the holy father fell while giving massachusetts. the 79-year-old popped right back up, blessed the altar and continued on with the mass. he has a medical condition which causes severe bain in his back and leg. >> vanessa: if you're being hounded by debt collectors, big changes could be coming. proposed new rules from the consumer bureau would limit how often collectors could contact consumers and they have to prove a debt is owed and would give consumers more ability to dispute their bills. consumer group calls in a good first step. >> we need to limit the number of contacts with consumers, we need to impose better penalties on debt collectors who break the law. >> vanessa: a trade group for the credit and collection industry says they will help small businesses keep their doors open and collect debts police say he used a box cutter, then head butted someone. manchester, new hampshire police arrested pablo rodriguez after they say he tried to steal items from inside a car yesterday. when officers say he was spotted, rodriguez rode of

ella rose lives in california, but plans to have the baby in massachusetts. meanwhile, julian edelman was spotted holding hands with super model, adriana lema in nantucket last weekend. >> mark: making big changes >> vanessa: the new steps to better help pedestrians, drivers and bikers share the narrow streets of boston. >> mark: a man falls off a bridge and two people risk their own lives to try to save him. hear from a devastated friend who jumped in, but got there too late. ted? >> the reporter: a pro-law enforcement rally taking place at somerville city hall. a black lives matter counterprotest taking here.2o2d? >> mark: if you are just joining us at 6:30 p.m., here's a look at our top stories. two big protests happening right now in somerville. police officers from several towns are hitting the streets and a group of black lives matters activists also managing their lives heard. the protests are all about a black lives banner that's been hanging at city hall for a year. >> vanessa: the police union says it's disrespectful, but the mayor down. ted daniel j

he was at the massachusetts delegation breakfast meeting beis morning, spoke right after chance to talk with him a little bit and he insisted that he believes that the party is unified or moving forward, toward unifiction, despite -- >> we have breaking news right now. mayor marty walsh speaking at city hall, let's listen in. >> i want to give you an update on the tragedy that happened yesterday at the curly community i met with counselors at the curly, i met with administrators at the curly center. i came to city hall and we had a meeting in the meeting room to talk about the next steps for what the plan is, the implementation. >> this afternoon i met with kaiser willis easy parents and family, myself, commissioner evans, they're certainly devastated by the loss of child as maze and the entire city in particular the staff and families and basically the conversation -- i'm not gonna get much into the conversation but we offer support to the family and any support that they need -- certainly we have counselors there helping them and working with them on arrangements and working to try to

all indication track its way to >>and traced right here in the massachusetts turnpike. the heaviest rain just south of the pike. watch as it moves on. the newest computer model run of this particular run, showing it nicely. where the rain gets in near 8:00 hour to the between 6:00 and 8:00 across the south shore. nothing flooding just yet. along the coast, in scituate first things in the morning during the zip trip. this is where the heaviest rain will fall as far as northern extent. the heaviest we believe is boston to worcester. and picking up really dramatically amounts all the way to the cape and islands. but what models will show you, these are why they're guidance and the meteorologist to look at can't just go with those computers say they've got it all figured out. may not. in this case, where the heaviest rain is going to end up being. that's southeastern massachusetts here. that's what we're expecting all along. the real rain with this computer model. likely closer to shore. that's what we're going to watch this evening, how this tracks to our north and rain to

will this be the trump shocker that haunts him to november? massachusetts pols go high profile at the dnc. who benefits the most? and in a week of smart women democrats, we have former attorney general martha coakley as our guest today. going "on the record." [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] maria: good morning, everybody. maria stephanos, along with newscenter 5's political reporter janet wu. ed harding is on assignment. quite a stretch for political junkies. the dnc, rnc, and today we have former massachusetts attorney general martha coakley to talk about all politics with us. since leaving public service coakley has joined the boston law firm of foley, hoag. good morning, martha coakley it was quite the week. janet: very exciting week but there were so many particular moments, seeing the nomination of the first woman, and every thing else in between. ms. coakley: i'm excited about what happened and we have 100 fort -- 104 days until the general electio

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the gentleman from texas for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. we appreciate having an opportunity to debate the rule because as we learned a couple of weeks ago, we're not always guaranteed that right. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: first of all, mr. speaker, with regard to the underlying bill, that would be were red if this rule passed, h.r. 1270, the so-called the restoring access to medication act of 2015, i'm going to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the administration's statement of policy which says that if the president were presented with h.r. 1270 he would veto the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: let me read the first paragraph so my colleagues know why. he says, the administration strongly opposes house passage of h.r. 1270 which would create new and unnecessary tax breaks that disproportionately

the top tier. a democrat from massachusetts, did not endorse her in the primary, darling till the last.he would unite the party, and it would be an historic ticket with hillary clinton and elizabeth warren. she was the only female democratic senator who did not endorse hillary clinton during the primary. i'm sure the clinton camp remembers that, and it doesn't help her case. there are negatives. massachusetts will go to the democrats, so that doesn't help you on a statewide electoral vote count. and it also could be per trade -- republicans put out leaked documents that they could make a very liberal ticket. warren could outshine hillary clinton on the campaign trail. i think she will definitely be -- there are reports that she is being vetted. i thinkr candidate that a slight edge has to go to tim kaine. a former governor of virginia, dnc chair, speaks spanish. i think he is interested. he has also dodged questions, which probably means he is being vetted. hers is a little more predictable as far as where she goes than trump. there are fewer candidates being discussed on the democratic

. >> members of the massachusetts army national guard made a shocking find in the woods of new jersey in yes they were training, an 87-year-old woman was stuck for days. has a tremendous ending. it could have been tragic. the 87-year-old left to visit her near baltimore and the nati base mcguire dix-lakehurst, new jersey. the woman got stuck in the sand off the beaten path, her cell the middle of nowhere. she ran the ac in her car in the 100-degree weather until it ran out of gas and drank water from thunderstorms. but monday afternoon, she had lost hope and was blacking out of when the massachusetts national guardsmen stumbled across her. >> i hadn't seen anyone the whole time i was there, and i knew i wouldn't last month day. were these faces there, these wonderful faces, the men. they life found me, and i was -- it was the most wonderful moment of my life. i owe so much to them. >> reporter: them would be these guys, 4 members of d- company, the 166th support battalion. they gave her water, put herror oxygen and got her to the hospital. we hope to speak with the rescuers tomorrow a

for areas along the south coast and on southeastern massachusetts. i think this is where the rain will be heaviest. we're not seeing much rain; the focus is on to the west, where you can see most the same right now outside southeastern massachusetts. it's generally shifting eastward, with the heaviest downpours around worcester right now. you can see that the rain is organizing with under offshore. low-pressure to the south is goto and that will give us heaviest rain along areas of the south coast. it's very humid outside, raining in boston, 77 degrees. the dew point is in the lower 70's, so it is a soupy day. we're going to try things out this afternoon, especially from boston north and west. you can see the rain filling in through the morning. midmorning we are still looking at the rain, and as we get into the afternoon, notice how we are southeastern massachusetts, where we could have rainfall rates over one inch per hour. we'll walk you through the rest of the timeline coming up. right now i want to get you out to the roadways. olessa: good mornin

when i was young, the republican party in massachusetts was considered the liberal party in massachusetts and the democrats were the conservative party in massachusetts. this begins to change in the early 1960's and in full sweep by the late 1960's as the base of the republican party first kind of signaled by the nomination of barry goldwater in 1964 and ultimately the unsuccessfully first challenge by ronald regan in 1976 and the successful challenge in 1980, the base of the republican party moved from the south end to the west. this is a re-alignment that happens largely around race and the correlation between a person individual's self-proclaimed identification of their own party and their individual self-proclaimed identification around ideology, that correlation has turned quite dramatically. it began in the 1960's and accelerated the physical re-alignment around race. the second argument is that the, this is an argument i want to shout out to a young star who's name is james d'angelo. it is that the movement towards sunshine legislation in the 1970's has actually made things conside

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. fitzpatrick: mr. speaker, we have no additional speakers as well. in closing i just want to again thank chairman hensarling and ranking member waters for entrusting to myself and my colleague, mr. lynch, important work of investigating terrorism finance, how these terrorist organizations are achieving the resources, what we can do to choke off their financing, without s like oxygen, oxygen you can't live. without financing terrorists can't achieve their goals. i want to thank mr. lynch because during the course of the two years we worked together he worked very closely with me to make sure that in each of the hearings that we had and all the work putting built together that no politics seeped into this important work. so we continue to work together. i also want to thank the staff of the financial services committee, mr. joe pender, mr. chris, and my staff, and jackie of representative lynch's staff who helped us craft the legis

the chair recognizes the entleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i'm tired of the republicans bringing meaningless bills to the floor for debate, taking up the time of the members and wasting taxpayers' money. this bill is going nowhere. i'm also tired of moments of silence after every massacre in this country. sandy hook, san bernardino, orlando, virginia tech, charleston they go on and on and on. all this body can do is have a moment of silence. we can't even have a debate on the floor on serious legislation that is bipartisan legislation because the n.r.a. wouldn't like it. too bad. too many people are dying in this country and we have to do something. we have to come together. mr. speaker, if i'm going to ask that we defeat the previous question and i will offer an amendment to the rule to bring up bipartisan legislation that would allow this eattorney general to bar the sale of firearms or explosives to those on the f.b.i.'s terrorist watch list. the republican majority refused to even debate closing this glaring loophole for the firs

. >> ryan: this time from the massachusetts department of public health the agency is investigating two cases of e. coli in people who ate ground beef while in new hampshire. pounds of raw beef products due to risk of e. coli contamination and word that two people in massachusetts are now sick. >> kim: patriots players, back on the practice field. this is a fresh start for the pats who will have a fresh starter coming week 1. jimmy garoppolo working hard and tom brady is right next to him getting ready for his return which will come eventually. joe amorosino live in foxboro with more from practice. >> reporter: the patriots trying to keep it as normal as possible here on day one of training camp. over 12,000 fans came out. all eyes onton brady and jimmy garoppolo. the two quarterbacks, they share a high football i.q. they share the ability to process and store data quickly and efficiently. and now they are sharing reps in practice. for the first time since 2001 the patriots open training camp knowing tom brady will not be their starting quarterback but brady went about his business as u

backtracking on the massachusetts element to some degree, but the senate is up for grabs this fall, and harry reid, who is retiring, one of his legacies, when he leaves, he wants to leave and give the majority to his successor, like chuck schumer, and if you give a seat away, yes, maybe you can win it back, because it is massachusetts, but after ted annedy died, everyone thought democrat would succeed, and then senator brown, ended up losing, took his seat, and it shocked the country that a republican and id kennedy's seat, think that is a strike against bid.arren and cory booker would be replaced by republicans, so that hurts his choices -- chances. steve: clearing the path for handing the case over or a trial for the governor, but also the reporting of tim kaine receiving gifts as lieutenant governor and governor, so how big of a problem is that? about $160,000 in gifts. : not bad. virginia has lax rules about gifts, and he reported all, but now it is coming out, because it is a big deal that he could be on the ticket, so i think he will have to explain it. repeatedly, his office has

during the day really in western massachusetts, into the early afternoon, in to eastern massachusetts. none of it looks very substantial, but a lot of clouds, some cooler temperatures and the risk of a shower or two. same thing on monday. you'll have the same idea, clouds, cooler and the risk of a shower, slightly less risk of a shower. then we dry things out and start to warm things up through the rest of the week. tracking what's out there, make sure none of the storms get stronger. not seeing lightning just yet, but something i'll be watching closely. i'll have that on live storm tracker anything out that becomes substantial for you, so i'll keep on tracking it and we'll talk about the weekend forecast with the latest timeline with the potential for showers coming our way on sunday and monday, starting tonight at 10:00 p.m. >> we had a warm front in foxborough, causing a very eventsful day at gillette stadium. our courtney fallon reports from day two of patriots training camp. and after the red sox most frustrating loss of the year last night in anaheim, david price takes to twitte

. >> reporter: visiting the rural hill towns of western massachusetts, you probably wouldn't be surprised by people in cafes or coffee houses taking advantage of free wi-fi to work and check emails. but you might be surprised by the lengths they go just to get online. >> my strategy, do it late at night when everybody in my house is, like, asleep so that everything works well. >> because we have so many people that use it, it overworks our router, so we have to reset it periodically. >> reporter: beyond the boston metropolitan area there is a digital divide in massachusetts. though the state has the 15th largest population in the country and a thriving tech industry, small towns in the more rural central and western regionslike new marlborough, goshen, and new salemstill struggle with connectivity because cable companiesthe most common providers of internet access to american homes and businessesdon't offer them high speed internet. and the bay state isn't the only one facing this problem. earlier this year, the federal communications commission released findings showing that 10% of ameri

the mass pike. a flash flood watch for southeastern massachusetts cape cod and the islands through most of the day tomorrow. how much rain is expected to >> anchor: bri, thank you. remember you can stay one step ahead of the wet weather using our 7 news mobile app. >> anchor: sky 7 hd over the scene of a brush fire in beverly. crews are on the scene working to try to control to another brush fire in topsfield. fire fighters working to put out the flames on dry brush. traffic was not stopped because of the fire. >> now on >> the next president of the united state hillary clinton. >> after a presidential appearance hillary clinton looking to seal the deal. >> and i just hope that people understand why i love her so much. >> it's closing time at the democratic national convention. >> anchor: and live inside a packed wells fargo center in philadelphia tonight where the stage is set for hillary clinton. it is night 4 of the dnc and it politics. >> anchor: and tonight clinton will officially accept the democratic presidential nomination in prime time. he joins us live inside the hall with more. >> reporter: that

top on the list, a lisbeth moran of massachusetts -- elizabeth warren of massachusetts. >> should notndorse hillary clinton in the primary process. partyuld really unite the and it would be historic with hillary clinton and elizabeth warren on the ticket. was the only e-mail democratic senator. who did not endorse hillary clinton during the primary i'm sure the clinton camp does remember that. there are negatives that massachusetts is clearly going to the democrats. it does not help you on a statewide, electoral vote count. ,t could be portrayed as republicans have put out some week documents that portray a very liberal ticket. warren could outshine hillary clinton on the campaign trail. i think that she is being discussed, there are reports that she is being vetted. another candidate is tim kaine from virginia. he is a former governor, dnc chair who speaks spanish. he is interested. he has also. questions about being -- he has also dodged questions about being vetted. for trump, there are fewer candidates being discussed, and i think that in all likelihood, hillary clinton will go wi

bringing the threat of showers and thunderstorms right to the massachusetts border. those dew points are going up especially in the evening into the 60s and 70s upper 60s and low 70s and that's northern massachusetts especially will get into that threat storms. you can also follow along with me if you can't be watching the television. now these actually start to fizzle out with the darkness and a cloud well, they're not going away yet. look at this rain to our south trying to work its way in. that's the next threat of showers and thunderstorms, too. rays point beach 84 and wallaceton 94. coming from the southwest evening. high temperatures close to boston check this out. quincy 94, boston 93. in fact here in watertown 96?. it's going to be a hot one no doubt about it tomorrow. with the rain on friday every computer mole runs tuesday a little different. now most seems to be offshore. but i'll be getting a new one the next hour. i'll show you the update and my bet is we'll see that rain entering the area again because most of the models are showing some heavy rain, espe

now almost five people a day in massachusetts die as a result of an opioid overdose. but in the last several weeks, massachusetts general hospital has ruled out new guidelines for their doctors to outline how to walk many drugs and being able to relieve pain compassionately. there were several points but the overarching plan is to use opioids as a last resort for the shortest amount of time in the smallest possible dosage. dr. wakeman says he would also like to see more people with the overdose reversing drug narcan readily available. >> we believe that should be in people's medicine cabinets as well. this can be a lifesaver and people can unintentionally overdose even for pain treatment. >> reporter: they say what for patients who may be more predisposed to addiction and they'll check in frequently with all of their patients in case any adjustments need to be made. in the control room, elizabeth hopkins, fox 25 news. >>> governor baker vetoed a bill to expand access to therapies for treatment of lyme disease in its place he offered a new bill. but the new bill does not offer pa

it is a wealthy neighborhood and it is a branch off of the massachusetts avenue movement in washington and it is a dig house. renting it fors the time when his daughter finishes school and it is a perfectly beautiful neighborhood with a slope down from is achusetts avenue and beautifully landscaped area and i'm not sure if anyone liked it much. constant surveillance joe brown gets good on the 7-eleven. this does not happen. they have this to face for the rest of their life. it will be secret service secret service is as unobtrusive as they can be. they are always there. mrs. obama has expressed the feeling of being in a prison. she made the amusing remark in the north hall. she was asked, what would you have you could have everything on earth -- anything on earth question mark >> walk through the door and not look bad -- on earth? >> walk through the door and not look back. the old days of going into quiet retirement are over. sasha is looking to finish high school in the area and have they said what she will do when she finishes high school? .> i do not know i know a library is being

from the pike to southeastern massachusetts with lower totals heading into new hampshire. we'll be updating the forecast. and that's how it looks. on friday. it's gone by saturday so a bright start to the weekend and showers may return for sunday and monday. a few chances for rain in the forecast. >> you said we needed it. >> and before the weekend. >> thank you so much. turning to sports now. patriots veterans arrived in foxborough. and tomorrow morning, training camp begins. >> thank you very much. and certainly a good vibe down here garoppolo will start the season. and tom brady will take over once the suspension is over. we knew that already, right? yes, garoppolo is entering his third season with the pats but he's never started an nfl game. he's had plenty of time to watch and learn from tom brady. what they see. >> he's been developing, each time getting we are and better. it's probably exciting for him knowing the work he's put in and for other guys on the team, he's a hard worker. i don't think -- he's a confident kid. >> he's prepared himself for a moment to play s

ella rose lives in los angeles but reportedly plans to have the baby girl in massachusetts. >>> a? you twist tonight in the murder case that is decades a new hampshire man once arrested for murder faces new charges. >> ted daniel he was once a small town police chief. >> mark, vanessa, robert chambers is from western new hampshire, nearly 30 years ago when chambers was a part-time police chief a body was found on his property and he wasarded for murder. instead of going to prison he was set free under questionable circumstances. now he's locked up again this time accused of a new crime the sexual abuse of a child. and according to his public defender, in bad health. >> he has 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 in a new hampshire courtroom today accused of sexually abusing a child. authorities say it happened over a six year period beginning in 1994. prosecutors say the vict recently revealed the horror she endured. >> mr. cham

the east. you look real close and see yellow across long island. as that works coast of massachusetts there may be late morning early afternoon downpours there. flash flood watch still up until 5:00 p.m. the bulk of the action between like 11:00 and and 11:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon if you get heavier rain. temperature low-to-mid 70s. humidity so thick this morning you can cut it with a knife. we lower the rain chance into the afternoon. that's when temperature bump up guys? >> hillary clinton wrapping up the democratic national convention. tonight we reached a milestone in our nation's march toward a more perfect union. the first time that a major party has nominated a women for president. [cheering and applause] >>> and with that speech hillary clinton closing out what was historic night on stage officially accepting her party's nomination. her speech contained everything from personal story on donald trump. >>> she really did embrace the history of the moment. but also stressed the fact she would be a president for everybody. >> i accept your nomination for the president of the un

top of the list, elizabeth warren of massachusetts. warren iselizabeth top-tier. mocrats are massachusetts clintonendorse hillary during the primary process. she would really unite the party, and of course, it would be eight historic take it with hillary clinton and elizabeth warren on the ticket, and she was the only female representative who did not endorse hillary clinton. that will probably help her case. are negative fear, that massachusetts is the going to go to the democrats, with the statewide electoral vote count, and it could also be portrayed -- republicans have put out some that they could portray it as a very liberal ticket. warren could outshine hillary clinton on the campaign trail. she will definitely be discussed. there are reports that she is being vetted. there is a former governor of virginia, the dnc's chair, and he speaks spanish. i think he is interested.

in the morning and picks up in intensity especially in southeastern massachusetts. look at this stretch of heavy rain forecast to come on through by the computer models. the bottom line takeaway rain, boston to worcester and southeastward, heavier rain to the northwest and not as much and not drought breaking of the rainfall totals get a little exorbitant. over 8 inches in hyannis is not likely. you could use it, but you're not likely to get it from this. more likely anywhere between 1 and 2 inches, is a strong possibility with some of the heaviest rain out that way, which is certainly welcome and needed. the takeaway here is the heaviest rain, southeastern northern fringes. zip trip, could have rain around. something we'll have to watch closely. starts at 6:00 a.m., friday morning, visiting sciate this week. sunshine for the weekend, i'm keeping it optimistic and sunny. both days in the 80's. keep a close eye on the evolving situation for friday as the new data comes in this evening. >> mark: celebrate the end of july with our zip trip on friday. our crew will be in

he obtains shocking letters written to parliament by thomas hutchinson, the royal governor of massachusetts sends them to the rebels in america. the letters outline hutchinson's plan to oppress the american colonists. >> mr. speaker. i have obtained letters of an extraordinary nature, written by our own colonial governor. >> the letters find their way to sam adams, who, of course, knows exactly what to do with them -- share them widely with everyone. >> "my dear sir, for the peace and good order of the colonies, there must be a great restraint of natural liberty, an abridgement of what are called 'english liberties.'" an abridgement of english liberties. >> when franklin revealed the hutchinson letters, he probably had the idea that he could pin the problem between the american colonies and the british crown on hutchinson. >> how could you have been so blind? >> i thought that if i discretely shared these letters, perhaps my rebellious friends would make peace. >> my goodness. you had no idea what it was like for us here in the colonies. >> franklin is so out of touch, he doesn't realize th

the challenge to the massachusetts delegation in the run-up to the november election. ben: and the marriage of nature and shopping at country curtain headquarters. the back roads of the maria: we are waiting for rain. anchor: a lot of places are not going to get as much as we are hoping for. scattered showers here or there. the morning could be a slow commute. less of a chance, more toward that. maria: we will take the rain and have a perfect weekend. that would be lovely. the. >>> tonight, breaking news. the enormous stakes for hillary clinton. still writing and tweaking her speech late today. after that unexpected moment. coming around the corner after listening backstage to performer rival, now making the case for her. >> there has never been a man or a woman nobody more qualified than hillary clinton. >> tonight, what will clinton say here? what might she reveal to a country so fiercely divided on hillary clinton? >>> donald trump and the backlash tonight, after saying to russia, if you're listening, find hillary's e-mails. tonight, the campaign now saying it was s

polis: i yield to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. moulton farc unanimous consent request. mr. moulton: i ask unanimous consent to bring up h.r. 1217. the bipartisan expanded background checks legislation. to honor the memory of dana roaden, a victim of gun violence who never received a moment of silence on the house floor. the speaker pro tempore: as previously announced, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: i'd like to yield to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. doyle, far unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. doyle: i ask unanimous consent to bring up h.r. 1217, the bipartisan expanded background checks legislation, to honor the memory of geno nicholas a victim of gun vinyl who never received a moment of silence on the house floor. the speaker pro tempore: as previously anuned the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. mr. polis: i just received devastating news in a story just broken by politico, house republicans inde

for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed to the bill? >> i am in its current form. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. keating of massachusetts moves to report the bill back to the committee worth withwith the following amendments, page 3, line 11, insert of extent necessary the following, except as otherwise provided in this section. page four, line 3, insert at the end of the line, except for firearms transfers to criminals and suspected terrorists. section 5 of united states code is further amended by adding at thed on the following, c, in the case of a rule made by the attorney general regarding the national firearms system including the denial of firearms to international or domestic terrorism suspect the extent necessary to decision and when presented the reviewing court shall decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitution and and statutory provisions and determine the meaning or applica

ependent ♪ >> the cotton in the congress of 1774. from massachusetts. >> annihilated. nouncer: the delegates are looking. they protest. toy are petitioning the king address grievances. they demand, respectfully, their rights as loyal british subjects, but they are thinking of the word they dare not whisper, and in their hearts, these of the old world have become something new. yorkers,lvanians, new no more. i am not a virginian but an american. ♪ [singing] >> i received the petitions of the king, but it was thrown under the table. i dreaded them, like death. after all, they might have been accepted. >> well, now it is 75. instant of satisfaction, requiring force. >> i have anxiety, mr. adams. the mad measure of mixing soldiers in the state of irritations. some mischief or an accidental quarrel, and imprudent order or any other things. it may produce a, in which such carnage as to make a bridge that can never afterwards be healed. >> so be it. announcer called the 19th of april, 1775. , theyross the 13 colonies are ready for this terrible moment. a dispatch from watertow

. >> reporter: michelle carter, the massachusetts teenager accused of urging her boyfriend to commit suicide by a text message is now facing up to 20 years in prison. the state's highest court ordering her to stand trial. deciding friday to uphold carter's grand jury indictment on a manslaughter charge for the death of conrad roy. he died of carbon monooxide poisoning. prosecutors say he was on the phone with carter for 47 minutes. she allegedly convinced second thoughts. >> she told him to get back in the car. >> reporter: in a series of text messages leading up to roy's death, prosecutors say carter was essentially bullying him into suicide. texting, you need to stop thinking about this and just do it. and there is no way you can fail. tonight is the night. it's now or never. >> when are you going to do it? stop ignoring the question. >> reporter: carter's lawyers argued the then 17-year-old's texts were protected by the first amendment and didn't cause roy to kill himself. saying roy was the one who convinced carter he should commit suicide. >> he has brainwashed her to the point w

by the way, the massachusetts magistrates were truly befuddled about what to do about the turkey, and so they went in and shot three wild turkeys and threw them in the pit to symbolically cleanse the society from this immorality. after granger's execution, bradford tried to understand why "wickedness did break forth in a land where so much was so witnessed against and so narrowly looked unto." and he concluded that granger's behavi behavior, plus adultery and nonmarital sex and "even sodomy and buggery," things too fearful to name, having just named them, "have broke forth in this land oftener than once." and what bradford focused on was the fact that most of the offenders were either immigrants or people who had been corrupted by immigrants. and he tried to explain this by looking at the labor shortage in plymouth. and he note that many of the settlers, desperate for laborers that when they could not have such as they would were glad to take such as they could. and so, of course, settlers of plymouth were willing to take irreligious people, people of questionable morals, recent immig

euros saving the life of an elderly woman. these massachusetts national guardsmen were on a training mission in new jersey when they found the woman in her car deep in the woods. and 87 euros woman. when they found her, she was slumped over in the backseat. she told then she had been stuck without food or water for days. she suffered extreme dehydration and possibly heat illness, but guess what? she is improving. ed: that is a wild. what did you do today? mi i did was answer a lot of the e-mails. ed: that was a great story. mike: yeah, terrific story. we had a lack a rain. look at what we're talking about. most places picking up less than a 10th of an inch of rain. where was the rain? we travel down toward nantucket. almost an inch of rain fell there. getting hit. then we had dry conditions. worcester, eight inches drive for the year. the area that did not get the rain was in a severe drought situation right now. you see what happens. the rain stays just offshore. we're talking about a whole different story. we are left with just a little bit of

ed: in the middle of her speech tonight, there was the mention of new bedford, massachusetts, where she worked as a young children's defense fund. she mentioned new bedford in the middle of her speech. now that the convention is over, now that the balloon popping is over, that the balloons are on the ground, now it's time to go to work, and tonight, i spent the evening with the massachusetts delegation to find out what that work really is. the closing of the convention. >> the next step is retail. this is wholesale. the next up is retail. ed: the opening of the next chapter. >> there's so much energy in the new people bernie sanders brought in. ed: are you ready to accept hillary? >> i'm ready to accept the democrats. ed: for each of the massachusetts delegates -- >> organize, organize, organize. >> hold your legislators accountable. push for progressive candidates. >> all politics is local, and we work together to make things work. we are all democrats. ed: is driven by the energy produced in philly in the la ed: what does the next step look like to you? >> it's really about canvassing

last night i spent the night with the massachusetts delegation during the speech to check on what they are doing next and here it is. >> what's the next step. >> organize, organize, organize. >> our politics is local. and we work together to make things work. we're all democrats. a lot of, you know, sort of retail. >> it's really about canvassing the neighborhoods. >> clinton's speech last night went roughly an hour. a few seconds under an hour. the question this morning, how much was correct? how much was marginally correct? how much was not correct? we're checking the facts this morning and we'll be back with that in a bit. erika. >> very good. thanks so much. donald trump reacting to clinton's speech. he tweeted, "no one has worse corruption and devastation follows her wherever she goes." earlier at a campaign in iowa he had this to say about the dnc. >> you know i've been watching these speeches at night. and boy am i getting hit. oh! oh! i am getting hit, and they don't mean it, and there is a lot of lies being told but i guess that they have to do their thing. >> donald trump als

the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i'm happy to yield three minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. nadler: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i oppose this closed rule. this bill is just another attempt in a long line of republican attempts to interfere with women's health choices. this bill is part of a disturbing national trend. some legislators at the federal, state and local level are attempting to insert religious exemptions into anti-discrimination and pro-women's health laws with which they do not agree. rather than trying an assault on the laws themselves which they know they would lose, they seek instead to use the premise of religion to allow further discrimination against women. we must not let them succeed. let's be clear what this is really all about. the republicans are not happy with the supreme court's pro-choice decisions. they're not happy with the affordable care act that provides contraceptive cover

the candy. it can be purchased on-line or at massachusetts medical marijuana dispensaries. >> you don't need it in candy, cookies and it could get mixed up to easy. >> you have to hold parents responsible for the accessibility to medical marijuana opinion it's like prescription pills. >> reporter: police don't know how these teens got a hold of the candy. they were' not cited because they cal assistance. they didn't have medical marijuana cards. live in hingham, jonathan hall, 7 news. >> jadiann: one of the state's most wanted sex offenders is now cuff and in custody. 48-year-old mickle viegas was arrested in new jersey today. he was wanted for two counts of failing to register as a sex offend after he was convicted of several charges including raping a charges. he is the fourth of 6 of the most wanted sex offenders found in the past week and a hampshire running away from a house of corrections. police say kevin gearhart tried to steal cars trying to make his get away but thanks to a witness police were able to track him down and arrest the person in a market basket parking lot. he is back in th

the claim. antoinette: it's a working weekend for massachusetts lawmakers. they're scrambling to pass bills before formal sessions of the house and senate end at midnight tonight. among those, a proposal to regulate ride sharing companies. th utilities to use more wind power and hydro electricity. any contested proposals that are not decided will have to wait until january. sera: a condo in sutton has major damage after a fire yesterday that happened on ariel circle. luckily, everyone inside managed to get out safely. two firefighters were treated for minor injuries. a memorial to a teenager who the victim, from georgia, was attending a summer program at harvard university. the eyeopener's nicole estephan is following the investigation into this tragedy. reporter: from the early morning into the night, friends came and embraced, left in tears. candles and flowers marking the spot where 18-year-old tyler green's life came to an end friday night. >> it's horrific, tragic. i looked it up to see if it was real. reporter: green was attending a seven-week summer pr

look at the heavy rain that came across, just clipping southeastern massachusetts. thunderstorms offshore, maybe had a rumble of thunder out on nantucket earlier today but that storm, just underperforming, we needed the rain and just couldn't get it. not in most of the area. then tonight, well, we're trying again. there are downpours that have border, back in the i-91 corridor, the connecticut river valley, amherst, headed out towards springfield, this went through greenfield and headed right back to you. these on the massachusetts-new hampshire border, moving off towards the southeast and moving at 18 miles per hour. but these storms are pulsing up and down, it rains hard and suddenly gone on radar and another one will take its place. if this line holds together as is, and with that pulsing happening, it's not a gun teach, but let's a -- guarantee, ton, winchendon, orange, ashfordham and gardener, those are the towns and other small are towns in between those that would be affected with a period of heavy rain for a short time. same with you here. there were a couple

you'll hear the president say that before we say goodbye, i would like to take you over to the massachusetts delegation. not all the seats are full but comes into the hall tonight, as day three of the convention hits its culmination toward the hillary clinton speech tomorrow night. newscenter 5, back to you. >> thank you. look for special abc news coverage from the convention through tomorrow night right here on channel 5 beginning at 10:00, followed, of course, by newscenter 5 at 11:00. >> back to donald trump. today he's urging russia to interject itself into the u.s. election. hillary clinton's deleted emails. trump is not some other republicans are trying damage control. >> it was a free-wheeling press conference in florida. donald trump instructed russia to look for hillary clinton's emails she deleted before turning over her personal server to the f.b.i. >> they probably have her 33,000 emails that she lost and deleted. because would you see some beauties there so let's see. >> i find those kinds of statements to be totally outrageous, because you've got is, in fact, asking the russian

the heavy rain in southeastern massachusetts. right now, you can see it is getting organized south of long island, and we have a steadier rain pushing through a good portion of the area. it really is light rain in most areas, darker greens and yellows showing up with pockets of moderate downpour. it looks like lighter rain is falling, 77 degrees, but wow is it humid. a very muggy start. rain tapers off. the skies they brighten up more to the west of town when we jump up into the 80's. he stay in the 70's, rain continuing. notice as we get toward lunchtime, the rain tapers off, continuing with heavy downpours right through the afternoon and crosses the south coast, where the rain may exceed half an inch. any rain is welcome; we will get a nice start to the weekend, high-pressure nosing in, sun and clouds. , by sunday we are watching this area of low pressure which will keep more showers around as we go into sunday and monday. you can see temperatures a little cooler, with more clouds then showers, especially in the first half, but

the spotlight. how she invoked her time in massachusetts during her big ? with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance. you're alright with simply right checking from santander bank. >> byron: hillary clinton's tweet is not a man you can trust with nuclear weapons. >> byron: tearing into trump while accepting an historic nomination. i'm live in philadelphia with her message to the american people. >> christa: also an inmate making a great escape in shackles. how he was able to get away. >> kris: f is for fine. three famous faces leaving sesame street. >> christa: and david ortiz honored by an opposing team who appreciates a little big papi bling. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> kris: good morning. it's for fired and it's also for friday. thanks for joining us. i'm kris anderson. sarah is off for the day. >> christa: i'm christa delcamp. see the radar behind us. >> kris: i do. looks pretty green. >> christa: it's rainy, bu

the evening. tonight, drying conditions after a few evening downpours and patchy fog over southeastern massachusetts where we had the most rain. as we look towards the weekend, we are watching the next system off to the west and travel to the northeast and then jam up against high pressure. this is the big picture. tomorrow is the brightest clouds tend to thicken tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night into sunday, we'll see showers and downpours try and move in. at the same time, we have an easterly flow, a more stable flow. the best chance of heavier rain in southern vermont, new york, western mass and southern new hampshire. not expecting a lot of rain to get into eastern massachusetts. a chance for a couple of showers sunday morning and heavier rain just to the west and a chance of showers but we can't buy a break in the dry pattern. we'll have morning sun and afternoon cloudiness. the humidity, not bad. it will be a nice summer day. saturday night, a chance for a shower, muggier and temps in the upper 60s, and then towards sunday, showers and cooler with the east breeze and temps in the 70s. tomo

. >> reporter: bernie sanders speaking to the massachusetts delegation at the democratic democrats to help legislate hillary clinton and defeat donald trump. >> this is a man who is running his entire campaign on bigotry. on trying to divide us up. >> reporter: last night in an effort to unify the party, sanders stepped in to call for a voice vote on clinton's nomination. >> and i move that hillary clinton be selected as the nominee. >> insists tears. >> i think when it finally sinks in on people as to what choice clear choice, and that's hillary. >> reporter: and after becoming the nominee... a symbolic shattering of the glass ceiling and hb's message to little girls. >> i may become the first woman president but one of you is next. >> am sure little girls all over the world will look and say i can be the next hillary. >> reporter: and bill clinton spoke about his wife as >> i married my best friend. >> i think president clinton's speech about his wife last night gave insight to a lot of the things that people don't know about her. >> reporter: hillary clinton's running mate tim kain

the united states. >> anyone who has been within six counties of mike dukakis has heard the story of massachusetts. how a run-down state became one of the hottest in the country. >> dukakis's campaign will be run by chief of staff john sasso and harvard law professor, susan susan estrich. >> all my friends from politics were coming together to support a very smart man running for president. great. so i went to boston and helped the guy set up the campaign. >> i was just a kid in college. >> then i just went to boston and barged in there and volunteered. governor dukakis had a rule that nobody could be hired unless he personally interviewed them. and i thought to myself, why are you talking to me? i am 21, i make photocopies, what are you doing? he said i'm going to run this campaign in a very ethical way and i want to make sure that everybody that comes to work for me understands that. and i was hooked. i knew i wanted to do this. >> dukakis sets out to win his party's nomination. there's literally a short list of opponents. >> there were seven of us. some of the press rather uncharitably referred