she uses a lightsaber and knits a kanye west 2020 sweater and by the way, she has 23 grandchildren. wow, keeps her busy. she's funny. top stories, traffic and weather are straight ahead this morning. >> the news at 5:00 starts right now. breaking right now at 5:00, an 18-year-old in the hospital after falling from a roof deck. the details we're learning this morning. >> more trouble for fantasy sport sites. sites down. >> a string of attacks. this morning. drivers in california. the work is under way right now to reopen a major highway. captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 e- mail: comments@captioncolorado.com good friday morning to you.

i'm chris mckinnon. >> i'm kathryn hauser. thank you for being with us on this friday. it's october 16th. let's get right to it. >> changes in the forecast. >> cha-cha-changes. >> he's very musical today. >> it's friday. you have to have a little fun on a friday. >> there have been changes. the cooler air is going to come in and temperatures will only be in the upper 40s by sunday. to put that in perspective, we are warmer right now than we'll be on sunday afternoon. 53 in boston. 50s on the cape and islands. 41 in orange right now. we've had an increase in clouds. i'm tracking a couple of showers out there, too. in the berkshires, southern vermont, the front will slide from west to east during the day today. a couple of slight showers right now from athol back up towards royalton. stand by. temperatures around 50.

could be a lingering shower on the cape. upper 50s for the ride home. a mostly dry remainder of the day. sunset at 6:01. all of the weekend details are coming up. first, traffic and weather together, chris. >> danielle, let's take a look out there. tons of work cruise are trying to get things done as much as possible before the weekend. we're looking at the all clear heading into the city this morning. we begin with breaking news. an 18-year-old man rushed to the hospital after falling from a roof deck in mission hill. we're told the victim fell three stories and landed on the sidewalk of hillside street shortly after midnight. he has serious injuries, but we're told they are not believed to be life- threatening. it is not clear what caused him to fall. also this morning, game over. one state ordering fantasy sport sites to shut down. >> this is the latest blow to the popular sites draftkings and fan duel.

of the boston based draftkings with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. another major blow for this company. nevada has determined it is illegal for draftkings and fan duel to operate their sites in the state of nevada. they have determined that this is gambling, and that is something that you need a license to operate. if you've never played draftkings orphan duel, these are fantasy sport site -- or fan duel, these are fantasy sport sites. the pay jots top out at a million dollars. some of the money has gone to draftkings employees playing on rival site fan duel. they are involved in a class action lawsuit accused of potential insider trading. as far as this decision out of nevada, both fan duel and draftkings are reacting, expressing disappointment. fan duel has said this decision

ignores the fact that fantasy sports is a still-based product loved and played by millions of sports fans. draftkings also released a statement saying "we understand the gaming industry is important to nevada and for that reason, they are taking this exclusionary approach against the popular fantasy sports industry. we strongly disagree with this decision. many states do look to nevada for gambling regulations. it's unclear what the impact might be. it might have some sort of impact nationwide as to whether they will continue to operate in the same capacity. we're live in boston, susie steimle, wbz this morning. brockton police looking for this man in the sketch. they say he may be a serial rapist. the fist victim was attacked in -- the first victim was attacked in 2019. >> brockton isn't the only community on alert this morning. >> reporter: not at all, chris.

assault has everyone here in the brockton area and even the easton area on edge and watching their backs. we want to get you a look at the man. the man believed to be in his 20s has been seen in the downtown brockton area driving a dark colored sports car. police believe with the release of this sketch, someone might recognize him. >> it's sickening that it's going on around here. >> it's scary. it makes you not want to walk around brockton. >> reporter: certainly police are hoping people take a good look at that sketch. if you recognize him or have any information, give them a call immediately. nicole jacobs, wbz this morning.

a car chase ends in a crash after police say they tried to stop a car for traffic violations. they chased the car to braintree where it crashed into a house. arrested three people. groton. take a look at this. this was the scene on prescott street. you can see the intense flames in these images. really quite something here. injuries. officials are looking into a cause. now to a developing story. in california, flash flooding sends rocks and mud onto a major highway. take a look at this stranding drivers there. bree is in with the dramatic video and developments overnight. bree? >> reporter: hundreds of drivers were stuck in the mud just north of los angeles. the cleanup will take days. this morning's commute is expected to be a nightmare. 30 miles of interstate and even more back roads are shut down.

cars and trudged through the mud to safety. four people and two dogs were rescued from atop one car. mud is up to 5 feet deep in some spots, even burying homes. >> oh, my gosh! run for your lives! >> reporter: here's video from one drive areas rain produced flash floods. flash flood warnings went out to include four different counties. the powerful storm brought hail and heavy rain. the ground is severely dry from drought and wildfires from recent years, which quickly spelled disaster. the form of the huge mudslide. bulldozers moved in to clear the streets but the cleanup has just started. it could be well into the day gets moving again. president obama vowed to end the war in afghanistan before he left office but now he says thousands will remain.

the president will reduce the troop levels to 5500 as planned, but instead of drawing down further, he'll keep the troops on the ground until the start of 2017 at least. he says afghan forces are still not as strong as they need to be. >> my approach is to assess the situation onp ground, figure out what's working, figure out what's not working. >> reporter: the mission remains the same. counterterrorism plus training of afghan troops. some say 5500 troops won't be enough to do both. originally the president just wanted to leave 1,000 troops on the ground. it's 5:08 on your friday morning. israeli police say muslim men under the age of 40 will be barred from entering the mosque today. the site is sacred to both islam and judiism and is known as the temple mount in english. the move is meant to encourage calm amid a wave of violence that has claimed eight israeli and 31 lip lives.

tufts is taking back bill cosby's honorary degree. the university revoked the honorary doctor of arts and the children's media. tufts says cosby has shown a integrity. comedian of sexual assault. cosby has not been charged and denies the allegation. governor baker unveiled a new plan giving hospitals power to involuntarily admit patients for 72 hours. more than 1200 people have died from overdoses in massachusetts and it often starts with a simple prims. >> this has got to stop. i appreciate the fact that this is a controversial idea, but

of the larger conversation. >> it needs to require continued education. in massachusetts today. trump is expected to appear at a campaign rally in tyngsboro elementary school. a new hampshire based pro choice allegation is planning to send a team of protesters to that event. doors open at 5:00. >> also, several other heading to new hampshire. here is a lice for you. new jersey governor chris christie will be in new bedford today. mike huckabee will attend the same event and go to a barbecue at scott brown's home in rye. senator rand paul will be in manchester and will be in a meet and greet in hooksett and ashland tomorrow. hillary clinton will attend a meet and greet in nashua.

the teen accused of killing his teacher. >> why proceedings could be delayed for up to 20 days. >> plus, we get you closer to a pats' matchup and what gronk had to say about the hype surrounding the deflate gate rematch. danielle? >> hey, chris. happy friday, everybody. temperatures in the lower 60s this afternoon. there's going to be a couple of brief showers this morning. we'll time those out hour by hour and take you through the weekend.

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welcome back. a massachusetts family is trying to track down a good samaritan. a woman and her kids and grandchildren got together for a pizza dinner tuesday night in salem. it was the first time in three together. when it came time for the bill, the waitress handed them a note from a woman named robin who paid their bill. bucks. in the note, she wrote "enjoy salem." the family left a thank you note reading "there are some good witches in salem, mass." >> have you ever had someone pay the bill for you? >> no. i have paid for the person in the drive through behind me, but i don't know if it got -- >> reciprocated? >> it's like, ooh, will it go viral? >> i've done that but i've never been on the receiving end. >> hey, i bought danielle

>> i gave you money. >> so it didn't work out for her. [ laughter ] >> yeah, one of those things a hundred dollar bill? that's good paying that for the whole family. 50 degrees this morning. there will be a couple of passing showers may worth having the umbrella here on stand by or maybe the rain coat for a brief light shower to come on through. temperatures will come up around 60. it will be breezy and cool into the end of school today. it's not as chilly as yesterday. we had a lot of 30s on the map. 53 in boston. by sunday, we won't even reach 50 degrees, okay? so 48 in lawrence, 43 in keene right now. tracking a couple of showers just coming into western new england right now. a couple of stray sprinkles around the route 2 corridor. this is the front that will come through between now and midday. notice between now and mid- morning, we get light showers

in worcester county back through the monadnock region. these will slide east by 8:00, 8:30. 9:30 showers in boston pack up through essex county. a couple of sprinkles back down to the cape and islands. may actually be a brief downpour here through late morning and midday. then the sun comes back out. it's not a bad fall afternoon. sun and clouds, a little breezy and temperatures in the lower 60s. tomorrow, there's another disturbance coming in. notice it's a brief rain shower for us in the morning mixed with snow showers in the mountains of northern new england. it could be a couple of inches in the summit in the northern green mountains and white mountains by the end of saturday. both today and tomorrow, not a washout by any means. a passing shower and behind that, chiley air comes in for sunday -- chilly air comes in for sunday. temperatures don't get out of upper 40s. there will be a good amount of sunshine for highs.

let's take you through tomorrow. mid-50s. 5 to 10 degrees cooler with a brief shower. sunday, look at that, 45 to 50 degrees. i am the bearerch bad news unless you are excited -- bearer of bad news unless you are excited about cold weather. this is the end of the growing season for a lot of us. a couple of spots saturday night into sunday morning as well. so a cold start to next week. we rebound to 50 monday afternoon. 60 on tuesday. mid-60s for the middle part of the week. traffic and weather together, kathryn. let's get a check of the maps right now. you can see there's a couple of slow spots because of construction crews that have been clearing out, but no major problems. just be careful around great plain avenue otherwise it is a speed limit ride for your friday. we'll have another check in a few minutes. an update on the trial of the teen accused of killing his

teacher in danvers. a judge ruled yesterday that phillip chism must undergo a mental evaluation. that means his murder trial is on hold for up to 20 days. he will go for observation and is accused of killing danvers high schoolteacher colleen ritzer in 2014. he is being tried as an adult. a south bridge teacher charged with sending nude photos of himself to a high school student pleads not guilty and is free on bail this morning. police say 23-year-old joseph zuniga sent the pictures to a 17-year-old boy through facebook. a school resource officer overheard students talking about it and told police. two new suspects bombing. the plane blew up in 1988, culling all 259 people on board including nicole bollinger.

from germany for christmas break. the two suspects are in libya. police say they had contact with the only person ever convicted in the attack. the suspects were identified the investigation. it was made by a somerville film-maker whose older brother died in the bombing. bad news pore people receiving social security benefit -- for people receiving social security benefits. there will be no cost of living increase next year. the move affects more than 65 million people across the country. this is only the third time there's been no increase in the past 40 years. the patriots gearing up for their game against the colts on sunday. >> it is a rematch of the afc championship game that launched the whole deflate gate. all week, the pats have downplayed the revenge angle against the colts.

rob gronkowski was asked if he'd like to tell us how he really feels. >> yep, the company line. that's what i give. >> reporter: it's easier? >> easier for sure. keeps me out of trouble. [ laughter ] i mean, that's why i say it. [ laughter ] >> reporter: you don't like trouble? what a surprise. >> keeps me focused on the team i'm playing this week. it's the truth, though. >> meanwhile, runningback dion lewis was limited in practice yesterday. the pats list him with an abdomen injury. >> watch all access for the sights and sounds of last sunday's big win in dallas. starting sunday with patriots game day at 11:30, the pats and colts play in prime time. after the game, don't forget, turn over to wbz for the fifth quarter post game show. >> looking for a big win on sunday night. straight ahead a wbz exclusive.

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foundation to help other amputees, and it is the first gift that's going to a woman who could not be more grateful. hi, bree. >> hi, guys. hillary has never had what she calls a normal looking leg. now she's picking out high life. hillary cohen has a genetic condition that causes tumors to endings. in her case, her right foot. enough's enough. i'm just going to get rid of my leg and continue on living my life the way i want to. >> reporter: two years ago, she amputated her leg at age 24. next week, she gets a special prosthetic leg, thanks to the heather abbott foundation. unlike her current prosthesis, this one will be made for a 3 inch heel. >> i never knew i could feel that good about myself or feel that pretty. >> reporter: hillary never doubted her decision to amputate but found there were few people like her. she also found a kindred spirit

in abbott. >> i wanted the first donation to be to her because i knew how badly she wanted to wear high heels and could relate to how she felt. >> reporter: a prosthesis like that one could cost more than $70,000, and it's not usually covered by insurance. the heather abbott foundation officially launched only six months ago. this is the fist one they've -- first one they've awarded. they have team limb at list. get it? a life-saving play on the ice. arlington police officer michael hogan was playing a hockey league game when a 76- year-old teammate collapsed. officer hogan checked for a pulse and when he didn't feel one, he started cpr then shocked his friend back to life. he says he's no hero. >> police and firefighters are drawn to this job because they want to help people. it's not just me. if there was another cop or

firefighter at the rink, i guarantee you they would have done the same thing. >> officer hogan has been credited with at least two other heroic acts. weeks earlier, he rescued an elderly woman from this burning home. in's a hero. >> yeah. >> he plays it off like it's no big deal. he's a heck of a guy. >> quick thinking. life saver right there. more trouble for fantasy sport sites like draft king or fan duel. >> we look at whether they should be considered gambling. >> a fight continues to save a church in scituate and why parishioners say they aren't backing down. >> calling out sick, just how many people do it and some of the worst excuses that people give. danielle? >> kathryn, temperatures today in the 60s.

we're talking cooler air with brief showers. we'll let you know how cold

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after falling from a roof deck. the details we're learning this morning. >> more troubles for a fantasy sport web site. the thieves trying to shut state's trying to shut them down for good. >> it is 5:30 right now. happy friday. i'm kathryn hauser. >> i'm chris mckinnon. for the third time in 30 seconds, we are pumped about that. >> did you think it was cool this morning? >> a little bit, yeah. >> it's 53 in boston right now. we'll only be in the upper 40s by sunday. >> might have to switch from the iced coffee to the hot coffee. >> that time of year.

notice we're mainly in the 40s and 50s. upper 40s here norwood, lawrence to manchester. god bless you, kathryn. in portsmouth right now, the clouds have been on the increase here. you may get a brief light shower here. they are coming from the berkshires to southern vermont then stretching east towards greenfield, a light shower or two. these will slide east here from the middle and tail end of your morning rush hour. so a spotty shower particularly north and west of boston, sunrise coming up at 6:58. there will be sunshine out this morning. a brief shower, cape and islands midday lunch, breezy right around 60. we should be mostly dry for the remainder of the afternoon, just breezy and cool. the sunset is at 6:01. let's get you on the roads, though, traffic and weather together. chris?

stop and go traffic from route 1 south to route 145. south of town, we're seeing ave. traffic is building up on the expect extra volume. breaking news now. an 18-year-old man is rushed to the hospital after falling three stories from a roof deck. he fell just after midnight. he has serious injuries, but we're told they are not believed to be life- threatening. it's not clear, though what caused the teen to fall. the state of nevada ordering daily fantasy sports sites like draftkings or fan duel to shut down. they are expected to get a license to operate in nevada because they are considered gambling.

despite controversy surrounding the sites, their popularity continues to grow. >> jon keller takes a closer look at whether the sites should be considered gambling. >> reporter: good morning. it's a given with success comes scrutiny and from competitors, challenge. so it's no surprise the nevada gaming control board has ruled the daily fantasy sports games are gambling games, subject to their control and can't do business in nevada unless they get licensed like any other sports. federal law exempting fantasy sports from the ban on internet gambling, but other states can follow nevada's lead if they want, and have i no doubt states that rely heavily -- i have no doubt states that rely heavily on revenues from gambling will do so. there's big money at sake and these sports sites have walked

food right off of their plates. just like the newspaper industry was krimed almost overnight. creative destruction they call it in the economics business. the process in which innovation replaces existing forms of commerce with new ones. if the casino and sports book and lottery businesses somehow thought they were immune from that, they were sadly mistaken. there aren't too many commercial or even social activities you can't perform more easily and chiefly online than in person. so the next time someone claims, oh, people will never get tired of doing "fill in the blank" the way they have always done it think of newspapers, video rental stores and all other businesses undercut by the internet. share your opinion with me. >> we love hearing from you.

help tracking down an arsonist. someone set a car on fire in a driveway on autumn street yesterday morning. it may have been an attempt to burn down the house. the lowell police officer caught sleeping in his cruise hears now resigned. without identifying him, the city manager released a statement saying in part, "his actions were unacceptable and notal rated by the police department or the city of lowell. last week, that officer was photographed sleeping in his cruiser with a pillow. the lowell sun reports he's done it twice before. parishioners holding a round the clock vigil at a scituate church are pleading with the archdiocese to keep it open. earlier this week, the supreme court judicial court ruled they were trespassing. a judge ordered them out. the archdiocese is asking them to respect the court's decision and leave the church which they say, no way.

standing in the reconfiguration crisis. that's very hard to say. we want to make sure that it does stand. >> if the archdiocese doesn't change its position, the parishioners say they will go peacefully, but they are not giving up, and they could file another legal petition in the next two weeks. on average, every american will spend $74 on halloween this year. there are ways to cut down on costs. i'm looking at you, kathryn. >> oh, it's the candy that gets me. >> i know. >> kids will have fun bobbing for apples or playing musical chairs at halloween parties. there's very little overhead costs there. use your carved pumpkins. stock up for next year. >> then you have last year's costumes. >> and the canned pumpkin, you'd better get that now because there will be a shortage. >> $74, though.

by the time you get costumes for the kids. >> and the dog. that's where they get you, pet costumes. up next, it will cost more to send holiday gifts this year. >> the price hike u.p.s. is now rolling out. >> plus, usairways flying off into the sunset. when the airline is set to take its last flight. danielle? >> kathryn, checking in with weather watchers as we always do at this time. good morning to all of the weather watchers. we've had about 20 reports which is awesome. 52 degrees says larry in attleboro. thank to you all of our observers for your constant this time. if you want to join the weather watcher network, we would love to are have you.

welcome back. lucky charms getting a makeover. >> jill has the new york stock exchange with the money watch. happy friday. >> happy friday. after tonight, there will be no more u.s. airways. it is combining with american. travelers shouldn't notice a difference but if you are flying that airline, you should probably get to the airport early.

to send holiday gifts this year. u.p.s. is raising rates starting october 26th. the company says it needs that rate hike to cover the rising labor and equipment costs. and a box of marshmallows? only lucky charms is in the unicorn of cereals. general mills is making 10 all marshmallow boxes. you have to post a photo of yourself holding an imaginary box of lucky charges on facebook, twitter and instagram using hashtag #lucky ten sweepstakes. chris and kathryn, for some reason rapper bismarck biz markey is involved. >> jill, you've got what i need. i love that song. >> it's a great song.

>> we were blasting it in the newsroom this morning. >> thank you very much, jill. >> have a good weekend. >> i was just thinking, only marshmallows? >> i don't think jill liked my singing very much right there. shoe blew me off -- she blew me off totally. [ laughter ] we'll have a look at the day's top stories including mudslides stranding drivers in california. the work's under way to reopen a major highway. >> have you ever made up an excuse to call out of work sick? a new survey is out ranking the worst excuses out there. we want you to weigh in and let us know what you or your co- workers have done.

welcome back at 5:45 right now. a piece of music history selling for more than $200,000 right here in boston. >> this is a rare one-page letter written by mozart that's sold at the boston art auction for $217,000. in the letter, mozart asked his close friend to send a messenger to return three scores of music to him. letters by mozart are among the most desired items from music collectors. >> pretty interesting. >> that's a lot of money for a sentence. >> no kidding, right? so we were talking about fall colors, right? we thought it would be a late start because it was so warm at the beginning of the month.

it's really starting to pop. >> i feel like everything's really coming out here. a lot of northern new england is in peak right now. vibrant colors in dover, new hampshire. thanks to camden for sending this shot in. i love it. a lot of the oranges. it was admittedly delayed a little bit the fist couple of weeks -- the first couple of weeks. we're behind by about a week or two in many spots. we're starting to see near or at peak color here for portions of the route 2 corridor into western new england and past peak in the far north country. i don't know about you, but even in southern new england, you'll be driving and see splashes of color. it's the cool mornings and bright sunshine that helps to bring out that color here. boston. it's warmer right now than we will be for high temperatures sunday afternoon. helps to put it in perspective, in lawrence. we're tracking a couple of showers out there, too, but

right now right into the berkshires with a little bit of light rain. behind it, we get breaks of sunshine and we'll come back out during the course of the afternoon. have the umbrella on stand by between now and mid to late morning. the showers will advance east. still dealing with pockets of rain coming into the city of boston by about 9:00. 10:00 a.m., a couple of showers still across the interior. a few downpours brief on the cape and hours. behind it, the sun does break out. we will see a mostly dry afternoon and evening. tonight into tomorrow, here comes the next disturbance. it's a lot of energy with this one. in the morning, we get some clouds, a brief shower tomorrow mixed with snow showers in the mountains. may see a couple of inches that accumulate in the northern green mountains and northern white mountains as well. this is your typical fall stuff. you see the building clouds

comes back out. sunday highs only top out in the upper 40s and mixed with a couple of clouds on cape cod. sunday into monday we're talking about the coldest air of the season thus far. 63, look at that. upper 50s, keene, jaffrey, fitchburg about 51. shore. tonight partly cloudy. 47 but upper 30s in the suburbs. high temperatures tomorrow only top out in the mid-50s. head of the charles is a tough row for the rowers out there. a gusty west wind tomorrow and a northwest breeze on sunday. if you are going to the head of the charles and want to dress warmly for that, by monday morning, a freezing start in the upper 20s for many of us rebounding to 50 and a warming trend 60s for the middle part of the week. kathryn? >> thank you, danielle. the roads are filling out already this morning. we're seeing stop and go

between the logan express station and it's slow between 495 and again at montvale avenue. the search is on this morning for a possible serial rapist. >> plus, a new battle for a fantasy sport site like fan dual or draftkings. >> reporter: i'm susie steimle live outside draftkings headquarters in boston, which has just been shut down in the state of nevada as has its rival site fan duel. that's because nevada has determined that both fantasy sports sites are running gambling operations. this goes against what draftkings and fan dual has said from the beginning. they claim that this is a skill-based game, not gambling. nevada disagrees and has ceased operations for both sites. coming up at 6:00, you'll hear from both companies and how this could impact draftkings

live in boston, susie steimle, wbz this morning. haverhill police and the atf make a big bust arresting 19 people and getting 15 guns off the street. they found assault rifles and handguns plus narcotics zone. 27 people have been charged as part of the investigation, which continues. good morning. i'm nicole jacobs live at brockton police headquarters where police are investigating multiple sexual assaults that date back from 2013 and 2014. i want to get you right to a sketch of a man police would like to question related to these crimes. he's believed to be in his 20s about 6 feet tall. he has been seen driving a dark colored sports car in the downtown brockton area, and police also believe he may have ties to the easton area. needless to say, residents are very concerned. you'll hear from some of them coming up at 6:00.

nicole jacobs, wbz this morning. flash floods brought huge mudslides to california. hundreds of drivers were stuck in the mud on interstate 5 north of los angeles. 30 miles of interstate and even more back roads are shut down. mud is up to 5 feet deep in some spots, even burying homes. the powerful storm brought hail and heavy rain. the ground is severely dry from drought and wildfires in recent years which quickly triggered the mudslides. nba and reality star lamar odom remains on life support after an apparent drug overdose at a nevada brothel. his ex-wife chloe kardashian is telling the brothel's owner to stop speaking out, but he insists he's just trying to protect his business. and this clutch home run night. they play the chicago cubs in

tomorrow night. >> how about them mets, huh? we're talking about when "daily talker." >> how often do we do it and what are the unique reasons or downright bad reasons for why people call in. according to career builder, a third of employees were being honest when they called in. on the flip side, 54% of workers were sick but still went to work. it gets into the unique excuses people have given. take a look at this employee who was stuck under the bed. the employee said his wife put all of his underwear in the washer and perhaps this one, one of my favorites, the employee claimed his grandmother poisoned him with ham. >> how about that? >> those are unique indeed, yeah. outright strange, too. marie on facebook writes "one

of our employees called and said her boyfriend died. to work." angie writes "i told my boss i was stuck on the roof with my dog because the fire alarm went roof." you. don't forget the hashtag #wbz facebook page. we'll have more of those amazing comments coming up at 6:30. >> angie, don't go to the roof. >> the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire. >> that's why you don't go up there. >> i know. it's friday, right? we're revisiting some of the biggest stories in the last week. >> we'll have a look back at the week that was.

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we welcome guests in the studio and everything in between. >> here's a look back at the week that was. >> hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced off while the party's three lesser known candidates stopped to face time. >> firefighter accused of attacking a man at a brookline restaurant. >> we both picked a nice day off yesterday. i had inside information. >> i give all credit to pamela guard. >> thanks. >> a woman sued her 12-year-old nephew over a hug. >> i'm not the only person who thought this stories could

concocted by the onion. >> a south bridge teacher accused of sending obscene pictures to a student. >> sorry about my cough drop breath. >> it's okay. you had red yesterday. that was more pungent. >> the faberge egg, when you open it up, is there a chocolate egg inside? >> temperatures, oh, my goodness there is a huge fly. i can't take it. [ laughter ] >> why does this always happen to me? >> that was so funny. you can't help when it's live tv. >> that's just the way it goes. keep it right here to wbz this morning.