Was face down and did appear to be in the worse condition of the two. State police were still here reconstructing the crash and we can see the motorcycle lying on the side of the road. We will have updates on the condition as we learn them. Stay with newscenter 5 to learn more about this, including the charges that we do expect that motorcyclist to face. Live in foxborough, im juli mcdonald, Wcvb Newscenter 5. Reid surprise for david ortiz, big papi learning that the red sox will be retiring his number. It was an emotional day at fenway. Family, friends, old friends came together to celebrate his last regular season home game. Nichole and we have coverage beginning with sportscenter 5s not over, by the way. The red sox think the man who has come through and more clutch moments than any player in red sox history. Right into the ballpark, there will be A David Ortiz way, and yes, jim rice came out when it was announced number 34 will be retired. That announcement moves big papi more than
Hug. It really does. Is it going to be a wet hug . Mike its going to be damp, overcast, gray skies, a little drizzle here or there. But not any big rain event like yesterday. Yesterday, some places picking up almost two inches of rain. Let me show you this system. This has a lot of rain as well. Over the ocean, as it moves northward, we could actually see some real serious flooding in haiti. We could see anywhere from 1 to 2 feet of rain eadsly. Wh t its cutting right here haiti. Yesterday it looked like it would be towards jamaica. Now its haiti and cuba. Even though its a category three storm at this time, matthew looks like its going to slow down as it heads through the bahamas. Thats why were talking about next friday morning that its off the coast of florida. It may have some impact on our weather. The trend is pushing offshore. Well talk more in detail in a few moments. Gray skies, drizzle. But there is some out there as youve stepped out and noticed this morning. Today well look
Family, friends and former teammaters joined in the celebration of the 10time allstar and 3time world series champion. Newscenter 5s mike lynch joins us from the newsroom, lynchie . Mike hi, nichole, everyone. Big papi spread love throughout his career which is not over, by the way. Charlie baker, the governor, david ortiz be, mayor marty walsh was there. Two hall of famers, tim rice and they also announced that number 34 will be retired this year. And then the red sox trotted out so many of his teammate, from 2004, 2007, 2013. We saw Manny Ramirez with a new coif. From the man, big papi himself. For last for last, i want to thank all of you, the fans. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. All of you. Yeah mike it was one of those it goes from moments in boston sports history. We will be back with more, including the patriots, and a little while. Nichole newscenter 5s diane cho continues our coverage of big papis farewell from live outside fenway park. Diane . Diane its a da
Good morning. This is newscenter 5s eyeopener. Antoinette it is 6 00 on your sunday morning. And we begin with this live look outside of fenway park this morning where the final regular season tribute is getting underway. That big thank you big papi banner out there. We love seeing that. Good morning to you. Sunday, october 2. Im Antoinette Antonio. Doug im doug meehan. We have the sox at 3 00. We have the patriots at 1 00. Sunday. Mike looks like a gray day out there. There may be some patchy drizzle. I dont think its organized rain, not like yesterday. Yesterday we had soaking rains across the area. It was wonderful. Some people picking up 1 1 2, almost 2 inches of rain, primarily in the southern part of the state and toward the cape and the islands. Ill show you a place where theyre picking up a lot more rain. Hurricane matthew. Matthew has the potential of dropping over two feet of rain in some areas. Thats bad news. Because right now the track is putting it towards haiti. Island o
One more today. Then were into the postseason. But weve got to talk about the tropics. That is ugly. Mike Hurricane Matthew, maximum sustained winds 150 miles an hour. Still a category four storm sitting down here where its been churning. A little change from yesterday. The track seems to be a little farther to the east, so yesterday was looking like jamaica. Now its looking more towards haiti. Thats not going to happen till tuesday. Then it moves will impact the east coast. Well talk more about those possibilities in a few moments. This morning, youre waking up to more gray skies. A little drizzle, especially right near the shoreline. Nice showers down in the cape earlier. Those have diminished and moved offshore. A band of showers toward orange. Not looking for much rain. Not nearly as wet as yesterday. I dont know well be looking at much sunshine and a cool start to your morning with reading into the 40s and 50s. Heres the way it looks through but theres not a lot of rain showing up