all right, another accident out there, bridgeport, route 202 at dekalb pike, make note. busy already for only being 4:30, especially on a friday, joe, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. we are following breaking news, philadelphia police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run in the city's mayfair neighborhood. >> police tell us 43 year old man was hit while riding his mountain bike. it happened around 12:45, in the 5800 block of frankford avenue. investigators say when paramedics arrived on the scene, they found a man severely hurt. >> this was a very violent crash, the bicycle that the victim was riding was broken in half. the victim's body was launched about 60 feet. >> the victim died at the scene. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch will have live update on this story in about 30 minute. >> new this morning, police are also investigating a homicide, in the city kingsessing section. investigators tell us a man was standing in front of a day care center when he was shot. this happened after 11:00 in the 1800 block of 58 street. the victim died at the hospital. poli

that should not affect high school football as we fall to near 60 overnight into herer running for bridgeport with a mixture of clouds and sunor in hudson the lower 70s traffic timeow with patty harkin. pretty uneventful on the freeways that that's going to change this weekend.at's ice the indians and the white sox tonight they're going to be playing a little baseball foundu in then last homestand of thee regular season the big problem is that in about bridge willll begin in 730 sheet that in mind as you read again vehicles will be closed so for 90 to 77 this east ninth street exit willi and east ninth it's helpful close between carnegie and orange tomorrow morning from five until 4:00 p.m. the nfl is quiet. having the ribbon-cutting tomorrow and the public is invited to that up on new in about bridge there is paid parking lot there at 19 carnegie to get this wayne and stacy back to you. is cleveland your indians last night. it push thems la to a 5-2 win or that royals and now we are one step closererth all goes well that we could clinch a spot in the pathell the magic number is now at 4:00 p

. >> we're with the the good folks from bridgeport rib house, you guys are what just a couple miles -- from king of prussia plaza. >> next time at the mall go check you guys out. >> yes. >> what are we checking out. >> we have nice baby back ribs good these are pork. >> yep good do you do beef. >> no. >> just pork. >> what is beef ribs in the as good. >> i'm in the saying that. it is good but we're all about the pork. >> lets start with what you do to the pork. >> you soak this in vinegar. >> we soak them, two to three hours in water and white vinegar. and then put a dry rub on them. >> what does vinegar do the meat. >> tenderized them. >> fifty to one. >> what do you to with the dry rub what do you start with. >> we have brown sugar in here, a little bit of brown sugar, paprika for some coloring, some salt. a little will pepper and garlic. >> mix up that with your hand. >> you rub it on. >> not much at all. >> you don't want to take it caked on there. >> show us how much. >> you want to rub it in the meat. >> nice and even there. >> you don't have to have have it sit for any length o

milligan had a grudge against each other and they started fighting at the rock on the river concert in bridgeport township, wisconsin. later officers found milligan unconscious with head injuries in a campsite area near the concer investigation, officers arrested runde yesterday. runde faces charges of attempted homicide and aggravated battery. prosecutors say robert stern killed his daughter who has autism because she was a burden. that was part of opening statement in stern's murder trial today. robert stern has pleaded not guilty to first degree murder. he is 63. in june of 2015, police say he admitted to shooting every round of three guns at his daughter, kimberly stern,killing prosecutors said stern admitted to police officers that he killed her. and on the way to the police station for questioning, stern faked having a medical emergency so they took him to the hospital. that's where they say officers were going to record stern confessing he killed his daughter because she quote "pushed his buttons." the officer accidentally did not hit record on his cell phone to capture that confession. po

reverend and several dozen other people blocked both the north and southbound lanes of mill avenue bridgeport it was to demand answers for the killing of the 19-year-old. it happened back in july. >> homicide, that's what the county examiner said. he was not even supposed to be there. he was on leave but showed up with his gun. he showed up to kill someone. and then he turned on his body camera after the 19-year-old was dead. >> today, is the first of what he is calling, monday moral protest. he appeared in court an hour ago and then he was released from jail.>>> let's get a check of the weather, you are taking a live for the past hour or so it has been cloudy, haze, dusty, will we see the ring? we will talk about their.. first, talking -- we will talk about that. first, talk about the winds, 22 miles per hour the wind is in tempe. if you are in the west valley, the winds are lighter. we have a blowing dust advisory in effect for the phoenix area county. this will continue until 8 pm. it may expire early depending how the conditions are. these are the showers moving in from the east. is movin

anthony runde and joshua milligan had a grudge against fighting at the rock on the river concert in bridgeport township, wisconsin. later, officers found milligan unconscious with head injuries in a campsite area near the concert. after a 3-year investigation, officers arrested runde tuesday. runde faces charges of attempted homicide and aggravated battery. prosecutors say robert stern killed his daughter who has autism because she was a burden. that was part of opening statement in stern's murder trial, which continues today. robert stern has pleaded not guilty to first degree in june of 2015, police say he admitted to shooting every round of three guns at his daughter, kimberly stern, killing her in the home they shared. she was 27. prosecutors say stern admitted to police officers that he killed her. then on the way to the police station, stern faked a medical emergency so they took him to the hospital. that's where they say officers were going to record stern confessing he killed his daughter because she quote "pushed his hit record on his cell phone to capture that confession. police desc

look at the gusts of block island. 29 at nantucket. 30 of bridgeport. if you're going to the game, it's not just that it will be damp and wet. it will be cool and raw. the best you can to stay dry and you want to stay warm. high temperatures will be similar to today with more rain. rain is approaching. you see the leading band of it is very, very close to boston. you see it's actively moving north. it looks like it will be passing. there certainly will be some rain for boston to deal with. once the rain settles and ucb moderate bands. once it settles in, even when it heavier bands around klamath now. all the way towards wellesley. that is where the action is. there is more to the south. we still have this spinning around in the valley. that will drive leaves of moisture. so, wet and cool at fenway. temperatures right around moisture and as far as sunday is concerned, it looks to be less wet than saturday. there could be drizzle. for the patriots game, cool and damp. tomorrow. there is a major league storm. let's check it out. your next seven days. prett

accident this is in montgomery county, this is in bridgeport, along route 202 at boro line road, avoid that area this morning. also another issue just continuing here in delaware this morning. we have that issue on the roads but also made in america is this weekend and there is a road shut down, just one lane, this is logan square at 22nd street between pennsylvania avenue and ben franklin parkway, road reduced until 5:00 this morning. height want to avoid this area this morning a lot happening. a lot being construct there in preparation for the big weekend, chris and lauren. >> traffic related as well. police in mayfair need your help finding a driver who hit and killed a cyclist in mayfair overnight. >> lets get out to jennifer joyce live with more on these disturbing details, hi jenny. >> truly disturbing, lauren and chris. victim in this case was doing everything right, he was traveling in a marked bike lane. he had at least three flashing safety lights on his bike and only half mile from his home when his life violently ended according to police just before 12:45 a.m. champagne or

outside her home on july 3rd a decade ago police say he tried to he was arrested in early august in bridgeport connecticut. >>> a lawrence fire fighter is under arrest after a strange stand off which police say he shot himself. police got a call about a distraught man inside a house on boylston street in lawrence yesterday morning. at some point, the firefighter later identified as joseph carbury shot himself in the leg. when police arrived, his dog ran out of the house snarling and hostile and police had to >> he was distraught about the dog being shot obviously and the officer said look the best thing to do is surrender and put an end to this and that's what he did. >> police say carberry's wife was the only other person inside the house is and she was not house. he is being held without bail until a hearing on friday. >>> boston police say gopro video help to find a driver. >> hit-and-run crash a witness on a scooter was wearing a camera at the time of the crash and police say that shows anthony buchanan hitting johnette simms and drive away. police say he was drunk and speeding at the time

the bridgeport blue atlantic league of professional baseball have formally offered him a contract to play during the 2016 season. he previously played with the broncos and jazz held a show case hoping to get a chance with a big league organization despite not playing baseball -- come on, tebow -- since high school. scouts from 28 major league teams including the indians, they were there. >>> this picture of a moment of kindness is going viral. we told you about this story yesterday and now we are hearing of the story. it it's a florida state football star who was visiting a middle school and decided to sit with a boy who was all alone. beau eats alone almost every day but on tuesday, travis rudolph joined him. he said he noticed a kid sitting off to himself and just headed right his way. >> once i got two slices of pizza, i just seen him by himself and i said hey this is like a spotlight, something clicked in my i can eat lunch with him. >> someone snapped a picture and sent it to beau's mom. he's autistic and most days no one sit was him at lunch. >> i'm just moved with emotion at h

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the bridgeport bluefish offered him a spot on the 2016 roster a minor league teem and tebow has yet to respond. >>> at home see you and csu football players face off. csu looking for revenge after losing in overtime last year. tickets are still available. >>> if you have ever had to sing in front of a big crowd you can understand being nervous. >> one boy got on stage to sing the national anthem but he was so nervous he forgot the words. take a look at what happened. the crowd joined in to help. he was chosen to represent the boys and girls club for the ceremony. i'm sure he appreciated the help. >> i'm sure that gave him a little bit of relief. poor guy. >>> breaking news, a body found the same. >> reporter: we will have the latest including what and who police may be looking for, what police believe happened off of (vo) we went to hollywood to ask burgers, tacos and chili could taste just as great made with turkey. to find out. with just one bite, they knew. now it's your turn to make the switch. >>> breaking news right now. we begin with a man's body found adams county. >> we've got

milligan had a grudge against each other and they started fighting at the rock on the river concert in bridgeport township, wisconsin. later, officers found milligan area near the concert. after a 3-year investigation, officers arrested runde tuesday. runde faces charges of attempted homicide and aggravated battery. prosecutors say robert stern killed his daughter who has autism because she was a burden. that was part of opening statement in stern's murder trial, which continues today. robert stern has pleaded not guilty to first degree murder. he is 63. in june of 2015, police say he admitted to shooting every round of thre killing her in the dubque home they shared. she was 27. prosecutors say stern admitted to police officers that he killed her. then on the way to the police station, stern faked a medical emergency so they took him to the hospital. that's where they say officers were going to record stern confessing he killed his daughter because she quote "pushed his buttons." the officer accidentally did not hit record on his cell phone to capture that confession. police described stern as f

candidate shaban opens campaign office in bridgeport.eport is a port city and the congressional district include some of connecticut's wealthiest towns. is inadquarters bridgeport, an overwhelming democratic city with no elected republicans. brenda, good morning. caller: good morning. i am brain-dead. i'm calling because i was listing to report this morning about a statement that hillary clinton made last night at a fundraiser about some of donald trump's supporters. . believe she is correct barackre equally hard on obama. they found racism to go against him. something that he put out there to see how would go. i mean, just to buy anything that anyone says. had he thinks that affected him as his president and his family to try to dismount him as a u.s. citizen. talkingthink you're about this story. hillary clinton said on friday that half of his stories -- supporters could sit in a basket of deplorable's. from maryland is on the line. go ahead. caller: i was actually -- hello? host: you are on the air. go ahead and turn down your tv. cal

the bridgeport blue fish offered a contract to tebow to join the roster immediately. tebow has not responded yet. interesting to see if he says like. what sport will be next? maybe wrestling or something. it's 5:25. coming up, buyer beware. stop & shop warning facebook users about a fake ad. what you should be on the lookout for. >> reporter: and it's going to be a crowded and crazy day as thousands of college students move in. find out why some people now call september 1st christmas in allston. >> sarah: and morning commuters marking their calendars. when the longf ism now at 5:30, allston christmas. free stuff on the streets as students come back to boston. why it's not the most wonderful time of year for some people. >> christa: and protesters locking arms. >> sarah: and a non-profit shark tag off cape cod. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> christa: good morning. 5:30 on this first day of september. i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: and i'm sarah french. a tropical storm warning issued for parts of the east coast. let's send it over to chris lambert with mo

he was arrested in bridgeport last month. investigators say dasilva shot his daughter, 19-year-old sabrina, several times in july. carrying groceries near her home. >> christa: right now police are searching for a group of teenagers who robbed an apple retail store in hingham. investigators say eight to ten of these suspects stormed into the store. this was sunday night. and apparently they stole 22 phones. police say some of the thieves drove off in a car and they believe the teens were part of a crime ring. >> sarah: it was an organized plan, a large-scale retail theft, about $650 per phone. $14,000 worth of iphones that were stolen at once. >> christa: so anybody with any information is asked to get in contact with police. well, no laughing matter in northampton. police are searching for the bivo the clown golf cart stolen last weekend during the three-county fair. this was a $7,000 cart used in performances for shriners hospital in springfield. so if anyone knows where this is, please -- police ask that >> sarah: new deta

let's finds out one way from the bridgeport rib house. >> i have to say, if you're going have a cooknd it is labor day, put on the white pants, right? some say this is the last day you can wear them. you missed the memo? did you miss it? >> no, i didn't, good potato salad we'll make today, though. >> that's right, he's getting messy in the kitchen. now, you say, you can actually make the perfect potato salad. >> that's what my mama told me. >> let us know, where do we start? >> some mashed potatoes here, little mayonnaise, onions, little bit of basil, parsley, salt, pepper, put little bit of relish, yellow mustards, pin of of salt. >> let's go back to the beginning then. so you have the potatoes, you have them cut up, diced up. >> put little mayonnaise in them. >> is this all fortes? >> everything fortes, yes. you know what i mean? then, yes, there you go, onions, little parsley in there. boom, boom. pin of of basil. and key tip thereto threat sit for little bit. >> all mix, let it sit. >> let mine sit for hour or two. >> in the fridge? >> yes. >> okay. >> so after we stir it all up,

in with that is a dusting of snow in some of the higher peaks, probably kirkwood south bend of bridgeporttowards the mother lode, sacramento valley and i think it bears watching for parts of eastern lake county, napa county and also solana or contra costa the local out of fogs favors more the north bank, higher elevations very cool and even some of the lower elevations, nevada 49 in palo alto it 49. in near napa it is 49, glenallen 52. this activity continues all day for the sierra and ejects out tomorrow and for us the low clouds will burn austin today and it is losing its support but that love is right over us. more likely lake county it down to nap and solana. 60s and 70s so it is very cool for this time of year. somewhere down the road we have to rebounded tomorrow will be very cool, though the upper 30s and the northbay tomorrow and then thursday starts to turn things around and that brees tells off and the sunshine comes with the warmer temperatures friday into the weekend. one forecast model drafted another low around the 21st which would be the autumnal equinox an end of summer so

walter was arrested in august in bridgeport and has been transported to massachusetts for today's arraignment. >>> police are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death in a small hampshire town. on monday, danville new hampshire police found the body of an adult woman inside a house on cameel drive -- caramel drive. daniel boucher says the victim is his ex-wife. he showed up comforting couple's sam who lives with his dad. >> i don't see why anyone could or had any reason to do this. don't know who she angered that >> for now police will only say it's an active investigation and an autopsy is being conducted. >>> police are asking for your help this morning to locate a missing man in milton. he is peter sullivan and suffers from alzheimer's. he was seen yesterday evening with pin stripped dress pants andrea naverseny blue tie e uses the t to travel from milton to boston and uses the ashmont stop if you've seen him or can >>> 5:07 is the time. walgreens is stepping up the fight against the prescription drug crisis. the pharmacy chain is adding 13 drug take back kiosks to stores in

a decade ago he tried to kill her mother e was arrested in august in bridgeport connecticut and has been transported to massachusetts for today's arraignment. >>> police are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death in a small new found the body of an adult woman inside a house on carmel drive. daniel boucher says the victim is his ex-wife and he showed up at the house yesterday to comfort the couple's son sam who lives with his dad. >> i don't see why anyone could or had any reason to do this. it was just you know, i don't know who anger-- i don't know who she angered that much or if that he had reason. >> for now police will only say and an autopsy is being conducted. >>> the battle over a boston police body cameras continues today in court. city's police union wants to stop the program from moving forward because it says the program should be voluntary one debate during yesterday's testimony was why there haven't been volunteers. >> i had a feeling obviously from speaking to different officers that they were told not to volunteer and i don't think you the answer on their

marshals arrested him in bridgeport, connecticut last month. investigators say desilva shot his daughter several in july. she was killed while carrying groceries near her home. >> boston police officials and the union are headed back to court today. continuing this hearing on body cameras. the union has filed an injunction to delay the body camera program. after the police commissioner william evans ordered 100 officers to wear them. the commissioner made that decision after no officers volunteered to do so. >>> really, really important to >>> we know we will have cameras on. all i look for was an agreement. the judge says that he expects to make a ruling by friday. >>> and the race for the white house the first of its kind commander-in-chief forum airs live on nbc. hillary clinton and donald trump will be answering questions about national security and v veterans. both hillary clinton and trump have spoke about these issues. this forum come as trump surges ahead in a new poll. >> reporter: a coin toss determined donald trump gets the win. >>>

marshals arrested anymore bridgeport, connecticut last month. carrying groceries near her home. police arrest a man in amherst after they say he posed as an uber driver. and indecent assaulted a umass student. the student was offer campus when an 18-year-old approached her and offered to drive her to campus saturday morning. that is when he allegedly assaulted her. she was able to escape. >> sarah: now the race for the white house. the first of its kind commander i airing live tonight on nbc. hillary clinton and donald trump will be answering questions about national security, the military, and veterans. spacing their first... facing their first fierce battle, donald trump and hillary clinton will portray themselves as credible commander in chief. clinton blasting her opponent as unfit to lead, tarlg targeting his controversial comments. >> john mccain, a war hero: he is not a war hero. he is a war hero because he captured, okay? >> reporter: still, a poll shows trump leads clinton by 19 points among military and veteran voters. the billionaire touting the backing of 88 retired

and independent league time in bridgeport offered him a contract. it comes just one day after the former heisman trophy w responded. a special life-size statue on display. statute made entirely of legos. it contains nearly 35,000 lego bricks. team officials say it took nearly 300 hours to complete this statute. >>> i need to see a closer up shot of this. i was looking at the sunglasses in particular. those have to be real sunglasses they put on the lego. >> 9:533. ali raisman is back from the rio games. >> pretty great. look that. looks like she's hanging out big-name athlete. couple of feet. take a look at the forecast for us over the weekend. front half of the weekend looks great. second half depends on hermin. >> in the buzz actor kiefer sutherland take on new role. ? ? ? ? so pretend you don't care. ? ? his debut album is called down in a hole. his first single not enough whiskey. olympic gold medalist ali raisman whirlwind tour continues as she had a chance to meet another big name. she had a chance to spend time with nba super star lebron jame

that morning i was standing on a train platform in bridgeport, connecticut getting ready to take my 4-year-old and 1-year-old boys down to new york city to see the rockefeller christmas tree and i got a call that there had been a shooting at the sandy hook elementary school. then i got another call telling me that there had been kids involved. and a few hours later i was there at the fire house adjacent to the school as 20 sets of parents, including the bardens were told that their children were laying dead on the floor of their first grade classrooms. sometimes in this business you get to pick the issues that you work on. and then there are other times when the issues pick you. now before that date quite frankly working on this issue of gun violence just was not at the top of my political priority list. as a congressman i didn't represent any of the cities in connecticut with epidemic rates of gun violence. but it's become my singular focus now on a united states senator. in the wake of sandy hook my eyes have been opened to the catastrophe of gun violence in america. and the inabili

hurricane center warns of "life-threatening inundation" between the north carolina/virginia border and bridgeport, connecticut. from tropical storms like hermine... to raging fires... to flooding -- the american red cross continues to respond immediately to disasters. responded to 81 disasters, financially supporting more than 460 people. and as of friday -- as many as 1,500 people were seeking refuge in 13 red cross and community shelters after historic flooding in louisiana. for people who want to help, there is a way to do that. go to our website fox 6 now dot com and you will find links to volunteer or donate money. looking around the world -- the u-s and china have signed on to the paris agreement on climate change. formal ratification yesterday -- as he is in china for his last g-20 meeting as president. the u-s and china both submitted their plans to reduce carbon emissions to u-n chief-- ban ki moon. the summit is one of president obama's last opportunities to shape american foreign policy. officials in the philippines searching for four people of interested after at least 14 people were

dagen: that is my state bridgeport. >> the braves? baseball team but as far as -- >> tebow a really good athletic see if it converts because there is a lot more goes into baseball, you know, it is lent you toys jokes people make jokes tim tebow never past first base how kaen perform at major league level. >> he is an athletic, can't get lot of even playing nfl that is a guy i saw run for a touchdown evaded guys fast out there the problem with him in nfl was ability to pass, the fi accuracy stuff. >> sliding in base -- kind of -- >> national anthem -- >> if you are hitting home ren you don't need to slide. >> you can do it -- >> thank you robin, next hour you can get a car, and then you can get a car pb we are shifting into high gear what experts are saying best time to get new wheels we tell you why stay with us. ♪ ♪ gonna be a long, long time ♪ ♪ (announcer vo) who says your desk phone always has to be at your desk? now, with one talk from verizon... hi, pete. i'm glad you called. (announcer vo) all your phones can work together on o

we also in bridgeport broke some records yesterday. we are done with the 90s for a while. now we are going to replace it with some 70s. today new york city, 74. friday, 75. 77 on saturday. that's about as beautiful as it gets. indianapolis, about 81 today. 86 on friday. 80 on saturday. raleigh, temperatures dropping down to the mid 80s. tomorrow morning is when you'll notice a little bit more of that chill in the air with temperatures dropping down into the 60s to start off the day. minneapolis topping out in the mid 70s. st. louis, in the mid 80s. denver, lower 70s in some instances. tomorrow morning waking up to a >> and if you're heading out the door, remember you can always find us on "today" show radio, sirius xm channel 108. >>> now to the reason we've been showing me with air extensions all day. in this job, i have been so interviewing presidents and world leaders. but this next one might top them all. i got to be a guest judge on tonight's season premier of my all-time favorite show, "project runway". for 14 fashionable seasons of "project runway," i have lived and

host: bill is calling from bridgeport, west virginia. hi, bill. caller: yes, good morning. how are you this morning? host: doing fine. caller: well, i had to remember it. it was a sad morning. i was working, building a federal prison on one of the highest points in west virginia. of course, the skies went completely quiet. usually you have planes flying over west virginia all the time. and up on top up there, we had the planes fly over, and that morning it just got erily quiet. it was kind of one of those dramatic thrillers. you watch in the theaters. but the day just got really quiet. and then there was actually no air traffic. so we heard on the radio up there, we were out in the fields, and one of the workers up there, his family owned the shanksville farm. and he wasn't able to contact them. so, of course, we let him use one of the cell phones to contact his family up there, but they locked our job down because we were up at a vantage point. but we heard more news about what had happened. it is a sad thing that happened to our country. today, as that day there, that day

in washington, d.c., up through gu we also in bridgeport broke some records yesterday. we are done with the 90s for a while. now we are going to replace it with some 70s. today new york city, 74. friday, 75. 77 on saturday. that's about as beautiful as it gets. indianapolis, about 81 today. 86 on friday. 80 on saturday. raleigh, temperatures dropping down to the mid 80s. tomorrow morning is when you'll notice a little bit more of that chill in the air with temperatures dropping down into the 60s to start off the day. mid 70s. st. louis, in the mid 80s. denver, lower 70s in some instances. tomorrow morning waking up to a >> chris: good thursday morning, everyone. starting off with a mix of sun and clouds, we do have a much more fall-like feel to the air outside today. nowhere close to the 90 we had yesterday. back to mere 70 degrees. even some upper 60s at the coastline with an on shore flow. low 40s in a lot of suburbs. mid-50s in boston sweatshirt, light jacket heading out this evening. cool start for the weekend saturday morning, saturday afternoon looks good. >> and

how about the 13 people that were shot in bridgeport, connecticut, at the end of august? you haven't even heard about this. 13 people were shot at a party. none of them were killed, but 13 people's lives are permanently altered because of that mass shooting. or how about what happened this summer in chicago: 400 people were shot in chicago in the month of august alone. think about that. that's the worst month of shootings in chicago's history in the last two decades. people lost their life like arshel dennis, who just was coming home to surprise his mom on her brnlg day before he went -- birthday before he went back to take up his junior year at the university. and he was shot while he was shight on the porch with a friend. he was in the college prep program. he spent previous summers as an ambassador mentoring other students. he wanted to help kids that he said were a lot of kids who didn't make it out like me. 4,000 people were killed in this country by guns while we were gone for the longest break in recent memory. 400 in one month in chicago. and here's what -- makes

that morning i was standing on a train platform in bridgeport, connecticut, getting ready to take my then four year old and one year old boys head to new york city to see the rockefeller plaza christmas tree. i got a call third been a shooting at sandy hook elementary school. and i got another call telling me that there had been kids involved. a few hours later i was there at the firehouse adjacent to the school as 20 sets of parents, including the pardons come were told that their children were lying dead on the floor of their first grade classrooms. sometimes in this business you get to pick the issues that you were going. and then there are other times when the issues a few. before that date quite frankly working on this issue of gun violence it just was not at the top of my political produce. as a congressman i didn't represent any of the cities in connecticut with epidemic rates of gun violence that it's become my singular focus that as attorney senator. in the wake of sandy hook my eyes have been opened to the catastrophe of gun violence in america. and the inability to explain

the bridgeport blue fish now offering the former nfl contract to play in the atlantic league.appy for him. nice offer. those are your headlines. see you back here really soon. guys? over to you. >> well -- >> just talking and -- >> admiring the football ring. i was watching the video. tim looks good. >> he does. we love tim tebow. >> go to the cfl and play football. that's your sport. >>> all right, coming up next -- have the girls do it. >> if you don't want to spend labor day laboring in the kitchen, paula deen has the answer. >>> the wounded warrior project is now getting a second chance. the new ceo is here to lay out his plan. that's next. nexium 24 hour introduces new, easy-to-swallow tablets. so now, there are more ways, for more people... to experience... complete protection from frequent heartburn. nexium 24hr. the easy-to-swallow tablet is here. gilman: go get it, marcus. go get it. ...coach gilman used his cash rewards credit card from bank of america to earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. at places like the batting cages. ♪ [ crowd cheers ] 2% back at grocery

in washington, d.c., up thr we also in bridgeport broke some records yesterday. we are done with the 90s for a while. now we are going to replace it with some 70s. today new york city, 74. friday, 75. 77 on saturday. that's about as beautiful as it gets. indianapolis, about 81 today. 86 on friday. 80 on saturday. raleigh, temperatures dropping down to the mid 80s. tomorrow morning is when you'll notice a little bit more of that chill in the air with temperatures dropping down into the 60s to start off the day. minneapolis topping out in the mid 70s. st. louis, in the mid 80s. denver, lower 70s in some instances. tomorrow morning waking up to a >> we're looking at lots of sunshine today. the high 90 degrees. warmer than yesterday, but still below normal. winds out of the north, northeast about 3 to 8 miles per hour. our 7-day forecast more sunshine, heading weekend, mid 90s for saturday and sunday a slight chance for showers and thunderstorms monday night into early tuesday. >> and if you're heading out the door, remember you can always find us on "today" show rad

we also in bridgeport broke some records yesterday. we are done with the 90s for a while.oday new york city, 74. friday, 75. 77 on saturday. that's about as beautiful as it gets. indianapolis, about 81 today. 86 on friday. 80 on saturday. raleigh, temperatures dropping down to the mid 80s. tomorrow morning is when you'll notice a little bit more of that chill in the air with temperatures dropping down into the 60s to start off the day. that goes for raleigh as well. minneapolis topping out in the mid 70s. st. louis, in the mid 80s. denver, lower 70s in some instances. a. rrow morning waking up to >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. a beautiful day ahead. still some lingering clouds this morning but lots of sunshine this afternoon and look at these temperatures. 78 degrees in scattered showece. the subers, 77, upper 70s with eaton. new jersey, a few lingering clouds, partly sunny skies, a nice warm up into the 70s. at the shore mostly cloudy and a sea breeze and low 70s this afternoon. smyrna with sunshine up to 76. have a great day. >> and if you're heading ou

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