cool air as well. it has a lot of real estate to cover. until then a nice weekend. 61 to 69. tomorrow early clouds and partly sunny warm. somewhat humid. temps tomorrow 80 to 86. great for beaches as well as the lakes and the pools. low tide early in the day. high tide early tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow few clouds early in the day. temperatures sunday afternoon lower 80s. temperatures start near 80 degrees in the evening and settle in the upper 70s. jimmy buffet at mansfield cheese burgers in paradise looks good. so we do need rain. we are in a drought. i don't want to root for it on a friday night.

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>> a boston college senior is helping students gear up to get back to school. >> anchor: she started her own fundraiser to help a dorchester school to get the supplies they need. raising money back in june after visiting the elementary school.

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