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WFXT FOX 25 News At 4 September 14, 2016

Allegedly pulling a machete on another man. But the suspects family is telling us theres a little more to the story. 41yearold aldo rivera of worcester in District Court ordered held without bail in connection with a frightening confrontation near the high school. This cell phone video obtained by fox 25 shows the confrontation. Worcester police say as rivera held a machete which he grabbed from he threatened he would cut the other mans head off before he punched him in the face. All this taking place a block away from the high school and with riveras teen age children in his car. Before the confrontation police sayry survey and the other motorists were involved in a road rage incident. After court riveras wife and children wouldnt talk to us. His lawyer told us despite what the video shows the other driver was the real aggressor and rivera was acting in he was defending his kids and himself as best he could. Well see how it works out as far as the court goes as far as selfdefense. He was trying to protect himself and his family. Reporter riveras younger brother hector tells me the machete is used for fishing. Hector does not believe his brother was trying to hurt anyone. Its stupid what happened. Hell be fine. He didnt pretend he was going to hit the dude. He was just with his kids and wanted to drive off and the he is disabled. So come on. Reporter aldo rivera is ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing which wont take place until next week. Meanwhile his lawyer tells me he fully intends to take this one all the way to trial. Live from worcester, bob ward, fox 25 news. Skyfox over a nasty accident in newton. This was the scene on route nine just before noon. And leaving the transformer hanging. At this hour only one lane of route nine eastbound is open. Were told two people inside had to be pulled out by first ponders. They were responders. They are expected to be okay. A scary scene near a local school bus stop. A twoyearold boy run down. This was breaking on fox 25 morning news today. It happened on strawberry lane in norfolk. No charges have been filed against the driver. And fox 25 is there live tonight. This happened just feet from reporter and if you can imagine scary, scary for all the parents as well as the children here watching all this unfold. And taking a look behind me hours later you can see all these spray paint marks indicating exactly where this happened. Any time a child is hurt everyones heart starts to bleed. For neighbors in this quiet area of norfolk prayers with with the family of the twoyearold struck by a car his mother and older brother to this bus stop on grove street. Police say the boy ran out into the road and was hit. I heard the screaming and the yelling of the children and the parents that were out there waiting with their children. Thats awful. Its awful. Reporter police say the boy was conscience and alert but was taken by helicopter to tufts medical center. Jim leehand, a neighbor and town selectman, tells us the initial report was the boy didnt have any broken bones. Somebody was watching out for were so grateful. Reporter the driver did stay on the scene. And at this time no charges have been filed. One witness told us the driver was distraught. She was an absolute wreck. Absolute wreck. I felt bad for her. Reporter while the accident is still under investigation some neighbors say drivers often speed down this road. The speed limit is 30 miles an hour. I did ask police whether the time. Again, this is all still under investigation. Meanwhile coming up at 5 00 what were learning about the little boy and his family. In norfolk, im stephanie quinn, fox 25 news. A local police chief who gained national wrecking on fission nor his work fighting the Opioid Epidemic is off the job. Chief campanello has been placed on paid leave. Gloucesters mayor announced a statement. Campanello has been celebrated r program to battle opioid addiction. Residents are not sure how to react to the news. Hes done a lot for the city. I cant imagine gloucester having a big scandal. Anchor his lawyer sent us a statement saying the chief is confident he is will be back to work when facts are reviewed. The acting chief sent a statement saying the department is still fully functional without the chief. Theres a murder warrant out for the exboyfriend of a local mother killed in her home. Wanda rosa monday morning. The couples fouryearold son was at the apartment when his mother died. Police say del arosa took the fwoi a relatives home and disappeared. Officers are keeping a close eye on the neighborhood where dell arosa lived. He was released from prison after serving a four year sentence for kidnapping rosa at gun point in 2012. Police investigating a bad crash in New Hampshire that left a woman dead and her passenger seriously hurt. We have pictures from the scene police say the truck hit the car head on. The driver was killed. Her passenger was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the truck was not seriously hurt. Anchor a man wanted for killing a Police Officer has been tracked down in rhode island. Officers raided a building in providence using tear gas and arrested erving fen ner. He is accused of killing Police Officer over the weekend. Police say they are thankful the officers family will get some closure. Tragic as it is the family knows that the suspect being charged will be charged with the murder. Will be held accountable and held as fugitive and hopefully transported back to North Carolina. Anchor Police Also Arrested the suspects half sister. She is charged with accessory after the fact of firstdegree murder. Coming up at five, police tell us why they resorted to using tear secretary of state colin powell have been leaked. They show he is not a big fan of either donald trump or Hillary Clinton. Fox 25 anchor mark is here with some of those emails. The former secretary of state colin powell ripped trump and clinton in a series of emails exposing how he feels about the nominees. Powell called trump a, quote, National Disgrace and international pariah. He also called the Birther Movement which trump help lead leaks an organization affiliated with hacks of highprofile figures. An aide to powell told cnn today, quote, the emails are accurate. Hillary clinton also didnt escape powells fury. One describes the democratic nominee this way. Powell said, quote, everything Hillary Clinton touches she kind of screws up with hubris. No response from either the trump or clinton campaigns this afternoon. In the control room, fox 25 a bloomberg poll just released shows donald trump with a five point lead in the important battleground state of ohio. It was taken over the weekend after clintons comments calling some of trumps supporters deplorable and after she had that health scare at the 9 11 ceremony. Americans are sizing up the health of both candidates as scott mclean reports, donald trump revealed more Health Information today but both candidates are under pressure to do more. Reporter with hillary he is fit to serve as president. This last week i took a physical. And ill be releasing when the numbers come in. Hopefully theyre good. Reporter trump shared a one page summary of his physical with dr. Oz in an episode of his daytime show set to air on thursday. He read through a number of things. Dr. Oz was impressed. Most of the time he didnt really answer the questions directly. So it was probably flattering for him. Although i dont think you if are paying attention he answered anything. Reporter a statement from the show says dr. Oz reviewed trumps medical history, heart health and medication. Trump has repeatedly questioned clintons fitness to serve but since her pneumonia diagnosis declined to question her health directly. Both candidates have released far less Health Information than past nominees. The losers are the voters. Were getting the run around from both camps at the moment. Until they get serious and give reporter dr. Ozs audience is predominantly female giving trump a platform to win over a demographic he is struggling to connect with. But trumps Overall Campaign is gaining strength. A new poll shows trump leading by five. Hillary clinton plans to be healthy and back on the campaign trail tomorrow. In washington, im scott mclean. That episode will air tomorrow at two here on fox 25 mate senator tim cane cain is coming to New Hampshire. He will visit tomorrow for a town hall event. Donald trump is also headed to the granite state. Hell campaign at lavonia middle School Thursday night. Additional billboard is up asking for tips to help solve a 24yearold murder case. Fox 25 first reported yesterday that investigators are still searching for answers in the murder of susan who was found the 27yearold was working for Northwest Airlines at logan when she was killed. Starting today Clear Channel has placed digital billboards throughout Greater Boston along route three, 95 and one. Keeping it clean on facebook. Coming up, ill tell you why one town is taking aim at bad behavior on social media and holding officials responsible. And selfdriving cars here in boston. The testing thats happeningn working out in another big city. Im tracking showers and storms. Coming up where the heaviest rain is falling and what threats you can expect in your town. And up next with the biggest city in the country is asking Samsung Phone users to do before developing this afternoon. A bad week for North Carolina just got worse. The Atlantic Coast conference is relocating its championship games out of the state. Acc is following the lead of the championship games on monday. All the shakeup is in reaction to state law that curbed antidiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people. The Obama Administration is planning to increase the number of refugees accepted by the united states. This is causing concerns about terrorism. New at four a Congressional Committee is questioning the governments ability to identify the good guys from the bad guys. Reporter officials from the department of homeland security, this morning answering lawmakers who are concerned that the federal government lacks the ability to fully screen and track people entering the united states. Including potential terrorists. We know jihadists are looking at every route into america from sneaking across the southwest border to flying in as tourists and as refugees. Reporter this hearing comes on a day the wall street journal was reporting the Obama Administration is planning to increase the number of refugees accepted by the percent. All refugees entering our country are subject to the highest level of Security Check of any category of traveler to the united states. Reporter the white house argues that the u. S. Could be doing more to help people seeking refuge, especially those from wartorn countrys in the middle east. But others say letting in up to 100,000 refugees from that region is just asking for trouble. Were one of the highest priorities of our government is can know about the people who are seeking to do us harm. In an interesting side angle, Donald Trumps running mate, indiana governor mike pence, is continuing a fight in federal court to block state agencies from allowing Syrian Refugees to resettle in his state. In washington, joel waldman, fox news. Massachusetts second human case of west nile virus has been confirmed them department of Public Health says a Norfolk County man in has been hospitalized after con tractsing the figure out where he was exposed to those infected mosquitos. First case showed up last month in a woman from middlesex county. A small fire caused major problems in manchester overnight in a building with 200 offices including one used by the senator. According to firefighters a Maintenance Person was trying to put out the fire when they arrived on elm street. 500 people had to be evacuated. Theyre reporting 10,000 in damage. The cause is still under investigation. One person had to be taken rolled over in denham. This is a picture from the scene this morning. Firefighters rescued that driver. No word on that persons condition or what caused that rollover. Samsung galaxy note 7 users cant use their phones on planes and customers are being asked to turn off their devices before getting on the subway. Several reports of the notes have been exploding or catching fire especially while charging. New Jersey Transit is telling travelers to do the same. This is a fox 25 tracking some showers and thunderstorms developing across the region. For the next four hours you need to be aware of your surroundings for the threat of some of these storms popping up in your area. Thats our window right now from now till about 8 00. The threats i am watching for are lightning, severe weather, with any of these very heavy downpours that could quickly move through. While it may be heavy at times, its a quick passing shower that you are going to see that does one area that sees some rain and another town or community right next door that doesnt. And with any strong storm, we could see some very strong wind gusts. Upward of 50, even 60 miles per hour. One thing you are noticing if you dont have any rain out there we still have winds gusting over 20 in many spots and now beginning to turn out of the northwest to the northwest because this cold front is pushing down through our area this evening. But ahead it and along it weve got scattered showers and this was the cell that i showed thaw was pushing south of boston. Its now pushed over hall as well as hingham and cohasset. Its continuing to push east south east. There was a Lightning Strike but we havent seen any reports recently. Still, be prepared. If you have that shower coming through you want to head indoors. Manchester by the sea had a quick shower. We take a look out towards the west in worcester and spencer. Indicate heavy rain coming through. Theyre moving fast. About 3040 miles an hour. Be prepared to see very low visibility if you are traveling along route nine as well as route 20. That line of showers and storms are going to continue to push east southeast. Weve got a line out towards parts of New Hampshire. Lightning associated with some of those storms north of nashua. Temperatures ranging anywhere from the 70 to 90 in providence. And right now it is absolutely beautiful in boston with that sunshine breaking out. After that shower passed on through. But the dew point . It was 60 in the last 30 minutes. Now its 68. So it is muggy. The wind is out of the southwest. That cold front has not come through. Once that front comes through the risk of showers and storms will end. We could see a passing shower in the boston area. Noticing this is by 6 00. During the evening commute those prepared you may see showers and storms continuing. By 8 00 the sun sets and well see conditions weaken. Improvement through the overnight hours. High pressure building in. For thursday its going to be a beautiful day. Sunny and cool. If you have tickets to the red sox tonight you are probably thinking we have the threat of showers. The threat will be diminishing as the game gets going on. Temperatures in the 70s with that wind turning out of the northwest. Could be breezy. Be aware of that. But the northwesterly wind in air. Waking up tomorrow youve got the 40s and 50s. Hour by hour in boston what a big difference. In the 60s. Some spots will not get out of the 60s. Upper sdoiz low 70s for your highs tomorrow. Feeling like fall once again. High pressure holds with us for friday and even into saturday. Well be tracking the next chance of showers and storms perhaps on sunday. Thousands of bruce bosss final show of his latest tour. If you are planning on buying a ticket you are out of luck. Theyre sold out. The train leads at 5 30 and will head back to boston 30 minutes after the show ends. To take your own parents to court you know they would really have to do something wrong. Ahead, all it took for one woman was a few photos her parents posted on facebook. What those photos show that set her off. Here is vanessa with what were working on for fox 25 news at the major scandal involving a local police department. Next at five, it could lead to dozens of criminal cases being tossed out. A major milestone for boston light. Its been stronging stand for today major civil Rights Groups called on president obama to pardon edward snowden. Yesterday on the president to grant him pardon. He is living in russia charges with espionage for giving secret documents about u. S. Government programs to journalists at several leading newspapers. The white house says the information damaged National Security and put americans at risk. There will be a memorial to the victims of that night club attack in orlando. Since the shooting in june thousands of items have been left on a chainlink fence near the pulse night club. On monday the city plans to replace it with a Memorial Wall thats eight feet tall. Selfdriving cars may be on the streets of boston. The city has announced a deal to test cars on local roads. The city will partner with the World Economic forum to create policies for the use of selfdriving cars. That year long program will start in a few months and those Autonomous Vehicles will be on boston streets. There will also be focus group. More details how. Pittsburgh is testing selfdriving cars. Its part of a deal with uber to sharing service. After 18 months of testing uber is allowing loyal customers in the steel city to opt in ordering one of the handful of selfdriving cars. Its like something out of the future right . Its like the jetsons. Thats crazy. Anchor it is. This is what helps th

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