ten minutes braintree to boston. just 12 minutes into town on the pike. 128 to the zakim bridge, just 11 minutes this morning. back to you, guys. >> christa: danielle, thank you. it all comes down to this. it is now hillary clinton's time to make her case and cap off the democratic national convention. >> nick: and clinton had a little help from some powerful friends. top democrats taking to the stage, including president obama providing the night's big moment. >> elect hillary clinton as the next president of the united states. show the world we still believe in thero nation. >> kris: an enthusiastic presidential endorsement for his former rival. 7's byron barnett has the very latest from philadelphia. >> byron: president obama cheered by democratic delegates, setting out to be a loud voice for hillary clinton and against donald trump. >> there has never been a man or a woman, not me, not bill, nobody, more qualified than president of the united states of america. >> byron: the democratic nominee getting support fro

it's about half an hour from braintree to boston. you'll notice this stop-and-go traffic the entire way. let's go to the maps. south of town we're not watching any issues. and 95. you're problem-free heading in and out ofs be on the pike. routes 2 and 3 also looking good. 93 southbound, you're slow from andover. and as you pass over 495. but then 128 is not looking too bad. let's check those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. 93 southbound, 128 to the zakim bridge, just 11 minutes. back to you, guys. >> kris: all eyes on hillary clinton as she steps into history. >> i will carry all of your voices and stories with me to the white house. >> kris: clinton closing out the democratic convention, becoming the first female to accept the nomination for a major party for president. touting togetherness, hillary clinton promised to try and heal the nation's divide. >> christa: she vowed to represent people of all parties. who joins us live right now from philly. >> byron: you know, it was a night both historic and emoti

one of note i want to highlight, expressway, 24 minutes from the braintree split to the exit for the pike. back to you. >>> hillary, hillary, hillary. >> gene: hillary clinton has accepted the democratic party's presidential nomination making history as first woman to win the support of a major party. >> catherine: it was a first lady whose speech focused on uniting voters and slamming donald trump. blair miller was on the floor last night during the speech. he joins us now with a wrap-up from philadelphia. good morning, blair. >> blair: good morning, catherine. hillary clinton spent last 25 years in the national spotlight but it all came down to last night and the speech of her life. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> blair: following a personal speech by clinton. >> blair: every single memory i have of my mom that regardless of what was happening in her life she was always, always there for me. >> blair: hillary clinton took the stage last night and told america was at moment of threatening. >> powerful sources are threatening to pull us apart. bonds

and your ride on the expressway, about 25, braintree into boston. that is the busiest spot. eastbound on the pike, 15 minutes. more volume towards austin and brighten and as you travel on 93, a bit of a delay out of methuen and we're in great shape into boston. trains and buses also on schedule. i'm olessa stepanova. that's a look at your traffic. >> i accept your nomination! >> and this morning, it's truly onto november. hillary clinton and donald trump will now go head-to-head for every vote across the country. >> right now the democrats focused on the road out of philadelphia. our ed harding is outside of philly with a look at what comes next. good morning. >> and erika and randy, it's a light rain here in new jersey, suburban philadelphia right now but everybody in that light rain is backing up and moving onto the next step. and for the clinton and kaine, they will move into ohio. it was clearly the speech of the secretary's political life. she stepped up to address one campaign obstacle head-on. here it is. >> through all these years of public service, the service part

route 3 south of town from route 18 and over to the braintree split. 24, 95, also clear. as we shift up to the expressway, nice hd look at awvrl little heavier volume. a little bit earlier than usual. over to those live drive times, and we are already 14 minutes from the braintree split to columbia road but an easy 10 minutes on route 3 and 13 minutes on 24. back to you. >>> a surprising twist in one of washington d.c.'s biggest mysteries. prosecutors have decided to drop all charges against the man suspected of killing former intern chandra levy. she disappeared in 2001 and her body was found a year later in a park. at first former california congressman gary condit was suspected because he had an affair with levy. but a immigrant was accused. levy's mother said she is shocked.a technical issue and i am pretty shocked. he -- right now physically and emotionally not doing very well. >> the suspect was cleared and has been turned over to immigration officials to be deported. >>> a popular sports reporter will not be making a trip to not be travelling to rio because he is p

true of the men from braintree who had actually gone off to soldier. civilians were paying a price. and it radicalized abigail adams. she writes a better letter to letterband -- a bitter to her husband john, where she rails against lord north, who was presiding over the sort. , may the "lord north groans and cries harrow up thy soul. britain is a tyrant state. let us separate. they are unworthy to be our brother. -- to be our brethern." many people were radicalized, as was abigail adams. in short order, in december and january, in the space of about 30-40 days, sometimes back to back, a series of things happened that unleashed the spirit of independence. first the governor of virginia, lord dunmore, although most did not realize it until december, issued a proclamation freegan the slaves --proclamation freei ng the slaves if they would join an army to suppress the american rebellion. and as many congressmen pointed out, dunmore's proclamation as it was called, did more to convert southern residence over to independence than anything that had taken plac

and then on the expressway, you are now up to a half-hour braintree into boston. pike eastbound still looking good about 30 minutes to 35. 495 to 128. sun glare there. and 93 south looks ok. delays near concord street. stop and go down to the spot pond. trains and buses doing ok. >> 17 after 6:00 on this teacher serving a life sentence for plotting her husband's murder is now suing her jailers. she says that she was wrongly put into solitary confinement. her lawsuit against the new york state prison system says that the wardens called her names and including jason and buffy the vampire slayer. and she was allowed three showers per week. >> it's now 6:18. your economy headlines this thursday morning. you may soon be able to do a whole lot more pass. drivers could use the toll-paying device for other car related services such as parking, and carwashes and andruw fast food purchases. the technology could make life easier for millions of commuters. >> asian markets were down. right now stock futures here are higher, and today investors are looking for the latest snaps

you can see at the maps, looking at clous to a half hour ride at least towards the braintree split. we have company on 93 northbound away from the camera. that stays heavy as well in pockets up to the medford and stoneham area coming towards us. not moving badly on 93 south. >>> in today's health cast, determined to master wheelchair proves that anybody is the new ka rate class centered around people with disabilities. all his life he was told what he couldn't do. >> i can feel the front of my legs, not the back and from the knee down. being told no you can't your whole life, you develop lowse-e. >> he's been in wheelchair since birth, but he said the mind is as important for the body as everyone, especially something he learned after losing friends. >> about six months after i found out my friends passed away from being out of of shape and poor help, two friends were mugged. i want to encourage other disabled people to have confidence. >> now he has created a special kind of self-defense for people like him. >> with paul it's purely enthusiasm. >> reporter: over the past three year

past route 18 to the braintree split nothing going on. 24 and 95 are clear. this elbow of 95, though, through canton and up to 128 starts to slow down closer to 7 a.m. live look at the expressway, things just picking up slightly, but not a complete traffic jam yet. 10 minutes on route 3 from 228 to the split. 13 minutes on 24. 14 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to columbia road. back to you. >>> only on fox25 if, we are hearing from a brave 14-year-old girl who was home alone when a man burst into her house. fox25's daniel miller joins deal. >> daniel: no, she didn't. the 14-year-old called her mom hiding the parent's class set. the girl's mom helped her through the or deal. jasmine said she was making her breakfast when she heard someone knocking at her door on wednesday morning and then breaking through the door. she said she did not recognize the man an ran to her parents' room and called her mom who told her what to do. jasmine knew the man at the door was up to no good. my knees and crawl to the upstairs. the police officer said announ

. >> daniel: braintree split 45 minutes and leverett connector 47 minutes and average speed 28 miles per hour. >> sara: police just told crews on the scene that victim they found on scene was shot in the head and life-threatening injuries, this was the scene at about 3:45 miss morning. it was about an hour after police were called to report of the same time as victim was found, two people walked into a nearby hospital with gunshot wounds. police trying to figure out if all three shootings are connected. >>> sara: serious crash 495 in exit 17. car went off the highway and right into the woods. obviously badly damaged as you see right here. no lanes of the highway were blocked because so far into the area earlier this morning. it was a passing of torch last night as hillary clinton met president obama center stage at dnc last night. >> daniel: laying out the case why she should be the next president. tonight it is clinton's turn, blair, to address the nation. >> blair: those speec the main event at final night of dnc and focus now on hillary clinton. democrats seizing the opportunity t

half-hour braintree and boston. the pike eastbound is still only 15 minutes, then 93 south has a bit of a delay out of methuen as you make your way down to the schedule. randy: we're live in philadelphia this morning as the democratic national convention wraps up. erika: and hillary clinton's speech isn't the only one that has people talking. why the father of a fallen soldier is getting attention. and a new hampshire prisoner tries to make a break for it. how police say he snuck off >> hillary clinton's high stakes' moment in the leadup to the general election. the speech and where she goes from here. >> a man accused of trying to kidnap and rape a woman in winthrop. the demand he made and how the case >> brady keep things low key. his elusive moves and the new attention on his temporary replacement. it's on the eye on this friday. >> it is the morning after, and the push is on, good friday morning. i'm erika tarantal. >> i'm randy price. with us is ed harding. he's just outside philadelphia

south of boston light ran along 128 from quincy braintree split and medfield a little light rain and a break north of boston inform you run into the substantial downpours from lowell and east into boxford greens an reds -- and reds and oranges is where it's pouring and you will get responding -- ponding water. downpours extend from southern new hamture temple and new boston and ware crossing 93 in the next half-hour. and there's downpours on the south side from concord stretching back up to barnstead areas temperatures warm and it's humid. you will notice that right away. back into the rain back to new jersey so what's happening here is the downpour that is are over us right now kind of fizzle out through late morning and then it south coast that gets into rain case and islands. otherwise, breaks of sun come out and that will help fuel a few additional showers maybe an isolated thunderstorm late in the day but that's greatest north and west of the above. boston with the sunshine breaking out through the afternoon and evening. we will come into otherwise stuck in the 70s. it's not per

so expect delays, a crash on 24 north by route 139, the expressway still 30, braintree to boston and 93 south heavy approaching the lever connector where an accident is gone, but delays back to concord street. antoinette. >> all right, thank you. and for a check of your top stories this morning. no one was hur raging fire in brookline. the flames tore through a building on winthrop road. you can see them shooting through the roof, this was around 11:00, and no word on a cause at this hour. right now a suspect is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation after a day long standoff with police in mashpee. officers say at one point the 41-year-old fired a shot from an assault rifle. forcing police to shut down a strip mall on route 128. no one was hurt. and we'll see you back here for >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. passing the torch. the president making a powerful case for hillary clinton. >> a leader with real plans to break down barriers and blast through glass ceilings and widen the circle of opportunity to every single american. >> embracing his former rival as p right to trump

drive time. 26 minutes from the expressway to the braintree split to the exit to the pike. back to you. >> hurt, sox fans if you didn't stay up late to watch the game in anaheim, good call. dived price through eight scoreless innings. he was very harp. mookie betts the sac fly. and 1-0 red sox and stayed 1-0 until the botto did load the bases with one out an wanted to get a ground ball in the situation and that's exactly what they got for hanley ramirez. he throw it is away. airmails the catcher. two runs core and there goes your ball game. tough way to lose. the angels beat the red sox out in anaheim, 2-1. not a good way to start that west coast trip. >>> it is official, chipotle is opening the burger burgers, freshing-cut french price and milk shakes. it will be antibiotic and hormone-free. its profits plunged 82% last quarter. >>> 6:42. we are keeping you up to date on all of our top stories. checking in with our reporters after the break. >>> back here at 6:45, if you were just joining us, we are getting you up to the minute on all of our top story. >> steady rain movin

single digits on the expressway. 9 minutes to the braintree split to the exit to the pike. jason. >> jason: a wet start in many locations. in southern new england, track can heavy rain over keene, worcester all ready to begin our friday. portions of the area under a flashflood watch. we will tell you what that means for your area coming up. >>> a calm day at the gas station and then boom right there, the area blanketed by a flame-fighting foam. only on fox25 this morning, two teens caught in the middle talk about the terrifying experience that had them running for cover. welcome back to the fox25 morning news. right now dry in most of plymouth county. we are under a flashflood watch. pockets of heavy rain coming into worcester county and also here around the keene area. a start to a wet friday coming up. general maura healy is getting report. healy's five recent predecessors says they are confident that her actions are tootional and in the rights of her duty. tootional and in the rights of her duty. gun rights advocates say healy . >>> a college has cancelled plans to do a

light rain for the most part won't slow you down that much down 93 through the braintree split clinton to milton and heavy downpours see the deep yellows and reds here all the way from brookfield stretching back up towards barry and-- ba- - barre. pouring right now on the north side of jaffrey and east of keene now and then just crossing 89 a few downpours too. the north side of concord is that's where you will -- that's where you will get areas of reduced visibility. currently in the 70s. it's a warm start and soupy start. dew point is in the low 70s. air mass is truly tropical and this sticky air is going to be with us from start to finish. the back edge of the rain tape overs through eastern pennsylvania. notice the motion of all this. a lot of downpours are likely to stay to the south but some of them will work in the wettest time is going to be over the next several hours. morning and by midday, notice we get a break in the action some sunshine may break out and that will help to fuel a couple of pop-up showers and even a thunderstorm. north and west boston heading into late after

braintree split to the exit for the pike. shiri? >> shiri: tracking rain showers, showers out there now and national weather concern about flash flooding over the cape, southcoast and islands and flash flood watch in effect until 5:00 this afternoon. i think for the most part we are going to be dealing with patchy that in mind for any of the outdoor plans risk of rain today dries out tomorrow, risk is back on sunday, i will time the showers out with future cast. >> catherine: relatives of young boy, parents claim there weren't enough adults on duty >> dill and parmesan cheese pairs with this. dessert popcorn. >> michelle: don't have to chew. >> kevin: next weekend heritage days and fantastic event, a lot of volunteers get involved, it has some of the key people here with me and from left to right, linda, gene down to the end here, linda, talk to weekend. >> rich heritage and seaside town and arts and crafts, shopping, sidewalk sales, music, events for the kids, it is just a great town event that's been going on for 48 years and prou

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once you get past that you are fine all the way to 128. 24 is issue-free, and the expressway is 20 braintree to boston. eastbound to 128, a 15 minute ride, and as you travel 93 south, looking good out of methuen to the leverett connector. making speech for presidential nominee hillary clinton. erika: at first and information of a raging fire in brookline. flames shot out of the home around 11:00 last night. firefighters were able to get those flames under control around midnight. no one was injured. it's not clear yet how the fire started. randy: now let's get the latest on convention coverage. antoinette antonio covering it tonight is hillary clinton's time to shine at the dnc giving the most important speech of her career. chelsea clinton will be introducing her mom in philadelphia tonight. you can bet hillary clinton will outline the clear differences between herself and donald trump. last night, president obama, saying she is the obvious choice. >> there has never been a man or a woman, not me, not bill, hillary clinton. internet co the president also painted his former secretary of stat

cloudy once again, get any of that heating, lower and middle 70s, boston through dedham and around braintree, some slightly warmer conditions going southward toward the south coast. we'll be in the middle 70s for plymouth and barnstable nantucket. low to middle 70s today. the seven-day forecast, we don't turn the corner just yet. tomorrow stays most cloudy, on shore breezes, keep its it in the middle 70s. tuesday, low pressure graumly moving away of the morning time, lingering coastal rain and drizzle and then the lull moves out so we can actually get into some clearing by later tuesday but especially wednesday. look at this, thursday and friday, 85 to 90 degrees heading into next weekend. teenager, we learn from the teen's mother as he jumped into the charles river as part of a >> reporter: hi everybody, i'm butch stearns, the patriots are back at it this sunday morning in foxboro, day four of training camp. yesterday was the team's first work out in full pads. their first real football action, if you will. >> training camp starts today. yesterday and the day before was preliminary. it's al

right now right now on the expressway, still pretty easy commute. 19 minutes from the braintree spli pike. >>> shiri? >> shiri: waking 24u7 morning to 60s and 70s and sunshine. more clouds out there as you head home from work later today. upper 80s and lower 90s. it is going to be hot and i am tracking the slight risk of storms today. we will show you more widespread rain for your friday next. >>> well, tensions running high outside of city hall. coming up, the protest planned by police today to try get this black lives matter sign taken down and why they won't be the only ones demonstrating. >>> a teen convicted of killing his teacher heads back to court. the chillingly similar crime he is expected to plead guilty to. >>> the new england patriots open up training camp today. >> they have, you know, finally some definition with the situation. >> reporter: what coach belichick this h to say about >>> 6:14. the role to super bowl goes right through foxborough. training camp in the 90-degree temperatures and still in the shadow of deflategate. fox25's michael henrich live in foxborough,

expressway right now pretty typical drive time, 34 minutes as you head from the braintree split up to the exit for the pike. 70s and 80s. nice bright start to the day and looking good to send you home from work and more clouds around, going to be hot with a lot of 90s on the map, and show you which towns and cities could see a thunderstorm today. >> sara: coming up how much exercise you need a day to balance out all of that sitting around at your desk. >> michael: new england patriots open up training camp >> we have finally some definition with tom's situation. laura (vo): mom taught us that families comes first. laura: hey, mom. mom: hi. laura (vo): so when she needs a little help... i am happy to give it. medicare is a big help too. so when i heard that kelly ayotte voted to turn medicare into a voucher program, costing us thousands, i couldn't believe it. then i saw she tried to raise the retirement age... than new hampshire families. narrator: women vote is responsible for the content >> gene: focus of the camp, >> michael: coach bill belichick spoke about that and big opening of

not too far away we have moderate rain near braintree. so there are some areas getting decent rain here closer to the shoreline. in general the heavier stuff will be in the western half of the state. everyone in the afternoon hours, so expecting a mainly cloudy afternoon with a spotty shower. the chance of rain continues for a while. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. >>> breaking news out of austin, texas where we have learned multiple shots have been fired in downtown austin, killing at least one woman. three others, all women, have been hospitalized in serious condition. another person was injured, but not transported to the hospital. police responded to theho investigators are searching for a suspect who they say began fire into the crowd after some sort of disturbance. there is another developing story in texas where ntsb is confirming this morning that at least 16 people were killed when this hot air balloon caught fire and crashed. investigators are trying to figure out the exact number of people on board. it happene

you see the braintree split. traffic moving smoothly despite the rain showers. let's go over the chris lambert for a peek at this forecast. >> chris: finally have some red across the area. we have a few embedded downpours. we'll continue to have a few embedded downpours. very localized. a flash flood watch until 5:00 p.m. temperatures got a lot of the rain and even the brex of sun. low to mid-80s inland. upper 70s along the coastline. can't rule out a mid to late afternoon isolated shower inland. but overall rain this morning through about mid-day. >> kris: chris, thanks so much. now for a look at our top a 26-year-old man dead after a serious crash in plainville. it happened on washington street late last night. police say this man was killed when his car collided with a tractor-trailer. a young girl in his car was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. a lynn man is due in court today after police say he attacked a woman in winthrop. investigators say this man asked the woman to get into his car. when she refused, he allegedly when she refus

live look outside the braintree split. traffic is moving relatively smoothly. we like the see that. you also see lots of sunshine. if you're fan of it, we've got more of it. here's chris lambert. >> chris: sunglasses needed, though, if you're on the commute to work this morning. 82 in boston. 78 in norwood. undoubtedly another hot day. temperatures close to 80 degrees at 8:00 a.m. lots of sunshine. 92 in boston. mid-90s in a lot of the suburbs. a chance of rain, scattered showers tonight. localized downpours and widespread showers on friday. >> kris: chris, thanks so much. the driver crashed right into the woods. no word yet of any injuries. lynn police rushing to the scene of a triple shooting that happened at the intersection of 4th and bolton streets just before 4:00 a.m. police say one of those victims was shot in the head. no word on their conditions or if any arrests have been made. we're back in 25 minutes. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, passing the baton. president obama rallies support for hillary clinton with a passionate speech at the democratic national convention.