wrote the poem and the reason longfellow wrote the poem is because he was trying to arouse patriotism ahead of the civil war and he did a good job because we all know who paul revere is. but paul revere, actually, he doesn't ride very far before he's captured by the british. longfellow failed to mention that, i guess. israel bissile -- i forget how far but -- so paul revere and william dawes and another rider from concord, they meet up on the road and this rider goes to concord, tells his brother and then the network just spreads. and it's -- there's hundreds of riders by the end. it's just like gossip or anything, it just spreads. and it even reaches a little camp, a hunting camp in central kentucky, and they decide to name the camp after the first shot at lexington and that is lexington, kentucky. it takes weeks to get there but it only takes days to get down to new york and i don't remember the exact time. it might be within a day or two. but all the way down to georgia, within a couple of weeks, everyone pretty much knows abou

looking live at the longfellow bridge with pepper shaker it's going to let off steam when crews vent the pipes that's expected to send up a huge steam cloud as much as 200 feet above the bridge. just to be safe, traffic will be temporarily shut down. >>> what investigators are doing to track down the summits -- suspects. >> it would be a shame. square. massachusetts public charter schools are among the best in the country. our charter schools are public, and we have longer school days with more personal attention. we have a proven record of helping students in underperforming areas succeed. announcer: question 2 will expand charter school access and result in more funding for public education. every parent should be able to choose the public school that's best for their child. announcer: vote yes on question 2. >>> the union claims that the program would violate its bargaining unit. only if willing officers agreed to it. when no one stepped forward to volunteer, they selected officers >>> a reward to find the vandals who blew up a newspaper box in salem. an explosive device for the ra

. >>> the longfellow bridge may be years from being fully repaired but we're hearing that the project could be way over budget. the highway administrator is telling the globe that costs probably won't exceed the money budgeted for the project but the figure is almost 20% higher than the initial expected cost. as of now, work is expected to be done in september 2018. >>> how the mbta is using virtual reality to make your commute better. >>> you may think it can't get ? sleep number beds with sleepiq technology give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. the time is now for the biggest sale of the year, where all beds are on sale! save 50% on the labor day limited edition bed. >>> dramatic moments caught on camera by a drone as a man gets stuck in the mud in quincy and finally gets rescued. this happened this morning at 7:00 off if you were as brook parkway. the fisherman is stuck up to his waist. firefighters used ropes and ladders and wore survival suits to go after the man and took him 10 minutes to free him. the firefighters say he was lucky he had a cell phone on him

. >>> still unclear how much construction on the longfellow bridge is going to cost taxpayers. at 5:00, why the bridge's age is adding extra zeroes to the final bill. >>> a rare experience for >>> developing now at 5:00, two american olympic swimmers detained by police. all surrounds the accusations they made that they and two others were robbed in rio. the discrepancies in their stories that led a judge to pull their passports. >>> plus a neighborhood on alert for a peeping tom. the suspicious man that has police stepping up patrols. >>> and whitey bulger turning to the country's highest boss hopes will get them a new trial. complete new england news coverage starts right now. this is the fox25 morning news. >>> good morning, everybody. 5:00 on this thursday morning. it is august 18. hope your morning is you off to a great start. i am gene lavanchy. >> and i am sara underwood. warm air stick around today and meteorologist shiri spear, not all sunshine today. and fox25 from the stormtracker radar center with when you will find the brightest brightest conditions out there. welcom

if you take the longfellow bridge westbound, that bridge closed between hill place and is northbound the expressway. and just 24 miles per hour. this is around the braintree area where you are seeing the heavier delays and that corresponds with a 13-minute drive time on the expressway from the braintree plit to the mass pike. not looking good to pad. 24 minutes from 495 to the leverett connector. back to you. >>> five people are dead and 10,000 others are in shelters flooding has led to. seeing some incredible video of several of those rescues. >> daniel: one of the rescues is covered by a television news crew covering the flooding. 20,000 people have been rescued from the rising waters. local have started referring to this flood as the 500-year flood. several parts of the state have been declared federal disaster areas. this is in an area of louisiana that i didn't sustain major damage during hurricane katrina. among the thousands of rescues. this one caught on camera by a tv crew. watch as a rescuer dives into the water to pull a woman and her dog from a sinking car with only moment

diane: steam pipe venting over the longfellow bridge today to get rid of dirt and debris. the process could take all weekend. the steam can rise as high as 200 feet and there is a loud rumbling sound with it, but workers say that is a normal part of the process. announcer: next on suit -- newscenter 5. >> it sounded like an 18 wheeler blowing. diane: plane passengers on edgediane: thousands of feet in the air. the ne showers tomorrow. i will have a timeline. reid: a welcome home celebration for needham's golden girl. >> may i introduce to you, needham zone aly raisman>>. dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to live a full life. but living for today doesn't mean forgetting about tomorrow. most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do for retirement. but i like to think of retirement like it's a 30-year vacation. so how are you going to get there? don't worry. it just takes some planning. and i can help. so if you have a question about retirement, ask me. nes announcer: you're watching wcvb newscenter five at 11:00. reid: saved by their own quick thin

. -- wrote the poem. longfellow was trying to arrest patriotism ahead of the civil war. he did a good job because now we on the paul revere is. not ridere, he does very far before his capture by the british. longfellow failed to mention that. rear, paul reve and another rider from concord, they meet up on the road and this writer goes to concorde and tells his brother and the network spreads. riders byhundreds of the end. spreads andads -- even reaches a counting camp -- hunting camp in central kentucky and they decide to name the camp after the first shot of lexington and that is now a tintin, kentucky. -- lexington, kentucky. he goes on the dotted georgia within a couple weeks. everyone pretty much knows about it. paul revere, he helped get it goesed and william dawes home after the british capture over here but the network continues. -- paul revere but the network continues. there a poem about william dawes that makes fun of the fact that longfellow on the references revere and nobody cares about dawes. >> what would you run with -- rhyme with dawes? [laughter] >> rev

. >>> the state won't say how much construction on the longfellow bridge will cost. according to "the globe" extra costs were added. contractors used outdated methods for the historical accuracy of the bridge. the blaze was caused for the bridge needing to stay open for the red line and will stay open by september of 2018. >>> the new hampshire's attorney general's office is continuing to lo somersworth. police responded sunday morning to a 911 call at a home. and found a 2-year-old girl unresponsive. later determined she was dead. investigators don't know yet how that girl died. they are waiting on autopsy results and neighbors are shocked. >> trying to hope this was just an unfortunate thing that happened. >> sara: the girl's name has attacking his friend's ex-girlfriend will remain behind bars after not appearing in court. 39-year-old peter tur cowas recently released from prison where he got to know the victim's ex-boyfriend. police say he seriously injured the ex-girlfriend when he attacked her in her apartment the day after his release. she could lose vision in

but paul revere, actually, he far beforee very he's captured by the british. longfellow failed to mention that, i guess. israel bissile -- i forget how far. paul revere and william dawes from concord,der they meet up on the road and this rider goes to concord, brother and then the network just spreads. and it's -- there's hundreds of riders by the end. it's just like gossip or it just spreads. and it even reaches a little camp in central kentucky, and they decide to after the first shot at lexington and that is lexington, kentucky. to get there but it only takes days to get down to and i don't remember the exact time it. might be within a day or two. to georgia,way down within a couple of weeks, much knows about the first shot. so paul revere, he helped get started but william dawes kind of goes home after the british but thepaul revere network continues from concord on. so it's really the people of concord -- [indiscernible] actually a poem about william dawes that makes longfellowfact that only wrote about revere and dawes.cares about [indiscernible] derek: i can't rem

. >> sarah: still ahead, concern surrounding the longfellow bridge. who will pick up the tab? >> christa: and we're headed live to rio. the u.s. women's taking bronze in the summer i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. how do we make the economy work for everyone? hillary clinton's plan starts here... and those at the top finally pay their fair share in taxes. and those companies that move overseas? she'd charge them an exit tax. then she'd use that money to make the largest investment in creating good paying jobs since world war ii. millions of jobs. you can read the plan here. shaws and star market have everything you need, every day! e. happy anniversary to me. stop in and save on snack favorites, doritos and cheetos, only $1.99. plus get 2-liter pepsi for just 89 cents. and get red and black seedless grapes for $1.27 a pound. shaws and star market's anniversary sale. >> christa: we're back at 5:38. the exan says that unsolicited phone calls and homes offering discounted power are not legitimate. officials say that people offering the discounts are not affiliated

the longfellow bridge. this looks like it is on the expressway. , it is not. look like -- this is one our live cameras. somerville doing fine on this stretch. route 112. 128 from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls, a nice smooth ride at 21 minutes. gene, over to you. >>> this morning three people are in the hospital after getting hit by a car in roxbury including a father being credited for saving his daughter's life. it happened on blue hill ave. a father and 10-year-old daughter were working with their friend in a wheelchair to bus stop when they were out of the way before he got hit by the car. police say all three people are expected to survive. witnesses at the bus stop say the driver seemed to lose control as he turned around and blue hill avenue. >>> breaking overnight with only 82 days until the election, donald trump shaking up his campaign again. the gop nominee announced he has hired steven ba e non. the ceo of bright bart news as his campaign's ceo. bullets hit four homes in lowell in the last few days. one of them came within feet of a 81-year

wrote the poem and the reason longfellow wrote the poem is because he was trying to arouse patriotism ahead of the civil war and he did a good job because we all know who paul revere is. but paul revere, actually, he doesn't ride very far before he's captured by the british. longfellow failed to mention that, i guess. israel bissile -- i forget how

. >>> can't say how much construction on the longfellow bridge is going to cost. according to the globe, extra costs was added because contractors had to use they were called because the bridge needed to stay open for the red line. the bridge is scheduled to reopen. >>> the attorney general's office is continuing to look into the death of a toddler in somersworth. police responded to a 911 call at a home on linlden street and found a 2-year-old girl unresponsive. they later determined she was dead. vetter don't know how that girl died and awaiting on autopsy results and her name has not yet been released >>> we track traffic and weather every fen minutes. stowero drive and traffic moving fine you make your way westbound. looking good there. the drive time coming up. shiri. >> more clouds than sunshine right now. temperature there around 70 and a lot of 60s in the burbs. driving home from work at 5 p.m. 80s on tap. watching areas from worcester to plymouth southward for that morning rain. and i will time that out hour coming up. >>> a sex offender busted for alleged

doug: work continues after the dramatic site at the longfellow bridge. steam pipe venting started yesterday morning to get rid of dirt and debris from the steam cap rise as high as 200 feet and there is loud rumbling sounds with it. workers say this is a normal part of the process. >> now here's josh brogadir with sportscenter 5. >> how to raise your batting average by 15 points in late august? go 11 for 11. dustin pedroia, the hottest red sox hitter. with this offense, he's not the only one carrying this team. game two against kansas city, zander bogaerts with pedroia on base. all the way out on to lands down street, it's quickly 2-0 red sox in the first. price's only bad inning of the night, the second. perez with a rocket over the monster. now 2-1. david price, six innings pitched. strikes out seven. here he gets morales for the night. pedroia, 11 for his last 11. nearly making the major league record. he went 4 for 5. mookie betts stays electric. into the late summer night, his 29th home run. now 100 runs scored. reds sox win it 8-3. the rubber game i

it may offend sec not a normal dolphin figure it can be of the healthy longfellow hundred pounds andentified by some people as a baby while confirmed dead. >> vicki:happening now. delta airlines is still trying to recover from a computerthe airline company says some computer systems are still working slowly. but by early this afternoon, more than 500 delta flights, nationwide, had to be scrubbed and nearly 12-hundred flights delayed. the outage caused a global meltdown of its booking and communications systems. kron four's will tran. checks in with passengers at s-f-o who are still feeling the lingering effects. >> will: their trendy of the computer outage was flights that present and will and as quickly to fill up. the winner in the air of refunds they don't get an answer to refund even if it walked another airline to get another ticket its last-minute a good chance of that ticket could cost a lot more than what they paid for adults the many people just about one pay more and add to the problem. >> grant:next. the n-f-l preseason kicks off this week. how the raiders and the 49ers ar

district superintenden t stephen murley spent the day at horace mann, and longfellow elementary yesterday. he felt that some classrooms were too hot for students and teachers to focus. he says more than 23 percent of the classrooms in the district do not have air conditioning. hear from the district tonight at 6 given his first indication that he might hold hearings for supreme court nominee merrick garland. president obama nominated garland in march to fill the vacancy on the court after the death of justice antonin scalia. but grassley, who chairs the senate judiciary committee, said last spring that he would not hold confirmation hearings on any nominee until the next president takes office. then yesterday he told a rotary club in sioux the white house, he might consider holding hearings for garland during the lame duck session of congress. that's the period between the election and inauguration day. grassley says he would consider it only if a majority of senators favored the hearings. a new study shows people traveling to iowa are spending more money. and lower gas prices might be en

no issues on the roads and do want to know about a closure that has been an issue. longfellow bridge. the bridge is closed between hill street and main street. just something to take note of if you were going to be that area. meanwhile, 23 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass avenue. 10 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the mass pike, and 20 minutes from 495 to the leverett connector. >>> we want to start with that breaking news in woburn this morning. investigators say man was stabbed just after midnight outside the jake and joe's sports bar. he was rushed to the hospital to under go surgery and in critical condition right now. police have spent self-hours on the scene gathering evidence and no arrests have been made. a live report in 15 minutes. >>> we follow developing news out of woburn where a 1-year-old boy has died and his twin sister remain hospitalizea call log that larsson was rushed to the hospital and last night we learned he died from his injuries. his twin sister, emmy was taken to the children's hospital and we don't know his condition. the b

. >> gene: stated can't say how long the construction on longfellow bridge will cost. contractors had to use outdated methods to restore the accuracy of the bridge. the red line. bridge scheduled to open by september 2018. >> sara: new rule in the works that might put speed limitations on big trucks. rule three years in the making will require large trucks to have devices to limit maximum speeds. the department of transportation hasn't said whether they will cost all truck or new trucks on the road. the new rule has been supported by both safety advocates and major trucking companies. there will be a public comment period for the rule in >>> sara: two u.s. senator want airlines to spain recent outages and how they have computer systems when they fail. questions to recent airlines to recent computer outages. delta and american airlines reviewing the letter and southwest putting significant money to make sure computer systems are backed up. outages at southwest and delta last month delaying thousands of passengers. >> gene: sick of getting robo calls? you could be getting

closer to the city, the only thing going on right now route 3, longfellow bridge westbound, that bridge is closed and closed for another 15 minutes or so according to the notification of the overnight road works. a look at the pike going eastbound. past this accident in charlto past this accident in charlton. going through brighton and smooth sailing at this hour and a look at some of the drive times for you right now. you can see oten pike, 12 minutes for route 9. from route 1 to the weston tolls, you are looking at a 22-minute ride. jason, at least those cameras are looking nice and clear for any drivers out this early. >> jason: one or two sprinkles showing up on the radar. nothing to cause visibility problems. warm and humid. 78 degrees. heat index at 80. and the sun is not each up. the next 12 hours, middle 80s by 9:00 in the morning. we will have morning sun and with the heat and humidity, really building during the afternoon and an approaching front will be in the low to middle 90s with that risk for scattered storms. some of us will get cooling relief from the storms today. but

the morning. want to remind you route 3 longfellow bring, westbound, closed because of long-term construction, shifting west again charlton crew still on the scene dealing with overnight crash between two trucks and these are delays talking about backed up on pike eastbound all the way into charlton and sturbridge on 84 and jammed up on route 20 as well and what the trucks involved, over on side, you could see it was burned, also some charring there that you can make out for the photo captured by sky fox. here is look at traffic here as making way past the gas tank on the expressway and pretty jammed up on the hour of the morning. drive times, 24, nine minutes, 93 to 495 leverett connector take you about 29 minutes. right now though we want to send back out to westford where shiri >> good morning. live from westford. welcome to the fox 25 morning news zip trip. fox25, shiri spear is here with not every single place getting thunderstorm but everyone at risk to the point that you need to stay very alert and keep that fox25 weather app handy and high 95 in boston and framingham and 94 in fitchburg, 94 in

the point is what we have is very fragile, you can screw it up almost any way you like because it's so percentage jilt jill. now -- fragile. now, when longfellow wrote paul revere's ride, he wrote the poem because it was 1860, and he knew america was facing an existential crisis, and he wanted america to wake up and to see that they had to rise to to occasion and that hay had to fight. so -- they had to fight. so he wrote this poem. and i realize that poems and stories and books, these are the things that can galvanize us, that can make us see where we are and what we need to do. to some very small extent, i hope my book fulfills that kind of a role. i wrote it hoping that we could get a conversation started in our culture, a bipartisan conversation on this subject because i really do believe that there's a huge existential threat, that we could shortly cease to exist. you won't notice it, everything will look the same, you know? they're not going to burn our manageses, it doesn't work -- mansions, it doesn't work that way. at least not yet. i really think it's something we have to take seriously. my publisher has graciously offered to give a