reporter: jim tanner, john's twin, works at russell's garden center in wayland. it's where john used to work too, and where the connection started, when john learned the then 5-year-old had been diagnosed with a rare, fatal disorder. reporter: nicholas's grandmother, who's worked at russell's for some 20 years, shared the awful news. going to do. he said i'd like to run for him. i'm not sure how it happened but it just was. reporter: at 4 nicholas started suffering seizures a year later they found out why batten disease. it would gradually rob nicholas of his sight, his mobility and with no cure, doctors didn't have much to say. >> just take him home and just love him, and so of course you know we were reporter: then came resolve to help nicholas love every day and to fight. >> their family foundation grew over the years as did that friendship between nicholas and john who devoted race after race to raising awareness. >> even when nicholas was at the point where he couldn't say reporter: then in march of 2013, john died suddenly running a half marathon. >> he had

. >> we're joined now by bu political professor and historian tom wayland. let' we're four days removed now from this debate, yet, donald trump, the fallout continues. >> he sounds as if he cannot help himself. he cannot let it go, and really to be a successful candidate he has to let it go. he did not perform up to snuff in the first debate. but he really has to prepare for the next one because really all the chips will be on the table for him. he blows the second debate i >> he damaged himself. >> yeah, seems like the polls in terms of women in the suburbs were going his way who were concerned about flagsal security, i think he lost that momentum and probably lost ground overall. more polling needs to be done there but i think it's constant really did not help. >> and an email today was sent out, a debate preparation survey asking supporters to give what does that say? help, help, help. that is unprecedented. and the that's coming out today is chris christie is going to be his kind of debate partner in the prep, and that's kind of an odd choice know, trump

you can see the high water e wayland drive. six people had to be evacuated by firefighters. from a group home that was being threatened by rising waters. also, several vehicles had to be stranded due to the high water throughout the city of fayetteville. besides those water rescues several people have witnessed lightning strikes. that flash flood warning for cumberland has been extended and this is not the hit by the heavy rain. so again, if you are headed out, take it easy on this morning commute. live in cumberland county. cbs north carolina. >> thanks so much. breaking overnight lightening is being blamed for on early-morning fire. lightning struck a tree, ran 100 feet along a metal fence and hit a home on hammer stone circle. we do have information real quick. we just received word that the 2-hour delay because of severe weather. schools two-hour delay. >> not surprising. well right now, 14-year-old boy is in critical condition after south carolina authority says a teenager started shooting at an el man did issue they captured the gunman. police believe he killed his fat

in fayetteville on wayland drive six people had to be rescued from a group home. >> . unc football player at the center of a rape allegations in court this morning. he told the associated press he is not a rapist. he looks forward to putting the case behind him. she said the university did not properly handle her case though. >> authorities are trying to figure out what led to a shooting at an elementary school. investigators say the teenager who first shot and killed his father before he shot a teacher, one boy still in critical condition. the suspect is w custody. >>> as the military's case against tim continues. beau bergdahl was back in a courtroom yesterday. a judge heard evidence concerns injuries associated with the search for bergdahl in afghanistan as well as motions over classified documents. bergdahl faces charges of before the enemy and desertion after walking away from post. he was later captured by the taliban and returned protest. they held a town hall meeting last night to discuss community policing. the public got a chance to listen to several police c

wayland is 52. 47 in carlyle. chilly spots, right, to the north and west, you expect cooler temperatures. you'll find a couple here. fitchburg at 47. now. southwest of boston already into the 40s here. to medfield, sharon, notten, all into the upper 40s right now and even you, cape cod, east harwich the place we're looking at 48 before. now down another degree to 47. province town also down into the 40s already tonight. it's gonna a chilly night no doubt. the high temperatures rebound tomorrow. upper 60s on cape cod, outer cape, water temperature also in the upper 60s and on the mid- to upper cape into the low 70s. low to mid-70s inland especiallyor boston into the hudson valley, and -- merrimack valley, hudson, new hampshire, 76 degrees. lawrence at 74 degrees tomorrow afternoon. futurecast showing clear skies until saturday when some clouds start to move on in. two things happening here. some tropical moisture to our south spinning around, tropical storm carl just formed way out in the atlantic. not a threat to

wayland at 36. you can see some of these suburbs, the lower elevations especially, running into the mid-30s. early this morning, concord 35, 37 degrees. sterling at 37. brookfield coming in at 32. shrewsbury at 39. and a chilly 34 degrees in little bit warmer on the cape and the islands. temperatures generally in the upper 30s, lower 40s. the outer cape running close to 50 plus. mainly clear skies in place. ton of sunshine to go through throughout the day. i won't expect my unsettled weather. different story tomorrow. these showers, most of them in the morning, maybe one oar two lingers into term afternoon down across the south coast, buzzards bay, the cape and the islands. i think boston over to taunton, brockt out through worcester, merrimack valley, will be to dry out for tomorrow afternoon. a milder day overall, and they would get beyond that. and the forecast cool and unsettled. more on that as "today in new england" starts right now. >> nancy: good morning. we're hours away from first presiden

wayland at 65. waking up to 51 in worcester and 52 in nashua, new hampshire.

this one into the wayland area tends to be the heaviest right now, zoom down into that one, just north of review of 20. it's just to the north of there, some of these roadways like suur hard. to the south of thereof, this one is coming across into the needham area right now. some heavy rain, you'll even see some orange right in here in the the middle of this batch of rain along woodlawn avenue, getting some of that, and to the north of that heavy shower is another one around the burlington area where it's coming down pretty hard, not far from the mall and headed off towards 128. we'll keep track of the heavy downpours across the area through the morning tomorrow and what's ahead for your weekend, coming up. >>> a judge is expected to boston police can force officers to wear body cameras. fox 25's crystal haynes is live at boston police headquarters. the police union who filed this lawsuit has responded. wearing the cameras and volunteered for the program several weeks ago. now, the union says that they are all for the leadership stepping up and making this gesture. but the group, the c

wayland, 75. i have framingham at 75 degrees. mid-70s up to sudbury, concord, down to holliston. those will continue into norwood and manchester, new hampshire, 76. fitchburg, 75 and upper 60s over the cape this afternoon in weekend, we see more middle to upper 70s tomorrow, but it goes up by a couple of degrees on warmer. stickier out there. starting to get into tropical air for the second half of the weekend and will help fuel those showers. timeline on those changes. first up, tomorrow, partly sunny skies. in the afternoon although we add clouds, i think from start to finish any of the daylight plans will be decent. certainly will be warm. the real clouds come in while you are sleeping on saturday night and by the time you wake up sunday morning, a slight risk of a shower in boston but the best bet will be north and into southern new hampshire, western massachusetts. during the day though, we have showers that really start to spread across southern new england. by 2 p.m., not just potential for rain but pockets of heavier rain. even though sunday night looks like things are ta

wayland at 65. waking up to 51 in worcester and 52 in nashua, new hampshire. lot of on and off clouds especially boston southward. at noontime, 58 degrees with drizzle over southeastern mass and brighter and warmer continues over northern mass, southern new hampshire in the afternoon. town by town look. julie is back with live drive time traffic. >> making it out the door, make it to your destination in good time. settle northbound and southbound moving along without any issues. north of the pike, route 1 and 93 south are wide open. here are the live drive times. single digits on the expressway. 23 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. 11 minutes on 128 northbound from westwood to the weston tolls. >>> 4 :31. authorities are trying to figure out hue teenaged girl ended up tied up at the bottom of a ravine. jessica reyes is live in weymouth with what we know so far. the victim was actually able to call for help. >> reporter: right, daniel. she called 911 herself and like you said, so many but we do know this was the main area of focus between

wayland gas has not gotten much better. the beats or expectations have not in that good. you need to drill into the sector and look at it company i company. look at walmart and target -- a huge difference on a comp of rental of a few percent. you have to do the micro worked out. david: what is your attitude toward safer high dividend stocks? guest: people are overpaying for them in chasing yield. why don't you liquidate 2% of your portfolio rather than overpay for higher dividend stocks? i think that's a savior way to invest and you don't have to pay the multiples. where does the smart money go now? you mentioned some sectors. is it too late? guest: secular growers, the companies with a nice tailwind behind their business are still very attractive. health as a sector is very attractive. david: where in health care are you looking? it seems like there some uncertainty in the sector right now. guest: if you look at what happened with mylan in the epipen, that was not the sector's best moment. but there are several undergoing pricing mechanisms and some of those are companie

you jump up into the western suburbs there, wayland 36. 35 in wellesley. so it's much cooler outside of boston. 35 in reading right now. 37 out there in concord and carlile and then 39 in so freezing mark. there and even if temperatures are running 35, 36 degrees, that's about six feet up off the ground, you can still get patchy fog. likely seeing that back through attleboro and taunton. tautdown down to 33. by the way, it's 32 in norwood. we this have some cold spots out there this morning, although you get across much of the cape. above the freezing mark, well above it by the time you go from chatham up to p-town. high pressure settling in today. warm front and cold front to the west of us. this is going to work through tomorrow morning. this will provide us with the opportunity of some showers in the morning. most of them falling in the morning hours here, and coming on through with that front, as this front tries the clear on out in the afternoon, i think we dry out in the afternoon and the brightest skies will be to the north and west of boston. altho

working north and west. 50 in lowell and wayland and woburn right now. worcester at 48 degrees. and upper up 40s into the northern worcester hills, southern new hampshire. clouds are thinner and cooled down a little bit. in come the clouds first and showers to follow. by noontime, we are looking at drizzle in boston. by 3 p.m., scattered continuing straight through the evening showers and into your weekend. yes i will be timing out the weekend rain coming up in a few. julie grauert is back with live drive time traffic. where are the slow spots. >> another accident on 128 southbound right before route 2 in waltham. if this had happened closer to, i would say 7:45, 8 a.m., it would be very problematic, but hopefully we can get it cleared before the volume picks up on 128. you are approaching the cloverleaf. that will be a problem especially since we hit that 6:30 mark when things really start to slow down. the accident on 24 right at 128 have cleared. seeing average speeds of 10 miles per hour on the expressway. and that volume running steady. here are your live drive times. 28 mi

mid-50s in foxborough and wayland and woburn up into worcester at 51 degrees and then nashua, new hampshire at 51. the clouds really lighten up into southern new hampshire and the further north you go today. the brighter and the warmer it is going to be. 56 degrees right now. cloudy in boston. watching for drizzle in southeastern massachusetts at noon at 58 degrees. 60s here with brighter a closer look at the bus stop forecast where you are live coming up. julie has more on the expressway. >> julie: expressway moving along fine and like shiri mentioned the windy conditions as you walk out to the car. i surely did this morning. tip over to the pike, a few of the other traffic flow to show you, route 9 and route 20 are all moving along without any issue. north of the pike 93 south and route 1 are clear. life drive times. 24 minutes 495 to mass 11 minutes on the expressway. 21 minutes on 93 south. back to you. >>> at :30, police are trying to find out how a teenaged girl ended up at the bottom of a ravine in weymouth. a source tells fox25 that the victim was half naked and bound with duct tape

temperatures starting out in the upper 60s, lower 70s there. 67 in boston, wayland and foxborough. boxford right now at 66 degrees. i have 69 in barre, 56 in worcester and 68 in nashua, new hampshire. 7 a.m. more of the same. upper 60s. drizzle anding if at noon. 77 degrees. still a lot of lingering clouds. even a spot sprinkle left at lunchtime. there you go your improvement. 3 p.m. 84 degrees. kids coming home from school. by 7 p.m. julie grauert with live traffic north of the pike. >> julie: things are looking good beside the fog that you were mentioning. i recommend leaving 10, 15 minutes to accommodate for any foggy spots. pike wide open. expressway speed limit ride. one of those rare times where you don't have an issue until now. accident just popped up on our map at the opening of the emi le tunnels. more details and tweet that out for you. 23 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass 21 minutes on 128 southbound from peabody to the weston tolls. >>> to our top stories this morning. police are investigating after a deadly shooting in dorchester. this is the scene on rip

batch over connecticut and batch we have to rain on the map today in worcester boylston over to stow, wayland, lexington, marlboro as well and we have downpours out there. still steady rain up to westford, tewksbury as well as salisbury, falling apart a little bit but still kind of drizzling and wet across southern new hampshire where we got slammed with one, two inches of rain early on this morning. now it is the outer cape and middle cape where we got pockets of pretty intense rain, so now saw over the cape as well, noon time 74?, it is turning widely scattered and not necessarily going to have steady rain but scattered storms continue through the afternoon, 76? here at 3:00 p.m., focus eastern mass and boston and southeastern to mass here by the evening and future cast ready to go and take you through it hour-by-hour in just a couple minutes. catherine parrotta now with live >> catherine: shifting down this way, washington street near mcgrath highway, congested area to begin with. over here route 2 beacon street and accident at mont fort street and route 30 in the natick area and you could

partly cloudy in boston at 57, but clearer and cooler off to the north and west of 52 in woburn, 51 in wayland, 52 in worcester and upper 40s in nashua, new hampshire. day planner takes temperatures now in the 50s up to about 67? at noon time, going to be breezy but write bright, mostly sunny skies this afternoon, so really shed the early morning clouds, afternoon all catherine parrotta. check on slow spots. >> plenty of them on map and get to couple of them and shift west and couple accidents here. told you about this one here, pike going eastbound, clean-up work going on in grafton because tractor-trailer had gone off the road and still seeing delays behind that point and auburn and southbridge and delays up to oxford in the spot. come down to the north, delayed until you get somerville jammed up there in medford and somerville. 128 danvers and eastbound eastbound going through drive times and jammed up and take you 23 minutes. the pike 49 minutes, 93 from 495 to the leverett connector and slow stretch and take you 68 minutes. back over to you. >> gene: crews cleaning up a park where there w

i moved to san francisco lived on [inaudible] at the corner of wayland and san bruno for all most 50 years and that is pretty much what i have to say. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> my name is tiffany [inaudible] located on 2798 san bruno avenue. low income families apply for housing and support the future. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> [inaudible] i live in san bruno. >> tom i live in san francisco community [inaudible] i will betranslating for him. i will be the interpreter. i support the appeal. >> thank you, sir. next speaker, please. >> hi. my name is [inaudible] i support the appeal. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is lisa [inaudible] and [inaudible] my name is [inaudible] i live in the san bruno district and i support for this building. >> thank you. thank you both. . i'm done right here. thank you. >> [inaudible] my name is eugene tong and i hope we remain this type of affordable renting control housing. tlt st. high priority. once this kind of housing is gone we want to ask you supervisors [inaudible] and save this

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southwestern new hampshire to northern worcester county picking up 1 to 3 inches of lexington and wayland, as well, and trend, rains over shrewsbury and down through the city of worcester as we speak. a couple downpours moving out of hyannis and through chatham. we continue to track scattered showers throughout the day. locally heavy rain as we >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >>> al, thank you very much. now on "cutting the fat today," diet and fitness trends to the test. kerry sanders is here to get us started. >> good morning. this is a story about losing weight and celebrities like hugh jackman, jennifer lopez and jimmy kimmel have all reportedly tried intermittent fasting diets, books touting the benefits have become best sellers. but are diet plans like these really realistic for the average person to follow? i tried three different versions, all with the help of "today" nutritionist, joy bauer, who reviewed the rules and created menus to help me stay on photos of every meal i ate. but before we examined the rules of the intermittent fasting diets i followed, a visit with we

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