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special edition of today at the olympic games. with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to a split edition of today on a friday morning. savannah, it s great to see you. we have reached the final hours of our countdown to tonight s opening ceremony of the 2016 olympic games and i will be honest with you, i m above. you re nervous? you don t have to do a back flip, do you? no, do you know what, that s actually right. we are hosting the opening ceremony, what do we have to be nervous about? we re not competing in the olympic games. i have to tell you, savannah, you ve been to the olympics, you know sometimes in the morning when the crowd gathers here at an olympic set up wonderful little moments, unexpected moments. i had one of those a second ago, i was walking around talking to on copacabana beach and i walked up to this guy right here and i said, hey, love the tv, team ....
investigators then discovered that woman inside of her home. police tell us that it appears she had been strangled. reporter: 50-year-old douglas dietz stood with his hands behind his back while he was arraigned on the charges that he murdered his estranged wife. sable police said early salem police said he turned himself in and of and confessed to strangling the woman. there were actions that precipitated him strangling her. whether or not he could control himself reporter: according to court documents, he was having dinner when the two got into a fight after an unknown man called the house. steve told police that she grabbed his mouth and he lashed was motionless. they rushed her to the hospital but it was too late. circumstances difficult for her cousin to bear. a domestic violence situation, and my husband my cousin is not here no more. reporter: they said that his wife had filed for divorce and stated that he had tried to kill her before and feared tha ....
construction worker in newton was injured after getting stuck in a mixer. firefighters tell us the worker slipped and his leg got twisted in the machine. they turned off the equipment when they heard screaming but it took rescuers two hours to free the man. he is recovering tonight in the hospital. the severe drought conditions gripping the state. the dry, brown lawns have homeowners wondering where the rain. if your lawn looks like that the news has not been very good. and tonight most of the state is considered to be in a severe drought. julie loncich is live in arlington. what do we do? reporter: well, i am saving that for the end. this year everyone s lawn gets a pass. okay? in everyone s yard you can hear good news and it will save you some time. reporter: h brown. burnt brown. burnt. reporter: everything in your yard has just about given up. but charles is still fighting. every day. reporter: every day. every day. reporter: losing battle? yes ....
a little hotter today. it feat little hume night you will notice the difference storm it will be sticky as humidity goes up and it will bring a chance for thunderstorms. 64 in boston. we are in the mid-50s in taunton and sitting at 54. 61 in worcester this morning just like past few mornings. coolest spots running in the 50s. places like keene up to springfield. 72 up in burlington vermont. skies are clear and we are in for sunshine it sunshine. it will be with us. daily planner out of the 60s. 84 by lunchtime with sun and clouds with a south southwest breeze in the mid to upper 80s this afternoon a few spots touch 90 today. tomorrow will be hot again and sticky. cloud in the morning and maybe a few isolated showers but a lot of the morning will be spent dry and it s from noontime onward we watch downpours on the cape and then a line of scattered showers and thunderstorms. mass pike tomorrow particularly mid afternoon onward. by the time we get to 7, 8 p.m. thundersto ....
will be tracking some thunderstorms storm and it s not going to be a washout. i would have backup to get inside if you need to. look at the sunrise. gorgeous. so beautiful. sun is up and shining today. it s going to be it s going to be fantastic. decorating the skies of the sunrise right now. temperatures like the past few mornings are running in the 50s and 60s. it s 64 in boston right now. we are in the taunton. 55 in keene 63 manchester and lawrence. 55 to 60 on the cape. sunshine out in full force and humidity in check. so really just fantastic summer weather to enjoy your planner goes this way out of the 60s by mid morning. by 8 a.m., many of us are rising through the mid-70s, 84 by lunchtime today looks great with a few puffy clouds. south southwest breeze. and the cape tops out around 80s and a few spots 90s. tomorrow stick crane humidity goes up significantly tomorrow morning. partly sunny skies with an isolated showers. late morning and midday a shower on ....