jim smith is live at noon with the details. >> reporter: good afternoon. it's been a busy day already in the city of everett. let me get out of the way and show you what's going on. the crews are getting lunch and they've been at it since dawn. hundreds of construction workers taking the the trucks lined up early, dozens of them. a long caravan of construction vehicles. the wind casino project in everett now underway. the $2 billion project sits on 30 acres of land near the mystic river. hundreds of construction workers are already busy. across the street sits a neighborhood where i asked people about issues like added noise. >> that don't bother me. a little bit of noise ain't gonna bother me. >> reporter: would you go to the casino? >> no, i don't gamble, i never have. >> reporter: do you like the idea of a casino across the street? >> it's fine for me. >> reporter: would you visit it? >> probably -- hmmm -- yes. >> these are concrete cylinders. >> and fema set up shop and control for construction materials used to build the casino complex. >> any of the

wbz jim smith is live with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning a beautiful morning at humarock but concerns about riptides and rip currents are a fact of life up and down the coast and yesterday that was the situation humarock one of four beaches here that was declared off limits to swimmers yesterday afternoon. rip currents -- egypt and peggotty beaches. rip corns sometimes a problem. -- currents sometimes a problem. a hundred people are killed by rip currents each year when they get caught in the currents and tired and panic and drown. experts say if you are caught and begin to be carried out to sea, try not to panic. don't fie fight it and -- fight it and swim pairel and swell across once you are out of the influence of the current, try to head back to land at an angle. once again back out live here, humarock one of the four beaches beside peggotty and egypt closed for swimming. we will see what the declaration is for this afternoon. jim smith. >> a beautiful sunrise there thanks so much. >>> new this mo

jim smith, wbz news. lisa? >> jim, thank you. >>> a framingham teenager is behind bars for an attack on his family. the air is societia, florida sheriff ramgren confessed to stabbing his mother and his brother, both now hospitalized in critical condition. ramgren is held without bond. >>> the need for rain rain in massachusetts is at a critical level. the boston area is in an extreme drought, something we haven't experienced in 20 years. you can see how how widespread dire situation. christina? >> reporter: david, he said this is a widespread problem and already hitting farms like this hard. behind me here is the pond that feeds the irrigation system for crops. and you can see how low it is. all you have to do is look at the ground to see how parched the earth is. >> usually i fertilize this like a carpet. sean like everyone else's, brown and where he has garden, just dirt. >> usually, all kinds of flowers, tulip that is i plant every year. >> reporter: he feels guilty to bring the hose out when communities are

jim smith wbz news now back to you. >>> today residents will get the chance to weigh in to have boston police officer wear body cameras. our anna meiler is live in mattapan with a closer look at that proposal anna. >> reporter: and that hearing will be here at the mildred review the police department's plan to test out body cameras and residents are welcomed to come give the input. the department recently announced it would conduct a 6 month pilot program with 100 officers volunteering to wear body cameras while patrolling. civil rights activists had been pushing for police to use body cameras after officer-involved shootings across the country. they argue it will increase transparency accountability and trues trust between law enforcement and community members of the last month department announced it reached an agreement with the police union to conduct the pilot commissioner evans says he was hoping for an august launch but it has not taken off. if you want to weigh in on the program, you can come to the mildred community center at 5:30 tonight. reporting hive in mat a -- live in ma

live in everett jim smith wb ask. this-- wbz this morning. >>> an i-team investigation that is sure to get a lot of attention. how safe is the drinking watter. >> there are lead pipes underground to thousands of massachusetts homes. ryan cath explains many sit-- kath, planes many have known. granted. >> what color cup you want. >> reporter: but that changed for susan arena when she opened up the letter about the water pipes leading to her home. >> your service line is it dent fied as possibly can be identified as possibly containing-- pos eye-- identified as possibly containing led. >> reporter: she was one to get a letter from the city as a parent what's the moment hike. >> scarry and feeling a little out of control and immediate fix. >> what letter does this look like. >> reporter: with good reason. experts have known for decades that lead causes developmental problems in young children. here's a closer look at the problem. there's pipe connecting the water main under the street to the home. the city is responsible

live in chopper 2, jim smith, cbs2 news. >> jim thank you. going to be a rough ride there. alternate side is in effect citywide. be safe, don't text and drive. chris and cindy back to you. >>> okay thank you. now the campaign 2016. hillary clinton holds a rally in philadelphia today and donald trump does the same in wisconsin. >> yesterday trump unveils the clinton brought out vice president joe biden to campaign in pennsylvania. cbs2's jessica layton has the story. >> reporter: with a calm and at times unifying message -- >> we want to build bridges and erase divisions. >> reporter: donald trump stressed to supporters in ohio he will get to the root of radical islamic terrorism and weed it out before it gets to our borders. >> only admit into this country those that share our values and that former new york mayor rudy giuliani says were targeted during the world trade center attacks. even though it appears he had forgotten when the attacks happened. he said this while introducing trump. >> under those eight years, before obama came along, we didn't have any successful radi

let's get out life to jim smith and where he is live. >> reporter: this is a sad story. this is all remaining of the family home here in swampscott. it is badly damaged by fire. a fire police say was deliberately set by the owner. he is accused of torturing his home ablaze because he was being forced to move out as part of a pending divorce. prosecutors say he set the house on fire with gasoline calling the fire a beautiful thing. >> he confirmed he was the home owner. when asked if he had connection, he stated, i did it. i poured gasoline. my wife is moving in tomorrow. officers also noted he was laughing and making jokes. >> reporter: defense lawyer says his client denies and he says the couple's three kids and wife were not in the house and brosnan removed the family cat. >> he is going through difficult time. it is the end of a 27-year-old marriage with three children. this is totally the antithesis of everything that i know about the man. >> reporter: he was ordered anything but dangerous. >> he is a very nice, kind man. he would help you anyway, anytime. >> reporte

jim smith reports how the cruise kept it from becoming a disaster. >>reporter: fire crews were still dealing with hot spots several hours after flames broke out at a huge lumber yard in kingston new hampshire. the fire at northland forest and spread to multiple buildings. nearly 50 firefighters from 20 towns rushing to the scene daylight revealed heavy damage, a smoldering pile of rubble. >> three out of the six buildings that ended up burning were fully involved. flame was probably 50 feet or 60 feet in the air. the amount of viral load at the lumber yard, the hard wood and the fire load intense. >>reporter: this fire was first got . well. >>reporter: specifically to 1000-gallon liquid propane tanks. luckily the fire did not spread further. neighbors live right next to the fire e. get much sleep. >> unbelievable. huge ball of fire. it was over the trees and every once in a while you would hear a boom. boom and then it would go right up in the sky. >> authorities say the millions. one firefighter to do for heat exhaustion and released. in kingston ne

jim smith is live in roxbury with the latest. what can you tell us. >> reporter: we are just getting the information now. this is breaking news story law enforcement boston police and state police investigating this. once again this is a missing 9- year-old boy out of roxbury we are told. let's give you name 9-year- old kelvin martins that's the name of the child. father around 11:40 lft night in the vicinity -- last night in the have i vie sinity of 1 -- vicinity of 198 blue hill. his father is a suspect in a nonfatal shooting juan powell. his father is wall ayala powell. the child is juan ayala massachusetts 2jj179. we are geting that information now. no information where the vehicle that green 2004 ford explorer might be heading. anybody that sees a car fiting that description and little 9- year-old boy and suspect obviously is requested to call their local police department immediately. story just breaking now and developing-- the story is just breaking noun and developing. jim smith wbz news. now back to you. >> we will cont

jim smith is live at scituate with the very latest. jim. >> reporter: good afternoon. i have breaking news. we just received word a few minutes ago that all beaches in scituate are now reopened to swimming because of concerns about riptides that was not the case earlier. but now they are reopened to swimming which is good news here at humarock beach it is packed and the beach reopened right now but that doesn't mean water is not still rough. >> riptides are strong right now. >> reporter: the surf is up at humarock beach but not just thewaves on thursday they closed the beach and three others because of riptides. today surfers were in the water >> not today i wouldn't i wouldn't feel safe swimming with that current records jeff peterson could feel it. >> i wouldn't go in unless you a strong swimmer or have someone nearby with a boogie board something to float on because it's dragging strong. >> reporter: a rip current can take you out to sea those who have experienced it don't forget it. >> very scary. trying to stay calm and i just remember hearing you are supposed to

our jim smith is live now with the latest on this breaking news story. jim? >> reporter: ken, this fire was obviously terrible. but the good news tonight, the incredible news, is that there are no serious injuries. unfortunately, as you can see, the damage has been done. take a look at what is left of this home. just a shell of -- charred steaming timbers and bun of the biggest -- one of the biggest chng thing from spreading even further. the roaring fire broke out at 1,120th street a blaze that quickly went to five and then six alarms. from land and from the sea it could be seen for miles. the flames threatened other nearby homes, a serious situation made worse by the intense heat. >> very hot in the eat. that's why -- heat. that's why it took double the manpower to fight it with heat like this. attack. that makes it better but still, a tremendous effort in the heat like this. >> reporter: fire departments from at least five different communities were called in to fight the flames. finally, by late afternoon, the fire was brought under control. somehow the f

jim smith was there. >> at this time we would ke honor vanessa. >> reporter: a heart broken community remembering one of their own gathering in honor of vanessa marcotte. she loved running so sunday night the community did just that. dozens of people from throughout the area on a 3-mile jog. a week after the 27-year-old woman disappeared on a run near her mother's home. her body discovered in the woods. >> we want to honor the fact day at that time a right each one holds in the community. >> way to go. >> reporter: it was a way for people to show support for her grieving family and strength in numbers. police have received nearly 600 tips in the investigation but there is so far no arrests. >> it put a big scare into everybody in town. whether it is male or female and i thought it was important for us to you know get together as a group and community to you no-show our and strength for the family the victim and just you know get back out there. >> reporter: just up the road the heritage bible chapel held a prayer night dedicated vanessa's family and police and community as a whole. an

jim smith, wbz news. >>> now to breaking news out of texas. a union pacific train carrying call has derailed sending 20 cars into a creek. police say a bridge failed in roanoke near the dfw airport. there are no injuries and no other vehicles involved. story about running to help two children, both hospitalized after being pulled from a pool in west lowell. chantee lans has the story. >> reporter: birthday decorations still hang at this house on freda lane. police say two preschool-aged children were unresponsive when they were pulled from a backyard pool. >> i hear somebody saying oh my god and we went to help. >> reporter: bob baker lives next-door thomas a registered nurse of 25 years. >> through here. >> around and over. >> and then somebody -- >> the little girl was on the ground and i proceeded to take over and take care of her. >> reporter: he says he performed cpr. >> checking the pulse first, a a couple of breaths. she was help a little boy when emt arrived. the children are alive and expected to survive. when asked if he considers hi

our jim smith is live on plum island tonight and he joins us with the very latest. jim? >> reporter: well, ken, we still don't know what caused this fire here on plum island. but i can tell you that investigators with the state fire marshal's office were here for most of the evening and meanwhile take a look at what's left of this house. unfortunately it's in ruins. but incredibly nobody was hurt and as you will see, it could have been much w. fire crews work into the night. soaking down hot spots only hours after an inferno destroyed a home on plum island. the five alarm fire broke out sat -- saturday afternoon and it was roaring in no time at all leafing a home in dash -- leaving a home in ashes and badly damaging the others. >> my mom's house. >> reporter: amy's family home neighbors and families. >> it wasn't any one house that anyone was caring about. it was everybody's houses. and everyone just pitched in and people grabbed hoses and buckets and they were throwing water. everywhere. >> reporter: but not everybody was so lucky. kenny doors' family home was incinerat

jim smith is in chopper 2 with details. jim. >>repo: investigation still ongoing around 1:45 this morning a man was found stabbed to death on the waterfront area near the ferry terminal and the baseball stadium. at this point police do not have a motive. they have not released whether or not they have a suspect at this point. there is an investigation ongoing. police, again, around the waterfront area behind the ferry terminal and the ballpark. now, at this point there are no streets closed off, although we are seeing an enhanced police presence in the area. keep this in mind if you're once again, police investigation still ongoing. a man found stabbed to death on the waterfront area. live in chopper 2, jim smith, cbs 2 news. >> jim, thank you. >>> and now to campaign 2016. hillary clinton campaigns in las vegas today, holding a rally and touring a factory. donald trump rallies supporters in portland, maine. in florida last night trump denied claims of turmoil inside his campaign. >> the campaign is doing really well. it's never

jim smith is live in southridge for us. what we want to know is are these fires somehow connected?>> reporter: that is the question of the hour tonight to say the least here fire crews are still at the scene of the first big firebrick that is the big one that broke out early in the afternoon but that is only part of the story. tonight, it turns out there was another fire not very far away. a long busy sunday stretched into the night in southbridge as emergency crews rushed to yet another fire. a house erupting in flames only hours after a gigantic fire broke out downtown. that earlier multi-alarm fire for through a huge brick building with apartments on top and businesses on the bottom. a few firefighters were heated -- treated for heat exhaustion but no one was hurt in either fire. now, investigators have question. >> here a couple years ago, we did have an arsonist who was lighting multiple buildings on fire at that time. i do not know if that is happening today. that is why we will use all the assets that the state has to >> reporter: the downtown fire displaced about a dozen re

wbz jim smith has more for us. >> reporter: a long busy sunday stretched into the night in southbridge as american crews rushed to yet another -- emergency crews rushed to yet another fire. hours after a fire broke out downtown. that earlier alarm fire tore through a huge brick building with apartments on top and businesses on the bottom a fewfor fighters were treated fo was hurt in either fire. now investigators have questions. >> here in southbridge a couple years ago we had an arsonist who was lighting multiple buildings on fire at that time. i don't know if that's happening today. that's why we will use all the assets the state has to help us figure some of the things out to see if there's common threads or if there aren't any. >> reporter: the downtown fire displayed a dozen residents and damaged a number of businesses including a thrift shop dedicated helping the needy. because we just gotten a,000 dollars worth of toys towards christmas for toys for tots and these guys started pulling them out when it happened but they are all good. >> reporter: not everyone was that lucky. some

she talked with jim smeght -- smith and he is live in reading. jim? >> reporter: lisa, this was not a small tree and when it came crashing down t caused a lot of damage and work crews are doing their best to get the oak off the roof. the homeowners have quite a story to tell. >> it was a crack, a loud crack. it wasn't as loud as you would think. >> reporter: joan is shocked oak tree fell into her home in reading. it sliced a hole in her spare bedroom but no one was home. she was out for a bike ride. >> i said a few bad words and i was like, oh, i have to get the cad and dog out of the house, and i peeked in the bedroom where i could see daylight and shut the door and tried 10 times to call police because i kept dialing it wrong. >> reporter: joan's husband happened to be the dpw director in a nearby up to town and he said trees everywhere are under stress. >> i think the big trees, they're drying out. >> reporter: they cut power to the neighborhood and no one was hurt. the family has a repair bill but that's something they could live with. >> it could

jim smith wbz ne you. >> thanks so much for that. >>> new this morning, boston police unions say the officers don't feel safe and believe the city and state are not doing enough to protect them. the boston herald got a copy of a letter sent to the police commissioner by 3 union presidents. among the demands, long guns for patrol officers, ballistic helmets and shields and better bulletproof vests. more officers to cover overtime especially in the summer and take home vehicles for members this comes as the department is trying to get officers to follow through with a request of its own. body cameras by september 1st. commissioner william evans spoke to questions at a public meeting last night where community activists voiced concerns. some questioned why only officers who volunteer will be in the program. and why they will be allowed to look at their body camera footage before writing police reports. >> sometimes an officer in the heat can can get clouded and he may not see things and his memory and looking at the video will get the best accurate pitcher. >> he says it's been a tough

jim smith has the latest from gloucester. >> reporter: late in the afternoon in rough seas, the boat started taking on water and started taking on water. people were getting scared, getting sick, especially when they brought out the life jackets. >> reporter: the sea water was coming in at five gallons a minute. >> we were taking on water. we cut the engine. >> i did used to do commercial fishing in high have been to sinking. >> reporter: the captain of the lisa and jake saving the day, towing the boat in. >> after assessing the situation, the people on board were waving their arms saying "please, please, please. >> reporter: one of the youngest people on board summed the harbor. >> and are we safe now? >> yep. >> reporter: that's what everyone wants to see. a great job by everyone involved. jim smith reporting. >>> a man has been charged after walking into the women's bathroom friday morning and pulling down he urinated in the sink and told her this is a man's bathroom now. >> i don't know why he went into the women's bathroom and said it's the men's bathroom. >> the man has been ch

live in chopper 2, jim smith, cbs 2 news >> jim, thank you. if you choose to go out of your way, the lincoln and holland tunnels are a smoother commute for you. alternate side parking is in >>> the weather will no longer be an issue at the u.s. open >> a new retractible roof at arthur ashe stadium is all ready to go. billie jean king was on hand for the unveiling yesterday. the roof can open in seven minutes. rain delayed the u.s. open at the men's open from 2008 to 2012. this year's tournament starts august 29th. >> i wonder if there'll even be a drop in the sky this time around now that they're ready t wimbledon, so many delays, they needed it. >>> let's check in this morning with "cbs this morning's" gayle king and charlie rose with a preview. >>reporter: we are here in -- hello, chris and mary. an emirates airliner crashes in dubai. plus ivanka comments on allegations of work place harassment. eric trump will be here in studo 57. is in studio 57 and will discuss the state of policing in america and what influenced his decision to resign. >

jim smith has the very latest from plum island. >> reporter: fire crews work into the night soaking down hot spots hours after an inferno destroyed a home on plum island. thve saturday afternoon and it was roaring in no time at all leaving one home in ashes and badly damage willing two -- damaging two others. intense heat melting the siding. >> my mom's house is the house my brother and -- brother and i grew up in. >> reporter: they escaped dang thanks to napes and family. >> -- neighbors and family. >> it was not one house is everybody was caring about it was every one's houses and everyone pitched in and people grabbed hoses and buckets and so lucky. kenny dorr's family hoe was ensign -- home was-sin rated -- was incinerated along with cars. >> it's very upsit setting to something like that happen and your house go up in flames. it's very surreal right now. it hasn't set in. tonight i will not go back to my house. >> reporter: the fire could be seen for miles around from land and sea. the damage is severe. but i credibly no one is hurt the neighborhood from going up in flames. >> mutua

jim smith is in chopper 2 above the scene of the cross bronx that really resembles a apartment for the morning commute. good morning to you jim. >> that's right, alex, and that is it's eastbound right after webster avenue, late running construction. the roadway goes down to one lane instead of the usual three. bumper-to-bumper delays now back to the george washington bridge. the delay begins on the new jersey side, what would normally be about a 40 to 45 minute delay, but with the traffic not moving, that delay is even worse. live in chopper 2, jim smith, cbs2 news. >>> thank you. if you choose to go out of your way to the lincoln or holland tunnel, smoother ride there. effect city wide. >> thanks. in sports which team has bragging rights after last night's final game of the subway series. >> cbs2's steve overmyer. >> the yankees hosting the indians tonight while the mets start a series in detroit. the subway series wrapped up with a bank. now that yoenis cespedes is out for a few weeks, expect to see more of this guy in center field. alejandro de aza was brought in for his defense and

. >> live jim smith over the scene right now. jim, what can you tell us? accident involving two buses. one of them on it side. this happened at the intersection of raymond boulevard and broad street and newark. numerous firefighters ems, and police all on the scene. widen out to give you a perspective of the activity here at this intersection, it's not known if any other vehicles involved in the accident it will people being removed from the bus it's on its side and frferts standing arranged and do not know if there are still people onboard those buses. the toalings number of injuries are extent of the injuries unknown at this too many but we did see at least two people taken off of the bus that it's on its side. again, intersection of raymond boulevard and broad street in newark that intersection shutdown at this time. with all of the activity you can the injured are being treatedded. so we can see at least five people over in this area being treated for injuries. and the investigation will be continuing once the firefighters have made sure everybody is o

back to you. >> all right jim smith live in skyfox h drgs over scene there. jim thank you. j fox means business. >> joining us right now from the fox business studio is lauren simonetti to tell us how travelers lucked out when delta canceled their flight. tell us about this. j i think they lucked out this is a perk, a private jet experience, okay as you know wee hours of monday morning not a good way to stouter the week. delta canceled in three days 2100 flights and well -- delays thousands more than that. passengers are sleeping at airports, they are angry this is expensive headache per delta for 40 lucky passengers from leisure to frequent flyer they get the opportunity to complete last leg of their journey which make getting to their final destination but delta private jet they have a cons using planes to ease congestion is and making it better for 40 lucky passengers. what do you think did it make it better? >> a better taste in their mouth if that's offered to them. the original plane right? >> did they really roll out the red carpet for them as delta private jet is kn

jim smith, wbz news . >>> it's not the news donanted week. coming up next, how bad donald trump's controversial comments >>> the president is spending m. >>> and this is no fishtail. the amazing catchth was just too big to reel in. and we will keep it dry for the e way and your next chance of >>> time working on his golf game this morning at martha's vineyard. nba star chris paul was in a for some with the president's >>> to campaign 2016. a new poll shows hillary clinton leading donald trump by eight points. the latest abc new washed -- abc news washington post shows hillary clinton with a nominee. >>> it's sunday and if you like yosu was a perfect day, especially for people at the pmc. >> the humidity was so low. it felt fantastic. the weather was good. it was warm but once you start sweating, you don't notice anymore. what a fantastic ride. we did it. >> it's about to get really e 9 next potential heand getting uncomfortable by the end of the week. today's high temperatures starting close to 900 but it didn't quite feel like it because the

our jim smith is live in south boston this morning with much more on this story, jim. >> reporter: good morning. certainly mixed feelings this morning here in south boston. the city, the staff, parents program going again. but at the same time, the death of a little boy and his memory remains overpowering. >> there's probably no right time to reopen the camp for the parents. i don't know -- i mean, i can't imagine. i try to put myself in their shoes and i can't. >> reporter: one week to the day after a little boy drowned while attending a boston-run day camp, the summer youth activities program returns to the curley community center in south boston. city staff will reopen its doors to dozens of this the changes we made and they have faith in what we're doing. >> reporter: the city has since added new safety rules, they include a head count of children every hour, all kids in the water must wear life preservers at all times, and also added security cameras at the curley community center. >> we interviewed all the counselors, the lifeguards, the director. you know, everything indicates a

. >> jim smith has a closer look at this year's pan-mass challenge. >> reporter: y might call it joy -- you might call it joyful chaos the finish line at pan- mass challenge, thousands of cyclists home. >> nice job. thank you. >> thank you for riding. >> it was awesome ready to do it again. >> ready? go take a picture. >> the best ride in days. >> reporter: they ride for a cause. fighting cancer. for survivors and in memory of those who passed. >> great ride buddy. >> i lost my dad to cancer in 97 and my mom has been and it's you know for guys -- it's almost like the least we can can do. >> my wife and my mother both have fought cancer in the last couple years. i lost two cuss ipse and an aunt and so, finishing first is nice, but it's the cause that matter. >> reporter: it's a real success story. a half a billion dollars raised since this all began back in 1980. >> we raise a ton of money. men and women doing a great job. >> i am trying to get through it like everybody else. wonderful. >> reporter: and somewhere in the madness we spotted our own lisa hughes a pmc stand out year after

jim smith has reasons behind the ride. >> reporter: you might call it the pan-mass challenge thousands of cyclists home. >> you did it. >> nice job. thank you. >> thank you for riding. >> it was awesome. ready to do it again. >> ready? take a picture. >> best ride in days. >> reporter: they ride for a cause. fighting cancer. for survivors, and in memory of those who have passed. >> great ride buddy. yeah. >> i lost my dad to cancer in 97 and my mom and it's you know for-- it's almost like the least we can do. >> my wife and my mother both fought canser in the last couple years. i lost two cuss ipse and an aunt so finishs first is nice but it's the cause that matters. >> reporter: it's a success story a half a billion dollars raised since this all began back in 1980. >> we raised a ton of money and the men and women doing a great job. a lot of fun and the people are wonderful. >> reporter: and somewhere in the madness we spotted our own lisa hughes a pmc stand out year after year. >> hey. how are you? >> somebody the other night at opening ceremony called it the collective joy of the pm

jim smith wbz news. >>> tragedy at a thrill park. next, a child killed on the world's tallest waterslide. police are investigating if it's safe. >>> a yankees legend is leaving baseball. the last time you can see him ? with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance. you're alright... with simply right checking from santander bank. >>> a water park in kansas city shut down after a 12-year-old dies on a waterslide. the slides held at the -- the tallest. the park is closed tomorrow while they investigate what happened. >> reporter: park goers were asked to leave the schlueter bond waterpark -- schlitterban waterpark after caleb schwab died on they are tallest waterslide. >> we honestly don' happened. >> reporter: the schwab family released a statement "we are comforted the leaving he believed in our savior jesus. we will see him another day. waterpark officials offered no specifics. >> our focus is with the family. our thoughts and pray

live in south boston, jim smith, wbz news. back to you. >> okay. thank you so much. >>> a wooster dentist just pleaded not guilty to charges he assaulted a patient. police say a woman called him yesterday morning to say that she was groped by dr. nikhil patel. this was during her appointment. dr. patel was released on bail >>> turning to the weather there noon, we'll take a look look at boston. the rain is starting to move out. sunshine will return this week. meteorologist danielle niles is here. we are looking at a tropical storm earl. >> earl just formed. so the latest update just came out a few minutes ago from the national hurricane center. earl has developed south and west of jamaica. 45-mile per hour winds right going to take a curve toward the coastline of mexico and belize by the time we get tomorrow. and then reemerge after weakening a bit over the bay eventually impacting other parts of mexico was we head into the start of the weekend. but it will be weakened form at that point. we'll keep you posted. areas of rain here in southern nooern

this is all atio live in waltham jim smith wbz news now back to you. >> thanks very much. >>> appreciatethe update. peopl after crossing the streets street in roxbury father and his 10-year-old daughter and family friend in a wheelchair were hit at and seeber street street. the father pushed the girl out of the way likely saving from serious injury. the driver did stop but had front end damagecharges have be filed. >> a beautiful day shaping up out ther getting lower making things throughout the day but how long will it last. danielle niles is here with a first look at the y danielle. >> doesn't it feel nice? >> it does. >> yon feel the relief. couplecumulus clouds and it wia days. weinto the oppressive humidity for the next several. there's a gusty breeze. 84 the temperature in boston. it was in the 70s this morning. so that soupy air mass is gone and. kurt sit of north -- courtesy of the northwest wind gusting over 20 dragging in the drier air. so we woke up and temperatures were in the low 80s. we are only at 84 but we will add a few more degrees by the me 82 in falmouth and beautiful ou

jim smith, wbz news. liam and lisa, back to you. >>> wet weather, heat and humidity tomorrow. danielle is back with the details. >>> it's going to feel like 100, 101, 102 degrees tomorrow. and we're timing out a couple of downpours just pushing off of essex county and hugging the coastline. and pushing offshore in the next 10, 15 minutes. we have downpours from sudbury to whalen. and it's northeast side of shrewsbury. pockets of light to moderate rain. and a few additional downpours. and along the mass turnpike back through springfield. i can't rule out a shower in the next couple of hours. any leftover showers should taper off. and it's all about the heat tomorrow. the morning commute is going to be a warm start. 76degrees. quickly. 90degrees by lunch hour. we may see an isolated storm, dangerous heat and the ride home, 69 degrees. and the feels-like temperatures will be closer to the century mark. i'll let you know how long the heat will stick around. >>> a federal -- has asked glenn beck to reveal his sources. he's being sued for defamation by a man for the attack. beck has

let's get out life to jim smith and where he is live. >> reporter: this is a sad story. this is all remaining of the family home here in swampscott. it is badly damaged by fire. a fire police say was deliberately set by the owner. he is accused of torturing his

jim smith, wbz news. >>> so far you don't have an easy path when toll booths on the pike become a thing of the past, it will take a toll on the wallet. what we'll pay when we make the transition to electronic polling. and some drivers will be paying more and a break. on october 28th. the switch will be flipped on electronic tolling. you'll no longer be paid cash and the toll booths will begin to disappear. >> what are they called? >> gantries. >> the gantries are paving the way for electronic tolling. you'll pay with a transponder or the system will snap a photo you a bill in the mail. >> reporter: the go live date -- the change will eventually make for a smoother commute because drivers don't have to slow down and fight their way through crowded toll booths. >> proposed new rates have been revealed. framington to boston would be the same. contest new ton to we got reaction. >> you're now paying 50 cents more per trip. >> ouch. that's not cool. >> newton corner to worcester, 50 or 60 cents less to drive on the pike. >> i think that's great. >> it's not great for anyone without an easy p

back to you. >> jim smith live in skyfox thank you. >> for a check of the weather. hello. >> yeah show you what's happening out there. temperature trend up and down thing. normal high is 84 degrees. 85 and then drop it back down but keep in mind u up to around 5 that starts u up tomorrow. so even though we're at 90 it is going to feel more like 95 to 100. anyway, we've got 71 degrees central park right now. 76 in bridgeport some 50s up to northwest. most of our dew points are running between about 61 to 65 degrees putting us in a sticky range. but not too uncomfortables point and that will be happening starting tomorrow for most of us. we have a clear sky. not much happening right now. high pressure in control. another quiet day very warm but not so humid so that helps out. a good amount here what we're going to see is our temps climbing up to 87 degrees. warm but dry and relaxing inc. back to 84 by 7 p.m. by tomorrow humidity is back and storm chances out there too is guarantee for rain but a decent chance to see scattered showers and storms through tomorrow being

jim smith, wbz news. back to you lisa and david. >> thank you, and they will be hearing the chainsaws for eric fisher has a look at the forecast. eric some. >>> we had a strong cold front with the tropical air and then the drier air, still gusting to 20 miles per hour and then turned into a nice, comfortable, refreshing bruise with dew points all day. it's not exactly bone-dry air but better than the stuff around here last night. so a more comfortable evening taking shape, mainly clear 70s. 77 in fitchburg and new bedford, a warm spot at 86. it will be a nice evening with the wind continuing to subside as the sun goes down. much temps in the low 60s. headlines to watch as we move forward, another warm and cry -- dry stretch. the humidity is develope for the next several days. d rainfall in the forecast. we'll take a look at that coming up. >> eric, thank you. >>> a 61-year-old carlyle man is in the hospital after a pickup hit his bicycle. he was on trapelo road when he was hit. he has serious head and leg

jim smith, wbz news. >> all the kids are deciding it's cool. >> it's awesome. nobody got hurt and they got rattler by my mom's house. >> did you think it was super cool? >> i remember running. >> we found a frog at our house, considerably less exciting. >>> an afternoon shower has done little to take the feeling of a sauna out of the way. >> there are dramatic live pictures of the big clouds. danielle niles is here with a look at the forecast. pretty active, danielle. >>> it is, lisa, with no severe massachusetts. you can see over the ocean, some of the storms near cape cod day and providence town. a ton of lightning with the storms, and let's take you in and zoom in to where the heaviest rainfall is. i am not overly concerned with the wind damage. what i am concerned with is fall river, typically a spot where we get the heavy rainfall, and just coming over fall river along 138 and and i couldn't be surprised to see poor drain knowledge flooding. you know the drill in fall river, the typical spots with localized flooding. lighter rain right now but coming down

jim smith is on the scene gathering information from investigators. he will be following that story. >>> for now at 5:30 with held cancer medication from her sick son finally -- [ indiscernible ] >> she insisted she didn't give her son chemo therapy because she despised the side affects. she is now free. from prison in april. she won't be going back. today she admit what had he has denied for so many years that purposely refusing to give her son chemo therapy drugs was atemthed -- attempted murder in the eyes of the law. >> can you explain? >> she spent five years in state prison thinking about and it doing things that bettered herself. it was timeor to move on. >> she was convicted of attempted murder in 2011 for failing to give her autistic son the home chemo therapy. as a result prosecutors say his very curable cancer morphed into lethal leukemia. >> he was not a footnote, he was child. it was our job to speak for him and be his voice. >> prosecutors argue that labrie was a bitter and resentful single mom who had -- of her disabled sickly son. >> p

jim smith, wbz news. >>> a man is dead after he fell into a pond in plymouth. the fire chief says the victim is a 69-year-old man totten. he was in a canoe fishing when he went overboard and drowned. state police say the man was not wearing a life vest. his name has not been released. >>> with the hot weather, people packed the beaches but white house beach was closed after a shark sighting. >>> we have an update to a story you saw on wbz news last night . a grandmother was left locked in a dialysis clinic when workers left for the day. firefighters had to rescue clinic. she is bedridden and she was there for three hours yesterday. they are concerned am looking into the matter. >>> four u.s. olympic swimmers including ryan lochte were robbed at gunpoint in rio. lochte says men dressed as police pulled them over and put guns to their heads and took their money at the swimmers are okay. >>> for tom brady, his favorite part of the olympics is over. at the pool or track, watching his wife >>> her stuff at the opening ceremony. >> it was amazing to see her out there

lye in brookline, jim smith, wbz news. >> all right jim thanks. >>> police now say they have received about 450 tips in the murder of vanessa marcotte. they're asking for specific help locating a man who ha fresh scratches, bruises or cuts. police believe marcotte fought her attacker when he was skill sunday -- she was killed sunday out for a job in princeton. police also need to identify any cars seen on brook station road last sunday between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. >>> now a scare on the water, a boston harbor cruise ended up hitting two other vessels. >> no one was hurt. just a little shaken up. wbz's paul burton says a mechanical problem is to blame. >> reporter: passengers on harbor cruise ship experienced quite a jolt as the ship returned on saturday morning to long wharf in boston. the regency came in too fast and too hard hitting two other vessels at the pier one passenger said. >> one of the operators tried to assure the passengers on the top deck of the regency to cam down. they were all up on their feet looked like they were feeling a little bit uncomfortable. >> reporter: you c

live in chopper 2, jim smith, cbs 2 news. >>reporter: thank you, jim. always nice to bring others good news. mass transit on or close to schedule, so that trend continues, metro north, new jersey transit, path trains and lirr. speaking of the lirr, an accident if you are traveling this morning we have an update for the morning ride. if takes you on the ronkonkoma line, crews have completed a new second track from ronkonkoma and central islip, a key step in d progress yesterday. the full new track running from farmingdale to ronkonkoma is expected to be open in 2018. cuomo says the work is part of a major transportation upgrade for the region, including the new tappen zee bridge and construction of laguardia airport. chris and mary, back to you. >> alex, thank you. >>> a post office in brooklyn is being called the worst post office in new york city. >> customers say they wait for hours everyday at the flatbush station. now they're demanding answers about the delays. story. >> everybody has been in line waiting to get their package. >>reporter: things can

in boston, jim smith, wbz news let's switch gears and talk about the weather. another beautiful day but we are still in a drought. will we get to see any rain this weekend? pamela gardner is here with a first look at the forecast. >>> we have a look at a few showers late sunday night. prior to that, it will stay driver any we can 83 degrees in boston. much of the afternoon we spent in the upper 70s. that when direction change coming from the south. there you go. we were in the lower 80s for the last couple of hours. wind gusts 20 to 25 miles per hour from the southeast. the wind gust will stay strong for the evening. temperatures cooling in the 70s. 71 degrees by 10:00. under a mostly clear sky. a little bit of baltimore morning in tomorrow afternoon a high of 80 20 to 25 miles per hour from the southeast. the wind gust will stay strong for the evening. temperatures cooling in the 70s. 71 degrees by 10:00. morning in tomorrow afternoon a high of 85. more humidity with pop-up showers. this all prior to some widespread rain moving in sunday night and into monday.

jim smith, children seriously hurt in this accident on the eastbound pike. the range rover they were in rolled over just before 1:00 near exit 13. paramedics flu an 11-year-old and a six-month-old to a medical center. to adults and a third child were not injured. it took emergency crews a full hour to reopen all the lanes. >>> a teenager has been hurt -- has been seriously her in a dirtbike accident. paramedics flu him to mass general. >>> tonight, a central massachusetts community is in shock. a beloved high school football player has been killed in a crash. austin robbins was a passenger in a car that veered off the road and hit a real trees. as paul burton tells us, investigators say the 19-year- old driver was drunk. >> i can't really believe it just shocked. >> it's awful what happened. >> reporter: students play a football helmet, flowers and a jersey as they try to cope with the loss of their fellow classmate, friend and teammate, number 71, austin robbins, known as aj. >> he was always happy and cared about everybody. >> reporter: the 18-year-old was

this is a live look from chopper 2 where jim smith is above the scene with the latest for us. good morning jim. >> good morning alex a serious accident, two buses as you mentioned at the intersection of raymond boulevard and broad street in newark. the one bus knocked over on its side. we have been watching as that is on its side. we can see at least five people that were being treated for injuries. the exact number of passengers on the buses, a number of injuries, extensive injuries not known at this time. we have seen in this area at least five people being treated for injuries taken off to ambulances. again, the intersection of raymond boulevard and broad street in newark, two buses involved in an accident. one of them on its side. live in chopper >> we are now getting word that other mass transit in the area is affected. make sure you check your schedule before you head out the door. we'll continue to follow this breaking news closely and bring you any developments as soon as they become available. alternate side parking is in effect city wide. be safe, don't text and drive

. >> jim smith is live in south boston now with what we know at this point. jim. >> reporter: and you might expect, intense investigate going on right now. this incident happening at approximately 176 day boulevard right by the beach. in fact, in the shadow literally of the state police barracks. let's take you to the scene now this happened about 8:00. a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle. she suffered serious life-threatening injuries, was taken to boston medical center and we've just learned that had that victim is a 45-year-old female, 45-year-old woman, from quinnzy. now the driver stopped with his 2009 toyota camera see dan. the driver now we are told is a 75-year-old male, 75-year-old man from randolph. the investigation is ongoing. state troopers investigators determining if charges are warranted. the reconstruction and collision team was here up to a few minutes ago. in fact, they took the actual vehicle involved and were doing stop tests on it as they continue. but the latest information we have is that this 45-year-old pedestrian from quinnzy is s

at fenway jim smith wbz this morning. >>> a happy update fo who chewed off part of his foot to free himself from a tether. maverick has been adopted. mspca shared the photos of maverick settling into the new home. the former owner is due in court next week. glad to see maverick. >> i know. happy to see that. >>> ahead, the tv commentator facing a lawsuit over his reporting of the boston marathon bombing. >> also coming up a. new crackdown on the roads from on the death of a boy on water slide. what previous slide he -- riders are saying as the water ticks are out in mass. so check yourself, your kids, and your pets anytime you've been outdoors. check everywhere -- in your hair, under your arms, and between your toes. ck, remove it as soon as you can. use fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick close to the skin. use firm, even pressure pulling straight up, without twisting or turning. then clean the bite area and your hands with soap and water. some tick bites can make you sick. so if you start to feel ill or notice a rash near the bite, >>> it's 4:5 #. a worcester man is due in court -- #:5

live in chopper 2, jim smith, cbs 2 news. is getting life-saving surgery as we speak. it's thanks to two new york surgeons who are volunteering their skills. 1-year-old sandy diaz was born with a giant mass on her face. after multiple failed attempts to shrink the tumor without surgery, the family decided it was time to have it remove. the team at lenox hill hospital is using groundbreaking medical techniques in what it expect to be a five-hour operation. place. >> the day has arrived for when god willing, she's going to be able to, you know, get rid of this. >> the surgery is expected to give sandy the chance to finally eat by mouth and breathe without a tube. >>> pokemon go players are on the hunt just about everywhere you look lately, but one new jersey homeowner has had enough of players invading his property. now he's part of a class action lawsuit against the pokemon company developer niantic. cbs 2's jessica l leighton reports from the pokemon fight. >>reporter: from pokemon go to pokemon no, a west orange, new jersey man is fed up with this wildly popular game

let's go to jim smith, he is live at the fire department and he was there with his 2 young children.>>reporter: k in david a heartbreaking story, the young man drowning at a cape cod pond while trying to enjoy his two young children. we will show you the scene as it unfolded a short time ago on the cake. this happened at 8 pm and fire crews got in -- a 911 call and the -- they rushed to the water desperately searched and after 45 minutes he was discovered and could not be saved. authorities confirmed it began when 2 kids could not find their father shoreline and they were young and they looked up and could not find their father and when the gentleman showed up to go up first when they said we are looking for our father. they could not find him. >>reporter: there is no identity yet that we are told the victim is a mail between 25 and 35 years old. there is no home town and the police will be leading this investigation along with state >>> thank you 10. violent carjacking where a man pulled a gun and took off in their car, the officers followed him to somerville and arrested him, they

jim smith wbz news. >> and the ride is over but the cbsboston.com/pmc if you want to donate. >> glad to see it was a success. >>> just ahead a. new danger out west. >> another wild fire forcing evacuations in california. we will have the latest on the situation there. >> and president obama taking advantage of a beautiful sunday on the vineyard. who joined him for a game of ticks are out in mass. so check yourself, your kids, and your pets anytime you've been outdoors. check everywhere -- in your hair, under your arms, and between your toes. if you find a tick, remove it as soon as you can. use fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick close to the skin. use firm, even pressure pulling straight up, without twisting or turning. then clean the bite area and your hands with soap and water. so if you start to feel ill or notice a rash near the bite, >>> breaking overnight an american kidnapped overseas. a security official in afghanistan says five gunmen wearing military uniforms abducted an american and an australian in kabul. this happened near the american university of afghanistan. both