Cindy this could become a category one before it hits us. We are watching the potential here, sunday into labor day, but we still have some time. Wind of 60 Miles Per Hour, and you can see the official forecast, strengthening this is a category one hurricane. To skim the coast line, reaching the carolinas by the time we get to saturday, and it has something of a monday timeframe closer to our latitude with the potential impact around the weekend. We have clouds and showers, and steady rain coming out of the hartford area. Moving toward rhode island and showers around marshfield. As we go forward in time today, things will slowly moved to our area a lot of clouds throughout the day and showers south of the pike that threat pushes to the south coast indicate through the afternoon and north and west of town we will see some brightening. Upper 60s to around 70, holding in the 70s throughohe much more on that Tropical Storm coming up but right now lets get you out to the roads and see how we are what looking. Olessa no problems right now, by the south bay mall. The rest of your ride is so far, so good. If you are heading south you are fine, route 3 looks good, also last construction on 128 south in the final stages. Transit buses on schedule. There will be no amnesty. Randy donald trump doubling down on his immigration overhaul. Now voters will have to decide on his controversial plan. And the clock is ticking. Emily we have Team Coverage of the trump proposal and reaction. Including the local couple playing a big role in the beginning with the eyeopeners Erika Tarantal and erika he did not back down. Erika anyone who thought the gop candidate would soften his stance on immigration was clearly wrong. We will begin moving them out day one, as soon as i take office, day one. Erika fresh off a private meeting in mexico with that countrys leader donald trump reaffirmed many of his controversial proposals to crack down on Illegal Immigrants in the u. S. His speech was fiery as he played to a cheering arizona number one, are you ready . [cheers and applause] are you ready . [cheers and applause] we will build a great wall along the southern border. Emily some of the plans main points, no amnesty for Illegal Immigrants trump said their only path to citizenship will be leaving the country and applying to come back legally. And a special Screening Test for all potential immigrants what he called an ideological certification. He added his plan would be fair and compassionate but said our greatest compassion must be for american citizens. What did you think of the speech and trumps plan . You can add your voice right now on our Wcvb Facebook page. Emily . Emily many families joined trump on stage to share how their lives have been impacted by undocumented immigrants. Among them a milford family. Juli the parents of Matthew Denice were one of several families who spoke about why theyre voting for donald trump. And immigration was front and center. Denice was hit and killed in 2011, by a drunk driver who was in the country illegally. Nicolas guaman was convicted, and sentenced to 12 to 14 years in prison. Hes now appealing. Denices parents took to the stage last night to share their grief. Our son was 22 years old when he was directed quarter of a mile to his death by illegal aliens. Five witnesses were banging on the truck trying to stop him stop if you were president in 2011 our son and other americans would be alive today. Juli the denices have fought for tougher laws concerning illegal immigration here in massachusetts including a push to defund sanctuary cities that shelter undocumented immigrants. Emily Democrat Hillary Clinton firing back at the trump plan. Her spokesperson saying quote, donald trump doubled down on his antiimmigrant rhetoric and attempted to divide communities by pitting people against each other and demonizing immigrants, coming hours after the candidate herself criticized trumps trip to mexico. It certainly takes more than tryingma dropping in on our neighbors for a few hours and then flying home again that is not how it works. Emily clinton spoke in cincinnati yesterday. Vice President Joe Biden will campaign for her in battleground ohio today. One of the men who wants to replace joe biden will be in New Hampshire today. Clinton running mate tim kaine will hold a roundtable discussion on education in manchester. He will makes appearances at organizing offices in dover, randy new this morning, we will get new details today about changes to transgender rights in massachusetts. Perhaps most striking, a scenario where a person could face arrest for an improper claim of gender identity. A law signed last month by governor baker extends governor baker extends antidiscrimination protections allowing transgender people to use the bathrooms or locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity. It also includes penalties for anyone who abuses the law though doesnt spell out what that could mean. Draft guidance on that from the attorney general is expected to include, advice to businesses to presume patrons are using the appropriate bathroom unless there is a compelling reason to believe otherwise. A person suspected of falsely claiming gender identity could be questioned on a limited basis. Businesses could remove a patron or call police in certain situations like loitering or harrassment. The ags office also points out there have been few improper claims in states that have these right now, a little boy is seriously hurt after an accidental shooting in abington. And this morning, police are trying to piece together exactly what happened. Two 11yearold boys were playing at a home on linwood street when they got hold of a gun. Its unclear if they were home alone. While they were looking at the gun, it went off a bullet striking one boy in the face. The District Attorney says the shooting does not appear intentional. But for First Responders many, parents themselves the call wasnt easy. It is certainly a tragic issue and situation and officers will seek after care and counseling. Randy counselors will also be on hand at abington schools for students today. Emily right now, police are boosting patrols. Women are on alert, after a joggers frightening runin the jogger was running on hazen road, when she says a strange dark green van slowed down, almost pushed her into a ditch. Police say the driver offered her a bottle of water. Thats when she noticed another man in the back seat. Her neighbor tells us, the jogger felt the encounter was strange and suspicious so she ran off and called for help. She felt like she was being run off the road. About a 20 minute drive from princeton where Vanessa Marcotte was killed and a half weeks ago. No arrests have been made in that case. The Body Camera Pilot Program for Boston Police is now delayed again. The program was supposed to start today but will get underway on september 12. An agreement signed in july would have fitted 100 volunteer officers with body cameras for six months. But no one volunteered, so cameras were assigned to officers. Randy 5 on the opioid crisis. Salem police are issuing a warning to drug users over a potentially deadly risk. Fake doses of oxycodone and percocet that may actually be fentanyl have turned up for sale on the streets. And those pills may be deadly. Police say unless the medication is prescribed by a physician, be skeptical. This easton man is expected in court today charged in a man seen in this surveillance video, stealing thousands of dollars worth of goods from the shop sunday morning. Meade was held overnight on 25,000 bail, ahead of his arraignment today. Emily the mbta is getting rid of a money waster. The unused items getting taken off the budget. New this morning, taking the classroom outdoors. The unusual kindergarten program, focused on nature. Randy an embarrasing first pitch in texas. The valiant, but illfated attempt, ahead. Erika . He will be back on the campaign trail after he said there would be no amnesty for people here illegally. Cindy . Cindy a chance of showers in spots today. The timeline on showers in our area and the impact of the Tropical Storm that could big potentially bring, ahead. A lot of this activity is focused south of the mass pike and as you are having out the emily [laughter] those are the folks at health yoga life. You can help your kids ease that back to School Stress. Cindy i think the first half of the weekend, sunday into monday could potentially have felt severe impacts. This is hermine, the wind 60 Miles Per Hour moving northnortheast. It is finally starting to get a move on, spiraling into a band of rain where there could , a sloth of heavy rain potentially up and down the seaboard and out through the carolinas. As he gets further north the indications are a little more unclear is about how much rain we could get out of it but anything would be beneficial. There are hurricane warnings right here, and there will be a storm surge potentially four to. Likely its a category one hurricane before it shift toward the carolinas heading into friday night and saturday morning from here it looks like it wants to head out to see and then the upperlevel wind will relax, so this may be stuck near our latitude through early next week, and you can see all the different computer models showing you in a little further uncertainty about how close it will be to us. We will certainly get some high surf. There is the potential of the medium chance of wind and rain and it looks like a low impact for coastal flooding. Rain would certainly be welcome news as we continue this extreme drought across a good portion of the boston area. Sneaking up closer to boston with a rumble of thunder getting ready to move into rhode island with showers cutting off the coast down to plymouth. A lot of clouds in the forecast today and the sticky air that is overhead now will turn clearer. 60s out the door, lower 70s, and you can see through the Morning Hours into lunchtime the best chance of the and south of the pike the temperatures will sneak into the lower 80s and then overnight we will clear things out. 50s and 60s for overnight lows and we get into your friday looks great, and by saturday night, there is hermine, bringing rain and wind heading towards sunday into monday so if you have plans for the Holiday Weekend, you are ok friday and saturday but sunday and monday and in the lakes region you are missing out on the impact but things are better overall. All eyes on hermine. Olessa so for the roads are nice and quiet, a live look at the bridge with traffic moving along. No accidents to report on the overnight construction lets get to the maps and check out the rides, issue free traveling into boston project wrapped up for the overnight hours, new issues out of brockton, and 95 looks good. 93 south out of methuen down into boston getting by at the speed limit. Trades at buses on schedule. Emily the mbtas effort to cut waste is paying off. The globe reports the t making some adjustments to its wireless plan and it is disconnecting more than 550 unused but active cell phones. The savings add up to 325,000 a year over the next two years. Other ways to eliminate wasteful spending. Randy to your economy this thursday morning, ocean spray is selling off about 50 acres of land and a large building in lakeville where it is headquartered. The standardtimes quotes sources saying the cranberry grower sold the property for about 40 million to a Real Estate Investment firm in dallas. The company says it is staying in lakeville and signed a 20year leaseback agreement. If you are in somerville, say goodbye to plastic bags it is the latest local community to ban them. It will happen in two phases the ban applies to business larger than 10,000 square feet today. Smaller stores have until december 5 to comply. Ban applies to business larger the plastic bags you get for produce and meat arent included in the ban. A look at the markets now, asian stocks, mixed but mostly lower in overnight trading. Indicator, the latest jobs report is due out today emily as more kids head back to school today, theres a growing movement in the u. S. Towards naturebased learning. Staying outside to prepare kids for the traditional classroom setting. And it turns out, there are real benefits beyond childhood. An exciting discovery for the forest gnomes, a naturebased class at Natick Community organic farm. From september to a small group june, of 3 to 6yearolds spend mornings in this small glen focusing on free play with a purpose. Everything theyre doing in the woods, from balancing rocks or picking up sticks. All of those build readiness for an academic program, its just done. Its done without pencils. Emily several studies show major benefits from exposure to nature. Including students with improved academic performance, better problem solving skills and more creative thinking. Son, vanden. Theyve got the social bits, the exploratory bits kind of put together and they learn how to interact people. Emily and for robyn gray and son, elijah, the unique opportunity was too good to pass up. Theres never going to be another time in his life when he can have this kind of experience. Emily the kids are out there rain, shine even in snow. Theres a saying in nature education, theres no such thing as bad weather, theres only improper clothing. If the kids dont come prepare one day, they look at the others and they learn. Brady go it is so great to get outside and have those experiences. Tomorrow morning on the eye, keeping things stress free for you and your kids. Four poses specifically aimed at easing back to School Stress together. Emily the legendary escort making sure they got to class safely. Erika . Erika then new at 5 30, she survived but her husband did not. A widow recalls the horrific moments after a shuttle van crash in boston. And a happy moment for a World War Two veteran. The birthday surprise, and huge honor, for a war hero. Making it easier to keep the kids safe. New findings on the vehicles, cindy welcome to september. All eyes focused on the Tropical Storm which has become a category one hurricane that will make landfall in north florida tonight. Around here we have rain showing up on radar, a lot of clouds aroundhe we will hang on to the area today. We made bright enough north and west of town in the temperatures could peek into the low 80s. Less human tomorrow, mid 70s with sunshine and by labor day there could be potential impacts from the possible storm. Emily time now for this mornings eyepoppers. Olessa what do you have for us this morning . Olessa miss texas, invited to Houston Astros game. Well i think it is fair to say, baseball is not her sport. Lets blame it on her shoes. Its hard to throw in heels. Houston ended up winning the game against oakland by one run after a different wild pitch. How about this for a welcome back to school . Sasquatch came out of hiding just to help walk kids to school in portland, oregon. He spent the morning teaching kids how to be safe. Drivers paying attention. Randy a man is brought to tears by a surprise. How his stepdaughter changed his life. And new fallout from the private we will build a great wall along the southern border. Randy donald Trump Doubles down, talking tough on immigration. Erika the specifics on his crackdown in the reaction. Plus the locals on the stage with him. Emily and emotional surprise for an american hero. Concord and the owners still to come, on the. You are watching wcvb, bostons news leader. Good morning. This is newscenter 5 site better. Randy 5 30 friday morning as we look across the zakim bridge. Good morning, im randy price. Emily and im emily riemer with cindy and olessa. Happy first day of school to fitchburg and attleboro. Good luck. Cindy the warmest august on record, driest summer. Pretty impressive. We are breezing past tense now. There may be some shower activity this morning and you can see in connecticut and rhode island there have been thunderstorms and downpours stretching toward providence. And you can expect some wipers intermittently. Until this front completely present south of our area there will be the risk of a few showers and the best chancel be south of the pike, through the Morning Hours and it to lunchtime, deeper into the afternoon. The south coast in the cape skys north and west of town stop sticky in the 60s, holding in the 70wi as temperatures sneak into the lower 80s. We are focusing on the Tropical Storm with a chance to become a category one hurricane. It could move through the carolinas this weekend and we will talk about the potential impact. Lets get you out of the roads and see how we are doing stop olessa so far the roads are they can traffic moving along without any problems. Pretty much the same story for all the overnight construction heading into boston. Rather 3 looks great, 95 is quiet. The pike eastbound 15 minutes, no problems on routes 3, 93 south all the way down into boston. Trains and buses on schedule. Emily now to the stories were following right now on the eye. Following new information as it comes in. Randy donald trump will be back on the campaign trail after unveiling more specifics of his immigration crackdown. Im going to create a new special Deportation Task force focused on identifying and quickly removing the most dangerous criminals, Illegal Immigrants in america. Erika in addition to that Task Force Trump doubled down on plans to build a wall with mexico and promised there would country. Counselors will be on hand at abington schools today, after an 11yearold boy was shot in the face. Police say it happened accidentally, while two 11yearolds were looking at a gun at a home on linwood street yesterday. The boy is in serious condition at a boston hospital. Right now police are boosting patrols in shirley after a jogger says she was harassed by a man in a green van. The woman says she was running on hazen road tues