The state. Cindy the radar is active this morning, and everything is moving slowly from west to east. Down around plaintiff and the south coast. You can see some yellows embedded, indicating heavier downpours. We will have those are on worcester and stretching north into the monadnock region. There are downpours this into the morning, the focus of the heaviest rain with those downpours is going to shift. In southeastern massachusetts, we have a flash flood, where some of those localized downpours are producing flooding across the air. We will watch that potential for you. This is associated with an area of low pressure. But wow is it humid. 77 degrees, the dew point in the to the afternoon, we will dry out around boston. The steadiest rain will be for midtolate morning, and by lunchtime, notice how is focusing. That is where we could see rainfall rates over an inch per hour. Lets talk about your weekend coming up, i get out to the roads right now. People better remember what it is like to drive in rain. Olessa this is the pike, and you can see traffic is very light. The rest of your ride. Some Construction Projects in the final stages on the expressway. Roadwork is clearing as you travel on routes 3, 95, just a few more moments on 128. The last construction is where its picking up on 128 south by route 3, transit buses starting on schedule. Accept your nomination for president of the United States. Randy this morning, it is truly on to november. Hillary clinton and donald trump now to head to head for every vote across the country. Erika right now, the democrats are focused on the road out of philadelphia. Our ed harding is there with a look at what comes next. Ed we are in the lower, new the city of brotherly love. Everything is being packed up here and they are getting back on the campaign trail today. Hillary clinton and tim kaine have two rallies scheduled in pennsylvania today. In what was clearly the speech of her political life, clinton tried to address one campaign obstacle headon. Through all these years of public service, the service part again it i get it, that some people just dont know what to make of me. Ed the former first lady was introduced by her daughter, who tried to highlight her mothers warmer side. Clinton herself tried to do that as well, talking about how she started her career, even referencing time spent in new bedford campaigning for education for the disabled. But she also took direct aim at her rival and his bid to be commander in chief. Donald trump says, and this is a quote, i know more about isis than the generals do. No, donald, you dont. Ed if you were listening closely, perhaps during the broadcast there were scattered , anticlinton chants in the supporters. Our democrat analyst mary anne marsh says clinton will get a bounce out of the convention but the question is how long it lasts. Hillary clinton will go up, i think she will drop down a little bit for the most part it will be a hardfought race all the way and what we are gearing through now is to get through august when you hit labor day it goes so fast that theres no lookin really on to the general election. I caught up with the massachusetts delegation for a look at whats next for the clinton campaign. Organize, organize, organize. All politics is local and we make things local. Ed that will be happening to all the delegates from all the states and territories in this great United States. The Mission Moves on no 100 days until the general election. We will fact checked what you heard and find out where it falls in the tru erika donald trump reacting to clintons speech overnight, he tweeted, no one has worse judgment than Hillary Clinton. Corruption and devastation follows her wherever she goes. Earlier, at a Campaign Rally in iowa, he said this about the dnc, trump also accused senator about the dnc. I have been watching these speeches at night and boy am i hit and they dont mean it and there is a lot of lies being told but i guess they have to do their thing. Erika trump also accused senator Bernie Sanders of selling out to the devil. A standout speaker from the convention taking his own shots at trump. The father of a muslimamerican marine awarded the purple heart after he was killed in iraq called on trump to visit Arlington National cemetery for perspective. Go look at the graves of brave defending the United States of america. You will see all fac faiths, genders, and ethnicities. You have sacrificed nothing is no one. Erika khizer khan says trumps comments on banning muslims smear the memory of his son. You can watch more of the speeches right now on wcvb. Com randy breaking overnight, 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 nowclosed truck stop on washington street. A 15yearold passenger in the car was also seriously injured she was taken to a Rhode Island Hospital for treatment. Plainville and state police are investigating the crash. Right now, a lynn man is behind bars charged with trying to winthrop. But thats not the only disturbing accusation. The eyeopeners sera congi is live in east boston where that man faces a judge today. Sera that suspect is also charged with child endangerment after police say he attacked the woman while his 3yearold daughter watched. Police say Gerardo Portillo pulled up next to the victim on he allegedly asked her to get in the car. The woman refused, and walked down an alley to get away from the car. Thats when police say the man got out, and attacked her, while his daughter sat in the back seat. He had total disregard for weather his daughter was seeing in total disregard for any respect for women in general. Sera the man took off when the woman screamed. She was able to give his license plate number to police. Hell face a judge here in court today as police try and figure out if there were any more victims. Live in east boston, sera congi, Wcvb Newscenter 5. Randy the mspca has received a 2 million donation to help handle a massive animal cruelty case. Hundreds of animals were found dead or injured last week at a large farm in westport. Local farmers will be donating their equipment over the next animals. Police say more than a dozen people are under investigation in the case. Erika patriots Training Camp is in full swing this morning. And all eyes are on this guy the backup quarterback for tom brady. The temporary starter certainly in the spotlight. The eyeopeners Antoinette Antonio is live at gillette stadium, where theyll be back on the field today. Antoinette . Antoinette he sure was. Enters day two. A lot of attention for Jimmy Garoppolo yesterday, but there was some major fan love for number 12. Thousands showed up with signs in support of brady and calls to fire commissioner roger goodell. The preseason begins in less than 2 weeks, before brady serves his fourgame regular season suspension. Garoppolo says hes ready to collect it is a great opportunity, the guys are out there, take advantage of it, you dont get many opportunities. Antoinette brady didnt acknowledge the fans yesterday. He walked in and out through a secluded gate, away from reporters. Practice today gets underway at 9 15. Live in foxborough, Antoinette Antonio, Wcvb Newscenter 5. Bill to require Health Care Coverage for lyme disease. Randy his reason, and the alternative hes proposing. A New Hampshire inmate makes a bold escape attempt. How he managed to get away, while still in shackles. Erika 50,000 bees take over a home in texas. How they disrupted daily life for the homeowners. Cindy . Cindy look at this radar, brighter weekend day on the way, ahead. First take a look at the radar its a wet start this morning with a lot of temperatures across the area running in the lower 70s. Pat randazzo when i see those false ads attackini wonder. Medicare, pid . We know kelly. Walter kolodziej kelly has always done the right thing for seniors here in New Hampshire she has an impeccable record. Mary griffin we need to work across the aislewhich she does. Mimi kolodziej shes fighting for seniors and protecting medicare. Pat randazzo kelly knows that we need to Work Together to really preserve and strengthen medicare. Mary griffin New Hampshire seniors trust kelly ayotte because she has never let us down. [laughter] randy the fourth graders at Thomas Carroll elementary in peabody recorded this right before they left on summer break. And we still love it. [laughter] randy i hope they are enjoying a great summer. Cindy they have plenty of time to enjoy all the weather. It has been dry day after day but we do need the rain desperately. Elsewhere, moderate drought the heaviest rain may fall along the south coast cape we all need the rain. It will focus along the south coast in the cape and certainly drying out, for are b some localized downpours leading to poor drainage flooding. The radar is active with a slug of rain that is moving very slowly. The heaviest is around the worcester area of toward heaters for a. All of this is slowly shifting eastward, the back edge through pennsylvania. Thisll come through in the moisture to myself. This storm is going to keep the rain going but because it tracks to the south i think a lot of us will miss out on the opportunity as the rain focuses on the south cape but wow, is it humid low 70s right now. You can see the rain is coming down with the dew point in the lower 70s. The temperatures down. We start to dry things out boston north and west. The rain continues with temperatures in the 70s and 6 00 a. M. We are in the rain. A solid area of rain across the state and by lunchtime we are trying it out north and west and he keeps going right into the afternoon, which we are watching south coast probably over an inch. The skies are clearing out tonight, temperatures falling back into the 60s with less humid air working in the storm comes up from the south and west, bringing a few showers. Saturday is turning less humid temperatures will be a little bit cooler with showers. Lets get you back out to the roads. Olessa what is this wet stuff . A live look at the gas tank. So far, no problems, but we are watching one Early Morning accident by the government center. Keep in mind that one lane is closed for the crash. Down to the leverett connector. Only about 15 minutes for 95 to 128. South of town, all the construction picked up nice and early. Trains and buses are starting the morning on schedule. Erika 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 wasll allegedly tried to steal a womans truck at a gas station. A passing Manchester Police officer spotted the orange and took gearhart back into custody. Randy asian markets are mixed overnight. Cautious trading ahead of a stimulus announcement from the bank of japan. Right now, u. S. Stock futures here are lower, following another day of meager gains on wall Street Investors dealing with a new batch of mixed a veto for a bill that would have required Health Insurers to cover the costs of certain treatments for chronic lyme disease. Governor Charlie Baker says theres too much uncertainty about the effectiveness of longterm antibiotic therapies. He did file a compromise plan that would expand access to other treatments for the illness. A pest infestation so big, it kept a couple up at night. Randy their nightmare, and a first at the bronx zoo. Its in eyepoppers. Then new at 5 30, flames shoot out of plane engine. The pilots fast moves to avoid disaster. Erika and 5 investigates a dangerous new problem in the opioid fight. How some people are outsmarting staterequired drug tests. Randy factchecking Hillary Clintons dnc speech. Ed harding is in with whether her claims against donald trump erika 5 23, waking up to rain for a change. Cindy you can see it coming at us from the west. The heaviest rain right now is back across the worcester area and stretching into southwest New Hampshire. It will send a taper off this this morning there will be some rain and you want to check to see if they will move it indoors. Saturday looks good, the pick of the weekend. A few showers return on sunday. Erika time for your friday eyepoppers. Olessa this first one might not be for the squeamish. How would you like to share your home with 50,000 bees. To either. The infestation was so bad the couple living there was getting stung while they slept. A professional came in and removed the bees. He says he was only stung about two dozen times. Erika oh, thats it. Olessa this is when you put the house on the market and run away. And we have to follow that up with a dose of adorable, new york citys bronx zoo welcomes its first baby penguin. The zoo opened a penguin exhibit last year, but all of the birds had hatched in australia, until now. Very own for the first time. The history making penguin hatched in may, and is now ready to join his friends in the exhibit. Erika so cute. There has to be a contest to name in. We will figure it out. Olessa i bet it will be pikachu or something. [laughter] randy thieves inadvertently do a good deed. How they saved a life, by committing a crime. Murder charges, dropped in an highprofile case. Why prosecutors will not pursue the suspect in Chandra Levys death. This is an editorial by wcvb president and general manager bill fine. Meeting friends or colleagues at your favorite restaurant is a popular way to socialize and network. And just like the jingle from cheers, sometimes you want to boston area and the legislators, beacon hill is considering a bill that would require all cities, with the notable exception of boston, the opportunity to take control of their liquor licensing. If the legislature truly wants to reform liquor laws, many dating back to well before prohibition, why exclude boston . The governor explained that the city was already granted licenses last year. Many licenses will be awarded, but who has the right to determine the amount and approval of liquor licenses . If maher walsh and city counselors had their way, additional permits would be granted the bostons diverse neighborhood rather than focusing on downtown. They are looking for the longterm fit. If successful, creation of these new, wealth building the citys development of bostons green street districts. It is time for boston to have the autonomy of other major American Cities and share the wealth with all of bostons neighborhoods. The responsibility for a successful plan will then fall on the mayors shoulders, and he randy 5 30. This is the eyeopener and this is downtown boston. It is great right now with a little drizzle here and there. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Erika happy friday. Were here with cindy and olessa. Rain is moving ida we need it desperately. It will last through the morning. You can see steady rain right now moving from west to east pretty slowly across the state. In most areas it is light rain but there have been some embedded downpours showing up around worcester, trekking toward holliston. The focus may shift with some localized downpour leading to poor drainage flooding and we do have a Flash Flood Watch in the area. Consolidating moisture to the south that will track a little too far to bring the heavy rain to everyone. It is going to be targeted with the heaviest rain. A steady rain for a good portion of the day but by lunchtime, the rain is focused along the south coast and that is where rainfall rates could reach over an inch per hour. Heads up if you are traveling down that way. But this morning we have wet roadways. Olessa we can see it on this camera, the pike by allston brighton. You can see a little bit of moisture on the road. Southbound. An accident in the final stages; north, no delays yet. Good shape to 128, and even north out of methuen. Eastbound on the pike, a 15 minute ride to 128. South of town, no concerns on 95; quiet on 124, trains and buses on schedule. Randy the balloons and confetti are being and this morning, both campaigns will be hitting the campaign trail hard. Randy our ed harding is in philly with a closer look at with Hillary Clinton got right and what she got wrong. Ed welcome to mount laurel, new jersey. We are miles away from the city of brotherly love, where the dnc wrapped up last night. Yes, the teams are hitting the road, both sides campaigning. What Hillary Clinton said last night, and everyone was looking over the biggest speech of her career. One of her favorite targets of course rival donald trump. Donald trump says he wants to make America Great again well, he can start by actually making things in america again. Ed clinton of course accusing trump of outsourcing his Branded Products overseas. This is true. Trumps menswear line and products for his hotels are made in other countries like mexico and china. Last night, clinton also made promises including one on education. Saying, quote, Bernie Sanders and i will Work Together to make college tuitionfree for the middle class and debtfree for all. This one isnt quite true. Her plan does include tuitionfree education for students who go to an instate Public College or university for families earning less than for room and board, which can run nearly 20,000 over four years. Ahead in news to go, well have Donald Trumps response to clintons claims. Erika, randy . Erika breaking news right now 5 34, on the eye, one person is dead after a crash involving a car and a tractor trailer in plainville. It happened on washington street last night. A 15yearold passenger in that car was also seriously injured. To belong to the same woman have been found at a National Grid site in everett. Police havent identified the woman but do believe her death is suspicious. Erika right now, a lynn man is due in court charged with trying to kidnap and rape a woman in winthrop. Police say Gerardo Portillo tried to get the victim into his car on revere monday night then chased her and attacked her. His 3yearold daughter was allegedly in the backseat at the black lives matter. At the other, the police union feeling excluded. Its all over a black lives matter banner, hanging at somervilles 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. They fear retaliation, after the recent deaths of five officers in dallas. But black lives matter says it is a peaceful organization. The mayor hopes last nights demonstrations will spark a at the head of the police union, we have an opportunity to be forward but we are not going to turn back the clock on policing. Erika the mayor says the banner will stay along with one that honors the Police Officers lost in dallas. A change in leadership at suffolk university. Board members ousted president Margaret Mckenna after an emergency meeting on alleged lavish spending. School leaders also claimed mckenna verbally abused employees. Mckenna is vowing to fight the firing. Randy Boston City Hall is pressuring the departments of the city to cut more off overtime costs in an effort to rein in expenses. The citys 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. People struggling with addiction getting around required drug tests. Erika 5 investigates how theyre outsmarting the system. And flames burst out of a plane engine. The cause of this major scare for passengers. Randy and ahead in news to go, Melania Trumps website olessa welcome back. A live look at the expressway, so far traffic is nice and light in both directions with a little bit of volume picking up. No accidents to report; all overnight construction cleared early. Mystery wet stuff falling from the sky. Cindy how about that . It is raining across a good portion of the area, generally in pockets of heavier rain but lunchtime in the afternoon there could be some flooding, which is why the forecast is red, an impact whether day. Rain is out of here tonight, which means saturday is looking like a nice day. A few more showers return on sunday. Erika 5 investigates the dangerous drug fentanyl more potent that heroin is not always detected in state drug tests, and users know it. Nathan lemere is now recovering and says fentanyl was his drug of choice because he knew his sober home didnt test for it. 5 investigates also found its not covered in probation drug tests at court houses. Some believe its pushing heroin users to the more powerful drug. It is frustrating both because we are trying and working in a multipronged way to address the escalating numbers of fatal overdoses here is a people are dying every day. We need help, we need to open our arms up to people, invest in knowledge and understand it is more potent than heroin. Erika the probation commissioner declined to speak on camera, but did tell us the department will soon begin random testing for fentanyl at court house checkins. Randy key moments from the end of the Democratic National convention. And a Major Development in a high profile murder case. Its ahead in news to go. Plus this, the moving reason for this serenade, on board a flight randy good morning. The Eyeopener Team ready with your news to go, ed harding is leading our Convention Coverage inhi sera is in east boston and antoinette is following the patriots Training Camp at gillette stadium. Erika but first, cindy we finally have some rain to talk about. Cindy a welcome thing. It has been so dry, Drought Conditions worsening each day. Check to see if things dont have a good stopping rain, the wettest part of the day up until about lunchtime and then the rain will taper off into the evening. The area of heaviest rain will shift through the day. We arent seeing much on the cape. This first batch of rain is moving pretty slowly from west to east, and it is generally light. There are some pockets of heavier rain, worcester county, northward, up into southwest new hair Flash Flood Watches here across southeastern massachusetts. This is where we could see some localized poor drainage flooding as we get into the afternoon hours. Theres another area of rain with lightning in the waters to the south. This area of low pressure will bring more heavy rain, but as a tracks south, it will impact southeastern massachusetts. That is why there is the concern for flooding. Many of us, but southeastern massachusetts targeted half an inch to an inch on average. Its a soupy start, holding in the 70s from boston as the wind turns to the northeast. It could top 80 as we brighten up. Steadier rain through midmorning, and by lunchtime, it tapers off north and west of boston, but it is focused around southeastern massachusetts and thro a pretty goodlooking weekend. Sun and clouds, a few showers on sunday. Lets get you back out to the roads. Olessa its been a while a live look outside at the expressway, northbound heading to the top of the screen some of those brake lights are starting to light up. The rest of your ride, no issues, no accidents. 24 checks in ok. Delays, 2030 minutes braintree and boston. The eastbound pike is still only 15 into 128. A bit of a delay from a thuman to andover and again down to the leverett connector. Trains and buses running on schedule. Erika the Democratic National convention is over and the push to november is on. Randy the eyeopeners ed harding is live in philadelphia with the next moves on the campaign trail. The next move is Pretty Simple everyone pushes, first through pennsylvania and then into ohio. The newly minted Democratic Team of clinton and kaine have two rallies in pennsylvania today. Donald trump and mike pence are in colorado, indiana and ohio. Last night, clinton tried to pain a personal portrait while powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart. Bonds of trust and respect are fraying. We have to decide whether we will all Work Together so we can all rise together. Ed clinton also acknowledged that even after all her time in public life some people dont know what to make of her. Did she do enough to change that . There are about 100 days left to answer that question. We are live where it is raining steadily. Erika donald trump reacting overnight to clintons speech tweeting quote, no one has worse judgment than Hillary Clinton corruption and devastation follows her wherever she goes. Meantime, Melania Trump has taken down her website her professional website has been taken down. In slovenia but her biography claimed she gave up schooling to focus on modeling. On twitter she said the site was taken down because it didnt accurately reflect her business and personal interests. Sera a lynn man will face a judge today, accused of attacking a woman, while his 3yearold daughter was in the back seat of his car. This happened in winthrop along revere street, police say Gerardo Portillo first tried to she refused. He allegedly follows alongside her, so she ducks into an alley to escape. But police say portillo gets out, and thats when she was assaulted, while the suspects toddler was still in the vehicle. So in addition to charges for the assault, he also faces child endangerment. Sera congi, Wcvb Newscenter 5. Two Police Officers are hurt after being shot in san diego. Its unclear what started the violence. The conditions of the officers are unknown but the suspect is reportedly in custody. Randy state and Plainville Police are investigating a deadly crash on route 1. Police say a car ran into the back of a tractor trailer near the nowclosed truck stop on washington street. A 15yearold passenger in the car was also seriously hurt. She was taken to a rhode island murder charges are dismissed against the man accused in the 2001 murder of washington intern chandra levy. Prosecutors said yesterday they can no longer prove their case against ingmar guandique. A spokesman for the u. S. Attorney said the decision was based on quote unforeseen developments over the past week. Guandique was convicted in 2010 of killing and robbing levy, but a new trial was granted after an appeal. Prosecutors will not pursue the erika a choir group from iowa surprised a plane full of passengers when they serenaded the remains of a World War Two veteran headed to texas. The video of their song is going viral. 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. Thats when the group put on randy flames shooting out of a jetliners engine forces the plane to make an emergency landing. The flight took off from dallasft worth wednesday night but turned back after the dramatic mechanical failure. American Airlines Says there was a problem with the engine compressor and that the plane landed safely. The passengers were rebooked on another flight. No one was hurt. 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. Randy the sox losing Streak Continues with a disappointing end in los angeles. A scoreless game last night against the angels until mookie betts sacrifice fly in the third. Its 10 all the way into the bottom of the ninth. A grounder to first, but Hanley Ramirez throws it away. The angels score two runners to walkoff with the win. First pitch tonight is 10 05. Antoinette patriots Training Camp is underway, tom brady practicing with the team before serving his deflate gate suspension. No matter what the circumstances are, ive never seen tom brady come out and not give it all. Antoinette thousands of fans here at gilette to see tb 12 on on backup qb Jimmy Garoppolo. He says he is ready to step up as brady serves his fourgame regularseason suspension. We havent heard from brady yet. He walked in and out through a secluded gate, away from reporters. Practice today gets underway at 9 15. Live in foxborough, Antoinette Antonio, Wcvb Newscenter 5. Erika today is friday you know what that means. It president ial library museum, commonwealth museum, Battleship Cove Marine Museum at fall river, sandwich glass museum, nantucket whaling museum, tower hill botanic garden, and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company free fun fridays run all summer long brought to you by the highland foundation. For more information, log on to wcvb. Com and click on community. Randy a young author from boston is having a magical year. A book signing at the Mattapan Library yesterday. Five my magic number is dedicated to Boston Police commissioner william evans. Why is five so magical . Well, ashton plays five instruments, speaks five languages, and plays five sports. He is now in the running for the guinness book of World Records as the youngest published male author. Erika five times smarter [laughter] erika wow, that is incredible. Cindy imagine that 10. Speaking of numbers, we are so far behind in rainfall. A severe drought across a good portion of the area. Welcome rainfall today for sure, but it may come down too hard in southeastern massachusetts. It could lead to poor drainage and flash flooding. 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 80s. He stay in the 70s, 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, highpressure 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 there could be some thunderstorms into the afternoon. Saturday is certainly the pick. Lets get you back out to the roads. Olessa it is still fairly quiet. This is the southbound side, traffic getting by. Lets get to the maps, an Early Morning accident by government center. 24 looks good, a little bit of volume building in canton. Halfhour braintree and boston. The pike eastbound is still only 15 minutes, then 93 south has a bit of a delay out of methuen as you make your way down to the schedule. Randy were live in philadelphia this morning as the Democratic National Convention Wraps up. Erika and Hillary Clintons speech isnt the only one that has people talking. Why the father of a fallen soldier is getting attention. And a New Hampshire prisoner tries to make a break for it. How police say he snuck off Hillary Clintons high stakes moment in the leadup to the general election. The speech and where she goes from here. A man accused of trying to kidnap and rape a woman in winthrop. The demand he made and how the case brady keep things low key. His elusive moves and the new attention on his temporary replacement. Its on the eye on this friday. It is the morning after, and the push is on, good friday morning. Im erika tarantal. Im randy price. With us is ed harding. Hes just outside philadelphia
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