wbz' jim smith is live for us in south boston with those details. jim. >> reporter: good morning. obviously mixed emotions here in south boston. the city, the staff and parents are glad that the program is starting again. but at the of the little boy, the tragic drowning is overpowering still. >> there's probably no right time to reopen the camp for the parents. i don't know -- i mean, i can't imagine, i tried to put myself in their shoes, but i can't. my heart goes out to them. >> reporter: one week to the day after a little boy drowned while attending a boston-run day camp, the summer youth activities program returns to the curley community center in south boston. city staff will reopen its doors to dozens of kids. >> we explained to them the faith in what we're doing. >> reporter: the city has since added new safety rules. they include a head count of children every hour. all kids in the water must wear life preservers at all times. and also added security cameras at the curley community center. >> we interviewed all the counselors, the lifeguards, the director. you know, everyt

south end. tim. >> yeah boston police this time last night they knew who the suspect was. they just had a hard time finding him. they said over the course of today they searched 15, 16 different homes. and locations. final found him late this afternoon. >>> well convicted rapist on probation, was wearing his gps monitoring bracelet when allegedly sexually assault a woman in south end police tracked down 31-year-old eduardo this afternoon charged him about aggravated rape. tonight he's back behind bars, less than year after being released from prison on similar crime. >> we were working looking for this individual probably for last 16 hours. and we're happy that we have him in custody. because he was a individual. who obviously committed a really aappreciation act on a young female in the city. police say rodriguez was on this bike when he approached the victim along the south southwest corner park around 1:00 a.m. monday rodriguez allegedly told victim he had knife a secluded area sexually assaulted her near this playground. police increase patrol in south end near northea

staying on top of breaking news in south boston. a teenager shot several times while sitting in a car. emily: the eye's doug meehan is live at the scene with the information in overnight. doug? doug: emily, a 15-year-old is shot several times here in south boston, and now police are looking for help in finding the shooter. police saying the victim was sitting in a car outside of 25 gavin way at around midnight last night when the shots rang out. he was hit several times and is currently in surgery. we are told there is a good not been released. no arrests have been made. we are live in south boston, doug meehan, wcvb newscenter 5. erika: this morning, a beloved young woman who was killed while jogging in princeton will be laid to rest. yesterday, loved ones gathered for vanessa marcotte. no arrests have been made. a bus arrived om for the calling hours. that is where marcotte lived and worked for google. the funeral begins at 10:00. sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5. randy: at least 11 people were killed and 19 injured after airstrikes

randy: new this morning, organizers of south boston's st. patrick's day parade are at odds with the city. the herald reporting a new complaint claims mayor walsh an lgbt group to march in the parade. the south boston veterans council claims the mayor threatened to withhold necessary permits. it's just part of a lawsuit filed back in march, accusing the mayor and boston police commissioner bill evans of violating the group's constitutional right. the mayor is denying the allegations. boston's city council is now plastic shopping bags. the council says its taking environmental concerns into consideration. they've asked for a 90-day study of how the city can reduce the use of bags. the study group may recommend new laws. other towns including brookline and cambridge have recently passed similar laws. campaign. a new cnn poll now gives hillary clinton a nine point lead over her gop rival. trying to distance himself from his dispute with a gold star family donald trump is now putting a new spin on the contest. >> i'm afraid the election is going t

it's a difficult day here at the curley community center in south boston. a day of mixed emotion. staffers and parents are certainly glad that this camp reopened today, but this little boy's death lingers. a busy morning for parents dropping off kids at a day camp in south boston. but this day is far from typical. the summeruge activities program at the curley community center is reopening, one week after the tragic drowning of 7-year-old kyzr willis whose body was found last tuesday in the waters off the beach. parents we spoke with believe their kids will be safe. 30 years i used to work here actually as a teenager. so i have no worry at all. honestly. i'm not worried about it. >> you don't have any hesitation. >> not at all. >> think it's well-run. >> yeah, owe yeah. i know everybody here. so yeah, i feel safe. >> reporter: new safety rules include a head count of children every hour. all kids in the water must wear life preservers at all times. and also, added security cameras. >> my kids fortunately know how to swim. but i think it's a great idea for them to have the life pres

back open. >>> a jogger found dead in a small local town. >>> and new details about a fire in south boston, and here's your top stories on this tuesday morning. >> i'm nicole jacobs live in south boston where a four-alarm fire is under investigation, and you can see just a shell of some of the buildings here, and i want to get you to some pictures for last night, and the fire broke out around 10:30 renovation, according to officials, and the flames ultimately spread to two other buildings, and no one was injured, but five people are displaced as a result of this fire, and coming up at 6:00, hear what was a challenge for firefighters when they arrived and how much damage these buildings sustained. we are live in south boston. >>> people in ce been warned to be on high alert after 27-year-old vanessa marcotte was jogged sunday afternoon and never made it home. hours later k-9 units found her body half a mile from her mother's home. the goggle employee believed in new york city visiting her mother in princeton. they don't know if the attack was random. how community members are this morning.

boston schools. the plan to keep kids safe. harvey: i'm following to strong storms. one south and west of boston, the other to the west and northwest. these are the towns about to be for all those pokers, prodders, shuckers and sniffers, all stop & shop produce is triple checked. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess. everything nature's promise is so wholesome. and it doesn't take the whole paycheck. stop & shop's exclusive nature's promise. >> from boston's news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. harvey: tracking severe weather across the region. the storm just north of the vorster area. these areas southwest of boston and northwest of the mass pike. let's take everybody over and show you what we have got. the storm tracker on both of those storm cells. the one that has the warning is this cell, right in here, as it moves to the east-northeast. this is the strongest part of the so, getting very close to sudbury. we have the tracker on that particular storm. intensifying just to the north of princeton in serling. this line of storms near natick, can

live in south boston. jennifer eagan 7news "today in new england." state police are investigating after being taken for a ride. they want to know how somebody was able to jump into a cruiser and drive away. let's head out live to south boston and john cocoa has more details for us. john? >> this all happened monday morning. state police say the cruisers taken from this lot right here behind me before that cruiser ended up in summerville. >> reporter: people in hop in a state patrol cruiser and take off from a state maintenance lot. >> they must have known or something. that's weird. i don't understand how anyone can get away with that. >> were the keys in the ignition. the sufficient sufficient was taken from the mass dot lot in southeast sometime monday morning. spare cruiser wasn't assigned to specific trooper and had been dropped off late last month because of engine issue. once they noticed it was missing it was found abandoned around 12:45 later that afternoon. police say there were no weapons inside

emily: this morning we're hearing from the family of a 7-year-old boy who drowned while at a south boston day camp. that camp will reopen today, as the family prepares to honor the little boy. randy: the eyeopener's juli mcdonald is in south boston with the plans in place. >> no doubt it will be a somber day here as campers return for the first time since that tragedy. kyzr willis drowned at carson beach last week, after slipping away unnoticed. his death forcing the city to enact stronger safety protocols today, including 34 new security cameras. his uncle telling us this has been a nightmare. tonight, with broken hearts, they will gather to remember the little boy at a vigil outside the curley community center kyzr loved so much. >> we are asking people to come and show support for the family. they need to know they have support. >> the vigil is scheduled to start at0. emily: new video from a wild police chase through the south coast. and it was a witness who helped bring it to an end. this morning the suspect is under arrest after police say he was waving a hatchet behind the wheel. ra

boston -- boston south end after one of them allegedly spilled a drink on nightclub. former patriot serving a life sentence in murder of another man in north attleboro. >> sara: a methuen dialysis clinic is apologizing after leaving an 86-year-old patient locked inside for hour. maureen perry r 4-hour treatment a medical care on saturday. after the treatment was over the staff closed the building forgetting she was inside. the clinic apologized in statement saying, quote, we have initiated additional processes and safeguards to ensure that incident such as this does not happen again. we apologize to the patient, her family and the entire community. >> gene: hot summer days there's nothing like a nice dip boston pool forcing to shut down for repairs. there was a leak at south end fitness center for at least a year. back in january engineers found drain pipe from the pool leaked more than 9,000 gallons of water in 24 hours but despite the problem the pool was kept open. >> time goes on repairing the situation and need to be k

the southwesterly wind will keep the sea breeze away so look at boston. south of boston, down to bridgewater, but south coast, cape islands, that went off the water for you, right olessa: thank you, cindy, delays starting to build as you travel down to the bridge and make your way into boston. southbound side heading to the bottom of the screen, and the same here on the lever connector. let's get to the maps and check out the rest of your ride. no major issues. 95, volume here in canton if you are traveling on 128 into the braintree split, and then once you get there, the expressway, 15 to 20, braintree into boston. pike 15 minutes, 495 to 128, and if you are heading north, 93 south looks good out of methuen down to the whether he ever schedule. >> we are following breaking news in lawrence. a huge fire. emily: todd kazakiewich is live on that scene for us with new details. todd? reporter: good morning. four buildings caught fire on summer street. it is now contained but as you can see here, this is a very active scene. we want to show you video from earlier. t

. >> campers will return to a south boston summer program this morning. a week after a 7 year old boy drowned there. >> this after the city met privately with parents to go over new safety procedures. our jim smith is live in south boston this morning with much more on this story, jim. >> reporter: good morning. certainly mixed feelings this morning here in south boston. the city, the staff, parents program going again. but at the same time, the death of a little boy and his memory remains overpowering. >> there's probably no right time to reopen the camp for the parents. i don't know -- i mean, i can't imagine. i try to put myself in their shoes and i can't. >> reporter: one week to the day after a little boy drowned while attending a boston-run day camp, the summer youth activities program returns to the curley community center in south boston. city staff will reopen its doors to dozens of this the changes we made and they have faith in what we're doing. >> reporter: the city has since added new safety rules, they include a head count of children every h

stories right now. >>> a final fair well for a jogger murdered. >> plus an overnight shooting in south boston. our top stories begin with that breaking news news this morning. >> reporter: i'm nicole jacobs live in south boston with more more on that breaking news. we've learned a 15 year old h the scene just a short time ago. this is galvin way, we're told. and police say the shooting happened a little before midnight with witnesses telling them the victim was in a car at the time of the shooting and then he was driven to boston medical center. we've learned he has been shot three times and is undergoing surgery. doctors, though, are telling police he has a good chance of survival. suspects in this case, police are urging anyone with information to come forward. we're live in south boston, nicole jacobs, wbz this morning. >>> friends and family of vanessa march court will say a final good-bye at her funeral today. hundreds gathered at a funeral home in fitchburg to pay their respects including dozens of her coworkers from google in new york city. a little more than a week ago, the 27 year ol

south of the city on the expressway. go to the maps. into boston but there are some problems, route 1 in chelsea area southbound at carter street. there is an accident. you have some trouble there. the south 27 minutes from the split up to the tunnel. but in rockland, an overturned vehicle. two lanes blocked on route 3. be aware of that as you connect. some red and problems on 128. turnpike is looking good and closer to the city some issues on 128 headed into boston. a look at drive times so you know what you are dealing with heading outth split to the tunnel 25 minutes. 13 minutes 123. and 128 to the zakim, 27 minutes. back to you guys. >>> breaking overnight, a home goes up in flames in somerset. first responders rush to the scene on clear view avenue. the fire started just before 2:00 this morning and right now no reported injuries. still no word yet what caused the fire. >>> happening today, boston mayor marty walsh promising that changes are coming after a week. and today city officials plan to meet with counselors and really important here pa

jc: and, a woman, the victim of a sexual attack in boston's south end. the warning from police tonight. the crash in the works on inside the ted williams tunnel. the new information just ? ? ? ben: back in with breaking news. a plane forced to land on the quabbin reservoir. the pilot reported engine problems. jc: you can see some people around outside. we have a crew headed to the scene. we will bring a new information as that comes in. ben: tragedy in chicago. three children among four people killed in a morning fire on the city's south side. infant. how the 3-alarm apartment fire started is still under investigation. 200 firefighters battled the flames. jc: president obama visiting louisiana today, more than a week after parts of the state were hit with damaging floods. ed harding is here with a message from the resident. reporter: the president inventorying the criticism of the timing of his visit. he focused on the victims today, saying that the nation is heartbroken over the loss of life in louisiana. from the receding flood water, to everything is

monitoring br in boston's south end. good evening, i'm mark ockerbloom. >> elizabeth: him elizabeth hopkins in for vanessa welch. commissioner bill evans just announced that arrest in the past half-hour, saying that a dangerous felon is now off the streets tonight. we carried it live right here on fox 25 at 5:30 p.m. fox 25's robert goulston is live at bpd headquarters with what we've learned about this man's violent past. robert. >> the reporter: just moments ago, we heard from boston police and we are learning a little bit more about the suspect's past. apparently, he has been convicted of rape before. he was released from prison in december for serving time in a similar case. 31-year-old edward rodriguez is his name, police say. he was on a g.p.s. device as part of his probation. he served about eight years in prison for raping a woman about ten years ago. he's now accused of raping a woman in the south enderle tuesday morning. when police say rodriguez rode up to her on a bicycle and said he had a knife. he forced he

erika. >> breaking overnight, boston police are optimistic about the recovery of a 15-year-old shot in the city. it happened on gavin way in south boston. right now no arrests in the case. cindy. >> and erika we are tracking a storm threat, as the day wears on. the time line and the lower humidity that will follow. that's ahead first. take a look at the radar. already a couple of showers out through thunderstorms. as the day wears on it will turn stormier. 69 degrees in boston. ? with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, payment, withdrawal or transfer each month to waive the monthly fee. you're alright... with simply right checking from santander bank. >> we're from the john smith camp. good morning eyeopener. >>oo smith soccer camp, which is in needham where they are celebrating their 43rd summer this season. >> it looks like they are having a very good time. >> we love spirited wakeup calls so record your own with your phone and upload it to ulocal using the wcvb app. >> camp tuesday, heads up. >> oh, yeah. >> that means possibly problems. >> right. >> keep an eye to the sky today, they need to be

live in south boston, i'm tomorrow afternoon. donations can be made to online fund for the family. >> daniel: organizers said mayor marty walsh strong armed them. part of lawsuit that claims mayor walsh hold permits if they didn't include the lgbt group. suit filed by the south boston allied council and says walsh and the constitutional rights of the group. mayor walsh told the boston herald the claims are completely untrue. >> julie: worcester dentist groped a female patient and she claims he did it several times. michael henrich live outside district court where the dentist will be arraigned later this morning. >> daniel: >> michael: worcester police made arrest of 54-year-old dentist. his name is nikhil patel and they say he touched a patient several times in inappropriate way. they say the 35-year-old woman has been a patient of his for a long time but after she realized what was going on she got out of the chair and she went right over to police. investigators from the sexual assault unit ended up making the arrest. that's a

he is a family member, not to me but to all of us who live in south boston. that summer d community center reopenedders doors on tuesday. >> jennifer: mayor marty walsh facing accusations of coercion as the legal battle with organizers of the south boston st. patrick's day parade continues. an attorney for the parade organizers have filed a new come operate against mayor walsh. it alleges the mayor pressured organizers into allowing an l.g.b.t. veterans group to march two years ago. a spokesperson for the mayor responded by saying he will continue fighting for the l.g.b.t. community. taxi trouble for the owner of the owner is now facing federal fraud and tax charges. investigators say he lied about payroll taxes, employed illegal aliens and did in the pay overtime wages to workers. the company has agreed to pay $2.3 million in restitution. >> jennifer: boston's first medical marijuana facility is set to open this afternoon. patriot care is located on milk street. all patients will need to show a medical marijuana card and another i.d. to enter. city officials

live in south boston, nicole jacobs, wbz this morning. >>> we appreciate the update there. a murder mystery putting a small massachusetts town on edge this morning. a jogger found dead, and sources tell wbz police found the 27-year-old's body naked and burned. is the first homicide in princeton in nearly 30 years. police don't have any suspects right now, and the d.a. is warning people not to jog alone. anna meiler is live with the latest on the investigation. anna? >> reporter: chris, residents we spoke to said they are taking this warning from police very seriously, locking their doors and walking in pairs because investigators don't know who killed vanessa of facts and circumstances here. >> reporter: police will not rest until they find the person who murdered 27-year-old vanessa marcotte and left her body in the woods half a mile from her mother's house. sources say her body was neck ached and burned. >> we were all in shock. very family-friendly community, and it's quiet and sleepy town. >> i have two young daughters who live in town, and they jog regularly, and just

boston. mid to upper 80's for worcester county. south and west of boston also, norwood and brockton could be around 90. upper 80's should be the average high. the cape, a few degrees down but still very pleasantly warm with a west to southwest wind at 10 to 20 miles an hour. another great day to hit the beach of you can. the ocean water temperatures in the mid-70's on the south side of the about 82 on the beach for the high tomorrow. southwest wind at five to 15. the uv index will be high with sun and high tide is in the late afternoon. this is the reason for all the clear skies. high-pressure slowly moves array -- away. allowing more humid air to move in. we have a chance for a spot thunderstorm. what is potentially a somewhat greater interest is this distance. it may develop some as it approaches and moves near close to the bahamas or the southeast coast of the u.s., three to five days from now. guest on becoming a hurricane looks like it will be out of the waters as well a stiff permitted five days from now. tomorrow another glorious

ed: shawn was in the courtroom and he joins us from south boston. reporter: and some of the allegations against this man that he threatened to police. 48-year-old joseph appeared in federal court with wrists and ankles handcuffed after saturday. he threatened to kill the president and muslims. >> he is very distressed over this. as i told you upstairs he denies all of the allegations. he denies making threats to anybody. reporter: authorities raided his home on friday. there they found parts to make threatening to kill muslims. they say he planned to chain a mosque closed and then burn it down. he wanted to kill as many homeland suiter officers before -- security officers before they kill him. >> i have known him for years and i know what kind of man he is. this is not something he would do. reporter: his attorney said the tip came just before he was due in court for a restraining order in that case a judge ordered that he cannot have weapons. if con strucked it -- if convicted he faces 10 years in prison. he is due back in court on wednesday. wcvb

a lot of this is slipping south of boston. so south shor picking up the little bit of rain. i think north shore for you guys, just a little bit of light stuff. mostly end up being a miss there and for the cape. noon time showers come along, continues to fade. what we have are dry conditions, increasing sunshine for the evening and overnight hours. all the clouds lift and by tomorrow it is mostly sunny, we got high pressure keeping things nice and quiet. also allows for a little bit of beach breeze which means cooler conditions at the coast. same deal today because on shore winds, middle 70s at the coast 7-day forecast is weekend always in view has us back at 82 tomorrow, mostly sunny, 85 on thursday, even 90s on friday. next rain chances roll in for saturday with thunderstorms and 87. 85 in sun on sunday. back to you. >> gene: satanic temple wants to educate kids and afterschool program is bit misses understood and most kids benefit from the >> elizabeth: touching gesture >> elizabeth: touching gesture from dear fellow citizen, spending time hunting treasures with my daughte

emily: new details about the 15-year-old boy shot several times in south boston. neighbors say the teen is a good kid known for his skills on the basketball court and for volunteering to feed other kids in the community. the victim was shot three times as he monday night. he suffered serious injuries. no arrests have been made. randy: a brockton teenager is recovering after he was shot. police say the 17-year-old was targeted last night, while sitting with friends on a bench at the chatham west apartments. the teen was shot in the foot, and near his left eye. police say he is giving conflicting statements about what happened. emily: a scare in keene, new hampshire. someone spotted this doll inside a hot car yesterday and thought it was a baby. window before realizing the life-like doll was not real. police say they wouldn't have done anything differently. they do say they'll cover the damage to the car. the son of jailed mexican drug lord el chapo guzman has reportedly been kidnapped. authorities believe 29-year-old jesus alfredo guzman salazar was among a dozen p

residual delays, and an earlier accident is now gone and as you travel south of town, expressway north, 15 minutes, braintree into boston, and south of there, so far, we're in good shape, and the trains and buses are on schedule. if you want to, you want to wear light clothes. >> and have plenty of water with you. heat advisory up starting at coast and the cape. that heat index going to be up at 100 degrees. there is a front to the north and on the other side of this there is cooler air, and some of that is going to come down on your saturday. at least in parts of the area. so today, hotter than it will be as we get into the first half of the weekend, and a couple of showers coming out of eastern connecticut right now into western rhode island. that's the extent of it this morning, otherwise it's a mixture of sun and clouds, and already in the 70s out there. we are jumping up quickly. and look at this, by 3:00, how many spots are up over 100 degrees, that's how it's going to feel. the high temperatures, hold in the 80s on the cape, otherwise low to mid 90s today, looking for a high of 95 in boston, and at 2:00, a margin

midday it is boston south and east scattered storms. that is our opportunity. we get 88 degrees in boston. right now it is becoming monday in time. -- right now it is becoming muggy in time. few minutes. anchor: the mayor says homeless people were living in an abandoned building where a four alarm fire broke out this morning. out early this morning. and the flames spread to homes nearby forcing those residents out. newscenter 5's todd kazakiewich reports from lawrence. >> flames tear through an abandoned building in lawrence. the mayor says 29 summer street was occupied by homeless people just before these flames lit up the sky early this morning. clip 25 at 13:40-13:45 mayor dan rivera/ lawrence says, because of the homelessness issue, we had somebody using an inappropriate investigators are still working to determine the exact cause of this 4 alarm fire, this is the effect, heat so intense the siding of a nearby home is melted off, the flames jumping to other houses in this narrow neighborhood. >> the fire building is a complete loss and the exposure on the de

this is video from just after that shooting and this is in south boston. shooting happened just before midnight on gavin way which is just off of old colony avenue and police told us again the teen was inside car when all of shooting they say tension continued to rise so much so that when we arrived around 3:30 in the morning to relieve the overnight crew, two police officers remained on scene because they were breaking up several fights. again, they said it wasn't exactly safe for us to be there why we moved over here to the police headquarters. >> surgery, and according to the doctors good chance he may survive here but obviously still being treated as serious. and asking for the public's help and have another live update for you in 30 minutes in boston, i'm stephanie coueignoux, fox 25 news there can father that disappeared in pond died. he was swimming with two children when he went underwater and unclear what caused him to drown and kids told couldn't find his dad. >> daniel: hometown to leominster where she grew up. michael henrich outside the church

the south boston, doors open. instead of meeting with children, they are meeting with city officials. >> when i spoke with the father, one thing he did say is that if something positive could come of his death, it would be good for the city. out of that conversation with 7-year-old kaiser summer program run by the center for youth and families. kaiser went missing from the summer program last week. his body found in the water hours later. the program's commissioner going over new rules, including the counselors taking a head-count every hour. all kids going into the ocean will wear life preservers. they are increasing staffing levels. the youngest children will have two counselors for every ten children. and they promise to get 34 center working. all to make sure the city never sees another tragedy like. this. >> we have to make sure that when we get the kids in custody, that they are protected and safe. >> reporter: when the commissioner showed up here at the curley center, he referred all questions to the mayor'

thursday may done with clouds from boston south especially and wave of low-pressure to the south giving way to developing sunshine and clouds to building over the interior during the midday and afternoon on thursday. here is the front that comes humid air to move in. once that happens we should be able to avoid the oppressive conditions on into the upcoming weekend. that is some encouraging news there. here at the high temperatures for tomorrow afternoon up into the 80's, it might touch 80 in harford. the human will be lowering so it will not be as difficult. ocean water temperature still amazing, very warm on the south side of the cape. around the cape side, 77. and fairweather clouds. it will see a land breeze. no sea breeze coming up. here is your next seven days, lowering the humidity into the attending weekend. it will be warm. cooler sea breeze is friday and saturday for the coast and the beaches. it becomes humid by sunday. some wet weather is moving in at some point early next week. >> now, one minute drill. mike: another feisty session with the da bears down in foxboro today. t

. >>> this february patriot aaron hernandez will go on trial for a double murder in boston south end. hernandez was in court with the new legal team with the judge set the date for february 13th but his lawyers the judge and had difficulty getting hernandez' name right. >> good afternoon your honor jose ba on behalf of aaron rodriguez. if i may make a correction my i rodriguez. >> the trial date was set for february so cocatch up on the case. >>> the amiewnsment park -- amiewpsment park is -- amiewnsment park is -- amusement park is operator says he felt a tingling when he shut the ride off. >>> a incredible moment caht on camera. a texas husband and wife were unloading groceries when the unthinkable happened. individual crow from the home shows the flash as lightning hits the couple there. tim powell was knocked to the ouwife edcar bad the situation coulve been. >> a frightening moment. my goodness. >> you hear that about like ening doing basic things like getting the mail when it happens. glad they were okay. >> when thunder roars go indoors. >> you say that every time. >> absolutel

gunshots ringing out in south boston with a teenager hit. what we know about the victim's condition right now. >> sarah: plus a search in osterville comes to a tragic end. a body pulled from the water. >> christa: and practice problems popping up for the pats. who was in a tense moment on the field. >> sarah: and a photo finish in the olympic zone. one race coming down to the wire as an american makes history. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: good tuesday morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. it's 4:30 a.m. i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. we have lots of news to cover bright and early for you this morning, but it sounds like things could get pretty active in the weather department later on. is that right, chris? some of them may be locally strong to severe. we'll keep an eye on that. 72 in boston. mid-60s in the suburbs. a couple showers. nothing severe across western mass as of now. but we're watching this warm front throughout the day, because as it lifts northbound, it will trigger off more sc

south shore. to the north of boston, burlington, lawrence, new hampshire, all 90 degrees. many towns hit 90, 91 degrees northwest of boston, through the merrimack valley especially. the dewpoints have been comfortable, in the 40's. thursday morning, creeping up into the 60's. through the day tomorrow and thursday, thursday night in the 60's, in the upper 50's. bottom line is, it becomes more humid, more like summer for thursday and friday, so the temperatures go up and the humidity goes up ahead of the front and that's whether the north of boston, thursday night into early friday morning and by dawn friday, we're getting them in southern new england to push on through. some will become heavier with the increased humidity. something we'll watch for. it does look like a significant events at this time, not the kind of rain we have want. then we dry out again by the afternoon and into the upcoming weekend. quick check on the tropics. i said we wouldn't look at it again, but we'll delete fiona for 10:00 p.m. tonight. that's what the storm looks like, what's left of it. gaston,

your trip is fairly quiet heading into boston right now. good to go. south of town, no problems, 324 looking great. overnight construction 128. passing by route 2 southbound and over by route 3 on the southbound side, though should be clearing in the next 20 minutes or so. starting the morning on schedule, emily. emily: breaking overnight, a delivery person is hurt after a shooting in dorchester. this was the scene around 1:30 this morning on norwell street. the extent of the victim's injuries is unclear. no word on any arrests. randy: right now, police are searching for the man who dragged a woman to a playground and attacked her. emily: the eyeopener's sera congi is live in boston with what we have learned overnight. sera? sera: emily and randy, boston victim he had a knife. this happened in the area of greenwich park and claremont street around 1:00 a.m. monday. that is where the woman was approached by the man on the bike. stating he had a knife, police said he forced her to walk to the carter playground where she was sexually assaulted. he ran towards d

. >>> and a fire in south boston. heavy flames. the home was under renovation. five people living next door were displaced by the fire. the damage is estimated around figure out what sparked this. >>> a murder mystery putting a small massachusetts town on edge. >> a jogger was found dead, and the 27-year-old's body was found naked and burned. the murder of vanessa marcotte an officer watched over the home of vanessa murcotte's mother. sheer body was found half a mile away, and sources said she was neck ached and burned. >> we are concerned about the safety of our visitors. we ask people to pay attention to their surroundings. >> reporter: it prompted this warning from the princeton police chief on monday, and tops continue to van catastrophes the area after her death was determined to be a homicide. >> we don't know if it was a random act. >> reporter: investigators are focusing on the time frame, focusing on when vanessa went for a jog and walk and never returned. >> it's 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. yesterday. we are seeking the public's senate. >> reporter: marcott

boston. >> police say the teen was in a car when he was shot. wbz' nicole jacobs is live in south boston with the latest. nicole. >> reporter: chris, katherine, just shy of his sceneth birthday we're told by police, this teenager is in serious condition after undergoing surgery, this as police continue to search for the gunman. police remain on the scene at the development in south >> witnesses at the scene have said that an individual was shot at this location. >> reporter: it was shortly before midnight monday, police tape went up and blue lights swarmed, word of a teenager just shy of his 16th birthday shot. >> shot three times, and according to the doctors, there's a good chance he may survive. >> reporter: but not mystery as to who is responsible, wbz has learned the teen was inside a then driven to boston medical center. according to mayor marty walsh the summer has been quiet but he's looking for alternatives to cool this area he says is a hotspot. >> we have more cameras up around that facility. that's been kind of a hotspot this summer, even though there hasn't been a lot

boston police department. >>> first a violent confrontation caught on camera on the red line that is expected to lead to criminal charges. fox25's jessica reyes live at the andrews square station in south boston. jess. >> reporter: catherine, this searching for that man. as you said he was caught -- threatening those on the transit train. >> reporter: a woman shot this cell phone video threatening to shoot someone who got too close to him. saw the woman recording on the phone went after her and got violent slapping phone out of her hand. thanks to her video, transit police are now getting they are not making the man's name public, but they say they know exactly who he is and they do plan to file charges against him. as for the woman who shot that video, she says she has had a number of encounters with him in the past and we are hearing from her coming up in a few minutes. live in south boston, jessica reyes, fox25. >>> this morning a person is in the hospital after falling another worker stopped the machine and called 911. rescuers used hand tools to cut the mixer open to free the victim who suffered a serious leg injury. >> jason: i am jason law in the newsroom and police are trying t

south. in boston we are continuing to ramp it up. it could be a new round of thunderstorms and there it is and i will show you when that finally breaks. all that in just a few moments. antoinette: breaking overnight, the coast guard called to a rescue mission off castle island six people were pulled out of the water. they were found clinging on to the boat as it sank in dorchester bay. police responding to a distress call around 1:30 this morinng. officials say the boat was taking on water and sinking fast. some of the passengers were none of them were injured. the cause is under investigation right now. the coast guard will try to retrieve that boat today. we're following breaking news overnight. riots breaking out in milwaukee where angry crowds took to the streets last night, hours after a police officer shot and killed an armed man during a chase. the mayor and other city leaders pleading for calm overnight police say that 23-year-old suspect was armed with a gun, and was fleeing from a traffic stop. the officer shot the victim d

sun breaking out in boston, i know there was blue skiles, 70 degrees in south boston at 6 p.m. , a few minutes from now and dropping to the 60's during the show at the blue hills bank pavilion in south boston at the waterfront. in worcester, overnight tonight, dropping down to 60 at 5:00 p.m. in the morning returned clearing skiles. patches of fog in and around the area, where you had that significant rain today. need so much more out there in worcester right now. lunchtime temperatures, pushing 80 degrees. 70's to around 80 degrees b you look at the highs tomorrow. warmer away from the shoreline. cooler toward the coast, but out here, metro west, in the mid 80's. 84 degrees in whalen for instance. you get to the shoreline, places like quincy, 80. maldin, 77. again, inland a bit, watertown, 83 degrees tomorrow afternoon and for all of you vacationing on cape cod, beautiful day. in the 70's mostly at the beaches tomorrow, but will feel so much better with on you on the sands tomorrow afternoon for surely. and if you're going to be closer to boston, going to j.t. at fenway park tomorrow

boston police announce an arrest in a sexually assault at a playground that happened in the city's south end. the suspect was on a bike happened close to northeastern's campus. tim caputo has more on the arrest. >> reporter: just about a half hour ago boston police announced they have made an arrest in the sexual assault from early monday morning. they say the suspect was wearing a gps monitoring bracelet at the time of this rape. he had only been out of prison for about eight months after serving time for being convicted of rape about eight, edwardo rog reegeez approached the woman in the south end around 1:00 am monday morning. only 7 news was there when detentives recovered the bike this afternoon. the man allegedly walking the victim over to a playground just past massachusetts avenue and that is where the sexual assault happened. boston police say the suspect ran away and caught off the gps bracelet after that attack. police say they were able to of the gps bracelet and have spent the last 24 hours plus trying to track him down. >> he was on a gps bracelet. from all the information

your ride on the expressway 25 minutes, brain absentee into boston, and 495 for south from methuen, and into andover and more delays as you approach the lever connector. trains and buses doing ok. >> thank you. we are following bringing right now on the eye. >> and erika is tracking the new information as it comes in this morning. >> that news is coming from the campaign trail, and donald trump shaking up his team, trump is bringing in steve bannon as the campaign ceo, an executive with breitbart news. the mover will be formally announced later today. bail charged with assaulting his pregnant wife. prosecutors say that officer michael morrey kicked his wife in the stomach and hit her, this happening at their home in salisbury this weekend. and right now boston police getting ready to announce the 100 officers who have been selected to wear body cameras. that's expected today, and no one volunteered for the program. the police union has said that participation must be voluntary. >> right now, police are trying to find out who is randomly of lowell while people are asleep. putting lives i

so boston police continue to investigate here in south boston, trying to speak with witnesses. they say the suspect may have driven off in a car. they were collecting some shell cases that wereou street. and they say anybody who may have any information, they want to hear from you. live this morning in south boston, victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: all right, vicki. thank you. police investigating in brockton after it happened late last night on chatham west drive and oak street. the victim here rushed to the hospital. so far police haven't made any arrests. ism right now police searching for answers after a family tragedy on the cape. his kids asking a witness to call 911. 7's jennifer eagan has the story. >> jennifer: first responders in the water at joshua pond in barnstable searching after a man called 911 around 8:00 last night. >> a gentleman showed up at the pond to go swimming. he found the two children there. they said they couldn't find their father, who they last saw swimming in the water. yeah, pretty tragic. >> jennifer: half a dozen divers

most of these are going to scoot south of boston. well south of boston. a couple of them right now flirting with the worcester area, but the bulk of these will slide into southeastern mass. the warning risk. another disturbance that comes through. the risk of a couple of pop-ups, most of the day ends up dry. light and patchy showers from webster up to oxford. charlton. spencer. more light stuff coming out of areas like providence, rhode island. move toward attleboro, rehoboth, see kongs again. very scattered showers at 8 a.m. from norwood to plymouth southward. a chance for a couple of showers. 8 a.m. temperatures in the upper 60s, lower 70s. by 10 a.m. these are the last of these morning showers and partly sunny, lower 80s for temperatures into the afternoon. it is going to be hot inland. the beaches running a couple of degrees cooler. here at 5 p.m., 80s on the map. partly sunny skies. you will want your sunglasses on standby and i could see on the drive home from work a couple of showers to the north and west boston. no biggie, widely scattered stuff.

live in south boston, sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5. randy: worcester police are investigating a stabbing, but they say the 33-year-old victim is not cooperating. police say more than 15 people repeatedly. but the victim has been unable to describe any of the attackers, and has refused to give additional information. he is expected to recover. right now sharon police are looking for this man accused of stealing from homes in that he was supposed to be cleaning. aaron moul is accused of stealing several items from clients' homes earlier this year. he faces larceny and criminal harrassment charges. police say moul also goes by the name of aaron simeone and has emily: this week we'll get an update on how local communities will implement early voting in massachusetts. for the first time, voters will be able to cast their ballots as early as 11 business days before election day. the change is part of an election reform law passed in 2014. the early voting period this year will run from october 24 to november 4. randy: a dramatic start to a n

rightno and complete strangers are gathering to remember this little boy who drown at a day camp in south boston. the vigil is being held hours after the camp reopened for the first time since the boy's sudden death. >> mark: fox 25's john monahan is live in south boston where that vigil could begin any time now. now. >> the reporter: mark and vanessa, we've learned in the last few minutes, the vigil is about to begin soon but we're being told it's a private vigil for the family, being held in in south boston. it was one week ago that 7-year-old kyzr willis drown while attending the city run drop in camp at the curley center. the center did reopen as kyzr's family is set to have a vigil in his memory. a memorial stands at the main entrance of the curley center. small stuffed animals and messages of condolence left there for kyzr and his family. the center opened its doors again, but with a host of revised rules, governing everything from signing in and signing out. and new security cameras are now in place. the family of kyzr did express some concern, the reopening is too early, because kyzr's w

late in the day it will be boston south and east. cooler and less humid air will be over spreading the a -- the region. it looks like a winner for outdoor summertime activity. on the downside the drought we have deficits and precipitation for the calendar year. two tropics, this is the system we are watching. it could be a big rainmaker even if it doesn't intensify as it heads toward south florida. check it out. your next seven days. ahead for the weekend, saturday and sunday will be nice and right around 80. reasonably comfortable nights. i don't see the widespread of the wet weather. we will see how that goes. more on the at 5:30. ben: i'm watching early next week. i like that. jc: a firefighter's journey to recovery after getting seriously burned on the job. hopes sharing the story of his face transplant can help others. anchor: at 5:30 the surgeon general taking a major step in the fight against opioid abuse. ben: the message to doctors across the country. new at 6:00: an owl injured after hitting a t trolley. the team effort tha

chris palom >> 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 ar

. >>> we have breaking news in south boston. a teenager rushed to the hospital after being shot several times. >> sara: a in the hours since that shooting. police say they had to break up several fights. fox25's stephanie coueignoux is live in boston police a hot bed over the last few hours. >> reporter: that is exactly what they told me. they say tensions are running high. there were two police officers when we were there around 3:30 to keep an eye on the crowds that were still outside that area and they told us not the safe safest of places which is why we moved to the police department. still a lot of questions remain this morning. i do want to show you some radio show of what this neighborhood looked like just after that shooting. now all of that which is in south boston just off of old colony avenue and police told us after those shootings that that shooting occurred, that those tensions continued to rise, and, again, they did have to break up several fights. but, again, they are now asking for the public's help. because wi

south of there the pike looks ok. 25 minutes. 495 to 128 and as y delays on the expressway, 25 to 30 from braintree into boston. 93 south is ok. that picks up at concord. we're watching delays on the blue line. cindy is here, a quiet forecast, maybe you can give us one for humpty do australia. cindy: i have to find out where it is. we have sunshine over boston. it will be a beautiful day. as you know we really need the rainfall here with the drought 3.92 inches of rain in boston. that is the driest on record. we have a week left to go in the month, and our rain chances go up on thursday night and friday. that's it really over the next several days. that rain that we're watching next is coming right now through the great lakes' area, along a frontal boundary that stretched back to the west, and this has no hurry to try and get on in here and out ahead of it. the humidity will increase, so we have got the high pressure in control today, and going to be a comfortable day, but starting tomorr i going to notice that humidity pick up and that will bring up the chances for rain. 54 out the door in orange. 61 in worce

there is some roadwork and once again, no problems at boston. south is so far, so good. trades adv a fiery ending to a crash on route 128 in newton. erika: the eye's antoinette antonio is where that crash happened, witnesses say one driver triggered a chain reaction crash. internet co this crash involved several cars, and a lot of flames. it happened just on the other side of 128 in the northbound lanes near a construction zone. let's right to the video from here's what we know from witnesses. a mini-van with a man, woman, and small child rear ended another vehicle, not realizing that all the cars in front of them had slowed down to a crawl. that's when minivan burst into flames, everyone quickly getting out of the vehicle. the witness we spoke with says, from the sounds of it, that driver hit the car while going the regular speed, not slowing down at all. this set off a chain reaction crash, a total ofo involved. it's unknown how serious the injuries were. at this point in the investigation, we are still waiting to find out why that driver did not slow down. all lanes a