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.

one man was ejected from the vehicle. he died at the scene. another man died at lawrence general hospital. we talked to one man who was inside that van and was lucky enough to survive. >> reporter: massachusetts state police say this van was packed with 6 men inside when it flipped and rolled several times on i495 in merrimack this morning. 23-year old interpreter that he was one off them. he says the accident happened when a tire blew. >> tire loaded on the truck and the driver lost control. bracked out during that time, the van was rolling. and [indiscernible] >> he says two of the men in the van, his uncle and another man, were killed. he says they were traveling from milford to maine for a roofing job. at the crash vaccine, the highway was littered with tools

two hours. he says only the driver was wearing a seatbelt. >> the driver had on a seatbelt. the other guys in the back, there were no seats. >> he left the hospital with a bandaging on the arm. normally, he said, only two men road tin van but extra men were needed. he doesn't know the name of the contractor they were working for. he says he's not in a lot of pain but is suffering emotionally. >> lost a family member devastated. >> anchor: now one of the crash victims is listed in fair condition here at lawrence general hospital. two other crash victims were taken to hospitals in newburyport and in boston. state police say this crash remains under investigation. that's the latest live from lawrence. i'm bryon barnett. >> anchor: a construction worker rescued after fall 30 feet into the ground.

the worker was stuck in a trench. officials say crews were lowering a beam into the ground when it happened. the worker was brought to the hospital with a leg injury, but otherwise okay. >> anchor: the patriots getting ready for game day. bill belichick on the defense, when asked about comments made by his fill in quarterback. preparations had been smooth with tom brad eout of the mix. >> anchor: the coach may have a different opinion. dan hausle has his reaction from gillette. >> reporter: the coach didn't this. his star tight end was willing to talk about questions whether he'll play on sunday. >> reporter: patriots practice better without tom brady? that's what some thought his temporary replaceem, jim asuggested when he said things are running smoother now that it's just him and jacoby sharing snaps. that's a discussion bill belichick didn't want to get

>> that's his opinion. >> anchor: what's your opinion? >> that's how he feels. >> do you feel things are running smoother when you got 2 quarterbacks? >> yes, that's their opinion. so i'm not going to disagree with jimmy's opinion. that's how he feels. he's entitled to feel, however, he does. i answered your question. i can't tell you how somebody else feels. >> reporter: tight end rob gronkowski status for sunday's game in the air. crok screened limited. >> you're not 100%. >> no, i'm not, i've been week to week with a little hammy thing, so just been week to week, day we day. feeling good. >> can you put a number on percentage, 8o90. >> i can't put a permanent on it. but feel better every day. >> reporter: grok says it's up to discussion between him, the coaches and medical staff about whether that little hammy thing

sunday night. live, dan hausle, 7 news. >> anchor: tom brady won't be out their sunday. looks like groc is also in question. the tight end saying it will be a game time decision. we continue our coverage live at gill 9. the. >> reporter: rob gronkowski not sugar coating things when it comes to a recent injury. he admit as expected it happened whenever he landed stiff in a joint practice against the bears from 2.5 weeks ago. without tom gronkowski presence at a premium. playing on the field and with the energy he brings to his teammates. >> we love you! >> i mean it just comes with the territory. >> they love you. >> they do. what's up? >> loved by his teammates, dominate on the field, adored by patriots nation. rob gronkowski has a new title. >> definitely an honor to be recognized at a level.

position. proud to have all the players, my teammates be looking up to me. >> clearly, they have a lot of respect and a lot of leadership on the team. and reflected in what the players felt. >> any appointed leader carries a great significance. on the field. his presence is perhaps the pats most important element in attacking the cardinals defense. >> they're tough. they have a knack for the ball. they go after the ball. they hustle to the ball. they're fast, physical and ready to play. >> matthew, wall players. intercept passes. without the quarterback, hard to outrun these guys. they track everybody down. >> reporter: cardinals secondary, a very aggressive government they play off what happens in the front 7, a very high level pass rush, only getting better with the addition of rookie robert and former patriot defense end chandler jones. 7 news. >> anchor: when the pats take

right here on 7 news. we'll get you started with 7 on the sidelines, 6:30. kickoff for 8:30. you can count on the news station for complete post game coverage and analysis. >> anchor: for the latest in the race, a big blunder for a presidential candidate. libertarian candidate twinge unable to answer a -- gary johnson unable to answer a key question about a city in syria. today he air dressed his oversight. >> critics arent knowledge comes after a question about one of the main cities involved in the syrian crisis. >> what would you do if you were elected about aleppo? >> about aleppo? what is aleppo? >> you're kidding? >> no. >> aleppo is in syria. it's the epicenter of the refugee crisis. >> got it.

think that it's a mess. >> scoopings released a statement saying in part this morning i began my day by setting aside any doubt that i'm human. yes, i understand the dynamics of the syrian conflict. i talk about them every day. i was thinking about an acronym. foot the syrian conflict. i blanked. it happens and it will happen again during the course of this campaign. his vice-presidential rubbing running mate commented on the blunder. >> i didn't think it was that wad. it looked to me almost like gotcha moment. are you kidding? as opposed to aleppo in syria. and people be their own judges of that. i think probably 85% of the people in the country couldn't,

will hurt the campaign. only time will tell. 7 news. >> anchor: on the campaign trail hillary clinton and donald trump both saying that the other is unfit to be president, today, clinton attacking trump's praise of russian president vladimir putin. >> hillary clinton washes donald trump's admiration of vladimir putin matters. >> it is scary. because it suggests he will let putin do whatever putin wants to praised the russian president. >> if he says great things without he i'm going to say great things about him. he's very much of a leader. >> clinton calls on republicans to reject trump. >> this is a time to put country over party. >> donald trump was in swing state ohio charging clinton revealed herself as unfit. >> she refused to take accountability for a failed policies in the middle east. that have produced millions of

radical islamic terrorism all over. and made us less safe. >> anchor: president obama weighed in from asia, trump called him weaker than putin and called u.s. generals fightingitis rubble. >> what appear to be contradictory or uninformed, outright whacky ideas. >> anchor: on the e-mail issue today, former secretary of state republic colin powell said he used a private account, assuming official els and save by the department system. which is what hillary clinton has been saying. >> anchor: new details about a school shooting in texas a14-year old student has died, authorities say she shot another student, another girl before shooting herself. a police officer was also shot accidentally by another officer who was responding. happened tin town of alpine, and police have not determined a motive. >> anchor: a homicide investigation is under way in new hampshire, after 51-year old

the medical examiner announced the death has been ruled a homicide. authorities have not said how she died a march field man and woman pleading guilt acto manslaughter charges, after their daughter died of an opioid overnight dose. they admitted to poisoning their child. >> frank salemme answering charges in a murder from 1993-inch he's 83 years old now, a boss, indicted the in june with an associate in the murder of a night club owner in south boston. today, the defense attorney vehemently denied the charges and added he is not a government informant. >> he testified against one person and one person only. i want to make sure that's clear. nobody straightened that out. nobody flushed that out. here he is, in a prison, and i

trying to take advantage of him, although they wouldn'tdite 20 years ago, he's still -- let's make it clear. >> [technical difficulties] >> anchor: police are looking for the person or people who vandalize add cry. someone cut down a large section of a 250-year old bush there at the north cemetery. you can sigh the gaping hole left by the vandals. ce information to give them a call. the u.s. olympic committery and u.s.a. swimming have suspended 4 members of the 2016 olympic swim team. ryan lochte suspended, gunner bentz, jack conger, and after. the group claimed they were held at dub point, by revealed lochte made up the story. >> anchor: a murder suspect manages to free himself from

vegas police plan to keep it from happening again. >> at 5:30, the video police hope to track down the man behind an armed robbery. >> classes wack back in session in the city of boston. students getting a warm welcome. >> one hour, the middle sex da is talking about the decision to charge the drive that crashed into a restaurants that killed 2. >> plans to honor an auburn police officer killed in the

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the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. cameras capture a murder suspect great escape from a las vegas police station. a man was we go held, managed to free himself from his handcuffs. police are making changes to keep something like that from happening again. >> we are very aware that misstakes were made john you're watching very much of a suspected killer. amazingly, north las vegas were not. the camera, the only thing catching him working to break happened cuffs and get free. >> he tore it to the point using his body weight, that it snaps,

at 12:30 p.m. police reentered the room, not noticing the broken handcuffs and weakout. the camera is still on. but -- >> we did have a video feed, a live feed. nobody was monitoring. >> 40 minutes past without anyone watching him and the time he used to make his escape. watch as he hops the desk and climbs toward the ceiling. >> he takes a chair, puts it against the wall. climbs up, knocks off a f and exits the building. >> anchor: police were asked about him jumping out the ceiling and leafing the building. their answer -- >> i won't say he wasn't seen. he wasn't seen by us. >> 4 days police and other agencies worked to find him, arrested just after 8:00 p.m. on tuesday. family of mohammad robinson murdered, the reason he was arrested in the first place, relieved. they echoed the same question.

the officer in charge at the time he escaped. is he still on the case? >> yes. it's his case. i wish it hadn't happened but it did. now we take steps to prevent it from happening again. we're not perfect. the police are simply not perfect. >> reporter: police say policy changes are now in place. in the news room, sarah french, 7 news. >> anchor: next on 7, a hot mess. why kanye west fashion >> looks like a hot mess. we're talking about hot weather fo tomorrow in new england. forecast up next. >> 5:30, trying to get caught. why this man would rather go to

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>> anchor: a live look, the fog is gone. about slowly creep in, low lying clouds. now it's gone. the sun is back out. >> a whirl win tour. so take us on a ride. where are we going next. >> hopping on the roller coaster with temperatures bouncing up and down as this batch of cloudiness and fog kind of flirt in and out with the city and coast line. so it's governor from that picture but it will find another home. eventually get shoved to sea.

the city, 71. fitchburg, 83. norwood, 81. dew point temperatures tip upper 60s. probably you could make the case it feels more uncomfortable at the coast line. dew points are just as high as they were in the worcester hills. when the temperature and dew point are close together that's ugly, uncomfortable of the when you get separation, that's when it doesn't feel as bad as when it's just loaded with soapiness. over here, this is a line of shower and storm activity. whichl the humidity, in terms of the showers and storms themselves. they'll probably fall apart. this weather system coming in to new england will arrive late tonight. overnight about 11 through 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. that's not really prime time for thunderstorms. once in a while, yes, you can have a thunderstorm or two overnight. usually they thrive off that afternoon sunlight. as the storms come in later this evening they will fizzle out. there will be a couple showers,

11:00 tonight. moving through. then moving away from southern new england early tomorrow morning. it will be muggy overnight tonight. 69 to 73. if you're fortunate to have a downpour show up, you're backyard in lawn and garden, perhaps you get a quick half inch of rain. for the rest of us, a tenth of an inch of rain or less. so for tomorrow, early clouds. then developing sunshine. we do start with a lot of humidity tomorrow morning. that will fade away, drop off. temperatures will take off. so it's this or that. deal with this, or deal with that. dew point temperatures tomorrow morning near 70. by the afternoon hours, running into the upper 50s. so tomorrow afternoon, the temperatures in the so it. city at 92. it will be more of a dry heat as this happens. chatham, 86.

mix of sun and clouds. temperatures tomorrow close to 9o still likelihood of rip currents on the cape and islands but the seas continue to settle down from earlier this week. waves 2-4 feet. now, on to the weekend. saturday, a lot of clouds. may be a few showers, not widespread. not a washout. temperatures held in the mid 70s. sunday we start with morning clouds. a sprinkle, developing sunshine with refreshing air arriving sunday afternoon. mp afternoon, into the low 80s. another preview of fall is on the way, how it goes in september where you get these little previews. the first one might last a day, next one 3 days. before you know it, it's snowing. >> yikes! you're a funny guy. thank you, jr. all right. kanye west latest fashion show was hot. but probably not in way he was anticipating. >> the show has gotten some bad

sweltering heat effected the models. it was held outside in new york city. sunny and humid. people say models passed out and struggled on the cat walk during the show. as for clothes, they're much better. >> reckless riders on the streets of st. louis, and who they're targeting. >> climate change around no, one is laugh -- clowning around, no one is laughing. >> and new at 6, distracted drivers have police hitting streets and their plan now to stop drivers texting behind the

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woman from a nurse hope sparking a state-wide manhunt. what he's saying. >> on the lookout for creepy clowns, neighbors have a funny feeling this isn't innocent. >> atv trouble, now police say this group has crossed the line. >> anchor: we start with breaking news first at 5:30. sky 7hd over the scene of an accident involving a pedestrian. right now we do not know you can see police have roped off the area and part of the road is shut down. there is a white jeep on the road by not clear yet if that vehicle was involved in the accident or not. so we'll continue to follow that and bring you updates. also, some of boston's top police officers will wear body cameras. police commissioner announced that the superintendent and chief and 7 other command officers will we trained and equipped with the controversial

only one officer volunteered to wear a body camera for the department's pilot program. the union is fighting to block the use of cameras, both sides argued the case in court this week. a judge is expected to make a decision by tomorrow. >> 7 news in newton, charges have been dropped against the man that took an elderly woman from a nursing home. the woman says he was helping her. >> and now a judge agrees that was the case. jonathan hall has the story. >> reporter: once handcuffed, now free. 55-year old david no longer faces criminal charges for driving his friend away from a newton nursing home in may. he spoke to us from florida. >> i am so tied up in knots, i have not released that knot yet. >> reporter: you don't feel relief yet. >> god, no. >> he met beth in 1979, said they were in a relationship for 17 years, now considers beth his best friend. he was living at the nursing