Reporter a state Prosecutor Says this investigation, and it dashes in his words, very active and ongoing. We will have an update at 6 oclock. Ivan danville, New Hampshire, jim smith, wbz news. Police and weston are investigating tonight after someone set up a snapshot account to try to get High School Boys to share inappropriate pictures. School Officials Say this user a body camera battle of sorts underway today in a boston courtroom. Boston police commissioner, william evans, what took the stand was questioned under oath about the decision to force Police Officers to wear body cameras. Reporter this was a dramatic court battle, the police union trying to stop the Body Camera Program from launching, at least as is. The summer you might remember them union and city of boston agree to a Pilot Program that would outfit 100 officers, with cameras but officers had to volunteer. The city says no one volunteered and they had no choice but to instead randomly select those 100 officers to participate. The union says they did not agree to ordering officers to where the cameras, and that in fact, they told the city that they would not accept that. The city made overtures to us that they were unilaterally i told them, i told the commissioner this, anyone that would listen, unilaterally implement this, without our agreement, we would be against it. I had a feeling, from speaking to different officers, that they were told not to volunteer. I dont think there was just the uncertainty, on their part, what they should do. Reporter Boston Police commissioner, william evans, testifying at the hearing today, saying he believes the union was telling its officers not to volunteer. Program, no one came forward and it is now his Lawful Authority to assign the cameras to those officers. The union denying that he told officers not to volunteer. They are seeking an injunction from the court, to stop the program for moving forward. That hearing will continue tomorrow, and the judge will rule after that. It is going to be a battle. A University Police officer has just been fired, after being charged earlier in the day with exposing himself to a exposed himself to a student, who was working, at the Campus Police station. The victim says, right after it happened, he apologized. He is free on 500 bail, but again, has been fired. Also banned from the campus. A wild scene and born as driver speeds off a bridge, and then crashes down into the cape cod canal. Within seconds, his car was sinking. Christina hager is live inborn with more on this wild story. Embankments, down this bike path, and witnesses say the man in the car was acting strange. He got out, he was sizing up the area and then he got back in his car, and drove an estimated 6 065 Miles Per Hour into the canal. I have never seen anything like this in my life. Reporter it is a place where people go to take in the view of the cape cod canal. This time, the view was of car submerged under water. A head pops up, the driver swims to the edge. Police say he drove in, on purpose. He hit the guardrail, went over the edge, took out the 2 wires and then landed in the canal. About 35 feet, above the canal service road, the baby the vehicle did end up in the water, causing damage to the vehicle, brought some power lines down. Reporter those power lines down went down on a service witnesses yelling to passersby, watch out. When he hit the lines and exploded, and it looked like it was fire, it was just a big bank. Reporter the driver surprisingly and scale his car was another story, and a challenge, to fish out. We are very fortunate that he survived. And that it wasnt a busy saturday or sunday where we have countless visitors walking and biking the canal. Reporter that driver was alone, in the car, he was taken to a local hospital with just minor injuries. Either way, down the path, where this happened, there is a fence between where his car started, and the canal. He broke right through it. Inborn, christina hager, wbz news. A state trooper is recovering tonight, after a woman who was driving drunk slammed into his cruiser. Investigators say that sugar was pulled over on the side of the expressway near mass avenue, when the quincy woman the hospital, he has been released, the driver, 21year old lily reed will be in court tomorrow. Tonight hermine is hanging on, much weaker now but still spinning off to our south. What is left of the storm, did bring us some muchneeded rain. Chief meteorologist, eric fisher is here with more on that. The last advisory from hermine, the Hurricane Center will not post any more updates on it. 50e toward new jersey. Where they have some rain falling outside this evening. Still looks pretty impressive on satellite. Mainly cloudy skies some bricks of sunshine and the brightest spot of the map has been nantucket today. Of all places, closest to the storm. Otherwise, areas of drizzle, some heavier showers across southeastern massachusetts are picking up a little bit more of this beneficial rainfall slowly adding up overtime. Winds slower than it was at this time yesterday evening, not too many guest showing up winds, that is for sure. One thing we are noting, look at the temperatures, 70 degrees go just west of us, to near 90. Hermine is keeping this heat, at bay, but it will not last forever. About one more day, that warmth will come right on into town. We are in the 60s, muggy, or the same tomorrow and then we will talk to about the heat coming up in a bit. This is a welcome sight, back on the practice steve burton here with the story. Sunday night cannot get here soon enough. Five days away from the past Season Opener against the cardinals, and arizona. Back to the desert. Rob was back on the practice of today, he was not seen during sundays workout, it is great to now. Dan has not been seen a lot this summer, either, he is ready to go this weekend, he also was asked if there is a different thought driver on the team operating his ascension. Tom is such a great teammate, and a leader, and you know obviously his presence is missed and of the locker room, you know, with that said, we are focused on the future, we are focused on preparing with the guys that we got now, and everyone here has a job to do. We will have that is coming up at six. We have to wait, right . You always want to know things ahead of time. Patriots open the season sunday, at arizona, we are going to kick things off with game day, at 11 30. The pattern cards get underway sunday night at 83020. The fifth quarter is on wbz, and that is right after the we are not into making way for this, patriots wide receiver want you to know he had fun hanging around boston over labor day weekend. He posted this video on twitter, saying i realize how much boston has really become home. Hashtag boston strong. He was in a walking booth last month and now he is on a skateboard. The firefighting force one local town looking different tonight. The five new members that might spark a trend. Plus something new distracting young drivers, behind the wheel. Gretchen carlson gets an apology and so much more. The enormous settlement with fox news channel. Coming up at 6, a well known College Shutdown just days before the start of the semester. What happened, and what it means for the tens of thousands of students affected. Apology and a 20 million settlement from her old network. Carlson sued fox, accusing fox news president , roger ale, a sexually harassing her. Today the Company Issued a statement saying we regret and apologize or the fact that gretchen was not treated with respect and dignity that she, and all of our colleagues deserve. He resigned of past summer after other women made similar accusations. Fox news also announced today, a departure of longtime long time anchor greta, she is out after 14 years. She reportedly left over a salary dispute. For the first time, lawyers are responding to his victims public statement. Last weekend, jesse prout came forward identifying herself as a young woman, the center of the case. Proud was 15 when she says liberty raped her at st. Pauls school in concord New Hampshire. His lawyers insist he is innocent. Allen was tried on aggravated felonious Sexual Assault charges which we typically defined as rape, nonconsensual contact. The jury acquitted him. That means they found him innocent. They found he did not do that. When you are innocent, you are innocent. Bottom line. Misdemeanor Sexual Assault charges and charges of using a computer to glorify a minor. For that, he has to register as a sex offender. His lawyers are can appealing that convection. The maker of the epipen is under investigation. New yorks attorney general says a preliminary review shows that my land pharmaceuticals may have violated antitrust laws , and its contracts with schools. That is because, in some school districts, they can require the schools to buy their pens exclusively, if they want to get free or discounted pans. The epipen is used to treat severe allergic reactions, and the price has recently jumped by more than 500 . Also tonight, the nations largest Pediatricians Group is reminding parents, if your child is six months or older, nasal vaccine. Health Officials Say the past three years the mist has not been effective. The cdc found it only works 3 of the time. Doctor say the shot is effective more than 60 of the time. I know a lot of little kids, they would much prefer having the spray. That way they do not have to get the shot. Getting a sticker after the shot is not quite enough. Today was one of those days were felt like we were switching over seasons at the beginning of the day, then a brightened up. I had all of the wiccans windows open when i woke up this morning. One of those changeable days, as soon as a sun comes out it jumps up into the 70s. Tomorrow is going to be a similar day for us. Lets talk about the rain, not as much as we would like to see over all. I wish the storm could have brought 25 inches of rain across the area. Over an inch on nantucket, on the vineyard about one inch of rain, harwich over half an same story in orderly. The same totals as expected for the cape and the eyelids. Some rainfall is better than no taunton, even salisbury up toward the New Hampshire border of 2. 25 inches of rain. The storm still spinning off to ourselves, weakening is adesso. The heaviest rainfall just mocking us, inches and inches of rain falling over the fishes in the atlantic this evening. We will get the scattered showers. The motion from southeast to northwest, a lot of drizzle, and showers, slowly know the slowly adding up the rainfall out ther wave heights are starting to come down a little bit, as the storm weakens and intensity. About 38foot waves offshore, the threefoot measurement right inside of nantucket. The fairies did start running again today. The caesar rough for about 24 more hours. Weve got 60s70, notice just to the west, tons of warm air for this time of year, as a matter fact. End of the week. The only Thing Holding it at bay is hermine. That doesnt get off the shoreline until we head into thursday. A little ways to go yet. Tonight, we hold in the 60s, pretty muggy outside, the tomorrow is a day much like today. We will see breaks of sun, mixing in with otherwise cloudy skies. Am sprinkles, a few showers will be strangled about. Humidity on the higher side, we will call it muggy. High temperatures will stay in the 70s. Most of the day we will be in the 60s temperature spike will give us our high temperatures for the day. Here is the storm spinning southward as we head into tomorrow night, it actually crosses nantucket, very close to it. Much weaker storm, that point. It is completely dissolving and will not have a high impact area to just brings a few more showers and some clouds. In a completely dissipates on thursday, we will get some sunshine, and a storm pushes the further out to sea on friday. Might get a shower thursday night into friday morning. But it not expecting a lot of 80s on thursday, with those breaks of sunshine, near 90 on friday. And that we are well into the 80s this upcoming we can. Average high and boston now is 76, trying to think about cooler nights, and its fullfledged summer weather, it is not very dry either. It will be muggy tomorrow, quite humid on thursday. We will get a break for friday afternoon into saturday. And then the humidity will jump back up as we head into sunday to end the weekend. Here is your 7 a forecast for my beautiful the humidity drops out. 80s to near 90. Saturday, dry start to the weekend, good beach weather, a chance for a couple of showers and storms on sunday for the second half. Safety group say we are 23 times more likely to crash, if we are texting, so what about tapping claps a new study finds apps, or things like gps are a reporter ask teens about texting behind the wheel, and it is clear they are getting the message that it is dangerous. Do you text and drive klaxon no. I think i am pretty good about it. Reporter a new study conducted by Liberty Mutual insurance found that teens do not feel the same way about apps. It is the fear of missing out. Reporter the study found that nearly 70 of teens surveyed admitted to using apps while driving. Nearly 80 believe they are not distracted. Doctor william hori as a researcher at Liberty Mutual, and took 17yearold samantha garcia, of north hampton, for a spin on a test track to show her how distracting it can be. The most common apps used by teens are music and navigation. Our cameras clearly show how the Navigation App repeatedly pulls her eyes away from the road. Even a short glance away from the road can have a profound impact on your ability i felt like i should not be doing it, it is definitely my eyes off the road. Reporter a psychiatrist, at mass general, says this study is different, because they used a series of visual tests to measure the teens, and not just what they say. You ask kids if they want to use their apps, and they will say thats too dangerous. But then in the moment, something happens. I feel like i wasnt really looking at the roads. Doctor hori took me out on the test track and observed as i was programming a Navigation App. It is inconsistent. You dont look up for long enough to really get an idea what you are doing. Reporter the citys authors suggest keeping the phone out of reach, at all times and parent should remember even a quick glance at your phone, at a stoplight can send the wrong message. Wbz news. Good information. Watching anything that you do in the car. And entire Massachusetts School is banning homework. Why School Leaders say this is the right move for all of their students. Coming up at 5 30, a shocking discovery at a new england daycare. What the daycares owner was trying to hide behind the home. Plus, a boston family coming face to face with a suspected hit and run driv a woman in a crosswalk, and the powerful piece of evidence that almost every measure, public Charter Schools have been a success. They are models of inspiration. With impressive results and eyecatching educational gains. Its turned my sons life around. Narrator Charter Schools amount to hope for kids all across massachusetts. Question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. Vote yes on 2. One Massachusetts Elementary School is flat out banning homework. Not one teacher, not one class, the whole school. It is the kelly elementary school, and holyoke. The principal there says they wanted gets o tired brains, the goal is to give them all of the instruction, and extra help that they need, during the school d ay. Nearly all of the schools, and the holyoke district actually extended their school days by them two hours. Students are in class from 8 a. M. Until 4 p. M. Would kids prefer to go later in the day and not have homework . Yes. I think every student is going to be trying to transfer to kelly elementary. Ridgewater police think university for making our jobs a little easier. The department tweeted out 2 photos from campus, a sign on the front of a house reads that is a party house. Another at the home across the street said this is not a party house. Police tweeted welcome back ridgewater state, and thank you for trying to make our jobs easier. It is a jedi mind trick. A single mom, and texas, nt donuts with dad event, at school. So, she just upped dressed up like a man. She dressed in a plaid shirt and had a fake mustache. She said a lot of other single moms and dads have reached out to her in support. And, she may dress up again. Her two younger son say they want her to reprise this role when they are old enough to have donuts with dad. Pretty awesome on there. I should point out, its not like the school said you definitely cannot come. Having fun with it. We are going to be back here at 6 oclock with more news. Here is liam with what is coming up on wbz news at 5 30. Tonight, big papi weighs in on donald trump and his comments on latinos. Booking your hotel room without using travel sites could save you big bucks. The new faces of firefighting, at one four hundred million dollars. Thats how much Charter Schools will drain from massachusetts Public Schools this year. Four hundred million siphoned from local districts that desperately need it. Four hundred million that wont four hundred million unavailable to the ninetysix percent of students who dont attend Charter Schools. Lets improve Public Schools for all students, not just a select few. Now at 5 30, a boston family is furious, as a judge sets a low bond for the man police say ran down their loved one, in a crosswalk, and it turns out that part of this crime was caught camera. Prosecutors say that driver was drunk, and in the rental car when he hit and killed a 46 yearold woman. Paul burton is live tonight. Reporter the family says jeanette was on her way home, trying to cross the street, in this crosswalk here. All of a sudden a drug driver came speeding down this road. Maybe as fast as 80 Miles Per Hour. He ran her over, and then sped overcome with grief, the family a 46yearold janet sims breaks down outside the courthouse. Today, they had to watch and listen to the charges of the man accused of taking their daughters life, 39yearold anthony buchanan. This is a nightmare. I just lost my daughter. Reporter on saturday night, buchanan was speeding and driving drunk when he struck and killed janet who is in the crosswalk, of morton and canterbury street. Buchanan stopped for a moment, then sped off down the highway. Jeanette died on scene. Buchanan later turned himself in to police. I could smell a of alcoholic beverages emanating from mr. Mckenna. Reporter prosecutors say there were none two witnesses to deadly hit and run. One of the witnesses was riding around on his scooter with a go pro and happen to capture part of the crime. A witness who provided the video, the trooper could see a body along that roadway. Reporter in 2001, buchanan was arrested for dui, but those charges were later dismissed
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