beacon hill lawmakers try to make good on a number of bills. the number bills up for debate. i am daniel miller. >> anchor: and i am stephanie coueignoux in for julie grauert. grab that rain jacket and umbrella because you will need it this morning. meteorologist her shiri track when the wet weather will hit. another wet one. >> shiri: another wet one steadiest canal and carver. we are looking at partly cloudy skies and from bedford to lawrence to beverly, drizzle. temperature-wise upper 60s and we will do for you as you leave the house. futurecast some of that steadiest rain. 6 a.m. tapering off over the cape and island and we have patchy, kind of lighter showers straight throughout rest of the morning commute into lunchtime even into the afternoon where we have a couple of pockets of rain. have showers and fog and then lightens up by lunch and dealing with that all-day threat. 78 to 82 for highs. chance of rain highest this morning and eases up as we head into the afternoon and even date tomorrow. we will show you when it is over for good coming up. back to you, guys. >> anchor: we are tracking weather and traffic every ten minutes. it is raining and early enough that that rain is not 93 southbound is clear. the expressway, no delays right now. if you were headed out right now it will take you 13 minutes on route 1 from rule 128 to the tobin bridge. 23 minutes from the leverett connector. and 28 from peabody to the weston tolls. major changes to the way ride-sharing companies like a series of regulations and the bill requires driver to pass a state-run driver's test won't require them to be fingerprinted. $.25 per ride to cover the cost of the checks. they will have to have markings in the front and back of their cars saying they are ride-sharing vehicles. in a big change, uber and lyft will be able to operate at logan airport and south boston convention center. the the both house and senate. and passed a new energy bill to use more wind and water-generated power. in a bill of hundreds of million of dollars of drop training and new housing. happening today at the statehouse, governor charlie baker will sign a law to give men and women equal pay for equal work. the bill makes it illegal for companies to force job applicants to disclose their current salary. a deadly car crash in bedford, new hampshire. police say the 39-year-old driver was drunk when he hit a pole. flipped over a fence and landed on one's front lawn friday afternoon. one passenger died at the hospital. another was treated and released. today boston mayor marty walsh will meet with parents of children who attended day camp where a child died last week. 7-year-old kazr willis died after walking away from the city center. they plan to add 34 new security cameras, increase staff and do head counts every hour. camper also be required to wear life preservers when swimming. the kazr's family are not satisfied with the police department's investigate of death. they called it a tragic accident and family members tell the "boston herald" they are unhappy with the conclusion. they want to know which looking after the little boy. the boy slipped out of view of camp staff members and went back in the water without anybody knowing. a 2-year-old girl who was found dead in her family's apartment last year died of meningitis. the telegram reports gigi brown died from that fiction. gigi was found unresponsive in her crib last september. she lived in an apartment with her family in worcester. the toddler's family was already under dcf watch when gigi died. no charges have been in her at has been looking to restore its trailer after it was stolen from a parking lot. if the story sounds familiar the second time this month it happened to a local troop. the last one was in norwood. we talked about the scout's plans to replace the trailer. >> you are stealing from the boys. >> reporter: tom mcclintock has been devoting himself to the boy scouts in since 1990, so when their trailer was stolen last week, he was shocked. >> a gorgeous trailer and when we went down there, it was gone. >> reporter: it was distinctively marked no mistaking that it belongs to the boy scouts. what is more disturbing stolen from a parking lot a church in norwood. >> who would do something like that? how desperate to do something like that. >> reporter: norwood police are investigating the theft. >> we seriously and when you get the boy scouts of america involved empowering our youth by providing a proper role model and example, it is even more alarming. >> reporter: the stolen trailer may seem easy to spot, it does not look like this anymore. >> it is possible during the time frame that the markings have been taken off or painted over. >> the scouts were upset about the thefts. the troop discussed to you to replace the 3,000 today 4,000 trail per. it was like -- this really happens to people, doesn't it. >> reporter: but the boys decided to get to work and come up with enough money through fundraisers and car washes to buy a new one. >> very disappointing to the boys but what is nice. they are all teenagers, we will work together to come up with a solution to replace it. >> reporter: in norwood, christine mccarthy, fox 25 news. >> daniel: the second time in a matter of months that we reported such a crime. back in june a waltham will theirs stolen. they used fund raising to erase their loss and raised more than enough money to replace the trailer. seven minutes after the hour. following breaking news in newton near the longwood cricket club. state police tell fox25 a man was walking on hammond street in front of a cricket club around 2 a.m. when he was jumped by two men wearing masks. right now unclear if the suspects got away with anything but the victim was suspects. we have a reporter headed to the scene. we will really a live report coming up at 4:30. the candidates are in crunch time, just 98 days out from election day and both pair of candidates are hitting the road looking to drum up voter for. today hillary clinton is heading to nebraska, colorado and virginia. for donald trump, he is hitting the campaign trail again after a weekend with no events. he will be in pennsylvania and ohio. well, donald trump may not be holding events over the rounds and stirring up controversy. during a sit down with abc yesterday, he didn't shy away from a heated debate that started during the democratic convention. we are talking about the battle that was launched think about speech. >> have you even read the united states constitution? >> anchor: that is the father of a muslim american soldier killed in the line of duty. since that memorable dnc moment, trump and kahn have trump have been focused his attacks on kahn's wife repeating again yesterday. >> his wife -- if you look at his wife. she was standing there. she had nothing to say. she probably -- maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. >> reporter: kahn's wife responded in an op-ed that and in the "washington post." he said she was supposed to speak but was too emotional at the time and more people are having their say. trump's running mate released that statement saying in part, that captain kahn an american hero and his family like all gold star families should be cherished by every american. that statement goes continue to to blame president barack obama and hillary clinton for creating problems in the middle east. but clinton is fighting back slamming trump during campaign stop in ohio. >> to have trump and what he did. i don't know where the bottoms are. i don't know where the bottom is. >> anchor: that is not all ahead in the next half hour. what she had to say in her interview with fox news sunday. fox25 is your home for the 2016 election coverage. of course the ticking is on election day and will be with you every tempt way. stay with me on tv and online. a swampscott man will be in court accused of burning down his own home. fox25 was on scene saturday night on linden avenue. fire officials tell us the homeowner timothy homeowner timothy bronsan was standing on the front lawn watching the flames. neighbors heard a loud noise before the fire started. >> i was taking a nap and heard a boom, a huge explosion. >> i saw the garage doors were blown out like an n an explosion and the building engulfed in flames. >> daniel: one fire fighter had to be treated for heat exhaustion but no one else was hurt. they are trying to figure out the homeowner he is motive. he has been charged with arson. sometime 4:10. this morning is the first time someone in a small new hampshire town can claim a powerball jackpot worth half a billion dollars. the winning ticket for saturday night's drawing was sold that the hannaford supermarket in raynham. no one has come forward. the winner has one year to redeem that ticket at the state headquarters in concord and as you can imagine, a lot of people in reymann are very happy for who that may be. >> it is amazing so local and so >> i was just saying the other day nobody in new hampshire ever wins, right. [ laughter ] >> anchor: a long time coming. new hampshire has not sold a winning ticket. will give a lump sum payment before taxes. well, that winning powerball ticket was sold the old-fashioned way in a store, a few week ago new hampshire became the very first state otto lotto. the first sight do a government-run lottery. and we do track traffic and weather every ten minutes right now. it will take you 12 minutes on route 1 from route 128 to the tobin bridge. 20 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. and 21 minutes from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. problem good news, shiri because you are tracking some rain. temperatures now and for the next couple of hours in the upper 60s. we don't get much of a warm-up. lower 70s. tons of clouds around and patchy drizzle and showers. i will time out the steadiest of it coming up. a state lawmaker hospitalize and getting ready for surgery. the information we are learning of senator ken donald trump's condition after he was learning of senator ken donald trump's condition after he was rushed to the steeped slowly in cold water for small batches with an ultra-smooth, full-bodied flavor. discover the craft of cold brew today and keep on. ? sip in summertime with a frozen coolatta from dunkin' donuts. stay cool this summer with a new sour apple, watermelon, or blue raspberry coolatta. america runs on dunkin'. . welcome back at 4:15. meteorologist shiri spear. chatham over to harwich and orleans. yarmouth getting a decent rate of rainfall. a decent amount of rain out toward plymouth. eases up across the west shore, south duxbury, marshfield and hampton. all very light. light rain and drizzle. continues into the steadilyest hot air balloon crash in u.s. history. the crash happened saturday. the balloon hit power lines, caught on fire and crashed into an open field. officials are looking into cell phone records and twitter posts into clues into what happened. the ntsb is looking to see if fog was a factor in that crash. 16 people died on board that balloon including 15 passengers and a pilot. investigators say they are sorting through the wreckage land only need those bodies. as of now only two newlyweds were on board celebrating a birthday and another couple were on board as well as their family sets up a go fund me page. two people are dead following severe flashflooding in maryland. both victims died in separate incidents when their cars were caught in the floodwaters and they were swept away. the worst of the flooding in ellicott city and the worst in every structure and business there on main treat was damaged. city leaders say that adds up to hundreds of millions of dollars in loss. in the middle of that flooding reason amazing story of survival. [bleep] >> you are going to make it. >> daniel: the video of the flooding going viral over the weekend. a local business owner posted this clip showing at least four people forming a human chain to help that woman who was almost swept away by the fast the man who is the closest to the car nearly loses his footing but manages to hold on and helps get her back to safety. more than 100 people were rescued from the flashflood. maryland's governor has declared a state of budget to get that area back on its feet. meantime in california, more than 5,000 fire fighters are battling a giant wildfire from a popular tourist destination. the fire has burned 40,000 acres near big sur. 2000 homes are in the path of those flames. 70 buildings have already been destroyed. for victims of domestic violence, getting justice isn't always easy. fox25 found a staggering amount of reported cases here in massachusetts a either pending, dropped or missasaugaed. >> a tiny, tiny number of case where is there is both punishment and the punishment is severe and usually because it is dead. >> fox25 anchor finds out because there is so much a difference between cases and convictions and what experts say must change in our justice system to keep people safe. of course we are tracking traffic and weather together every ten minutes. if you were headed out right now, 12 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin bridge. 20 minutes from 495 to the leverett connector. and 21 minutes from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. shiri, i know you are pretty this morning, stephanie, that's for sure. showers out there. fog out there. the good news is, this will not be easy on -- this will be easy for you throughout the day. light showers. heavier rain focused during the morning hours and limited generally to southeastern massachusetts. fog is something that i am watching as well. and i do not have any kind of dense fog. the problem is we have got that anytime threat for shower through the day. showers early. plenty of dry times wedged in cool damp pattern will continue through the day tomorrow and finally break on wednesday. then you have plenty of sunshine and plenty of warm temperatures for the end of the week. currently boston sitting at 69 degrees. we have mostly cloudy skies. we really don't have any significant showers in the city now. they are pretty close by. chances are if you were driving in from one of the suburbs. you will find the roadways damp. 69 degrees at 8 a.m. you can ea very slow and and likely will stay in the lower 70s there out toward the boston area. worcester at 64 degrees now. same situation. a lot of clouds and you might find things a little bit misty this morning and you will have a chance of a couple of spot showers through the day and the afternoon showers bringing inland towns and cities a slightly higher risk of the spot showers. temperatures go from the mid-60s early on. 10 a.m., 67 degrees. and lower 60s this afternoon. plymouth down to the cape and the islands. nantucket kind of taking on some of the heaviest of it. 72 in boston. 74 in lawrence. 75 in norwood and middle 70s. those lower 70s extending back to framingham and worcester. really no different for the cape and islands with temperatures in the middle 70s this afternoon. pretty uniform temperatures. this is our weather pattern 37 we have the stalled out system sitting to the south. pumping in a lot of moisture. the water. all of this is coming together and providing ongoing risk for a shower. 6 a.m., still have steadier showers from the outer cape as well the islands and they will be winding down and you find those showers are peppered through radar during the afternoon. the widely scattered nature of the activity today. both lunchtime and straight into the afternoon and a couple of inches from that drive home from work. many of you simply seeing the clouds and just kind of these damp and dreary conditions all hours. of course, kevin lemanowicz starting at 4:00 this afternoon is going to be breaking down where we have the rain, how long it is going to last. we do have that risk for drizzle going straight into tomorrow morning. you wake up. there are the clouds. look how slow that system is pushes away from us late on tuesday that provides a drier tuesday afternoon and slightly brighter conditions for the second half of it tomorrow. i don't want to get too optimistic of the clouds breaking up, but late in the and temperatures going up tomorrow. tomorrow's high at 77. 80 on wednesday and mostly sunny by thursday, 85. nice and bright. friday, increasing clouds, hot and humid. 90 degrees is back. saturday storms will cool us back down to 88 on saturday and 84 on sunday. back to you. all right, shiri, 4:22 right now. big warning from police in one part of the state. a new scam call making the rounds. the trick that is being used to make people trust the caller. a little girl with a special wish. take a look at these bbq trophies: best cracked pepper sauce... 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minor injuries. the woman in the car was cited for running a red light. a new-born giraffe is being treated for trouble nursing and standing. the female was born last week at franklin park zoo. the zoo said she needed specialized issues -- care for their issues. newborn giraffes usually the young giraffe is making progress but no word when she will be brought home. video by a fox25 video. the gorilla not loving the attention at the franklin park zoo. he started recording the ape after spotting it pounding the grass as a girl walks by over the weekend. now we did reach out to the zoo for comment but so far haven't heard back. a little girl in marshfield is learning about community. take a look at these pictures here. she and her family just moved to the marshfield area a few weeks ago. mariah said all this is wanted for the recent birthday is to have a lemonade stand. didn't know if they will have any of the neighbors. mom it some advertising and people showed up in droves. mariah made more than 100 bucks and more than five hours and plans to donate that money to charity. how cute is she. >> stephanie: everything was color coordinated. everything is pink and yellow. she is very savvy. good marketing. >> daniel: good morning her is. a professional soccer player celebrating a big return after a tough year. his journey to join the new england revolution on the field after battling and beating cancer. police continue to look for this man accused of asaul on the mbta. the .. ?? with a place that feels nothing like a bank. and helpful people that talk to you...not sell to you. with free checking accounts that are actually free... no minimums. no fees. and a top-rated app, let's you bank right here. that's banking reimagined. stormtracker radar when the steadiest showers are up and how much is expected this time. breaking news this morning. the search is on for suspects after a victim is jumped outside a local cricket club. we are live as that investigation gets under way. big changes coming to city-run camps after a tragic death. the new rules being rolled out to staff and parents today. >> announcer: complete new england coverage starts right now. this is the fox25 morning news this is the fox25 morning news. and good morning to you on this first day of august, very early on this monday. i am stephanie coueignoux in for julie grauert. >> daniel: i am daniel miller. the dreary weather continues. the big soaker hitting us now and, shiri, when will it finally stop? >> it will ease up once we hit 6:00 this morning and the cape and islands, the rest of the season seeing drizzle.