interest rates. because she sides with special interests looking out for their own bottom line, not our kids'. for new hampshire students and families, kelly ayotte is a heavy burden we can't afford. nea advocacy fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> christa: breaking news from the patriots right now. tom brady addressin for likely the last time before his four-game suspension officially kicks in. welcome to 7 news at noon. i'm christa delcamp. >> kris: i'm kris anderson. tb 12's suspension set to go into effect at 3:00 p.m. on saturday. jonathan hall has more at gillette stadium. tb 12 just wrapped up speaking to the media. >> reporter: he did. we will not hear from him again for about five weeks. he is not allowed to speak or participate in those team

to stay positive through all of this. and somehow he will get through it. brady, of course, has been practicing with the team over the past few weeks. that will come to an end. the pats have their final preseason game thursday night. brady will be available for that. at metlife stadium in new jersey. the pats quarterback about to begin that suspension, but is practicing with the team this week. he will step aside for the back-up. jimmy garoppolo when the season opens. he jimmy. brady spoke to reporters minutes ago. he said he is trying to stay positive. >> you know, i have ideas of what i need to do. and you know, based on all the limiting playing time that i have had and practice that is i have had. you know, my goal is to come back and be the best i can be. just like every other year. every other off-season. i'm going to do the best i can do over these next, you know, however many days, 0 days or

practice. i have tried to look at all these ways to get better. i have access to the fields. you know, throwing to my receivers. try to use those days the best i possibly can. just like i always would. you know, and you know, i have another hopefully, opportunity to play on thursday night. and then i'll be with the team friday. and then you know, try to do the best i can over the next month. to stay sharp. i mean, i love playing. i love playing practice. i love playing preseason games. regular season games. postseason games. i was thinking about football. it is just the way it is. so i'll be, you know, that part i think will be very challenging, watching those games in september, but i'll find ways to preoccupy my mind. >> reporter: as of saturday

officially suspended for four games for that deflate-gate scandal. he will not be participating in any of those games. the first four games of the season, we should hear from him again next on october 5. that is the wednesday before f his big comeback which will be october 9 against the cleveland browns. we are live at gillette, jonathan hall, 7 news. >> christa: all right. don't forget, the first game of the season getting very close. the pats opening up at arizona in a september 11. when they take the field, you can see it right here on 7. >> anchor: the victim in the owen labrie sexual assault case speaking out. going public for the very first time since this crime happened two years ago. now 17 years old, this young lady appeared on the today show this morning. giving her emotional account of the assault and how her life has changed. >> i was raped. >> reporter: for the first time, the victim in the highly

prep school is revealing her name and showing her face. >> it's been two years now since the whole ordeal. and i feel ready to stand up and own what happened to me. i'm going make sure that other people, other girls, other boys, know they can own it, too. that they don't have to be ashamed either. >> reporter: a now 17-year-old sitting down with savannah guthrie to talk about her 2014 encounter with owen labrie. a popular senior at st. paul's prep school that l closely watched trial. labrie was convicted of sexual assault. but acquitted on the more serious charge of felony rape. >> he said that they didn't believe that he did it knowingly. and that frustrated me a lot. because he definitely did do it knowingly. the fact that he was still able to pull the wool over a group of people's eyes bothered m.s. me a lot. and just disgusted me. >> reporter: she wanted to

trial made it tough. >> one of my old friends that were boys would talk to me. they didn't even look me in the eyes. i guess they were uncomfortable or what. i don't know. >> reporter: she left st. paul's. the family filed a civil lawsuit, failing the school failed to meet its basic obligation to protect children entrusted to its care. they say it is not about the money. >> we feel an obligation that this not happen to any future >> unfortunately, it seems like the school's reputation became more important rather than supporting our daughter. >> reporter: st. paul's released a statement saying "we categorically deny that there ever existed at the school a culture or tradition of sexual assault. however, there is no denying the survivor's experience caused us to look anew at the culture and brought about positive changes." as for the victim, she deals with the effects of what

years ago. hiding in her closet during panic attacks sometimes so her little sister doesn't see her like that. >> she comes into my room sometimes. she will come into my closet when i'm rocking on the floor. and punching my legs trying to get myself to calm down. and she will try to give me the biggest hug. she will say "you are okay. our day." i can't imagine how scary it is do this alone. and i don't want anybody else to be alone anymore. i don't. >> reporter: well, tough to do this interview. she says she did it because she wants other people to feel empowered just like she does now. and know that they have a right to say no. she is, in fact, starting a new campaign for survivors and launching the hash tag to go along with it. i have the right to. >> christa: some intense weather lurking offer the

turned north. it is now headed for the outer banks. and it is expected to bring winds of more than 40 miles per hour along with some heavy rain. here is more from kill devil hills, north carolina. >> here on the outer banks of north carolina, we are watching tropical depression number eight. it is going to be a brush-by. the locals are not concerned at all. >> hopefully, it goes by quick and i can be back at the beach. >> the worst of this will be some gusty winds. downpours later today and tonight before it makes the turn and heads out to sea on wednesday. we have lost a little bit of sand. there is a bit of a berm here. high tide this morning only came up to about here. last night's high tide went all the way up to the lifeguard stand almost. this moves out. then they will be watching tropical depression number nine down in fact gulf of mexico. that is forecast to track well enough offshore on friday that we don't get a direct impact. once again, it will be a surf

for nbc news, in kill devil hills, north carolina. >> christa: all right. our weather here is absolutely stunning out there today. as we close in on the month of september, it definitely is feeling like it out there today. >> reporter: little taste of fall out there this morning. suburbs down in the up 40er's and lower 50's. of course, the nice bounce-back with the low humidity and all of that sunshine in place. some wispy clouds to mix in 76 right now in boston. upper 70's to near f 80. even hit 80 in norwood right now. we have the temperatures that will continue to climb inland into the mid-80's. although staying put in the mid-7's to near 80 degrees along the coastline. thanks to the sea breeze kicking on. in dew point levels in the comfortable category right there. in the 50's. we had the transition yesterday afternoon. we have kept that low humidity around. also today, the winds are lighter. it's been easier for the sea breezes to kick. in that is why i expect

hang in there in the mid-70's to near 80. meantime, 85, 86, a common number across much of the interior. as we go forward in the forecast: we will heat it up on wednesday. some showers on thursday. fast cooldown to end the week. >> anchor: a developing story in maine this noon. republican governor paul lepage says she is considering resigning. this is in the wake of that expletive-filled voice mail message he left to a fellow lepage has come under fire now from other new england governors. in fact in, a radio interview, when asked if he will finish his term, lepage says he is "looking at all of his options." new at noon, cell phone video of a dump truck after it accidentally ended up in a gold fish pond in lynn. there is the truck right there floating along. it happened early this morning. police say the driver's brakes failed. fortunately that, driver was able to walk out of the truck, get out of the pond safely, the truck was pulled out a little later.

of those students are looking for new rides. after several of the school bus routes were cut to save money. victoria warren live from mald within more on this. i can imagine some of these parents are scrambling to find out a solution here. >> yeah. they were scrambling. they say really what was the hardest part for them is they feel they were not given enough notice that this was going to happen. fvrbs that the school district was cutting the buses for kindergarten through the sixth grade. the district, though, they say they are doing everything they ca parents. first day of school jitters in overdrive after budget cuts eliminate most school buses in malden. >> being a single parent, like i say, it is too much stress. >> they were told a week or two ahead of time. not so much. >> reporter: cindy says her kids were enrolled in a different school, but when she found out the buses were gone, she had to scramble for a school within walking

>> the two of them were getting bused over to the ferry-way. one of them has autism. he was affected this year. s if he wasn't too happy. they were going to have to take the regular bus. i have another one that has disabilities, too. he is in fourth grade: i would have had to put them on a bus. >> reporter: city buses are exactly what some parents are counting on. the m.b.t.a. giving them bus passes. the school district also says they are trying to help coordinate car-pools. but some parents, they say saying only a small percentage of students were actually bused. >> the money is better in the classroom. i mean, definitely. there is no need for that money to be spent on busing. >> reporter: for the most part, the parents that i spoke to, whether they were directly affected by the busing or not, they say what worries them the most is that the money saved by eliminating these buses, they fear won't come close to helping with future budget problems.

>> christa: we are covering more news today. police on the saej of a serious crash. at least they were earlier today. in manchester, new hampshire on bridge street. at least four people were hurt. and some of them were even trapped inside a car. you can see the front ends of both cars were just heavily damaged. no word on the cause of the crash. and in bristol, new hampshire, a man died after trying to save four drowning children. police say the children were playing in the smith river. one of them started to struggle. that is when the 39-year-old at some point, though, he went under the water and didn't come back up. good samaritans then were able to jump in and help out those four children. police say the children were playing when one of them started to struggle. and again, that 39-year-old jumped in to help. we will move on to this fire. informs tiverton, rhode island. they are now saying this mill fire is suspicious. the building went up in flames early monday morning. and investigators believe it is suspicious because there is no power on in the mill.

leading to an arrest. >> anchor: the teenagers accused of taking a deadly drive in charlestown, rhode island were in court today. the 17-year-old was under the influence when he crossed the center median, hitting a mote cycling, killing, the driver. the crash happened monday afternoon on route one. looks like the race for the white house is getting tighter now. the latest nbc news survey monkey poll has donald trump now within six percentage points of hillary clinton. and it is also an election day. not the big one, of course. we have to wait for november for that. today, there are several primaries for politicians who were affected by the presidential campaign. >> christa: here is tracie potts with more on. that and how to anthony weiner texting scandal is affecting hillary clinton. >> reporter: debbie wasserman shultz and marco rubio in florida and john mccain in arizona all fighting for reelection today. >> people judge me on john

>> reporter: all affected by the fallout from clinton versus trump. >> build strong borders, build a wall and illegal immigration >> reporter: donald trump preparing to lay out specifics in tomorrow's immigration speech. aides say he will call clinton's plan guaranteed amnesty. he is going afterblack voters with a supportive pastor apologizing for tweeting this photo of hillary clinton in black-face. clinton's team has troubles, too. >> i have forgiven him. >> reporter: top aide huma abedin announced she is splitting with her husband, former congressman anthony weiner aftermore allegations of sexting. trump quickly called clinton's ties to the couple bad judgment. and suggested without proofer, that weiner could have accessed classified information. >> hillary clinton can't afford another scandal. something else for donald trump or anybody else to build on. >> reporter: huma abedin is

investigation of clinton's e-mails. speaking of e-mails, a federal judge is now giving the state department until mid-october to turn over e-mails about huma abedin's activities outside the state department when she was working there. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> anchor: still to come at noon, a driver in new york city getting that sinking feeling. his s.u.v. gets swallowed up. >> reporter: beautiful weather on this tuesday afternoon. how long it lasts and will we see some rain ahead. norman: that's a lot of vitamins there, harold. harold: oh, i'm stocking up before kelly ayotte gets her way on medicare. norman: what do you mean? harold: well, she wants to privatize medicare, turn it into a voucher program that'll cost families big time. norman: uhhh... the vitamins? harold: gotta keep my family strong because ayotte also wants to raise the medicare eligibility age. norman: ohhh... i think maybe i'll pick up a few too.

>> christa: yes. we are back here. >> anchor: i tweeted out a pick picture of my pumpkin spice coffee this morning. people were like, no, too soon. too soon. >> christa: i think a week. maybe the day afterlabor day. maybe it will be time to talk pumpkins.

>> chris: we will have some brief cooldowns here and there. sarah french, not one of them saying no to that pumpkin spice. she loves that middle of the summer. we don't want to rush the summer by. we have some nice weather ahead of us going into the 7-day forecast. coolest today along the coastline. you are seeing the breakdown already. low to mid-7's at the shores. close to 80 from waltham, to lexington, up into reading right now. 79 in lowell. low to mid-70's out through worcester county ats wrentham, 78. 81 in atleboro. 78 in taunton. today, temperatures warmest away from the coastline thanks to a sea breeze. water temperatures running close to 70 degrees. that sea breeze not overpowering. on-shore breeze, nine miles an hour in boston. the wind is light throughout day. a little built of a steadier breeze down across nantucket at ten miles an hour. not much going on.

some thin clouds to mix in with that sunshine. i don't expect much more than that. throughout the day. partly cloudy overnight tonight. wind turns out of the southwest. could have some patches of fog start to roll on in tomorrow morning. especially down through buzzards bay, the cape and the islands. tomorrow, a mix of sun and clouds. showers and storms. staying north and west of us during the day. beginning tomorrow night and continuing into thursday, there will be the opportunity to pick up some scattered showers and rumbles of thunder. dew point, 55. very comfortable in boston and throughout much of southern new england. you note it is higher southwest of us. once we kick that wind direction back to the southwest, the humidity does increase for tomorrow. going to be a warm day out there. temperatures mid-80's to near 90 degrees. 80-86 this afternoon. some upper 7's at the coastline. then comfortable for fenway park. great night for baseball. you can tell, it is going to be a great afternoon. mid-60's in a lot of suburbs tonight. even a few low 6's. 68 in boston.

tomorrow. mid-80's to near 90 degrees. tropics heating up. for more on that, over to danielle. >> danielle: a category two hurricane, gaston. it is tracking east, nooerbs. and it will decrease to a category one storm by friday. and then a tropical storm into the weekend. and then we are also watching a couple of other tropical depressions. this one, tropical depression eight. actually, tropical storm warnings were just issued forth and this system could bring areas up to five inches of rain before it tracks northwest. and then also watching tropical depression nine. and this is in the gulf of mexico. as it moves over florida and southeast georgia, it could bring up to ten inches of rain for some areas. and likely going to see tropical watches, tropical storm watches issued as we head into tonight. for more on this impact here at home, back to you. >> chris: all right. main impact really over the

the coastline. the outer banks, with the rain, they have a high risk of rip currents. this is in part due to hurricane gaston well offshore. by a thousand-plus miles. but it sends those swells all the way back to the eastern seaboard. if you are sneebing in... sneaking in a last-minute beach day here over the next several days before summer comes to a close, looks like we could have the potential of some rip currents. keep that in mind. the cool weather will work in toward the end of the week. we will start the weekend off with temperatures running in the 70's to near 80. >> christa: just ahead on 7: fire at a former paper factory in pittsfield. why officials are calling it

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>> christa: in a surprise move, the pharmaceutical company th agreed to release a generic version. >> anchor: it will be half the price. the company still isn't doing enough, consumer rights groups say. >> sarah: the announcement follows weeks of back-lash and outrage over price hikes for a drug used most often to save children's lives. over ten years, the epipen has gone from $100 to $600. mylan pharmaceuticals has just announced that the new generic

that. but consumer advocates say it's too little, too late. >> mylan is working very hard to avoid plain talk about price. mylan should cut its price down at least to the 2007 level of $100. >> sarah: in fact, the new generic version will be more expensive than typical generic produced by a competitor and usually 90% cheaper. c-nbc says mylan is essentially just changing the label. >> it is an identical product. authorized generic. in this case, mylan still has the whole market of the generic and the whole market of the branded. >> reporter: last week, c.e.o. told c-nbc the company has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on product development. >> you need the exact right amount. of epinephrine in seconds. and that is what our autoinjecter does. safely. and it needs to work every time. report tt drug itself has been around for a hundred years.

analysts say the plastic autoinjecter is also cheap. epipens earn the company more than a billion dollars a year. in may, the c.e.o. told wall street analysts "i think you will see opportunities for us to continue to have that price per pen increase." sarah french, 7 news. >> anchor: consumer advocates are concerned that anxious parents will avoid the cheaper generic epipen and keep buying the more expensive brand name. >> christa: coming up, a new study r owners probably already

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 that desperately need it. four hundred million that won't fund more science and technology, arts or preschool, counseling, or smaller class sizes. four hundred million unavailable to the ninety-six percent

public schools for all students, not just a select few. vote no on question 2. >> christa: a new study showing that dogs really do understand us. researchers found that dogs can comprehend words and tone, using brain regions similar to humans. (laughter)

measured dog's brain activities with an m.r.i. while they were listening to trainers talk. that is how they came to this realization. >> greg: my dog watches tv. >> christa: it does? >> anchor: it is bizarrement i will have to record it. so much more to come on 7 news here at noon. including this man. tb 12, tom brady addressing the media for probably the final time before the deflate-gate suspension goes into effect. >> chris: close to perfectionwe it will change up a little bit. especially by thursday. we are tracking some rain.

>> christa: breaking news from the patriots.

for likely the last time before his four-game suspension kicks in. welcome back, everybody. >> kris: the suspension set to go into effect at 3:00 on saturday. jonathan hall is live at gillette where tom brady just spoke, and we heard him. he said he would like to play on thursday. >> reporter: oh, kris, he would like to play every single game. the patriots sure have high hopes for this season. obviously, this is not an ideal start to the 2016 campaign. for tom brady. past few weeks, he has been playing in some preseason games. but soon, he will have to begin that four-game deflate-gate suspension. his effort to get the federal courts to overturn the n.f.l. commissioner's decision failed. tb 12 will be practicing with the pats this week. but then he has to step back as of thursday. brady says it will be tough to sit and watch as another guy play it is game that counts. jimmy garoppolo will start at

brady is trying to make the best of its. >> i'm bretty positive so, you know, i'm going to use these days the best way i possibly can. so you know, i'm going to try to get ready and do everything i can so i can be, you know, at my best when i have the opportunity to play in october. so i try get... you know, find different ways to be positive. it is what it is at this point. so we do the best we can do. i love being with jimmy. you know, i have enjoyed every day that we spent with him. you know, i wish him the very best, obviously. for our team. for him personally. you know, when you see people that it means a lot, to you always want them to succeed as well. and you know, it's... you know, it would be tough to watch. i'll be excited to watch. excited to learn. hopefully, when i come back in october, you know, i will be a

is thursday night. down at metlife stadium in new jersey. it will be up to coach belichick to decide whether tom brady will get any snaps for that game. he certainly wants them. now, brady is going to be back in action october 9 against the cleveland browns. we lick lie will not hear from him until the wednesday before that game. jonathan hall, 7 news. >> kris: all right. the first game of the season is getting closer. patriots open up on the road against arizona in a sunday when they take the field, you will see it only right here on 7. >> christa: now turning to your forecast for the second to the last day of august. and really, you want to drink in this day. it is absolutely awesome. i feel this is a top ten day. >> chris: perfection here. picture-perfect weather. boston, some wisty clouds. 76 degrees. upper 7's for many towns. even 80 in norwood. warming up as you go into the

coastline, we had an on-shore breeze. you have to kick back, rela,, and enjoy every minute this time of year. summertime coming to a close. so we need to soak it all in. right? the satellite and radar composite, it is quiet across southern new england. you knew that. 6 near the coastline. warm one tomorrow. 85, a few towns pushing 90 degrees. dry during the day tomorrow. it scattered showers and storms. we will talk more on that forecast and the fall forecast coming in. >> kris: police say a man made threats made at muslims and the president. the shocking details don't end there. >> christa: police found a stockpile of weapons inside of his home. jennifer eagan with more. report tt man who lives in this home in holliston now the

garj... joseph gargiulo is accused of wanting to plant bomb in police stations and kill officers. the f.b.i. also received information that gargiulo wished he had assassinated president obama while the president played golf on martha's vineyard. >> he doesn't have anti-government views or anti-president views. not considered mainstream. certainly, not exceptionally radical. stem from a messy divorce. gargiulo's ex-wife has a restraining order out against him and they are in the middle of a custody battle. >> there is a long history of false allegations on behalf of the mother. >> reporter: during an f.b.i. raid of the home, agents say they found parts for an ar-15 rifle along with ammunition which would be in violation of his restraining order. agents say they also found chemicals that could be combined to make explosives as well as handwritten notes

>> i have known mr. gargiulo for about 12 years. i know what kind of man he is. this is not something he would ever do. >> christa: investigators trying to figure out what caused this fire at a paper factory in pittsfield. the fire began last night. an official on the scene says jb paper factory has been closed and vacant for a while now. and there was no power or gas to that building. officials are calling the fire suspicious. a brockton man facing charg today afterpolice say he sexually assaulted a teenage girl. investigators say this 15-year-old's parents confronted the 24-year-old suspect on sunday, after he had been sending inappropriate text messages to her for several weeks. that subpoena is due in court in november. >> christa: new details today on the duck boat crash that happened on storrow drive. the driver has been cited and fined $100. police say he drove the duck boat in to storrow drive and

the roof. luckily no, one onboard was hurt. and firefighters battling this huge brush fire in wilmington. sky 7 hd over the scene monday night. route 38 in wilmington also had to be closed for a time. you can see the crews on the ground checking for hot spots and then soaking the brush right there. the north carolina bureau of investigation released monday the audio of a state trooper and dispatch personnel after the trooper fatally shot a deaf man in front of his north so during this 7-minute stretch, the trooper jermaine saunders radios dispatch that the driver isn't pulling over but is going faster, reaching speeds of more than a hundred miles per hour. later, saunders radios in that shots have been fired. >> shots fired. one down. shots fired. one down. >> christa: this brings new

that incident still under investigation. >> kris: wait until you see. this a huge pileup on a highway in new york. it happened in binghamton. the track or the-trailer crashes into the area, pushing those cars to the side of the road. witnesses, though, rushed over to pull a woman out of a burning car. ten cars, in all, involved in the pile-up. amazingly no, one was seriously hurt. new york city sink holes swallowing partially visible by monday night. emergency crews on the scene say the vehicle started to sink when that sink hole opened up beneath it. the hole was created by a broken water main. >> kris: still ahead, plenty

>> kris: it actually felt like fall this morning a little bit. >> christa: yeah. still beautiful outside. refreshing air. >> kris: we need to wear white pants for one more weekend. >> chris: hey, you guys like the 90-degree weather. by the middle part of next week, we could be pushing 90 once again. summer is not over and done with just because of the change in the calendar. plenty of white pants weather

fashion statement or not. not up to me to decide. right? boston at 90. plymouth at 92. the 20th time this year we have hit 90 in boston. the average, 14. we are above that. the record, 30. that is going to be tough to go to that record. we may be adding a few more in the month of september. once in a while, we climb up to 90 degrees. if you add up the lows and the highs for the month of august, and you kind of average things out, this is where we stand. 76.6 degrees. this is on pace to beat the record on record. you get a degree above. that that is crushing that record pretty much. that's something that's going to stand. good potential of the driest summer on record as well. here is the cool start early this morning. that flash of fall, we were talking about. low 50's pretty common outside boston. 76 right now in the city.

huge ranges in temperatures going from upper 40's to near 80 in a matter of several hours. you go from light jackets back into shorts and t-shirts. all right. current dew points looking good. low to mid-'s. the low humidity in place. that is low humidity extending through this evening. now, we have more clouds into the mix tomorrow. a mix of sun and clouds. some warm day. 858-90. we will track this front tomorrow night into thursday. the best potential of some scattered showers and srm 80-86 this afternoon. coolest at the coastline. the sea breeze moving on in. 76 in town tonight. for the sox game. great baseball weather. another nice evening ahead. not quite as cool as last evening. 86-91 tomorrow. rain avoiding us tomorrow during the day. different story at night. tropics heating up. for more on them, danielle. >> danielle: thanks. the height of the hurricane season.

gaston. yesterday this was a category three hurricane. knew category two. but still packing winds of 105 miles per hour. tracking east, northeast. and as we head into the weekend, it will weaken to a tropical storm. also watching tropical depression eight off the coast of north carolina. and that's where tropical storm warnings are in effect now. this could bring torrential rain. rain up to five inches for parts of the outer banks of north carolina today into tomorrow. before it tracks northwest out s and that is not it. we are watching prop call depression nine as well. this is the gulf of mexico. expected to move over florida, southeast georgia. as we head into the rest of the weekend, by friday, parts of florida could seal up to... could see up to ten, isolated parts up to 15 inches of rain. fvrbs it will be a race to see who becomes hermin. the next one will become ian. things heating up out there.

>> chris: looks like there will be the risk for rip currents over the next several days. high risk down across the carolinas. moderate risk extending into long island and southern new england. if you are heading out to the beach to enjoy the last summer stand here, it looks good weather-wise. keep an eye on the rough surf out there. produced by hurricane gaston and other activity out there in the tropics. high to severe levels of pollen. ragweed, the main culprit this time of year. we look at the forecast. will we seeuc not a whole lot of it. scattered showers and storms wednesday night into thursday. we could use more water than. that looks like as we get into the end of the week, we do cool down. refreshing breeze out of the northwest. temperatures at night dropping to upper 40's. low to mid-50's for many of the suburbs. should moderate those temperatures by the second half of the weekend. they will be cooler at the coastline. an on-shore breeze. >> christa: tributes are

actor gene wilder passed away. the hollywood legend known for many memorable f roles. >> kris: the glass elevator. whether he was telling a joke or maybe singing a song, he was sure to always put a smile on your face. ? there is no life i know to compare with your imagination ? >> reporter: gene wilder was an unlikely leading man. gentle, sweet, hil these are simple farmers. these are people of the land. you know, morons. >> reporter: and through a span of several decades, he starred in movies big and small. >> this is it! >> reporter: and brought to the screen performance that is were unforgettable. >> it's alive!

>> reporter: from young frankenstein to blazing saddles. wilder was magic in mel brooks movies. he was equally hilarious with richard pryor in a series of buddy movies, including silver streak. >> who are you? >> reporter: while it was a failure at the box office, the role wider was most identified with and beloved for was willie wonka. >> we are the music-makers. and we are the dreamers of >> reporter: after his wife gilda radner lost her battle with cancer, he was a pillar of the support group gilda's club. wilder knew he wanted to be an actor from childhood. tired of hollywood. once said "i like the show but i don't like the business." >> don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted. >> what happened? >> he lived happily ever after. >> reporter: so many memorable

gene wilder was 8 years old. >> christa: coming up on 7, a milestone for mookie betts. >> kris: what ben affleck posted on his facebook page. a little b new hampshire college students are packing their backpacks and heading back to school. and thanks to kelly ayotte, along with the textbooks and pencils, many students are carrying more student loan debt. ayotte voted to cut pell grants

looking out for their own bottom line, not our kids'. for new hampshire students and families, kelly ayotte is a heavy burden we can't afford. nea advocacy fund is responsible

>> kris: red sox starting their series with the rays on a winning note. mookie betts. boy, what a season he has had. homering in the 0th home run of the season for mookie. he would later add an r.b.i. double in the fifth. rick porcello hot on the mound there. earns the win. he is a perfect 13-0 at fenway this year. the red sox ended up winning this one 9-4. and host the rays again tonight. little league world series champions returned home monday to a well-earned parade. thousands of people turning out to welcome the youngsters home. the little league team defeated south korea 2-1 in the title game.

the little league world series way back in 1964. when staten island beat mexico. >> christa: before speaking to the media today, patriots quarterback tom brady sent a special message to a fan. justin miller suffers from spinal muscular after rofy. his sister wrote a blog about him for the huffingen to post saying that her brother wanted to meet the pats quarterback. brady apparently, saw the blog and then recorded a message for justin. >> i know you are a big patrio f story, i'm an even bigger fan of you and all that you have overcome. i'll be rooting for you this season and hope the patriots can give you and your family some great memories and plenty to celebrate all year long. we will be wishing you the very best. >> christa: miller and his loved ones gathered over the weekend to watch brady's message together. miller's sister responded with this post. tom brady and the new england patriots are the great rest of all time. we are completely floored by

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profession, she said she was a songwriter. that is true. swift was dismissed from jury duty because she has an ongoing legal case where she is accusing a radio deejay of groping her during a photo shoot. >> christa: apple will hold its annual product launch next wednesday. many are speculating the apple will unveil a new iphone and a new apple watch. they are also predicting the company will announce the release dates for its new operating systems as well. ben affleck will have reveal of his own. the massachusetts native posting this video of the possible villain for the upcoming justice league movie on his facebook page. death-stroke is the bad guy. and a number of batman comics in the 1980's. affleck plays batman in the justice league movie set to be

>> chris: hardly any rain this summer. we have had some great beach weather. great vacation weather. once again delivering today. sea breeze kicking on in: nice night for fenway park. temperatures running into the mid-70's. it would be great to pick up another win. the forecast going through the weekend, mainly dry here. we are talking about the coolest conditions along the coastline. friday, saturday, sunday into monday. thanks to an on-shore breeze. best chance of rain wednesday might into thursday. >> christa: all right. that's going to do it for us. first at 4:00. have a great tuesday. see you then. barbara moussette: kelly came through for me and my husband, and i am just forever grateful... with my husband in cancer treatment, we fell behind on our bills, and we needed our tax refund to catch up...

i was terrified - we faced losing our home. we reached out to kelly ayotte. she didn't know us at all, but she went to the irs and she fought for us. thanks to kelly, we got our refund and we kept our home. kelly ayotte: i'm kelly ayotte

>> dario: so... coffee? >> rafe: i've got to check on hope. >> dario: [sighs] rain check. >> rafe: depends. we found out last night that aiden jennings is the new d.a. >> dario: her ex? that lying criminal dirtbag is the new d.a.? >> rafe: yeah, that's the one, so now we're working closely with him. >> rafe: she's not picking up. >> dario: maybe she's in the shower. >> rafe: or maybe she took matters into her own hands. >> dario: rain check. >> rafe: yeah. >> aiden: so i want to start with the most recent of justin's cases and then work backwards, so if i can get last month's files, that'd be great. >> roman: you got it. >> aiden: yeah, okay. shoot. did you see where i put my phone? >> roman: probably left it in the interrogation room. >> aiden: yeah. [suspenseful music]