Transcripts For WFXT FOX 25 Morning News 20160926 : comparem

Transcripts For WFXT FOX 25 Morning News 20160926

And frosty spots and cool temperatures. 8 a. M. Temperatures are scooting into the lower 40s, eliminating that risk for frost. By 10 a. M. , i have got 57 degrees. Then we move into the 60s today. Highs ranging from 64 to 68 degrees. So it is going to be mild and bright later on this afternoon. Julie grauert is back with live drive time traffic and a new accident. Shiri, this accident on 39 northbound right before 128. And southbound delays as people tap the brakes to see what is going on. As we shift south, another accident on northbound. More of an impact on our drive time right at columbia road and that is the segment of road that i watched as far as our drive times are concerned. You can see that volume picking up, slowing down just slitly by the gas tank. Your live drive times. 24 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. 26 minutes on the expressway. 22 minutes on 128 southbound back to you. The stage is set. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton will be at their podiums duking it out what many will suspect will be the mostwatched president ial debate in history. Fox25s Sharman Sacchetti is in new york covering the buildup to this debate for us. She report that both cam rains are working hard to prepare for tonights highly anticipated event. Reporter the debate stage is set here at rofstra university where the American People can see high li drama play off as Hillary Clinton and donald trump face off for the first time. The expectation for Hillary Clinton are very high, and for donald trump, they are very low. Reporter eric furnstrum is a republican consultant and former advisor to Massachusetts Governor and republican nominee mitt romney. Because of her experience, the bar is set higher for clinton. Reporter what is going on behind the scenes in both of these campaigns right now. This is high stakes pollics and actually they are different ways. Reporter secretary clinton is said to be putting in more time in debate prep. Trump more so. Four years ago it was month of preparation that helped romney pull off a strong debate performance against president obama. Generally the candidate who puts more time into preparation and mock debates is the one who outperforms on on the debate stage. Reporter both campaigns have spent the weekend taunting each other from mere suggestions of bringing in mark cuban to to the debate moderator play realtime fact checker. Will it end . For all of the hype and excitement they generate, they dont impact it as much as they think. Reporter perhaps but a Strong Performance in front of a Large National audience can give either a chance to break away and give an advantage a week from the election. In hampstead, new york, gene a lot of expectation, between 80 and 100 million will tune in putting it in contention for the mostwatched debate. Here are some of the previous mostwatched debates. 67 Million People watched president obama and mitt romney in 2012. 70 million watched bill clinton and george h. W. Bush in 1982. And three decades in history were ronald ray duh began and jimmy carter had 180 Million Viewers i Million Viewers in 1980. Our Sharman Sacchetti is on the campus of rofstra university to see them go head to head. More after the debate. Fire fighters on the scene of a burning building that is happening at Academy Street and elm in an abandoned building that used to house a school. We are awaiting updates from police and fire officials just as soon as as we get it. Post his are investigating around 2 45 near the better section of mehlville avenue. One person was taken to Boston Medical Center and no word on the condition of that person. Hours before the event republican Vice President ial hopeful mike pence will hold a rally in New Hampshire. He is scheduled to speak later today in milford. His second visit to the Granite State since becoming trumps running mate. On wednesday, Hillary Clinton and senator Bernie Sanders will head to New Hampshire the two will Campaign Together at you can nh and talk about making college more affordable. Clinton is still working to bring the most loyal Bernie Sanders supporters into her camp ahead of novembers elections. This morning grief counselors are expected to be at a Elementary School in graphton. A kindergarten student there died after being hit by a car. Fox25s grafton live. And investigators are calling this a tragic accident. And i have reached out to the Worcester County das investigation. They havent identified this 5yearold poi. But, again, as you mentioned, they have said this appears to be a tragic accident. This all happened just before 4 00 sunday afternoon. And it happened right near the boys own neighborhood. You can see that neighborhood there. This is am ewell drive. The Worcester County das office say the 5yearold boy was hit by a car by his home. They havent said who the boy was. He was a kindergartener in one of the grafton elementary Elementary Schools. School system and teachers did speak with dpraev counselors and support teams on hand and the schools most impacted by this loss according to the information the superintendent gave to the paper. The superintendent told his paper in his six years of superintendent, he never has to prepare teachers and students to deal with a loss like this. I reached out to the superintendent and the das office. No charges have been filed and we will keep you updated. Live in grafton, 6 06. His family are killed in a devastating house fire. Four people including a young boy died when flames destroyed this home in western massachusetts in the town of greenfield. The victims are radio technician brian tower, highs five florenda, their son raymond and 5yearold grandson william. The flames were so intense that rescuers could not get inside. It was heartbreaking. Little boy, he was adorable and saw them hanging out with dad brian tower worked with the state police for 28 years. This morning, the cause of that fire remain under investigation. This morning, a local Police Department is defending one of their officers that shot a woman with a knife inside of his apartment. Inside her apartment. And that woman is facing criminal charges and is still in the hospital. I saw her laying on the ground with her shirt ripped open. Reporter neighbors at this weymouth apartment complex heard a gunshot and i said to my daughter that is a gunshot. A woman laying outside of her apartment. The kitchen knife nearby. A Police Officer that was kind of shaken up and another Police Officer behind her. Reporter police got a call from the 46yearolds frantic mother. The mother came out and said she was just trying to kill herself. Reporter police say they found the woman hysterical on the front door holding a knife. The officer ordered her to drop it but shot when she charged at them. They took the cop away and took his belt. Reporter the woman is expected to survive. She is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. I dont know why she felt so emotional at the time and how this happened. I feel bad. Reporter neighbors said she suffered from a mental dont think she should have gotten shot but i am not in his shoes. Reporter as for the officer involved, they have not said what is next for him but Weymouth Police are investigating along with state police assigned to the das office. Live in weymouth, Jessica Reyes, fox25 news. An addleboro man will be in court for running into a police chewser while driving drunk. Garrett relien was looking at his phone when he slammed into a rotary hitting the police crieser. Released from the hospital. Garrett reconvenient will be arraigned on drunk driving and speeding charges. Boston police continuing to search for one suspect after seven people were hurt during a brawl at a theatre district. Police found three people stabbed outside the candy bar on tremont street. Four others showed up at local hospitals. Police are not said what started the fight. All seven victims are expected to survive. A 22yearold is on his way home after being lost at carmen and his mom, linda, left on september 17 for a fishing trip. Nathan was found on the life raft 100 miles south of Marthas Vineyard of close Family Friends tell the Hartford Courant they went fishing once a month. Not sure if the search will resume for linda carmen today. We check traffic and weather every ten minutes the accident on the expressway northbound at columbia road. The drive time creeping up past 30 minutes from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. Shiri. Our temperature ranging from 38 to 44 degrees. Mostly clear skies and nice and bright as you come home from work. 60s back and windows down. Right now i am thinking that the seat heater is coming in very, very handy. A look at your warmup next. All right, still coming your way this morning on the fox25 morning news at 10 proposal to eliminate some schools that will cause a stir for many in the city. And washington teaming up in hollywood. What Leonardo Dicaprio is unveiling on white house lawn. The nation is honoring two sports star. One the longtime legend. The other an up and coming one in eight women will face breast cancer. Early detection can mean the difference between life and death. Planned parenthood gives New Hampshire women access to life saving cancer screenings. Why . Because ayotte opposes a womans right to choose. In her relentless effort to overturn roe v. Wade, ayotte puts critical cancer screenings at risk, hurting New Hampshire women. Kelly ayotte putting her personal interests ahead of your health care. Independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. Whats for dinner tonight . Wegmans ez meals. Dinners not just delicious, its done. Like this favorite. Scallops with garlic pesto sauce made fresh every day. Its ready to cook. Just pop it in the oven put it on your plate. No prep. No cleanup. Delicious, fresh, easy. Wegmans ez meals. [alright] frank dreamed of exploring costa rica. But with the jetblue card, he got there faster than he could learn about the wildlife. Big smiles. Get two times points at restaurants and grocery stores. The sports world is in shock this of sudden deaths. Last night Arnold Palmer one of the greatest golfers in history, an iconic figure dice at the age of 87. The baseball world is dealing with the death of a bright young star Jose Fernandez. Both these losts are hitting people really hard. Blair they certainly are. Reaction about the sudden loss of fernandez taken before his time. And palmer leaving behind a majors and 96 tournaments. Arnold palmer known as the king was one of golfers most cars matic players. I brought golf into the forefront of the nations consciousness. He was awaiting a heart transplant when he passed away. His con temprys reflected on legacy if if it wasnt for Arnold Palmer the pga tour would not be what it is today pl amounts of money that we are playing for. Reporter tiger woods tweeted thank you for your counsel and lots of laugh. Your philanthropy and humility is part of your legend. The loss of a rising star, ace pitcher Jose Fernandez died with two other people in a early sunday morning boating accident. The boat found upside down on a jetty. You watch kids play Little League and Something Like that. That is the sdwli jose played with. Now he is gone and and its hard. It is hard. Reporter david ortiz also reacted on twitter saying i dont have the words to describe the pain i feel for the loss of my friend jose. Goodbye, my friend. Blair gene, as you know the marlins did not play to play against the mets and fernandez was scheduled to start that game. Gene Arnold Palmer a legend that touched so many lives. And a wonderful man too. Blair a quote from his parents how he was supposed to relate to everyone. That is what im are taking away with them how relatable he was and why he crossed so many generations. Gene his parents ingrained had him treat others how you want to be treated. A remarkable man as well. Commute starting to get cranked up. Julie grauert with live drive time traffic. Heavy, sticky delays on the expressway because of an accident right here at columbia road. Skyfox is over the scene, and we are seeing extreme backups right now because of it. An ambulance pulling up. Fire truck pulling up on scene. Ambulances up ahead and a tow truck arriving as well. Taking you out to the map. The delays stretching from columbia road all the way to furnacebrook parkway. On top of this we see on the expressway. Average speeds around the clove leaf 21 hours in. 30 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. 37 minutes on the expressway. They dont clear that accident soon. I can expect it to jump closer to 50 minutes. Maybe even an hour. 41 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. Gene and sara, back to you. All right, 6 17 this morning. And cold . Yeah, i dont know when it has sara really cold and fed a has the bus stop. Gene you pull up the windows. Shiri if you slept with the windows open take the blankets with you to close the windows. You are not a happy camper right now. A frost advisory for inland towns and cities where we have the mid and upper 30s on the maps this morning. Things warm up nicely this afternoon. It is going to be nice and bright. You can see the buildings there getting a little glise the sun is not quite up yet. It comes up just after 6 30 in the morning. And we have these unsettled patterns that will get stuck. 32 in norwood. The coolest on the map. Keene, New Hampshire, checking in at a similar range. You know it is combed when we have those 30s wack. We have not been this chilly since midway. A little shock to the system. Because temperatures are back in the lower 40s we will eliminate that threat for some frost and thats why the threat advisory will end. 10 a. M. 57 degrees. At noon, 63. We have highs in the mid to upper 60s this afternoon. But obviously we are off to a pretty chilly start. These are very comfortable afternoon temperatures. Mid60s over the cape. Up to plymouth, boston, north shore, portsmouth, New Hampshire. 63 degrees today. Upper 60s in norwood and framingham and fitchburg. 64 degrees in tonight you are going to see those rainy icons coming back but the rain will not arrive until very late tonight. More 50s and you are going to wake up tomorrow morning some showers and the 50s. From there rehead into the 70s. Rainy first half of the day tomorrow. And lets time it out. Futurecast first thing, High Pressure today. We have sunshine today. Looks good. Feels good. As long as you dont mind the morning cold here so by 5 p. M. , sending you home and the roads are going to be perfect not looking that perfect. By 5 a. M. Scattered showers in place. By 8 a. M. They pick up in intensity and pockets of heavier rain out there and that will last probably through late morning and i am seeing morning commute and lunchtime showers. Still over southeastern massachusetts and after that we dry out points north and west of boston turning a little brighter and that front is so close even into your wednesday, there is a threat for a couple of showers over southeastern massachusetts middle 60s on thursday, friday, slight chance of a shower. More rain on saturday and drying out on sunday. Back to you. It is now 6 20. An extra step before breakfast. This morning an entire community under a boil water order. 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