>> now at 7 a decision in the body camera battle. when the boston police department will be pressing record. >> reporter: into the 90s. once again feels more like summer than fall. >> anchor: a new hampshire man accused of flashing high school students in massachusetts. >> i hope it's not environmental. >> anchor: dozens of birds found the health department now on the case. >> anchor: a popular drive in targeted by vandals. >> anchor: the pats set for a season opener. >> anchor: getting you ready for game day. >> 7 news at 7:00 starts now. >> anchor: breaking news a cambridge man under arrest accused of videotaping a number of woman. >> anchor: live in our newsroom with all the breaking details. >> reporter: ryan and kim, police say the women he recorded

his roommates. the man videotaped several naked women in 2 separate somerville apartments. one of those cameras was disguised as a plastic towel hook. the 32-year-old suspect is charged with 26 counts of secretly recording an unsuspecting nude person. he'll be back in court now next month. i'm jadiann thompson 7 news. >> anchor: 7 news focusing on temperatures soaring across the area today. what could we expect this evening as we take a live look over the zakum bridge. is it a scorcher relatively speaking. >> reporter: it's impressive. we did tie the record set last year. do we need anymore 90 degree days. we were in the midst of a heat wave. today if you're not a fan of the 90 degree temperatures.

mid 80s away from boston. 78 in worcester. still a warm and muggy night ahead of us. dew points in the mid 60s. it's muggy again for us tomorrow and a couple of shots at isolated showers both weekend days. not a wash out though. you'll be enjoying september summer like weather for the next few days. when we can expect a taste of fall in a bit. >> anchor: a judge ruling to move forward with a body camera pilot program. the cameras have created plenty of controversy. >> anchor: and now many officers will be wearing them. 7's tim caputo live in boston with the details. a judge rules today. >> reporter: everyone was anxiously awaiting that judge's decision. the long and short of it is you will see officers wearing body cameras very soon. the body camera fight is over. 100 boston police officers will

monday. >> i'm happy the program is going to get going. >> reporter: boston police agreed to try out a limited number of body cameras for 6 months to see if it's something they'd expand to the department long term. when only 1 officer volunteered to wear the camera the voluntary program turned mandatory. filed suit saying officers forced to wear body cameras violates their contract. the commissionerwi authority to make officers wear cameras. >> this is a great moment for police accountability police transparency and for civil rights in boston. >> reporter: william evans say the delay was never about officers having something to hide. >> we work so hard. we have a good favoribility rating. i hated anything be impacted. to be painted that we have something to hide that bothered

disappointment with the ruling. still committed to working with the city to make sure the citizens of boston get a body one camera program that does what it's supposed to do while respecting the rights of citizens and police officers alike. >> as an african american that grew up in dorchester some tool that provides accountability and transparency is of the utmost importance. >> reporter: this might seem like a quick turn around to wearing cameras on monday. those 100 officers were selected and trained. this court battle was the final hurdle. live at boston police headquarters. tim caputo 7 news. >> anchor: a new hampshire man facing troubling charges after police say he exposed himself to high school students in lexington. >> reporter: 30-year-old jacob mobely hall is charged with exposing himself to girls headed

high this week. >> i'm glad the girls were in a group. i think that's better. >> reporter: stun bide the crimes. stunned by his mug shot released by the state of new hampshire where mobely hall is a registered sex offender. >> oh, wow. it's awful. i feel for the girls. the school seems to be doing everything they can. the kids have to be vigilant. >> reporter: a judge in concord allowed him to stay from view. >> each of them stating that they were quote disgusted and shocked. that they had never seen him before. >> reporter: mobely hall exposed himself to 2 groups of girls under the age of 18 as they walked along this lincoln park fitness path. police say mobely hall admitted his crimes and told them he

choose who would see him. he's done time in new hampshire for sex offenders and has been quote going crazy lately with uncontrollable urges to expose himself to girls. >> bad things happen anywhere. >> reporter: mobely hall told them he chose the fitness trail because it was secluded and he could choose who would see him. >> anchor: a brain tree prep school official facing steven bliss listed at the head of cats academy on the school's website. this week police arrested the 46-year-old charged him with offering an undercover police officer for sex. he is accused of agreeing to meet with an undercover officer for a prostitution deal. he is charged with human trafficking and offering to engage in sex for a fee.

>> this is crazy. and he's out on bail. imagine being in ninth grade. a scared little girl. what -- you know what's going to happen. he's in braintree now. get him out. >> anchor: no one at the prep school would comment on the charges against bliss. he served as a superintendent in 2 other massachusetts school districts. ; a dorchester man convicted of killing a boston police another trial. e lis was convicted of first degree murder and spent 22 years behind bars. but he's been out on bail since 2015. >> extremely grateful to judge carol ball for the decision that she made. and i am equally thankful and grateful to the massachusetts supreme judicial court.

lynn and working full time. >> anchor: a new person arrested after a violent attack at a new hampshire convenience store. this is their man jason crawford. crawford faces charges of assault robbery and resisting arrest. a clerk was severely beaten. but he is expected to be okay. charges against the man arrested yesterday now dropped. >> anchor: caught on camera a group of bike theifs seen in this video. the group breaks the lock and takes off with the bike. take a look at this a car smashing through a fence and sign at a mendin drive through theater there. someone hit the fences and then just sped off. the outdoor movie theater was closed at the time. police are looking at surveillance video to see whether or not the damage was

touchdown. >> football is back. >> throws down the middle. the 10 to the 5. >> and the pats are ready for a show down in the desert. >> this is the time of the year that everybody has to be locked in. >> can't ask for a better crowd. >> reporter: it's the count down to kick off. >> anchor: we are learning tonight the patriots tight end gronk owski is listed questionable for sunday. he didn't flight to arizona. >> anchor: 7's dan hausle has more from gillette. >> reporter: the patriots packed up and heading to arizona. fans hoping they come back with a win even without tom brady. garoppolo has the best coach in football. so i figure belichick will make it happen. >> reporter: the blue print for belichick and jimmy garoppolo in

broncos to a win in denver. >> with the team that we have he's going to have a lot of support and together they'll do it. you'll be surprised. we could be 4 and 0 when brady comes back. >> reporter: facing his first nfl start. 2 seasons of backing up brady practicing and preseason action have prepared him to see the fast moving game like a veteran. >> as the game slows down you know what you want to do with the it's a comfortable feeling. >> he's looking solid, man. i love it. you see the improvement from his rookie year last year to this year. i feel he's ready to go. >> reporter: the pats qb and exile says he's excite to have had see his understudy take the shot. >> you play to be in the game and play. you don't want to be the back up. the opportunity is here.

garoppolo has to do what he knows he can do. do your job. we're at gillette stadium dan hausle 7 news. >> anchor: big poppy showing support ahead of the pats season opener. the red sox squad is decked out in favorite team's jersey. writing favorite jersey for a travel day. patriots and cardinals kicking off for sunday nit nbc. live from arizona starting at 6:30. kick off at 8:30 and then we invite you to join us for complete coverage on 7 news right after the game. >> anchor: dozens of dead birds found in one boston neighborhood. >> anchor: and feeling blue why ribbons honoring police officers must come down now in one local town. >> reporter: 90 degree temperatures today. are moving out in time for the weekend.

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cats. >> it's alarming. >> reporter: the animal rescue league investigating. they found 47 beds found dead or so sick. at this point they don't know why. >> i hope it's not environmental. and then on the other hand if someone poisoned the birds. >> reporter: hazardous material crews and inal servicmo agencies working on this. they don't know yet if it's environmental, man made or a toxicity issue. some neighbors are drawing their own conclusions. >> somebody i think has introduced something into the environment to harm them. >> reporter: reverend cynthia pay says her 3 pugs are all healthy. if it was environmental she'd

of her sight. >> they are staying on the leash for the rest of their lives. >> reporter: this investigation could take some time because the birds who died have to be sent out to determine a cause of death. no new sick birds have been discovered. some of them are showing signs of improvement. in dorchester victoria warren 7 news. ; over in worcester. right now the city of worcester is under a drought emergency which does include water restrictions for people who live there. those pictures tough to look at. >> anchor: people have been vacationing all summer. not on my day. >> anchor: right. >> anchor: we need rain. any in the forecast at all, bri. >> reporter: we enjoy the dry weather so we enjoy our summer time activities. we do need the rain.

the drought monitor updated yesterday every thursday. the extreme drought that bright red expanding. the drought deepens. dry through this evening and overnight hours. we are getting this moving in for us for this weekend. it's a couple of shots at showers here and there moving through the weekend because of a series of fronts that are working through. we'll break it down for you. here comes that first front that moved the south coast early tomorrow morning. we get a chance of spot showers. isolated at best. maybe another isolated shower. one area picks up on it. another area doesn't. then we see the sunshine tomorrow afternoon warming into the low 80s. another front makes its way through overnight saturday into sunday. northern new england the best

just a chance for an isolated shower. these fronts have not been very productive for us as far as rain fall goes. remember though this is not an 80% chance it won't rain. this is taking into account coverage area and how much rain we're expecting. rain fall by late sunday. 10th of an inch. quarter of an inch. a couple of spots pickin closer to half an inch. not a drought buster. not a wash out for the weekend. don't change or cancel your plans. by the time you have the umbrella popped it will be gone and done with. 78 in worcester. 85 norwood. we are in for a warm and muggy evening into the overnight hours. you see those dew points while it is an improvement from the

tomorrow will be muggy again for us. with humidity not lowering until sunday. tonight partly cloudy. maybe an isolated shower. i push that toward tomorrow morning. it is cooler tomorrow but still muggy. i mention improvement with the humidity. you'll start to notice thatop sunday. we dry things out for monday and tuesdayushering in a preview of fall. it warms back up middle of week until a front rolls by. a real taste of fall with highs in the low 70s. >> anchor: bri, thank you. there's some ribbon controversy in royal ston. >> anchor: blue ribbons around town for the police force. some residents weren't happy about it and complained. town officials ordered all ribbons on public property to be taken down. one woman says the choice of whether or not to hang the

person. >> if they choose not to do it so be it. me myself i want to have it on my trees because i support my police. >> anchor: ribbons have to be removed by tonight before royal ston's town fair tomorrow. >> anchor: high school football is back in brighton and why tonight is so historic for their program. 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 and to raise student loan interest rates. because she sides with special interests

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>> friday night lights back in brighton. brighton high school play it's first home game in more than 25 years. thanks to the newly renovated athletic field complex. daily field will be the home for brighton high school, simmons college, and austin brighton little league. how about this a sugar rush for a 3-year-old baseball fan >> anchor: a clip of her eating cotton candy went viral. little beatrix her heart popped out of the chest here. clearly excited to be having her first cotton candy. this is the first time she tried it and says it will not be her last. >> i didn't have enough. >> you didn't have enough? >> i need more cotton candy. >> you need some more?

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>> anchor: we're out of time here on 7 news at 7:00 on this friday. >> anchor: i'm kim khazei. hope to see you back here for 7 news at 11:00. we're on cw 56 at 10:00.

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