closely. we called in all kinds of witnesses include you go the co-workers and mr. garran himself who was a reluctant witness to come forward who clearly said that he wasn't slammed to the ground. his hair wasn't pulled. his face wasn't thrown to the ground. >> reporter: the alleged victim was outside of police headquarters with his attorney. police were on a wimp hunt and believed the officer didn't have probably cause to chase him down because the only needed to look at damaged to know no crime was committed. >> you have an officer saying that is what we're trained to do. this is terrifying if you are training your police officers to jump on people who are -- to put all of your weight on them what is worrisome because no crime was committed. it was very clear that no crime was committed. when the officer got out of the car, when he returned to the car. he was there for quite sometime and when he got

have taken one second to realize the window wasn't broken. >> reporter: the officer was never suspended or in trouble during this investigation. now that he has been cleared of all potential wrong doing he will continue doing the job he has done all summer long. as for the pedestrian and his attorney general when asked if they would file a sule suit they said no comment but they're looking into every option. the latest live from police head quarters in roxboro, tim caputo. >> kim: a man is killed after an officer involve shooting in foxwoods at the resort and casino there. jadiann thompson joins us with more. >> reporter: well, kim, connecticut officials say the deadly shooting happened after a confrontation in a garage with a tribal police officer. says say the patron pulled out a gun and the officer wasn't hurt. state police say there was an outstanding arrest warrant for the patron who hasn't been identified. the casino was on lockdown but it's back up and running opinion the garage is still

jadiann thompson, 7 news. >> adam: turning to the latest on the terror takedown in new jersey. a dire warning about terrorist ties coming from the bombing suspect's father. he say that is a couple of years ago his son raised rid flags. >> kim: the f.b.i. says this adds to their investigation into the motive mystery. dan hausle is live in linden, new jersey, with the latest. >> confrontation, this call to police actually grew out of confrontation that rahami had with with his brother in which he stabbed him. the grand jury decided not to charge him. the father had conversations with the f.b.i. and police that are raising some eyebrows. as new york cleans up from the chelsea bombing there are new questions about whether the f.b.i. missed out on a chance to head off the attack. the father of bombing suspect rahami says he

was a terrorist. >> why did call the f.b.i.? >> because he do bad. >> what did he do bad? >> he stabbed my son, he hurt my wife. and i put him to jail. >> reporter: rahami's father says he later retracted his statement and told the f.b.i. he was worried his son had fallen in with a bad crowd. >> reporter: what did you tell the f.b.i. two years ago? >> >> reporter: retracted or not an official says the f.b.i. looked into rahami at the time of his father's call but found no credible connection to terrorism or threat to the u.s. new york's mayor giving a tour of the bombing site to homeland security chief jay johnson won't answer my questions about the fer's warning to the f.b.i. did someone miss a chance to get the guy? the father said that he was a terrorist.

questions speaking only to praise investigators who caught rahami so quickly. >> this was a terrific police and investigative work. >> reporter: the councilman who handles the neighborhood told me news about the father's call is shocking, upsetting, does that concern you to hear that? >> if they want to stay those needs to be fixed. >> reporter: new yorkers find themselves worrying about what my come next. >> something can happen. if this happened like that close of us, something can happen. >> reporter: investigators are looking into rahami's travel over the past five years. in 2011 he went back to afghanistan but also to pakistan. that year he married a pakistani woman. in 2013 he went to pakistan for more than a year and it's after that trip that some people say rahami had changed. live in new york city, dan hausle, 7 news. >> adam: stay with 7 for continuing coverage of the

>> kim: an explosive concern for some people in osarville on the cape. a flare was found on the beach today. someone spotted it while walking on the beech around noontime. authorities blocked after the area. the bomb squad investigated the device. police saying it was a military flare. after they looked at it they determined it is not dangerous. animal control looking for the owner of this dog. they say was tied to a this one too, and abandoned at the arboretum over the weekend. they're asking anyone who recognizes the two dog to please give them a call. >> adam: patriots find themselves in an unexpected place down two quarterbacks going into the third week of the season. all eyes are on brissette and ready or not thursday could be his moment in the spotlight. let's get to joe amorosino in our newsroom to break it

garoppolo missing from today's practice. this walk through they had at the beginning while he joined the session later, he was limited with his right shoulder injury. so at this point it appear that is brissette will be the patriots starting quarterback two days from now against the texans. the rocky quarterback thes only true signal caller on the field to start practice. with nine passing attempts in over two quarter of nfl football on his resume he will have to deal with j.j.watt in his first career start. alex corddry spoke with brissette a short time ago and has more reporting live from foxboro, alex? >> reporter: joe, it looks likely brissette will make his first start against the 2-0 texans and if he is forced into the starting role he will be the first rookie quarterback since 1993 to start for the patriots. the last guy that did that was drew bled sew. brissette was one of the very first players out to the practice field today and during the media portion,

happened to be the only quarterback present during the patriots walk through. but with plenty of speculation over whether or not jimmy garoppolo will be able to play thursday, the patriots may turn to their third round pick out of n.c.state who completed six of nine passes sunday for 92 yards. >> you know, same preparation every week. it's going out there, preparing getting ready for a game. >> you have to come together as a team. you got to get ready for a good team. >> semiaat ever since he has been here he has been improving, that is all you can ask for but we got a very tough texan teams coming up and we have to play together as a team. >> reporter: gronk cow -- it will be a coach's decision if he will play thursday need. alex corddry, 7 news.

hightour was limited at today's practice and was spotted wearing a large brace on his right knee. joe amorosino, 7 news. >> kim: let's talk more about all the drama with the quarterback position. the team staying focused on the task at hand. they have this other big game against the texans with a couple of days more of preparation time there. jan jan live at gillette stadium with how the patriots are handling this situation. >> reporter: as you might im pret well thank you and you are right. with so much uncertainty this week it's an issue and i tried to get coach belichick to admit that it isn't the best week for a short week of preparation with a thursday night game. >> whenever the schedule we show up and play. >> reporter: won't be your choice, though? >> play 16 games, you show up and play. we don't worry about things

belichick focused on the texans. >> good against the run, they can run it, they can throw it, they can kick it, they can return it. >> reporter: a team which has never beaten the patriots in foxboro. >> reporter: does that give you any added boost or is it something you set aside? >> i don't pay attention to that because i mean right now, they're 2-0. going out there, play two tough times and got victories so that has to be the focus. >> reporter: with quarterbacks suspend and injured who would be the brissette should go down? edelman threw a 51 yard t.d.pass against baltimore in 2015. he also played q.b.in college. i asked coach bell fidel castro if he would feel confident with edelman as an emergency fill in? >> i don't know. >> reporter: i don't know. maybe he does know but doesn't care to say. whatever in that case,

believes knows what he is doing and we have a great chance to win the game thursday night. jonathan hall, 7 news. >> adam: based on his reaction the coach is going to give jonathan hall free tickets to the game. >> kim: that would be a good deal but i doubt it. >> adam: pot delivered to your door. cheryl fiandaca investigates cheryl fiandaca investigates this secret service poppingmy ps keep going up. it would be a lot cheaper to buy my medication from canada. kelly ayotte voted to block consumers from buying safe medicines from canada. and voted against lower cost generic drugs. kelly ayotte gets all that money from the big drug industry. hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions. when you take all that money it just changes you. kelly ayotte's not working for us.

>> adam: it is a special delivery and a secret one, too, people dropping off drugs in and around boston, specifically they're delivering legal medical marijuana. >> kim: even though it is legal in massachusetts, under ground delivery services are popping up. our investigative reporter cheryl fiandaca takes us along for the ride with the can bus courier. >> it's a private -- >> reporter: he is combat veteran who completed dozens ever missions in ira delivering medical marijuana in boston. he let me come along. we're delivering cannabis today. >> medicinal cannabis. >> reporter: 7 news uncovering this network few people know about. it's a potentially risky route for the man who calls himself chief. >> we're going to a patient member's home. somewhere we've been many times before.

>> reporter: chief showed us proof he is allowed to possess and use medical marijuana and he is registered as a marijuana care give but what that means is a little hazy. in massachusetts, a care giver is allowed by law to buy, grow and assist a single patient with medical marijuana. that means chief is only allowed to deliver the drugs to the one person he specifically authorized to help as a care you are a care giver. >> i am. >> reporter: but the person we're delivered to you are not her care giver? >> no. hello, it's chief. >> reporter: michele not her real time suffered for years with serious health issue, now only finding relief with medical marijuana. >> i've fibro myalgia, i was up to 14 medications. now i'm up to five. just five. i've been on the cannabis. >> reporter: michele's doctors helped her get

marijuana but she can't get to a dispensary to pick it up. >> reporter: you need the service. >> yes. >> reporter: how important is it for you. >> i don't have a car. >> reporter: some say this delivery is dangerous. >> it's unsafe. i think it's a public safety issue. >> reporter: nicole snow is and advocate for medical marijuana who says the state's regulations leave too much open for interpretation. >> there is a lot of confusion around the care giver regulation, it's left up for complete interpretation. >> reporter: to clear up it we went to the health commissioner whose job it is to make sure the state's medical marijuana rules are being followed. we asked her if what chief is doing is legal. >> care givers cannot sell or profit from dispensing medical marijuana. if we were to hear of any case of a care giver going outside of those parameters we would investigate that. >> reporter: chief says he doesn't get paid for making

legal and morally right. >> once you say it's medicine how do you deny it to people any don't understand. >> reporter: 30,000 people in the state of massachusetts have been approved to receive medical marijuana. but there are only 7 dispensaries in the state. in the newsroom i'm cheryl fiandaca. >> reporter: last full day of summer will feature temperatures way above normal. we'll talk about the

>> reporter: right now boston at 70 degrees, norwood 80. worcester 73. fitchburg 79. dew point temperatures mid and upper 60s plymouth opportunity at 70. provincetown matching that number. it's humid out there. cool front moving shoal offshore. we'll get rid of humidity, normally behind the frontsth it's nice dry, crisp but the dryer air is lagging. it's way over here, toronto dew point at 41. boston 57. so it's on the move. it will be here through the day tomorrow. early tomorrow morning there might be a little bit offed humidity but a much nicer day tomorrow. much the same on thursday. dew point briefly climbs friday ahead after cold front from canada and look what that will do. that will shove the dew points down to the 30s for the upcoming weekend that will be your touch of fall.

maybe a full palm. patchy fog, 58-66. tomorrow, less humid day. mostly sunny, still warm, normal high of about 71,72. about ten above that. thursday fall arrives in the morning. lots of sun but it's a warm day. more of a dry heat full. temperature ons thursday mid 80s, then patriots and texans again tailgating near 80. mild at kickoff with numbers in the low 70s and when the numbers 06's, high temperatures this weekend, high temperatures on sunday only in the low 60s whoa. see you at 7:00. >> announcer: now time 7 sports with joe amorosino. >> >> i don't know what is best for the football team. dependent on based on what is in the best interests of the football team. we'll always do what is best for the football team.

by. >> reporter: in case you were unaware bill belichick always does what he believes is best for his football team. what do that is mean what it comes to his quarterback on thursday night against the texans? in that case the best digs might be made for him. brissette was the only quarterback present for start of today's walk through. garoppolo missing during the media portion was listed as limit sod it would appear brissette will get the start on thursday. according to e worked out quarterbackiates and rent-free but aren't signing either one not yet. bell clique got plenty of injury questions during his news conference this morning and offered up an all time answer in response. >> i'm a football coach. i'm not a doctor. the medical staff is the medical staff. i coach the team. medical people handle the injuries. they don't call plays. i don't do surgery. we have a great deal there.

i'm the coach. i do what is best for the team. i don't know why we can't understand that. >> reporter: that was perfect. now that that has been all cleared up for you send it down to gillette stadium where we've alex corddry reporting live. >> reporter: pretty epic there, joe. we were just in the patriots lockerroom and it was amazing to see brissette's locker, here he is a rookie quarterback. the media is just swag but texas head coach bill o' brian said he was a good player coming out of the drop so it will all be put to the test or possibly put to the test here on thursday night. >> it has been a learning process since i got here. you know, it's going to continue to be throughout my career. so just taking it -- we are just preparing for whoever is out there go out and do the best. >> reporter: the gronk did

surprised if we saw jimmy garoppolo on the field. he said nothing surprises me here. live in foxboro, alex corddry, 7 sports. >> reporter: thanks, now the only magic numbers that matter for the red sox the last two years were how many games are left before the season was finally over. now the first place red sox are eyeing the play-offs with their 5th straight win last night they have a magic number of 9 to show up to the american league east. sinned machado and the orioles in their place twirling a complete game allowing two runs striking out seven. needing just 89 pitches to do it. it is the third time he has gone the distance and he is making a legitimate indication for the cy young. in the second half, he got a 2.4 e.r.a.

line-up with lefty in soreness. he is getting treatment and maximum manager john farrell says he should be back tomorrow. that is sports, 7 news continues after the narrator: "by almost every measure, public charter schools have been a success." "they are models of inspiration." with "impressive results" and "eye-catching educational gains." it's turned my son's life around. narrator: "charter schools amount to hope" for kids all across massachusetts. question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. vote yes on 2.

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