breaking overnight, state police investigating a fatal crash in leominster. this is the scene just after 11:00 last night on route 190 south of route 2. only one vehicle, an s.u.v., was involved. we're told the victim is the driver. no word on what might have triggered that crash. the son of former israeli president shimon peres confirms the 93-year-old died president obama remembered the life of a n he said, quote, a light has gone out but the hope he gave will burn forever. shimon peres suffered a stroke two weeks ago. he worked to build israel's military and fought for peace with surrounding nations. >> a busy day for the candidates on the campaign trail. donald trump claims victory in the first presidential debate. erika tracking it all for us this morning. >> randy, hillary clinton teams up with bernie sanders for an donald trump is set to speak to voters in illinois, iowa, and wisconsin. most of the polls giving clinton the edge as new comments from trump spark new controversy. trump blaming bad questions from moderator lester holt and what he claims wa

we have leominster to fitchburg up into the gardener area as well as as approaching tewksbury. worcester some steady r with some soaking rain become across 91 stretching across western mass right down near hartford, connecticut. this all has the move on through over the next three, four, five hours some it's a good bet that you're going to see some water on your lawn this morning. thinking about a quarter to a half inch for most towns. once we get beyond 9:00 or 10:00 a.m., there's not a tremendous amount of rain left over. the stuff will dry on out mid-to-late morning. however, near buzzards bay, the about mid-day. so that would be the location to get hung up with some of these showers. generally speaking we're quiet this afternoon into this evening. overnight tonight, you see this, watch these low clouds drizzle back in. this will be the story for the rest of the week. dreariness. areas of drizzle wednesday and thursday, temperatures close to 60 degrees. that is it for high temperatures. and then a better chance of some steadier rain coming in her so cooler, unsettled pattern

also breaking, state police are investigating a fatal crash in leominster. this is south of route 2. only one vehicle, an s.u.v., was involved. we're told the victim is the driver. >> fire at a providence rhode island hotel is tied to a suspected drug lab there. it happened at the hilton garden inn last night. the hotel was evacuated because of toxic smoke. police say they are searching for four suspects. >> today the family of a murder m.i.t. police officer will go national day in honor of sean collier. he was gunned down by the marathon bombers in the days following the attacks. the collier family wants a national first responders day to honor his sacrifice and the sacrifices of all who put their lives on the line every day. >> i feel healthy. i feel healthy. emotionally, i've been through a huge amount. >> right now, that young man adrift in the ocean for days. he's bac this morning we're hearing from nathan carman about the mystery surrounding his voyage. todd kazakiewich with questions to carman about what happened. >> carman's mother is still missing a

leominster getting in on some of the heavier rain. as you look toward the worcester area, you can see on the west side of town we have steadier rain. it's only a matter of time before this does spread in toward 495 and into boston and the coastline. rain is on the way. it's coming with a frontal boundary. ahead of that a southerly wind has allowed temperatures to hold steady through the overnight. we're starting out in the 50's and 60's. in fact, mid 60's right now plymouth to the cape. it is a much milder day. we jump into the 70's. we have wet weather in place through about lunchtime. then eventually we get into breaks of afternoon. between 70 and 75. and in terms of how long this rain is going to stick around, raining pretty good in boston through the morning commute at 8:00 a.m. even through 10:00 this morning, the rain is over in worcester but raining in boston. by lunchtime, that's shifting out. by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, breaks of sunshine. obviously, we're going to be dealing with wet weather for that morning commute. let's get a ch

. >>> in leominster, police say these people used cards at a local business. there's new pictures of the suspects. they might be driving a dark blue volkswagen. if you recognize them, give leominster pd a call. >>> a dorchester man faced a judge today after police say he admitted to hitting and killing a pedestrian and then taking off from the scene. this is anthony buchanan in suffolk county district court. he's accused of hitting the 46-year-old john s simms with a rental car late saturday night in matapan and investigators say into police. he is now facing several charges including motor vehicle homicide by operating under the influence of alcohol. >>> a framingham police officer is denying allegations he committed a sex act in front of a student. walter was fired from his job this afternoon. he was arrested last saturday for allegedly performing a sex act in front of a student employee working in the dispatch center. fsu police chief told us his officers go through a more than 25 step screening process given a badge. >> the officer involved came from a ver

soaking rains in fitchburg, leominster, back into gardner and westminster, as well. then down toward the mass pike. still west of the 84/mass pike exchange. east-northeast. the bulk of this will stay to the north and west of boston, but we still have tons of moisture to go through and a long day ahead of us in terms of dealing with scattered downpours. beneficial rains for a lot of towns as some locations pick up a quick one to two inches of rain. however, when you get too much too fast, it can lead the localized flooding on the roadways. a couple storms may have strong wind gusts with them. a few storms have gusts 30 to 45mph so far this morning. taking you through the time stamp here, going through the entire day, however, we'll be in and out of downpours throughout the day with scattered showers and storms. that continues tonight into tomorrow morning. maybe a leftover shower or thunderstorm into southeastern mass and we have the dry i out tomorrow afternoon. soupy air mass in place. low 70s. temperatures right now, dew dew points close to 70 degrees. no lack of m

heavy rain from warren to the leominster area. we're talking about close to an inch to two inches per hour. if we get the rain to come down that hard, there could be poor drainage flooding. there was a flood advisory up for that reason. there's a little bit more rain that is going to work on in as we get closer to lunchtime. notice how the rain fills on in as we get toward lunchtime and into the early afternoon. that's when the rain may be heaviest around the boston area but still could be a shower toward the evening commute as well. be ready for it at any time today. let's get you out to the roads, see if that rain is causing any problems out there for your morning commute. kevin, how are we doing? >> so far so good. haven't heard of any problems up to the north and west along route 2 in the gardner stretch and up on the everett tu we are starting to see volume pick up here dark and early on the expressway, especially near columbia road. we'll go to the maps and farther south on 93 northbound. heavy again getting into that braint

so from princeton to leominster and shrly extending north and east for now. through up along route 3 and pouring in nashua and wyndham and pelham. the leading edge of the rain is hugging 495 from westford to lowell and parts of the merrimack valley. and we have a few lone downpours over lawrence and stretching back up through hamp stead new hampshire -- hampstead new hampshire. upper 60s for the rest of us. it's sticky and you feel it when you stepout i'd and between now and mid to late -- step outside and between now and mid to late morning the storms refire and have the wet weather gear today. temperatures only rising into the mid-70s. stays humid from start to finish with some leftover areas of rain. generally lighter for the most part for the ride home. breana how does it look on the roads. >> reporter eastbound lanes of the pike before the prudential tunnel. it's blocking the right lane. we probably will start to see traffic back up to here soon. there is also that multicar crash on 495 south in lowell at lowell connector. only the right lane is getting

. >> reporter: it happened friday night before a game against lemen leominster. misunderstanding. >> there can be no disciplinary action done to anybody that does not stand. >> reporter: opong has every right to do what he did. >> we want to build leadership skills in students. we hope that they find constructive ways to voice what's important for them. >> reporter: he drew inspiration from pros like colin kaepernick. he felt compelled to raise awareness about eq i'm trying to help justice be served. >> reporter: negative comments pouring in online. mark's teammates support him even if they don't agree with him. >> i felt what he did was right standing up for what he believes in. >> i respect what he's doing. in my belief i think you should stand for the anthem for america. i do understand what he means. he is active for this week's game. and he plans to take a knee during the anthem again. >> anchor: next on the news station surprised at school. a school assembly leaves a young boy all smiles. tell you about a surprise visitor. coming up next. >> reporter: that'

sera: the army veterans are receiving a lot of support on the road,>> like in leominster, westminster, and salem. but each step is motivated by the struggle fellow veterans suffer. friends who have been injured in combat, friend to have killed themselves. a good friend of like mine acty took his life, my roommate after we got back from afghanistan. sera: o kevin started on his own and then mcdaniel who wanted to join the cause >> a lot of people of orders and want to support them, but they aren't aware of the everyday issues. sera: they are headed south next, then going out wes states, ending in kevin's home of nebraska. it's taking a physical toll, but they are powered by the hope for change. >> i definitely feel motivated. all the support we are getting, all the people rooting for us. sera: sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5. ben: the patriots unveiling new jerseys today but you may want to put on your sunglasses before right now. ed: a mother found dead, her boyfriend wanted for murder. ed: a big fire in the south end. the common household item that may have started it. harvey: the time

so much moisture in the air and the downpours continue from brookfield to barre to leominster to hollis, new hampshire and manchester, new hampshire. a blinding torrential tropical rain we have in those spots. tewksbury dry, same in natick. boston, 72 and dry. mansfield and brockton 70 and dry. driest the longest. your chance for rain really not popping up until we get well into the afternoon and it will continue overnight tonight. new hampshire and central mass, where we are watching for showers at 7:00 this morning. noontime, widely scattered stuff. turns hit or miss this afternoon, 3, 7:00 focused over eastern mass and over to boston. over to catherine parrotta now for a look at live drive-time traffic right now this morning. >> catherine: map is not looking good. 93, 128 doi on the map in the lowell area. i will check on that for you. not seeing any problem around it. down here to the south and slightly west, pike doing okay. 128 okay. the expressway where you are slowing down a little bits you go through quincy. a look at the update from the commuter rail. the fitchburg train at 4:

one person is dead after a serious crash on route 190 in leominster. it happened just before 11 last night. no word yet on the cause. >> christa: and hillary clinton set to campaign with bernie sanders in new hampshire today at a rally at unh. >> sarah: plus the brother of murdered mit police officer sean collier will appear before congress to help introduce a bill calling for an official day to honor first responders. collier's brother will join senator michael capuano to propose the bill. >> christa: and a yankees fan drops the ring. she did say yes, but you have to hear more about how they actually found it. i would be so scared that someone who wasn't come metally honest was in the stands. >> sarah: put in their pocket. >> christa: walk away with that. >> chris: maybe a good ending to that story. if you took out the insurance on the ring, it's okay. 61 in bos 66 in worcester. temperature-wise what you see is what you get. weather falling back a couple degrees along the coastline as highs hold tight close to 60 degrees. the bulk of the rain, the per

. >> anchor: notorious gang leominster indicted on murder charges. >> reporter: and laser danger at logan. pilots say they were targeted. >> anchor: the faa is on this case. >> 7 news at 7 starts now. >> anchor: and we begin tonight. >> and now at 7 hermine churning north. >> you see the most intense rip >> in the path of danger. >> anchor: so we begin tonight with tropical storm hermine. live pictures now. this is myrtle beach south carolina. gloomy skies and down below flooded streets. watches and warnings along the eastern seaboard. >> anchor: and the big question on everyone's mind is where is it going to track for labor day weekend. chief meteorologist jeremy reiner with the latest for us. >> reporter: that's right about wher carolina the grand strand. will move up into north carolina overnight tonight. jump off the carolina coastline the outer banks. from there slow down. the concern as it is slowing down it will be on top of the gulf stream loaded with warm water. that will likely allow hermine to restrengthen back into a hurricane sometime late sunday night and monday morning. you

a couple of sprinkles i have seen in southern new hampshire, worcester county, near leominster. i am not seeing more than a couple of drops. a trace near portsmouth, new hampshire. you can see the clouds build in and they will warm up anyway. in the middle 70s by 11 he clock and hitting high temperatures in the upper 70s and early afternoon. we will go ahead and climb up above 80 degrees in many spots in the greater boston area ahead of this front with a 40%

. >> anchor: notorious gang leominster indicted on murder charges. >> reporter: and laser danger at logan. pilots say they were targeted. >> anchor: the faa is on this case. >> 7 news at 7 starts now. >> anchor: and we begin tonight. >> and now at 7 hermine churning north. >> you see the most intense rip

barre at 34 degrees. 43 in leominster and dropping mid-30s in hollis and londonderry. 30s in tewksbury as well as west pro- medway 36. that is the temperature 36 and below. 36 in mansfield and you can and don't have that immediate coastline. advisory. acushnet at 42 degrees. your hour-by-hour forecast. day planner forecast. 7 a.m. plan on 30s and 40s at noontime. 62 degrees with plenty of sunshine. a nice, bright day. highs will top out in the 50s. a town by town look at what to plan. julie is back with live drive time traffic. >> so far so good. the map north of the pike. route 1, 93 issue 37. pike moving along fine. 13 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. 20 minutes on 93 south. 21 minutes on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. >>> grief counselors expected at a local school of a a 5-year-old boy was hit and killed by a car in grafton. he has not been identified but

heather: 5 investigates has learned the leominster police department helped break up the heroin ring. ed: a belmont man is accused of driving drunk and hitting a lexington police officer on a detail late last night. newscenter 5's juli mcdonald versus five from lexington. juli, the officer is ok? juli: yes, but that driver, sean mckeown, is charged with 3 counts of operating under the influence of alcohol, and since it's his second offense causing bodily injury, he faces a lifetime loss of license if lexington officer that you hit? sean mckeown of belmont rushed passed our camera outside concord district court without saying a word friday. the 44-year-old bartender is accused of driving drunk and hitting a detail officer working in lexington. >> he stated he had just left work at the lexx restaurant in lexington center. he said to the officers he heard his car hit something and noticed he'd hit a traffic officer. juli: frank san servino was ar jacket and standing in a generator-lit construction zone when he was hit. police say mckeown got out of his jeep but at first denied having any

you can see a lot of that is situated along and outside of leominster, keene and jaffrey, new hampshire, all in this frost advisory. and norwood to taunton where we have cold pockets in low-lying valleys, that's where we're finding the coolest temperatures this morning. a lot of 40's on the cape this morning. notice boston holding at 50 degrees. worcester holding at 47. orange to keene flirting right with that freezing mark there. you can see 30's around shore this morning. it is definitely on the chilly side in the northeast right now. but look off to the west. 60's in chicago. these are the current temperatures. it's close to 70 right now in detroit. that little bubble of warmth is coming out ahead of a frontal boundary moving in our direction for tomorrow. we're going to warm up tomorrow as we actually bring in some rain. today we are under high pressure. that means clear skies now and a lot of sunshine in the forecast today but also light winds. winds are kind of shifting onshore. that means the temperatures are going to come to a screeching halt. after we warm up this morning, we'l

. >>> one person is killed in a serious crash on route 190 in leominster. it happened just before 11:00 last night. police say only one car was involved in that crash and there was no word yet on the cause. elderly woman vandalized in revere. police say they are investigating. the couple's son says the vandalism is a disgrace. >> my father is 94 going on 95 and a world war ii vet, and for something like this to happen, you know to a veteran, it's just not right. >> police say they're investigating now both a heat wave is forcing evacuations. >> this is the race to save homes, to so-called loma wildfire quickly dulled in sews. flames exploding 10 stories high. it's fulled by scorching heat, fanned by strong wind and feeding on a five-year drought. region, it's a recipe for disaster, with evacuations underway, 300 structures are threatened. some already destroyed. >> just extreme fire behavior with the drought conditions and heat waves. it's the new norm, typical to fight in this mountain range. >> reporter: for the 5600 men and women battling 10 wildfires ac

in worcester has become a lightning rod after he took a knee before a game friday night against leominster. his twitter feed blew up, especially after he sent out a message saying his coach he took a stand. >>> my coach called me and told me i would be suspended for a game and he is the one that told me to tweet that. >>> it was definite. >>> yeah. >> anchor: the superintendant of school says the coach didn't suspend him. she said he merely suggested that might happen. in any case, he faces no school discipline as somebody might for wearing an offensive slogan on a t-shirt. >>> this was a peaceful demonstration on his part. there was no, and this is key, disare you of public school assembly. there lies. >> reporter: he plays safety for dirty memorial high school says in part he took the lead of colin kaepernick, the 49ers player began taking this step during the national anthem in the preseason. >>> i think it started because of colin kaepernick but it was because of his ideas and his motive that drove me. >> reporter: kaepernick even reeated one of his messages thanking supporters. the te

leominster at 72 and upper 40s in reading. medway at 50. milton, 55. boston at 60 degrees. a little deceiving because the city centers always run a little bit warmer. 40s and 50s for many of you this morning. duxbury at 58. 53 difficulties continuing across the cape but your day planner today has a somewhat slow warm-up. through 7:00 this morning, i am keeping temperatures basically where we are. i think the big warm-up starts between 7 and 8 a.m. by noontime, 71 degrees. 3 p.m., 75 and 68 degree here at 7:00 this evening. the difference between the coast and the cape and our hot spots inland. the town by town look coming up. julie back to you for live drive time traffic. route 1, 93 south moving along fine. expressway speed limit ride from the braintree split to columbia road. 23 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. 8 minutes on the expressway. 19 minutes on 93 south from 49 to the leverett connector. patriots fans who stayed up late weren't disappointed with the outcome in the first game season. the pats kick off the season on the road in arizona last ni

police are investigating a deadly car crash in leominster that happened before 11:00 on route 190 south. the driver of a suv has died. one lane was closed as police investigate the crash. there are no other cars involved and no other injuries reported. the victim's name haven't been released. today. >>> police are investigating another crash in east post where a car hit a pole on mcclellan highway. the scene around 1:30. the driver was trapped inside the vehicle when rescue crews arrived and reportedly had serious injury. several lanes were shut down. the young man at the center of a mystery at 'is pack whom in vermont. >> he is under investigation for his mother's death in nathan carmen as he shore. police searched had is home in have the are the seized electronic equipment and a letter written by him. the 22-year-old said he and his mother linda went fishing on september 18. during an interview, he said his small boat suffered an engine failure and sank. >> there was a funny noise in the engine department and i looked and saw a lot of water. i saw the life raft, i did not see my mom.

smuggling ring of drug bust led to 25 indictments in five different states including a case in leominster. officials say the dealers were mixing lethal products into the heroin they put on to the streets like roach killer. they said suspects knew products would kill people. >>> caught on camera three would be robbers learned quickly they pick the wrong house to rob. measures to protect herself and her property. christa delcamp has full story. >>> she exercised her right to defend her livelihood and rober. >> reporter: watch as a woman rushes from her bedroom, opening fire on three men who kick in her front door the woman a restaurant manager is staying with a housemate when she hears the three intruders, guns clearly in hand. police say they came here for cash and met their match. >>> did they shoot you? gunfire and drywall debris clouds the dark home. one man runs through a glass door. the man in the wake dies of his injuries in the driveway and the woman seen here being consoled by that housemate lives to tell the tale. police also describe what happened. >>> it's not common that we rec

. >>> new morning, one person is dead following a late night crash in leominster. it happened shortly after 11:00 on route 190 south. state police say it involved one suv and the driver was the only person killed. there were no other injuries and investigators spent much of the overnight trying to figure out what caused the crash. all lanes on the highway are now back open. >>> a home in vermont this morning after being rescued by the coast guard. he was stranded on a life raft for days when he left rhode island on his boat for a fishing trip. this morning, there are still many questions what happened out at sea. >>> the big one, of course, is what happened to the man's mother who was also on board. fox25's michael hen rich is live in boston. police took some items from that man's home for their investigation. >> reporter: that return search warrant show that computer equipment, a sim card, and a hand-written letter written by nathan himself. so many questions do remain from exactly how that boat sank some 10 or 11 days ago to new information about his return here

player in worcester has become a lightning rod after he took a knees governor before a game against leominster. his twitter feed blew up especially after he sent out a message that his coach suspended him for a game because he took a stand. >>> my cove called me and told old me i would be suspend for a game and he is the one that told me to tweet that. >>> it was definite. >>> yeah. >> reporter: the superintendent of schools says the coach didn't suspend him. she said he merely suggested that might happen. in any case, he faces no school man has done anything wrong? >>> i don't think -- i think the young manifold, i don't have a right or wrong feeling about it. i think he followed what he felt passionate about and the law says that he has the right to do that. >> reporter: michael who plays safety for dougherty memorial high school says in part he took the lead of colin kaepernick, the step in the preseason. he is become on field for practice today. the 16-year-old hopes he and his coach can have a good relationship this season. he says he has experienced raism and although he said he never ha

it happened on route 190 in leominster. just before 11:00 last night, police say one car was involved in it. but no word yet on exactly what caused the crash. >> sarah: also this morning, a mystery at sea. a young man is talking after he was rescued from a life raft off the coast of martha's vineyard. nathan carman's mother remains missing and is presumed dead. carman returned to his home in vermont last night. 7's tim caputo was there live. tim, police are searching his house now? >> tim: yeah, that's right. they searched the home a couple days ago looking for two different sets of potential evidence in this case, one relating to the possible location that they were heading for this fishing trip because there is some discrepancy between the 22 year old and his going. and the second was looking for evidence of repairs to that boat, possible repairs that could have left that boat unsafe to operate. this morning that 22-year-old is back home here in vermont after a week floating alone on a life raft in the atlantic ocean. nat

. >> anchor: a moose spotted in downtown leominster walking through backyards on union street. this happening thursday morning. so caroline conte who lives on union street took a few photographs of the moose in her yard and says the moose is only about 20 feet from her deck. typically aggressive residents should be cautious. it looks like maybe a baby or smaller one. >> anchor: look at. this a team effort in harwich this morning after a deer gets loose in a construction site. you can see technical rescue police and fire in trying to wrangle that deer and bring him to safety. they were eventually able to capture him and cap you're him to safety on a strepper. a good ending there. good when you see people helping out animals. remember we're in a position to not able to help themselves. we're lucking ahead maybe you want to do some indoors plans. >> anchor: maybe a movie or read a good book. >> reporter: absolutely. we didn't have a lot of these wet as we made it through the entire summer so here is our turn saturday versus sunday i think one day wetter than the other. it does sta

leominster getting in on some of the heavier rain. as you look toward the worcester area, you can see on the west side of town we have steadier rain.

right now the worst of the weather is just minutes away from leominster so heads up to the folks in leominster, expect some heavy rain here in just a couple of wins. some wind gusts over about 50 miles per hour and also some frequent lightning and again this entire line is moving east at about 35 miles per hour. that means bill raka you have about 45 minutes or so before all of that gets to you and gets inside 128 and gets into the immediate boston area in manchester, same idea, in just a few minutes here expect heavy rains, some gusty winds and some frequent lightning. we we've been getting lots of reports of trees down as this line rolled through other parts of new england a little bit earlier this morning the it was in western massachusetts through the berkshires and lots of reports of trees down. some trees also on power lines causing some power out ands as well. that's primarily what we're expelling, haven't been getting any report expecting tornados whatsoever. again, this is mainly straight line wind damage with these thunderstorms. because they are moving so quickly they will be in and

player in worcester has become a lightning rod after he took a knees governor before a game against leominster. his twitter feed blew up especially after he sent out a message that his coach suspended him for a game because he took a stand. >>> my cove called me and told old me i would be suspend for a game and he is the one that told me to tweet that. >>> it was definite. >>> yeah. >> reporter: the superintendent of schools says the coach didn't suspend him. she said he merely suggested that might happen. in any case, he faces no school man has done anything wrong? >>> i don't think -- i think the young manifold, i don't have a right or wrong feeling about it. i think he followed what he felt passionate about and the law says that he has the right to do that. >> reporter: michael who plays safety for dougherty memorial high school says in part he took the lead of colin kaepernick,

. >> sara: new this morning state police are investigating a deadly car crash in leominster. this happened shortly before 11:00 last nate on route 190 south. state police say the driver of an suv has died. one lane was closed overnight as police investigated the crash. there were no other cars involved and no other injuries reported. the victim's name has not been released, and we expect update sometime today. police are also investigating where a car hit a pole in mcclellan highway. this was the scene at 1:30 this morning. the driver was trapped inside the vehicle when rescues arrived and reportedly had several injuries. seller lanes were shut down while police investigated. >>> sara: and police responded to what appears to be a car crash that crashed into a house in taunton. this happened at around 10:00 last night on heart street. the collision left a front of the vehicle smashed in and caused the grill to fall off the car. no word yet injuries in this crash. >> gene: developing this morning the fbi not saying much about nighttime raid in quincy. the camera spotted agents

, we got 48 in north grafton, 52 in leominster, 41 in ringe, new hampshire, 43 in london der all in the 40s. might have 60 in boston but lynn at 55 and milton at 54?. lower 50s for the south shore down to falmouth at 53, same on the vineyard this morning and your day planner has kind of slow warm-up. like i said, i expect, you know, not just boston which is at 60 now but the rest of us play catch-up through 9:00 a.m., land at about 71? at noon, mid-70s for highs today but there will be a difference between the cities. julie grauert back now with live drive time traffic and update on the "t." >> because we check weather and traffic every ten minutes and how the stuff unfolds and hopefully resolves itself but right now on red line i have been reporting on severe delays because of disabled train between quincy adams and braintree. now we know shuttle buses will be replacing train service between braintree and quincy adams and map where the accident in the process of being cleared on 128 southbound near route 9 in wellesley. shifting slightly north, route 1 very slow going from 128 down thr

last week michael opong took a knee during the anthem before a game with leominster. he is protesting in justice against minorities and tells us he will kneel down and teammates time. >>> gene: tom brady says he chooses to stand to reflect on blessings he has had but when asked about other nfls choosing to kneel in protest, tom brady says it is our responsibility to do the best we can to change things we like and that's part of social responsibility and everybody is going to do it in their own way. >> catherine: 7:40. we track traffic and weather together every ten minutes. live look at 93 south as you go there you somerville, sullivan square area, stop and go traffic. very typically is at this hour of the morning and we will have drive times coming up for you. shiri? >> shiri: partly sunny right now, 40s and 50s, got chilly bus stop for all the kids this morning, even boston starting out in the 50s this morning. 3:00 p.m. drive home from school, 68 to 74. how is that for a warm-up, clear out as well. big changes this weekend and break them down next. >> gene: nothing

and leominster 68, 68 in nashua, new hampshire with tons of clouds and, of course, we got those clearing skies on horizon and noon time 76, still mostly cloudy in places like keene, new hampshire, southwestern new hampshire that's where we will be brightening up and work its way down toward boston so at 3:00 p.m. 82? and gradual clearing commences and by 7:00 this evening, most of us are going to see broken up clouds. just the cape where i'm concerned about the clouds getting a little bit stuck. julie is back now with live drive time traffic. >> julie: still seeing slow spots throughout, shiri and keeping an eye on them and one of them 93 south and accident on to columbia road. these are conditions like i mention on zakim still very slow going. here are live drive times, route 128 to the tobin and 52 minutes 93 south and 44 minutes which is a major improvement on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. >> bombs waking up in a hospital and held on more than $5 million bail this morning. this as we learn new about ahmad kahn rahami and investigation that led to the arre

and a man is accused of a cold crime in leominster. he stole two designer winter coats at the mall. they didn't give out the name of the store, but if you have in information at all, you're asked to call police. >> sarah: a driver's car is airborne and ended up in the cape cod canal. somehow the driver wasn't seriously hurt. 7's nancy chen joins us now with more on this dangerous drive. nancy? hard to believe the driver got out of the water on his own. now police want to know why he ended up there in the first place. more than drenched, this 2006 ford focus is downright destroyed after police say a bourne man purposely drove it right into the cape cod canal. >> it was instant. it happened in a flash. >> nancy: this man was having a meeting on the cape cod canal observation deck tuesday morning when he noticed a man acting he looked around. he got back in the car and adjusted his mirror. >> nancy: then he says the man stepped on the gas going about 65mph, dropping about 40 feet into the canal. >> it started here. the vehicle nose dived and about 15 or 20 seconds later he emerged from

heaviest rain leominster to worcester. see the yellow? this rainfall rate over 1/2 inch per hour. light to moderate rain whole band is moving steadily eastward. you haven't seen much yet, but that rain is incoming with this frontal boundary. once it crosses, big upper-level low will give us a stalled weather pattern. showers are coming through the morning commute at 8:00 a.m. and by noontime you can see everything is offshore. still a lot of clouds. we start to brighten things up. during the afternoon hours and this evening, we try to clear things out, but overnight, a northeasterly wind develops and clouds back in off the ocean. temperatures hold in the 50's to near 60 degrees. those clouds back in off the ocean and get stuck in place the rest of the week. big upper-level low sitting and spinning to our south and west is going to keep the weather pattern from changing until the end of the week. we're talking about temperatures stuck in the 60's with the wind coming in off the water. it will be cloudy, cool and damp with drizzle. could be steadier rain friday into saturday. then t

we also had one injury as well out in leominster, a tree they came down on a gentleman. by ambulance. brookline, 53 mile-per-hour wind gust's. so on and so forth. these were powerful storms. they brought change, big-time. the oppressive humidity levels came crashing down. a close start at the bust up tomorrow morning. we will have your full forecast in just if you minutes. reid: -- rhondella: thanks, aj. commitment 2016 now, hillary clinton stumbling today outside an event to mark september 11. the democratic nominee leaving early. this all comes as rival donald trump has been raising questions about her health. newscenter 5's shaun chaiyabhat joins us from the newsroom with more. shaun: the clinton campaign said she felt overheated this morning. she appeared fine as she her daughter fell home this afternoon. but now, her health is now the biggest headline of the campaign today. this was hillary clinton leaving the 9/11 memorial in new york this morning. apparently shaky, after attending for 90 minutes but leaving early. she appears to stumble. secret service agents supp

. >> three-quarters of inch in acron, high winds i was here at leominster park 30:00 yesterday morning and state right through. >> i was >> done by seven. >> a lot going on. >> in the aftermath. >> now refreshingly cool. i'm showing you ford first alert doppler radar for one reason because there's nothing on it and that is the great news and there won't be for awhile, let me tell you. let's take a look at the sky over our part of the world as we make our way through the day. not only clear skies across our part of the world but across the early light and chester as we take look at crimson beneath the silver. walking out the door, heading to sunday service or wherever you are about, because we are along the lake and lake 75 we are going to be milder than inland temperatures like 59 strongville and we have a refishing start, fall like feel in the temperatures take a climb from the lower 60s up into only low 70s today. again, average high 76 and we are going to be below that for the first time in quite awhile. a little bit of taste of fall. the caveat on the day is lake because small craf

it extends from nashua through leominster. the gardner area. it's off just a little west of west boylston. you'll be getting showers there shortly as it drifts east. traveling along the masspike, as you head toward sturbridge, a few showers shortly. traveling on the masspike, you'll run into a few showers. if you keep traveling on 90 we, it's going to be hit or miss. here's the map at 9:00. here's where it's at. moves its way to essex county and down east maine. we look at another batch that may develop around lunchtime. it's not a guarantee that's where it's going to happen. the atmosphere is juicy, ready for showers to develop. that's why they'll happen just about anywhere, but not a lot today. more will be happening as we talk about later on tonight. it will impact your morning commute in a few moments. antoinette? antoinette: mike, thank you. now to that breaking news from new york this morning. an explosion rocking a busy neighborhood in manhattan. at least 29 people are injured this morning. todd: the fire department saying most of those

kris: oppong says colin kaepernick inspired him to take the stand during friday's game against leominster. >> i realized there was something i could do. raise kris he later posted on story blew up. black lives matter posted messages of support. >> some are calling me a hero. i'm just trying to help justice with served. >> but the superintendent of schools in worcester wants the clear the air, saying at no time was oppong never suspended. >> there can be no disciplinary action done to anybody that does not stand. >> kris: the superintendent says she didn't find out what happened until sunday and thinks it was all a miscommunication between the player and the coach. >> we want to build leadership sk i that they find constructive ways to voice what is important to them. >> kris: oppong's teammates stand by him even if they don't agree with what he did. >> i supported him 100%. i felt like what he did was rights, standing up for what he believes in. >> i respect what he's doing. in my belief, i still think he should stand for the anthem for america, but i do understand what he means. game. he

you can see a lot of worcester county from leominster to berry down through southern worcester county as well. we get these cold pockets here. every morning we're showing you norwood, taunton, cool pockets. here showing up. right at the freezing mark in taunton. 30's have snuck into the south coast around new bedford. notice martha's vineyard is in the upper 30's as well. we have reading in the mid 30's from bedford from nashua. there will be some frost out there this morning. not as much of an issue in the city of worcester and also in boston where we're holding at 49 degrees. this is one of the coldest mornings we've had in a long, long time. now. that's some warmth streaming ahead of this frontal boundary pushing toward us for tomorrow. as it approaches, our temperatures are going to warm up tomorrow. it will come in with clouds and rain. this morning it is clear and we are going to see a lot of sunshine today. notice by 11:00 a.m., that wind is onshore. a sea breeze develops pretty quickly this morning. that's going to hold is in the low 60's at the coast. mid and upper 640's inla

in leominster, 62 in worcester, 60 in north grafton, still 54? in londonderry, boston 66, one of the hot spots, lynn at 63, so gloucester, hull and milton, 63 now the number in natick, tewksbury at 59? and medway she upper 60s now for the south shore down to sandwich at 64? and harwhich at 63, warm-up underway and by noon time we are going to be rocking lower 70s. sun all throughout the afternoon, warm conditions here for bus stop kids coming home from school at 3:00 with a lot of middle 70s, a little bit cooler at the coastline. coast and cape today top out around 72?, inland towns and cities closer to 77. so i got a little town by town minutes. julie grauert live drive time traffic. >> julie: heavy, stomach through the lexington area and approach route 2 in waltham. 93 south sluggish through medford near route 16 and 60. south of the pike expressway, that's the slow spot and things still slightly backed up to the leverett connector on 93 south. here are live drive times, 32 minutes on pike eastbound from 495 to mass ave. 29 minutes on the expre

promote the bill that would lead to the creation of national first >> christa: a deadly drive in leominster. one person was killed in this crash on 19 0. this was right before 11:00 last night. no word yet on the cause. new hampshire state troopers investigating a deadly crash there, following a chase in manchester. officials say a hingham man was driving erratically and refused to stop for police early tuesday morning. the man reached speeds of up to one hundred miles per hour. drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors. >> sarah: canton pol alarming crime at an elementary school. fast group of people were seen on surveil vail lance video here setting on fire at a playground. the video shows them rolling a flaping trash barrel, a paper across the playground. the suspect set a dumpster on fire as well. >> they damaged the playground in a way that made it difficult for our kids to enjoy it. >> my kids, they were surprised. they were like, you know, who are these bad people out there? videos they are analyzing. >> christa: parole denied for rod matthews. 30 years ago, matthews used a baseb

. >> the state police gang unit seizes guns, drugs and cash in leominster and fitchburg. the police were executing search warrants when they found six guns, drugs, and a large amount of cash. they found some of the bills stuffed in that piggy bank you can see there at the top of the photo. they made a total of five arrests. >> commitment 2016 this morning. hillary clinton's campaign has a new home in boston. supporters and campaign workers officially opened the new hillary for massachusetts office last clinton, meanwhile, met with national security experts in new york. after the meeting, she said she's disappointed that rival donald trump would continue to praise russian president vladimir putin on a russia-funded television network. the republican nominee has faced backlash from both parties for praising the russian leader. trump was interviewed thursday by larry king, whose current show airs on rt america. that network is funded by the russian government. headaches for party leaders. house speaker paul ryan calling putin an aggressor. abc's political ed tore calling it

leominster 59 fitchburg down to 54. but we have to hop all the way to cape cod there are cool spots out there cape cod. those are th right now. these are your temperatures overnight in boston dropping down through the 50s right back to 66 by 10:00 tomorrow morning. we're going to be warmer tomorrow afternoon with some 70s as well. down to 52 in worcester in the morning. again like last night the suburbs of boston and worster will drop into the 40s. not expecting as many upper 30s as we saw last night because the air mass is starting to moderate but there can be a couple that actually reach just below 40 the dry air. ahead of this next front temperatures it will be a little bit warmer and the humidity will increase this happens ahead of a cold front typically as winds shift around to the south. that southerly shift will try its best to pull a ribbon of moisture off of this and bring that into our area along this front. plenty of heavy rain along the front. right now the trajectory takes it to our west and north though. s

back here to worcester and middlesex, towns in lunenburg, fitchburg, westminster, leominst, we'll zoom in and find some spots. the orange and yellow and spots of red up in fitchburg, laurel avenue for instance and teresa street getting some of that heavy rain. moving off through fitchburg at this time and off to the southeast. southern worcester county, look masspike where with heavy rain there too. that's good news. through the morning, we'll still have a lot of clouds around and the risk of a shower. have to keep that in there. the front will be settling to our south. the cloud starts to break up. sunshine for lunch, we're gonna heat up tomorrow. it's also gonna be sticky to start the day. keep that in mind. as the day wears on, the dewpoint starts to drop and the humidity starts to go away. it will stay humid in southeastern mass closer to that front and along coastal areas of new england. temperature tonight, hour by hour in boston moving to around midnight, staying in the 70s, sticky, remember, right back to 81 by 10:00 in the morning all right. lunchtime temperatures generally in

a ride breaking down at the >> sarah: a moose spotted walking through backyards in leominster on union street thursday morning. darlene who lives on union street took a few photos of the moose in the backyard. she said the moose was first spotted by her husband around 7:00 a.m. that although moose are not typically aggressive, residents should remain cautious. don't approach it. >> christa: i felt like at first, the picture didn't do it justice of how huge they actually are. >> sarah: yeah. remember when we saw the video, chris, the moose running in the streets. then you realize how huge they are. >> chris: that was close by. watertown? he was massive there. you do a double-take. 60 in boston right now. 61 in plymouth. we have the 15-20 miles an hour. that continues to push in the cool ocean air. although we have a few breaks of sun. you know, the thinning of the overcast so far today. that will be leaving us. we watch some showers entering the cape. down around buzzards bay. not quite there yet. you get across the south coast of rhode island and connecticut. showers working in. this i

frost advisories in effect, areas like leominster and north and west of worcester out through orange along route 2. this is in effect until 8:00 this morning. not much you can do about it at this point. we'll have showers and thunderstorms parading through. some of those raindrops in our direction. >> breaking news a boston. at least six people are injured after a fight in the theater district. the fight broke out around 2:5 this morning. the victims were either stabbed or cut with a bottle. one person suffered serious injuries but will recoverment no arrests have been this man under arrest in connection with the horrific mall shooting in washington state. the gunman opened fire in a macy's department store. >> while the motive behind that attack still unclear, we are learning more about the suspect. >> about 6:30 tonight, we arrested 20-year-old oak harbor man. >> a mass murderer caught on camera now also captured by police. >> his name is arcan cetin. >> investigators arresting a surveillance stills providing key evidence in the massive manhunt to find him. >> i saw an individual w