he moved the capital to springfield. he wanted to move it to his city when he moved to springfield, from new salem. it provided a lot of construction. he began learning what was called log-rolling, ain't prentice to the early whig leader and his law partner, jon stewart, way eh was used by the whig party, sent out as a young man because he had developed a cutting and sarcastic speaking style and cut down larger opponents and embarrass them. he was quicker, sharper, more willing to slash at them. he was known as a slasher. but each of these phases gets assimilated into him and he -- and he -- they're like layers in lincoln and he developed greater and greater understanding of what he is about, and -- but learns every sort of finely attuned political skill at every level. for anyone who has seen the movie "lincoln" it's a true depiction in many ways of the passage of the 13th amendment abolishing slavery in which lincoln, along with seward, used patronage, persuasion, money, to pass the amendment to end slavery and they le

reporting live in springfield, alexandria limon fox5 local news. >> all right.e just days away from the start of the school year in montgomery county. it is going to be a rough start though for families and children who live at the flower branch apartments in silver spring. of course their building was destroyed in a gas explosion. very, very s it happened a couple weeks ago. the local schools and the community are helping those displaced. now, principals and teachers have visited many of the students and they're getting to stay at their schools even if they've been mod some parents we spoke with yesterday say thehey families. >> they their homes. they're living either in shelters or in temporary homes. it's hard knowing that my kids can go back to school and then they have to come back to school traumatized. it's -- it's sad. >> we spoke with an attorney who is now representing 20 residents affected by the explosion and the attorney told us he will pursue lawsuits on their behalf. >>> time now is 7:36. you're watching fox news morning at 7:00 coming up a local

on stick with the mainline between 66 and springfield. with more details on the scene, we say hello to sam sweeney. sam: we have been watching this accident all morning long. it happened it to: 15 this morning. said, completely shut down. an accident reconstruction team is on the scene. the vehicles involved, no tow trucks here yet. working to figure out exactly what happened here this morning. at least one person was taken from the vehicle with critical injuries, another person taken to the hospital as well. a pretty serious accident as we try to fear out what happened. that's the latest, live from the outer loop of the beltway. we want to get to breaking news from los angeles. a major scare at lax. fleeing, some even onto the tarmac, after reports of shots fired. you can see how panicked it was. reports of gunshots appeared to be faults. but it did force aground stop. -- false. but it did force ground stop. police are still investigating what led to all of this chaos. look at those lines outside the terminal. this incident comes two wee

so she called the springfield police and asked them to go by the house. and when the officer did that, what did he report back to you? >> that nothing seemed out of place. they couldn't see anything inside the house. all the doors and -- were secure. absolutely no signs of forced entry or that anything appeared to be out of place. >> reporter: the officer had no cause to force his way into the house and left. but jessica says she was still worried. so she and jason jumped in their car to make the five-hour drive to springfield. they arrived at the house around 7:00 p.m. >> as we were coming around the corner to the house, i hit the garage door button. and both of their cars were in the garage. >> reporter: and that was bad news for you? >> yes. >> reporter: what did that imply? >> that there was something terribly wrong. >> reporter: jessica called 911, without ever going past the garage into the house. two officers arrived within minutes. >> they entered the home. and then another officer arrived and then another and then another and then another. >> rep

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gater on the streets in springfield. why police don't think this creature should have been there in the first place. >>> marathoner, gains a, a new best friend that stayed with them every step of the way. first of the farewell tour continues for big popi, david ortiz and the sox taking david rogers out in los angeles. ? ? ? ? ? ? geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. resh mouth.o not feel 100% fresh? i st >>> the red sox wrapping up their west coast trip. david ortiz presented with a $10,000 check to the foundation from with the dodgers. and the bottom; bullet to left field. in the seats off of familiar, and number 23 for mucky sox leading 2-6. and then let's go to the 4th inning. sandy leon. he is at the 4th plate there. and he follows, the left increase, the would end up winning behind stephen's great performance. 9-0 the final from the los angeles. >>> sentencing day for a former fbi agent who pleaded guilty to lying during his testimony at the whitey bulger trial. >>> some of you waking up to sunshine, and o

emily: but this unusual pet was caught in springfield. yes, our springfield. the six-foot long gator was being kept in a backyard enclosure of a home on main street. nearby zoo and environmental police. the alligator hissed and struggled but was captured and taken to the zoo. no word on whether its owners will face any charges. antoinette: springfield residents facing serious charges. at 5:00, sleeping in isn't always a good idea on your day off. the other weekend mistakes that to go. antoinette: a construction worker is battling painful injuries after a complicated rescue in newton. it took first responders two hours to free the man when his foot got caught in a cement mixer at an apartment complex under construction on lagrange street. the worker was conscious and talking when he was taken to the hospital. investigators are trying to determine if anything could have prevented this accident. emily: five alleged associates of a new york-based mob family are under arrest, facing extortion charges this morning. the men are accused of committing crimes in sharkin

the spartons of springfield township played their first game friday, little did they know it would be their last. i'm ukee washington >> i'm jessica dean. trang dough is outside the school in glenside montgomery county with the reason behind this move. trang? >> reporter: well, the steam started out with 32 players at the beginning, half the amount that high schools in this area typically have. while injuries brought them down to 18 players. just about enough to sustain a varsity football team. the typically bright lights over springfield township high school's football stadium will remain dark this school year. with the small and young varsity squad to begin with and several key players with season ending injuries, jason payne decided it was best to cancel the sparton's season after playing one game >> when you boil it down, you take the emotion out of it and you look at am i potentially putting kids at risk? when the answer became yes, it made the decision a little clearer. didn't make it easier. >> reporter: football player max perry says the news delivered to the team in coaches m

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the spartons of springfield township played their first game friday, little did they know it would be their last. i'm ukee washington >> i'm jessica dean. trang dough is outside the school in glenside montgomery county with the reason behind this move. trang? >> reporter: well, the steam started out with 32 players at the beginning, half the amount that high schools in this area typically have. while injuries brought them down to 18 players. just about enough to sustain a varsity football team. the typically bright lights over springfield township high school's football stadium will remain dark this school year. with the small and young varsity squad to begin with and several key players with season ending injuries, jason payne decided it was best to cancel the sparton's season after playing one game >> when you boil it down, you take the emotion out of it and you look at am i potentially putting kids at risk? when the answer became yes, it made the decision a little clearer. didn't make it easier. >> reporter: football player max perry says the news delivered to the team in coaches m

. >>> franconia-springfield and van dorn street station will be closed this upcoming weekend. be cen metro will also close all station between frank spring spring -- franconia-springfield and van av dorn streets.tr. passengers of course can expect delays. delays. >> new this morning morning on those high lead levels found d.c. schools. district officials tells they ty finished puttering filter onsiln all school drinking resourcesess just before classes startedtart but they're still working to get those filters in place at a d.c. rec centers.enters. that work should be done bylddoy the end of center. cen fox5 was the first to reporto rr on plans to install those filters.lters. the move came after criticism from parents in proper steps ste weren't taken when unsafe leadad levels were initially detected.. >> today donald trump campaign ads will begin running in nine i swing states includes having asa v we've also learned the gop presidential nominee plans to saliver what he says will be aa detailed speech on his proposal crackdown on illegal co immiwn ogration.atio scheduled for

the six-foot long, 150 pound gator was apparently being kept in a backyard in springfield. the springfield rebulican reports police were called to the property today and promptly called in reinforcements from a local zoo, as well as environmental police. the gator was being kept in a backyard enclosure of a home on main street. the zoo's curator says it looks the alligator hissed and struggled but was captured and taken to the zoo. no word on whether its owners will face any charges. ed: that is a big one. anchor: tonight will be perfect. >> this is chronicle on channel 5. >> what is on your food bucket list? a lobster roll? >> that is one of the best things anybody has ever eaten. >> fish and chips? >> what everybody loves it. >> the dishes to tried before you die. a sinful sticky bun. >> it is diabolical how good it is. >> tacos, burgers and resilience

in harford and springfield, temperatures in the 90's. we are talking about an excessive heat warning about hartford and springfield. that is where the heat index this afternoon is going to be 100 to 107 across the boston area holding in the 70's this afternoon. quite a contrast. the timeline here. notice the skies are mostly cloudy through lunchtime. it is still fairly quiet with the mostly cloudy skies. however, look out across new york state. a couple of storms. as we get later into the afternoon and evening, couple of those may shift eastward and try and hold together. but they are going to have a tough time making it to the coast line. a spot shower overnight. i'm not expecting a whole lot of rainfall today. as we get into tonight, the skies begin to clear out. temperatures falling into the heat and humidity coming up tomorrow. tomorrow just like that with the shifting the wind. we are back in the mid-90's, boston and even worcester 90 degrees. 80's on cape cod. tomorrow, we have a pretty good chance of getting in on some thunderstor

a couple to the northwest of springfield. will be a threat of storms and when the temperatures will change. that is part of the weekend forecast. anchor: commuter rail slamming into a pickup truck that had driven onto the tracts. we are learning more about the truck driver. reporter: good afternoon. a train engineer did everything right in this case rolled onto the track but there was no warning. the bells were ringing and the gates were down at this intersection as a train left the station. >> i saw a white pickup truck come. >> video from a business shows the pickup does not appear to slow as it goes under a barrier reporter: he is seen in the video running along the train as it is moving to help the driver. >> what did the driver say? >> not a thing. reporter: a helicopter flew the driver to mass general hospital. retired firefighter. >> there was a violation. he may be cited in the future. reporter: the jolt from the collision was light. >> it wouldn't have knocked you off of your feet if you were standing up. >> did you

olessa: this six foot alligator was being kept in a backyard in springfield. yes, our springfield. police were called to the home yesterday. they needed some help from a nearby zoo to corral the creature as it hissed and struggled. the gator will not call main >> now the wind is -- olessa: it may be called a smartphone, but it's not a smart idea to pull one out in the middle of a thunderstorm. this happened in phoenix, arizona, the lightning bolt striking just far enough away that the man wasn't hurt. listen, you got a get a selfie with a lightning bolt. cindy: no, you don't. [laughter] cindy: what not to do, ever. a hard time getting a pilot program started. what they need officers to do, before they can test body cameras. and for the first time ever, refugees will have their own team at the olympic games. their harrowing road to rio, ahead. and take a live look -- just beautiful. the skyline, just a beautiful, antoinette: a bizarre problem and searing pain. the bizarre question needed to be answered. sera: a former fbi agent has a request for the judge. emily: president obama don

but in the springfield area, something new aimed at helping pedestrians get safely across the street. bureau chief julie carey is here at the high-tech crosswalk. >> reporter: we've seen these crosswalks before but this is the very first one to be installed in fairfax county. those who pushed hard for it are hoping that it will bring new safety, especially for the parents and the kids who live in the apartments because for the first time they'll have a safe way to get across roads to the elementary on the other side. with the flip of a switch, this new electronic crossing was ready for a test walk. the bus stop had to walk blocks to get to a lighted intersection. consequently, this was a common, frightening scene. >> i'm a mom. so when i see mothers crossing the street with little kids holding their hands or even younger people crossing the street, it's one of those things that just makes you a little bit uncomfortable. >> reporter: now a new comfort zone. the signals stay dark until a pedestrian pushes the button. flashing yellow starts the process eventually going red to stop traffi

>> yep. >> really frozen. >> in springfield. peggy fox. wusa 9. >> peggy. got the best excitement of the day. >> that's not a bad day for peggy at all. >> the first lady she i nterviewed got her groceries in three hours. so now you know. >>> we're shutting it down in today's trending segment. website gawker. >> kind of run out of money h ere, haven't they? >> they made the announcement after a bankruptcy hearing. it comes four months after it was revealed that peter field was running a covert operation aimed at taking a website down. that includes helping to against gawker. beal was apparently angry that gawker outed him as a gay man. >>> surrounding rg3 and his new lady friend. quarterback and his wife separated, only after rebecca lid coat found out about her husband's new lover. lidicoat was apparently trying to save the marriage, until she found on tuesday -- tuesday, friends, that rg3 was in the process of filing for divorce. >> so when exactly did he get that tattoo with his new girl's name on it the drama continues. >>> mark the calendars. vice presi

betweenplacing trains franconia, springfield, and van dorn street.ed.ry make sure that you join us as you move over to news channel 8 this morning. continues -- bellamy young continues hillary clinton this morning. don't miss it as removed to news channel 8. veronica: good practice. life imitating art, imitating life. today is national dog day. say hi to joey. we are so envious. he's our hero. doesn't want to get out of bed. send us your picks to burst.com/wjla and we may show some of your pictures online. veronica: must be a teenager. autria: real party animal. [laughter] the puppy out this morning before things get really hot? even going up before a run or a walk, these of the temperatures we're talking about. if you can't put the back of your hand on the pavement for more than five seconds, triple digit readings for today. thingsees, once again warming up quickly. going from d-weather to see minus weather -- going from been minus -- b minus weateh rto c minus weather. your drivingfor impact from mid 70 pasta mid 90 plus. across.0's to mid 90's bre

he moved to massachusetts to welfare and study at a college in springfield. >> i'm still serving. i'm with the 1179 reserve out of brooklyn. coaches wear many hats taking care of everything on and off the mat without a federations financial nor logistical support. which made it more surprising when he got the email saying he made it to the olympics as a wild car. when he gets on the mat he won't be by himself. the hopes of his nation guiding him on. >> when the motto on the back of the wrestling sh >> reporter: he wants to move back to haiti and open a wrestling school. it would be the nation's first. nancy chen 7 news. >> anchor: bmx racing is making the third appearance on the program in rio. if you're unfamiliar with it and think it's a bunch of kids on bikes. think again. mario lopez caught up with one high flying olympian to >> reporter: 5'2" and 125 pounds her nickname is the beast. watch her attack the bmx track and you'll understand why. the tiny but fierce 25 year old elise post is taking her fire to rio where she'll be suiting up for her second olympic games. i caught up

in the west springfield government center in springfield. identify cases -- 60 cases have been found in virginia. all travel-related. >> it's about educating people. what the symptoms are. what to look for. some comfort as to what fairfax county is doing and we're on top of it and working on the issue. >> 29 of the 60 cases have been found in northern virginia. health officials say only one in five people with the virus shows symptoms. >>> let's head out to rio de janeiro where it is day 13 of the games of the xxxi olympiad. the competition continues today. there's a lot happening on the court and on the track. here's what to watch for. ashton eaton will continue his quest to once again be the world greatest athlete, the reigning gold medallist heading into day two of the decathalon. >> and usain bolt will compete today in the 200 meter. in basketball, women's team will play france in the semifinals. the winner advances to the gd medal game. you can watch all the events right here on news 4 and on the nbc washington app. so much to see. >>>

this is three years to the day of the situation involving john gear in springfield. a similar amount of fairfax police on the scene in that situation. that sadly resulted in the death of joh john deere. updates later on abc 7 will bring you updates later on abc 7 news. jummy: thank you. all morning long, commuters have cut through. suzanne kennedy explains what caused the crash and how commuters had to cope with it. have beenrews working through the night to remove the vehicle and repair the powerful it struck -- power pole it struck. the accident took place in the 4000 block of the road between 2:00 and 2:30 a.m. the driver of the silver four-door honda lost control of the car as he was coming home from work. >> i saw crossing the road. one of them spread across. -- sped across. the other one stood still and then went across. i did not really see him at first until i did see him and then i swerved. suzanne: they first had to remove the car before repairs to begin. to help restore electricity to customers, which at the height of the outage was at 54. another route wa

massachusetts and around springfield massachusetts where i grew up of other leftists and probably marxist or communist although they wouldn't necessarily identify themselves as such, i would say for a while loop it was a simple narrative and as i got older it began, it started to become more complicated. i remember when i was in college i had a student job with the holocaust archives at yale and one of the things, what i would

buses will replace trains between franconia, springfield and van dorn street. leon: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert and an urgent message for the iphone users. update your device. apple is out with a security update after researchers found mallware out there that -- malware out there that lets the hackers see evening on your phone. it's a legitimate link in a text message. so reminder to only click on links you trust. click carefully. >> this is august. way of a good story. but the averages are the mid-80's. 85 is the average high. not uncommon for 90's. doug: we'll settle down and get in the mid-80's. maureen: december. doug: i hope it's before that. this is time lapse from the elementary school in the district. beautiful day. all day long. a few fair weather clouds. humidity levels got up there. the air temperatures in the mid-90's today. look at the numbers. 95 at reagan national airport. two degrees shy of the old record in 1948. but it hit 95 at washington dulles. that tied a record high for the date in 1988. the morning low was 77. the average low

from worcester on westward where we did have flooding around the springfield area. the doppler radar estimates, close to three inches of rain in a just a few hours time. that led to the flooding concerns. worcester had almost an inch of rain come over an inch and orange. boston, 11 hundredths of an inch. a lot of this moisture dries up certainly a welcome sight. a couple raindrops around the city as far north as wilborn. the trend on this is that it will be exiting. steadiest rain between the vineyard and nantucket and this is going to be winding down in the next couple of hours area by 2:00 it is doing just that. this afternoon, clouds break for sunshine t we jump up into the 70's with brightening skies this afternoon. more on the forecast coming up. emily: a salem man is in custody accused of strangling his estranged wife. let's get to julie mcdonald live at the courthouse in salem. juli: just minutes ago we obtained a copy of this restraining order filed by carmela sanders against her husband, doe douglas steeves. he threatened her in the parking lot telling her

a first-time olympian, 21-year-old north carolina state student and springfield, illinois native had only one race to swim here in rio, and it was the third leg in last night's gold medal winning performance by the usa men in the 400 by 4 meter relay. i caught up with him this afternoon and the emotions he displayed during the medals ceremony. you weren't supposed to be here, when i say that, no one really expected you to qualify for rio. >> that's very true. >> did you expect to qualify? >> no, i mean this time last year, i was honestly just thinking about u.s. nationals, hoping to make a final, maybe make the world university games, never the olympics. >> now was that where last night, during the medals ceremony? >> yes. that was a combination of the progression of having the past four years, and just thinking about everyone in the swimming community, from the springfield area, the raleigh area, and just remembering how much support and love they showed me. >> as you're racing, are you in some ways hearing the cheers mind inside me is thinking, like, i'm doing this for everyone bac

in springfield as well as pittsfield. the school bought -- cool spot will be in the 50's. it will start to move upward. high temperatures similar to today. if you are at the beach or on be in check. it will level off a few degrees. still with comfortable levels of humidity. 92 in washington. we will talk about when the heat returns as well as the humidity and our next chance of getting some meaningful rain coming up in a few minutes. then: neighbors called heroes for getting a woman out of a burning house. they were driving by when they saw the flame and smoke. they quick he jumped into action knowing that an elderly woman is living inside. the woman came out for you >> she did not come to the door right away. she came in she was confused. she said what are you talking about, there is a fire and there was no smoke there. >> neighbors helped to rescue are expected to be ok. maria: a massive computer crash caused daylong nightmare. 650 flights were canceled. more than 2000 were delayed. flights are still coming back online. the effects could last well int standing in line be

showers across connecticut, springfield. worcester, dark, ominous clouds. most of those have faded away. the only thunderstorm activity we see is across the west, and those will dry up as the sun goes down. the more substantial rainfall is associated with this across the ohio valley. lots of humid air ahead of it, the drier air working in, a very in band. though we may pick up half an end, three quarters of an inch, it will barely put a tent in the jot we are experiencing. upper 60's to near 70 degrees. the drier air is on the way. it looks like overnight it will be a touch of fall. then it dries out for the beginning of the week. tonight, as they spotty showers. tomorrow, we are looking at a very muggy day again. could be a late day shower, especially west of springfield and along the coastline. it will stay in the 70's. if you are carving up tonight -- for the not very muggy, but not too oppressive as you head to the end of the race. the beach and voting forecast -- the beach and a boating forecast -- only getting up to 78, 79 degrees and you will have a

franconia-springfield station will be closed.s on metro by checking and texting "metro" to 43817. and youto wjla.com/text can customize the alerts that are sent to your phone. a crime alert, new information about a double homicide in northeast. the police identifying the victims a few hours ago. investigators say that a 37-year-old were shot and killed and 300 block of 34th street last night. we know that one man died at the scene, a second is at the hospital. the police are searching for a motive and suspects today. a brooklyn coffee shop is robbed of thousands. till to come, serving up. plus, dealing with the heat area coming up next, the forecast i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it

right now the franconia springfield stations and vaor closed. they will remain c weekend and f september 10 next weekend metro will close all between fran frankonia and old town and single tracking during the week franconia springfield and vandoren street and trains will not run as often and remember, passengers should expect delays. >> whether you're waiting for metro or just enjoying the weekend outdoors, it's a hot weekend out there and we're not looking at much relief in the workweek forecast. gwen will have so much more on that and more as your saturday night news at 11 continues. the family favorite. yoplait. well at least he's wearing shoes. well done champ. get gooey, flaky, happy. toaster strudel. fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me s

not getting a break through hartford and springfield. excessive heat warnings up, well over 100 degrees again today. where we have the extreme heat and humidity across western new england, that's where we have a better chance of showers and storms popping up today. a marginal risk of severe storms this way. i don't think we're going to the cloud cover pretty much all day long. temperatures only coming up into the 70's. that will be the case up and down the coastline, but 80's over the interior. 84, worcester. 82, nashua. mostly cloudy skies, but i think mostly dry. the full-timeline on the storm threat ahead. antoinette: thank you. funeral arrangements being finalized for vanessa marcotte. she was murdered while out on a jog in princeton will be laid to rest thursday morning after lake church. right now 5 investigates with exclusive new information about a possible lead in the case. doug: we have the latest information. reporter: police have submitted d.n.a. samples for testing on at least one possible person of interest in the murder of

west springfield, 2 inches of rain this morning. williamsburg, which is in the foothills of the berkshires. 8 inches of rain. in plainfield, a few sprinkles. john ashwell is showing us 4.2. in belmont, at about a quarter of the city of boston, .04. 407 inch of rainfall today. the last time, which -- the last time which we had one quarter of an inch was back on june 5. a 1 inch system, may 30. the massachusetts system remains very dry. later tonight, a few drizzles near cape cod. it has been drizzling from north to south. we are getting some sunshine. straight down. it is still relatively cool for this time of year. tonight, a cool night. will fall back into the 50s. keep the windows wide open. there is no use for the air- conditioning. it will be cooler tomorrow night. it will be well back down to the 50s. humidity is not going to play a big role over the next couple of days. >>> -- tomorrow morning, we will get into the sunshine. a bit of a cr gorgeous day after that. mostly sunny at midday. upper 70s. a light sea breeze develops t

parkw safe track surge eight today affecting the blue line between franconia-springfield and van dornetro delay e next.a metronext. back to you wisdom and holly. hy >> all right. 5:49. 5:4s let's take a look at the the stores you're engaging withoue a the most this morning on social media.al >> first up colin kaepernick the san francisco 49ers 4rs quarterback says he'll continue to sit down during dowg the playing of the national anthem. when he did that friday night it caused nation ride uproarideo with widespread condemnationmn and scenes of people burning b kaepernick's burning. burni the anthem flag represent a country that still allows racial oppression he says.n the 49ers had a team meeting m yesterday where players said s they were unified but sticking with their individual individual believes. >> let's talk about a much better sports related story toeo talk about this morning.orni a u.s. team has won the littleie league world series for the first time in five years. y now the team is from end wellndw in new york. new yk. they beat out south koreaouth sunday two to one. su >> a

massachusetts and around springfield massachusetts where i grew up of other leftists and probably marxist or communist although they wouldn't necessarily identify themselves as such, i would say for a while loop it was a simple narrative and as i got older it began, it started to become more complicated. i remember when i was in college i had a student job with the holocaust archives at yale and one of the things, what i would do is i would watch testimonials from survivors and they talked about their experience during the holocaust one of the things i noticed repeatedly was people saying after they got out of the camps and after the camps were liberated, if they were liberated by the americans let's say were the british it's not that was the end of the story but at least that would be the end of really imminent danger from a certain militant force. if they were liberated by the soviets it's as if it was this whole other story of escape and danger that they had to go through and i started to learn about the soviet union and the sort of horrific evils committed by the soviets that began to

he is originally from haiti but lives in springfield. so it has been a real dream of his to even get to the olympics. >> jadiann: then to top it off he had the distinct honor of carrying the flag so he is tonight's hometown hero. i he breaks barriers in represent haiti in wrestling, he is here to compete but to inspire a nation on and off the mat. whatever comes his way wrestler cost telly won't let life pin him down. the 38-year-old is the first athlete to wrestle for haiti which hasn't seen an olympic medal in any sport since 1928. >> don't think our grandparents were born yet. >> reporter: he knows how much is on the line during the match but his dream is to inspire haitians and be a true ambassador for his home nation. >> we're a country of great things, individuals to inspire others. >> reporter: it was a three-year process filled filled with letters and phone calls to convince them --y. >> they kept saying no, please try again. >> come on, you keep on trying and they're like, you know what, we're going to persevering. >> i grew up

two years ago we had this revere tornado and the springfield which was ef3. it is when it occurs. why can he expect something like this but there was a tornado warning issued at 3:00 a.m., it occurred around 3:20 a.m. and inc. started to move eastward. no lightning or center. occurring at the crazy hour of the night and that means a very strong disturbance came through obviously. it roared through where it hit, in its wake. this shows you it was a strong system because the air mass is changed so markedly. it was so humid last night and it is cool and dry now. it is down to 52 degrees in pittsfield, 53 in springfield. 54 in orange, and it is so comfortably dry out. you have got the windows open, you might use a blanket because it is that cold. even boston will be wrapping to the 50's. many places in the 40's tonight and first thing tomorrow. there is a new tropical storm i will -- i will talk about that and more in a few minutes. maria: watch this thief's daring move jumping over a bar getting his hands on an impressive piece of patriots memorabilia. right now foxboro police hope t

and north springfield. other than that, it's interesting. wind gusts now over 64 miles an hour in parts of the metro area, and that's one reason we have the damage in southeast washington, and we will come back, and we will talk about the prospect of fog, and more on the damage in the southeast. >> yeah, and what you just mentioned in southeast dc is where part of a roof has literally been blown off the building. >> mola is there on the scene for us. anybody get hurt, first of all? >> reporter: here, certainly good news there. close call considering what happened and what could have happened. a little bit of rain right now, but the real story was an hour and a half ago when the wind gusts were so strong through the southeast portion of dc at k street and potomac. it blew portions of the apartment building roof off. you can see the apartment building right here, and obviously from the grounds, we cannot see the damage to the roof. the damage to the building, what you can see, the debris down there on the gro

but now a car fire over by springfield boulevard lanes subject to closure. westbound by 188 an accident there. things in engine have been quiet no problems for example, 80, 287, 84 looking good. expressway over by bradley avenue a moving fine this morning. let's check out l. iment e. in queens so as i mentioned that accident cleared away so you have delays back there heading to queens boulevard. at 30, 40 minutes inbound. a stalled or garbage truck that affected inbound so holland or george washington bridge five to ten. robert and juliet. for new yorkers fed up with traffic owning car that drives you will soon be a reality. j soon this, of course, the race to launch driverless cars and ford is speeding ahead of the shelly palmer is here to tell us about the automakers recent announcement. shelly good morning to you. j how are you? >> what's this going to look like and cars will look like? >> interesting technological time. three technologies coming together to make a really interesting day for the autoindustry. driverless cars are coming very soon. the ceo

but when you go inland, providence will be around 90. 95 in hartford and springfield. so with the heat suppressed a little bit to the west. this he is the area under the heat advisory for tomorrow. we have to talk about the chaps of stormance the heat coming back to boston before the weekend is over. ben? ben. thank you. right now, a crash involving a bicycle and a pickup truck in framingham. it happened just a short irving and waverly streets. the man on the bike has life-threatening injuries, he was flown to boston medical center. the driver did stop at the scene. maria: a little boy pulled from a pool in boston, lifeguards and strangers jumping in to rescue him. right now, that seven-year-old child is in the hospital. newscenter 5's diane cho is live in hyde park where the rescue happened. diane? diane: well, maria, witnesses say the pal was just cleaned whenever one jumped back in. the child started struggling. >> i couldn't imagine him not going home tonight, that's all i was thinking about >> as a mother to a six-year-old boy, she couldn't help, but to think of h

in western new england in hartford and springfield, talking about excessive heat to heat index betwe that is why they are excessive heat warnings. not the case in boston. in the coast line, in the 60's in the north shore in beverly. look at the new hampshire seacoast from fort smith to rochester in the mid-60's. in 70's in worcester county and a lot of mid-70's on the cape right now. high temperatures today, and along the coastline, holding in the 70's and low 80's on cape in the 90's like the past couple of days. you have to head farther west across western massachusetts, connecticut and parts of rhode island. this cold front is bringing in cooler air and it will bump into that hot and sticky air, so i do think that frontal provide a bit of a focus today for showers and storms that the potential for severe storms will be across new york state and in vermont in the northwest corner of our state th expecting a lot of what weather. if you have backup plans, by noontime, a lot of clouds and mostly cloudy skies. when we get the breaks, that frontal boundary will be in the vicinity, 102 s

single tracking will take place between franconia springfield and vandoren street and trains will not as often and passenger can expect delays. >> and developing tonight help site is a outbreak in virginia is growing. health officials say 35 people contracted hepatitis a after visiting tropical smoothie cafes across north virginia. on friday we learned that includes a worker in the chain's gains virginia health department says froze strawberries from egypt likely cause the the kout break of hepatitis a. ceo of the company learned of the contamination august 5 but the health department did not issue alert until the 19th. some customers say, though, they feel safe eating there. >> on august 5 the virginia department of health contacted us about a potential link between hepatitis a cases and frozen strawberry from egypt we voluntary and immediately removed all of those strawberry from all the cafes. >> they've got to stay in business. it's a temporary thichblingt we figured they met those safety requirements and so, it today is the first day going back in three or four weeks. >> tonight,