randy: a casino project in taunton hits a big road block. erika: the ruling that could cost the entire proposal. a group of thieves performing a good deed? the life they may have saved randy: is an impact today. and i don't see -- cindy: we all need a lot of rain. some of us will get a lot of rain, others will get just a little bit. you can see it coming out of new york city, lifting toward us. there is more than water to the south. but something is certainly better than nothing. you can see how dry it is. that orange color is severe drought covering a good portion of massachusetts, includin rainfall deficit is over 6.5 to eight inches. i think the places that will to the most rain today are down along the south coast, where we could see a little too much too fast. we could see some localized poure poor drainage flooding. as we get into the afternoon i think it will become a little certainly a wet start. you can see some embedded downpours with yellows around the worcester area but everything is moving very slowly , and that is a good thing

norwood, all in the low 90s as is taunton. pawtucket, rhode island, is 90. the cape also is somewhat cooler. this is one of those days, where it pays to be at the beach. a little bit of a refreshing seaboard. humidity is not a big problem north and west of boston. just plain hot, where the temperatures are a little cooler, ironically, more humid. not really so ironic but that's for another story. light southwest wind later on tonight. so it will be a warmer night. slightly than last night. similar. maybe aou tomorrow will be somewhat more humid than today but it looks like we go back to a southwest wind which should take boston back up over 90. some maces like hartford, connecticut, are going to go to day eight of the heat tomorrow. there is going to be a cold front pressing toward us late tomorrow and tomorrow night. and that could be the focus for a connecticut, are going to pop-u. i think the further north and west of boston, the better the chance. however, as that front approaches, there will be a little wave of low pressure that gives us a chance for ra

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even getting close to 90 from attleborough to taunton. han ton sat -- hanson at 91 and picture perfect beach day so far with the light sea breezes coming in and a ton of sunshine we have had in place. dew point levels in the upper 50s and 60s. it is a modest amount of humidity. it is not overly impressive outsde. we have a ton of sunshine other than a few fair weather cl dry once again. there could be a couple of scattered storms. low risk in southern new england. there may be a late day shower. a better chance of showers and maybe even downpours on friday depending on where they are wave of low pressure is along a front draped across the area. at minimum scattered showers and storms. at maximum if the wave of low pressure comes over us we could get a good slug of rain. at this point uh the lo of folks are rooting for it. we have been dry. no question about that. and that includes july. we picked up barely over a half an inch of rain all month long. we will be looking to add to that. won't hit the driest july on record. that was set in 19

she caused a crash that took the life of a man from taunton. reporter: this is the aftermath of the wrong way head-on collision. both vehicles are at a tow yard, their front in mashed in from a crash in the middle of the night on 49 to the scene shortly after 2:00 a.m. >> on arrival they found two cars with significant damage to them. they also found they had two occupants. one in each car, both of which were deceased. >> state police say a 24-year-old woman from middleboro was driving this nissansen trap. she was going north on 495 south, causing a collision with this chevy, driven by a 27-year-old man from taunton. he was driving in the middle lane of the highway. the investigation into the cause scene and is continuing. to determine why the female driver was going the wrong way. >> why these accidents occur, we're curious why, but we've had a lot. this year in particular we've responded to a lot of significant accidents. >> state police will be releasing the names of the deceased once all family members have been notified. reporting live in

there's just an isolated risk of a thunderstorm. 90 to 95 for boston, taunton and plymouth. from new port rhode island back over to the outer cape in the mid to upper 80s today. so a warm one for us there but not as hot as everybody else. afternoon. there's not a lot of green on the map. it's places like central vermont back up into western maine that see the most numerous thunderstorms today. we see one or two with just some downpours and maybe some brief lightning. the evening hours are focused north and west of boston from the route 2 corridor back in through the marimac cal vi. -- valley. tonight a lingering shower and lows back into the lower 70s. we don't get out of the 70s tomorrow. heading our direction. notice it's pushing through southern ohio right now. there's some heavy downpours in this. this moisture is going to work in our direction and we're going to get some rain that arrives by the time we get to tomorrow morning. look at it, it's heavy rain at that, particularly south of the mass pike. look at the deep yellows and purples in here. some embedded thund ever

one more hot day to get through first. 76 in boston right now, 71 worcester, 60 manchester, taunton, 69 in laurens. 57 in keen, one of the cooler spots right now. dew points in the 50s to lower 60s. up near 70 over the south coast. that means it's more sticky when you come bdo the humidity will be with us today. satellite and radar quiet. sunshine going to be with us today with some building clouds, highs 90 to 95. we're used to it at this point. well, kind of. you still want to take it easy. 80s on the cape and ie land. -- and the island. the risk of thunderstorms are isolated. i'm not anticipating severe weather, just kind of your typical summertime thunderstorms that pop during the late afternoon and evening, particularly from , concord back down to the border. that's not until this evening. in fact, tonight it's mostly cloudy with the chance of a shower. muggy and 72. -- and 72 over night. there's links to tropical downpours here that's going to work in our direction. tomorrow morning the mass pike especially rain heavy downpours em the further north i think there's going to be a

norwood, taunton, even over to marshfield and new benton, lower 90's right now. we can make it up as high as temperatures pick up a few more degrees this afternoon but it is not going to be this hot tomorrow. temperatures in the 70's to the north. those readings are on the other side of a front dropping south. that moisture to the south is lifting northward so those two will interact and help to produce showers across the area. rain will fill in tomorrow morning and i think get heavier as we get into the afternoon. rain chances tomorrow and maybe boston taking action following the drowning death of this young boy who walked away from a city run drop in summer camp. todd kazakiewich is live with steps being taken to make sure something similar never happens again. todd: the city is reviewing protocol at all 36 city run community centers. as for the curley center, it is back both today though still not clear how child managed to center reopens, flowers at the front door service attribute to kyzr willis and a reminder of the sad circumstances surrounding his drownin

. -- taunton. the dew points in towards the south coast and the cape too. it is going to be a muggy and humid day today. the humidity will be going up just a bit as we head over the course of the afternoon. quiet out there this morning. beautiful start to the day. a little bit muggy but the sun is going to shine once it comes up. the sea breeze keeping us a little cooler at the coastline. today 94 in boston, 92 in rockport. most of us the lower to middle 90s. the relief with the south, wind will be the cape and the island. right around 85 in nantucket. it's an isolated threat here 5:30 one or two storms showing up. i'm not anticipated severe weather. the typical run of the mill summer thunderstorms. the greatest risk will be north and route 2 corridor, just north and west of the city even through the evening hours a lingering chance of a shower or rumble of thunder. tonight mostly cloudy, the chance of a shower or two. over night lows just around 70. tomorrow big changes on the way. look at this rain coming through kentucky and ohio right now. west virginia

the woman and the driver of the other car, a 27-year-old man from taunton were both pronouncedea and there were no passengers in either car. >>> a fight over a banner in somerville will come to a head tomorrow night. a police rally and counter- protest are planned over a black lives matter banner that hangs on city hall. this has been here since august of last year. the police officers' union wants it replaced with a banner that says all lives matter. stay now. >> this week -- penned a letter insisting that we take down the black lives matter banner. essentially asking the city to pick a side. let me be clear. that banner will not come down. >> there's a banner at the police station which honors officers killed in the line of duty. >>> turning now to the weather, a live look at the boston skyline. and we had another hot day but so far, we have not hit magic number of 90 meeting the official heat wave is over. let's check in with eric fisher to see if the number continues to shift. >> we have one more hot day to go and then we'll get significant changes. the heat wave, six straight da

the names of the victims have been withheld by law enforcement, but friends identify the taunton man as adam santos. i spoke with a woman who says it was her boyfriend who was struck woman in this crash. she says one of his last text messages was to her, saying he was getting ready to leave work, and that he was coming home. and while santos is being remembered as hard working and caring, state police are investigating now a second wrong way driving incident this week. in this video sent by a viewer, you can see 22-year-old steven esslery of rockport drive more than 20 miles down route 128 and i-95, before he was sto esslery is due in court tomorrow on drunk driving and wrong-way driving charges. no charges have been filed in this case because both drivers passed away and it's unclear if alcohol was a factor. reporting in foxborough, crystal haynes, fox 25 news. >> mark: a woman was rushed to the hospital after this bad crash in grafton. this is video from the town common late last night. you can see a car flipped over her car across an intersection. >> vanessa: new at 6:00 p.m., an

investigators say she crashed head on into a 27-year-old taunton man driving this chevy cruz in the middle lane. police say both drivers why pronounce dead at the scene. investigators are still trying to figure out where the woman this tragic crash that two young lives. police are not releing the victim's names haq, been notif reporting live at the statepolice barracks anna meiler wbz news now back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> we appreciate the update. breaking news in gillette stadium bill belichick speaking ahead of training camp. >> this is the first time we have heard from him since tom brady accepted the suspension let's listen in. day to day. some of them won't be participating. but we will just see how that goes: and on the roster so we will have an exemption for nate i talked to nate several times and wish him well in his endeavor and it's a great opportunity for him to follow his passion you no-par tis pay bring back something around his neck and that puts the roster at 88. we add john and bear to fill that out so we are at 90. kind of feel like usual we are at bottom of th

todd: a taunton woman is cited for this crash in brockton. police say she ran a red light at the intersection of belmont and west streets this morning. that driver hit a box truck and cause it to tip. both drivers are recovering from minor injuries. rhondella: new details tonight in that fatal overnight shooting in austin, texas. active shooter situation. todd: the federal investigation into that hot air balloon crash that left all sixteen people on board dead. the long process ahead. mike: we have chances for rain the next 36 hours. hopefully. i will show you when you are likely to have rain in your neighborhood. todd: and the patriots at practice again today. this familiar face was out there as well. we will me to be boston with and dan simoneau now on comcast channel 942, >> monday morning on the eye, farmers markets of a staple of summer. >> there can be risks, the health advice to keep in mind. >> you are watching newscenter 5 at 6:00. todd: right now, police in austin, texas are investigating a fatal shooting overnight in one-on-one ski

taunton, 90 tomorrow. norwood, quincy, fenway park area, northward toward revere beach, all well into the 90's. cooler out on cape ann, a southwest wind comes off the harbor there only in the 70's, so we'll keep any the 80's on cape ann. going and you're back in the mid 90's through the merrimack valley and worcester county as well. tomorrow is a hot day, another day that would fit into the heat wave. we got into 90 at logan airport. we would have had an eight day heat wave. hampton beach tomorrow approaching 90. nantucket, one of the cooler spots. that southwest wind will keep you a little bit cooler, near 80 degrees. lighthouse beach at 8 for. -- at 84. here's the juicy stuff. friday morning at 4:00 a.m., track on in here. jason will be here in morning at 4:00 p.m. tracking those. by 6:00 a.m. in the morning, we'll be seeing more of those come on in and by 8:00 a.m. on the south shore. if you're going to be joining the fray in sciate, be aware by the end of the morning, you're likely going to get wet. he

the driver of that car was a 27-year-old taunton man. both drivers were killed. >>> an suv engulfed the flames in brookline. it began smoking and burst into flames. the fire even spread to a nearby fence, as you can see off to the right there, that wooden fence. the suv is a total loss. >> brigham women's hospital successfully helps a bulldog in a sticky situation. large hole in his mouth after three failed surgeries, treated with a newly engineered tissue glue that was made there at the hospital. now little papi's veterinarian says he is on the road to recovery. >> and we have good news, remember maverick, the dog? we introduced you to him the other day. he is recovering from surgery. maverick chewing off his own foot. he had to escape being tanged up in a leash and left the mscpa has received $50,000 to help with his treatment and his recovery so far. >> no doubt he's gonna find a good home. next in the forecast, cooler >>> a break in the heat wave for some of away from the coastline, though, the heat wave rolls on for many locations.

year-old from middleborough a woman heading lane when she crashed into another car. 27-year-old man from taunton was behind the wheel. both drivers died at the scene. no names released until their families of the notified. one person is injured after being hit by car in boston back bay. police on the scene photographing evidence. we are told the driver is cooperating with officers are boston police aren't just getting a stabbing in allston. the guy was found near the today . it is not clear if that is where the stabbing happened. the vitamins life-threatening injuries. erika: another hot day but the wind around logan does not want to he played to continue. cindy: seabreeze in boston as we expected would happen. 84 degrees. wind, east southeasterly. it holds the temperatures down. it's around 90 here in needham. you can see boston at logan airport cambridge, 88. 87 in somerville. the further west you go you can see it gets even hotter. waltham at 90 degrees. medford, sitting around 90 degrees as well. you can see the temperatures up north in lawrence nearing 88. a lot of us will top that 90 degre

it's hot again. 91 in taunton, 90 nashua right now. we're going to gain a few more degrees by the time the afternoon is done. the mid 90s not. middle to upper 80s back to concord. 86 in portland, maine right now. where's the relief? cape cod. it's humid but at least in the middle 80s for most of us. 76 than duct right now. -- nantucket right now. the dew points vary. it gets soupy along the south coast. if you zoom out the view it's soupy back to the south and west. there's a lot of sticky air from pittsburgh back down to baltimore and this humid moist air is going to work in our direction and it comes with rain. it's expandinro right now. notice there's some reds in here. there's a lot of moisture. notice the motion off to the north and east. as this front across northern new england sags south ward it's going to move the rain into new england during the day tomorrow. maybe an isolated storm or two this evening north and west of boston. non-severe, just a quick rumble. tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. many communities will be wet, particularly a

day number seven of your heat wave in bedfordish fitchburg, taunton and plymouth. boston fell just shy of it. sea breeze holding temperatures just below the 90-degree mark. so the boston record ends at six, the heat wave here, although we've had we will not break records with that heat wave, although inland, you're on day number eight coming up of your heat wave thanks to the temperatures running into the low to mid-90s again this afternoon. 76 in boston. low to mid-60s in the suburbs. so still a comfortable amount of humidity in the air. you notice yesterday afternoon that we didn't have a ton of humidity. we're not going to have an overwhelming amount of humidity today either. it is a muggy start for the cape and the islands. fairly comfortable. it's a mild start. we do have a lot of sunshine as we go through the day. some building clouds, small risk of even a passing shower or thunderstorm across southern new hampshire. far northern mass late in the day. this is what we are watching for tonight and tomorrow. cold front to the north and west of us. wave of low pr

24-year-old woman was driving north on the southbound side when she hit and killed a 27-year-old taunton man. both were pronounced police have not identified the victims but friends say the man is adam santos. his girlfriend tells us his last text message to her that was he was getting ready to leave work and go home. >>> new twist tonight in a murder case that is decades old. a new hampshire man once arrested for murder faces new charges. ted daniel he was once small town police chief. >> reporter: nearly 30 years ago, mark, robert chambers was forced to resign as the part-time police chief in been arrested for murder. that case never went to trial though and chambers was set free. tone he's back in jail this time accused of sexually abusing a child. that's robert chambers he's 64 years old and according to his public defender in bad health. >> he just completed treatment for cancer. he also has medications that he needs to take for his heart. he has diabetes and he also has sleep apnea. >> reporter: chambers a former police chief appeared today accused of sexually abusing a child. auth

the taunton casino plan suffering a bit of a setback. what a court ruling means for its future. >> christa: and e. coli concerns in massachusetts amid a beef recall. >> kris: and a stunning twist in a murder mystery. why prosecutors are dropping >> kris: now at 5:30, hillary clinton going back to her roots. in her historic speech talking about the work she did in massachusetts. >> christa: and stopping the spread. zika fears in the united states. >> kris: and a street fight. they won't be able to tell you how to get to "sesame street" anymore. three long-time cast members getting the ax. >> this is 7news "today in new england." it's officially friday. let's celebrate that and the fact we finally have some rain. i'm christa delcamp. >> kris: and i'm kris anderson. it's friday. a sesame street theme. >> chris: i thought you were grading today's weather. we need the rain. a lot of people giving it two thumbs-up and maybe a rain -- maybe an "a" for the rain through southeastern mass. out of all these locations here, i think you may be more p

a taunton woman is cited for this crash in brockton. police say she ran a red light at the intersection of belmont cause it to tip. -- caused it to tip. both drivers are recovering from minor injuries. todd: federal investigators from at least three agencies are now on the scene of that hot air balloon crash in central texas. it is the deadliest in u.s. history. 16 people are dead. as abc's elizabeth hur explains where the investigation is turning now. elizabeth tonight, new video : emerging, showing the heart of just before 7:00 saturday morning. then at 7:38, the same balloon captured again in these pictures, flying low over a farmland. just 6 minutes later, the crash, and the 911 calls. >> we have a vehicle fully engulfed in flames. elizabeth: among those killed the pilot and the owner of the , company that operated the , skip nichols. >> he loved what he did. his utmost was the safety to his passengers. >> it's very, very rare we see an incident of this magnitude occur in the united states. elizabeth fellow pilots and : friends call

new detail about the taunton casino. a federal judge announce yesterday that the government was not authorized to declare the land a reservation for the machapee tribe. the government is expected to appeal the ruling. construction of the casino began in april. >>> the massachusetts department of public health is investigating two cases of recall. pt farm is recalling nearly 8800 pounds of raw beef. products because of the risk of potential colbert contamination. health officials announcing mosquito samples have tested positive for the west nile virus. the sample have come from boston, waltham and arlingt the pilot who crashed on july 4th may not have been allowed to fly. officials say he had not been cleared at the time because his medical certification was delayed. every animal will be removed from westport farm being investigated for animal cruelty this comings after police say they found hundreds of dead and injured animals there. so far no one charged. police are still investigating. >> the wrongest death lawsuit con

travelling northbound in this southbound lane in a nissan sentra struck and killed a 27-year-old taunton man in his chevy cruise. both pronounced dead on the scene shortly after first responders arrived. they were called there when another driver came crash and called 911. the names of the victims were withheld late wednesday. because police were still notifying family members. >> i spoke with the woman who says it was her boyfriend who was struck and killed by that middleboro woman in this crash. she says one of his last text messages was to her, saying he was getting ready to leave work and that he was coming home. this was at least the second wrong way driving incident state police have responded to this you can see 22-year-old steven esry of rockport drive more than 20 miles down route 128 and i-95 before he was stopped by police early sunday morning. no one was injured. but according to an ntsb investigation, 300 to 400 people are killed in wrong way driving crashes every year. more than half involve alcohol and the overwhelming majority of wrong way crashes happen between 6 p.m. an

>>> a federal judge gives a victory to residents hoping to block construction of a new casino in taunton. the judge says the u.s. department of interior did not have the authority to make the a native american reservation. the mash pee tribe broke ground on the $1 billion project in april. tribe leaders say an appeal is likely. >>> a world war ii relic has been recovered. divers recovered the propeller blade from a naval dive bomber that crashed while on a training mission during the war. the island trustees shared the power their facebook page with the full story behind the discovery. drought and farmers of the state's top crop cranberries are really feeling the heat. fox 25's kathryn burcham went to carver where even with today's rain farmers say they're in trouble. >> we just came out of bloom. these were all flowered two weeks ago they were all flowers. >> reporter: the raindrops 94ishing gary's cranberry both are bittersweet tears from mother nature it. >> makes me feel better but it won't amount to anything, no. >> reporter: weston has been scouring the skies for months hoping for

the one in maine or taunton, it makes it look different. ???. it's right on the border between the two radar combs. stretches to the massachusetts border. you may be hearing thunder in haverhill. nashua, we're seeing the heavy rain, heavy rain to nashua, developing just now an hampshire, all developing now, moving off toward the northeast. also, some storms forming just to the west of the berkshires, and in the albany capitol district, moving towards southern vermont. the flash flood watches for the south shore, cape cod, the islands, for this rain coming in overnight tonight. now that's the front that's dipping southward and here comes the steady and heavy rain from the south, dark greens and yellow and orange and red and some other kind of color, looks afternoon, looks like the latest timeline. this is going to vary from model run to model run with our futurecast data, because the storm is just getting its act together. and that front has to stall over us and right now, moving toward northern new england. stick with me and i'll update the time

. >> catherine: casino in taunton and why it could go through. >> gene: head back to zip in massachusetts. >> catherine: daniel miller giving us a history >> daniel: 18,000 people call this community home. 2010 nearly half of the residents here listed primary ancestry of irish and hard work continues you can definitely see it here today. full of fascinating history with the rich maritime tradition. >> history of any town. >> daniel: see it housed through the museum. brief documentary films document the exhibits. they can enter several rooms including the ship wreck room and ship building room. tracking 250 year history of ship building on river. >> daniel: scituate known for harvesting irish moss. it looks like this, frilly seaweed and for nearly 150 years, harvesting it was way of life. >> see it is a pallet of colors and this would be the end result started. >> daniel: bob chessy says the moss was used in many products including cough syrups, toothpaste. >> clarify the beer. treat that many of us >>> people outside scituate don't know about the lighthouse. what is that? >> michelle: eve