turning to the weather, some much-needed rain. cindy, depending on where you are, you are seeing different amounts. cindy: some is better than the. light rain across the area of for much of the morning. take a look at what has fallen so far. most areas under a corner, in some areas, under .1 inches of rain. we continue with over the next few hours, there will be downpours. some of these, rain may come down hard enough to produce localized flash flooding. you can see the rain over boston north and west. to the south, we have some heavier rain showing up down toward where ham, the cape. the rain may even get a little open water. to the north and west, things are drying out but guys are starting to brighten and there could be one or two isolated thundershowers that pop up to the rest of the afternoon. although that main area shifts out of the cave at 4:00, we can unrelenting isolated storms by 2:00 this afternoon. more on your forecast, coming up. erika: thank you. a lynn man is accused of attempting to kidnap and rape a woman in but that's not the only disturbing accusation. newscenter 5's sera congi is live in east boston where that man is facing a judge. sera: the alleged attack alone is disturbing enough, but prosecutors say this suspect that his child in the car when all of this went down. gerardo portillo of lynn, is accused of trying to lure a woman into his car monday night in winthrop. prosecutors say when the 25-year-old woman refused, he got out of the car and followed propositioned her for a sex act, grabbed her around the throat, threw her to the ground, and tried to pull her shorts down. portillo also allegedly punched her. the victim's screams scared him off. what is also disturbing, police say, the suspect left his three-year-old daughter in the backseat of his car when he allegedly got out and attacked the woman. so he's also charged with chil this morning, prosecutors also added aggravated assault and battery. he's being held without bail until a dangerousness hearing august 5. erika: commitment 2016. hillary clinton hitting the campaign trail for the first time since exempting the democratic nomination for president. race against donald trump is just getting started. kenneth: today, the clinton-kaine democratic ticket is hitting the road. last night was an historic celebration at the democratic national convention. >> accent your nomination for president of the united states. kenneth: it was a week of democrats offering a stark contrast to the republican national convention. optimist messages of unity, and striking moments of support for clinton from military veterans. the father of a decorated muslim american soldier killed in iraq and strong words for donald trump. >> you have sacrificed nothing. and no one. >> a man you can date with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons. dnc, trump tweeted -- the truck campaign called her primetime speech and insulting collection of cliches, delivered from a fantasy universe. the all out war between the two major party candidates is a only extended to get worse. >> the key voters are those that do not like either of the candidates and who think the country is off on the wrong direction. race will be. kenneth: the bus tour will be making its way through the battleground states of pennsylvania and ohio. erika: one person is dead after a crash involving a car and a tractor trailer in plainville. police say the car ran into the back of the truck near the now-closed truck stop on washington street. a 15-year-old passenger in the car was also seriously injured . she was taken to a rhode island hospital for treatment. investigating. new details right now in a wild crash in abington. a driver is now also facing attempted murder charges. 42-year-old duane seaquist was arrested wednesday after police say he ran down a woman before flipping his car on brockton avenue. witnesses say they begged him to get out of car after hitting and seriously hurting that woman but seaquist backed up, hit a pole, then took off. it's not clear how badly. right now, a new hampshire inmate is back behind bars about to face new charges today after a daring escape. kevin gearhart made a break for it yesterday while he was being transported to court from the valley street jail in manchester. he hid inside a garage, and got away when the transport van left. he was still in an orange jumpsuit and shackles when he allegedly tried to steal a woman's truck at a gas station. >> i told him to get out of my release, don't be scared. i am supposed to be out. erika: a passing manchester police officer spotted the orange and took gearhart back into custody. bill cosby has dropped a lawsuit demanding the accuser and his criminal case repay the money from their confidential settlement 2006. cosby seated andrea constand for violating the contract by speaking to police who reopened the criminal investigation last year. speak with police. his lawyer says cosby just want to focus on defending himself on the false claims against him. right now, a city split in two. on one end, demonstrators for black lives matter. at the other, the police union feeling excluded. it's all over a black lives matter banner hanging at somerville's city hall. two opposing rallies were held last night. the police union says it certainly opposes excessive force but the message the banner sends is demoralizing to officers. recent deaths of five officers in dallas. but black lives matter says it is a peaceful organization. the mayor hopes last night's demonstrations will spark a dialogue. >> the head of the police union wants to be a part of change. we are not going to turn back the clock on policing in somerville. erika: the mayor says the banner will stay along with one that honors the police officers lost in dallas. boston city leaders are effort to rein in expenses. the city's chief financial officer is urging departments like police, fire, and transportation to shave an additional 5% off overtime. he says that could save the city $11.6 million. the savings would help pay for core city programs like education and curbing homelessness. a change in leadership at suffolk university. board members ousted president margaret mckenna after an lavish spending. school leaders also claimed mckenna verbally abused employees. an acting president will take mckenna's place during the search for a new one. mckenna is vowing to fight the firing. the mspca has received a $2 million donation to help handle a massive animal cruelty case. hundreds of animals were found dead or her last week at a large farm in westport. authorities have been at the site for more than a week. local farmers will be donating their equipment over the next animals. police say more than a dozen people are under investigation in the case. an active search underway for a second suspect in the shooting of two san diego police officers. what police are warning residents. also, new york city experiencing some major rainfall. just how much they are getting. we were just on the edge of that real intense rainfall, we are getting some of it right now indicate and the islands. another chance of rainfall for parts of your weekend. erika: and these local soldiers were on a training mission in the woods. erika: right now, an active search is underway for a second suspect in the shooting of two san diego police officers. one of those officers was killed. stop. that second officer is expected to survive. it's still unclear what started the violence. one suspect is in custody, but police are warning residents to remain in their homes as the search for the other suspect continues. a man once convicted of killing washington, d.c. intern chandra leavy will not be retried. marci gonzalez reports they are new questions surrounding the decision from prosecutors and a asking, if not this man, then who killed chandra leavy? prosecutors now dropping charges against ingmar guandique, accused of murdering the intern in 2001. >> i just asked that they have the right person. marci: guandique, an undocumented immigrant from el salvador was convicted based on a jail confession. prosecutors's admitted they questions about their main witness. now prosecutors say that the charges should have been dropped due to recent developments. >> it sounds like now these u.s. attorneys have lost even more faith in the same witness with their key witness in the case. marci: before the case, guandique's lawyers raising questions into her former have led to her death. her lawyer issued a statement overnight saying -- it is important to note, prosecutors never named condit as a suspect and are not saying that he is down. erika: the pope making an historic visit to the auschwitz concentration camp today. pe entering the camp earlier this morning, slowly walking under the notorious gateway's cynical phrase, work sets you free. he prayed, met several survivors of the camp, and placed a candle on death wall, where prisoners were executed. pope francis is now the third consecutive pontiff to make the visit to the nazi german death camp. over a thousand migrants, including women and children, were rescued off the coast of libya yesterday. fishing vessel when things went awry. the italian coastguard says it coordinated nine different rescue operations to safely rescue the distressed migrants off their boats and into ports in sicily. nearly 250,000 migrants have reached europe by boat, but 3,000 people have died trying to get there. right now, dozens of firefighters and aircraft are attacking the deadly soberanes wildfire on the coast of california. the 27,000-acre fire has destroyed at least 34 homes. st place and several neighborhoods remain evacuated. the california department of forestry and fire protection estimates it will take until the end of august to put the flames out. take a look at this flooding in the streets of new york city. heavy pockets of rain this morning left behind close to a half-an-inch of rain per hour. the flash flood warning there has now been lifted. you see a lot of water coming in. nowhere to go. cindy: that is what we've been some impressive rain in the islands and the next few hours, but not what they are dealing with a new york city. of course, we need every drop we can get, our drug continuing. you can see our rainfall deficits. we are barely putting a dent in these. this is what has fallen since this morning. most spots under a quarter inch of rainfall. fitchburg, wayland, .2 inches of rain. not as much as we had hoped. this area of low pressure going a little too far to our south to get in on that heavy rain producing the flash flooding. that being said, the northern edge of that still working through this midday hour across the south coast, the cape, the islands. there are some downpours producing some rain. if you get caught in one of those, that can lead to some areas for the next few hours. you can see how the rain had let up. steadier, light rain in plymouth. where have come out to the cape, that is very are seeing some rainfall. those yellows, rain is coming down at a rate of a quarter age per hour. you get into some of these oranges, and the rain is falling close to two and half an inch in our. some decent rain if we can hang on to it. lightning strikes to our south. there could even be some water spouts with these, but it looks like they will stay south of the islands and continue to move out offshore. over the past six hours, steadier rain moving through. this is the last of it working through the cape right now. boston, the rain is letting up, still a lot of cloud cover. 70 degrees, but look at the dew point temperature. in this soupy air, we could spot a couple of thundershowers this afternoon. already out in western massachusetts, 80 degrees. this is where we have sunshine. that area clearing working eastward. skies brightened with all of this moisture in the air, and just like that, we can get a shower or thundershowers. that is what we're seeing right now. this afternoon, steady rain hanging around on the cave and the islands. a couple pop-up showers developing. they may fill in more toward 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. once the sun goes down, they will tend to wane. just be aware that there could be a pop-up shower through the evening. look at these temperatures, 70's less human tomorrow. a wedge of high pressure building in tomorrow. that will bring in some more showers on sunday but it doesn't look like a widespread all day rain. saturday is the pic day of the weekend. cooler on sunday. showers in the morning. by lunchtime,away, but we have a lot of clouds. in the interior, there could be a couple showers and thunderstorms requiring. sunday, there could be some showers around. erika: next week looks nice. . thank you. a child safety recall to tell you about this noon. combi usa is recalling more than 39,000 car seats. the recall covers certain coccoro convertible child restraints with a model number of 8220. government documents say the seat can put too much force on a child's chest when the seats are installed in a forward-facing position and secured only with a ? erika: a choir group from iowa surprised a plane full of passengers with this tribute to a world war ii veteran headed to texas. the group was on a plane heading from germany back to the u.s. the pilot announced that an army private was escorting the remains of the soldier back to houston. that's when the group put on their impromptu performance. a group of car thieves may have saved a life. their accidental rescue after breaking into a car. illinois may have saved a life while stealing from a truck. the men broke into the truck, and when they did, a dog jumped out. temperatures at the time were scorching. the owner of the store that captured this surveillance says it was another 40 minutes before the owner returned and the dog likely would have died. the suspects are still on the loose. a different team of heroes save an elderly woman stranded in a hot car. these massachusetts national guardsmen were on a training mission in new jersey when they found the woman in her car deep they say the 87-year-old was slumped over in the backseat. she told them she had been stuck without food or water for days. she suffered extreme dehydration and possibly heat illness, but she is improving. lucky they came upon her. we are getting some rain. cindy: the heaviest as to the south, the cape, the islands. less human tomorrow. pick day of the weekend much better next week. thank you, cindy. bill: meeting friends and colleagues at your favorite agreement restaurant for dinner is a popular way to socialize and network. city hall and boston area legislators, beacon hill is set to consider him invisible reform bill that would consider all towns and cities, with the exception of boston, the opportunity to take control of their liquor licensing. if the governor and legislature want to truly 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