Transcripts For WHDH 7News Today In New England 20160815 : c

Transcripts For WHDH 7News Today In New England 20160815

Always go by way to fast. 3 in bedford. Yesterday into the mid90s. 96 in boston. Not quite that hot today, but still warm. The humidity not as high either. Dew points now into the 60s, the mid60s. Compared to the stifling heat and humidity on sunday afternoon, today you will notice the difference. Although its still a warm day with a moderate amount of humidity in place. Quiet day. No storm to track today. Dry throughout the day. High temperatures averaging in the upper 8 this afternoon. Slightly cooler along the coastline. A sea breeze kicking on in. Sarah breaking right now. 95 south in topsfield is closed after a serious accident early this morning. This is video of a singlecar accident. Its expected to reopen shortly. Traffic is being diverted to exit 51. No word yet on any injuries, so lets go to 7s Kris Anderson with more now on this traffic alert. Sarah sarah, it is early, traffic yet. 95 south in the topsfield area, probably take that alternate route or plan ahead. They are wrapping up that accident. We want to have you aware that as youre headed out this morning, you may have that situation youre dealing with. Overall north of the city, no problems as you head into boston now. It is still early, even as you get closer in the city. Yellowing there. A lot of that is the Construction Projects wrapping up. Just ten minutes from the split all the way up to the tunnel. The wider view from 3, 24 and 95 connecting with 128 turnpike into boston, smooth saying even as you get closer to the city. Take a look at the drive times and she you what were dealing with if youre headed out the door. Right now split to the tunnel ten minutes. 120 to 93. And 11 minutes 128 to the zakim. Christa chris, thank you. 5 02 your time. Were tracking breaking news, man shot as protests take a violent turn in milwaukee. Sarah riots are erupting after a block man was shot and killed by police over the weekend. Police say one person was shot hundreds of people took to the streets demanding answers from police. Several cars were set on fire and several buildings were burned down. Four officers were taken to the hospital as protesters threw rocks and bottles at them. You can see a rock went through the windshield of one officers car. The National Guard has been called in to help control the riot. A Milwaukee Police officer allegedly shot and killed Sylville Smith on saturday after smith pulled a gun on off the shooting remains under investigation. Officials say they would like the release body cam video of the shooting at some point in the next week. Christa and right now were headed into the olympic zone. Ryan lochte dealing with a scare in rio after getting robbed at gunpoint. Sarah and on the track, usain bolt lightning fast. He electrified the crowd and silenced his critics with another performance for the ages. Nancy good morning. With the crowd chanting his name, usain bolt made history. And bolt, here he is. Usain bolt nancy the worlds fastest man holding on to his title. Its not supposed to be that easy. Nancy usain bolt becoming the first man to ever win the 100m dash at the olympics three times in a row. Usain bolt of jamaica t nancy coming into the race, many thought american Justin Gatlin was the only man who could challenge bolt for the title. For a few seconds it looked like it might happen. Gatlin came off the blocks strong, but in the final 40 meters bolt proved to the world again he is the best. I felt good. I felt smooth. I knew Justin Gatlin would have a good start. All i have to do is stay cool and get back into the race at 60. Nancy moments after the race, bolt dedicated his win, writing, jamaica, stand up. To her third gold of the game. The 19yearold easily took the top spot in the womans vault final. Aly raisman and Laurie Hernandez were spotted cheering her on in the stands. Biles is now the mostdecorated gymnast in history at world and olympic competition. Im excited i met my own expectations. Nancy her final five teammate Madison Kocian coming in second place on the uneven mustafina of russia. Its crazy. Im very excited to have the silver medal around my neck and happy with the routine i did today. Oh, boy. Nancy Gabby Douglas came in seventh after struggling to stay on the high bar during a hand stand. A little bit upset that i messed up the first part, but you know what, going to get it out of my head and not think about it, because when you dwell on it, you just get sad. Nancy the u. S. Also collecting a medal in mens gymnastics. The best i have ever seen him nancy alex naddour earned bronze on the pommel horse, becoming the First American since 1984 to earn a medal in the event. And turning now to a scare here in rio for some members of the u. S. Swimming team, including ryan lochte. Early sunday morning their taxi was pulled over by armed men posing as police. A night of celebration shared on social media by ryan lochte taking a turn as he and his three teammates gunnar bentz and jimmy feigen were pulled over at gunpoint. Lochte detailed the incident exclusively for nbcs billy bush. We got pulled over in our taxi, and these guys came out with a badge, a police badge, no lights, no nothing. Just a police badge. They pulled us over. They pulled out their guns. They got down on the ground. Nancy lochte says he refused to get on the ground at first saying they did nothing wrong. The guy pulled out his gun. He caulked it, put it to my forei had. He said, get down. I put my hands up. I was like, whatever. He took our money. He took my wallet. Emily gunnar bentz later tweeted, we are all safe. Lochte tweeted a statement that said in part, i want to thank received today. What is most important is that we are safe and unharmed. Rio police are investigating and plan to interview the athletes. Word of the robbery led to confusion between olympic and u. S. Officials. The International Olympic committee initially denied the report, the encounter threatening to mar whats been a thrilling olympics for the team. 33 medals in all. Certainly very happy all those boys are safe. Thats the numberone priority on top of everything. Nancy the four did not have their medals with them. Those are safe. Christa taking a look at the medal count where it stands right now, team u. S. A. Is in the lead still with 69 medals here. So far they have brought home 26 gold, 21 silver, 22 bronze. China coming in second place with a total of 45 medals and Great Britain rounding out the top three with 38. And we have lots of mustsee moments coming up today. Will be diving in a preliminary round of the mens 3m springboard, and simone biles and Laurie Hernandez will represent team u. S. A. On the balance beam. You can watch all of these events during prime time tonight at 8 00 on 7 nbc. Sarah the j. F. K. Airport has been given the all clear despite initial reports of gunshots at a terminal. There was chaos and panic when the terminal was evacuated late last night. Stranded outside after Someone Called Police about gunfire in the airport. All flights were grounded as police investigated. Officers told people inside to get down as they searched the airport for a possible shooter. Get down get down sarah officers searched for signs of a shooter, but police found no evidence of gunfire. Investigators believe the call may have just been a hoax. So far no arrests have been made. Christa happening today, family and friends plan to gather marcotte. Its been one week since she was found murdered after going for a jog an her killer is still on the loose. Lets go to 7s victoria warren. She has more on how this young lady is being remembered today. Vicki . Victoria good morning, christa. The wake will be held for Vanessa Marcotte in fitchburg later today, the funeral tomorrow in leominster. But meanwhile, here in princeton, there were vigils over the weekend as police tip and lead they receive. Rubbing to remember. More than 100 people coming out to jog in memory of Vanessa Marcotte sunday evening. The 27yearold was brutally murdered while exercising near her princeton home last week. Its been very difficult. I think people are having a difficult time going out of their homes. Male, female, old, young, you just feel it. Everybody is so worried. Its b victoria across town, the heritage bible chapel holding a vigil, as well. Police continue to search the woods near where Vanessa Marcottes body was found. Her family, preparing to say goodbye with a wake and funeral in leominster where marcotte grew up. Family, friends and strangers alike praying police find the suspect to bring peace back to this community. I cant believe it. I cannot believe it. Like how can that happen . The family is asking instead of flowers that people make donations to various volunteer organizations that were dear to Vanessa Marcottes heart. Meanwhile, police say they have received close to 500 tips and they say they still need more. They are pointing out that they believe vanessas attacker and killer may have cuts and scrapes on his arms because they believe she fought him before she was killed. Live this morning in princeton. Victoria warren, 7news today in new england. Ism right now police in salem, new hampshire, are searching for a flasher. They say this man exposed himself at a coffee shop downtown twice last week. Witnesses called officers after the incident. If you recognize him, please call police. Firefighters battling a fire on plum island when a house goes up in flames. The fire started around 7 30 last night at a house on 59th street. You can see the heavy flames taking over this house. Smoke started billowing out. And within ten minutes the whole top two floors were engulfed, flames shooting out the top, heavy black smoke. Flames curling out the top of the building, maybe 25, 30 feet. Ism investigators are trying to figure out what caused the fire. We have the latest now in the race for the white house. And Hillary Clinton and Vice President joe biden will be in scranton, pennsylvania, today for a rally. The v. P. Is from clinton understands the challenges that people face in the neighborhoods where he grew up. On the g. O. P. Side, donald trump is talking about isis today during a speech in ohio. The republican nominee is expected to argue that the u. S. Needs to work with other countries that also want to defeat isis, regardless of other strategic disagreements. He plans to say that any country who also wants to defeat isis will be a u. S. Ally. Be at work while on vacation attending a fundraiser on Marthas Vineyard today. It will be for the Democratic National committee. A white house official says the president will deliver remarks and take questions. President obama hits the greens on sunday playing some golf. Christa all right. Its 5 13. We have lots more ahead. A woman goes missing at a Dialysis Center for free trade agreement. She is locked inside. Sarah and devastating flooding in the south leading to dramatic rescue. Forecasters warning that there is still danger in the days fe christa we got some muchneeded rains over the weekend. Sarah yes. Christa hope it didnt friday. Just missed us. Chris thats the thing with summertime storms. Theyre hit and miss. If you have a cookout planned, you hope for the miss. Otherwise you hope for the hit because we have a huge lack of water. Many folks have done all right for themselves in the Rainfall Department the last five days. We had high heat yesterday. Boston 96 degrees. Plymouth at 97. Hyannis checking in at 92, 16 days so far of 90degree record in tit back in 1983. So still a long ways to go before we approach that. 77 in town. Low 70s in the suburbs. Somewhat of a sticky air mass in place. Dew point levels running into the 60s as opposed to the 70s. This isnt oppressive stuff. A little muggy out there, though. Thats the trend throughout the day. Humidity not quite as high. Temperatures not as high. In fact, i expect high temperatures today to top off in yesterday, but still plenty of warmth out there. If youre enjoying a beach day, lay out poolside. Very high u. V. Index. Lather on the sunscreen. You know that. Off into the midwest, ohio valley, scattered showers and storms. These are with us tomorrow as a warm front approaches. I do expect the humidity to rush tomorrow. For today, a dew point of 66 in boston. Winds out of the westnorthwest. I think well end down into the low 60s before the 70s return on tuesday. As those 70sur some scattered showers and storms. Especially by wednesday afternoon into thursday itself. Still a little bit on the muggy side for wednesday. Heres that warm front tomorrow afternoon. Scattered showers and storms. Just like the last several days. Across the area, not every single town going to get beneficial rain, but if you get stuck underneath one of these thunderstorms, it can rain and rain hard. We could have localized street flooding there. Isolated showers and storms left early as the cool front passes on through. Then i think thursday overall, mostly a quiet day. Cant rule out a spot shower, but i think the trend toward the end of the week and going into next weekend is for more dry times and more seasonable weather. That means temperatures back closer to 80. Better chance of rain tomorrow versus wednesday. And although a chance on thursday. Thursday picking up some showers. Still warm today. 86 to 92. Coolest at the coastline. Humid out there, as well. 7 on 7 across the board and heading into next weekend. Christa as you know, weve been suffering from a drought in our area, but rescue efforts are intensifying down south as record rain paralyzes much of southeastern louisiana. The floodwaters just continue to bring more rain to the scattered region. Lets go to 7s Kris Anderson. Kris heartbreaking video when you see this. The storms have turned deadly. Up to four people. Thousands of others have lost everything. Devastate parts of louisiana. This dramatic rescue playing out with a camera rolling. Give me a knife. Give me a knife kris a woman trapped and in trouble. Im drowning. Kris as her car sinks in rising floodwaters. Were breaking the window. Kris at this car sinks, these men on the boat work the save her. They pull her to safety, but they soon learn they have one more rescue to make. My dog. Kris the womans dog fast. A few frantic moments later, a sigh of relief as the small dog is pulled to the surface. The historic and unprecedented floods devastating baton rouge. In 24 hours the area has been hit with nearly 11 inches of rain. I never ever seen water like this. Its just unreal. Kris rescuers are going door to door pulling people from their homes as the water seeps in. The coast guard has been called in, plucking people from their rooftops, cars and trailers. So far more than 7,000 people and the storms have killed at least four people. The governor declared a state of emergency and fears even when the rain stops danger still looms. Because the ground is so saturated, even a typical summer afternoon thunderstorm has the potential to cause flooding. Kris 11 inches in just 24 hours. Flood warnings are in effect in several towns this morning, and people are being told to stay inside their homes. In the newsroom, Kris Anderson, 7news today in new england. Ism that one video of him rescuing the woman in the convertible. Christa a volunteer, an average guy doing what he can to help out. Sarah coming up, a day on the water ends in tragedy. A taunton man drowns on a pond in plymouth. What investigators say went wrong. Christa and the winning olympian. Coming up, what are these colorful figurines . Christa all right. Good to have you with us here. 5 25 on this monday. The red sox dominating the diamondbacks on sunday thanks to mookie betts. He hit three homered. He homered in the first inning to put the sox up 20. Then he hit a threerun shot in the second. Then he added a threerun homer in the fifth. So run game this year, joining only ted williams as the only red sox prayers to accomplish that feat. The red sox win it. The patriots did not let the heat or humidity affect their practice schedule. Players worked out in helmets and pads. Edelman was a participant as well as chris hogan, who has been wearing a noncontact jersey. Sarah adele snubbing the super bowl. The singer said no thank you to halftime show. She told fans that a concert in los angeles is not about music and she cant dance like beyonc . Super bowl 51 will be held in houston next year. I would love it if she performed. Christa so would everybody else. Coming up next at 5 30, its the marquee semifinal showdown everybody has been waiting for. The olympic zone with a look at u. S. Women in Beach Volleyball. Forgotten about inside a Dialysis Center for hours. Now her family wants some sarah breaking news now at 5 30, protests turn violent in milwaukee. Gunfire erupts and Police Cruisers are torched. Christa and a methuen grandmother locked inside a Dialysis Center overnight. Figure out how she ended up there all by herself. Sarah and mash helds Shalane Flanagan leading the way for team u. S. A. In the womens marathon, but would she take home a medal . This is 7news today in new england. Christa all right. 5 30 your time right now on this monday. Back to work. Im christa delcamp. Sarah and im sarah french. It was, you know, kind of an upanddown week depending on where you were located. Christa everything but the kitchen sink, chris, with the forecast. Chrise on saturday from the high heat and humidity. It started right back in sunday. 7 in boston this morning. Look at the dew point levels. Were somewhat in between. I wouldnt say this is bonedry, but i wouldnt say its as oppressive as it had been over the last several days. Weve seen some real high humidity. Mid70s, mid60s right now. A bit less humid on this monday morning. I do expect more sunshine than cloud cover as we go throughout the day. A bit less humid throughout the hot as yesterday, but still warm out there. If you end your way away from the coastline, i think youll get close to 90. Sea breezes on the cooler

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