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>> kim: now from the night team, ryan lochte apologizes as his teammates shed light on his gas station outburst. tonight the punishment he could face in the united states. plus full speed ahead. usain bolt races for his ninth gold medal as the u.s. women run for a relay gold. i'm live in rio for the final

>> jeremy: tracking rain heading for new england. i'll let you know when it arrives. >> reporter: on just one station, a convicted sex offender arrested again. women coming forward to detail his alleged dirty acts. >> meaghan: plus the zika virus spreads through a florida hot spot. >> kim: pregnant women warned to stay away from south beach. >> adam: and he's a big shot on a big stage. boston's piano kid shares the spotlight with the piano man. >> this is ala 7news. tonight on 7, saying sorry and paying up. >> they could apologize much more. >> the potential punishment for swimmers after lochte's lie. >> kim: tonight ryan lochte's teammates are shedding some light on what happened at that gas station in brazil. >> adam: they say they tried to hold him back as he got into an intense argument with armed security guards. the night team's nancy chen

nancy? >> nancy: good evening. jimmy feigen now on his way back to the united states as two of his teammates issue apologies for their behavior. swimmers breaking their silence. ryan lochte posting on instagram, "i want to apologize for my behavior last weekend, for not being more careful and candid in how i described the event of that early morning." bentz also but bentz stressing he never lied. he writes, "i was never a suspect in the case from the beginning. brazilian law enforcement officials saw me only as a witness, and i never made a false statement to anyone at any time." he then went on to detail what happened that night, including how the swimmers relieved themselves on nearby bushes, how lochte tore a sign down and how ultimately they were forced to sit on the sidewalk by guards with guns drawn.

money to leave. lochte originally told the "today show's" billy bush that he and his teammates were robbed at gunpoint by men posing as police officers. it didn't take long for officials to figure out that's not what happened. authorities stopped bentz and jack conger from leaving the country to get to the bottom of it. after hours of questioning, they were cleared the head home thursday night, but teammate jimmy feigen didn't get his passport back until friday morning after he revised his original statement. >> they c these problems. what they need to do is go over and tell the truth. i got drunk. i broke a few things. i got involved in confusion. big deal. >> nancy: feigen was forced to pay nearly $11,000 in restitution to a brazilian charity. the incident will likely haunt lochte who left for the united states before his robbery claim unraveled. the gold medalist could still

a much higher cost with his endorsement deals. some saying the situation will put his partnership with big brands in jeopardy. lochte telling everyone, "i accept responsibility for my role in this happening and have learned some valuable lessons." meantime, the competition, the world's fastest man running his last olympic race as the u.s. men's 4x100m relay team is disqualified over a botched handoff. >> here's usain bolt, three >> nancy: lightning striking three times in rio, usain bolt winning an unprecedented three gold medals in three events in three olympics. >> he ends his career with way he started in 2008 work pearfect golden run. >> nancy: in his final race, the world's fastest man anchored the 4x100 relay for jamaica. before bolt got the baton, the u.s. was giving jamaica a run

the baton, no one else had a chance. >> i set the bar high. i feel extremely proud of myself. >> kim: the u.s. finished third but were disqualified after they passed the baton too early. >> i went out there and did a great job. i feel like my federation wants to go out and protest against it. we'll do, so but i'm glad to go out and compete with my guys. >> it's going to be the u.s., jamaica second. >> nancy: the women's relay has won again. after a botched baton handoff and re-do thursday, the defending champions dominated friday's final, allyson felix grabbing her first gold of the game, the fifth of her career. she now has won the most gold medals of any female in track and field history. >> here in his battle to win a second consecutive gold medal in rio, things have come unglued. >> nancy: american wrestler jordan burroughs dealing with defeat.

129-2 in international competition. but after an upset in the quarterfinals and another loss in his next match, burroughs will leave rio empty handed. >> the u.s. wins gold again. >> nancy: the u.s. women's water polo team making a splash, grabbing their second straight olympic gold. the team giving all their medals to their head coach, whose brother passed away unexpectedly days before the games began. and david boudia diving in to defend his olympic men's individual 10m platform. boudia, who already won silver at the games with partner steele johnson, placed fourth in a qualifier after a missed entry in the third round. johnson barely made it through to the semis, finishing 18th after a faulty fork dive. and british diver tom daley is currently in the lead heading into saturday's semifinal. still to come later tonight, we are seeing double. amherst native and olympic silver medalist michael hixon

celebrity heart-throb. and today they came face to face. also needham native aly raisman never miss a step in her routine, but the olympic gold medalist confessed she did miss a key item while packing for rio. ly tell you what it is later on in the show. for now back to you, kim and adam. >> adam: a lot of stuff to look forward to, nancy. we'll see you in a bit. thanks. >> kim: and we're following a developing story. an arrest made after a stabbing in woburn. here's the night team's bookman. >> kimberly: kim, police say the suspect in this case was wearing a shirt with a company logo on it. that information mixed with images from surveillance video as well as social media information all helped lead them to crack this case and make an i.r.s. it was a brutal scene early this morning outside jake and yes's restaurant in woburn. police say one man was stabbed in the upper body and was bleeding profusely on the ground. he was taken to the leahy clinic with life-threatening injuries.

police say it's unclear what led to the stabbing. what they do know is that both men were inside the restaurant earlier and both left around closing time. jake & joe's is a fairly new family-style restaurant in the area, and police say this kind of violence is unusual. >> this isn't normal. it's a fluke. it happened. within 18 hours we were able to identified, locate and arrest an individual. these officers worked all night and through the day today to identify, locate and james lyons in his 30s from the city of woburn, under arrest on the charge of assault with intent to commit murder. >> kimberly: that suspect is being held here at the police department on $50,000 cash bail. he's expected to be arraigned on monday. reporting live from woburn, kimberly bookman, 7news night team. >> kim: now to a story you'll see on just one station. a convicted sex offender accused of more dirty crimes in malden. women coming forward saying he

them. the niengt team's amaka ubaka live in malden now. >> amaka: well, kim, this police report has all the details. three incidents that happened within a half mile of each other, one of them right here in this alley. police say because these three women called 911 so fast, they were able to make a quick arrest. 49-year-old kevin scribner tried to hide from our camera in the courtroom. the level three sex offender arrested thursday aftern exposing and touching himself, one here in this alley in maplewood square, the other a woman sitting in this restaurant saw him expose himself through a window. >> it's scary and it's crazy because i didn't even think something like that would happen. >> amaka: a third woman claims he grabbed her chest near this intersection, a place filled with restaurants and local businesses, like this woman's hair salon. >> it's unbelievable, like i'm very scared. i'm nervous. >> amaka: all three women

of each other with a good description. police say when they found scribner, he told officers he was homeless and took the "t" from boston to visit a friend in malden. >> they did note that this male appeared to be sweating heavily. his t-shirt was soaked with sweat. >> amaka: all three women were able to i.d. scribner as the suspect, and police say he later admitted he did expose himself and did assault the woman. >> he stated that he had a sexual mental health problem and he can't control himself. >> amaka: while people in the area are relieved he's off the streets. >> he should be ashamed of himself, and she shouldn't go around trying to assault women, like that's crazy. >> amaka: court records show scribner has a lengthy criminal history, not just here in massachusetts, but also south carolina and california, all related to sexual offenses. tonight he's being held without bail. we're live in malden, imaka ubaku, 7news night team. >> now from the night team,

>> the last thing i would want to be on miami beach is a mosquito. >> the zika virus causing a south beach scare. >> adam: it's one of the most popular hot spots in the country, but tonight it's a hot zone. pregnant women being told to avoid south beach as the zika virus spreads there. jadiann thompson live in the newsroom with the latest. jadiann? >> jadiann: travel alert was issued for pregnant women, their partners as well as women who may become pregnant, asking them to avoid two zones. now the total number of cases in a part of miami beach is now the second zone where the zika virus is being transmitted. the area now in a cloud of insecticide from the ground because planes can't fly near the tall buildings. governor rick scott requesting additional support from the c.d.c. >> we'll do everything we can to help pregnant women all across our state. we have a safe state. and we're going to keep it that way. >> jadiann: today florida officials announced local mosquitoes infected five people,

miami beach, two men and three women. >> i'm a young father who may want to have another child. this is a conversation in our household. these are valid concerns, and the scariest thing is what we don't know. >> jadiann: travel warnings in effect for parts of the famed south beach in an area about one and a half square miles. the new seek to zone only six miles from wynwood, where the virus first showed up last month. the health risk not the only concern. a $24 billion tourism industry also could take a huge hit. the florida department of health telling nbc news they are frustrated florida's governor will not let them talk. >> we found the messaging from the governor's office to be very dissatisfying, frankly misleading. >> jadiann: the governor responded to that saying he wants the make sure every citizen in the state knows what's going on. meanwhile, officials are urging residents to continue spraying themselves and their clothing with mosquito repellent. in the newsroom tonight, jadiann thompson, 7 news night team. >> adam: we're following more news tonight.

25-year-old steele shanitqua is being held on $5,000 cash bail after she ran a red light and plowed her car into a group of people yesterday afternoon. she left the scene, police say, but was later found at a nearby restaurant. she's facing several charges, including operating without a license. three people had to go to the hospital after this one victim a nine-year-old boy. witnesses acted quickly and were able to lift the car off one victim. steele will be appearing back in court for trial september 14th. >> kim: former patriots' star aaron hernandez on t, lawyers hand over a phone believed to contain key evidence. fruiters say it has information linked to the alleged shooting of hernandez's former friend, alexander bradley. hernandez goes on trial in february, charged with a drive-by shooting in the south end back in 2012. of course, he's currently serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of odin lloyd. >> adam: also from the night team, new details in a row burn toddler tragedy. babysitter watching a young boy who died has turned her own

the young boy who passed away yesterday was rushed to the hospital monday. he was being watched in the home of a 24-year-old woman. she was watching that boy and his twin sister. emergency responders called to the scene say they found the boy unresponsive but breathing. he was taken to boston children's hospital where he died yesterday. apparently he had a fractured skull. his twin sister has also been hospitalized with injuries requiring a cast. a small plane goes crashing into the woods in littleton. police say a flying the single-person plane when he lost power. they say the pilot guided the plane enter a field. they went downhill and into those trees. no one was injured. >> kim: we have exciting news about the future of 7news. at the start of next year, we will be expanding the amount of news we bring you every day. to give you more options and coverage you won't see anywhere else. 7's dan hausle gives you a

boston television is headed for a change next year when whdh becomes an independent station. viewers will find, the more things change, the more they'll remain the same. >> we're going to see in large part the same station you've always seen, 7news. >> dan: yes, 7news will still be right there on channel 7, and whatever cable channel you now tune to. behind the scenes, station owner ed ansin says whdh will be increasing staff and increasing >> we're going to have innovative features in the news. we're going to have aggressive coverage of the news. being independent is a challenge, and it should fuel the competitive juices. >> dan: innovative and aggressive, both hallmarks of 7news. >> we have been and we will continue to be the news station. and we'll continue to give viewers what they want to turn to. >> we've always been able to rely on us for breaking news and big-story coverage. that's not going to change. >> dan: what will change is

monday through friday. 7news "today in new england" will now run from 5:00 until 10:00 a.m. there will be news at noon and then from 4:00 until 7:30, and in addition to bringing you the news from 10:00 until 11:30 seven nights a week, 7news will now be adding a newscast at 9:00, giving an underserved audience what they want. >> television viewing has changed. people aren't going to the network prime time anymore. their viewing habits are frequently different. they're going to bed earlier because they're getting up earlier. we believe there's going to be a big market for a 9:00 news. >> we got a good one for you today, folks. >> dan: whdh will also continue to bring you entertaining programs between the news showers, including the popular "family feud" expand entering a new time slot. >> i'm excited about our programming. i'm excited about steve harvey and "family feud" at 8:00. i think that will be a nice family friendly program for the market and for the people in boston. >> dan: while all of this may

viewers, it's a familiar challenge for anson. almost 30 years ago his miami station wsvn created the 7news powerhouse when it too lost its nbc affiliation and went independent. ansin says he doesn't care that many are counting out his boston station, just as they did once before. >> somebody said to me the other day, you're the underdog. i said, "that's good. it's good to be the underdog. i think you have to work was with mr. ansin the last time he went through this challenge, and i can tell you from experience it wouldn't be smart to bet against him this time around. in the control room, dan hausle, 7 news. >> kim: to see the new programming schedule for 7news, it takes effect at the start of next year, we've posted it on whdh.com. >> adam: coming up next, tonight, good hood for the weekend. >> kim: we are tracking showers toward the end of the weekend. the time line on those showers up next. >> adam: also ahead, meet a

fenway park with billy joel. >> reporter: and there's more to come tonight from rio, including a local olympian meeting his famous celebrity twin, plus she's bringing plenty of medals home from rio, but you won't believe the one thing needham's aly raisman forgot to bring to rio. we'llle the you about all that and more when the night team returns from rio. when people ask me what it's like to win an olympic medal, i tell them, "you already know." the medals you've earned are all around you. your bronze.

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call up with her on thursday. >> the beach is right there, so hopefully we'll be able to... i have the find a bathing suit because i forgot to bring one. >> nancy: you forgot to bring your bathing suit to rio? >> i was so focused on bringing my leotard, i forgot one, but i'm sure they'll have one somewhere. >> nancy: priorities. i'm sure she will find one and get some well-deseverred rest. meanwhile, amherst native michael hixon is a diver. he's been doing a great job, but he got the opportunity to meet hits to actor zac efron who was in rio to visit the final 5. efron tweeted out this photo, "my brother from another mother." congrats. michael phelps posted this picture on instagram tonight with the caption, "as nice as it is to be home, i already miss the beauty of rio and

games and for making us feel so welcome." that's going to do it for us from rio tonight. back to you in boston. >> kim: nancy, thank you. great coverage again. >> now 7weather with chief meteorologist jeremy reiner. >> jeremy: promise to nancy, just crushing it down there in rio. we have some decent weather this weekend. humidity does slowly build through the weekend, eventually leading to a few showers very late sunday night and early monday morning. and here's the dew point trend. it does jump to around 70 on sunday. you'll feel that air. but the showers clean out the air. this will be our first real preview of early fall weather on the way for monday and tuesday of next week. more so with the dry, crisp air. it won't be chilly air. here is that cold front that's getting itself organized right now with clouds and showers. the red l, the storm, that goes off to our north over the weekend, and it's just kind of flinging that cold front into new england at the end of the

partly cloudy tonight, patchy fog, a little bit of humidity, teaches between 61 and 69. tomorrow, early clouds, otherwise partly sunny skies. warm and somewhat humid. temps 80 to 86. it won't be anything like it was last weekend. that was out-of-control humidity. temps tomorrow, low to middle 80s. sunday much the same with more humidity i think by mid-day on sunday and certainly sunday afternoon. temps on sunday low 80s. by the way, falmouth road race sunday morning will feature temps in the upper 60s and thenmb with again, some humidity but not too bad. beaches for tomorrow and sunday as well, mix of clouds and sunshine. water temperatures 60s and 70s. low tide early in the day. high tide early in the afternoon. zac brown band concert tomorrow at fenway park features partly sunny skies. temps near 80. and jimmy buffett in paradise having cheeseburgers. awesome. mix of clouds and sunshine early. clear skies once the event gets going. upper 70s. on the cape and the islands, again, you might have a shower early monday morning, very

up in the lakes region saturday, sunday and monday looking good. a few showers possible sunday evening with temperatures saturday and sunday in the middle 80s. monday upper 70s. tropics, this is the time of year they start to percolate. we're still monitoring tropical storm fiona. she hasn't strengthened over the last 24 hours. she will weaken into a depression and fade away east of bermuda. your 7 on 7 forecast, there is that pleasant weather tuesday and wednesday. look at that morning temperature whoa. low 50s tuesday morning. have a great weekend. >> kim: you too, j.r. how about this little big shot that got a chance to perform at fenway with one of the best piano players in history. they call him piano kid. bradley bartly o'shea. he shared the stage with piano man billy joel. >> i've had a sign for three years now that i've gone to every billy joel concert at fenway and it says, "root beer rag, let's do it, billy."

years. my dream finally came true. i was euphoric. i couldn't help myself. it was the best moment of my life. >> kim: i bet it was. he was euphoric. wouldn't you be? bradley has become a fixture at fastball hall. if you'd like to see him perform, i guess he's wowing the crowds of tourists and locals there, too. he's 13 years old. he wants to go to berkeley school of music. think he gets in? >> adam: he will be there soon. all right.

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>> joe: everything went right for the red sox in detroit tonight. all nine batters in the starting lineup got at least one hit, combining for 16 total and ten runs scored. rick porcello pitched seven solid innings, and the bullpen delivered two clean innings to close it out pretty much perfect fo david ortiz and the red sox not fooling around, going right after the starter, michael fulmer, in the first. with a runner on, big papi absolutely destroys this baseball. it's a two-run shot deep to right, his 28th home run of the season. ortiz now tied for the team lead with mookie betts. three batters later, it's another two-run shot, this one courtesy of jackie bradley, jr., his 21st. the sox build a 4-0 lead after one. bottom of the second inning, tigers get one back here.

porcello back to detroit with a two-run blast. that made it 4-2. but porcello wouldn't get rattled in this one. he would rebound nicely, striking out four of the next six batters. the former tiger strikes out eight total over seven strong innings. and the offense does the rest. every starter had at least one hit and at least one run scored. hanley ramirez goes 3-5 with two doubles and four r.b.i. the red sox roll 10-2. porcello now tied for the league lead with 17 wins. free agent forward jimmy visi says no thanks to the bruins. the harvard grad and north reading agreed to a deal with the new york rangers. nashville traded his rights to buffalo. the sabres couldn't land him either. visi punted 56 goals if his final two years with the crimson.

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