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terrifying moments. you can see the area of the crash scene is sealed off at this hour. you can see there is a car involved. it is twisted metal. all the kids on the bus are okay. the driver of the car along with the passenger havee to the area hospital. police are trying to peace together the mess. >> reporter: you can see the mess that's that's when the driver was attempting something and hit the bus. on the bus a dozen elementary

april hodge, teacher, jumped into action. >> i saw we said we should get them off. >> the kids were fine on the bus and picked up by their parents. the driver was taken to the hospital after the jaws of life were used. >> another passenger went to the i hope whoever is in the car is alive. they were busy cutting the car open. >> the scene was blocked off for years. it is notorious for accidents, what very been here two years and seen hour accidents here. it is a fast road. >> it is a dangerous spot. >> i live here and i had close calls, too.

them. >> reporter: back live where the wreckage is on the road. they are talking to the bus driver and others who saw the crash and they are trying to reconstruct the accident. no word on the driver and the passenger, both injured but all the kids on board the bus are said to be okay today. >> steve cooper, 7 news. and more earthquake rocks central italy. the video of a survivor trapped as an official tries to reassure him. three towns were destroyed by the magnitude 6 earthquake. >> it was while people were asleep. it was across the a large portion and it was felt in rome where there were after shocks. we have the latest. >> heartbreaking information for you at noon.

have been killed that number increasing throughout the morning. the after shocks are continuing to shake the region as well. right now the frantic search for survivors is continuing. >> one of three towns shaken by the earthquake is one that is the hardest hit. italy's civil protection agency announced that the death toll has ris ton 73 and risingit it bore the death toll half of the people were in the town. residential buildings, some several stories high were lumps of concrete. this is big a 6.2 and there may have been dozens, 40 after shocks since then. >> there are helicopterrings moving out to see the extent of the damage, there are 60 shawl hamlets, isolated communities that have been cut off because

on how badly they have been hit or possibly destroyed. >> the hope interrupted a lesson to remember the people. the search for the buried is very active. we're going to monitor this unfolding situation there and bring you the latest as soon as we get that information. live here in the newsroom, khris anderson, 7 news. afghanistan there are reports of gunfire and explosions on the campus of american university in kabul. officials believe they are dealing with one gunman and security forces are on the scene. this is after two university staff members were kidnapped at gun point. one of those kidnapped was from the us their whereabouts are unknown. a convicted rapist back in court. police say he is the man behind

the police found the clue in the case, a blue bike. we are live in roxbury with the latest. >> reporter: the suspect was arraigned about an hour ago, it was not just the bike that linked him to the crime. they have him on video and gps monitoring bracelet linked him to the scene of the crime. a rapist is accused of and ed rodriguez hid his face in court. >> he approached her on a blue bike, grabbed her said he had a knife and ordered her to follow him. he threatened to cut her throat if she did not comply. >> it was at the a park on monday morning in the south end. police recovered the bike. investigators say that rodriguez

>> he is captured on video on the bike described by the victim and i video talking to the areaf the playground; he was on propages for a 2007 rape. he was released in tweet, the details are similar. >> almost the same set of facts. a woman is walking along to the bus. the defendant approaches. he has a knife his girlfriend was in court. she is two months pregnant and past. >> i'm feeling devastated i was dealing with somebody i didn't know who he was. i'm -- what he did to the lady. she has to suffer. i'm a woman it is like -- to me he can go to jail for 30 years, life. >> reporter: rodriguez is being held on $500,000 bail. the woman said she was his girlfriend he never showed a

of drugs. that's the latest in roxbury. e the scene is clear in charlestown after a roll over at the sullivan rotary. a truck spilling scrap metal. the driver had to kick out the wind field to get out. two people are rushed to the hospital after a crash. a suv slammed the front is smashed in. no word on the conditions of the victims. a manchester man facing charges they had sex with a 13-year-old girl. it was inside of his office at the a church. steven jesfair confided in another pastor and was fired. >> people are shocked, he was a

something like that, you know, then you wonder why. >> it is shocking. i see him every morning when i take my kids to school. >> reporter: a judge order him to stay away from children under 18, including the victim. and now on just one station, the pilot of a plane that had to make an emergency landing talking about that frightening flight. the faa is expected to arrive plane was forced to land. jennifer egan has the story. >> the pilot is happy to be home. he was midflight when he had trouble and decided to land. >> a rhode island pilot made a landing aiming for the sand sandbar. >> i'm exhausted. i have not had a drink since no water nothing. i'm exhausted. >> it is traumatic for everyone.

be uninsured. >> we're happy he is safe. >> and her husband was headed to vermont from newport when he had engine problems and forced to land his single engine plane. he said the craft had a mechanical issue but leaving him no choice but to touch down. and you can see the yellow 2015 sea wind was lucky to get a piece of land in the 49 square it supplies water to eastern massachusetts planes are not supposed to land here or fly below 1200 feed over it. the faa and the ntsb now are investigating but the family said they are glad he is safe and sound. >> we'll get him only. an investigation into what happened is underway. crews will get that plane off the sand sandbar. there are no environmental concerns at this time. jennifer egan, 7 news.

facing tough questions. he sentenced the teen to two years of probation after he assaulted two classmates. beck ser a stormer star athlete at east long meadow down high school. critics are questioning why he was given a light sentence and attend college in ohio. there is a petition calling for the removal of the judge. a man is recovering after he was hit with ae trimming trees of 30 and branch when it fell on his head. the tree company did not put up barricades to stay away from the area. the victim is in serious condition. i feel sad someone that you see every day something like that, that's sad. show shah is investigating.

donald trump doubling done on a special prosecutor to investigate hillary clinton's e-mails. republicans are taking aim at the ties between the clinton foundation and the state department. >> it is impossible to figure out where the foundation ends and the state department begins. >> reporter: a new analysis shows more than half the non-government people that hillary clinton met with to the family foundation. >> this is access, who got in and who got to talk to her. obviously if you are a lobbyist that is the end game. >> reporter: the f.b.i. is investigating 15,000 previous e-mails. >> this sis no laughing matter nobody is above the law. >> reporter: trump is calling for a special investigators.

the foundation said if she wins they will spin over foreign activities and bill clinton will step down from the board. hillary clinton is focusing on states like arkansas. >> the polling suggests is a push for us. >> but a new poll shows clinton and trump even in another red state, missouri. >> the candidates are out and about today. trump is in florida; clinton in meanwhile, the vice president visited the turkish parliament today. he saw the parliaments building that was damaged during the coup attack. the vice president will discuss an offensive in syria against isis. coming up at noon a training day for police. a piece of equipment many will be putting through a test run.

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how hot today. >> upper 80s. low to mid-8. gets to you the high degrees. although right along the sign it will be cooler thanks to the wind. that is to the southeast it is light but light sea breezes this afternoon. dew point levels are still down into the 50s, that's been with us. >> and nudging back to 60 you may notice more humidity in place.

we're a little more humidity in place. can you see where the trend is going. and showers and storms across the midwest. that's where it resides. 60s and the 70s there. that's working in by friday so >> a nice weekend as it is in control. we have the high pressure to the east of us. and picking up the winds, picking up the southwest winds for tomorrow. it will be breezy. and a few more clouds. staying to the north and the west of us. overnight k not ruled out a

strong. a hit or miss type stuff not all towns will see that. >> 88 today. sea breezes along the coast line. keep the humidity around. another overnight cooler and instead of being back in the 50s -- 50s. will be 60, closer to 70. it is a warm one. partly cloudy. what is going on in the tropics which is >> thank you for that. we're in the peak of hurricane system this is gaston we're watching this wave to near the leeward islands. gaston is a tropical storm. moving northwest at 16 miles per hour and probably going to continue in that track.

they are investigating they found some tropical strength storm winds near the leeward islands. we'll have to monitor. the models are taking it northwest up towards the caribbean and pushing through florida here by the end of the weekend into next week something to it can become a expression. we're watching this for you and for more what is going on, chrising chris, back to you. >> that could be an issue back into the gulf. for us we're not worried about the storms or hurricanes up the coast line we're back to the sniffling and sneezing t is

the mountain region. i expect a shower or two a lot of sunshine. an isolated storm, it will be friday afternoon. early evening across the cape and on the dry side. nice weather across the cape for saturday and sunday. you get the drift here of the forecast isolated showers on the weekend looking great. a dangerous drive on camera. driving into a road side in the ted williams tunnel. a teacher earning high marks for her approach in the classroom. kelly ayotte: thanks, buddy. kelly (voiceover): i'm kelly ayotte. and when i take the plate for new hampshire... i'm up against a political machine that plays dirty --

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a teacher in texas is trying a new approach in the classroom. >> she is no longer homework to her second grade students encouraging them to spend time with their families instead. >> and the school second great teacher is all about hands on in class learning she is trying something new, he is polite. >> she will not be assigning homework to any students.

>> research has not shown that it proves performance but spend your evenings doing things that correlate to success, she is encouraging families to eat, read and spend lease surely time together. >> we're trying to be innovators and develop the whole child not on them pushing paper. as you imagine this is one idea her second greaters are >> i like it because we get to play outside and when we read books and go out we learn about these things. >> the 7-year-old brook's mother made the orange post it has been seen across the globe, she is on to something here, she has some critics but her plan has received overwhelming support.

having. >> the new approach is catching on. as a teacher will no longer be assigning homework. >> that's interesting that is kind of cool she is thinking outside of the box. >> i agree. coming up what the u.s. swimmer who paid a fine is saying about the swimming scandal in rio. the ride continues and for ally raceman and her teammates massachusetts public charter schools are among the best in the country. our charter schools are public, and we have longer school days with more personal attention. we have a proven record of helping students in underperforming areas succeed. announcer: question 2 will expand charter school access and result in more funding for public education. every parent should be able to choose the public school that's best for their child. announcer: vote yes on question 2.

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accurate. they had the opportunity to see hamilton on broadway. the team had the chance to meet with the cast back stage after the show. more excitement. she will be welcomed home with a rally at the town common and held saturday at 11 a.m. >> should be a lot of people turning out for that to support her. she deserves that. >> yes. there is more to come in the next half hour defensive gem by mookie betts. and the weekend forecast ahead. we're following breaking news a bus collides with a car. the latest on possible injuries. an earthquake in italy. hear from a coach whose team was

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we have breaking news. sky 7 over the crash between a bus and a car. welcome back to the news at we're hearing no students were hurt but there are injuries to the people in the car. it was at 8:30 this morning on cape road in mendon. and steve cooper has the latest. , we know there were 16 kids on the bus and headed to a ymca program in franklin. they were under the age of 13.

hour. this is several hours after the crash but an accident reconstruction team on the scene trying to piece together what happened here and why. , it was not the tire screeching. you can see the mess here. they were attempting to cross 140 when he was hit by the bus. headed to the nearby ymca summer camp. april hodye, a teacher, jumped into action. >> i noticed there was fuel leaking i said we should get them off. we went across to the street to my neighbor's house and sat there. >> the kids seemed to be fine on the bus and picked up by their parents. and the medal driver was taken to the hospital by med flight

his female passenger rushed to the hospital. >> i was across the street i hope it is a whoever is in the car is alive. they are cutting it off to the extricate the driver. it was sealed off here. neighbors say the intersection is notorious for bad accidents. >> we have ban here, we have seen four. that's a fost road. >> a dangerous spot. i live here it is cse too. >> and itst high heart goes out to them. >> another live look at the wreckage here again at this hour. and crashing investigators are talking the bus driver and several witnesses who came rushing out to the scene here again at this hour and 16 kids on board that bus headed to the program the ymca program in franklin. they were okay at this hour. two people in the car. they are hurt.

hour. live in mendon. >> we follow more breaking news an earthquake rocks italy. the dramatic video and trapped under the rubble. and this is playing out across the region. three towns destroyed by the magnitude 6 earthquake. people were sleeping there. we want to get over to khris anderson with the latest. it is officials are now confirming again 73 people have been killed. that number increasing throughout the morning. we want to give you an idea where the epi center of the earthquake is focused t is believed to be located about 100 miles northeast of rome. here is the map. search and rescue in towns are on the search to find any survivors in the rubble. after shocks are not making this easier.

right here in new england is in italy where they will play games right now. >> this is the aftermath of the earthquake that rocked parts of italy. the shaking from the earthquake could be felt from far away from the epi center and members of the bryant university team who are in roam for a series of games. >> this woke us up it was like the bed was shaking and wobbling. like someone was moving it. >> the assistant coach said everyone with the team is safe but they didn't know what was going on at first when the earthquake hit this morning. >> i jumped out and to look out the window and outside. people are getting a feel for it. they don't know what it is. it lasted 3 5 seconds and then settled and able to figure it out. >> there were a few after shocks

went down to the lobby and figure out what happened. >> turned on the local news and within 15 minutes we started to report you know the earthquake, what was going on and where that struck hardest. and northeast of where we are. >> they are scheduled to play 14 games. the game today was scheduled because the court was damaged by the earthquake. burns said he and the team are coming to grips with the devastn close to where they are staying but they are happy to be safe. >> everything was okay for us here it is terrible what happened. we're safe. >> the coach said the team does plan to stay there in italy where they will play the final three games of the trip. >> we'll keep following the unfolding situation there in the wake of the earthquake.

>> live here in the newsroom. 7 news. we're following breaking news out of afghanistan where there are reports of gunfire and explosions on the campus of american university in kabul. they believe they are dealing with one gunman and the forces are on the scene. >> and two staff members were kidnapped at gun point. one of those was from the us the whereabouts are still in court again. police say he is the man behind a sexual asault and one station was there when they found the clue in the case, blue bike. we have the latest from court. a convicted rapist on probation. and the he hid his face as

the bike. he had a knife and ordered her to follow him. he threatened to cut her throat if she did not comply. the assault was at the southwest corner park in boston's south end. and 7 news was there when they recovered the bike. his gps bracelet put him at the location. >> he is on video walking on probation for a 2007 rape. was released in december from jail. the situation is similar. >> a woman is walking along and a the man approached her. he has a knife, his girl friend was in court she is two months pregnant and had no idea about his criminal past. >> i'm feeling devastated i was dealing with somebody i didn't

i'm upset what he did. she has to suffer. i'm a woman so it is like to me he can go to jail for 30 years. >> rodriguez is being held on $500,000 bail. the woman who claims she was the girl friend said he was has never shown a victim side and was in jail for drugs. police officers will start training with body cameras today. officers in six the cameras today and tomorrow. the trial period will last for six months. 100 officers were selected for the program after no one volunteered. a massachusetts judge facing tough questions today for a sentence he handed down in an assault case, the punishment is not nearly enough. we have the details. >> there is a petition calling

people are upset that he sentenced a act heat to two years probation. >> a former high school scar athlete will not face jail time after pleading guilty to assaulting two unconscious classmates. he was sentenced to probation and many feel the sentence was light, we don't hear of this happening with people who come from -- come from less privileged backgrounds or races. >> beck her been charged with two from an incident at a party in april. and according to documents he attacked two victims while they were unconscious. becker pled guilty to a lesser charge. a judge sentenced him to probation avoiding jail time. a defense attorney said they are challenging -- challenging. the positive factors the things he has done that are good.

escape the jail time. the decision to give the former stanford swimmer brock hit and a six month sentence for assaulting an unconscious woman caused a uproar this year. he has to remain drug and alcohol free. if he complies he will not have to register as a sex offender. jennifer egan. a drive caught on cam in the ted williams tunnel. can you see a sign closing off the lane peeling drivers to merge a car comes down the middle lean sending the sign flying. no one in the zone was hurt. in louisiana is expecting 1 to 3 inches of rain today that could spark fooding the ground is saturated. the rains and waters have killed 13 people and damaged 60,000 onlys.

has been criticized for waisting until after this vacation to go to louisiana. however he reaffirmed his commitment to helping the state. up with of the swimmers implicated in the robbery in rio was speaking out for the first time in a jame james feigen apologized for his fight. and he withhealth information from authorities to teammates. he said he was given two options after a judge reed his passport, stay in brazil for the investigation other pay a fine and perform 15 days of community service. the fine was set at $50,000. after discussions he paid out just under $11,000. in a statement he adds i'm sorry for the drama this caused. everyone's lives i'm thankful to

family and this has come to an end. still ahead, making sure you don't get extra crispy out in the sun. kfc trying out a new cool. how long the good weather will last. that's ahead. four hundred million dollars. that's how much charter schools will drain from massachusetts public schools this year. four hundred million siphoned from local districts fund more science and technology, arts or preschool, counseling, or smaller class sizes. four hundred million unavailable to the ninety-six percent of students who don't attend charter schools. let's improve public schools for all students, not just a select few.

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direction around. and the mid-50s to the mid-80s. 84 in wellesley and 84 in redding and lexington. work back into the worcester -- hills and focusing on mass. bristol. taunton and down the cape. and either sidef light breeze. a bit cooler on the coast line versus inland but the sea breeze it's not overly impressive how much of a cooling effect that you have. the beach a lot of sunshine comfortable air up and down new england. you have to zoom off into canada and the great lakes before you find the cloud cover. the showers and storms higher

going back into the great lakes the valley. dew points in the 60s. the 70s. that will move in. the muggest day of the forecast is friday. it offers the best chance of a shower or thunder storm. more of a passing situation. keep an eye to the to the sky. thd a good portion of the day on 83 and 88. and the sea breezes kicking in. the forecast tonight 85 to 90. for what is going on. >> this is a storm out further

next week we'll talk about that in a moment. let's take a look it is moving northwest. >> be a hurricane later and strengthen general. storm this is what we're watching. and and strength winds out near the islands but the models are taking this northwest. keep an eye on this. and even further into the gulf

>> and close eye on that as you go through the next several days. , and a shower a threat is over by friday and back to the 70s. >> and the forecast coast line inland. the hottest tickets and more to

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and all right welcome back. let's get a final check of the forecast.

the low humidity. and that is going back up a little bit and the humidity the higher humidity. it comes in. this is not a long during thing. isolated storm as well. temperatures pushing upper 80s. close to 95 the weekend looks great. >> it's it for the news at noon.

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