Research in the new vaccines and n. Ih Just Announced the first Clinical Trials in humans. That costs money. Thats why my more urgent request for money back in february. Not only did the Republicanled Congress not pass our request, they worked to cut it, and then they left for summer recess without passing any new funds for the fight against zika. Meanwhile, our pets at the n. H. And on the front lines have been doing their best and making due by moving funds from other areas, but now the money we need to fight zika is rapidly running out. The situation is getting critical. For instance, without sufficient funding, nih critical trials Clinical Trials and the possibilities of a vaccine, which is well within reach, could be delayed. So this is not the time for politics. More than 40 u. S. Service members have now contracted zika in 50 u. S. States, we know of more than 1800 cases of zika connected to travel to affected areas and that includes nearly 500 pregnant women. Zika is now present in almost every part of puerto rico and now we have the first local transmission in florida and there will certainly be more. And meanwhile, congress is on a summer recess. A lot of folks talk about protecting america f zika is a threat to americans, especially babies, right now. So right now, i want to surge the American People to call their members of congress and tell them to do their job. Deal with this threat, help protect the American People from zika. With that, i am going to take some questions, and im going to start the president speaking right now live from the pentagon. Hes about to take questions as you heard, but hes been focused on zika for the last few minutes, but large i focused it. That does it for us at 4 00 p. M. We want to kick it over to ock and lily. Vanessa were in the middle of one of our worst droughts ever. The damage it is causing and when we could see rain. The reporter a Police Officer attacked while doing a detail. We talked to one of the obstruction workers who saw the whole thing happen. Mark a Police Officers arrested for aiding isis. Only on fox 25, the local company that helped train that officer, and what its owner remembers about him before he went rogue. Mark right now at 5 00 p. M. , lawns all over new england look a lot like this one right here. Its the sixth driest year ever in boston and there are no signs of this drought ending any time soon. Good evening everyone. Im mark ockerbloom. Elizabeth im Elizabeth Hopkins in for vanessa welch. Sarah wroblewski is tracking a who are really tired of looking at that, but here we are at the Westwood Dedham water district. If you look on your screen, you look around, you see nothing but brown grass. It looks like its dead. People say theyre fed up looking at it, but we are in a serious, serious drought right now. The saying goes, the grass is greener on the other side. No rain, no green. Is not the case here in massachusetts. Driving around town in westwood and dedham, grass is brown, and just dry. This map clearly shows you, in the orange, we are in a drought, its the worst we have seen across the state in 14 years. Its been pretty bad. The reporter in this household, watering their plants and taking care of their lawn is their livelihood. Its good for your health, bushes, water them, mow the lawn. The reporter for the last ten days or so, folks living in thean only water their lawn one day a week. It is serious, we take it seriously. The reporter its so serious, the last time the oneday rule was implemented was 15 years ago. And we have a stream trigger that affects one of our wells when it hits a low point of 12 cubic feet per second. We are mandated by permit to shut that well the reporter the severe Drought Conditions are across 62 of massachusetts. Thats up 20 in just a oneweek span. And on nights like this, you just have to accept it. And hope in the fall. The reporter so, if you dont follow that restriction where you can water your lawn, just one day a week, you could get a fine of up to 100. It depends on each and every town. Even though were getting rain on saturday, thats not going to we need a lot more rain than well tell you how this couple is saving water the smart way. We are live in dedham tonight. Malini basu, fox 25 news. Mark we need the rain and there is some in meteorologist h wroblewski is here. Kevin we have a huge deficit, ock, as were looking at the current rainfall deficit across the region. We are below seven inches in boston, worcester, concord, and this is just a severe drought situation that is going to have longer because our lawns are brown, but for those with agricultural interests and farmers really going to feel the effects of this significant loss of rainfall that we really do need and also this morning, the moderate drought has been extended to the south coast, as well as the cape and island, so everybody seeing really dry conditions, even though we did pick up some rain earlier this week and we do have some more rain on the way. Its from this cold front out to the west, but its got a ways to head our way, so that means tomorrow, High Pressure still in control and were going to have dry conditions. It is beautiful out there today. Temperatures in the 70s and 80s with very comfortable humidity too, so hourbyhour, were going to take you through the evening hours. Temperatures fall back into the low 70s in boston, 60s whether you wake up, but inland locations, a few spots in to the 50s, so a comfortable night for sleeping. Open up those windows, but it gets hot by the afternoon. Im going to show you where we could near 90 degrees and also time out that chance of rain for the weekend coming up. Vanessa sarah, tha president obama talk about the zika virus in the United States. Experts dont expect a widespread outbreak in the United States. But there are eight confirmed cases of the virus in pregnant women in illinois. In the meantime, the head of the centers for Disease Control spent the day in florida, where there are now 15 confirmed cases of zika and at a News Conference a short time ago, he said the state is taking all the right steps to prevent an epidemic. He also said that even though small area, pregnant women across the United States need to be on alert. Understand, as long as there is zika spreading any are with, pregnant women should take steps to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Vanessa now the infected area in florida is very small, just 500 square mimes. And right now, officials are working to create a buffer zone to keep the virus from spreading. Later on at 5 00 p. M. , well tell you how several airlines are adjusting their policies to give people refunds if they cancel a trip to a place thats affected by zika. You can do whatever you want. Go ahead, do whatever you want. Do whatever you want. Elizabeth donald trump was greeted with boos and protesters holding up copies of the u. S. Constitution at a rally in maine. That rally just wrapped up within the hour and political reporter Sharman Sachetti was there. And sharman, trump was interrupted several times during his speech. The reporter he sure was. Happened in a while and he missed the protesters. Donald trump is. Coming off one of the roughest weeks of his campaign. Today, he called paul ryan a good guy, he doubled down on now discredited claims of seeing an american shipment of cash to iran and he says, hell cut your taxes in half. Now, during theal were holding up copies of the constitution. Even though his campaign had couldnt dicked it, donald trump doubled down on his claim that he saw video of a plane coming in, and american money coming off, and going to go iran. He says, that video was given to us by the iranians to embarrass the president , something thats been discredited. Now he generator calls Hillary Clinton corrupt, says she doesnt care and cant be trusted when it comes to National Security and he actually tried to appeal to he did sell out. By the way, in all fairness, i know we have some Bernie Sanders people here actually. Do we have Bernie Sanders people here . I hear we do. So were going to get a lot of Bernie Sanders because of trade. Because Bernie Sanders was right about one thing, that i really believe not i believe in, its a fact. We are dying with our trade deals. Our trade deals are a disaster. The reporter its worth pointing out, Hillary Clinton has bolted ahead of trump in points, 7 in New Hampshire. He also made mention of the Boston Marathon bombers. Why is that . Ill tell you at 6 00 p. M. Live in portland, maine, Sharman Sachetti, fox 25. Elizabeth speaking of Hillary Clinton, today shes campaigning in las vegas. Clinton and her running mate, tim kaine are riding the postconvention polling high that sharman just mentioned. In New Hampshire, the lead is even greater. Supporters, 57 to 32 . Mark a man who tried to gauge a mans eye out remains in jail. It happened yesterday on country club boulevard in worcester. Robert goulston is live in worcester where the suspect appeared in court. You talked exclusively to one of the construction workers who saw the whole thing happen. The reporter mark, that construction crew is working right here. Theyre repaving the road yesterday morning. They had the whole area blocked off, and when one driver tried to go into the supermarket here, police say the t around and thats when they say, he went ballistic. The worcester Police Officer was working a road job along lincoln street with a driver tried getting in to all these super mark parking lots. He wants to make a left and your a machine here, you cant. The reporter that driver, 30yearold, was in court today, charged with what happened next. Police say apia started swearing when the officer told him to drive around to the other entrance. Supermarket from the other side, police say he did a uturn and went up this road in the wrong direction. When he turned around and did the uturn, absolutely, he spun his tires and went right against traffic. The reporter then he drove around from the other direction and thats when police say it got physical. It was violent. The Reporter Police say apia first started pushing a supermarket Security Guard down officer who tried pepper spraying him two times. At one point apia tackled the officer and police say he scratched his face and started sticking his finger in the officers it out. The officer was finally able to make the arrest. We kind of had his back. We were watching. If he needed assistance, boy, we were right there. The reporter and the officer was cents over to the hospital, treated for eye injuries, was expected to make a full recovery. Straight ahead at 6 00 p. M. , what we found out about the suspect involving another attack he allegedly made on a Police Officer. We are live in worcester, robert goulston, fox 25 news. Mark youve heard about the casino in everett for years now, breaking ground on the new wynn casino. The timeline for that project and when you can place your bets. Sarah im tracking warmer weather as we head into the end. When we could hit 90 tomorrow and when our next chance of storms arrive. Mark ahead at 5 00 p. M. , a transit officer was arrested in washington, d. C. For conspiring to help isis. Intersection and only on, insight from the local organization that trained him to fios is not cable. Were wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. Thanks for calling fios. This is ryan. I know its in. Its in, but its not working. Im sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what youre seeing. Really . Yes, mr. Mcenroe. See that cord . Just plug it into the connector on the right. So you can clearly see whats in and whats out . Oh absolutely. I like that. Tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. Marco. polo marco. polo marco. polo marco. polo marco. polo scusa . Ma io sono marco polo, ma. Marco. with marco polo . Surprising. Ragazzini, io sono marco polo. S . , sono qui. Whats not surprising . How much money amanda and keith saved by switching to geico. Ahhh. Polo. Marco. polo fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Dear fellow citizen, i know what its like to live a full life. But living for today doesnt 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 its a 30year vacation. So how are you going to get there . Dont worry. It just takes some planning. And i can help. So if you have a question about retirement, ask me. Sincerely, Bernard Tynes fellow vacationer and fellow citizen. Boston buy who drown at a city run campus. A funeral for kyzr willis was held today. He died from an accidental drowning. During the service, kyzrs uncle said his nephew is saving lives because now all children have to wear a life jacket while swimming. In massachusetts, a security fi only on fox, bob ward tells us there is concern about what that former transit officer learned. The reporter for 13 years, Nicholas Young was paid to protect and serve washington, d. C. s metro system, but now looking at 20 years in a federal prison as hes charged with trying to help the Terror Organization isis. The feds arrested young wednesday morning and searched his home for evidence, trying to learn more about his past. Fox 25 has learned a local Security Firm had contact with in 2012, nick young signed this sheet after a training session. Four years later, a massachusetts Security Firm remembers the man who signed this piece of paper. Its really close to home. The reporter todd mcgee is president of the Security Firm, protecting the homeland innovations. Shortly after youngs arrest, one of mcgees instructors called mcgee, telling him, nick young took one of the companys counterterrorism classes. This is youngs completion certificate for a 16hour course. Mcgee tells me the clearly remembers young, because his views on middle east terror stood out. Heres a guy that demonstrated his passion, demonstrated his conviction, his ideology for a radical group. At the time isis really wasnt part of the conversation, but certainly, al qaeda was still a part of the direct conversation when we started talking about antigovernment, radical islam, in different aspects that the course brings out. The reporter now, mcgee is concerned about the information in what we teach . And who that information go to. The reporter questions that may be answered as this investigation continues. Im bob ward, fox 25 news. Vanessa tonight, boston residents will have a chance to give their opinion on the citys plan to put body cameras on officers. The city council is holding a hearing at the Mildred Community center. The Police Department wants to provide 100 cameras to officers for a sixmonth trial. Last month, the Department Said it reached an agreement with the police union to start a program. Boston is among the largest departments in the country that doesnt use cameras. Sarah were on track to have one of the driest years on record in boston, and taking a look at the conditions that we are experiencing now, with a lack of rainfall, were at number six for driest years to date, so pretty impressive looking at some of these dates, from the top there too, so we have to really watch this dry pattern that weve been experiencing, and thats why we have to be really watching how quickly were going to see some improvement, but it doesnt look like we will see improvement any time soon. The next several days are going to be fairly dry, except for one chance of showers, in my sevenday forecast and ill show you that coming up. As for the amount of rainfall this month so far, not too much in boston. Worcester definitely picked up a bimo both boston and worcester. Thats why we have a severe drought for boston to worcester, up in to parts just southeast of bostoke the dry co. 82, that was our high in boston today. We actually did tomorrow, perhas temperatures a couple degrees warmer, because take a look at this. It is all ahead of a cold front that will be pushing eastward, and bring in much drier air, but also spark some showers and thunderstorms that will be heading to the early part of the weekend. So until then, its the big blue h which brought us sunshine. Well stay dry in the overnight hours. 78 in boston, a beautiful evening out there. Dew point, rising just a little bit. It was in the 50s, we will see that dew point rise into the 60s tomorrow, but still quite comfortable, so over the next 12 hours, sunset, rht 60s by the time you wake up, and away from the coast, thats where im anticipate to go see the temperatures in the 50s. Its going to be a comfortable night for sleeping. May see a few areas of fog, the areas we typically see to the north and west, as well as southwest of boston, that wind will be quite light though, really limiting that factor. Come tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, temperatures will warm into the 80s, near 90 degrees. Cooler form the cape and islands with that wind out of the expecting to see temperatures near 90 through the merrimack valley, into parts of New Hampshire. 80s along the coast, perhaps a little cooler for places like rockport and down across the southeast, well go with the low to middle 80s and cape and island, wind off the water, temperature in the 70s. Getting an early start to your weekend, fantastic day all across new england, but come saturday, we will be watching for the risk of some showers and thunderstorms and some of those storms could turn strong to severe with the main threat being damaging winds as well as some heavy rain, tomorrow, but the winds out of the southwest, really pumping the heat. The clouds move in friday night and by saturday, well be watching for the risk of those showers and storms, as this cold front will come on through, and well have to watch for any breaks, because by the afternoon and evening hours, sure enough, we could see the risk of some of those storms turning strong to severe. The front will clear the area by sunday. Pick of e weekend, as temperatures will be in the lower 80s, less humid, lots of sunshine, and that dry stretch of weather will continue through theres the latest look at your forecast. Mark a Police Officer with a checkered past is in trouble again. Still ahead at 5 00 p. M. , how he was targeting disabled vets, and how the v. A. Mis every day, youre thankful for the ones you love. And every day you promise to protect them. Off is here to help with proven protection against mosquitoes. Trust our family to protect yours. . . . . Sfx crowd cheering . . Sc Johnson Elizabeth police have arrested a man accused of murdering two high school hyped a Grocery Store in suburban atlanta, both shot in the head. Neighbors cant believe someone in their community could be connected to such a brutal murder. It seemed very over the top for even children to get murdered, but in that kind of fashion, it doesnt i dont understand it. Elizabeth Police Believe the 20yearold suspect acted alone. They are not releasing any information about a motive or whether he knew the victim. Mark new at 5 00 p. M. , a property is blasting one of americas most prominent olympic organizations, saying usa gymnastic new about sexual abuse allegations made against coaches but didnt report them. U. S. A. Gymnastics develops the u. S. Olympics gymnastics team. U. S. A. Gymnastics was informed about sexual abuse from four coaches and didnt tell investigators and then, those coaches went on to abuse at least 14 underage gymnasts after the warning. U. S. A. Gymnastics defended its practice of not making reports following reporting laws. New at 5 00 p. M. , a sheriffs sergeant is in Critical Condition after an elevatorringe upper floors of a 17story building p. Debris hit another elevator that was below the first in a nearby shaft, hurting the woman inside. People in the basement heard the whole thing. I heard a big thud, noise, pounding, and it came so mark investigators say they arent sure what caused the accident, but they have ruled out an explosion. Elizabeth a fastfood worker was just trying to do a good job to support a veteran. Still ahead, why a major chain fired him, and the backlash theyre now getting because of it. Sarah its dry and bright right now, but im tracking rain chances heading in to the weekend. Ill show you when we could see possible severe weather. The reporter it involved what else we learned today about the construction of fios is not cable. Were wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. Thanks for calling fios. This is ryan. You cant tell me this cord isnt in. I know its in. Its in, but its not working. Im sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what youre seeing. Really . Yes, mr. Mcenroe. See that cord . Just plug it into the connector on the right. So you can clearly see whats in and whats out . Oh absolutely. I like that. From fios. . . . 4 by 4 by land, 4 by 4 by sea . . 4 by 4 by air cause i like to fly free . . 4 my country and how it all started out . . 4 the brave and every boy scout . . 4 doin it yourself cuz you want it done right . . 4 by 4 the top down stars keep ya up at night . . 4 by 4 every one of our seventyfive years . . 4 by 4 the wave thats how we say cheers . Mark breaking ground in everett. Today sky fox was above what will one day be the site of the new wynn casino. Vanessa of course, this project has been in the works for years and its had its share of speed bumps. Ted daniel is live in everett with the legal challenges the project is still facing, ted. The reporter well, if youve been following this saga, you know that it has been a long it took three years, the blessing of the state gaming commission, and more than 30 different environmental permits. Wynn has cleared most of the hard hurdles. The one, it still remains. Five years after voters said yes to casino gambling in massachusetts wynn resorts signaled its all in on the construction of the first las vegas style resort in the eastern part of the state. Official start of construction for wynn boston harbor. The reporter this is what the 2 billion facility will laboshi like and these are some will look like and these are some of the 4,000 construction workers needed to build it. The resort will include a 500 suite hotel, multiple restaurants, retail stores, meeting space, a harbor walk, and of course, slot machines and table games. We have 500,000 tons of soil to get out of this site in the next six months. The reporter the 30acre right across the river from charlestown in somerville. Somerville mayor has expressed concern over the casinos impact on his city and up until yesterday, had tried to stop the state from issuing wynn, an important environmental permit. In a statement to fox 25, the mayor says he no longer plans to fight wynn on permits. But, city lawyers continue to evaluate the decision. And have not ruled out the option to pursue review. Lawyers see any possibility of an injunction that would stop construction with some of the pending legal issues . We dont see that happening at all. After the very thorough threeyear process, we think weve covered all the bases. The reporter so the representative from wynn, very confident about moving forward. The man at the top, steve wynn himself, did not attend todays groundbreaking. Were told hes dealing with the plan right now is to have the doors open to this new casino in the summer of 2019. Reporting live in everett tonight, ted daniel, fox 25 news. Mark people in boston, just get outside today and enjoy some sun. Plenty of it. But as weve in a bad drought. That does look refreshing, doesnt it from sky fox. Fox 25 wroblewski. Sarah we need a good soaking and it doesnt look as though were going to see that type of rain, at least for some time, but we do have chances of showers, as we head over the never couple of days. High pressure in control today, dry, and weve got more dry weather heading our way for tomorrow, but take a look out to the west, we have this cold front, this is leading edge of some cooler, drier air, but ahead of it, its quite sticky and there will be showers and storms well be tracking through the early part of the day on saturday and then again, later on, so through the weekend ask Current Conditions though, weve got 80s around the region. 79 in boston. That wind just turned out of the east and it allowed for the temperature to p do. Dewpoints in the low to drop. Dew points in the lower 50s. Evening plans, all is ok. Still around the 70s in boston, around 7 00 p. M. , 80s through the interior. We fall back into the 60s and 70s as we head through the overnight hours. Coolest conditions inrand by the time you wake up, some spots in the 50s, a great night for sleeping, but warmer, morehu timing out the risk of the showers and storms coming up. Vanessa he was praised in a position of elizabeth he was placed in a position of trust, but this former Police Officer turned businessman targeted disabled veterans for profit. Katherine burcham is live in whitman where she is digging through city records. This is not the first time the officer is accused of financial mismanagement. The reporter the sign may say Insurance Agent over glen during that time, city Officials Say he was accused of a number of disturbing behaviors, including double dipping on his time card. From a Police Officer to a business owner, glen pearson has reinvented himself many times, but his newest role is as a suspect at the center of a federal probe of tax fraud and embezzlement. He used his position as fiduciary with the office of Veterans Affairs to with drawer and transfer tens of thousands of dollars from disabled to manage that money over the monthly period, so that the veterans are well taken care of. The reporter instead, prosecutors say pearson used some of the money to make payments toward his home mortgage. Pearson targeted the most vulnerable members of that community. Trusting of him, and thats the saddest part. The reporter but pearsons former employer, the city of whitman, trust was already an issue. Not match fact. The reporter in 2001, city officials fired pearson from his Police Sergeant job amidst allegations he was double dipping on his time card, between police duty and his second job here as a teacher at this community college. Investigators hired by the city also outlined in this report, another incident at the college, where pearson hired a topless dancer to perform a striptease in the criminology course he was teaching. The vote to fire pearson was unanimous. Hes a Police Officer who cannot be relied on to tell the truth, cannot serve this community. The reporter now, while they were inside that package, mr. Pearson actually came out of the door here at his insurance agency, where hes been hiding from us a you will afternoon. I asked him if he had any comment about the allegations past or current, and he said he was on the telephone, holding a phone up to his ear. I asked him if he had any he is also facing charges of tax fraud involving the i. R. S. Were live in whitman, katherine burcham, fox 25 news. Elizabeth Animal Rescue crews returned to a local home where dozens of cats were living in deplorable conditions. Fox 25 crews were on the scene yesterday as those workers pulled out cat after cat from this house. They think there are still many left hiding inside. That home is on School Street in upton, its been condemned. The stench from the house was two adults sisters lived there. More than 100 cats were removed from the home five years ago. Mark Lowell Police are not expected to charge the driver to hit two people. This story was breaks last night on fox 25 at 10 00 p. M. Police say the man and woman were not in the crosswalk and ran into branch street last night. The woman suffered a severe head injury and was in Critical Condition at last check. The man was treated and released. A source told fox 25 the driver may have also been blinded by unresponsive in this lynn homeless shelter last year, and eventually died from natural causes. Thats according to a newly released report from the Massachusetts Department of children and families. Dcf was looking into the death of Charles Brand as a possible case of child endangerment, but concluded brand died from complications of pneumonia, which were not caused by neglect. Elizabeth nashua, New Hampshire police are looking for this man in this surveillance picture. Hes accused of robbing the 5 00 p. M. Tuesday night. Investigators tell us he threatened the pharmacist and demanded oxycontin. Now the pharmacist gave him some pills and he took off. No weapon was shown and no one was hurt. Whats real, and whats fake . Hall new at 6 00 p. M. , the lesson one local Police Department is trying to teach with this Facebook Post about guns. Mark up next at 5 00 p. M. , what happened behind bars today mark new at 5 00 p. M. , Authorities Say the man accused of shooting and killing nine jail shower. Nor inmate started hitting dylann roof before an officer broke it up. Roof was in protective custody at the time of the attack but the sheriff is looking into whether the other inmate got into his cell through an unlocked door. Elizabeth flames now cover some 4700 acres in a wildfire in california. Its a growth of about 100 acres since wednesday night. Right now, more than 700 firefighters have it about 15 contained. Its burning in steep terrain, they are reevaluating their plan of attack. The good news is that many evacuees are finally being allowed home. A flamingo famous for tampas Busch Gardens had to be put down after a visitor went on a rampage. The man reached ache cross the flamingo enclosure, grabbed the bird and slammed it to the ground. A little boy watched in horror. I was crying the whol there. I have was running as fast as i can to help him. Elizabeth this is tough to read, but that little boy is adorable, is he not . The 45yearold man here he was arrested after the commotion. Facing felony animal cruelty charges. Mark an elite rhode island boarding school has agreed to a settlement after sexual allegations coming from dozens of students. It has agreed to pay 30 alleged victims an undisclosed amount of money. The allegations come from as far back as the 1970s and as an Advocacy Group working with the victims applauds the deal. No amount of compensation can make up for the damages that happened to these victims, but it is a step in the right direction and we want to continue to support the victims as they go through the healing protest. Mark a mediator will determine how much each person will receive. Sarah we have it will impact your weekend plans. Elizabeth airlines are elizabeth talk live right here on fox 25, about the zika virus in the United States. And he says while there are growing cases here, experts do not expect a widespread outbreak. New tonight, eight pregnant women in illinois are now confirmed to have the virus and in miami, there are now 15 confirmed cases of zika. This week, the c. D. C. Warned the miami neighborhood, but as fox 25s george colli determine if youre a pregnant woman traveling to miami, if you cancel the trip, dont expect a refund. The c. D. C. Warned pregnant women not to travel toorods expe hot zone for the zika virus. But if youre a pregnant woman that purchased tickets to miami, dont expect a refund if you cancel the trip. Policies are in place that get refunds to zika affected the caribbean, but neither the United States, florida, for the city of miami have travel warnings, meaning no refunds for worried travelers. Certainly has the full attention of the u. S. Travel industry right now. Now. The reporter the u. S. Travel Association Says the entire industry, not just comes to ref. There are things that make this situation unique, and differentiate it from other situations that have happened in the past. The reporter the airlines say theyll work with concerned customers on a casebyca remain dependent on that c. D. C. Guidance. But if history is a guide, dont expect any refunds in the future for Domestic Travel if zika moves outside that miami neighborhood. The c. D. C. Tells me they would never advise against travel to any u. S. City or state. In washington, george colli, fox 25 news. Mark new at 5 00 p. M. , enrollment is often free and they promise freebies, discounts and upgrades, but a new survey found americans arent cashing in rewards points. Only 15 of americans or all of a trip. Meanwhile, 12 say they opened a credit card just to get hotel or airline rewards, while 6 selected a more expensive flight or hotel to earn more points. These rewards programs are designed to make you spend more money with these merchants. Mark these reward programs can get people into trouble. 14 of americans say they took a trip paid for it on a credit card and then couldnt pay it off. Even though they had points that could have helped. Has one resident calling for change. Accord to the sentinel, the cities of fitchburg and lempster recently put up signs teinve to nh ities instead. The sign show a man with a sign saying hes homeless and looking for him, but one resident started an online petition for them to be removed. She says panhandlers are often dealing with mental issues in the way the signs are designed could be detrimental to their health. Day. Es. Rain is in the forecast and meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski is here with weather, will it be enough to, i guess, dent the drought. Sarah we need something to just really get in there, and sometimes, when we get intoer ad october, thats when we really see some tropical systems head our way, and that could dump a good amount of rain in a short period of time, which of course, need some rain. As for tropics, i was talking about that, we are still tracking Tropical Storm earl. Take a hook at earl, pushing through mexico, has weakened, a lot of the watches and warnings have been discontinued, but the amount of rainfall that this system is still going to produce, going to be lifethreatening for some parts of the area, as theyre expecting to see mexico anywhere from 12 inches to isolated amounts of 18 inches of just rain through the weekend. So well be watching that care moisture will get sucked up into ourecon is because, again, we need a significant amount of rain. We are well below the average for this time of year,below 7 inches, and boston and worcester and concord, a severe drought is in place for this darker shade of tan, and that now has pushed south of boston too. A moderate drought, now for parts of the cape, as well as the vineyard, so this is going to have long impacts into our those with a look at the shortm forecast, its going to be another dry day tomorrow. The sun will rule, but our chances of showers and storms, do come back as we head in r dre stretch. So High Pressure in control, bringing us the wath it slip toe east and were watching the cold front out to the west. That is our next chance of showers. The rainmaker i guess you could say and ahead of it, we have warm and humiai stickier later in the day, but e comfortable conditions that are out there right now, as temperatures are still in the 80s. 70s in boston. A really nice night fas the tems will fall back into the 50s and 60s. Could be a little bit some spots, so open up the windows, enjoy it, but be aware by the afternoon, by the afternoon, the temperatures will be soaring, quickly in boston, jumping from the 70s in the temperatures along the coops climbing in to the 80s and 90s, places like fitchburg and lawrence, the wind developing out of the southsouthwest, keeping things cooler for the cape and islands. Not a bad beach day. Waves running about one to two feet. Waters temperatures in the low 70s, feeling like bath water. High tide just before 2 00 p. M. Night for a concert. Nw, of course, pearl jam is going to be playing. Temperatures in the 80s, falling back it to the 70s. Just fantastic. For the wke clouds increase and notice when you wake up on saturday morning, well be watching for the risk of some scattered showers to develop, but really, during the midday and into the afternoon, we could see some showers and storms develop, some of these storms could be strong to severe with the potential of damaging winds, as well as very heavy rainfall in a short period of time, but post places could see anywhere from a tenth to a quarter inch of rain. Not enough to bust the drought. That front comes on through, we dry out on sunday, pick of the weekend, temperatures in the low next week. Could see another risk of showers Late Wednesday into thursday. Eye. Elizabeth just as Ozzie Osborne confessed hes in treatment for sex, micll accusis burn of disclosing private causing di distress. Osbourne posted a tweet, saying anyone looking for se a calm he did not remove the tweet until a month later. Ng a new and delicious way to express your political leanings for the up. Coming president calle campaign. Hillary clinton gets blue released a statement perry lime aide and trump gets strawberry peach populace punch. The soda c. D. C. Warned pregnant women which drink proves more popular, the votersfor the politically inspired sodas, the companys creations had only traveled as far west as california. Elizabeth i think these guys predicted that mitt romney would drop out a few cycles ago, so interesting. Reince priebus is talking about how hes coping about his first august without American Idol positions. He actually has the judges desk in his basement. Episode where they have the merv albert merv. Merv albert would be a different situation. He said he might make a bar out of it for his game room. Ar fox 25 morning news will be broadcasting live from norwood. Proud to showcase local cities and towns from living and working here so much fun. Join us for fox 25 morning news 6 00 a. M. In norwood. Well be live in the town of common until 10 00 p. M. In the morning. Meet our team, grab freebies an get your picture taken in the photo booth. Well see any norwood tomorrow Morning Bright and early. Elizabeth were working on all new stories for fox 25 at 6 00 p. M. Including this video. Little kids playing and working in a construction so many. The video prompted a federal investigation. What the construction project managers told fox 25 news. Can you tell the difference be how it puts Police Officers in a dangerous spot when failed with making a splitsecond decision. Mark but first, a fastfood worker becomes friends with a customer who is a veteran. I would just hear stories and i would ask him how he was doing. Mark next at 5 00 p. M. , what my experience with usaa is awesome. Homeowners insurance Life Insurance automobile insurance i spent 20 years active duty they still refer to me as Gunnery Sergeant when i call being a usaa member because of my service in the military to pass that on to my kids something that makes me happy my name is roger zapata and im a usaa member for life. Plan to stay for life. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now yo with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Mark target is hoping to get more men in its stores with higher end grooming products. Based sharing company. Cost 2 bs for a five blade cartridge and if you decide to sign up for a youll get a 5 discount. 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Elizabeth the teens story he was fired because of more than one incident and had nothing to do with the customer being a veteran. Mark now at 6 00 p. M. , kids working in a construction zone. The video prompting a federal investigation and the answers that Construction Company gave fox 25. The reporter drying up, massachusetts is in a severe drought, more than 60 of the state is in a drought right now. Sarah theres not a lot of relief sight, but im already tracking the next chance of rain. The reporter take a close concerned. The reporter one of the largest Construction Projects ever in massachusetts is a go. The wynn casino in everett, when it will open and how it will look. Mark first at 6 00 p. M. , children on the job at a construction site. Tonight, fox 25 investigates has the video that sparked a federal investigation. Hello everybody, im mark ockerbloom. Van elizabeth im Elizabeth Hopkins in for vanessa welch. Tonight, investigators taking a close look at that video, recorded by a fox 25 photographer in downtown plymouth. Mark Investigative Reporter Eric Rasmussen has been looking in to this all week and eric, you spoke to the man in carriage of that construction project. The reporter ock, he there on sunday and said theyre all part of a religious group, but experts in labor law who watch the video say itraises serious concerns. Fox 25 investigates saw children active construction site, with kids carrying equipment, climbing a foundation wall, and running through this construction site, where crews are building a restaurant and retail space if downtown childrn recorded by fox 25 investigates has the attention of osha and the department of labor. Investigators are now inspecting for safety and child labor law violations. Blatantly illegal. The reporter we also showed the video to lawyers. Hes in the backhoe. The reporter both point out, Massachusetts Law prohibits anyone under 16 from working in thisre. Hes got to be preteen. Hes got to be preteen. Its absolutely a dangerous situation, children should not have been there even just being present there, they definitely should not have been working on a construction site. The reporter the company, boj construction, put us in touch with supervisor, brian johnson
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