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WFXT FOX 25 Morning News September 1, 2016

Meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski is with a look at our forecast and how this Tropical Storm could affect our holiday weekend. Reporter the current storm path will continue to push it to the north and northeast and that is the movement it has right nows a it is well in the gulf of mexico and it is forecast to make landfall later on tonight as a category 1 hurricane. The wind speeds are Tropical Storm force at 60 Miles Per Hour. And the outer bands already pushing into the panhandle and the winds will hour. There is a hurricane warning for parts of the coast. Tropical storm warnings too. I will talk about the rain falling across our region coming up in a few minutes. A check of your traffic with julie. Julie traffic or lack thereof the morning. Things moving along route 1 and 93 south. South of the pike, the expressway starting to see slightly more volume, but nothing major yet, and nothing slowing you down on the pike to the tobin. Already in our first drive time on the expressway, 18 minutes there. 23 minutes on 93 south. Back to you. And a 11yearold boy is recovering in the hospital after he was shot in the face. Police say the boy was playing with another young neighbor when this gun went off. Fox25s Catherine Parrotta is live outside the Police Police department where officers are calling this just a terrible accident, catherine. A continue. We drove by the home very early this morning and they have been removed and that home is in darkness. There will be counselors on hand at the middle school to talk to students about what happened as that 11yearold boy remains in the hospital. I never seen nothing like that in my life. Reporter a scene that left neighbors on lynwood street shaken. Investigators seemed out of space as stud spikes were in at this point it is a handgun, but we are going to investigate everything. Reporter police got the call. Two 11yearold boys were inside playing with a gun when it went off. One 11yearold suffered a gunshot wound to the face. Put him in the back of the ambulance. And he was crying real hard and he had he was covered a lot. Repor of the boys lives in the house. The other just a few doors down. Investigators didnt believe the shooting was intentional but rather a tragic accident leaving this neighborhood stunned. I dont think there should be guns around anywhere that our kid could get them. They are going to be locked up somewhere that they cant get them and reach them. Reporter at last check that 11yearold boy was in stable condition but he did charges have been filed. We have an email to the Plymouth County das office this morning. Live in abington, Catherine Parrotta, fox25 morning news. Happening this morning, city inspectors are meeting with the landlord of this allston apartment that was destroyed by flames tuesday night. Fire fighters say they are surprise nod one was killed in the building that broke into several that was broken into several illegal apartments. Fox25s Michael Henrich is live in that allston neighborhood that is popular with College Students, micel michael. Reporter its interesting that we are using the word apartment. Because supposed to be a twofamily home according to the citys inspectal services department. We are on the back side of this building that we can see is completely destroyed. Inside, were pad locks on individual doors and at 8 00, the owner of this building will answer for those conditions. Reporter before. Mess. I think it is a very scary thing and thank god that everybody got out okay. Investigators tell fox25 that the overnight fire started in a ceiling fan. 11 people lived here. Nine of them College Students. Some just moved in on tuesday. Inspectal Services Commissioner buddy christopher tells fox25 that the building is supposed to be a twofamily home. This is the classic example of landlords not paying attention to what their reports that city inspectors cited the owner two weeks ago over the lack of Smoke Detector and four years ago, inspectors investigated the property about possibly being an illegal rooming house. But never gained entry to follow up. Smoke alarms reporter the alston fire comes as massachusetts declares september campus fire safety month at an event at it features the same boston Fire Fighters who responded to a 2013 fire that killed a Boston University senior. And an avoidable tragedy that fire inspectors say the surprise did not repeat itself yesterday on myrick street. Reporter surprised and relieved, of course. City leader also be there to raise awareness for safe student housing. Between that thank and the 8 00 meeting between the owner Inspector Services department. We will have a lot to update you on throughout the morning. Stay with us. The survivors of a deadly bus crash says all she remembers is waking up on route 1 a with shattered glass all around her. The crash was breaking news on fox25. The woman from El Paso Texas tells the globe heading to local hotel along with a husband and a friend. State police say the shuttle bus was hit by behind by a car the womans husband Joseph Rodriguez and her friend san tra ariola were killed. They have. The 18yearold accused of stabbing his friend with a golf club will be back in court after a judge decided to hold him without bail yesterday. Curtis day is charged with stabbing matthew dow at breakheart reservation. Police say day, dow and third friend was doing lsd, marijuana and heroin before they officials are continuing to investigate the cause of the fight and whether it may have been over a girl. Dow remains in stable condition. Donald trump remains firm on his stance to build a wall and deport illegal immigrants. The gop nominee delivering his muchanticipated speech on immigration last night following a trip to mexico where he met with that countrys president. Daniel miller joins us with highlights that include appearance from a local family. Daniel the parents of Matthew Denice joined donald speech. The milford family fell for tougher claws concerning greater immigration in massachusetts after their son matthew was hit and killed by a driver in the country illegally back in 2011. My name is maloney and our son Matthew Denice was 20 years old when he was dragged a quarter of a mile to his death by an illegal alien while horrified witnesses were banging on the truck trying to stop him. Thank you. It is donald trump for president in 2011 president in 2011. If our son Matthew Denice and other americans would be alive today. Reporter during his speech, donald trump made it clear he is not softening his immigration policy. A multipoint plan that will force undocumented workers to return to their home country and apply for reentry. He reconfirmed his commitment to securing the border. Number one, are you ready . [cheering] and mexico will pay for the wall. Mexicos a president later tweeted that he never agreed to pay for the wall. Hillary clinton was quick to tweet after trumps speech saying trump just failed his first foreign test and diplomacy is not as easy as it looks. In the newsroom, Daniel Miller. Vicepresident ial candidate kim kaine and his wife will be making several stops in New Hampshire. The campaign in dover, lanconia the first time that kaine has been to New Hampshire since becoming Hillary Clintons vicepresident ial pick. How the state will transform the new transagain are rights law. It takes place october 1. Allows transgender people to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity. How state leaders develop the rules that she announced today. We worked with members of the Business Community and that explains the issue and explains how they follow the law. Reporter healy is expected to talk about situations in which a person can be arrested for lying about their gender identity. We will bring you the details of the new rules this afternoon at the fox25 news beginning at 4 00. We track traffic and weather together every ten minutes. Good morning. 93 southbound is part of your morning routine, right now up to 24 minutes from 495 down to the zakim. Sarah . Clouds out there, julie, and scattered showers especially south of the city. Temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s right now. Sun has snapped. We will see clearing as we head to the north and west and the risk of a shower to the south. Temperatures today pretty much stuck in the 70s, close to 80s. We will show you what to expect in your town in just a few minutes. 6 10 this morning. Another local community is on edge after a female jogger is approached by a suspicious man. The description of that suspect that police want and instead of telling to you stop, these crosswalk signs have another message for pedestrians, and people are not laughing. Why they want them fixed right away. But first it doesnt look good for the department of defense. A new report says the pentagon New Hampshire College Students are packing their backpacks and heading back to school. And thanks to kelly ayotte, along with the textbooks and pencils, many students are carrying more student loan debt. Ayotte voted to cut pell grants and to raise student Loan Interest rates. Looking out for their own bottom line, not our kids. For New Hampshire students and families, kelly ayotte is a heavy burden we cant afford. Nea Advocacy Fund is responsible strippers, casinos, las vegas. Party, but instead, it is pentagon employees using their governmentissued credit cards. And now a new report reveals why some employees are allowed to continue spending even after the Defense Department was warned about the problem. Reporter a run at the slots or a night at the strip club paid for by the u. S. Governmentissued credit card intended for official pentagon business. It is not only intolerable but inexcusable. Government auditors that there were thousands of transactions taken place at casinos and Adult Entertainment venues. Now the new audit by that the pentagon it not take steps to stop the wrongdoing. Manage am did not take action to eliminate additional misuse and the travel card program remained vulnerable. What the pentagon is doing are reinforcing bad behavior by not taking action against those who s these things. Reporter auditors found an Army Lieutenant colonel flagged in 2015 for spending more than 2,000 at casinos. He wasnt disciplined. Instead he went on to spend another 5,000 at casinos. And the pentagon has agreed to make changes to the travel card program by the end of the year. Now 6 15, and the governor of maine says he wont quit despite widespread calls to step down. Instead he is seeking spiritual guidance. A profanitylaced voicemail for state legislatures and blame the drug crisis. Critics also say the governor has made other racially charged remarks. I dont think we can continue forward for the next two years and get things done with the governor in office. Spill million to resign. My family are behind me. Gene the governor says he will no longer speak to future remarks will be put in writing. We check traffic and weather together every ten minutes. Good morning, everyone. Right now expressway starting to shift from green over to roaring an as people head out the door. Maybe more people headed to school and are scheduled are changing a bit to accommodate for the school schedule. Route 193 south moving along fine. Live look at the zakim with traffic over the zakim bridge and the leverett connector without issue. Here are those live drive eastbound from 49 to mass avenue. 23 minutes on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. Meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski in for shiri spear this morning telling us more about the mild and sticky conditions out there. Reporter yeah, we have temperatures that are in the 70s. And a little bit humid out there. You will probably notice that on your fingertips as you head outside. A few showers south of the pike. You may it it but plenty of time y for tomorrow and into the middle part of the weekend, but our weekend is 50 50 right now. We are monitoring Tropical Storm hermine as we are heading up the coast and may impact southern new england with rain, as well as some wind. Something that we will have to watch. A couple of testimonies out there. Actually i have to point out hurricane gaston now a category 1 hurricane. Just the remnants of Tropical Storm number 8. And it is down across the gulf of mexico. Thats where we have Tropical Storm hermine. At 12 Miles Per Hour with wind speeds of 60 Miles Per Hour. And it is expected to gain hurricane strength before it makes landfall. We to have warnings up across the coast right now. A hurricane warning, as well as a Tropical Storm warning for basically panama city north of tampa. Also new this hour, we have a thunderstorm warning for the northeast coast of florida as well as georgia. And the carolinas. As this storm is expected to a category 1 storm and cross over to georgia and South Carolina over the next couple of days bringing periods of heavy rain, as well as strong winds. Some parts of this area could see anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of rain. Now the question is as it moves off the midatlantic coast where does it go. We have High Pressure to the north that will try suppress it. Some computer models are saying this will get close enough. A wide range of solutions. Need to continue to monitor this, because it is likely going to wiggle as we head over the next several days. But taking a look at that particular track, that would basically turn this testimony into a noreaster for us as we head into sunday into monday. And that means we could see some strong, gusty, onshore winds and also periods of heavy rain especially down across the southeastern areas, but most likely, we are going to see definitely high surf and seas and dangerous rip currents as this system l there is a lotle room with this and the impacts will be dependent on that. We will stay tuned to that forecast. As for today, a few showers out there south of this. It is going to be pushing southward and best chances of rain. Pockets of steadier rain down across our southern areas through the morning but a road shower could be possible north of the pike. By lunchhour, you are seeing most of that activity down across the southeast. Southeast and temperatures with the clouds, they will be a bit cooler as it was yesterday, but this front will push to the south. High pressure builds on in and drier weather moves on in, at least for friday into saturday and a depending on that track, you will see how the clouds move back in and the risk for showers arrive. 74 right now in boston. Dew point in the 60s. Today we will climb into the upper 70s to near 8. Again, the risk of a shower best chances to the south. That sevenday forecast, your weekend always in view show cooler weekend and we will see the risk of those showers arriving thanks to hermine or the tropical remnants of hermine. Something we will continue to monitor, but as we head past that, temperatures will heat up into next week. Over to you. Gene 6 20. Providence attacks people every year with the water fire. Now a small local city is hoping to attract tourists for the same type of thing. Where you can enjoy this new light show coming up. Are feeling betrayed. 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The fcc wants to you delete the information from the car system before returning it. Looking for vandals spray with obscene gesture. One located across the street from a Daycare Center to the line of sight of children walking by. Overall, the reactions are mixed. This is it right here. Oh, my god. It is going to be a joke. Its bad. It is very ignorant. Messing up our beautiful streets. Houston police say they are investigating the vandalism which we have blurred out here. And anyone caught defacing a sign will be prosecuted. Gene that is not good. I says, walk, dont walk. Cross now, man. Good day for a walk. Something to have a little fun. But thats a little much. Two decades after the death of a famous painter, we are learning the real truth about his iconic hair do from 1982 to 1994. He hosted the joy of painting. Have you ever seen this. You really like paint organize bored on this show. The happy little. His hair was actually straight. A look at dude befor

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