and they captured him. reporter: as it turns out, kimble did not have a weapon. he waved this black video controller at police. that was before he was taken down. kimble was rushed by ambulance to morton hospital. he was taken down in part by police dog. he will probably around noon. he told police at the time he was having mental health issues. tone a serious situation in massachusetts. the area of extreme drought has expanded and it is doing so fast. the little rain that we ve received has done little to put a dent in the drought. eric fisher is here tonight with a closer look. it is just not getting any no, it s not. extreme drought now covering a large area as we ve seen very little rainfall. even when it rains a little bit, it is just a trace here a couple hundreds of an inch here. here s a look at how things have changed. nearly a fifth of new hampshire, the southern parts of the state has expanded by nearly 30% a little bit of rainfall in the forecast as we head
cool for the red sox game. the yankees are in town. it could be 59 by the end of the game. a jacket may feel good during the game. in boston we are likely to draw. some spots will drop down into the 40 s. things will change in more they s in more ways draw conditions worsening, a new report shows the extreme drought area has now expanded significantly. jc: half of the state is dealing with extreme conditions. live along the reservoir. communities have had to sign on for an emergency water supply. this reservoir serves cambridge. city leaders wondering for how much longer. we don t know when the drought is going to end. it could be five years from now. continued hot water has dug massachusetts into deeper drought. more cities are turning to the emergency reserves. it is a severe drought and we should not be law old into a false sense of comfort because we have we need to conserve. the water resource authority is still at 85% capacity. the existing customers need mo
cooling. i think a lot of suburbs back into the lower to middle 40s overnight. boston even touching low to mid-50s by tomorrow morning. weekend pick on saturday, rain chance sunday and monday, that forecast ahead. sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. danielle: thanks, sarah. good morning, everyone. here s a look outside. things look pretty good if you re getting ready to head out the door this morning. let s go to the maps. work crews heading into town from the north, but other than that you re in pretty good shape. on the south of town, the expressway only about ten minutes braintree to boston, route 3, 24 and route 95 all looking fine. heading into town on the pike, no issues. route 2 and 3 south of town, you re in good shape. heading into town on 93 southbound, some work crews as you head enter boston. all these going to wrap things up as we head into the 5:00 hour. both the t and commuter rail starting the morning on schedule. back to you, guy
cooler. that s going to put high closer to 70 verses 90s yesterday. quiet weather across new england aside from patches of clouds that have worked ban in off the ocean. upper 60s at the coast this afternoon. should reach the low 70s away from the coastline. again, much cooler friel to the air as well with the bone dry humidity in place. i don t see any rain in the forecast over the next few days. saturday will be the pick of the weekend. sunday we ll introduce a cool front that will provide scatted likely more widespread north and west of 128 verses down toward the cape and island where you may get away with sunday main i will dry weatherment. more on the weekend forecast and what to expect next week coming up. time now for fast track traffic. here danielle gersh. good morning, everyone. it s a busy morning out on the roads. here s a look at the pike bring we watch a couple of issues. we have new accident in framingham. that s causing delays eastbound. let s go to maps
happy birthday to tamron hall. it s tomorrow! well, you re not going to be here. you have my number. i could call you tomorrow. you can call me. i gave you a little gift this morning. he did. billy gave me the sweetest card that he labored over in the card store. i didn t bring it. it was so beautiful. then you gave me this secret eye cream. yeah. it is a serum. i m obsessed with skin products and he knows that. my wife said give this to tamron. i promise you it is a little eye cream. i use it, too. by the way, the bags on the eyes do most guys use eye cream? i don t think any guys. just me. tv men. well, thank you so much. favorite thing. you re going somewhere? you re not here tomorrow so you are taking a long weekend. what s going on? i m going away on a plane. who s going? people. mom? on a plane with me. no, not my mom. oh. people are going. it is going to be an enjoyable vacation in the sun. it s not full disclosure here, it