. live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at 11:00 starts right now. breaking news at 11:00, a major tie up on store oh drive. crews just cleared a truck on the eastbound side that got stuck trying to go under the silver overpass. the roof of the truck was crushed by a impact. one inbound lane was closed. both lanes are now open. we are getting our first look tonight at the brook line firefighter who was arrested for fighting a man at a restaurant. >> tonight the firefighter is off the job. katy is here with the latest. >> lisa, that brook line firefighter is accused of

beating up a man he thought was homeless because he was taking too long to order. once outside witnesses say the firefighter sat on top of that man and punched him up to 7 times. investigators say a customer infuriated a brooklyn firefighter. witnesses described it like this. he punched him multiple times and kicked him on the side. people outside the restaurant were stunned hearing about the attack late sunday night. >> it kind of seems out of the ordinary that something like that would happen. >> police said 47-year-old -- called the apparently homeless customer expletives. >> it's awful given the climate in the media, what's been going on with law enforcement. >> cameras caught the attack. a witness said the beating did

not stop until she yelled stop. we went to his home for his side but he did not come to the door. police arrested firefighter board running up a side street. >> some cases you never know and a position doesn't define someone's character. >> and he is charged with assault and battery, the city has placed him on administrative leave pending the outcome of this investigation. katy, thank you. pictures right now out over the city of boston and a gorgeous holiday weekend. but things about to cool down and we are tracking our next chance for rain. berry burbank watching the storms come in and it looks like maybe a little something in the morning. >> could be a little bit of something in the morning. just looking at latest information, it's right over southern massachusetts, it's 58

in boston right now and the dewpoint is 53 so it's a nice mild night out there. the temperatures will go down a little bit but it's going to rise after the sun comes up. so right around 9:00 or 10, showers, and then they will be out of here. they are all coming up from the south. so you head out in the morning, bus stop, 55. a couple of showers in the morning. in the afternoon just short sleeves again. more weather coming up in just a few minutes, lisa. tonight mourning the tragic loss of a 16-year-old athlete celebrating with friends, then gone moments later. more on how loved ones are remembering casey dunn. >> school officials are telling us it was a massive brain bleed. she and -- the family is totally devastated.

>> a teenager captured perfectly in one picture. it's casey dunn at field hockey practice full of life. but just 30 minutes later, 16- year-old vibrant fun loving casey went down in front of her up. could be done. it was a massive brain plead and there wasn't much anybody could do. >> casey's massive death. >> i keep on keeping she's going to come bounding through the back door but i know that's not going to happen. >> casey was a junior and her family said they were unaware of any medical conditions. >> it was probably something she was born with but we never knew about it. fortunately it was quick and she didn't suffer too much. >> and now everyone is left at

young woman is dead. growing on the field, her favorite. >> she was a compassionate warm young woman who had a future that was taken away from her too soon, and she will be missed deeply. >> grief counselors will be at the school tomorrow to speak with students and staff. her funeral is scheduled for thursday. kate, thank you. tonight we know a new hampshire woman that was missing for weeks was a murder week. police found her inside a fake wall. police searched her home again after her family reported a smell. police believe her roommate killed her.

fire in this multifamily home. nobody was hurt but 8 adults and a child cannot stay there tonight. emergency crews worked for an hour to free the driver of that trash truck when it flipped on the northbound side -- and crews used the jaws of life to get the driver out. tonight we know he had several broken bones but he is expected to be okay. tonight after randy quaid and his wife are both behind bars. they took off from the u.s. 5 years ago after being charged with vandalism. a judge is ordering them to be held on half a million dollars jail. a police officer in trouble for sleeping on the job has been accused of snoozing before. the sun reporting that moore

was found asleep on duty twice before. marquette university is paying tribute to the new hampshire journalist kidnapped and killed by isis we are marching in the light. >> reporter: students at the wisconsin school marched behind foley's portrait. this portrait was commissioned as a lasting tribute to foley and his commitment to uncovering the truth. his parents traveled to be there. >> i don't think we knew what a man of courage and compassion he had become. >> it makes us cry. >> on saturday marquette will hold a 5k race in foley's honor. the or gotten community -- oregon community college is back opened. the governor welcomed students back to classes this morning

signed their names under the ucc strong. on the eve of the first democratic presidential debate, ground. a recent poll shows hillary leading. vice president joe biden is in third place at 12%. then to south carolina. clinton has 49% there. biden second, sanders at 18%. tomorrow night the cnn debate will be in las vegas. 3 other democrats would be there and if joe biden were to make the decision to run, cnn said it will add a podium. dell computer and -- joining forces in a mega merger worth $60 billion.

headquarters in texas but the combineed will be in -- 10,000 workers is how many has in massachusetts, big question, will that change. says it does not expect many layoffs, if any. the parents of a baby girl are celebrating the outlook for her they could not imagine. >> they were actually planning her funeral until they tried something else. doctors in boston are giving them new hope. >> there's nothing like the feeling of looking down at your child, your newborn child and just wondering when her last breath will be. >> 2 months ago her journey in this world has not been easy. before her birth doctors diagnosed her with downs syndrome and a brain tumor. >> we didn't know how long she

>> the joness actually made funeral arrangements. said her doctors told the family there was nothing they could do. >> the doctors prepared us for every scenario. >> after baby abigail was given a death sentence the family took the baby home for hospice but then they noticed the baby wasn't getting any worse. so they got a second opinion. >> we didn't think there was enough evidence to give the baby a death sentence and last week we went to the operating room, we opened up and we removed the mass. >> dr. coleman said it turned out that the tumor was not malignant. >> she's missing a large bit of the left side of her brain and she should have problems with function. she should not be a normal baby, but she is.

>> they say she still has downs syndrome. >> we always prayed for abigail to be healed and however that works out, god is still going to get the glory for it. >> in boston, i'm paul burton. boy, after all that. you just love to hear that little cry. >> yeah, beautiful little girl. coming up, returning to the ice. >> a former hockey player honored 20 years after the injury that changed his life together. the claim is today's politics can't handle the routine bumps in the road. the local professor that says what we should do about it. some changes are ahead, cooler and some showers as well.

breaking news coming in right now from kansas city missouri. 2 firefighters killed while battling a fire in an apartment building. you are looking at live pictures right now. the 2 were in a portion of the building that collapsed. 2 other firefighters were hurt. we'll have much more on this breaking story in the morning beginning at 4:30. staying safe, the new app promising you will never have to walk alone. we're going to take a closer look at how this works and if it will work for you. failing a crash course in growing up. >> professors say college students are getting derailed by issues that used to be routine. spoke with him about this generation's resilience. >> this is something that's been building for years

with the phasing out of unsupervised play time for young kids by overprotective parents and mushrooming into the startling sight of parents baby sat babysitting their college aged teens. >> more and more there's parents on campus coming to solve their children's problems. >> chances are you have heard about helicopter parents who hover protectively over kids all through the teen years. >> they haven't had the experience of solving their own problems. >> but psychology professor, author of free to learn, why unleashing the instinct to play will make our children happier. we are now reaping the harvest of years of helicopter parenting parenting. like a bad grade or a harsh

word from a classmate. >> it appears that students are coming very much used to the idea that if they have got a problem the way to solve it is to go to some adult to solve it. >> kids today are spoiled. >> here on the boston university campus we didn't find anyone who disagreed. >> our parents babied up and we needed college to get in the real world and it's not like that. >> when you have that much social interaction online you kind of lose touch with more people based things. >> another symptom of this is according to professor gray this business of trigger warnings where faculty members are supposed to alert students they may be discussing material that might be troubling in advance so the kids can ostensiblely leave the room if they don't think they can handle it. >> it's interesting to hear the students agreed. what's the solution to all of this?

>> he says you have to go back to early childhood and kids have to have the opportunity to learn how to be independent, to ride a bike and fall, you know, and take a risk of getting a scrape and recover from it. just learn how to be res i resilient and bounce back. >> and be kids. we're always resilient in the weather department. >> we'll take this. >> we'll take several more days of this but things are about to change. timing through the night's weekend for perfect conditions and even the leaves are beginning to pop thanks to greg for this magnificent color here. he wasn't responsible for the color but he took the pictures so we could see it. anyway, beautiful color out there. hope you had a great weekend everybody. the high temperatures across

wz weather network. all in club 77 today. 77 there, boston made it to 76. that's 13 above the average for this day, not near the record of 90, though. back in 1954. all in the 70s except for a few 60s over cape cod. most of the nation was in good shape today but minneapolis dropped to 48, so that's the beginning of the cool air. it's going to be felt here in the northeast as we get into the upcoming weekend but not much happening except for this one front producing showers. that front may produce a couple of showers here tomorrow evening. so these are in the 50s now. there are a few patches of fog right now. tomorrow's tour, we go up to the lower 70s in most spots, not quite up to the upper 70s but low to mid-70s, that should

do it in central massachusetts and mid-60s in parts of cape cape cod. watch what happens. clouds over in the early morning hours. over southeastern massachusetts, a few isolated ones may move up into the boston area but just briefly. then we have breaks of sunshine and the cold front comes in from the west. but most of these showers are here. wednesday we'll start out nice and sunny in the morning but definitely on the cooler side. but during the day a cold front will come through with a couple thursday. but where is the real cold air? way up here in northern canada and that's going to start charging southeast ward and we will feel that cold air here for the weekend. it's going to be in the 40s on sunday and monday.

thank you. if you have ever had that moment walking alone, suddenly feeling afraid. >> there's a way to make sure move. >> a deserted street. >> sometimes i carry my keys in between my knuckles. >> and sometimes you have no choice to be all alone. now a free app is offering some protection when you are all by yourself. this is the companion app. users enter their destination and then they can contact their friends or family to virtually walk with them. >> you are able to see that person's progress. >> that companion can then watch in realtime as the person's gps position pops up on screen.

>> if they start running, if your headphones, an emergency call. >> there's also an i fell nervous button to call police directly. take too long to get home, this alert will sound. >> if you need to have somebody paying attention to where you are going, this is a great app for that. >> says it's great to see new technology being used to keep people safe but it shouldn't be your only plan. >> the danger is relying on this solely and not calling 911. you can accomplish that same thing with a telephone conversation but to be quite honest with you, the combination of both is probably a good place to go. >> these two agree the app is better than going it alone. whether it's an app, a phone call or walking with a friend. ed davis says this is all about

attention to your own personal safety is something that can save your life. the patriots down playing their game with indy. >> sports coming up next. that's amazing. it's amazing.

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any minute could be the minute. and the minutes kept passing. we both kind of relaxed and thought, "she'll come when she's ready." [ grunting ] woman: it's a girl! leah: and she did. woman: a big girl! [ olivia crying ] leah: she was so perfect! welcome back, everybody. dallas is done. the pats are on to the colts

and this is not a good week to be an indy fan. colts have -- but they may have something special for andy. i'm talking no mercy. when tom brady scored sunday, his -- said it all. how fired up do you think the pats will be next monday night. they say it's just another game. >> we're just taking it game by game. we're just kind of taking that approach. >> it really is just another game. for us it's the same mentality as always. >> it's another game for us. it's the most important game for us because it's the next game and we're all excited to get up there and play. >> meanwhile quarterback luck missed the last two games. said he was a full participant. so will he miss sunday's game? >> i hope not.

be sure to watch patriots all access friday night. pats are in indy sunday night. we'll start you off with game day at 11:30 and after the game is over turn over to wbz for the post show. saints. the garden, early 2-0 lead and move it 6-3. they start the season 0-3 for the first time since 1999 losing all games at home. >> we have just got to be better. it used to be our strength and right now it's our weakness. >> guys want to win and do the right things, but they are making mistakes. >> so while the present feels -- used his body to get the --

that would be the winning goal and the sabers take it 4-2 over columbus. >> royals and astros, game 4. 5 runs to take the lead. hoffman added in the 9th. royals won it. game 5 on wednesday in kansas city. blue jays and rangers. game 4, all went deep for the jays. of course a winner take all game 5 north of the border on wednesday. cardinals and cubbies, game 3. came back to earth tonight. 6 different cubs. chicago wins it 8-6 and can advance with a win tomorrow. crushed the dodgers in the 7 7th inning. that's it for sports.

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this is a special honor on the ice. the bruins signed a player nearly 20 years after the accident that changed his life. was back on october 20, 1995, 11 seconds into his first shift in college he was left paralyzed. the bruins signed him to a one day contract and donated $50,000 to the travis roy foundation which helps those with spinal cord injuries. great move. >> we'll be back right after

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a little rain in the morning? >> yeah, mainly boston and points south and still another mild day.

70 or so as it becomes sunny