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shiri: in the 50s last hour in norwood and happy to say climbed up to 62?, warm-up quickly and it is 65 in both lawrence and in boston now and by noon time we are going to head up to about 83? at 3:00 p.m. 89? and 80 here at 7:00 this evening. so it is going to be a warm one. there s going to be a range in highs but most of us mid to upper 80s, even a couple pops of 90s, show you where we got the 90s today and s be strongest for saturday. julie up now with live drive time traffic now and tracking problems out on the road. right now shiri slow spot on the expressway, right around morrissey boulevard as you head northbound. otherwise i like what i m seeing on 128 north and south, hopefully this will be a relatively stress free commute for everybody heading out the door. north of the pike i spoke too soon. tendency to happen, just saw the over to live drive times, 25 minutes on pike eastbound, 19 minutes on expressway, 27 minutes on 93 south from andover down to the za ....
if you like the two before this, third time is the charm. 89 for the high this afternoon. into the weekend things change up a bit. tomorrow we got to be weather aware with scattered showers and storms expected. low humidity and comfortable warmth again as we move into sunday. more details of timeline of those storms to come in just a few minutes. time for fast track traffi traffic. here is danielle. danielle: good morning, bridge. looking at an accident southbound on the eleven eleven at storrow drive. you can t eit here. it has cleared 37 go to the maps. lowering things going into town. braintree to boston. northbound on the expressway only 14 minutes. the roads are looking pretty good. watching an accident northbound on route 24 at 128 there. a little bit of slow and go heading into town on the pike. route 2 and 3 looking real goo good. check those drive times if you are getting ready to head out braintree to boston. 14 minutes in the pike from 128. 93 southbound ....
today at the olympic games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. and 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 ll be honest with excited, i m nervous, i m all of the above. you re nervous? what? you don t have to do a back flip, do you? no, you know what, that s actually right. you know, 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, you have 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, a ....
reporter: great white sharks spotted snacking on that carcass that you mentioned. sharks were spotted 4 miles from the shore of pamet harbor. you see from the video here that the whale carcass is what they re swarming around. it s dinner time for the like y has washed up on the shore at this time in north churo. sky 7 hd flying above the beaches a while ago. you see beach at this time. they have close someday of the beaches due to shark sightings. they ve closed these beaches. nunes landing, beach point and cold shores.could stay closed through sunday. advising everyone in the area be vigilant cautious in the water. report sightings you see to police. hearing from tom brady today at patriots practice today he and focussed on football. anchor: this is the first time tv 12 talked about the ruling since the 4 game suspension was reinstated. reporter: tom braid sebreaking his silence about deflate gate. he was calm and focussed as you expect. less than forth coming ....
as the girl from iponima. the crowd erupting in cheers. brazil started the show by putting its past on display. while focusing on its future. projections lit up the floor, bringing the country s history to life. including a moment that raised some eyebrows in the united states. as brazil lay claim to inventing the airplane. but then it was the here comes team u.s.a. nancy: michael phelps lighting the way, literally, for team u.s.a.. the most decorated olympian of all time wore an illuminated jacket as the flag-bearer for the united states. nate ebner enjoying the night with his rugby teammates. a springfield native repping haiti at the olympics. the first full day of competition is tomorrow. and we have much more ahead coming up live from rio in the next half hour. ali raisman opening up about some medal confusion. how she learned to tell her medals apart. then ali s teammates talking about who has made this experience so memorable for her. but for now, i m going to ....