Good morning, heavy rain is the big moisture as it builds back from the west. The difference, we have a warm front coming through and spin in the atmosphere and we have to mention a low risk for a tornado that is especially northwestern mass as we head into the afternoon. Strong damaging winds possible with any of these winds to get going. Here is the setup. Low pressure to the west of us will head into new york through the afternoon today and will accepted this warm front through here and send for stormy and humid weather. Heavy rain. The slight risk area southern new england issued by the storm prediction center. Something to carefully watch hour by hour and temperatures warm up in the low to middle 80s. I have that look as future cast will look where storm are the biggest threat coming up. A look at how the roads are doing. Not to expect many issues there. Road construction will be clearing up within the next hour. North of the city, 128, real problems. The pike eastbound through br
Playing time against the texans as the pats try and break a two game losing streak. We have a preview of the game tonight against the texans. Stan . Reporter thank you very much. Last week the new England Patriots had everything go wrong for them that possibly could go wrong in the 3528 loss to the eagles. Tonight thats behind them and they may have some good news, multiple reports saying Rob Gronkowski could be back after suffering that knee injury in denver which would certainly tonight. The buses arrived here at nrg field a few minutes ago and having gronk back in the game will help brady in a big way. Without Julian Edelman and gronk brady was limited in his weapons a week ago and brady said you have to ignore the noise that comes with losing two in a row and focus on the task at hand. The adversity that we faced the last couple weeks and nobody likes to lose games, i think all of our quality of but thats just the way it is. It should be important. It should hurt when you lose beca
And Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Happy friday, everybody. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im carson daly along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Matt is on assignment. Welcome to today, or as carson calls it, escape from the orange room. Good to have you here. Im a loyalist. I sat with my friends in the orange room. We tried to add orange accents so you feel at home. I appreciate that. Our top story, the frightening accident at the North Carolina state fair. Chris is in raleigh this morning with the story. Chris, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. Authorities here on this investigation are saying they have few details stressing that its too early to say why, a vortex, a brandnew ride here at the North Carolina state fair, just as people were getting off the ride, suddenly jolted back to a start. It sounded like a bunch of stuff hitting medal. Reporter scary moments for riders on the vortex in North Carolina. Police sa
Silence until now. Alexandria steel is with the latest on this story. This is your neck of the woods, you know this community very well. Whats his mom saying . Everyone has been waiting to hear from this family and the for the first time diana ischisholm spoke out in a statement that she issued through her attorney. She said the two families were unexpected and inconceivably changed forever and her heart is broken for the ritzer family. And she said her son was born in love and is dear to her. Shes struggling to understand this and respectfully asks for some time to process this. The statement raps up down here where she chess that she cares for the worlds hurt over this and greatly hopes for your prayers for the ritzers family and the Danvers Community and her son and all those affected by this tragedy. We know this is a tragedy that affected that Community Deeply and widely. Absolutely. And there is interest in this not only just, you know, in the danvers area, in the boston area, an