the pedestrian hit. sky 78 showing you the scene, police have taped off the scene. there is a white jeep at the top of the screen you'll see in a second. not leer whether that car was involved. we are reaching out to police and we will have updates this evening. also breaking some of boston's top police officers will be equipped with body cameras. police commissioner william evans announcing that the superintendent and other command staff members will be trained and equipped with the controversial cameras during the street duties. there was only one boston officer who volunteered to wear a body camera for the pilot program. this week we reported how the union is fighting to block the use of cameras for now, both sides arguing their case in court this week. a judge expected to make a decision by tomorrow. and we'll share that with you then. in the news room, kim khazei, 7 news. >> anchor: police in west

officers are attempting to educate the public about how dangerous it is. >> anchor: hitting the streets to catch people in the act. jonathan hall has the story for us. >> reporter: over, suv behind -- >> west bridge water police on bikes, in cruisers on a mission to find drivers texting at the wheel. e even though you're at a red light you're looking at your phone. looked like your scrolling through stuff. >> ror offenders coming up with interesting excuses. >> when you tell me you're looking at your time. >> i was. on my phone like that. i was. it was a red light. >> do you have a time cloak up there. you do. >> 1:58. >> so you don't need your phone to look at the time. people are getting savvy about it. you can see they glance down, they have it between their legs. >> the officer says this is a pervasive issue. doesn't take long to track down people texting. >> i'm not looking to write

>> this woman was cooperative, and got off easy with a warning. >> what was going on. >> text message came in so i looked at my phone. >> it's awful temping, isn't it. >> yeah. >> massachusetts outlawed texting and driving 6 years ago. surfing the internet also a big, no, no. punishable by fines and license suspensions. the police chief says this is all about public service today, not revenue. >> i don't want you to be i don't want you to think that this is not dangerous. it's extremely dangerous. >> that was jonathan hall reporting. a robber on the run in revere. police are asking for your help identifying this man caught on camera waiving what appears to be a knife at the clerk and the customer. and that's at the 7 day convenience store in revere. if you recognize him you're asked to police call police. a man spending ten years behind bars after pleading guilty in

infant daughter. ryan barry pled guilty to manslawsuiter after his five month daughter died of an opioid overdose. they poisoned their child by feeding her baby formula that was laced with opioid. a gas like is to blame for an explosion, a home in franklin that killed and elderly couple. investigators say something ignited the gas that had been liking into the home. fire officials do not believe it was intentional. another box truck ended up getting stuck under the e street bridge. you can see the truck couldn't make it under bridge. the passenger tried to guide the driver away from the area. this bridge as you know has been a problem spot for years. ripping the top off trucks, causing head on collisions t height of the bridge will be raced in a few years. >> 6 people recovering after a carbon dioxide cincinnati like in watertown. a malfunctioning furnace caused

in an permanent building. 3 adults and children were sent to the hospital, the rest of the building was evacuated. >> i smelled the smell. and thought it was wrong. so i found it in the basement. it was the furnace. called the property manager. >> fire officials say the leak has been contained and no word on the condition. >> we are following more news here today a man shot mowing his lawn, watering his lawn in chicago over the labor day weekend, expected to survivor. the entire incident on surveillance video. just the latest in a string of shootings in chicago, the new normal. >> reporter: on the south side of chicago more bullet casings scattered on a city street. >> i heard the gun shot and i ran out. he was like dazed in the street. >> reporter: that's what surveillance video from another neighbor's home shows. this is a 71-year old man, just out watering his front lawn.

stomach. you can see the garden hose going airborne. >> absolutely ridiculous. you're not safe in your own yard. >> reporter: more than 40 other chicago families know how that feels. after a bloody holiday weekend. gun shots forced a brand new baby boy into the world early, someone fired 17 shots at his mom and dad sitting on their front porch. >> the men and women are clearly doing what we want them to do. we're at 6,000 recoveries for theea clearly, the police department is doing their job. i need our legislative and judicial partners to help. >> reporter: 6 house illegal guns are off the street, 500 people have been killed so far this year. more than all of last year. >> laguardia under went surgery and police say that he was in fair condition. christa delcamp, 7 news.

tallest water slide. a 10-year old boy died on the ride. a team of private investigators is looking into the slide. today attorneys joined independent experts and investigators as they measured and took photos. last month he died from a neck injury after riding the slide, found in the pool at the end of the ride. he was the son of a kansas state legislator, two other women in the same raft were also injured. p carolina, south carolina after reports of creepy crowns in the neighborhood. police say it's no laughing matter. >> might be people clowning around but it's not funny. more and more people are reporting seeing clowns in theirneighborhoods, some men nasing children. >> clouds laughing in the woods with a brown box asking kids if

are worried. >> the winds was so terrified that this man tried to lure owe them in the woods. somebody is trying to get these kids. >> about 3 miles away in greens broko, police got a 911 call reporting someone wearing a clown suit with a scary mask. chris grabbed a machete, chased him. >> happeningen somebody seeing a clown in the woods. people are pretty scared. >> last month in green bay, spotting a clown walking the streets at night caring black balloons. turned out to be a pluck stay stunted for a small independent film called gag. by i said, dressing up as a crown is not a crime. >> we don't have a law in north carolina that prohibits a person from dressing like a clown. >> making things worse, police are chasing rank reports of crown sightings, the sheriff of cleveland county, north carolina

charged with obstruction of justice. >> these incidences are causing problems for professional clowns as well. one says he's so worried he's a target for vigil apties, whenever he goes out in his costume, he notifies police telling him where he's going. neil cavuto. >> a man committed a crime, looking for a life sentence. authorities say 7-year old lawrence ripple robbed a bank, told police he wanted to do this. rather be in jail his wife. officials say he took $3,000 and then instead of running away, sat in the lobby, told security he was the guy they were looking for. >> i've 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. >> anchor: the robber and his wife have been married 33 years, if found guilty he could get his wish of not returning home for

iowa racing to rescue a cat trapped in a home on fire. the fire owner tried to run in but overcome by the smoke. the firefighters were able to use spacialized equipment to bring cleo back to life. now she has one more life to live. >> white open. >> reporter: cleo appears lifeless, firefighters rushed to help her using a specialized oxman mask for animals. >> all i could think off, come on, you. >> after 30 minutes, a sign of hope. >> as time went on the cat started to slowly come to. started to meow. started to breathe on its own, move around. it was all positive indications that things were working well. >> firefighters rarely have to use the nine animal oxygen masks that were donated nearly a decade ago. >> this is seal, then we'll hook up some oxygen. >> anchor: a small, medium and

animals. >> this is the sides that was used on cleo, the cat. >> reporter: lieutenant jordan believes his coworkers actions are why cleo was rushed to the college of veterinary medicine still alive. >> high sweetheart. >> reporter: still on oxygen in the intensive care unit but improving every day. >> she couldn't stand or walk. wasn't aware of what was going on. >> i'm thankful. you can't put it into words, what they did for us, saved our cat. >> veterans are hoping cleo will just a few days. >> they're pets are part of their family. so it's one of the most satisfying parts of our job, when we can go to a scene and try to make the scene bert. >> reporter: firefighters officials are using the rescue to remind people not to go back into a burning building to save a pet or loved one. >> anchor: may start a modern day gold rush, start a gold

estimated to be worth $70,000. people in james town think the find will spur a major gold rush, once again. >> a big chunk of gold! turkey trouble, the wild pes terrorizing the town, the warning police have for residents there. >> anchor: show of support, a football team showering a cheerleader with flowers during the fight of her life. >> anchor: ahead at 5:00, a deadly drive during the morning rush. 2 killed after a car goes >> a mobster back in court. cadillac frank, charged in a

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pecking order in foxborough is a little upside down. some people are saying turkeys are on the attack. animal control can't seem to track them down. >> part of the problem could be the people that live this.

>> they will chase you. >> reporter: turkeys terrorizing fox broke. >> animal control getting calls without the wild birds. >> i had one fly might the sight side of my car. >> striking fear. >> stay away. stay in the car. getaway! >> i don't go near them. >> reporter: along busy roads. turkeys taking their time crossing to the other side. >> a police comes by, pits the sirens on. it doesn't scare they go anniversary the tires. >> susan brown had her fair share of run-ins, watches the birds go from yard to yard searching for food. which is sometimes left by people. >> there are some people that feed them bread, what makes them come more often. >> animal control says that's part of the problem. bird feeders, too. and even though they can get aggressive, one of the worst things you can do is run away. >> they're not afraid of you at

they're pretty pick. >> reporter: more aggressive. >> i don't think it's a nuisance, i don't think they're dangerous. use common sense. they'll move on. >> anchor: >> reporter: near record heat for tomorrow. forecast up next. >> anchor: ahead, a political problem for gary johnson. how he's responding to the cringe worthy interview on msmbc. >> hillary clinton and donald trump trading blows. whatot answering tough questions from the military. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios, this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in,

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revere beach, as an example, with marshall, he tweeted me a picture of the fog at the beach. we have fog at the coast line, why the temperatures noticeably cooler compared to inland. the city, 71. beverly, 75. nantucket, 68. dew point temperatures, upper 60s to around 70. it is quite muggy out there yet again. this weather system over here, a rhine of showers and storms while looking robust, and it is robust. a rot oft apart. what happens, this weather system through new york state will shove the humidity out of new england during tomorrow morning. this is our next weather system. unfortunately in terms of rain i think a lot of showers and storms will fall apart. there will be the risk of a few showers and downpours later tonight. up until sunset you're dry. then i think the highest chance of rain showers activity, probably from about 10:00 p.m. until about 4:00 a.m. in the morning, sometime in that window.

would be the window of opportunity for some beneficial rain. if you get under a downpour, perhaps a quick half inch. otherwise it's much to do about nothing. temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. tomorrow early clouds, mostly sunny. it will be hot. humidity will fade away. temperatures tomorrow 88-92. the dew point temperatures tomorrow morning, again, like where they are right now, upper 60s, low 70s. oppressive tomorrow morning. stepping through the day these numbers falling down into the that point, then it becomes more about the heat. it will be a dry heat. city around 92 tomorrow afternoon. brockton, 92. framingham, along 495 belt, lower 90s. worser, close to 90. is this record heat? close, the record in is city 93 set last year. in worcester, your record is 88. likely to get there in the city of worcester. tomorrow, the 21st day that

90 degrees. quite a few of them. tomorrow, again, talking morning showers, early morning like before 7:00 a.m. otherwise i think we're seeing temperatures, skies clear out. temperatures take off. it wills tin 90s. on saturday, a lot of clouds in the morning, then sprinkles likely up until mid day. then dry saturday afternoon. sunday will feature morning clouds and isolated shower, then becoming sunny on sunday afternoon. looks drying for monday. monitor, this was morning. drought monitor. they've extended the extreme category through much of southeastern new hampshire with little to no improvement else where across southern new england. 7 on 7 forecast, there you go. becoming sunny, hot, near 90. saturday, 70s. sunday, low 80s. refreshing early next week. see you at 5:00. >> anchor: let's get a check of the ride home. >> reporter: good afternoon. giving with a crash on 120 north, this is a crash right by

route 2 to this crash, although looks like it's about to clear. the southbound side of 128 is moving well. zakim bridge is jammed headed out of the kneel tunnel on 93. heavy out of the tunnel toward 128 in reading, the southbound side of 93 is moving well. the lever connector is heavy in both directions. in the expression way south of the gas tank, you can see it's jammed toward braintree.mo tunnel down to braintree. northbound is okay for now, on the brakes once you hit the tunnel. drive times on the expressway from the o'neill tunnel to the split, a 33 minute drive. once you get past the braintree split, route 3 looking good. matt fits gerald. >> anchor: a team in california coming together. >> anchor: rallying around a cheerleader who is battling cancer. ashley was recently diagnosed with leukemia.

placed an orange rose at her feet. orange is the color for leukemia awareness. she posted on twitter that the gesture made her cry tears of joy. >> elderly couple getting a photo shot the hollywood treatment. celebrated their 57th anniversary by posing for a sear as off photos inspired by the movie, the notebook. the granddaughter arranged the whole thing. photos have been shared more than 45,000 times on facebook. >> i i love those. ahead on 7, pledging allegiance, one little boy in texas is getting a lot of attention for a

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>> anchor: little boy rushing into school thought there was something more important than on time for class. he paused to say the pledge of allegance. >> anchor: a photo is going viral. >> reporter: i special little boy at this elementary school. >> pledge allegiance to the flag. >> the five-year old can recite it as if it's child play. on thursday morning near the drop off line he demonstrated how the to be true american. >> it's amazing. kind of makes you wake up, go wow. >> the officer explains what happened right after his mom dropped him at school. >> he was walking. as soon as they started the pledge he stopped, put his hand on his heart. did the pledge, did the

then stopped, a moment of silence. he put his hands together and prayed! and he let all the kids pass him. he stood his ground. >> he always takes the good stuff and absorbs it, does the right thing. >> mom snapped the photo, surprised by her son's behavior. i asked what made you do that? he said that's what you're supposed to do. like duh, mom. >> my mommy took me >> he paused rather than race into class because saying the pledge and prayer is just what you do. >> thank you, god. thanks for giving me a wonderful day. liberty and justice for all. >> anchor: what an adorable little guy. he knew exactly what to do. and he did it. >> notice how he said thanks for giving me a wonderful day. much more to come in the next 90

>> anchor: breaking news, some of the top polices will be equipped with boyd cameras. who has agreed to wear them. >> losing control, two people killed, self others hurt. >> a frightening fall on a cambridge construction site leading to a rescue under ground. >> a few showers overnight, temperatures about to take over tomorrow. >> final preparations under way for game day. the question that set off the coach, bill >> what is aleppo? >> you're kidding? >> no. >> a libertarian presidential candidate stumbles opa question about syria. what he's saying about his mistakes. >> anchor: 7 news at 5 starts now. >> anchor: we begin at 5 with breaking news. one of boston's top police officers will be equipped with body cameras, that announcement coming days after the police union challenged the man. >> a judge is expected to rule tomorrow.

chief and 7 other command staff members will be trained and equipped with the cameras during their street duties. only one officer volunteered to wear a body camera for the department's pilot program, the june is fighting to block the use of cameras. both sides argued the case in court this week. the union just reacted to this decision tweeting: difficulties] they're gathering evidence. we're reaching out to police for more information and bring you updates. >> anchor: also on 7, 2 people killed in a roll over wreck on 495 this morning. traveling in a van with 4 others. police say the men were on the way to a construction job. >> investigators now trying to figure out what caused the driver to lose control. live in lawrence right now with the latest.