metro boston beaches duxbury at 76. craig beach at 78. scusset at 77. none tub as well as martha's vineyard, south beach, martha's vineyard, 77. have fun. use the sunscreen, 7 on 7 forecast, dry thursday and friday. saturday isolated shower in the morning then partly sunny skies saturdayan. see you at 6:00. >> jadiann: to the road to rio and for the olympic games host city it was a impressive venues but the past few months have been a burchy ride -- bumpy ride. >> reporter: we're three days away from the opening ceremony with the world's attention about to focus squarely on brazil. country has gone through its ups and downs but rio says it is ready to welcome the world. look at any gold medal performance and you are seeing the result of hard work. years of sacrifice and moments of l to remember. that is what brazil wants to give the world. >> rio. [applause] >> reporter: it beat out chicago, tokyo and madrid to become the first south american city to organize the olympics. organizers were swayed by claims the games would help count race poorest citizens

. >>> the boston beach that becomes a canvas for stunning creations. >> he was out showing families how he makes the designs and puts them to work creating beautiful pictures. it became a team effort. amador will visit a number of local beaches this weekend. you can see the work before the nice. >>> a group of u. mass from lowell students will be building a space hawk to collect and trarnz mitt data. the satellite will blast off in 2018. >>> we have all heard twins are connected in ways that other siblings are not. >> but two girls took that to a whole new level when they gave birth on the same day. >>> walking in downtown boston this weekend? be prepared to see strange characters. the convention taking over the hub next. >>> and at 6:00, what police are saying might happen to the driver who tried to beat a ? i feel too young to be this old. i just want to be her mom, not her full-time job. i'm the boss of me, but sometimes i need a little help. if you or a loved one has masshealth, call commonwealth care alliance to find out about senior care options. in the country. our charter school

a wake for the little boy who drounld at a south boston beach. a week since kazr willis died after disappearing from his day camp. the camp reopened to children yesterday on the aim day his family held a memorial. balloons by the dozen set free at 7:09. one week to the minute that kazr willis's famy he was gone. >> wanted to each for everybody that searched for him. >> reporter: kazr's uncle amazed at the love and support his family has received. >> i at love people did not know my nephew and they came out for them. >> reporter: including people like julie who jumped in to help. >> my family and i all ran around healthy as did everybody else in this neighborhood looking for him and hoping we with find him in our back yard. >> reporter: but that was not to be. remember the 7-year-old who drowned attending a city-run drop-in camp at the curly community center. new rules are now in place as the center reopened the focus turned to kazr and his family. how quickly our life can collapse because someone is gone, especially a child. >> with candles lit,

what boston's summer programs are doing after young campers drowns at a south boston beach. >> anchor: the swampscott man he set his home on fire the day before his estranged wife was set to move in. it's all coming up right here on 7 news. ? ? ? ? ? ? geico motorcycle, >> anchor: a kentucky judge makes a closed call in her courtroom when a defendant walks in without any pants. so the judge was shocked and pretty much outraged when that woman walked in. >> anchor: that's when she tries to get to the bottom of the pants problem. >>> excuse me? >>> i have other hygiene that she greatly needed and requeste. >>> excuse me? this is outrageous. is this am i in the twilight . >>> judge amber wolf did not hole back hen sh. >>> the scale also resed to give her pants. >> reporter: the judge called the excs director directly from the bench. >>> this can't wait. i am calling to talk to the director or anyone who can come to my courtroom and tell me why there is a defendant, i female defendant standing in front of me with no pants on. >> reporter: the defendant appeared in court for not meeting a

anchor: changes are coming to boston's summer camp program after a 7-year-old boy drown on a south boston beach last week the officials hoping to make sure a tragedy like this never happens again. victoria warren reports. >> anchor: flowers and teddy bears at the curley community center. the south boston doors open, summer program counselors back inside, but instead of meeting with children, they are meeting with officials. >>> when i spoke to the father one thing he did say is if his death it would be good for the city. >> anchor: sought of that conversation with 7-year-old kaiser willis's father solid changes at the summer program run by boston's center for youth and families. he went missing from the summer program last week. his body found in the water hours later the programs commissioner going counselors taking a head count evy , all kids gointo the ocean will wear life preservers. they are increasing staffing levels, the every ten children. and they promise to get 34 surveillance cameras working all to make sure the city never sees another tragedy like this. >> anchor: we are have to mak

boston. good for the beach, boston 87. north of town, amesbury 85. back into worcester hills, pittsburgh at 88 with an isolated shower and out on the cape and mashby 86, chatham at 84. friday lots of sunshine. temps on friday along the coastline, near 83. we stake you to the tropics this right here has become a brand-new tropical storm. ths northwest over the ocean. not gonna bother anyone along the eastern seaboard at all. 7 on 7 forecast. we have a delightful weekend in store. lots of sun, a little on the warm side but the humidity is low. next chance of any much-needed rained, monday. >> day 3 of joint workouts with from here on out will be practices more like the regular season and closed to the public. no heavy lifting on the eve of preseason game number 2 and for the second straight day no rob gronkowski. he reacclimates to football but the talk today was about quarterbacks from a guy who knows a thing or two about learning from tom brady. trey daerr has more from foxboro. >> reporter: week one, the night of september 11th, the first time tom b

you are thinking beaches, lakes pools, you can do that. it b h. boston tomw billerica 96. lawrence 96. advisory in effect tomorrow. meaning the heat index will approach 100 degrees tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow, not much expected throughout the afternoon. here even at 3:00 you notice there is not much aroun metro. one or two isolated storms possible. a little more activity up across northern new england. that is drop through metro boston late tomorrow night and temporarily break the home. temperature ons saturday in boston, and the beaches only near 70, farther inland near 80 with an isolated shower. beach day because the heat comes back with temperatures on sunday in the lower 90s. see you at 6:00. >> jadiann: up next a cambridge rower in rio, how her time in boston helped get her ready for the games. >> kim: good evening, i'm kim khazei. here is some of what we're working on for 7 news at 6:00 tonight. we've breaking news with investigators releasing a key piece of information as they search for the person who took the life of this young woman jogging in princeton. also a

friends and family will be saying a final farewell to a seven-year-old boy who drowned at a south boston beach. a funeral for kyzr willis will be held later today in mattapan before he is laid to rest in boston. dozens of people also attended his wake yesterday including boston mayor marty walsh and police commissioner william evans. willis became separated from his councilors at a day camp at car from the hours several hours later. happening today, construction on the wynn casino in everett is set to begin just days after the city of somerville decided not to appeal the decision to give wynn resorts a waterfront construction permit. the resort will be the state's first resort-style casino and it's set to open in 2019. >> sarah: for the first time let's head live to the olympic zone and let the games begin. can you believe it, the 2016 summer olympic games are kicking off with the team. they're on their quest for their fourth olympic gold. >> christa: yes. this is exciting news. and michael phelps, isn't this incredible? he's going to be part of the opening ceremonies and carrying the flags. >

beaches north of boston, threat will start by late-morning for some thunderstorms. the beaches south of boston it is going to be mostly during the afternoon and we got high temperatures today heading into th going to be a little cooler but so much brighter over the weekend. we will time out the improvements next. >> daniel: faced firestorm of controversy after letting a convicted rapist off six months in jail. why the judge in the stanford norman: that's a lot of vitamins there, harold. harold: oh, i'm stocking up before kelly ayotte gets her way on medicare. norman: what do you mean? harold: well, she wants to privatize medicare, turn it into a voucher program that'll cost families big time. norman: uhhh... the vitamins? harold: gotta keep my family strong because ayotte also wants to raise the medicare eligibility age. tte: oppose medicare privatization. stand up for new hampshire seniors. >> julie: julia you're 11. you? >> 13. >> julie: what's favorite ride. >> fun coast and her tracks and stuff like that. so, yeah. >> going through. should i be scared? >> scary g

in to the north and west they will be in the low 80s and be in the low 80ss from quincy to boston to revere beach also for those beach goers tomorrow. here some of those beaches. wallaceton at 82 degrees, and all of these with lots of sunshine real nice looking day out there. now the winds will be switching to the south by wednesday it will bring in warmer air ahead of a front that will be pushing our way. by thursday night. most of it stays to the north and west on thursday in here at least first part of the day on friday. as that front continues to slow down the later in the day the showers come on friday. the better chance have you of having a thunderstorm. you know how that works. you get the heating of the day. still morning time will be showers. we will be dealing with thunderstorms. either way it looks to me like it clears out for your weekend always in view with some nice weather and temperatures nice and warm as well. >> thanks, kev. patriots gearing up for their third pre-season game but they are doing it without tom brady. ev j idea where he is or at least he's not saying. get ready to

saying good-bye to a seven-year-old boy who drowned at a beach in south boston last tuesday. a wake will be held this afternoon for kyzr willis. the young boy was found in the water at carson beach after he wandered off from his group at a city-run summer day camp last week. >> jennifer: this morning we're getting a first look inside boston's first medical marijuana facility. it opens later today and is right in the heart of the city and in some ways it will be first of its kind. in boston's busy downtown landmark, the city's first medical marijuana dispensary is getting ready to open. you could pass right by it and not even know it's there. >> i don't see any signage or anything. is that by design? >> that was one of the reqiernls from the city, that there be no large signage outside. >> jennifer: patriot c.e.o. bob mayerson takes us inside. it has the feel of a doctor's >> we're a health care company and see ourselves as a medical company. we don't want to feel like a head shop. so all the marijuana will be kept behind the counter in cabinets and drawers. patients can see it

beaches north of boston. also lower 80s from marblehead and salisbury to hampton beach. >> michael: clone-up crew after a stabbing of boston restaurant. what we are learning at the scene of the breaking news introducing dunkin's new cold brew coffee, ooth, full-bodied flavor. discover the craft of cold brew today and keep on. ...clear for take off. see ya! when you're living with diabetes. steady is exciting. oh this is living baby! only glucerna has carbsteady, to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and try new glucerna hunger smart to help you feel full. ? stay cool this summer with a new sour apple, watermelon, or blue raspberry coolatta. america runs on dunkin'. >> elizabeth: gene lavanchy and sara underwood and mitchell there. >> sara: can't wait to hear more about the family because i know your great grandparents lived here. >> i could smell it so delicious. >> shiri: pembroke 79. i got middle 70s in plymouth to marshfield and brewster and nantucket. kind of seeing temperature right now even out still play

boston. the beaches tomorrow, looks good. just about anywhere you want to go, no hint of rain, just a few clouds working on in. high temperatures tomorrow, to upper 70's to low 80's and here's that pollen forecast, which gives you an idea of what you've got to look at in the seven-day forecast. look at monday, see how that rain works on in, an while you're not seeing the rain work on in, you're seeing the pollen level drop because of this rainshower activity, that's going to be moving toward us, so early monday morning, 1078 rain falling in the boston and worcester areas, making its way across the shoreline and finally out to sea by the middle of the day, but that will wash out the air and get rid of some of the ragweed making you suffer this seven-day forecast keeps us nice this weekend. clouds increase on sunday especially and there's the rain early monday. >> mark: the current drought may make it more difficult to find cranberries come fall, according to the new bedford standard time. the usda is predicting this year's cro

hampton beach at 76. metro boston, a fair amount of sunshine, revere beach 77. nantasket and scusset 77 and widening the view for the islands, lots of sunshine, south beach 77 and lighthouse beach at 76. 7 on 7 forecast. more sunshine for thursday. friday, a little warmer those days upper 80s to around 90. >> jadiann: it's time for fast track traffic. see how the roads are looking this hour. >> we're high above the expressway. we're heading northbound. you see the northbound traffic isn't bad approaching mass avenue southbound, it's jammed up from the tunnel most of the way down past the split all wait into canton. it's going to be heavy and slow southbound coming out of the city. you can see it's about a half hour ride now as you make your way from downtown all the way down past the split. northbound looks heavy as well. you can see you are looking at probably another half hour getting from the split up to about andrews square before it starts to break true. out of the tunnel now 93 coming -- this is the pr heading out of the tunnel at the top of the tunnel hea

of a little boy who drowned as a city-run summer camp held a vigil for the boy outside the boston on carson beach the boy drowned last week in the water about 20 yards off the beach. according to his uncle the boy did know how to swim. this evening friends and family released balloons into the air in memory of kaiser. >> a lot of people don't know him, but they came out and looked for him. we want to state police that came out, the first responders that did everything they could to find him. >> a wake for kaiser is held tomorrow, and his funeral thursday. meanwhile today the camp reopened with new safety changes. counselors did an hourly head count. that was new. new security cameras were added, and everyone had to wear life jackets in the water. >>> massachusetts is getting more money to fight the zika and track it. they want lawmakers to reconvene an emergency session to consider the president's 2 billion dollars request to fight it. the first response team from the cdc arrived in miami today. 15 people in winwood are infected. >>> well a family's pet euthanized as a local animal shelter. >> >.

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boston. nice beach day. a little bit on the cool side, at times. you get out of the water with the low humidity air mass in place, you cool off quickly. a little bit of got bump weather. ... goose bump weather. highs tomorrow right back into the mid to upper 80's. a lot of sunshine. for more on what's going on in the tropics, over to danielle. >> danielle: thanks. quite a bit going on in the atlantic. the last advisory was just issued. fiona, no more. a post-tropical cyclone. we have an eye on this tropical wave. we will talk more about that in a second. this tropical storm, a similar track to fiona. it is expected to become a hurricane later today into tomorrow. no threat to land. that is even further out in the atlantic, actually. and this will continue to move west, northwest. right now forecast it is this this would be our eighth named storm of the hurricane season. this has a 50% chance of forming into a tropical storm. this would be tropical storm hermin. as it continues to track west and northwest, it could potentially pose a threat to the b

boston. and for the beach forecast tomorrow, 78 to 83 degrees. cooler than you had the last couple days plenty of room for you to stretch out and have the lawn chairs and the umbrellas tomorrow's temperatures cooler at the coast. warmer inland with communities getting closer to 90 degrees. dry heat as humidity is low. low humid nights, overnight, they will be fantastic for star gazing. if you look to the west, just after sunset, you see venus, saturn and mercury the closest together they will be for the year. temperatures in the 80s for weekend. sunday 88 degrees. nice and toasty, but, again, low humidity. we'll take it. monday, 90 degrees. cold front moves through. the heat continues into next week. >> thank you. challenging the public's perception one photo shoot at a time. we introduce you to a special photographer who works with families with special needs. >>> new at 6:00, it's much a part of harvard square as the co-op. but the future plans of the kelly ayotte: thanks, buddy. ys dirty -- throwing millions in false, negative ads... i'm out h

the beaches, especially the beaches north of boston are also going to be very mild. now rain like i said moving in. a lot of it will be very, very light. i don't think it is going to quite reach boston but south of the pike, slamming into south eastern massachusetts where we have our best bet for wet roads. we will have to watch out for a few of those wet roads. only lasts us until 10 a.m. by noontime, rain is out. we are partly cloudy here. on and off clouds that will continue for much of the afternoon. slight risk of a pop-up here during the afternoon hours north and west of boston where i expect this disturbance to sit. overnight, we will have a cold front come through that will bring us some even drier air. dew points drop a little bit more. partly sunny in the afternoon. winds coming in off the water creating some cooler conditions at the beaches. it is going to be partly sunny. scattered clouds mixing in and warm inland with only that slight risk for a pop-up here again tomorrow afternoon. so seven-day forecast for the weekend always in view have the best chanc

. >>> a wake will take place for a boston boy who drounld at carson beach. members and family and friends -- family members and friends 7-year-old kazr willis. he died one week ago walking away from a day camp in outy. at a vigil for kazr, his uncle tells us his family overwhelmed by the support they have received. they didn't know and they came out and looked for him. we want to thank the bpd and the state police. >> gene: the funeral for willis will take place at the >>> a salem man is behind bars this morning after admitting to strangling his wife. he in court yesterday morning and he walked into the station and told him that he killed his wife carmela. he also learned -- we also learned that he has a long history of violence. in 1994 he was charged with domestic assault and battery after his wife said he tried to kill her. last year she filed for divorce and in may she filed for a restraining order. >> this is not his behavior at extend, like at all. i honestly, like, complete shock. everybody is in complete shock. this is not normal behavior for him at

80s from cape over to plymouth at 81 and falmouth at 82 with sunshine and middle 70s to the beaches north of boston and town by town look what you should >> gene: one shirt and special acts of kindness across the globe that put a smile on her face. >> julie: mess left on roads when i look for solutions, i don't start in washington, and i don't assume one party has all the answers. you know where i find common-sense ideas? right here in new hampshire... where i'm fighting for the good-paying jobs that strengthen our economy. i worked to make childcare more affordable and make it easier i've worked across party lines on clean air and energy efficiency efforts... and to strengthen social security and medicare. together, we're making new hampshire and america stronger. i'm kelly ayotte, >>> complete new england news coverage starts right now. this is the fox25 morning news. >> julie: i would like to give props to shiri spear. this is a long show, six hours, but she went on an hour early, we had tornado warning, she was the first one on and doing a 7-hour marathon now. >> gene: it is being called a true

and those beaches north of boston, hot 3788 in ipswich. cooler in marble head at 83. boston rise today 86 degrees. inland upper 80s, even 91 in lawrence. 82348 framingham. 8 in norwood and 89 in fitchburg. the beach is going to be a little cooler. zip tripping to the north end. 6 a.m. beach temperature 92. dry and sunny in the upper 70s and bring a healthy box of drive will be much appreciated. temperatures in the lower 80s at the beaches. but inland more upper 80s. will feel like today again inland. the beaches is where you find a little bit of a cool relief because of the winds coming in off the water and i also think that humidity levels will be somewhat tolerable. a little sticky and oppressive and by the end of the weekend humidity is starting to go up and it does start to get a little bit sticky. the seven-day forecast with the weekend falls view has a by friday, keeping it dry and 86. 86 and mostly sunny on saturday, even keeping it in the middle 80s and mostly sunny on sunday, monday. the next shot for showers and thunderstorms and this will help cool us back

children are headed back to a boston summer camp less than a week after that seven-year-old died. little kyzr willis disappeared at carson beach in south boston. his body was later recovered from the water. the camp will now require hourly head counts, life preservers and increased staffers for the the white house. a new poll out this morning shows hillary clinton on top, getting a seven-point post-convention bump. the new cnn/orc poll shows clinton ahead of trump 52% to 43%. this comes after trump was leading for a time after the rnc. >> christa: that's notable to battle that trump is facing this morning. questions about how he was deferred from military service and a massachusetts lawmaker who is also a former member of the military is demandi apology. let's go to 7's kris anderson who is with us now with the latest on that. kris? >> kris: christa, good morning. more politicians are lining up to criticize donald trump's comments from all political parties. some have banded together to write a letter to trump looking for an apology. >> thank you both very much. >> kris: donald trump facing more backlash over comments about a

like i mentioned though, thing are cooler a noting although the coast in boston along the beaches today. to inland, that is where temperatures will climb in the mid-80s. if you're headed on the beach along the coastline, the temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. cooler for you nice and pleasant for you out there. watch for sunday night into monday. 20% chance to see showers and storms sunday night into monday. we don't have to worry about it yet. for today 80 to 87. mostly sunny, not as humid, a lovely day for anything you have planned. mostly clear, cool, comfortable, sleeping weather, temperatures in the low to mid-60s. beaches today as i was talking about, a little bit on the cooler side but really a nice day to head to the beach. tomorrow we will do it all a depend. cooler ang mid-to upper 80s, it's the last weekend of august. heading to the cape, upper 70s, low 80s throughout the weekend, lots of sunshine, really nice weather, mid 80s inland, a little cooler ang lot coast. we will watch a front sunday night into monday and then we will watch an unsettled pattern toward the mid

much cooler though especially metro boston, not a great beach we're back into the hazy sunshine. a few late day showers and storms but again they will be scattered, not widespread. hot on sunday. temperatures on sunday for everyone low to mid 90's. >> anchor: next on 7 news we continue to follow breaking news out of hyde park where a child is pulled from the pool. we will bring you the very latest. >> anchor: hope you are managing to stay cool. i'm kim khazei. here is a look at some of what we're working on for 7 news at 6:00. a scare in the air. a flight out of boston hits major number of people injured. plus, what a surprise for neighbors in kinsey as a rattlesnake pace them a visit. we'll have those and much more coming up at 6:00. four hundred million dollars. that's how much charter schools will drain from massachusetts public schools this year. four hundred million siphoned from local districts that desperately need it. four hundred million that won't four hundred million unavailable to the ninety-six percent of students who don't attend charter schools. let's improve publi

beach. you got a good one for you. 76 to 82 this afternoon. coolest location in worcester hill. close to 80 in the city of boston. take a look at the forecast for the coastline this afternoon. pleasant. cape ann you will be coolest. 75 there. 79 to 80 for the rest of the beach forecast across the area this afternoon. with light sea breezes kicking in. mid 50s in the coolest suburbs tonight. 66 in boston. it's a wide range in temperatures but many of the suburbs more verses those skits. humidity still low. very comfortable. great beach day ahead of us tomorrow. mid-to-upper 80s. few towns inland maybe approaching 90 degrees we'll keep it closer to 80 along the cape cod and islands. tropic become more active. over to daniel. >> hurricane season officially began on june 1st. we're really in the peek of it october. we've seen 7 named storm. we're monitoring two of those named storm then this other tropical wave of moisture. i want to talk about fiona. this is what we're talking about over the past couple of days. and tropical depression fiona moves at 35 miles per hour now. west-northwest. and it's probably going to w

beaches north boston pretty warm as well and 80 in hampton beach and mid to upper 80s and which towns and cities on track >> sara: new lawsuit filed by family that claims they were force the to flee the country. >> daniel: wild bar fight. >>> complete new england news coverage starts right now. this is the fox25 morning news. >> daniel: 8:30 another beautiful day on tap, hit the beach or take lunch outside. humidity and storms return wednesday. >> sara: 8:30 on tuesday morning. >> daniel: take ice cream. right, shiri? somewhere. >> shiri: a lotut ice cream. went on air at 4:00, 5:00 and 73 in boston, 70 in swampscott, 70 randolph, 71 in wellesley and lawrence, 71 in sharon for you out there now. down toward the cape and islands, lower 70s ruling and 74? nantucket and 72 in marshfield, lower 70s in worcester down to auburn, still a little bit cooler in spots at 63. warming up and a lot of those outliers a little cooler now all going to even out and play fast catch up. 3:00 p.m. 87?. just remember it will be cooler at the beaches today, so range of highs go anywhere 80 to 90, mostly sun

kaiser willis was at a beach in south boston hen he went missing. his body found hours later. kids will return to the camp for the first time since this tragedy. mayor mawa to prevent it from happening ever again. >>> we have to make sure that when we get those, their kids in our care and custody that they are protected and safe. >> anchor: the camp will now require hourly head counts, life preservers, increased staffers and for the youngest children those increased staffers and two counselors per every ten kids. >> anchor: a swampscott man accused of burping down the very home he helped to build. witnesses capturing those tall kimberly bookman live in swampscott with why police say he allegedly did this in the first place. >>> adam, take a look over my shoulder and you can see exactly what is left of this home. police say this fire not only ruined this house but endangered makes and fire fighters. watching his home go up in flames police say timothy brosnan made a stunning admission. >>> he stated i did it, i poured gasoline, my wife is >> anchor: he is a self-employed carpen

friends and family will be saying a final farewell to a seven-year-old boy who drowned at a beach in south boston. a funeral for kyzr willis will be held later this morning in mattapan. >> christa: and david ortiz getting a very special sendoff out in seattle. the mariners presenting the sox slugger with a salmon from the market. that helped power the team to a big one. he's been getting all sorts of gifts. we've had portraits. a salmon is pretty unique. >> sarah: i can't tell if it was still moving or if they were moving. >> danielle: let's hope it was the latter of the two. current temperatures fairly cool to start. 52 in norwood. check out martha's vineyard at 49. that observation site able to take advantage of the cooling. all of that heat is in the atmosphere. we have locally dense fog this morning, mainly in the norwood area, definitely not as widespread as yesterday. and it won't take long for it to burn off as you see those temperatures warm this afternoon. a touch warmer than where we were at yesterday. we rise into the 80s for most of us. 70s for cape cod. warm sunshine to enjoy. maybe

. >> reporter: happening today: who drowned at a beach in south boston last tuesday. a wake will be held this afternoon for kyzr willis. the young boy was found in the water at carson beach after he wandered away from his group at a city-run summer day camp. at a vigil last night, the people who helped during that frantic search say they feel the family's loss. >> what brought me out here today is the loss of kyzr. he is a family member. not to me but to all of us who live in south boston. >> sarah: that summer day camp, curley community center reopened on tuesday. to the race for the white house now. donald trump continues to take heat over comments he made about a soldier killed in combat. and now even more people are firing back after trump refuses to endorse two high-profile politicians within his own party. >> i think hewlett-packard executive meg whitman, a top fund-raiser for chris christie and mitt romney tell it is clinton. she calls donald trump a demagogue. >> it is a crooked system. it is a rigged system. >> reporter: trump is refusing to back house speaker

over the weekend, the warmer beach day with lower 80s. more to boston here ends up being on saturday. sunday, you can see that we really for the cape, but a lot of those beaches from the out shore to the north shore also in the 70s over the weekend on sunday. seven-day forecast of the weekend always in view, features bright skies this weekend after hazy, hot, humid. even at times stormy conditions today. slight risk of a monday shower, tuesday, wednesday dry and thursday about 84. let's go ahead and send you back to the studio. >> stephanie: thank you, shiri. good thing that the morning storms will be hitting u we are seeing the expressway building up and also that breakdown on route 3 a, that stalled vehicle still an i shall through also impacting traffic. a wider picture now though. 93 southbound again. we are seeing delays as you go from medford into the city. and the zakim bridge, the leverett connector, slow and steady. i mean it is just that hour of the morning. meantime, not really looking too bad. 26 minutes is the longest on 93 southbound from

tonight, 61 to day otherwise partly sunny, warm and temperatures between 08 and 86 a great beach day tomorrow. boston 781. ville 84. if the pool is your scene then that's good for that too. dracut 85. concord 86. into the worcester hills, bar red, fitchburg, jaffrey, worcester, any of clouds and sunshine after early morning clouds so it will become partly sunny and out on the to the cape and ilan chatham 77. mashpee at 80 degrees. your 7 on 7 forecast go there is that slight chance of a few becoming sunny, tuesday and wednesday, look at tuesday morning's lows. whoa, down into the low 50's. see you at 5:30. >> anchor: let's jump back into the olympic zonement tonight we're introducing you to travis stevens. he was in search of his first olympic medal in rio. the wakefield man lost to russia in the gold medal match to take home a silver medal. >> anchor: it's a big accomplishment for him and his third olympics. he is tonight's hometown hero. >> anchor: travis stevens who trains for judo in wakefield has been to threelics games but had never medal up until rio. before we came out to brazil he told me he

shiri: temperatures that should make it and moderate risk of rip current and bigger for the beaches more and boston and going to explain why we have >> sara: football field causing injuries and local coaches being blamed. >> stephanie: emotional kelly ayotte: thanks, buddy. kelly (voiceover): i'm kelly ayotte. and when i take the plate for new hampshire... i'm up against a political machine that plays dirty -- throwing millions in false, negative ads... i'm out here knocking down every lie... because new hampshire deserves better. that's why i'm batting for good-paying jobs, to protect social security and medicare... ...and help families pay for college... they're throwing at me... >>> head back to school and live look at the school in lincoln, cars lined up and kids will be new school and already here. >> can't believe school is here and summer officially over except week and start next week and shiri spear and super hot for the kids heading back today. >> really weird time of the year for forecast because we are giving you the bus stop forecast, giving you the beach forecast but today it is all j

you get away from the beaches and gain a couple of degrees. boston, 82. woburn, 87 there and in natick. 84 in foxborough. and 88 degrees in andover, haverhill seeing similar temperatures as you get to the beaches. worcester today, 81 degrees but you go up to fitchburg, 88. in the upper 80s going pretty strong for nashua, manchester and salem. canabie lake park and hampton beach 83 degrees. and tonight, we have exactly what you had last night and have that fresh, comfortable air in place. i recommend tracking the windows. you can save a little bit on the air conditioning bill because a lot of a 50s. and we jump all the way into the mid and upper 80s. even a couple of pops of 90s and the weekend always in view. tomorrow will be quite comfortable with humidity. only add a couple of scattered clouds. saturday, thunderstorms expected, high, 86. humidity drops on sunday. 82 degrees and starts next workweek on the same nice bright note. time out the saturday storms. julie with live drive time traffic and multiple accidents on the expressway. >>> shiri, i haven't

boston now. it is going to be hot one which takes us to the beaches. i am thinking mid-80s for the and 90s for the beaches north of boston. >>> well, the lack of rain is hitting many hard, but winemakers say the drought actually good for their grapes. the black birch vineyards in south hampton athey are expecting to harvest fewer grapes and the grapes will have more sugar that disat thiscally improves the quality of wine. >> this is really exciting. producing way better than we anticipated. coming closer to closer to make wine from >> daniel: shiri will bring that to the forecasts in numbers are released. >>> a former massachusetts senator runs into trouble while travelling to compete in a triathlon over weekend. on twitter could the brown said he arrived in omaha yesterday, but his bicycle did not. on social i can't he asked southwest airlines where the bike ended up. a few hours later the airline said they would get to to him. the bike arrived but the the airline web site say to remove those items before shipping the pike. >> daniel: look at the bike

the temperatures are waron they are reasonable off the coast of boston. 80 to 84 tomorrow at the beaches and the sea breeze could knock it back to the 70s in the afternoon. uv index is high and rip current risk is low and the high tide is in the late afternoon. the high pressure is still with us tomorrow so another good day. it allows several things to happen. increase in humidity and wednesday is the best chance of getting a few showers or thunderstorms in here. sunny on tuesday and then wednesday the clouds come in and yes there is a chance of getting downpours or thunderstorms. will it be widespread? that's never happened yet. we'll see. thursday increase the sun and the heat and the humidity. i want to show you the seven-day forecast. i want to give you a quick idea of what we are talking about from thursday on. the jet stream will shift back to the heat and humidity we day thing for a number of days of 90 or higher in many, many areas. a pop up thunderstorm is possible in the higher humidity. in the meantime, we have a gorgeous day tomorrow and we have considered wednesday a possibl

boston lower 70's. the cape, south coast, 70's and 80's so a decent beach day south coast and cape. metro boston not so much. farther inland lower 80's and winds back with us, mix of clouds and sunshine, boston, bedford and for wood into the middle 90's. your 7 on 7 forecast early next week continuing the theme of scattered showers and storms, hassy, hot and humid. upper 80's to around 90. have a great weekend. >> anchor: return returning now to the olympic zone. we spent a lot of time talking about the athletes and their performances. >> anchor: but they all have interests and hobbies like all of us outside their sport. one of the more interesting ones is swimmer ryan lochte. joins us again from rio with more on that story. nancy? >>> he always keeps things interesting, doesn't he? his style is always surprising us and in fact just in the waste peek alone we have seen him change his hairstyle multiple times and that's not the only way he likes to express his style. when he is not in the pool sometimes even when he is on the pool deck you will likely spot him in several different pai

lower 80's at all o beaches. 84 lawrence. 79 boston for high temperatures tomorrow afternoon. so near 80 right at the beach with a sea breeze into the 80's metro west into the merrimack valley and southwest of boston as well. it is clear out there now. we had some clouds and a couple showers went by this morning. very few though. and there is another chance for that to happen again on thursday, with another front coming our way. i can't be optimistic about any substantial rain coming on in, not the way this summer has been going. we would need a tropical system, we've been talking about that for a couple of weeks. one year looking less and less like a threat. look at the rain, it explodes, because it's getting closer to land and hitting the radar. radar couldn't reach it way out into the ocean. the current track of tropical depression number 8, 35-mile-per-hour winds, looking to become a named storm out over the out are banks by tomorrow afternoon and track northeastward, stirring up the waves, but not bringing us any needed rainfall and not bringing us dangerous winds. that's

boston. going to the beach tomorrow, nice one. all kinds of sunshine, top to bottom. sea coast of new hampshire all the way to cape cod. a little cooler on cape cod, looking gorgeous everywhere you go. sea breeze may feel cooler, but still going to burn in the high sunshine in august. be careful out of that. 70s out there generally. merrimack valley the hotter spots. degrees tomorrow afternoon. already closing in on 90. going to get a little hotter on friday still. that zip trip friday morning, going to fast forward to friday. thursday just as nice as tomorrow. we're going to friday, 64 -- now we'll fast forward into friday. 64 degrees by 7 i'm a. 78 by 10:00 a.m. in norwood for the zip trip. get out there and say high and bring serial with you for serial drive, shiri will be out there as well. timeli our way, i promised you. friday looks good. it's going to be warm and more humid, the front is still back here with the showers and thunderstorms on it. but check this out. watch the cut into new england already early saturday morning. by the middle of the morning into c

the south shore, the north shore, boston, the seacoast all beach temperatures a little cooler for the out coast, cape and islands in the upper 70s. water temperatures 71 degrees. next high tide will be just before 2:00 in the afternoon. high also go from 87 in boston and norwood to 86 in beverly and new hampshire. a ring it of 90s in lawrence, fitchburg and nashua. 84 in worcester. cooler spots. new bedford at 82. plymouth at 82. and 70s for the cape. and the islands over the weekend of course have changes brewing today. looking good. and by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. stickier conditions. maybe a couple of breaks in the clouds and overall, we are mostly cloudy conditions in the morning and a couple of spot showers early on. going to see that front closer through the early afternoon passing through boston at 5 p.m. that is where we will get most of the storms. they will taper off during the evening hours. over the cape around 8:00 at night and in boston, your storm will drop by 5 or 6:00 tomorrow. then by the time we hit sunday, just clouds bubbling up. i will clear us out.

happening today, family and friends will be saying goodbye to a 7-year-old boy who drowned at a beach in south boston last tuesday. a wake will be held for kazr willis. the young boy was found in the water at carson beach after he wandered off from his groupt week. at a vigil last night, those who helped during that frantic search say they feel the family's loss. >> what brought me out here today is the loss of kazr, he is -- he is a family member, not to me but to all of us that live in south boston. >> sarah: that summer day camp curly community center reopened its doors on tuesday. >>> a man accused of burning home his home in swampscott in court. timothy bronsan set the house on fire on sunday after he was ordered to hand it over to his ex-wife as part of their divorce agreement. no one was inside at the time. bronsan has been charged with arson. new this morning, worcester police continue to investigate after woman was injured jumping out of a moving car on tuesday. investigators say the 25-year-old rolled down for about 40 feet after she jumped out of the back seat. police say the car kept acce

those beaches north of boston. 80 in marblehead. 77 in gloucester and lower 80s hampton. it is going to be even hotter than that for our inland towns and cities and where we will today and what dined of temps we are talking for the weekend coming up in just a few. back to you. >>> the current drought may make it more difficult to find cranberries come fall. the usda is predicting this year's crop will be impacted by the lack of rainfall in the state. some cranberry farmers are expecting a smaller yield than last year, but they are hopeful for a little more rain to help with water levels. cranberries are one of massachusetts main crops. >>> t-mobile and sprint competing for customers looking for unlimited mobile. new plans but they come with some restrictions. data but with limiting music and video streaming quality. the one plan coming out in september will have limited streaming quality. user also not be able to have high definition or they will have to pay extra. >> elizabeth: how about a nice thursday wedding. forget the weekend nuptials. a number people are saying i $

friends and family will be saying a final farewell today to a 7-year-old boy who drowned at the beach in south boston. mattapan before he is laid to rest in boston. dozens of people attending his wake including mayor marty walsh and boston police commissioner william evans. willis became separated from his counselors from a day camp at carson beach. crews recovered his body from the water several hours later. >>> happening today, officials will be back in home in upton where several cats were found living in filthy conditions. situation when neighbors complained of a foul smell. head out to 7's jennifer eagen in upton with more details for us. jen? >> reporter: krista, neighbors tell us that something similar happened here at this home a few years ago. investigators condemned the home after they got a look at the conditions inside here. crews in protective suits spent showers trying to remove the cats. upton's board of health visited the home along school street two dead cats were removed. eight surrendered to the mspca. a dozen more are hiding inside. >> just recently the past year or two, this summ

reapply. 69 to 75 high tide coming up just the remainder of the afternoon and beach he'll estate to work with. 64 in boston. 61 worcester mid-50s in keen. 63 man chester to lawrence. humidity stays low and that's one thing you will notice. plenty of sunshine satellite and radar is quiet out the door this morning. so we rise pretty quickly out of the middle and upper 60s to the 70s in the next hour and a half or so. and we push quickly into the mid-80s by lunchtime. temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s on cape cod. we will be warm for the rest of us. 84 to let's say 88 for the ride home a few spots will touch 90. set at 7:58. we will time out the thunderstorms tomorrow hour by hour zoomed in coming up. let's get you on the road and check nonet friday morning commute -- check in on the friday morning commute. >> reporter: traffic is building northbound on the expressway. this is the view from columbia road. backup starts in milton at granite avenue and you are bumper to bumper to right he from the split to downtown is the biggest problem area. drive time about 20 minutes. there are delays on the commuter

. >>> children are going back to a boston summer camp less than a week after the child died at the program. disappeared at carson beach in south boston. his body was later found in the water. the camp will require hourly lead counts, increased staffers for the children. >>> a brand-new poll for the race for the white house. hillary clinton on top by 8 points. the nbc news survey monkey poll has her leading 54% to 42%. the same poll showed no after the rnc. >>> a new cnn-orc poll show hillary clinton on top getting a 7-point post convention bump. the polls show clinton ahead of trump 52% to 43% and this comes after trump was leading for a time after the rnc. >>> and those poll numbers aren't the only bad news for donald trump as he continues to come under fire for comments that he made about the parents of a muslim-american who was killed in combat. more and more people are now donald trump apologize and that includes a politician from right here in the bay state. >> thank you both very much. >> reporter: donald trump facing more backlash over comments about a muslim family who spoke during the democratic national conv

beach. high tides around 3:00 this afternoon. high temperatures upper 70s in boston and bedford, beverly, over to nashua at 75?, worcester at 72. then we got southeastern massachusetts today with lower 80s in plymouth and new bedford and about 81 on the vineyard. tonight it is 50s. talk about a fresh overnight forecast. feel cool when you wake up tomorrow, light jackets on stand by here sleeves are underneath because we do get all the way back up to 80? tomorrow with more sun. 86 here on wednesday, 86 on thursday. both days nice and quiet. humidity and warmer temperatures really back in play on friday with high around 88? and scattered showers expected and lower 80s continue. back to you. >> sara: a plea on facebook makes it around the world. dozens who answered one moms >> gene: patriots off-sewn anything but smooth and hits keep on coming. deon lewis will need a second surgery on his knee. tore it last year against washington and herald reporting eight to 10-week setback and won't see him until mid-october at the earliest. then there's right tackle sebastian and in

we got low and mid-80s for the cape, 85 in plymouth today, the beaches north of boston going to be warm as well with 79 in marblehead and 81 in salisbury >> julie: homemade clock was mistaken for bomb and year later the teenager back in the headlines. coming up new lawsuit filed by family that claims they were forced to flee the country. >> sara: salem police officer recovering after a wild bar fight. next the arrest that went wrong that cost the massachusetts public charter schools are among the best in the country. our charter schools are public, and we have longer school days with more personal attention. we have a proven record of helping students in underperforming areas succeed. announcer: question 2 will expand charter school access and result in more funding for public education. every parent should be able to choose the public school that's best for their child. for stronger public schools. your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a

at the beaches, north of boston, to the seacoast, 82. well. cape cod, 81. those are averages. there will be a few towns get warmer or stay cooler, but none of these affecting you this weekend. get to the beaches and enjoy. this is tropical storm gaston, 65-mile-per-hour winds, staying out over the water, wants to intensify to a hurricane, but it will just churn up the seas for bermuda, those of you who might be cruising to bermuda, or coming back from said cruise, but here, no effect. this is the other system that's being watched out here on the caribbean. it's got some rain with it, looking at this and these are the spaghetti plots. we throw all the models on its page and splatter them like spaghetti. some go to texas, some go to florida, some take it right through cuba and southward. bottom line is we just don't know. we know there's a storm there trying to develop and all we can do is wait and see on this one. not afraid to tell you, i have no idea what the storm is going to do until it actually gets back together and becomes at least a depression, if not a tropical storm. t

boston. police say kyzr wandered away unnoticed at carson beach. after a frantic search, his body was found in the water hours later. >> the lord did not take kyzr. the lord received kyzr. (applause) north response to the death, mayor walsh ordered new rules for the summer day camps. hourly checks of all campers. life preservers for all kids swimming. more training for at kyzr's funeral service, family members gave their reflection and thanked friends and strangers for their support. >> it is a tragedy that the situation happened, but what we have to remember through all of this, that kyzr, at the young age that he is, is actually saving lives today. >> kyzrr, i'm going to his many of us. i'm going to miss the pride i feel when people watched you in amazement because you were truly the coolest kid in the room. >> reporter: this tragedy clearly touched many across the city. bishop john borders told the parents when he was born, he was their son. but when he died tragically last week, he became boston's son. in mattapan, byron barnett, 7 news. >> chr

chance you had of seeing sunshine along the coast of maine, york, we sauve pictures sky for the beaches. 72 boston right now. lawrence, 78. 79 nashua. but it's the warmer testimonies that have fired up, i suppose, that weak shower that came across into northern worcester county. hour-by-hour tonight in worcester, dropping down in to the 60's. 60 degrees when you wake up first thing in the morning. pretty comfortable night overall. humidity is low, nice evening for all of your plans. out on cape cod, same idea. you'll be clearing out. you're not clear yet, but you will be, and when you wake up in the morning, sunshine, be aware massachusetts today. you can have some fog develop overnightals the temperature drops closer to that dew point with the extra moisture in the air. you saw the lunchtime temperatures getting up in to the mid 70's by lunch tomorrow, even near 80 degrees in some spots. high temperatures will be in the 70's here. 80's farther inland, so' breezes developing right at the coast, which will keep your temperature down just a little bit tomorrow, but still going to be a beautiful beac