Pictures of the destruction coming in from central italy. Weve been following breaking news all night. Crews desperately trying to find survivors buried in the rubble after a huge earthquake there. Well have an update for you in just a moment. Good morning. Im emily riemer. Randy im randy price. Cindy with the forecast, and coming back. Reporter thank you very much. Really nice weather expected today, lots of sunshine. Beautiful sentence to pass along this morning. The air is very comfortable. Humidity is sill check out the sky over boston. We have this pinkish glow to it. Nice sky this morning. Definitely we have got a nice morning out there. Temperatures starting out mostly in the 60s and parts of the cape but you run into spots in the 50s. Taunton 55. Norwood 53. Look at the orange, 53 degrees, we are at the end of august now, and a typical high for us this time of year should be about 79 degrees. That today. Some spots towards 90, any patchy areas of fog, they are few and far between. With the High Pressure in control, a great day, loads of sunshine, and you can see how the temperatures drop to 70 by 8 00 in boston, and by lunchtime, the lower 80s, a weak sea breeze may kick in but we should sneak up to boston before that happens but look at bedford and laural and lawrence and all around that mark, this afternoon, and mid to upper 80s here through worcester bridgewater and taunton, but along the coastline, it holds the temperatures in the low 80s for you on cape cod. We talk about the next chance for rain just ahead. Now to the breaking situation in boston. A huge mess snarling the commute, this is in Sullivan Square, and Antoinette Antonio is there for us right now. What a big mess this is out here in Sullivan Square this morning. Some really major slowdowns, if this area, and give you a closer look at whats happening right behind me. You could that tractor trailer overturned, and that scrap metal spills onto the road. You can see the workers, they are getting ready to upright this turned over tractor trailer so hopefully this will all get cleared out within the next hour or so. Lets go ahead and take a look at the mess overnight. The video that we have here from the scene right after it crashed early this morning. Boston police say it looks like the driver took rotary. That tipped over spilling that scrap metal on to the road. The rotary is down to one lane, traffic is coming out of charlestown along main street, is completely blocked off, and once again, you see right behind me, that they are getting ready to upright this tractor trailer, so once they get that moved out of the way, and get the rest of this scrap metal picked up, then they will be able to reopen that stretch of roads, so thats the for the latest on the rest of your commute. Good morning. Olessa good morning antoinette, more live pictures of the scene in charlestown. Take a look at this. There is the entrance for main street coming in from charlestown. As you can see it is blocked so you cannot access but one lane is open, and there are some heavy delays and lots of crews on the scene. Well keep you posted. If you are heading in, plan accordingly and budget in extra travel time. Over to the maps now, this all happened, over by main and for you this morning. Accident just cleared on the expressway. Good news, and route 3 by route 18, watching a disabled car, and the pike is 15 minutes, eastbound, 495 to 128, and 93 south looks ok out of methuen down to the lever connector, and we are watching minor delays on the blue line with Everything Else running on schedule. Thank you. Breaking in the overnight hours, a deadly earthquake striking italy. Right now rescuers are part of the country. The epicenter near the city of amatrice, and Erika Tarantal is here with the breaking developments. Erika . Erika the focus is on those efforts to pull people from the rubble. The scope of the tragedy still really unknown as the death toll has risen. That number is expected to go up as many people are still missing, the quake struck as residents were fast asleep around 3 30 in the morning in italy, building buildings completely crumbled, ceilings caving in on top of people. The mayor of amatrice saying his town is not any more, and the response is difficult as navigating the narrow roads is going to be a challenge for those operating heavy machinery furiously looking for survivors and victims. Its a very mountainous area, the roads are not easy, so its not an easily accessible area in italy, and it will take a while what will be uncovered. It is popular with vacationers in these months so heavily populated. The shaking followed by 39 aftershocks, felt as far as rome. Thats about 80 miles away. Right now two men are hurt after this crash. This happened in wilton, a video in overnight. It happened just before 10 00 last night on lake street. Police tell newscenter 5 that the suv slammed into a utility pole. No other vehicles are believed to b preparing to face a judge and not for the first time. Its an alarming twist in the south end. Sera congi is live in boston with the clue the suspect left behind. Sera . Sera that clue from a gps monitoring device. It turns out the suspect has been arrested before for a similar attack on a High School Senior on her way to school. 31yearold Eduardo Rodriguez is the man who attacked a woman on he walked she walked to a nearby playground and thats where she was assaulted. He had just left prison in december. He was wearing a gps monitor during the attack, and then cut it off. That is raising some questions. It is ridiculous. You would think that they would see that hes out at 1 00 a. M. At a park. It sounds suspicious to me if i was sera police were able to identify rodriguez thanks to the gps signal from the park as well as the victims description. He will be arraigned today on a long list of charges including aggravated rape, kidnapping, and indecent assault and battery. Live at the roxbury courthouse, sera congi, newscenter 5. Thank you. No jail time for an East Longmeadow teenager accused of assaulting two classmates, and this morning there is a new push 18yearold david becker was sentenced to two years of probation after admitting to sexually assaulting a woman at a house party in april. He denied any contact with the other alleged victim. Both women say that they woke up to becker assaulting them. Becker was initially charged with two counts of rape but was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser charge, indecent assault and battery. Prosecutors pushed for two years in prison but beckers lawyer argued that the teen had no criminal record and deserved to go to nearly 6,000 people signed an online petition to have the judge in this case removed for handing down a lenient sentence. Its eight minutes after 6 00, the growing Opioid Crisis may be fueling a new problem in massachusetts. It is pushing the state to the limit. The herald is reporting the 9,500 children are now in foster care, the 10 spiked from last year, child advocates say its due to the large number of people evicted to opioids. The department of children and but has not released a report at this point. Randy right now a man has serious injuries after being hit by a tree whether i am in brookline. This happened in an ally yesterday. It is unclear exactly what caused that branch to fall. The victim, a 29yearold man who worked at a nearby Herb Chambers car dealership. The owner released a statement saying that he wasr mans name has not been released. Emily federal aviation investigates are trying to figure out how to get a plane out of the Quabbin Reservoir after an Emergency Landing. The pilot from newport, rhode island said his plane began having mechanical problems mid air yesterday afternoon. The man landed on a sandbar, compliments of this years drought. The pilot is ok. He tells us that he was flying an experimental plane he built himself. To flying. Investigates will meet today and determine if the pilot should be fined. A guilty plea to expected from the New Hampshire state trooper involved in this arrest. Andrew monaco will plead guilty to simple assault on thursday. Prosecutors say that video from sky 5 shows him punching a suspect after a police chase from massachusetts to New Hampshire. A massachusetts state trooper also is charged. Randy quite the dangerous situation here. You will see a driver into this construction sign in the ted williams tunnel. The sign is flying into the left lane and almost hitting another driver. Police say that the driver who hit the sign yesterday morning is a 60yearold from lynn. He has minor injuries, and will be summoned to court. Emily scott brown is facing Sexual Assault claims. Hes bewildered by the accusations from a Fox News Channel host, and a price hike in your health, how the makers the costs while giving raises to higherup. And new this morning, you are getting the kids healthy for school but what about mom and dad, the warnings for the entire family. Breaking overnight, drivers may want to avoid Sullivan Square in charlestown right now, a rolled over tractor trailer causing traffic issues in the rotary there, no word on any injuries, and also the death toll rising to 37 after an earthquake hit central italy. The mayor says his town is not th around here, things are quiet locally. When the humidity climbs, the next chance for rain ahead, and were, tracking the tropics. One storm on the verge of becoming a hurricane today. Take a look over boston. A beautiful sky as we start your wednesday. A little cool, though, in the suburbs. Just 59 degrees as you are heading out the door in plymouth narrator lets put this political promise to the test. Ayotte ive been an independent, strong voice for New Hampshire. Narrator then why does kelly ayotte still support donald trump for president . Independent minded republicans across america put principle ahead of party and said no to trump. But not kelly ayotte. She says she still supports trump. Ayotte an independent, strong voice. Narrator if shes so independent, why is she still disclaimer independence usa pac is responsible for the content of we are the intensive care team at the Brigham Womens hospital. We have 46 patients here today, but they are all asleep. Good morning eyeopener. Emily thats right. We do not want to wake anyone up on that floor. So the first phase of the new building is beautiful. Private rooms, and light, its well take you inside and show you whats going on in there. And you can start your own wakeup call, just record it with your smartphone, and upload it there. I try it in here and no one limps to me. Doesnt work. Oh, yeah. Thats great. The weather is quiet. Yes. And locally,. And a bit of a different story in the tropics, those are getting a bit more active, were watching a couple of waves, and you can see where the one farthest away, that is Tropical Storm gaston, and that is on the verge of becoming a hurricane, the winds are 70 miles per hour, you need 74 to be a hurricane. That is expected today but it is this one right here. This is a tropical wave. Its moving west to 30 miles per hour. And this one make strengthen. Gaston, even though it becomes a hurricane, look where it is five days from now. East of bermuda in the atlantic. Headed. Close to the bahamas here or florida. By the weekend, early next week, so were going to have to keep a close eye on this one. If this were to strengthen, the next nape on the list is her hermine. We have a clear sky over boston. It looks beautiful. The city is bathed in sunshine this morning. 65 degrees, but the humidity is still in check with the dewpoints in the 50s, so its a comfortable start. It is probably nice a and 53 in orange. Thats one of the coolest spots. Worcester 61. You can see plymouth in the 50s, and beverly around 60, and lower 60s on cape cod. We jump up this afternoon. A warm afternoon, mid to upper 80s for most of us. Very close to 90 around lawrence, and worcester 83, upper 80s in nashua down to taunton and lower 80s on cape cod. The winds are light enough that a sea breeze may try to kick in, but it looks weak overall today, side, clockwise circulation is bringing more humid air up through the chicago area, and you can see the next front were watching, this is our next chance for rain. No hurry to get here, thursday night and into friday, is the only opportunity of seeing showers, out ahead of that, the humidity is pooling to the west, and thats going to work in tomorrow, and then by friday uncomfortable humidity levels but it should back off in the wake of that front by the weekend. So overnight low temperatures tonight, mostly down in the 60s, and tomorrow we jump again into the upper 80s and thunderstorms during day tomorrow. Really hold off to the west. But then overnight there might be one or two showers on thursday night. You wake up on friday, it should be quiet but a big day into the afternoon. Thats when we have the best chance of seeing the showers and storms. By the evening, it should be shifting south of boston. That clears the coast setting us up for what looks to be a pretty nice looking weekend. All right want to get you back to the roads. Update you on the situation in charlestown. Olessa. Olessa very messy situation. Sullivan square. The good news, that tractor trailer, the blue one there, it has been uprighted so they have been able to lift it off the ground. It was on its side, and when that happened, that debris that it was carrying, the scrap metal spilled so the cleanup continues but they are making progress. Lets check out the other camera and see what that scenes looks like from above. There it is. You can see here the entrance from main street coming in, still blocked because of this debris still here and they are working hard to clean it up. As you can see the rotary has one lane getting through but there are delays, and if you are will not be able to access Sullivan Square there. Lets get over to the maps, once again this happened by main and alford road. Accident cleared on the expressway north by marcy, delays stretching back to adams street about a 25minute ride, braintree up into boston, and still watching a disabled car on route 3, coming out of weymouth by route 18. 24 looks ok. 95 as well, and then as you travel the pike, 15 minutes eastbound, 495 to 128. To the lever connector. Were also watching minor delays on the blue line this morning, and Everything Else is on schedule. Emily. Thanks. This morning month, former senator scott brown is firing back at allegations of sexual harassment. Hes mentioned in the growing sex scandal involving fox news. It was after this appearance on the show outnumbered last august, Andrea Tantaros is claiming that brown told her that it would be fun to go to he snuck up behind her and put his hands on her lower waist. I have no knowledge of what she is referring to. I have never to answer your question i never touched her around her waist in a lunch line . Why would i do that. She said stop. I have no knowledge of that. If there was anything in the lunch line it would be good show, and thats it. Tantaros is not suing brown, the lawsuit for 50 million is against fox and sun executives for this wednesday morning. Asian markets continue to meander a bit as the investors await fresh clues from the Federal Reserve about interest hikes, the stock futures are higher here after posting modest gains yesterday. And target is refunding customers millions of dollars after discovering it sold fake egyptian cotton sheets. S they said they were made of egyptian cotton. When they were target is reaching out to customers who bought the sheets for as much as 175. Between 2014 and this year, and they terminated their partnership with that company. Emily your health this morning, the maker of the epi pen is defending recent price hikes despite a massive pay raise for the ceo. The price of the lifesaving allergy shot has soared from 100 from 2007 to 500 now. The Parent Company says that the the ceos pay went from 2. 4 million to nearly 19 million. Congress is demanding more information about why its happening. Randy when it comes to back to School Health is a big concern, and not just for the kids. If you want to get your sleep, make sure that you get back to set bedtimes for them, and experts say that now is the time to do that before classes resume. If your kids bring home germs, the entire family, of course, can get sick, so pra hygiene at home, and washing hands even after snacks, gets them into the habit of doing this. Finally, work on stress. Not just yours, be careful not to overload your kids and encourage them to talk about any stress that they might have. Stress can be an immune system killer. Cat is saving the day for an abandoned zoo animal and. Emily you would say this in eyepoppers. Erika. Body cameras. Today their demands before the program gets going, and also a new move from the man seen swiping patriots memorabilia from a bar. His request and the possible punishment from the team. Also recapping one of our breaking stories, at least 37 people now reported dead after a strong earthquake hit central italy. Well continue to bring you new emily 6 25. Were off to a gorgeous start, clear skies in boston right now. 65 degrees. A nice day with low humidity but warm afternoon. It could touch the 90degree mark. So its a warm afternoon, if you are sneaking away to the beaches. No problems there. A low risk for the rip currents, a high tide coming up at 4 45 this afternoon. More humidity working in tomorrow, but still a dry day. Thursday night into friday, the next chance of seeing any showers and thunderstorms. Look at that. Near 90 to end the week, and any wet weather welcomed, especially if you have allergies, ragweed thanks. 6 25. Time for eyepoppers, what do you have for us this morning . Were talking about a home with serious curb appeal. Take a look at this. This brown stone in brooklyn is, actually, bedazzled. It attracts people from all over, the owner has been working on the art for 15 years as a kind of therapy. I cant tell if that makes me anxious or not. There is a lot going on there. Very busy. More than the neighbors want. Especially this little monkey, and who now makes his home on the back of a cat in russia. The owner works at a zoo, and was afraid the baby squirrel monkey w