emily: a man leads police on a chase in new bedford. the scary sight starting the pursuit, and how a witness helped stop it. randy: the zika virus, leading to a new travel warning for pregnant women. the urgent message, that could ch morning. announcer: you are watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning, this is newscenter 5 eyeopener. emily: also on the eye this morning, a bear hitches a ride, on top of a garbage truck. the clever way the driver managed to make him leave. we will share with you. good morning. i'm emily riemer.

emily: a new bridge on the move overnight. the big step in a project that will affect south shore commuters. randy: breaking overnight, more unrest after police kill a man in milwaukee. the new violence as officers defend their actions. emily: beach in chatham. the unsettling sight suggesting a shark was in the water. it's on the eye for this monday morning. >> this is newscenter 5, eye-opener. emily: looking live at a piece of the new fore river bridge. the project is a huge undertaking that'll have a big impact on traffic in the future. the eye's doug meehan will have more in a minute. good morning, i'm emily riemer.

emily: a summer celebration rescue. a group of about 1500 americans were taking part in the annual port huron float down. but the winds were so strong it blew the group into canada. several policing agencies pulled the floaters safely from the water. they were sent back to michigan in buses. randy: charging your phone overnight is convenient but is it hurting your battery? experts say frequent, hours-long charging can shorten the life of lithium-ion batteries because many cell phones take in the good news, both iphones and androids have technology that protects them from absorbing too much current. and since most people swap phones every two years, they don't hold on to them long enough to run into trouble. u.s. olympic swimmer ryan lochte loses out big time on his sponsorships after his made-up story about a robbery in rio. four corporate sponsors are hair removal, and mattress maker airweave all dropped the olympic gold medalist. lochte admits he embellished the robbery story earlier this month. emily: celtics guard is

emily: a metal pole nearly kills a driver in woburn. the mystery her family is trying to solve right now. emily: and asthma breakthrough. how farm animals could be the key to curing kids. on the eye. >> you are watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. this is newscenter fives eye-opener. a live look over boston. look at that beautiful sky. good morning, i'm antoinette antonio. randy is off. emily: and i'm emily riemer with cindy and olessa. it is clear up there, pretty cool. cindy: it is feeling like fall this morning in early august but we have just a little patchy fog with a lot of it back through the connecticut river valley. not a big issue locally but look at these temperatures -- lots of 50's down through the cape, and we have lower 60's on the north shore with boston at 65 and then from orange to keen we are running in the lower 50's full the ire -- lower 50's. we will jump so it's a great day today to sneak outside on your lunch hour if you can. we will keep climbing away from the coast line but we should hold close fro

emily: a woman married for sixty years. elaine caron thought she misplaced the band of gold flowers that she's had for decades. but she actually lost it at a senior day event at a park in beverly. someone turned it in to police who tracked caron down using the initials and date inscribed inside. >> when you saw the ring? p the symbolism is definitely back. emily: the couple, who has four children and eight grandchildren, says holding hands feels right again. so sweet. i love it. the u.s. makes olympic history. the major feat on the track. randy: and the new medals for two american gymnasts. controlling your cell phone with a tattoo? when i look for solutions, i don't start in washington, you know where i find common-sense ideas? right here in new hampshire... where i'm fighting for the good-paying jobs that strengthen our economy. i worked to make childcare more affordable and make it easier to save for college. i've worked across party lines on clean air and energy efficiency efforts... and to strengthen social security and

emily: a man leads police on a chase in new bedford. the scary sight starting the pursuit, and how a witness helped stop it. randy: the zika virus, leading to a new travel warning for pregnant women. the urgent message, that could ch morning. announcer: you are watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning, this is newscenter 5 eyeopener. emily: also on the eye this morning, a bear hitches a ride, on top of a garbage truck. the clever way the driver managed to make him leave. we will share with you. good morning. i'm emily riemer. cindy: just trying to get some dinner and now we are moving. well, we have showers on radar this morning. it is our last opportunity. friday night or saturday. these are intense. downpours could lead to localized flooding. some lightning strikes are still showing up. those are just going to be showers coming through with heavier downpours, where you see the yellows and oranges. the leading edge of the rain stretching towards -- right now. out through this area, we continue to watch these showers we will co

the unexpected circumstances that led to a shocking crime. emily: tragedy in kansas, world's biggest water slide. the previous concerns raising concerns on this ride. randy: a person of interest named a month after this woman was shot to death. emily: a pretty cool start, mike. mike: temperatures in the 50's if some spots, lots of 60's. the city has held on to some of the heat but a comfortable day to start things off. look at the satellite picture. you don't see clouds around us widening out the view. a little bit of a northwesterly flow will keep a dry air mass over the top of us today but there will be humidity in the forecast. here's how it looks today. the satellite picture shows not much else going on. wall to wall sunshine. we have to wait for tomorrow to get a few clouds. the temperatures ramp themselves up to the 8 0's. it's one of those days a weak sea breeze will keep things cooler but inland will be what happens to the temperatures. we'll ramp them up and add the humidity in the forecast and by the time we get to wednesday we'll talk ab

emily: also on the eye this morning, not a bright idea. what this guy should have been doing, when he was almost hit by lightning. that is scary. good morning, i'm emily riemer. -- cindy: not ok behavior. don't do what he is doing. weather-wise, we have a great day coming up, we are on a roll. we have got clear skies out there, the sun not up until 5:41 -- cool to start and 60's on the north and south shore, but look at this, down here on the vineyard it is 47 so there are definitely some cool pockets. another comfortable start, another quiet day, the position shifted a little bit, now more to the south and east which will allow us southwesterly wind to bring in. some of these could be severe with a marginal risk of severe storms tomorrow. temperatures climbed quickly, 70's by 9:00 a.m. and then into the 80's we go, topping of near 90 and that southwesterly wind will keep you in the 80's down on cape cod. let's see how we are looking. olessa: good morning. we start things off with a live look expressway by the south bay mall. you can see on

emily: a man leads police on a chase in new bedford. the scary sight starting the pursuit, and how a witness helped stop it. randy: the zika virus leading to new travel warnings for pregnant women. the urgent message that could change your vacation plans. it's on the eye for this tuesday morning. >> you are watching wcvb -- boston's newsea this is newscenter 5 eyeopener . emily: also on the eye this morning, a bear hitches a ride on top of a garbage truck. because why not ?the clever way -- because why not? the clever way the driver managed to make him leave. good morning. i'm emily riemer. randy: and i'm randy price with cindy fitzgibbon. cindy: downpours producing soaking rain in many right now through about 8:00 this morning. thereafter they start to lower, but you can see a good dose of rain shifting eastbound and moving out of the springfield area the worcester now. the showers will continue to shift on eastward. lida rain already reaching some of these communities, but the yellow and the indicating some of those heavier downpours.

emily: a murder-suicide investigation involving a former police officer. the new details we're learning about the crime. camps take effect this week after the drowning of a little boy. the steps being taken today to make sure it doesn't happen again. emily: firstly want to check in with city of or cast -- and the forecast cindy: the steadier rain we had overnight across southeastern massachusetts is getting ready to exit, hyannis toward all this is shifting eastward with an area of low pressure, and as a t-rex to the south, high-pressure is holding steady between giving us an east-northeast went for it will also give the temperatures down. we start off in the 60's and it takes us into late morning to jump over 70 degre steady rain but it doesn't look like it will come -- high temperatures for most of us and mid 70's away from the coastlines. we will talk about when the pattern breaks coming up but right now we want to get you out to the reds. good morning, olessa. olessa: good morning. we start things off of the check of the pipe by allston brighton. so fa

a big difference. we have to continue to do that every single day. emily: more than 16,000 communities across the country celebrated national night out. giving some college applicants a second chance. randy: the university taking a los angeles. we'll tell you the unique material used to make it. randy: nice out there this morning. emily: it feels much better. cindy: i had the window open last night, the fan on. i know, what a change. things are quiet around here and it will be really nice. i want to show you what's tropical storm develop. this is strengthening and could become a hurricane before it makes landfall. there are tropical storm warnings through central america and mexico so this is a store we will be watching pretty closely and it may continue to strengthen as it moves westward. landfall is expected a little later on this evening, we expect the forecast to become a category one and then it will continue to drift westward. this will have quite an impact on us and that is something we are watching. a quiet day weather-wise and noticed that the dew

a hole in the floor. of unplugging their chargers. emily: firefighters say it's an important reminder to always unplug your devices once they are done charging. and never charge something while you sleep. ahead on the eye, a new probe launched into the company that makes epipens. randy: the questions from the federal government about a dramatic price hike. a needham mcdonald's worker is sent off in style. the celebration for one woman who's been behind the counter emily: extreme drought conditions are prompting concern for utility companies in massachusetts. randy: this morning eversource is taking steps to prevent trouble. they're checking trees weakened by the lack of water. eversource has hired arborists to spot dying trees before they >> they are briefed and trained to look for and spot the impact drought is having on trees. we are seeing some trees changing color much earlier than one would expect. they are losing leaves and branches. randy: eversource plans to invest $23 million in this year in the bay state to remove hazardous trees

a building. th to the right of way. emily: new details about a murder/suicide involving a former rhode island police officer. investigators say franklin osgood killed his wife sometime between friday night and saturday afternoon. police say the former providence officer called his adult children saturday night to tell them he had done something bad to their mother. >> he expressed sorrow and sympathy for what he had done. to harm himself. >> very, very disturbing, sad story. yearning our prayers go out to the family. emily: he was spotted by police last night in new jersey. he crashed during a chase and then shot and killed himself when officers approached. his wife's body was in the trunk of the car. right now police are hoping you can help identify this man. he's wanted for questioning in connection with an assault with a dangerous weapon. the incident happened last tuesday nightn station. anyone with information is asked to contact transit police. randy: breaking overnight, at least one police officer is dead, several othe

and the next chance for emily: a bizarre crime in braintree. a toddler grabbed in the middle of a supermarket. his father chasing after the suspect. and this morning, that suspect who already has a long list of convictions is being held on high bail. police arrested stephen o'brien charging him with kidnapping and resisting arrest. he's seen here on friday avenue scooping up the 1-year-old, and walking away down an aisle. eventually the father catches up to the man who gives the boy back with no resistance. he then pats the father on the head and walks out. police found him in the woods. randy: researchers taking a dramatic approach to develop a zika vaccine. what they're now asking of volunteers. a judge rejects a settlement between uber and some drivers. the tough break for the company and its drivers in narrator: let's put this political promise to the test. ayotte: i've been an independent, strong voice for new hampshire. narrator: then why does kelly ayotte still support donald trump for president? independent minded republicans and said no

a customer. they buy our programs internationally. emilyhave you ever considered throwing all of the episodes out there at once? david: there is great value in having the conversation sustained over the course of a couple months. so i think the world is going to come back to a little more measured. although different shows have different ways. when we put twin peaks out, we thought it would be fun to do it in a different way. that is something i will talk about with david lynch. there are all sorts of possibilities. but the idea of throwing it out, having a week of buzz or two weeks of buzz, i don't think that makes sense for us. emily: how many people are paying for showtime? david: i will tell you, it has grown every week since we have launched. well more than doubled since homeland and it has gone up again since then. emily: how many more seasons does homeland have left? david: well, it reboots itself every year. it is a new story and a new place. it is changeability and it works really well. i don't feel like we are at -- i don't know,

then a little stop and go through the leverett connector. emily: we are following several breaking stories right now. randy: first to lawrence where the eye's todd kazakiewi morning, we are on the scene of a four alarm fire on summer street which is now contained but i want to show you video from earlier when it was raging. it broke out around 2:00 this morning in an abandoned building and spread to three others. the fire is now contained in all resident escaped. injuries, but she's telling us that the fire started in the bandit building but it is not clear how it started but it did spread to three others. the abandoned building was destroyed and there was heavy damage to other buildings and approximately 25 people lived there and are now homeless. we will keep you posted. talk to sera: a shooting overnight in dorchester leaves a teenage girl with life threatening injuries. this happened around one this morning on page street. a 15-year-old girl shot taken to the hospital by boston ems again with serious injuries. also a dog at the scene was shot

the damage left behind from a wild tornado. emily: and it is kind of a 180 degree flip, mike, today is calm. mike: oh, yeah, completely different. there is absolutely nothing going on. yesterday at this time, we were watching showers, storms, 20 to as you step outside, 62 degrees, a lot of temperatures in the lower 50's. jaffrey, 48 degrees. keene, new hampshire, 47 degrees. springfield, 49 degrees. you go to norwood, a pocket of cool air, 49 degrees this morning. it is cool out there. a little taste of fall. let me show you the satellit as we look ahead, it is nothing but sunshine in boston. upper 70's. maybe a little bit of a sea breeze kicking up, just a touch cooler on the shoreline and warmer inland. overall, a fairly quiet weather pattern going on. 80 degrees by about 3:00. notice sunshine across the board. we will talk more about that and come on a tuesday morning, let's check on traffic terry how are things, olessa? olessa: looking good. let's go to the maps. your trip is fairly quiet heading into boston right now. good to go

a big deal. afternoon. emily: breaking news in milwaukee during a second night of violent protests following the shooting death of a black man by a black officer. police say shots were fired during demonstrations overnight in three locations with at least one person hit. an officer was also taken to the hospital after being hit by an object. police say the crowd, which grew to some 150 people, threw bottles and rocks. the police chief says body camera video shows the officer who shot sylville smith saturday acted lawfully, saying smith was armed and turned toward the officer with that gun. right now the mayor and governor are urging the video be released as soon as possible. sera: a rigorous schedule today for the jogger who was killed in princeton a little over a week ago. the community came together for a special run in her honor. the event was held along the same road she was on much he was no arrests have an made by investigators and they are testing the dna of a person of interest. her funeral will be tomorr

emily: a terrifying crime spree in worcester. the string of sex assaults and carjackings police say one man is responsible for committing in just hours. randy: new information emerging about the death of a jogger in princeton. that as neighbors comes together to share their grief and concern. the gymnasts now known as the final five. the big moments from rio. we will have that for you ahead .breaking overnight, a man is -- we will have that for you ahead. cindy: the humidity is picking up with a southwesterly wind, increasing to about 10 miles per hour. a lot of 60's in the suburbs from plymouth to the north shore. worcester at 67 right now, and the west of the clouds, some showers and a of thunderstorms are working from west to east along with increased humidity. there will be a changeable day, with a little sunshine this morning, and by late morning the early this afternoon, there will be showers and thunderstorms around. although it is very humid, it will mostly be in the low to mid 80's, with temperatures held down by the clo

it's a little bit like "the apprentice." emily: trump denied reports of chaos in his campaign, saying the efforts campaign to las vegas today. her running mate tim kaine will hold an event in maryland this morning. the two are expected to release a book on policy in september, two months before the election. both bill clinton and barack obama released policy books during election time. new york ends its battle over daily fantasy sports sites. antoinette: the new rules in that state, and the big issue they don't address. dramatic new video of a plane made that led to this disaster. emily: an animal rescue in upton. why crews are heading back into the house today. cindy? cindy: another beautiful day today as we flirt with 90 degrees. when the high humidity returns. and my timeline on the antoinette: animal rescue teams suit up to save several cats from an upton home. emily: and this morning, they're getting ready to go back in for more. wearing hazmat suits and masks, animal control officers searched the home yesterday, trying to fi

a random attack. sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5. emily: 5 investigates learning a district court judge is in trouble and off the job this morning. the trial court confirms judge michael creedon is on administrative leave. creedon is the first justice in falmouth district court. the trial court says, allegations against creedon have been reported to the judicial conduct commission which but they won't say what the allegations are. however, 5 investigates has learned creedon is under investigation for allegedly making an insensitive comment. he's been on leave since june 30. randy: the malden high school community is in shock after a staffer is charged with raping a special needs student. prosecutors say the victim is a 16-year-old boy who suffers from multiple disabilities. they say steven macdonald, in his role as a para professional, would assist the boy in the bathroom, where the alleged >> the defendant would continuously threatened to go to the victim's home and kill his mother. >> the story that is being told by the alleged victim is

emily: a cool, comfortable start. cindy: i have had the windows open the past few days -- but gear up because it is coming back. this is the last comfortable morning for a while. humidity will be climbing -- take a look. the dew points are jumping up they will feel uncomfortable. then we are talking about oppressive humidity right through the weekend. all the oppressive air is sitting to the south and that is going to be lifting north in our direction so we are for now dealing with the comfortable humidity levels but then the high-pressure slides eastward. for now all is comfortable, with quiet start. 72 degrees in boston with a light wind, much warmer in the city. we are running in the lower 50's, worcester at 55. notice on the south shore, norwood to taunted, just a patch of with it this morning. wind will be light, sunshine all day long, but that will turn on sure pretty quickly so there will be a sea breeze on the coastline. upper 70's to around 80's is where we hold, look at taunton -- 89 this afternoon, 86 in wor

there will be a public hearing thursday night at the mildred community center. emily: commitment 2016, an outpouring of support for the family of a muslim soldier as the campaign controversy grows. complete strangers now placing flowers and cards at the grave of humayun khan at arlington national cemetery. last night, gop vice presidential nominee mike pence released a statement saying he and donald trump believe captain the backlash against donald trump comes after his reaction to this moment from the democratic national convention -- >> you have sacrificed nothing and no one. emily: a heartbroken father, calling out the republican nominee while giving a raw and emotional tribute to his son fighting in iraq, trump responding in an exlusive interview with abc's george .tephanopoulos >> i think i have made a lot of sacrifices. i've work very, very hard. i've created thousands and thousands of jobs. emily: but trump had more to say. >> if you look at his wife, she had nothing to say. she probably, maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. emily: ghazala khan say

scientists say overall, it was a success. emily: the red sox have a tough series finale against the royals. david ortiz gets the sox on the board in the bottom of the fourth with a solo homerun. xander bogaerts gives the sox the lead with a 2 rbi single. but the royals came out on fire in the 6th scoring eight runs. sox lose, 10-4. they host the tampa bay rays tonight at 7:10. >> there it is. they did it. randy: an exciting finish to the little league world series. the endwell, new york team defeated south korea in that a u.s. team has won the title. emily: a big night at the mtv video music awards. the former queen of the vmas tried to take back the stage last night. britney spears performed at the awards for the first time in 10 years. however, critics were not happy with her lip syncing performance. randy: beyonce was certainly a big star last night. she performed for 16 minutes from her visual album lemonade. year. and it was none other than the final five who introduced her for the big award. >> beyonce. emily: four of the fiv

it is a red day. emily: -- olessa: thank you, cindy. you can see the northbound side heading to the bottom of your screen. so far, a nice and light ride in both directions. no problems, a couple construction problems. no issues here in boston. town, good to go, and we are expecting trains and buses on schedule. emily? emily: olessa, thanks. to the olympic games in rio. this morning, stiff competition between two american gymnasts. needham's own aly raisman defends her title against a teammate. raisman won gold in her last olympics in the floor exercise. she will defend that title today. her biggest competition -- u.s. gymnast simone biles. biles took bronze yesterday after a somewhat disappointing finish to her balance beam performance. she has captured three gold medals in the rio games. american laurie hernandez took home silver on the beam. and check out this finish in lane 7. shaunae miller of the bahamas dove to the finish line to claim gold in the 400-meter final. that dive prevented american allyson felix from getting her fifth ol

you have to go by a lotto ticket. emily: lucky week. a.j.: lucky weather week for those on vacation. once we get into saturday, that is when we have a chance for showers and thunderstorms. we could use the rain. >> anybody can have a bad day, and we here at the show know that as well as anyone. that's why today we're letting players who ran into some bad luck the first time around take another crack at that $1 million. it's second chance week on "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ? ? hey, everybody. i'm chris harrison. welcome to the show. ar [cheers and applause] that's good, because we got a great game going. our returning contestant is a philosopher who believes that fortune favors the bold, and so far, he's taken many risks that have all paid off. he's six questions away from the million. he has all his lifelines. so let's bring him out. from park slope, new york, please welcome back james rowe. [cheers and applause] welcome back, buddy. >> nice to see you again. thank you, thank you.

randy: pizza box leads to major confusion at a busy airport. emily: why it seemed suspicious to one flight crew. and thieves foil their own robbery at a jewelry store. the mistake that led to some fast arrests. randy: this is affecting a lot of people at new england airports this morning. following this breaking news, all delta flights grounded delta says it's working to correct this worldwide issue. we're bringing you new information pat randazzo: when i see those false ads attackini wonder...medicare, ...do they think that we're stupid? we know kelly. walter kolodziej: kelly has always done the right thing for seniors here in new hampshire - she has an impeccable record. mary griffin: we need to work across the aisle-which she does. mimi kolodziej: she's fighting for seniors and protecting medicare. pat randazzo: kelly knows that we need to work together to really preserve and strengthen medicare. emily: good morning. welcome back to the eyeopener. a live look at the zakim. not seeing many delays. no accidents to report. in this department we're do

emily: a saugus man is due in court accused of a violent attack. he is murder and a stabbing saturday night on broadway. the victim, who police have not identified, was taken to a hospital. randy: pills taken from prince's estate contently powerful drug fentanyl. autopsy results show prince died of a fentanyl overdose. authorities are still investigating how he obtained the drugs. a deadly suicide bombing during a wedding in turkey. investigators say it was a child who intentionally debt needed the bomb. at least 51 people were killed and 70 others hurt in this attack on the border with syria. isis has claimed responsibility. randy: a paraglider is dead. police say this happened just after 9:00 yesterday morning just before mass began. a middle-aged man was ora control. the church was evacuated and the service was canceled. this week, governor baker help celebrate the new laws meant to protect. ceremony will be held at the statehouse on wednesday. the law allows first responders to break a window to an extreme temperatures to rescue an animal. they

bad photo, followed by a bad decision. emily: why one woman probably wishes she had not complained about her mug shot. and a terrifying crash, caught on camera. the heroic moment coming out of this 10 car pile up. take a live look. a gorgeous start the day. randy: the eyeopener team ready with your news to go in everett, lawrence and erika is tracking a risky rescue high above a river. emily: but first mike has look at the forecast, and the potential that a couple of you if there are two tropical depressions that come close to us, if you are at the beach you are probably at a moderate risk of recurrence, but as far as guest on, it is over the atlantic and will not have any impact on us what the waiver. the seabreeze nearly 100 miles per hour and this is going to track its way toward europe, a wind driven rain expected there. let's talk abo this, once it becomes a tropical storm we will see if it comes together. as a t-rex its way offshore there's a cold front coming in that will trigger out to see and it looks like it will be mi

a distraction in the dugout for a baseball team. emily: the superstition causing a bit of a sideshow for the royals. erika? erika: then new at 5:30, a birthday surprise for a brave little boy. the big event bringing out the best of the boston strong spirit. and the state is taking action after a patient was left alone in a dialysis center. how the clinic is explaining the major gaffe. teenagers in natick. the excuse they had for police. four hundred million dollars. that's how much charter schools will drain from massachusetts public schools this year. four hundred million siphoned from local districts that desperately need it. four hundred million that won't fund more science and technology, arts or preschool, of students who don't attend charter schools. let's improve public schools for all students, not just a select few. vote no on question 2. cindy: 5:23 now on your tuesday morning. take a look at this incredible video. waters continue to rise this morning. seven people have died as the state deals with a flooding crisis. thousands r

a variety of people. i think it has strategic value to us. emilyusly reported, samsung is in advanced talks with the at to buy some or all of the automakers car parts business. analysts say a deal involving a rally could become the basis for fiat to develop self driving cars in partnership with a tech. company -- tech company. some rivalry brewing in silicon valley. uber is reportedly blocking a senior alphabet executive from attending the startups toward meetings. uber is said to be keeping information from a board observer and executive at alphabets venture-capital arm, google ventures. the development highlights mounting tension between the two companies. unger has previously reported that google has its own right healing avenue in development, a project that dovetails with the search giant's driverless car ambitions. if google were to launch such a service, it would likely compete directly with uber. here to give us all the details is our bloomberg reporter, eric newcomer. there are new reports that google's chief legal counsel isn't even allow

a rough storm. this is in miami shores. emily: and depending on how things go this may not be that bad of a hit cindy? it is headed toward south florida, it gets grazed. and take a look at the gulf -- it is really unorganized and hurricane center keeps downgrading it will develop. they say in the next five days there is a 60% chance. in louisiana, it will bring a lot of rain, so it is good that they are preng see here on the satellite imagery it is very unorganized, clusters of showers and thunderstorms east of the center which is grazing cuba. wind is a little bit gusty, 30 miles per hour, that's the tropical wave, and we are still tracking gaston. it is back down to tropical storm status but it may turn -- it doesn't look like gaston is going to be bothering anyone. right now skies are partly cloudy in boston, and it is a monkey start, 73 degrees and very humid, the humidity really out there this morning. we dropped the lower 70's on the north shore and just a few 60's through worcester counties but otherwise lower 70's with a

emily: a scare at a major u.s. airport sends passengers some travelers ran out of the terminal, even onto the runway. but report of an active shooter at lax turned out to be nothing. abc's elizabeth hur reports now authorities are looking into how this may have exposed a serious security issue. >> shooting in progress. >> reports of gunfire bringing lax to a standstill. >> there was a flood of people that came running into the bathroom saying there was a sending passengers running for cover, some out onto the tarmac. >> we immediately started running, went through the emergency exit that was close to the gate, ran down onto the runway. >> according to police, a false alarm that started with 911 calls about this man. just in his or wrote costume, believed to be armed with a sword, which police later determined was plastic. >> they anything. they explained to me, crazy stuff happens in the airport. >> it turned out to be nothing but love noises, but this comes weeks after chaos erupted at jfk airport. that scare was

emily: a warning for anyone who takes the commuter rail. riders can expect disruptions on that line this spring. that's when the state will launch a $459 million project to compliance with federal safety standards. right now the providence-stoughton line is the only one with positive train control a mechanism that helps trains avoid collisions. installing that technology on all lines will result in some closures on weekends. the mbta is going green at dozens of garages. the agency is installing solar arrays at 37 garages and parking lots around the state. the $51 million project is expected to generate 48 million the t is the state's largest electricity consumer using as much as 42,000 households. randy: a worcester dentist is free on bail this morning after pleading not guilty to charges he touched a patient inappropriately during an exam. in court yesterday, dr. nikhil patel's attorney said his client categorically denies the charges. but according to the police report a longtime patient accused patel of fondling her right now a salem man

emily: a driver accidentally causes a police chase. confusion leading to a big emily: two tragic incidents in recent days are renewing concerns about theme park safety across the country. doug: a freak accident at a county fair ferris wheel and the death of a 10-year-old boy on a water -- raising questions. elizabeth: a trip to a county fair ending in the emergency for three girls in tennessee. kids. they screened a little bit and hit the ground and were laying there. elizabeth: the cart the girls were running and somehow got caught against another just below it turning their cards nearly upside down sending the girls tumbling between 30 to 45 feet to the ground. two of the children were alert and answering questions. i cannot tell you with of the third was or not. the third child does have a head incident under way with all carnival rides closed until further notice. in kansas -- >> a very loud -- i knew immediately that someone had fallen off the raft. the tallest waterslide in the world. elizabeth: caleb schwab was tossed at the end

emily: a strange new twist in a story first on 5. a man is making a new request. , after he was seen on surveillance stealing a signed patriots helmet. we showed you this video on yesterday's eyeopener. a man hops the bar at skipjack's in foxborough, swiping a patriots helmet signed by apologize saying he would ship the helmet back. now the general manager says he got another call yesterday from the suspect asking for the news coverage to stop. lexi was like please, i'm sorry, maybe all this could stop now. i said i can't control that, it's not me. you scared and nervous. emily: the man promised tohi sources telling newscenter 5 the patriots are watching closely. the team says if this man is a season ticket holder he could lose his seats. randy: commitment 2016, new questions for hillary clinton after a report detailing donors to clinton's family charity. at least 85 of the 154 people from private interests who spoke personally with clinton during her time as secretary of state donated to the clinton foundation or pledged commitment

emily: a violent assault suspect is due in court today. the charges he's facing after an attack on a woman who is disabled.ra same town in the same day. the cause firefighters are not ruling out just yet. first, a look at your forecast. first, a look at your forecast. cindy: tempt is right degrees in boston this morning. a warm start here to the week. the wind is under the southwest. a little sticky outside this there are some clouds to the north and west of the city this morning. there even a couple of showers that are trying to pull together out of new york state. we can't rule out a spot shower as a cold front is across the area. through 8:00 this morning, one or two shower starting to pop up here worcester into boston. that front drops out so we are clearing it at lunchtime with lots of sunshine this afternoon. afternoon. 70's this morning we jump up into the 80's by lunchtime. upper 80's to near 90 four high temperatures this afternoon. a lot of activity in the tropics right now, we break this all that coming up in just a bit. let's ge

trains and buses so far on a schedule. emily: new details emerging about a terrifying crash landing in dubai. the plane skids to a stop before erupting in flames. the investigation is turning to how it happened and what the pilots may have forgotten to do. passengers grabbing their things after the emirates 777 skidded to a stop yesterday morning. while the cause of the accident down. if there was a problem, the pilot never told the tower or passengers on board. >> you have to physically put down that year yourself. it will give you warnings of all sorts. you have checklists and procedures. emily: the crash ripped off the plane's right engine, triggering an explosion. one firefighter was killed, but amazingly only about a dozen people suffered injuries in that crash. it did shut down dubai's airport, the world busiest. antoinette: your health this thursday, researchers say a newly discovered source of dietary fiber could revolutionize the food industry. researchers from brandeis university say the pulp left over after juicing ca

emily: a final trip home for a civil war veteran. the remains of private jewett williams have been in oregon since he died in 1922. but now he's finally back home in maine. private williams served with the 20th maine volunteer infantry. yesterday the patriot guard riders escorted finished escorting his remains on motorcycle, across 19 states. dozens gathered for a ceremony to honor the vet's life. >> as a fellow veteran, i believe that we have to pay respects to our veterans know matter past, present, or future. fetish is my way of giving back to them. emily: -- that is just my way of giving back to them. emily: when he died. he will be buried at a veterans cemetery in maine next month. randy: your health this morning: and new fears over the potential spread of the zika virus. experts at the national institutes of health say states along the gulf coast are the most at risk of an outbreak. that's because ongoing flooding in the region are increasing that risk. >> i will not be surprised if we see cases in texas and standing water. ran

a pay wall. that's looking good but it's in its early stages. emilyim kaine responded and mitt romney announced why he's not running for president on medium. how does that come about? do you have a team of people trying to get hillary to post on medium? what's the play-by-play? evan: we have an outreach team that's a white glove service team and they help get the ball rolling. it has taken on its own momentum. whether you are in dc or in that world, if you want to find in an audience, medium becomes the default for that. it really has gotten this momentum now and people from that world read it. if you have something to say, you go there and say it. emily: you mentioned there is one person who has not posted on medium and that is donald trump. evan: we are happily open to what he would have to say but so far he has not chosen to expand much beyond his 140 characters in writing. emily: he has taken fine advantage of twitter. he seems to prefer expressing himself in 140 characters. what has that been like watching trump take off on twitter? evan: kind of

now more a manager of cloud services. emily: obviously they've been trying to make a business transition. going private may help them make that but talk about where rack -- rackspace fits into the cloud space? >> they are certainly a second tier player. them and a lot of. other smaller cloud vfer providers have are not been able to compete because they do not have the stremp. gigantic companies, they need hundreds of thousands of computers to build these services and buying it in such huge volumes gives them very good relationships with their vendors miening they can get good prices and pass that along to their customers and the smaller guys like rackspace just cannot compete with that. emily: we'll see if they can do better in a private setting. thank you for that. and turning to the fight between spotted iffy -- spot ffy and app. according to people familiar with the matter -- bloomberg broke --'s lucas shaw broke the story. .d sp is this as petty as it sounds? >> spotify's argument would be look, if you are going to make an

emily: a while to visit off the cape. fishermen get up close and personal with some very rare visitors on the eye. breaking news this friday morning, a deadly crash still causing problems in the sumner tunnel. olessa will have the areas to avoid in just a moment. good morning, i'm emily riemer. and i'm randy price with cindy and ol cindy: unfortunately it is the last weekend in august. it still feels like august, it is human, but notice what happens to your weekend -- they will go down and there's a nice 70's, 60's out the door in worcester, a couple showers moving through the cape light rain on it and that's about it until western massachusetts and vermont -- this cluster of showers is racing toward you and will probably arrive by 8:00 or 9:00, all ahead of the frontal boundary that will sweep away the humanity as it goes through. very sticky today, with showers and maybe a thunderstorm -- i don't expect any event to be severe, just general thunderstorms. we get into the 80's this afternoon and from late morning to mid af

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emily: a three-year-old boy pulled from a lowell pool has died. he had been in the hospital since august 20. police responded to the home on freda lane and discovered the boy and a two-year-old girl the girl is now out of the hospital. the middlesex d.a. is investigating. randy: five former teachers are now accused of sexual misconduct involving students at phillips academy in andover. the globe reports the allegations were disclosed by the school in a letter to the community. the alleged abuse happened in the 70's and 80's. the school encouraged alumni to come forward about abuse after recent revelations at other elite schools. emily: maine gov the end of his political life is premature. yesterday, lepage apologized for his controversial comments about minorities and drug crime. the governor then went on local radio and suggested that he might cut his second term short, but later in the day, lepage reversed course saying he's not done yet. tampa bay launched a late rally to beat the sox at fenway park. xander bogaert doubled in the sixth inning,

emily: a bizarre crime caught on camera in braintree. a toddler grabbed in the middle of a supermarket. his father chasing after the suspect. and this morning, that suspect who already has a long list of convictions is being held on police arrested stephen o'brien charging him with kidnapping and resisting arrest. he's seen here on friday shirtless at the store on quincy avenue scooping up the 1-year-old, and walking away down an aisle. eventually the father catches up to the man who gives the boy back with no resistance. he then pats the father on the head and walks out. police found him in the woods. right now a framingham teen is behind bars charged with trying to kill his mother and younger brother in florida. 16-year-old gust ramgren allegedly stabbed the two a family trip to siesta key. his mother, who teaches second grade in newton, called 911 to report the attack and that her son had run away. both victims are in critical condition. randy: commitment 2016, republican donald trump and running-mate mike pence will head to baton roug

emily: a connecticut home reduced to rubble. the massive explosion and the victims who made it out alive. questioning why a program to put body cameras on some officers is lagging. why the commissioner says it's been a hard sell. juli: but first, -- emily: but first, changes are coming. cindy: a sure are. we will be near 90 degrees, but right now it is comfortable. 65 in town, skies are clear. not dealing with too much fog, just a little bit on the vineyard, but it is pretty up through the north shore, we have lower 60's. comfortable to start with the clear sky, high-pressure giving us another nice day but with an increase in the wind we will bring in more humidity as the day wears on and that is ahead of the final boundary. you're watching this for tomorrow, triggering thunderstorms across the area, and there is the potential for some of them to be severe. , with just a few clouds this afternoon and temperatures in the lower 70's. by lunchtime we are in the lower 80's and we should top out near 90 degrees. the hottest stuff is t

and fell about 50 feet landing on a plank below. emily: right now, federal aviation investigators are trying to figure out how to get a plane out of the quabbin reservoir after an emergency landing. the pilot, from newport, rhode island, says his single-engine plane began having mechanical problems mid-air yesterday afternoon. the man landed on a sand bar compliments of this year's drought. the pilot is ok he tells us he was flying an experimental plane he built himself. the plane was left on the sandbar overnight in a zone restricted to flying. investigators will meet today and determine if that pilot should be fined. a guilty plea is expected, from the new hampshire state trooper involved in this violent arrest. andrew monaco will plead guilty to three counts of simple assault on thursday. prosecutors say video from sky5 shows monaco punching a suspect after a police chase between new a massachusetts state trooper is also charged. randy: a car smashes into this construction sign in the ted williams tunnel. that sign flies into the left

: what was it like being a female engineer in 1984? ♪ emilywant to talk a little more about you and how you got here. you grew up in southern india. tell me about your upbringing. padmasree: i grew up in a small town in southern india. it is probably a big town now. my father was a lawyer. my mom was a math major but stayed home to take care of us. i was always interested in math and science growing up. i would say i was a curious, troublemaking, precocious child. i would do experiments at home. i would drive my mom crazy. one time, i wanted to see what would happen if you melted plastic. i actually lit a plastic dish on fire. i am terrified now to think i did this. emily: what was it like being a young girl interested in studying stem in india? was there a tension between boys and girls? padmasree: not so much in education, but in engineering. science was different from engineering. there was not much, i would say, encouragement -- there were not many women engineers. there were a lot of women and girls studying science. so i wanted to be a p

emily: a crash caught on camera during a chase in new mexico. what triggered that wild pursuit? cindy: i'm tracking excessivet ishe story tomorrow. the timeline on the heat advisory in place and how lon 90's are going to stick around. ik check out this rare blue lobster. where this beauty was pulled up emily: former mafia boss cadillac frank salemme he arrested on charges related to office saying the charges are related to a 1993 murder in stoughton. salemme will appear in u.s. district court this afternoon. emily: tragedy in florida. a woman accident we shot to death by a police officer. erika: marci gonzalez reports it happened during a safety exercise. marci: police in florida calling it a tragic accident. community event on police safety shot and killed by an officer. there thinking she's going to stand up in a minmarci: mary kns participating in a community role-playing event designed to show the public wwhhat it polica split section decisions -- split-second decisions. witnesses at yesterday's citizen police academy event's citizen police academy event say an officer fired

visit ncicap.org] emily: two robberies, one manhunt. the pattern suggesting a repeat thief is on the loose in billerica. randy: new england lawmakers versus donald trump. some harsh words as the republican fires back at his own party. emily: upgrades on the way at the mbta, but that could mean delays first. when passes for this wednesday morning. >> you are watching wcvb. good morning. this is newscenter 5 eyeopener. randy: also on the eye this morning, a very close encounter on a whale watch. why this incredible view is even more special than it appears, . certainly exciting for the people on board. good morning. thank you for joining us. some places, but it feels good for the most part. cindy: cool overnight. some left with really dense fog. our camera in boston this morning. emily: artsy. cindy: the fog is reducing the visibility. not as bad in town right now as it is another spots, buit plymouth area out to m wa to worcester. lots of 50's. north shore, south shore in the effort 50's. boston, 52. i expected to burn off by midmorning. we will keep climbing aw