na >> christa: we begin here at noon with a developing story. investigators trying to figure out what led to a deadly rollover there were six people inside when this van crashed. and this was on 495 this morning. >> sarah: at least one person was killed. the other taken to local hospitals. john cuoco is live in merrimack with more on what police are saying. john inst >> reporter: well, state police believe the fact that most of these men were likely not wearing seat belts played a big role here. if you take a look behind me. the highway has opened up. the accident has been cleared.

massachusetts state police say this van had six men inside when it flipped over. and was sent rolling off 495 north in merrimack thursday morning. one man was killed in the crash. the five others were taken to four different area hospitals. state police believe it is likely that most of these men were not wearing seat belts. we are told the group were on their way to work when the van somehow went off the highway. near the exit 53 off-ramp. within the accident debris that spread across the pavement, were construction equipment. like hand tools and ladders. crews cleared all that from the road before towing the van from the scene. traffic was down to two lanes for hours, but the highway opened back up just before 10:00. and state police say they will likely be releasing more information on this crash at some point today. for now, we are live in merrimack, massachusetts, 7 news. >> christa: we have more breaking news at noon. crews coming to the rescue of

feet. below ground. let's go to victoria warren. she has more for us. >> reporter: christa, just a short time ago, they pulled this man out of the trench. everyone on site here, so thankful that this man is going to be okay. we have some video of the moments after he was lifted out of the ground. technical rescue teams raced to cambridge once they learned this construction worker was 30 feet below ground and couldn't get himself out. they worked to stabize loading him into an ambulance. he was in the trench and hurt his leg while crews were lowering a beam. his leg was cut. the bleeding was quickly controlled. it did take some time to set up the rescue. they needed to set up a system of pulleys. then everything went as planned. typically, that worker in the trench would have used a ladder to get himself out. so the man was brought to the hospital. again, we are told he is going to be okay. osha is on scene.

first place. live from cambridge, victoria warren, 7 news. >> christa: more breaking news, this time out of texas. police are responding to an active shooter situation at a high school in alpine. right now police are eadvantage waiting students as they search for two possible shooters. right now cnn is reporting that one person is dead. the shooting apparently happening inside the school's band hall. we will be continuing to follow the latest details and let you know it becomes available. >> sarah: more breaking news now. the u.s. olympic committee and u.s.a. swimming have suspended four members of the 2016 u.s. olympic swim team. ryan lochte is suspended for ten months. three other swimmers will be suspended for four months. this comes after the four claim they were held up at gunpoint by a man at a gas station in rio. it was later revealed lochte made up much of the story.

deadly drive into a newton restaurant now facing criminal charges. the driver who plowed through sweet tomatoes killing two people was indicted by a grand jury on wednesday. this afternoon, the middlesex district attorney is talking about the decision to charge the driver. steve cooper spoke with her and he joins us live in wakefield with the very latest. >> reporter: and sar remarks these are actually three copies of the indictments. the three charges that bradford castler is facing chance to talk to the district attorney about why it took six months for those charges to be filed. we are getting our first look at copies of the three indictments handed out by a middlesex county grand jury against a 55-year-old bradford castler of newton. he is the driver prosecutors say plowed his s.u.v. into sweet tomatoes back in march, killing two customers. 7 others were injured. the district attorney late

details on why it took so long for the charges to come out. >> did it take an extra amount of time? i mean, six months to get an indictment? >> no. you know, as i think we have seen play out in many of these cases, over the last few months, just seeing cases, a year, six months, whatever, across the state, we want to do this right. >> reporter: c not have prevented the tragic accident. his attorney was suggesting there might be a health issue here. do you know anything about that? >> that will play itself out as the case unfolds. >> reporter: are you saying this is more than a tragic accident? >> if things play out, we will

present information to this court. >> christa: that was steve cooper reporting. also today, a deadly shooting that happened overnight in dorchester. boston police say a 20-year-old man was shot and killed around 8:00 on ripley road. witnesses say he was standing outside. that is when someone just simply came up and started shooting. a woman saying that she is the victim's sister, clearly distraught at the scene. yelling that somebody in the crowd must have known something. and she was also heard yelling at police officers her brother's body from the ground. police up in new hampshire arresting a 20-year-old thomas ford, jr. after he robbed a convenience store and attacked the store's 81-year-old obstruction of justicer. officers say this happened at hahn's food mart in manchester yesterday. ford now faces several charges. >> sarah: the new england

>> christa: today the head coach bill belichick shut down those questions. dan, he did not seem to be a fan of your question about that. >> yeah. what a big surprise, huh? well, yesterday, jimmy garoppolo tried to avoid causing any controversy, spouting phrases like "it is what it is." and "straight on to arizona." he did raise eyebrows when he without tom brady there. coach belichick didn't want to add any fuel to the fire. that wasn't the only subject he didn't want to talk about. jimmy garoppolo stirring up a bit of controversy with his comment wednesday that things are running smoother at patriots practice now that it's just him and brissett taking quarterback snaps. some have taken that to mean sharing snaps with tom brady before his suspension was a problem. coach bill belichick refused to weigh in on the topic. when i asked him about garoppolo's comment.

>> reporter: what is your opinion? >> you asked him how he felt. that is how he feels. if you ask somebody for their opinion, that is their opinion. i'm not going to disagree with jimmy's opinion. that is how he feels. he entitled to feel however he does. he answered your question. i'm not going to tell you how somebody else feels. i mean, that is ridiculous. >> reporter: the n.f.l. eliminated that designated the pats coach says they are ready for anything. >> yeah. well, we have a lot of our plans for that. >> reporter: and reasons not to reveal it? >> yeah. i'm not going to get into a game plan on arizona. no. that is not what this is for. >> reporter: might julian be the sghi. >> we have plans. we have to back up every position. we have plans to back them all up.

there. julian edelman who has thrown a touchdown pass. that 51-yarder to amendola. maybe he doesn't want to ruin that perfect passer rating. dan hausle, 7 news. >> christa: okay, thank you. when the pats take to the field out in arizona, there is only one place you can watch it. right here on 7 news. we will get you started with 7 on the sidelines. at 6:30 and then kickoff set for 8:30. >> sarah: well, it may be football season. it is feeling like summer. we are really heating up today. tomorrow, temps are supposed to climb even higher. >> christa: it is quite humid out there. even though it is gray. hopefully, things will look a little bit better. >> reporter: today is humid. tomorrow is humid, too. if we get to 90, that will be our 21st90-degree day of the year. we are still dealing with what's left of hermine, spinning to our southeast. we are kind of seeing the cloud cover. it is kind of yucky outside. temperatures are mild. in the 70's. but those dew points are pretty close to those

there. for today and for tomorrow, this is really the way that it's going to stay. highs this afternoon, along the coast, mid-70's. pretty close to average for this time of year. inland is where you will find those low to mid-80's. and then tomorrow, that is when we will get close to 90 degrees. the weekend looks pretty good. in the mid and low 80's. more on the forecast coming up. >> sarah: let's turn to the race for the white house now. hillary clinton, donald trump facing off without actually coming face-toac questions from the military during a commander in chief forum that happened last night. and today clinton is attacking some of trump's answers. let's go to nancy chen with details on that. nancy? >> reporter: christa, hillary clinton participated in her first formal press conference in 278 days today. and she did not mince words when it came to donald trump. hillary clinton giving her first formal press conference in about nine months this morning.

the former secretary of state lashing out at donald trump after wednesday night's commander in chief forum. >> last night was yet another test, and donald trump failed yet again. we saw more evidence that he is temperamentally unfit and totally unqualified to be commander in chief. >> nancy: clinton announcing a meeting tomorrow of a bipartisan group to focus on isis. >> we should make it a top priority to hunt down the leader of isis to justice, just as we did with osama bin laden. >> nancy: during wednesday's forum, trump criticized military leaders. >> the generals have been reduced to rubble. they have been reduced to a point where it's embarrassing for our country. >> nancy: clinton responding with harsh words on thursday. >> that is how he talks about distinguished men and women who have spent their lives serving our country.

that is how he would act as commander in chief. >> nancy: trump defended praising russian president vladimir putin. >> if he says great things about me, i'm going to say great things about him. >> nancy: clinton called those remarks scary. >> even taking the astonishing step of suggesting that he prefers the russian president to our american president, now, that is not just unpatriotic and insulting, our commander in chief, it is scary. >> nancy: donald trump just tweeting out his response to all of this, saying hillary gave a disastrous news conference on the tarmac to make up for poor performance last night. she is being decimated by the media. that is from donald trump. while the two candidates didn't come face-to-face last night, they will in the first debate. that will be later on this month. nancy chen, 7 news today in new england.

you. meantime, an embarrassing moment for a third-party candidate running for president. libertarian candidate gary johnson apparently not familiar with a key city in syria that's been in the news. take a look at what happened this morning on morning joe. >> what would you do if you were elected about aleppo? >> and what is aleppo? >> you are kidding. >> no. >> aleppo is in syria. it refugee crisis. >> okay. got it. got it. >> christa: johnson's running mate is bill weld, the former governor of massachusetts who is in boston today speaking to students at emerson college. >> sarah: people in massachusetts will be hitting the polls to vote in state primaries today. a number of positions in the state legislature are up for election. there doesn't seem to be much competition. 126 people running are running

>> christa: coming up, a murder suspect with a trick up his sleeve. how he manages to escape from police custody. >> sarah: then crying foul: the problem in one massachusetts town. >> danielle: more sunshine this afternoon. that will help bring temperatures into the mid to upper 70's along the coast. 80's inland. tomorrow near 90. more coming up. >> christa: the n.f.l. season kicking offer tonight with a rematch of last year's super bowl.

>> happy thursday to you. i'm danielle gersh in for chris today. 76, the temperature in boston. dew points, not too far behind those temperatures. in the upper 60's. another muggy day. those winds out of the east at 7 miles per hour. it is going to stay pretty humid today and tomorrow. it is pretty gloomy out there as well. heading into this afternoon,

sunshine. that will warm those temperatures up into the upper 70's. some spots in the up. 80's. to our southeast, we are still seeing the remnants of hermine spinning off the coast. that is part of the reason why we are seeing gloomy conditions still. tomorrow, more sunshine on the way. and this afternoon we will start to see more sunshine as well. but it's really kind of a gloomy week. dew points in the upper 60's for today. heading into tomorrow, really the same story. another muggy day on the way. mid to upper 6's we will see the humidity drop, though, for saturday and sunday, as we head into the weekend. the drought monitor just updated today. and pretty much the same story. we really needed the rain. extreme droughts still stretching across the eastern part of massachusetts. up into new hampshire as well. we need any rain we can get. we have a couple of chances heading into the next couple of days. and into the weekend to see that rain. but at the most, a passing shower or storm. no big rain-makers on the way here. the first chance will be overnight tonight.

into tomorrow. behind the front no, cold air. it is going to be warm tomorrow. temperatures near 90. more sunshine, too. the next chance to see a passing shower will be saturday night into sunday morning. early sunday morning. again, these are not looking like huge rain-makers for us. for today, upper 70's into the mid-8's inland. that sunshine peeking through this afternoon. look at our overnight temperatures, though. into the low 7 through the overnight hours. this is pretty much where temperatures should be averaging. for highs during the day. tomorrow, near 90. if we get there in boston, this will actually be our 21st90-degree day of the year. on average, we should only have about 14 of those. so heading into the weekend, tomorrow, near 90. saturday and sunday, though, temperatures pleasant. monday into the 70's. then looking nice next week. still above normal.

wild turkeys turning heads in foxboro. some say they are get aggressive. the new iphone has arrived. a noticeable change, though,

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just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh, absolutely. i like that. get fios with virtual tech support for $69.99 a month. >> sarah: residents say wild turkeys on the attack in foxboro, even chasing people down. aggressive birds. they are holding up traffic.

nancy chen has this story. >> nancy: christa, residents in foxboro say they have simply had enough. they say you do not want to be caught on the wrong side of these wild turkeys. >> they will chase you. >> nancy: turkeys are terrorizing foxboro. >> drop-kinning people. forcing them up against trees. >> nancy: animal control has gotten calls about the wild birds striking fear into the hearts of those who get too close. >> stay away. stay in the car. and get away. >> i don'tne >> nancy: along busy roads. turkeys are taking their time as they cross to the other side. >> the police will come by. put the sirens on. it doesn't even scare them. that go after their tires. >> nancy: susan brown watches as they go from yard to yard searching for food which is sometimes left by people. >> some people will feed them bread and stuff. yeah. that makes them come more often. >> nancy: that is part of the problem, animal control says. along with bird-feeders. and even though they can get aggressive, one of the worst

at all. demon turkeys. >> nancy: it only makes these turkeys even more aggressive. >> it is more of a nuisance than anything else. i don't think they are dangerous. use common sense. stay away. they will move on. >> nancy: animal control says it is important for residents to stand their ground if they do come into contact with one of those turkeys. in the newsroom, nancy chen, 7 news. >> christa: all right, nancy. thank you. next on 7. downing down to kickoff. a come back. >> sarah: a bad break-up: a

>> christa: we are back at 12:25 with a live look al mile-high stadium in kenner have. the wait is just about over for football fans. football returns tonight.

>> reporter: hey there and happy football. the day is finally here. the kickoff now just hours away. the broncos and panthers right here on this field, a rematch of super bowl 50. it is game day in denver. after another off-season of controversy and suspensions, and a preseason of sit-ins, tonight, the attention and players return to the field. >> all eyes are on denver. we couldn't be more excite to be here to kick things off. >> reporter: and the n.f.l. starts where it left off last season. a rematch of super bowl 50 between the broncos and panthers. >> finally, after 7 months, we are ready for the rematch. >> reporter: the nbc team is ready to get the ball rolling as well. >> this kickoff game is like the super bowl. i mean, the magnitude of it. >> reporter: and for the fans,

is just about over. >> i'm super psyched. i'm ready. >> reporter: the party here will start even earlier. the pregame celebration includes music from dirks bentley and one republic. right before kickoff, the broncos will unveil their new super bowl banner. in denver, jay gray, nbc news. >> sarah: thursday night football starts tonight on 7-nbc. with the carolina panthers at the denver broncos. and join us for 7 news >> christa: much more to come in the next half hour right here. out of the pool: a u.s. swimmer suspended after an olympic escapade in rio. >> sarah: a deadly drive in merrimack. police investigating a rollover on 495. >> christa: danger on the job: a worker rescued today in cambridge. we will have more. >> danielle: still gloomy out there. temperatures have warmed up into the mid-70's tomorrow.

>> christa: we are back following a developing story. one person killed in a rollover crash in merrimack this morning. there were six people inside when that van crashed on 495 north. >> sarah: several others were taken to local hospitals. >> reporter: well, sar remarks state police believe the fact that most of these men were likely not wearing seat belts played a big role here. >> you take a look behind me, you can see the highway has opened up. the accident has been cleared. this investigation is continuing. massachusetts state police say this van had six men inside when it flipped over. and was sent rolling off 495 north in merrimack thursday

crash. the five others were taken to four different area hospitals. state police believe it is likely that most of these men were not wearing seat belts. we are told the group were on their way to work. the van somehow went off the highway, near the exit 53 off-ramp. within the accident debris had spread across the pavement were pieces of construction equipment like hand tools and ladders. crews cleared all that from the road before towing the van from the scene. traffic was down to two lanes for hours, 10:00. and state police say they will likely be releasing more information on this crash at some point today. we are live in merrimack, massachusetts, john cuoco, 7 news. >> christa: in cambridge, a construction worker fell nearly 30 feet below ground. that worker was safely brought to a waiting ambulance. he injured his leg but is expected to be okay. >> sarah: breaking news in texas. police are responding to an

high school in alpine. cnn is reporting that one person is dead. three other people have been taken to the hospital. the shooting happened inside the school's band hall. we will continue to follow this breaking news story and bring you the very latest as soon as we get it. >> christa: the u.s. olympic committee and u.s.a. swimming have suspended four members of the 2016 u.s. olympic swim team. ryan lochte is suspended for three other swimmers will be suspended for four months. it was later revealed that lochte had made up much of the story. >> sarah: a deadly drive into a newton restaurant. the driver who plowed through sweet tomatoes killing two people was indicted by a grand jury on wednesday. this afternoon, we are hearing from the middlesex district

he joins us live in wakefield with the very latest. >> reporter: and sar remarks we are also getting a look at the indictments. the three indictments against the driver who crashed into that restaurant in newton. six months ago. today questions about why it took the district attorney six months to get charges filed fbs in the case here. we are getting a first look at copies of the three indictments handed out by a middlesex county grand jury against 55-year-old bradford castler of newton. he is the driver who plowed his s.u.v. into a packed sweet tomatoes restaurant back in march, killing two customers. including a man from newton and woman from watertown. several others were injured. the district attorney sharing limited details on why it took so long for the charges to come out. >> did it take an extra amount of time? six months to get an indictment? >> no. you know, as i think we have seen play out in many of these cases, over the last few

year, six months, whatever, across the state, we want to do this right. >> reporter: castler has been indicted on two countsle of motor vehicle homicide and one count of operating to endanger. his attorney told us castler's health and physical condition could not have prevenned the tragic accident. >> his attorney was suggesting there might be a health issue here. do you know anything about that? >> you know, that will play itself out as the case unfolds. record included three accidents since 199, plus a speeding ticket since 1991. >> if things play out, we will be presenting information and obviously, the defendant will be presenting information to the court. >> reporter: when will castler answer to the indictments? no specific arraignment date has been set yet. the district attorney telling us late this morning that she expects he will be facing a judge sometime in the next

live in wakefield, steve cooper, 7 news. >> christa: your forecast today, muggy and sticky out there. for a september day here in boston. it is going to get even warmer. >> danielle: tomorrow we are back to summer. we are starting off with a little bit of everything. outside right now, still dealing with overcast skies. temperatures have managed to get to the mid those dew points are not too far behind. temperatures mid to upper 7's right now. and those winds are nice and calm this afternoon. along the coast. that is where temperatures will be pretty much average this time of year. mid to upper 70's. inland, into those 80's. tomorrow, we are talking about temperatures near 90. >> christa: danielle, thank you. the patriots counting down to

take off for arizona. bill belichick took to the podium today. he talked to the media. >> sarah: one thing is for sure. the focus is on arizona. dan hausle has the latest now from gillette. >> reporter: jimmy garoppolo stirring up controversy with his comment wednesday that things are running forecast smoother at patriots practice now that it's just him and jacoby brissett taking snaps. some have take than to mean sharing snaps with tom brady before his suspension was a problem. coach bill belichick refused to weigh in on the topic when i asked him about garoppolo's comments. >> that is his opinion. >> reporter: what is your opinion? >> you asked him how he felt. that is how he feels. >> reporter: do you feel things are running smoother when you have two quarterbacks? >> when you ask for somebody's opinion, that is their opinion. i'm not going to disagree with his opinion. that is how he feels. he is entitled to feel however he does. i'm not going to tell you how somebody else feels. i mean, that is ridiculous. >> reporter: belichick not interested in talking about

the n.f.l. eliminated that designated position five years ago, but the pats coach says they are ready for anything. >> yeah. well, we have a lot of plans for that. >> reporter: and reasons not to reveal it? >> yeah. i mean, i'm not going to get into a game plan on arizona. that is not what this is for. >> reporter: julian has thrown a pass for you successfully before. might he be the guy? >> we have plans. we have to back up up. >> reporter: i asked about julian as a possible emergency quarterback. julian edelman, of course, who has thrown a touchdown pass. that 51-yarder to danny amendola. but maybe he doesn't want to change his perfect passer rating. dan hausle, 7 news. >> sarah: when the pats take the field sunday night, there is one place to see it. right here on 7 news. we will get you started with 7 on the sidelines live from arizona at 6:30.

>> christa: more news now: a marshfield man will be spending ten years behind bars after pleading guilty in connection with the death of his infant daughter. ryan barry pleading guilty to manslaughter charges after his five-month-old daughter died of an opioid overdose. back in 2011. police say barry and the child's mother ashley sere poisoned their child by feeding her baby formula laced with opioids. >> sarah: a deadly explosion at a home in franklin. officials say a gas leak is to investigators say an elderly couple died when something ignited the gas that had been leaking into the home in october of last year. fire officials do not believe it was intentional. >> christa: a common problem in westwood. it happened again. as yet another box truck ends up getting stuck under the east street bridge. the truck couldn't make it all the way underneath the bridge yesterday. the passenger hopped out and then tried to guide the driver away from that area.

have shown you, has been a problem spot for years. ripping the tops off of trucks and causing collisions. as you see there. that height of the bridge will be raised, though, in the next few years. >> sarah: now at noon, las vegas police under fire after a murder suspect escapes from an interrogation room. all caught on camera. the suspect back in custody, but changes are being made to keep it from happening again. >> we are very aware that mistakes were made. surveillance video of a suspected killer alonzo perez. amazingly, police were not. the cam remarks the only thing catching perez, working to break his handcuffs and get free. >> he torqued it to the point, using some of his body weight, that it snaps the hinges. >> sarah: perez is free to plan his escape. at 12:30 p.m., police reentered the room, in the noticing the broken handcuffs and the walkout. the camera is still on.

>> reporter: 40 minutes passed without anyone watching perez. it is time a suspected killer uses to make his escape. watch here as perez hops the desk and clipse toward the ceiling. >> puts it up against the wall. climbs up on the chair. knocks out a few ceiling tiles. climbs into the rafters. exits the building. i won't say that he wasn't seen. he wasn't seen by us. unfortunately. agencies worked to find perez for four days. he was arrested on tuesday just after 8:00 p.m. the family of mohamed robinson murdered, and the reason police arrested perez in the first place relieved. still they echo the same question. why was no one watching and wondering the same thing about the officer in charge at the time perez escaped. is he still on the case? >> yes. it is his case. i wish it hadn't happened. but it did.

we are not perfect. the police are simply not perfect. >> sarah: of course, policy changes are now being made, the police say. >> christa: a girl from north carolina is recovering after a shark attack. and a warning for you. you may find some of these images graphic. the girl was attacked while swimming off of myrtle beach. on labor day. she is now recovering from 39 puncture wounds . she has 25 stitches. she is expected to make a full recovery. last year,ht carolina coast. a man in florida getting arrested after his yacht washed up on-shore in palm beach. the 63-year-old man admitted he was drinking when he missed the palm beach inlet and then ran aground. ran into the beach. beach-goers spotted the 72-foot yacht named time-out. just floating there at the shoreline. the suspect was charged with boating under the influence. >> sarah: a kansas man serving a life sentence after committing a crime for a

and told police he did it because he would rather be in jail than live with his wife. ripple took $3,000 and then instead of running away, he sat in the lobby until security found the guy they were looking for. >> i have never heard of someone who would rather come to jail and commit a crime so they don't have to go home and be with their family. that's never happened. wife have been married 35 years. if found guilty, that man could get his wish of not returning home. for up to 20 years. >> christa: still ahead, apple dialing up a new iphone. what buyers are saying about the latest gadget. >> sarah: a space-chase to intercept an asteroid. >> danielle: tomorrow temperatures near 90. we could hit our 21st90-degree

>> christa: a space probe today to chase down a potentially dangerouses a troid that scientists say could one day collide with earth. it is set to blast off tonight from cape canaveral. at 7:05 eastern, if you are interested. this unmanned probe will arrive at the asteroid named the new sometime in august of

the asteroid, take pictures, and samples, and then bring them back to earth. so i'm glad that somebody is thinking about those things. doing a little bit of deflection. up there. >> sarah: all right. over to danielle gersh. we will talk about the forecast, the weather. >> danielle: i bet you liked hit the morning. kind of gloomy. kind of fall-like. for your pumpkin spice lattes. outside right now, though, detemperatures are still managed to get into the mid to upper 70's for most spots. and dew points not close to 70 degrees as well. so that means it is muggy out there. it is humid. i was talking about tomorrow, it is going to be another hot day with highs near 90. and if we get there, it will be our 21st9 o'-degree day of the year. on average, we should only see about 14 of those days. we did, though, start the month off with some cooler temperatures. these blue boxes are days where temperatures were below average. now we are going to add some more orange boxes to this map over the next couple of days.

normal. keep in mind, august was the warmest on record. i talked about how it's muggy out there today. it is going to stay that way into tomorrow, too. those dew points staying pretty consistently. in the mid to upper 6's throughout the next two days. so tomorrow, with that heat, we are also going to be dealing with the humidity. it will be hot and humid. a day you definitely want to stay hydrated throughout the day. here sa look at the satellite and radar. still gloomy out there. part of the reason for that, the remnants of what was herm our southeast. i think by tomorrow, we can finally stop talking about this. we will get some more sunshine around. the drought monitor updated on thursday. extreme drought: still basically for everyone inside 495. up to manchester. and pretty much all of the state in a severe drought. we need any rain we can get. over the next 7 days, we are probably not going to see too much of it. we have a couple of chances for rain. one actually comes overnight tonight. into tomorrow.

passing shower. then tomorrow, more sunshine. behind this front, the temperatures are going to be really warm. and then near 90. saturday night into sunday, a stray shower passing by. really, that is it. the weekend looks really good. if you have weekend plans, you are in good shape. for today, temperatures inland will climb into the mid-80's. then the overnight temperatures tonight, into the low 70's. it is going to be very mild through the overnight hours. for tomorrow, it is going to be a hot day, a humid one. if you are heading to fenway tomorrow night, jason aldean and kid rock, it's going to be hot. temperatures in the upper 80's. the 7 on 7 forecast, again, a possible stray shower overnight tonight. into tomorrow morning. tomorrow is a hot one. near 90. saturday and sunday, though, looking really good. in the low to mid-80's. then next week, less humid monday and tuesday.

>> christa: a man finds a gold nugget in central california. look there. the size of a steak. in the palm of his hand. it weighs about 18 ounces. it is estimated to be worth as much as $70,000. not bad. folks in jamestown where it was found believe this could spur a modern-day gold rush. >> sarah: all right. coming up, apple rolling out its latest iphone. the change that has consumers talking. >> christa: showere flowers. a high school cheerleader getting a big boost in the

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>> sarah: apple unveiling the new iphone 7. among all of the headline-grabbing new features, there is one noticeable absence.

jack. >> christa: yes. gone the way of the vcr. this is not sitting well with die-hard apple fans. take a look. applele rolling out to big changes to small features. >> air pods. helping usher in the future of wireless audio. >> christa: the world's most valuable company is killing off the headphone jack. which connected those iconic white earfones to your favorite tunes. the updated smart phone starts at $649. it is water-resistant, features a higher resolution camera. those wireless blue-tooth ear buds will run you an extra $159. >> it comes down to one word. courage. the courage to move on, do something new, that betters all of us. and our team has tremendous courage. >> christa: users poking fun on that pronouncement on

however, c.e.o. tim cook says it is part of a long-term product plan. >> tim, when did you first conceive of the wireless headphones? >> it takes a long time to do the engineering. >> christa: taking away a feature to innovate is part of what apple does. the same company that removed the floppy disk drive from personal commuters in 1998 and skipped having buttons on a ll a statement that the future of audio is wireless. apple also tweaking the apple watch. launching the water-resistant series ii with built-in gps. >> sarah: up next on 7 news, honored on the field: how one high school football team is honoring a brave cheerleader. >> danielle: after an overcast day today, tomorrow, sunny and temperatures near 90. we will take a look at your

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>> christa: here is a story about a high school cheerleader who is getting showered with flowers. >> sarah: yeah, the football team classmate battling cancer. take a look. ashley was recently diagnosed with leukemia. before friday's game, players showed their support, as each one gave her an orange rose. they laid it down at her feet. orange is the color for leukemia awareness. the gesture made her cry tears of joy. >> christa: how about this one? a couple giving a photo shoot. the hollywood treatment. the couple celebrating their

series of photos. inspired by the movie "the notebook." their granddaughter arranged the whole thing. the photos have been shared more than 45,000 times. on facebook. >> sarah: oh, those pictures are just so beautiful. but i have to tell you, danielle, i have not seen the notebook... christa has not seen the notebook yet. >> christa: i'm not allowed to. my husband thinks it is sappy. (laughter) >> danielle: a muggy day toy. will be again tomorrow. highs this afternoon mid to upper 7's along the coast. and then low to mid-80's inland. tomorrow near 90. weekend looks good, though. low to mid-80's. >> sarah: we will have a girls night. we don't need him. >> christa: i'm just joking. have sa great day, everybody. ? ? grocery shoppers of america! take your o organics baby carrots. take your eggs.

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