>> christa: breaking news at 5:00 a.m. protests in milwaukee intensifying with shots fired and a police cruiser set on fire. >> sarah: the community coming together today to remember a woman murdered while jogging in princeton. police looking into hundreds of leads the find her killer. >> christa: and president obama putting hisac coming up today. >> sarah: and this morning ryan lochte talking about being robbed at gunpoint in rio. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: all right. good monday morning, everybody. welcome back the another work week. it's 5:00 a.m. i'm sarah french. >> christa: is it really happening? hard to get up on monday. i'm christa delcamp. another hot one it looks like in store for today. here's chris lambert with a check of your forecast. always go by way to fast. 3 in bedford. yesterday into the mid-90s. 96 in boston. not quite that hot today, but still warm. the humidity not as high either. dew points now into the 60s, the mid-60s. compared to the stifling heat and humidity on sunday af

i'm sarah french. >> christa: . and i'm christa delcamp. on this august 1st, it sounds like you'll need your umbrellas. thank goodness we have some rain. >> danielle: we need it. july was the eighth driest on record. if you're traveling today temperatures in the triple digits across the desert southwest into dallas, as well. here at home across the northeast, temperatures mostly in the 80s. current temperatures out the door. upper 60s. 69 in boston. 66 out along the cape. and in worcester right now, maybe even a slight sweater, too, if you're getting ready to head out this morning. this afternoon, 74 in boston. mid-70s along the cape. we're staying below average again today. we'll have the chance for forecast throughout the day today. they'll become more isolated this afternoon, even enter tomorrow morning, too. wednesday and thursday we're dry. and that's also when temperatures return to the 80s. more on your forecast coming up. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with kris anderson. >> kris: this is the expressway headed into boston

i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. waking up we have kind of a nice, clear, not really brisk but i'd call it a refreshing morning out there. beautiful, chris. i love that sunshine. >> chris: september-ish. day two starting off on this tuesday morning. 52 in norwood. 57 in bedford. plenty of sunshine yesterday. we'll have more of that sunshine today. 70 in boston some the city retaining the warmth of the day better than elsewhere. and taking a look at the satellite, quiet across the radar. i do expect more sunshine than anything else. returning moisture coming in for tomorrow. that will allow for some scattered showers and storms, but none of that talk today. beach, great day for it. close to 80 along the coastline with a sea breeze kicking in closer to 90 away from the coastline. so a warm one inland. there's your rain chance on wednesday. more on that in the seven-day forecast ahead. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. >> danielle: thanks, sarah. good morning, everyone. if you're getting rea

i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. let's get a check of your friday forecast heading into the weekend. chris, you have that duty for us, right? >> chris: fortunately i don't have to talk about any inclement weather over the weekend. once we get into sunday night and monday, we'll have some rain on our hands. mid-60s in the suburbs. 75 in the city of boston. comfortable start to this friday morning. we have very quiet conditions across much of new england, and you can see that extending back into new york, down into pennsylvania. so not much will change here over the next few days. sea breezes kicking in this afternoon. so we'll warm into the middle to upper 80s inland, close to 80 degrees along the coastline. if you do have the day out to the beach, weather working out just fine for that. a comfortable amount of humidity, as well. we're not talking about dew points in the 70s. they'll fluctuate between the upper 50s and lower 60s. we have sunny skies heading out to the coastline. localized sea breezes. cape ann and cap

i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'll christa delcamp. nice to give the ac a break overnight. >> chris: one more night we can let the fresh air in, and overtime as we head into the weekend. good morning, everyone. 69 in the city of boston. look at the suburbs. mid to upper 50s. very comfortable start with lots of clear skies, a lot of sunshine through the day. just some clouds scattered about, mixed in with the sun. but the sunshine prevailing. so will the low humidity. temperatures this afternoon running mid to upper 80s. warmest away from the immediate coastline. cape and and cape cod, you'll be coolest heading to the beach. upper 70s to low 80 was that low humidity and a lot of more on the seven-day forecast ahead. >> christa: switching over the traffic, danielle, anything happening? >> sarah: it's about that time in the morning when things start the look heavier. 93 southbound as you make your way toward somerville. you're watching a disabled vehicle. that has the right lane blocked on 93 southbound at the pike there. south of town, b

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 scattered showers and thunderstorms. one thing about these fronts, sometimes they can help these storms rotate a little bit. so there is the potential of isolated severe weather later on this afternoon across new england. we'll have to keep an eye on that. into the mid-80s. you'll also notice the return of humidity as we go through the day. a lot of us with these storms, a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning we may not get a thunderstorm today, but the ones that do form have the potential to be locally strong-to-severe, especially a

i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. waking up we have kind of a nice, clear, not really brisk but i'd call it a refreshing morning out there.

i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. still pumped up about team u.s.a.'s floor exercise. so we're flipping about that. and chris, also happy about the forecast as well, today. >> chris: i think we'll be happier by this afternoon. right now this is a tropical feel to the air. hard to believe. year running around 80 degrees. we are there at 5:00 a.m. 81 right now in the city of boston. 75 in worcester. not only do we have the warm air, we have the high humidity. dew point levels running low to mid-70s. a lot of cloud cover overnight last night, helping pull some of that warmth down there. it's a warm start. it's a muggy start, but we get the breeze coming in here this afternoon, and we lower the humidity. so a more enjoyable afternoon coming ahead of us. we don't have the track any storms later on today. a bit of a breeze coming in on the shorelines, but pretty good beach day with temperatures running mid to upper 80s. no sea breeze today with that strong northwesterly wind. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with d

i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. looks like maybe a change in the weather for today. here's chris lambert with what you need to know heading out the door. >> sarah: beautiful yesterday, showers and storms through the area. mid-60s to near 70 now across many towns. a couple showers sneaking into n to western worcester county out into the berkshires at this hour. nothing severe right now, but what we're watching throughout the day is a return of the warm front. right around late morning, early afternoon, some of these isolated storms may be on the stronger side. so we'll have to keep an eye on that and even through the afternoon into the evening. not all towns get hit. we'll generally run into the middle 80s this afternoon. but theto severe. so we'll have to watch for that. locally chance for rain. a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning. some may produce some lockley damaging wind gusts as well as a little rotation. we'll talk more on that in your forecast ahead. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gers

i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp whrsm you're off to work or maybe headed out for vacation, it doesn't look like weather will stand in the way of your plans at all today, chris. many rainy days, have we? this weekend much of the same. more dry weather than anything else. good morning, everyone. 74 in boston. mid-60s in a lot of the suburbs. off to a comfortable start. not much going on across new england. very quiet weather throughout the day. localized sea breezes kicking in. temperatures close to 80 along the coastline. away from the coastline heading out on the golf course today, expect temperatures mid to upper 80s. humidity not all that high. we talk about dew points running in the upper 50s an lower upper 70s low 80s this afternoon along the coastline. mid to upper 80s. framingham 88, nashua, new hampshire, 88 this afternoon. more of the same over the weekend, although we do have a shower risk or a thunderstorm risk sunday night into early mid-. more on that in your seven-day forecast ahead. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. >> da

i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. we have lots to get to. but first check out the forecast. it's thursday. everybody is thinking about friday and the weekend. we start thinking about that. >> chris: the weekend went by too fast. the weather is looking good this weekend. good morning, everyone. this morning is looking pretty good, too. temperature-wise, a much cooler degrees. that puts some of the suburbs in the upper 50s and lower 60s. it was ridiculously warm yesterday morning. now close to 80 degrees. a couple showers we're tracking back through hartford, connecticut, out to the western edges of connecticut and into eastern new york. a few of these showers holding together. so i wouldn't be surprised to see a passing shower or two along close to the mass pike and south of the pike this morning. a lot of the rain staying off to the south. a tremendous amount of water. but we may get wet here for mid-morning. and then this afternoon, it will be warm. temperatures back into the mid-80s with a mix of sun and clouds. so some nice weather throug

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i'm christa delcamp. >> kris: i'm kris anderson. tb 12's suspension set to go into effect at 3:00 p.m. on saturday. jonathan hall has more at gillette stadium. tb 12 just wrapped up speaking to the media. >> reporter: he did. we will not hear from him again for about five weeks. he is not allowed to speak or participate in those team to stay positive through all of this. and somehow he will get through it. brady, of course, has been practicing with the team over the past few weeks. that will come to an end. the pats have their final preseason game thursday night. brady will be available for that. at metlife stadium in new jersey. the pats quarterback about to begin that suspension, but is practicing with the team this week. he will step aside for the back-up. jimmy garoppolo when the season opens. he jimmy. brady spoke to reporters minutes ago. he said he is trying to stay positive. >> you know, i have ideas of what i need to do. and you know, based on all the limiting playing time that i have had and practice that is i have had. yo

i'm sarah french. >> christa: t.g.i.f. i'm christa delcamp. the air conditioner was working overtime because it was another declaring a heat emergency. people are looking for any way to beat the heat. that looks fun, chris. let's head out there. >> chris: let's skip out on the 9:00 a.m. news, get out there on the jet-skis. that's great way to cool off, head to the beach, head out on the water. good morning, everyone. heat advisory in place. it will feel a lot like yesterday, 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. for the heat index. 100 to 105 again. 105 yesterday for the heat indices. 78 degrees right now. rather quiet. a couple spot showers out into worcester county, but i think the best chance of scattered showers and storms will arrive mid-afternoon through the early evening. so for some of us, we'll get locally heavy rain out of the showers and thunderstorms for other towns. they remain hot and humid. i think many of us reaching the middle 90s this afternoon. you combine that with dew point levels running into the low 70ss, it feels more like 100 to

. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. i'm going to give just top-ten status. >> sarah: it was amazing this morning. >> bri: top ten. i totally agree with that. if you liked yesterday, you love today, you'll love tomorrow, as well. sunsets, we have the best of summer yet to come. 65 in boston. cooler temperatures away from the metro area. 52 in norwood. 49 in martha's vineyard. we have some locally dense fog mainly around the norwood area. quickly burning off as we get into the day. good news for this afternoon: dew point still staying in check. you won't notice much humidity out there. that starts to creep into the picture as we get closer to the weekend, and as i mentioned before, some scattered showers that we're expecting for more detail to come in your extended forecast in a few minutes. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. >> danielle: thanks, sarah. good morning, everyone. if you're getting ready to head out the door this morning, i think you're in good shape. let's go to the maps. only ten

. >> christa: all right. a batch scott man facing a judge today after his home went up in flames over the set his home on fire. >> sarah: now he is facing arson charges. john cuoco live now in lynn with the very latest. >> reporter: this suspect seemed proud. like this was some sort of accomplishment. he was arrested over the weekend. tomthy brosnan told police he intentionally set his home on lyndon avenue on fire. police reported brosnan was laughing and making jokes while they arrested him. brosnan told police he poured gasoline in the garage and throughout the house. in he wanted to watch his house burn, saying things like "look at it go. isn't it the most beautiful thing ever." allegedly told pols wife was moving in the next day. and police say it appeared that brosnan was also drinkin when they arrested him on saturday. we are live in lynn, 7 news. >> christa: all right, john. thank you. changes coming to summer camp 7d boy died last week in south sure a tragedy like this never happens again. let's go t

>> christa: cutie pie. a girl and her aunt stepping up to show their appreciation for a local police department. >> danielle: so thought. here's a look at the zakim bridge. notice the back-up. not helping this also on the "t," we're watching the green line delays. ? i feel too young to be this old. i just want to be her mom, not her full-time job. i'm the boss of me, but sometimes i need a little help. if you or a loved one has masshealth, call commonwealth care alliance to find out about senior care options. aging happens. we make it easier. ? i ain't lookin' to compete with you. ? ? deny, defy or ? ? crucify you. ? ? all i really want to do ? ? is, baby, be friends with you. ? when people ask me what it's like to win an olympic medal, i tell them, "you already know." the medals you've earned are all around you. your bronze. your silver. your gold. and liberty mutual insures them all. liberty mutual is proud to insure every team usa medal won in rio, just like we protect the medals you've earned in life. l

i'm sarah french. >> christa: cruising to say the least. i'm christa delcamp. a swampy feel to the air. >> christa: today is just kind of like that droopy feeling you get. >> chris: we were saying earlier, arkansas, florida, mississippi, it feels like the deep south with that humidity in place. look at the rain totals yesterday. much needed. pelham, new hampshire, 1.7 inches. andover over an inch of rain. city of boston close to a quarter of an inch of rain. some towns didn't get a tremendous amounted of water, but overall good to see some of the rainfall out there. through 7:00 p.m., heat indices pushing 100 if not at times to 104. it will be a hot and humid day in terms of stifling humidity. we have that. low temperatures overnight and early this morning. 70s. dew point 75 in boston. that's that high humidity in place. right now we do expect more sunshine. cloud cover. isolated storm not out of the question. but overall hot and humid weather. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle good morning, everyone. pretty quiet on the roads. the express

i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. great to be with you on this very important morning and talking about the weather. chris, you described it as orlando-ish. >> chris: it will feel like orlando, miami, whatever. heat advisory in place for much of new england because of the combination of the heat and humidity. dense fog with that soupy air mass in place. a warm start. it's a humid start. an we'll continue to see the heat and humidity building throughout the day. so temperatures, yes, into the middle 90s but feeling more like 100 if not above 100 degrees later on this afternoon. this storm today, we have chance of a couple storms. the forecast ahead. >> christa: fast track traffic. things heating up out here in that department, danielle. >> the good news, you have the air conditioning on. it's probably not as humid. 93 southbound as you make your way we're watching a accident on 93. this is southbound in andover. and it's just before dascomb road there. so that's causing stop-go-traffic back to 495678 braintree to bosto

>> christa: good morning. behind bars, a man in worcester locked up after an alleged crime spree that police say included a rape. >> sarah: coming together to remember a woman killed in princeton. the investigation continues into this murder mystery. >> christa: and on just one station this morning, a troubling case at this hospital. did a surgeon operate on the wrong patient? >> sarah: and in the olympic zone, taking their spot among the greats, aly raisman and team u.s.a. tumbling their way to the top. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: exciting. good morning, everybody. it's wednesday, 4:30 a.m. i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. there is plenty to celebrate. we have 25 medals now for michael phelps, right? so he's racking it up. >> chris: hard to keep track. 70 degrees in boston. low to mid-60s in the suburbs. good morning, everyone. we have abincrease of humidity during the day and some rain drops on the way. what is that, right? we haven't seen much of any rain lately.

i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. i think we have to readjust the make-up after crying, watching the women's gymnastics. >> sarah: i missed it last night. it was on right before. seeing aly raisman cry brought me to tears. softies, chris, you'll have to put us back on track with the weather. >> chris: i thought you were reapplying the make-up because of all the heat and humidity. we'll do it again. 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. heat indices 100 to 105. temperatures back in the low to mid-90s with dew point levels in the 70s. 78 in boston. 78 in beverly. 78 in norwood. 78 in fitchburg. dew point levels running into the low 70s. 74 in plymouth. high humidity remains in place. quiet start this morning. a couple showers try to get going up across new england. mainly dry this morning. but if you look across upstate new york and western new york, there are a couple showers and storms there. enough instability this afternoon to create some scattered showers and thunderstorms. keep an eye to the sky, especially mid to late after

pretty cool. >> christa: they have a purpose in other words. >> sarah: yes. >> christa: chris, what do you think of that? do you like the flowers or that? >> chris: that's going the those will serve as good paperweights too. i'm sure they're hanging all over his trophy room. temperatures this afternoon, mid to upper 80s along the coastline. sea breeze kicking in. still close to 90 inland. don't have as much humidity later today as we did the last couple days. we have seen that edged out a little bit. moving forward, we're not dealing with a tremendous amount of high humidity. temp the 80s. scattered storms around tomorrow, most of them in the afternoon. isolated storms wednesday. >> christa: much more ahead at 5:00 a.m. including breaking news out of milwaukee where violence broke out on the streets after man was shot and killed by police. you see cars were set on fire. gunshots ringing out, as well. >> sarah: and emergency crews rushing into j.f.k. airport last night as chaos erupts inside a terminal. what prompted this massive [ hip hop beat throughout ] [ fans cheering ] ? olympics

i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. able to check your forecast on monday morning. as you head back to work, chris lambert joins us again. welcome back. >> chris: thank you. good morning, everyone. comfortable start. you have to get back to work. if you were upat olympics, good for you. a nice day ahead. mid-50s now. 71 in boston. we have mainly clear skies across new england. i do expect a lot of sunshine over the next couple day, and that low humidity over the next couple day, as well. mid-afternoon, mid-80s. a few upper 80s inland. localized sea breezes likely across cape ann and cape cod. temperatures will be in the upper 70s to lower 80s. heading out to the beach today, we look good. temperatures running upper 60s

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i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. we have plenty of news from rio, but first a check on your right now it's 58 in norwood. 71 in boston. so we have lower humidity and cooler air mass in place and it's mainly dry across much of our area right now. you get back into western new england, western connecticut and even into the hudson valley of new york, there are some showers out there. there may be one or two of these that make the trip near the mass pike, along the mass pike and south this morning. so the main batch stays south, but there have been a couple showers trying the sneak into southern new england. don't be surprised if there is a passing shower t otherwise the weather is quiet throughout the day. the afternoon shower chance should be north and west of 495. even there it will be isolated. warm this afternoon. but warmth with the humanity running on the lower side, so we do enjoy a nice afternoon. not only today but really more dry weather on friday and even into the weekend. more on that forecast coming up. >>

he will be arrested. >> christa: assault with a deadly weapon. charges stemmed from reports gun at a woman in his home. >> this morning around 3:00 this morning, officers responded to a radio call of a woman requiring assistance. the incident involved the residence of mr. chris brown. >> that woman later left the property. police spent hours on the scene. officers obtained a search warrant and scoured the singer's vast los angeles property before making the arrest. brown is denying any wrongdoing and even posted videos on instagram outside his house. >> when i call the police for stalker people endangering my life. they don't come until the next day. let somebody make an allegation about me,o oh, yeah, the whole swat team. >> christa: brown made headlines in 2009 when he assaulted rihanna, his then girlfriend. in this case, he was sentenced to probation, community service, and domestic violence the situation, saying that brown is doing well and that the allegations against him are false. >> sarah: happening today: jet blue starting flights to cub

>> christa: absolutely. i feel like she's going to be on "snl" in no time flat. >> chris: you know she has the boston one down pat. even the new york one was you need a stand-in on saturday night? good for her. 82 to 90 today. lower humidity. 88 in boston. hot and humid start to the day. we'll lower that humidity. a breeze throughout the day. next best rain chance doesn't come until monday. >> christa: chris, thank you. don't go away, because next at 5:00, details at a terrifying crash. three people were hit and injured in this dangerous drive when people ask me what it's like to win an olympic medal, i tell them, "you already know." the medals you've earned are all around you. your bronze. your gold. and liberty mutual insures them all. liberty mutual is proud to insure every team usa medal won in rio, just like we protect the medals you've earned in life. liberty stands with you. >> christa: aly raisman wrapping up her 2016 olympic run with another medal. the needham native talking about her future in gymn

i'm sarah french. >> christa: on this first day of august. >> sarah: i totally forgot. >> christa: yeah. >> sarah: i was on vacation. >> christa: for a long time. >> sarah: i tried to get a little tan, but i had spf100 on. >> christa: your dermatologist would be proud of you. >> sarah: that new england weather, your skin has to readjust. >> danielle: absolutely. you're definitely not going to be needing much of the spf today and tomorrow. watch the cloud cover out there. we'll watch for scattered showers today. temperatures sitting in the upper 60s. we're close to 70. notice that dew point close to 70 degrees, as well. it's another gloomy day. mid-60s in worcester.

getting to share >> christa: olympic heroes on stage. the final five ultimately getting some hugs on stage at the mtv video music awards. they got to actually honor beyonce with an award. so there was only one that didn't turn up, though. unfortunately. >> sarah: yeah. without question, the night and the biggest awards belonged to beyonce. beyonce taking over the vma's. she performed songs from her course, those signature dance moves. beyonce also won eight awards, including one handed out by the final five. (cheers and applause) the crowd went wild when the final five took the stage. chanting "u.s.a." as the team announced the winner for best female video. and then they got to share the stage with queen bee herself. gabby douglas was noticeably absent. she said she couldn't attend after bein for a mouth injury. the final five got to meet several stars at the awards show also. ally raisman tweeted out this picture of her getting to hold john legend and chrissie teaguean's baby luna. they also met reality star kim kardashian and kanye wes

>> christa: we begin with breaking news. tom brady speaking out. the quarterback making his first public statement since dropping his legal suspension. brady says he is trying to move on and stay positive. >> sarah: jonathan hall with more live at gillette. jon? >> reporter: hey, guys. good afternoon. tom brady speaks. we are hearing from the future hall of famer for the very first time since he decided to drop his federal court appeals and accept his four-game deflate-gate suspension. brady decided not to go all the way to the u.s. supreme court. he is going to take his medicine and sit out the first four games. as of saturday, september 3, in the afternoon, he is not to practice, not play, do any team activities at all for a full month. tb 12 came out. word filtered through the press core here that brady would speak. indeed, he did. as soon as practice ended. just after 11:00. about said that he is trying to stay positive. through all of. this he told us he is trying to get better, to do everything he can. >> we have the best fans in >> i have a

in rio, nancy chen, 7news in new england. >> christa: oh, my. just a reminder we are your home for the summer games. we have a lot it talk about and adding an extra half hour on today in new england. you can catch without the highlights at 4:30 until 7:00. >>> check the forecast with bri eggers. gorgeous, bri. >> bri: beautiful as well. pearl jam p staying the 80s, watching out for scattered storms and showers for tomorrow afternoon and then things heat up as we head into next week. look, i distracted myself. archdiocese sarah what did you just sing? >> can't find a better man. >> sarah: you were singing pearl jam. >> christa: channelling eddy vedder and the weather. >> sarah: we love bri. >> christa: that was good. i am krista del camp. can you tell it is friday. see you back here for 7news at noon. have a great day. have a great day. two years ago, silvertech had 40 to 50 employees. now we have 60 to 70. we had about 70 employees a few years ago, we have over a hundred today. chynoweth: businesses like mine see how maggie hassan keeps this eco

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i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. i'm going to give just top-ten status. >> sarah: it was amazing this morning. >> bri: top ten. i totally agree with that. if you liked yesterday, you love today, you'll love tomorrow, as well. sunsets, we have the best of summer yet to come. 65 in boston. cooler temperatures away from the metro area. 52 in norwood. 49 in martha's vineyard. we have some locally dense fog mainly around the norwood area. quickly burning off as we get into the day. good news for this afternoon: dew point still staying in check. you won't notice much humidity out there. that starts to creep into the picture as we get closer to the weekend, and as i mentioned before, some scattered showers that we're expecting for

i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. danielle gersh helping us out once more. chris is away on vacation. >> we have musical roles on "today in new england." if you're getting readyo this morning. you may need it. temperatures off to a cool start. 68 currently in boston. low 60s along the cape and low 60s in worcester. we're watching some showers. most of that shower activity is across western mass. but notice they're tracking east. so i think heading into the morning commute inside 495, you do have a chance to see some of those showers, but as we head into 9:00, 10:00 a.m., that's when that activity will start the taper off.

christa? >> christa: bri, thank you. two people are recovering this morning after they were hit by car in lowell on branch street. both victims were taken to the hospital with traumatic injuries. at this point it's unclear their exact conditions or what might have caused the crash. and a woman's recovering after this frightening accident in woburn. investigators say she two parked cars, a light post and a fence on wednesday. and then a post went through the woman's windshield just grazing her. her relatives believe she had a medical mastering similar amazing she's expected to make a full recovery. back to 30 minutes with another s natural vanilla. growth hormones. is so! m farmed vanilla.s has fm >>> we're back now. 7:30 on a thursday morning. it's the 4th day of august, 2016. such pretty pictures everywhere you look here in rio. there is beach volleyball venue just up the beach fromhe are this morning. savannah is back in new york along with al. i want to make sure you've been paying attention. the beach behind us is --

>> christa: tom brady speaking publicly about deflate-gate since dropping his appeal. we are live at gillette. >> sarah: a construction worker gets stuck in a cement mixer. >> christa: health officials in florida offering free zika tests to pregnant women. >> sarah: we are getting ready for tonight's opening ceremonies. we have the latest from rio. >> bri: warm sunshine today. we are tracking showers and >> christa: we begin with breaking news. tom brady speaking out. the quarterback making his first public statement since dropping his legal suspension. brady says he is trying to move on and stay positive. >> sarah: jonathan hall with more live at gillette. jon? >> reporter: hey, guys. good afternoon. tom brady speaks. we are hearing from the future hall of famer for the very first time since he decided to drop his federal court appeals and accept his four-game deflate-gate suspension.

. >> ryan: and i'm ryan schulteis in for christa delcamp. a little chilly out there. >> chris: it is. you could use a light jacket. i wouldn't argue against it. temperatures now upper 4 norwood one of the coolest spots at 47 degrees. even boston down to 61. 56 in worcester right now. so a clear start. a comfortable start. a bit on the cool side. a refreshing air mass in place to hold that low humidity through the day. we'll also hold a good deal of sunshine. temperatures close to 80 degrees this afternoon. low 80s in boston. worcester hills holding into the middle 70s. very pleasant this evening, as well. taking a look at the next several days. today, yes, comfortable this the end of the week. but will we see any rain? seven-day forecast ahead. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. >> danielle: thanks, sarah. good morning, everyone. much quieter start on the roads today. the expressway only about ten minutes from braintree to boston. let's go to the maps now. south of town a lot of green. no issues on routes 3, 24 an

. >> christa: a deadly crash in east boston. we have the latest. >> sarah: people in two areas of the country bracing for some potentially wild weather. >> chris: tracking a couple showers in here tonight and during also tracking the tropics and what it may mean for the forecast into the weekend. >> christa: donald trump meets with the president of mexico before a major speech on immigration. power shouldn't come from money and influence. power comes from the people. i'm mark connolly, as your financial regulator, i went... after big corporations when they did wrong. as your governor, i'll stand up to the gun lobby to keep... and protect planned parenthood to protect women's healthcare. the power is in our hands to make new hampshire safer... and stronger. mark connolly. governor. >> christa: a deadly crash in east boston. two people onboard fast hotel shuttle are killed. and four others injured. that shuttle colliding with a >> sarah: the crash left part of the ted williams tunnel shut down for a period of time this morning. 7'

. >> christa: good morning, everybody. it's 7:26 on this back-to-work monday. it looks like a bright start to the day. chris, how hot is it going to get, though? >> chris: temperatures 80s in the city of boston this to 90 inland starting off this morning in the lower to middle 70s. dew point levels low to mid-60s. a bit muggy. taking the edge off the high humidity. we expect a dry day today. here are those numbers. the sea breeze kicks in the in the city of boston, low 90s likely away from the coastline. >> christa: the wake for the woman murdered while out for a jog in princeton will be held today in princeton. police say 27-year-old vanessa marcotte was murdered last weekend. officers are still out there searching for her killerren and the funeral for held coming up tomorrow. the former uber driver who is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl from everett will be back in court for a dangerousness hearing. 36-year-old darnell booth is being held without bail. prosecutors say booth raped the girl after he met her on snapchat and then offered to give her a ride.

. >> and i'm christa delcamp. there are some rumors about you wearing fleece yesterday. >> okay, wait, now, it was dark outside. i have to say, i did go to a neighbor's pool yesterday and the weather was amazing in the afternoon. >> it was amazing. i don't mean to give you a hard time, because we are friends. definitely not fleece weather. manageable amount of humidity, 83 to 89. the weekend forecast, split 50/50. i wouldn't cancel any of your plans for saturday. we need to keep an eye to the sky, expecting the scattered storms to work through midday into the afternoon hours until probably early evening when that storm threat leaves us. high pressure keeps things nice and dry and sunny. here is the next weathermaker. a cool front. you can see the storms rolling expecting that to move through our neighborhood as we make it into tomorrow. it's even possible we get some showers and storms to fire up earlier in the morning. i think midmorning into midafternoon. but look at that. once the cool front moves through, thin

. >> jennifer: and i'm jennifer eagan in for christa delcamp. let's head over to bri eggers. >> bri: it's a day. cool temperatures warming up to average this time of year. we're in the low to mid-50s. norwood stretching to nashua. we have some areas experiencing some locally dense fog this morning. so something to keep an eye out for for the morning commute. but that will quickly burn off as we get into mid-morning. and we're in for wall-to-wall sunshine getting into this afternoon. we do have high pressure that's in control for us. we know eventually that will lead to a warming trend for us. but taking a look at your day a comfortable and dry day ahead. more on your extended forecast to come. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. >> danielle: thanks, sarah. good morning, everyone. if you're getting ready to head out the door, here's a look at the expressway. traffic looking good. let's go to the maps. no issues on the road. breakthrough to boston northbound on the expressway, only about ten minutes. south of town, route

i'm christa delcamp. we'll have all your golden moment. first when you steputsi it's kind of stuffy out there like the stagnant air and it's great. we had the best of both worlds. no rain which is the good news. it's been a huge lack of rain so far. temperatures in the 70s. 70ss for a while because we have in. nashua new hampshire showing. that'singn your door step in pepper ril. downpours in them onster. this continues to slide off to the east. at least the northern end before you tap into some of those showers. more showers down across rhode island. that's going to slide into southeastern mass over the next half an hour or so. as you work away across al-banargieo keep the rain chance today. most widespread late morning around lunch time. drops off a little bit early this afternoon. maybe a couple of pop up storms later on this afternoon. overall it'ws. we need the rain. we'll have more on the 7-day forecast ahead. >>> time now for fast track traffic. here's danielle gersh. it's still slow going. 93 southbound notice the stop and go traff

officers say she was caught in the crossfire. 7's christa delcamp with detail. >> when will enough be enough? how often do we have to stand at a podium like this. >> chicago police superintendent eddie johnson expressing the heart break felt yet again in a city ravaged by gun violence. this time the victim was nykea she was caught in the crossfire of a shooting on chicago's south side. >> police have charged two men n the murder. authorities say aldridge was not the intended target. the brothers who are the suspecs were apparently targeting a man who was dropping off women who e picked up in the suburbs and dropped off in chicago. >> now there's two offenders wih handguns who begin chasing him down and attempting to kill him a female. >> aldridge's mother spoke about the confusion and the anguish felt by the children she leesbug hundred. >> they want their mom and it just hurts to hear kids saying they want their mom and their mm won't be in their lives anymore. >> and her mother also spoke wih compassion about the suspects. >> i forgive them. i forgive them. i can't bring them back.

i'm sarah french. >> jennifer: and i'm jennifer eagan in for christa delcamp. let's head over to bri eggers. >> bri: it's a day. cool temperatures warming up to average this time of year. we're in the low to mid-50s. norwood stretching to nashua. we have some areas experiencing some locally dense fog this morning. so something to keep an eye out for for the morning commute. but that will quickly burn off as we get into mid-morning. and we're in for wall-to-wall sunshine getting into this afternoon. we do have high pressure that's in control for us. we know eventually that will lead to a warming trend for us. but taking a look at your day

i'm christa del camp, 7 news. >> ryan: coming up how new research proves man's best friend may be able to understand what you are saying. >> reporter: a little yesterday of yesterday but it's back tomorrow as well as some mugginess. we'll get to the forecast next. >> jadiann: a puzzling tribute to big papi, a >> jadiann: a scary sight in the waters off provincetown. a photographer capturing this picture after great white shark feeding off race point beach. you can see the shark in the middle of a group o the photographer says it was a few feet away from shore. >> ryan: nature at work. >> jadiann: absolutely. stay out of the way of nature what it comes that close to shore. >> ryan: pictures ever the ocean getting churned up because of what is going on brie has been tracking about the tropics. >> reporter: i'll share that. amazing. we've feisty waves out there. 3-5 feet, even above that waves. if you are headed to the mind. 75 in boston, 76 beverly but you see the low 80s away from the coastline. there is a big difference from yesterday to the tune of about 5-10 degrees cooler. generally

. >> hoda, if you have a chance to >> christa: more zika cases in south florida. the state's governor now asking for help. >> sarah: a house in swampscott up in flames. a home owner charged with setting it on fire. today he is facing a judge. >> christa: wild weather in flooding. >> sarah: caught on camera: a gorilla getting territorial at the franklin park zoo in boston. >> danielle: temperatures outside only in the 70's. fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. how can i help you today? yeah i have a big problem with my new tv. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. ok,i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, really, mr. mcenroe... um see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh absolutely. i like that. hey it worked. so i don't have to see the cable guy again? oh no we're not cable mac. you just call me mac? see the problem over your smartphone. get supe

so there by the end of the week. >> christa: looks great. chris, thank you. police are searching for a suspect after man from lowell was gunned down in park in california. investigators say 20-year-old go with friends in san francisco when he was shot in the chest. so far police haven't made any arrests in that case. police have arrested the father of a woman murdered in new bedford last month. according to the connecticut post, the man was arrested after evading questions about his daughter's death. 19-year-old sabrina that sylvia was killed outside of her home carrying groceries last month. what's for dinner tonight? wegmans ez meals. dinner's not just delicious, it's done. we made it for you. like this favorite...salmon with tomatoes and capers. made fresh, every day. it's ready to cook. just pop it in the oven and put it on your plate. no prep. no cleanup. delicious, fresh, easy. [ hip hop beat throughout ] [ fans cheering ] ? olympics 2016, let me get you on my level. ? ? so you never miss a moment, ? n have it all? ? ? soccer to wrestling. track and fie

christa delcamp, 7news. >>> the man who killed the beatles legend john lennon will remain behind bars. ninth time he's been denied parole since he murdered lennon back in 1980. the parole board says the premeditation and celebrity-seeking nature of that murder led to their decision. he's eligible to seek parole again in two years. >>> and the first flight to cuba in 55 years left the united states today. jetblue flight 387 left fort lauderdale international airport bound for santa clara, cuba, traveling to cuba from the u.s. stopped in 1961 during the peak of the cold war. the restart of commercial travel toward normalizing relations between these two countries. >>> still ahead here on 7news at 4:00, a clerk fists back. >> from this -- a clerk fights back. see how he took on a suspected thief. a wild battle caught on camera. >>> and big papi like you've never seen him before. what it took to create this lego statue of the red sox superstar. >>> at 4:30, a woman comes face to face with a bear. the encounter she's calling a little too close for comfort. connecticut gas station. what spa

i'm christa delcamp if you can stand the clouds and the rain on the way. it's not too bad out there. not as humid as it's been. >> we will track some scattered showers and storm. we get a lot of dry hours out there as well. and with the cloud cover in the city of boston. 74 degrees in dewpoints still in the low 60s. comfortable start to the day but

. >> i'm christa delcamp. it's a little bit cooler out there to start. a little bit cloudy as well. >> let's send it over to chris lambert with more on the forecast. >> whole lot more comfortable too. we talk about lows in the upper 50s and lower 60s. we returned to close to 70 degrees in many suburbs. couple of sprinkles throughout plymouth to cape and islands calling on down. not much rain the talk about with this. boston breaking into sun. some little instability working from north and west later on today. we can't rule out a spot shower. much of the time will be dry with mixture of sun and clouds. temperatures this afternoon running back into the mid-to-upper 80s. it will be a warm one just like yesterday afternoon the humidity on the tolerable side. we're not dealing with high humidity. we deal with d the weekend. the forecast coming up. >>> the latest on breaking news. two tractor-trailer collided on the mass pike east in auburn earlier this morning. leaving people at a stand still for hours there in their vehicles. let's go to nicole oliverio she'