a man shot and police say he was murdered by a family member. plus, a stabbing at a cambridge cemetery. and she was arrested for bringing her son to boston's children hospital. why the pennsylvania mother says she has no regrets. hey, good morning everybody. thank you for joining us. it's also patriot's game day. they face the jets today. and we are live at the stadium

good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. so i was just saying that it's now. the clouds have actually helped us out a little bit. it's kept our temperature up just a little bit this morning. we are in the 40s right now and we are dry for now. although i am tracking a couple showers that will move in toward the middle and the end of the morning. 52 degrees for pre-game tailgating here. and a few showers, tracking east. there may be a brief sprinkle around at kick-off. but no soaking rain today. and there may be a couple late out. it will be breezy and mild with lower 60s. notice the temperatures too. 40s to 50s on in the cape and islands. a little bit of light rain pushing into worcester county. and a few downpours in new york

it moves into new england over the next several hours. watch what happens between now and late morning. by 2:00 p.m., just around kick- off, just after that, mostly sunshine. and through the remainder of the afternoon, we get clearing skies that come in from today. so yeah, a couple wet spots this morning. but overall, not a bad day. and looks like for any pre-game tailgate, a shower or two. and then it's out of here for game time. >> oh, yeah, no problem. thank you so much. hoping for the w today. a murder in hyde park. a man shot to death and police say a family member killed him. police dispatcher. niece. >> reporter: boston police remained on guard outside a hyde park home saturday night, the scene of a family shooting

earlier in the day. investigators telling wbz news a woman shot her own you think until the head. he later died. >> on arrival, we have a male in his 40s suffering from a gunshot wound to the hand. it looks like it's clearly domes in -- clear domestic in nature. >> reporter: investigators looked for the suspect. early saturday even, she was arrested. she worked for boston police for nine years as a communications equipment operator before resigning in 2012. a source describing her as a problem employee. >> we consider her obviously armed and dangerous. >> reporter: before the arrest, police launched a state-wide just after the shooting, they cover indoors. >> my car in the driveway and i

saw police. and i few of them have guns in their hand. and we rushed inside. one of them yelled, stay inside. so we went inside and tried to stay safe. >> reporter: as of late last night, the name of the victim still has had been released but the victim is the uncle of the suspect who is now under arrest. the exact motive remains a mystery. in hyde park, wbz this morning. investigators are trying to figure out what caused a small plane to crash. the small single engine plane crashed into trees on the airport grounds. the pilot was the only person onboard. a construction worker nearby saw the plane go down. >> just saw a plane crash. looked like it was right above the trees and it went up a little bit and then spun over, like almost upside down and

we heard it like crash and bang. >> the victim has been identified as gary weller of putnam, connecticut. cambridge police are searching for two suspects this morning accused of stabbing a man friday night near a cemetery. police say the victim is was walking by north cambridge catholic cemetery just before 9:00 when the suspects tried to rob him. when he resisted, he was stabbed to the back. the victim wasn't able to get a good look at the suspects another than they were black men in dark clothing. had he was taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay. a marshfield mother is under arrest accused of driving cape. and her 6-year-old daughter was in the car at the time. police got word that the 35- year-old may have been driving drunk. minutes later, a car struck a bystanders helped get the 6- year-old out of the car. she suffered minor injuries. police were able to pull the

fire got out of hand. the pennsylvania mom who triggered an amber alert by driving her baby to boston is now speaking about her story. tiffany cherry was arrested when she arrived in massachusetts. cherry says she was doing what she thought was best for her son. >> i would do anything for my children. the get my son the best care, to get my son the best care. and i would -- children and to get my son the best care. and i would do the it again. everything in me told me, tiffany, go. get your baby to boston children's hospital. >> reporter: it all start when had tiffany was told by a nurse practitioner at an emergency clinic he was severely dehydrated and he must be admitted to an emergency room for further care. >> i wasn't comfortable with the standard of care my child was receiving. >> reporter: so she drove 4.5 hours to boston's children's hospital.

>> he was at boston children's hospital to have issues with his esophagus and low blood. the dehydration came from a nurse practitioner. >> reporter: she admits to being in the trouble with the law in the past but says the amber alert never should have been issued. >> the pennsylvania authorities jumped the gun. >> reporter: she posted bail last week but she no longer has custody of her children. she has suffered a devastating loss when her first child was stillborn and she says she's extra protective of her kids. >> it hurt. it hurt. >> reporter: fortunately, he is feeling better and is currently at boston children's hospital. saved my child's life. >> reporter: and now she just arms. >> i deserve them back. and they deserve me. they deserve their mommy. >> reporter: tiffany is due back in court on monday.

still to come on wbz this morning, police say they were plotting to the shoot their classmates. the teens now facing charges. but first, focus on iowa. why bill clinton says his wife would be more than a great president. plus, you can't get to new england for the fall, fall can come to you. how much people are willing to pay for our leaves. could be your lucky day. take a look at the winning

good morning. welcome back. we have a few scattered showers out there. and just now starting to approach worcester at this time. as they move into the boston area, they're going to fall apart. a few sprinkles left over and

then becoming partly sunny this afternoon. high temperatures right around 60 degrees. the wind picks up from the south and then if the west later today. but quite a comfortable temperatures. cooler temperatures coming up in a bit. >> thank you so much. hollywood mourns the the passing of a legendary actress. she was best known for her role in miracle on 34th street. she died yesterday of natural causes. she starred in films with leading men such as james stewart and john wayne. she passed away in her sleep at her home in boise, idaho. she was 95 years old. campaign 2016. the focus is shifting to iowa with the caucuses less than 100 days away. hillary rodham clinton held a big rally in des moines yesterday with her husband as the headline act. it's the former president's

>> the american people in the last six weeks have learned a lot about hillary. what she's for, why she's running and what kind of president she would be. [ applause ] >> and if they watched "saturday night live," they know she's a pretty good bartender too. you held me down but i got up already brushing off the dust >> yep, pop star katy perry campaigned with the clintons yesterday. she wore that red, white and blue outfit with an american flag cape. she is a big supporter of hillary rodham clinton. her song "roar" is the theme song at many campaign events. the latest des moines register poll has ben carson leading with 28% of the vote. that's a jump of 10 points since the last pole. and trump was second with 19%, down 4% from the previous poll.

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enjoy the beautiful fall colors we have here in new england but there's a website to help spread the love. shipfoliage.com will send you authentic new england foliage for $19.99. it includes three leaves preserved but the company says they'll last for years. these are the same guys who went out during the snowstorm and bottled up snow and shipped snow. >> are people really buying into that? >> apparently. >> wow. i wish i would have thought about it. >> yeah, i know right? >> all the leaves i collected as a child. >> we would be rich. >> yeah, we would. >> oh, well. i'll just talk about the foliage instead and hopefully you can have a chance to get outside and enjoy it. the colors are brilliant, even around boston right now. moderate color reported. past peak conditions for our friends in vermont, new hampshire and up in maine near or at peak in metro west. and low color reported on the cape and islands and. the weather will cooperate, at

least later this afternoon in the lakes and mountains. to the north, 53 degrees after early morning showers becoming partly sunny and comfortable and temperatures for hiking you might be doing. doppler radar, we do have rain pushing through. the good news, it's going to dry up as things progress to the southeast and moving towards boston and for the big game. the few showers starting to push in to worcester but they're extremely light at this time. maybe a few sprinkles. that's all i experienced on my drive in this morning. heavier showers to the north and west of us. and as the whole line tracks to the east, it will fizzle out in our hour-by-hour forecast. at 9:00 a.m., still showers around the boston area but as things progress to the south and east, by 10:30, that line starts to fall apart. brief shower between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

things out, sprinkles linger. kick-off is officially 1:00 p.m. 1:30, 30, maybe a left over sprinkle but a great evening for u nice and dry. and overnight tonight, we clear things out again, keeping things on the cooler side compared to last night. temperatures starting off rather mild, 50s, 40s. 50 degrees in boston. and 49 degrees in lawrence. but on our way to 62 degrees for the patriot's forecast. early showers and drying out. keep the rain gear for the have. me. hour-by-hour forecast, 50s noon, 58 degrees. 60 degrees by 2:00 p.m. mid-60s. and west. and lows tonight back in the 30s. and a frosty start for some of our friends in manchester, up there in new hampshire as temperatures fall around the freezing mark.

have cooler air on the way before a warm-up. today, 52. monday, 60 degrees. tuesday, 53. some sunshine. wednesday 56 and looks like we will keep some rain chances actually in the forecast wednesday into thursday. back to you. >> all right. thank you so much. on the health watch this morning, the new sign-up season for coverage under the affordable care act begins november 1st. but you can start looking into health care plans this week on healthcare.gov. the upgraded website features a new calculator that estimates total cost based on medical needs. the tax penalty for people had who remain uninsured next year taxable income. it's a devastating and mysterious disease affecting children and even with one very distinctive symptom, you can

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they include rapid eye movement, speech impairment and sleep disturbances. >> it's a serious disease. it's generally a chronic condition and generally has relapses. >> reporter: a condition that eden is now managing with an injection every other day. >> she's amazing. >> she's a fighter. >> the most strong-willed -- >> show me how you dance. >> reporter: and now four years old, eden is back on her feet, dancing and running and inspiring her parents to spread awareness about the rare disease. >> she wants to take on the world and she did you want let anything stop her. so i give her credit for that. >> reporter: it's estimated that about 200 children across the country have the disease the. the doctor says more research is needed to truly understand oms and find new and more effective treatments. wbz news. up next, a man with a bizarre mask inside whole foods but he was leaving things, not taking them.

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welcome back. it is sunday, october 25th. pamela gardner is here with the forecast this morning. a little bit of rainout there. >> yep, just a few showers starting to push in to worcester county right now. and those showers will continue to push to the east at this time. bringing us the chance for a spotty shower or a sprinkle but another than that, most of the afternoon will actually be dry. we just have is to get through the next few hours. so here in worcester, extremely light rain. i would be surprised if a lot of this is even hitting the ground because dry air is in massachusetts. but more showers to the north and west of us. and heavier pockets of rain along the cold front. once the front moves in, it will trigger additional shower development. but 9:00 a.m., we will go through, you can see the showers fall apart. and we become partly sunny later today and we have plenty of dry opportunities by 1:00, the patriot's game, looks like

two but nothing we can't handle. 58 degrees by 1:00 on the way to the high of 60 degrees and a dry evening for you, 54 degrees. in just a bit, we will be live from the stadium with the full patriot's forecast. >> all right. thank you so much. right now, a quick check of our top stories. a former boston police dispatcher has been arrested for murder. police say the 36-year-old evon lewis shot had her you think until the head in hyde park. the man later died. she worked for boston police for nine years before resigning. investigators are still looking for a motive in this case. investigators are also trying to figure out what caused a small plane to crash just minutes after taking off from worcester airport. the pilot gary weller of connecticut was killed. he was the only person onboard. a marshfield mother is under arrest accused of driving drunk and crashing her car on the cape. her 6-year-old daughter was in the car at the time. the car slammed into a pole on

route 28 and caught fire. bystanders were able to pull the child to safety. and police rescued her mom, a 35-year-old. a driver who had only had her license for a month slammed into a medford business. the suv plowed into the hockey store yesterday morning. police say the 44-year-old driver was alone in the car. no word on her condition. and inspectors say the building is safe and is not in danger of collapsing. calls for kindness and peace in the memory of a young marathon bombing victim. bridgewater state university has launched the peace flag project. people from all over have been designing flags to hang at the university in honor of martin richard who was killed in the marathon bombing. martin's parents both attended bridgewater state. a toddler is among the four people killed when an accused drunk driver plowed into a

we have more on this tragedy. >> reporter: victims were treated in the middle of main street after a car plowed into a parked police motorcycle and then crashed into a crowd of spectators at a high rate of speed a few blocks from campus. >> we can hear a little screaming and sounded like a vehicle acceleratorring and luckily this car hit a big pole. >> reporter: at least four people were killed. dozens more were injured. some victims were air lifted to city. >> the oklahoma state homecoming parade is probably one of the most wholesome, happy events in the country. and to have it viled like this terrible tragedies. >> reporter: a 45-year-old resident is in jail -- a 25- year-old resident is in jail charged with driving under the the influence. >> we treat these as we would with any homicide investigation.

it will probably take several days to get additional information. >> reporter: the homecoming game was played as scheduled with stadium flags at half staff and a moment of silence in honor of the victims. cbs news. in another news now, -- in other news now, two the teenage boys are under arrest this morning accused of plotting to kill their classmates. investigators say they were planning to call in a bomb threat at their virginia high school and then shoot people as they evacuated. a school resource officer was tipped off about the violent plans and arrested a 17-year- old student earlier this month. the investigations then led to the arrest of a 15-year-old student on friday. both are now charged with conspiracy to commit murder. >> police investigation did reveal that the youths had access to firearms. >> the students are now being held without bond. and a tennessee state university, police are still searching for whoever shot and killed a 19-year-old man during a fight on campus.

three students were hurt in the shooting but all are now home from the hospital. the victim was not a student. parts of texas are being pounded by rain today from what is left of hurricane patricia. the downpours are expected to last all morning and already roads are flooded. a train has derailed from the tracks. still to come on wbz this morning, it's the not even halloween but in one town, christmas. it's coming a little early. the little boy that has the whole community celebrating the holiday two months early. first though, in sport, the offensive weapon the patriots will be pulling out today. another live look at the stadium. we will be back with the game

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good morning everyone. you will never hear him complain about anything, especially if it's something he can't control and looks anything close to an excuse. that's why he didn't say anything about the patriots have a bye in week four. but three weeks later you can see why having a bye would be more beneficial. several ruled out.

and eight others questable for today's game. but there's some possible good news ahead as the wide receiver was activated to the 53 man roster yesterday meaning he could make his season debut this afternoon. to do. >> especially when you come here on monday and watch the game and you see tom throwing the ball 40, 50 times. and you know if he threw the ball 50 time, you would catch the ball at least eight or nine of those times. i feel like if i can run around a little bit, i can play. but it's bill's decision. he wanted me back 100% and i had to wait to get to 100. >> on the other side of the ball, the secondary was a major question mark coming into the season. but he has been his usual stellar self. he sat down for a one on one on patriot's game day.

here, we go there, never an easy game. we're going to get their best shot. it's a divisional game. it's the jets verses the patriots and that's the easiest way to explain it. neither team wants to lose. i don't care, you know, if we're 2-3 and they're 5-0, it doesn't matter. you don't want to lose to those guys. so we're expecting a long island game. we're expecting a good game. >> and wbz has you covered. kick-off at 1:00 followed by our 5th quarter post-game show. and college football yesterday. the eagles. jeff smith pressured here, lineman. and the only person who is going to tackle him is the teammate in the end zone. the eagles down 14-0. but they didn't give up. the special teams stepped up and made a big play. scooped up here.

and the eagles cut the lead to 14-7 louisville at the time. 4th quarter, in the red zone, eight yards in and boy did he get met at the goal line. he would not return. bc trailed by three. and the louisville with eight sacks in the game including this one to steal the win. the eagles lose another close one. hear hosting prince on the. this one was close -- harvard hosting prince on the. throws back across the field. he makes the grab from his knee. and second half and it was all crimson. a great day, throwing for 437- yards and two score, this one to fisher who had 10 catches for 190-yards and a touchdown. and then the capper, smith from three yards out. harvard improves to 6-0 scoring the final points in a win over the tigers. the crimson have won 20 straight. and umass.

a lead over the 19th rank tolido yesterday at gillette stadium. the 50-yard run for the score and things look good. but the rockets dominated enroute to a win over the minutemen. and the bruins unvailed their jerseys they'll wear for the winter classic january 1st. should be an awesome sight to see, 75,000 fans watching one of the the greatest rivalries on new year's day. and the bruins back in action. season wednesday. and they waive two players yesterday, to get down to the roster limit. enjoy the pats. all covered for you right here i'm dan roche. can a carrot kill you? the charges a middle school fight. light rain moving in. the good news, it's not going

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just about 5:47 now. a middle school student in virginia could face assault and battery charges after tossing a baby carrot at her teacher. her mom says the 14-year-old has been out of school for a month after launching the vegetable in the hallway. it hit the teacher in the forehead. her mom says it was all a joke but not everyone saw it that way. >> i don't understand the whole thing. she was playing. yes, it happened. they would have called and said, oh, she's in trouble. she got a couple days in school, maybe even a day or two out of school but this has gone beyond that. we've got court. she's charged, not small charges. assault and battery with a weapon. >> the school has declined to comment about the carrot case. it is just about 5:48 now.

for a look at the weather. it is not too bad out there but we have a little bit of rain on the way. >> oh, yes, of course. a few showers in time for the patriot's big game. and the few showers are starting to push in but for now, it's looking okay. so we will go out to gillette stadium. and is it sprinkling yet there? >> reporter: no sprinkles yet. the skies are cloudy and that's actually helped to keep our temperature up just a little bit. so not that cold as well. it's been busy behind me. i know it's early but some of the crews have been out here painting the lines and painting the numbers on and getting ready for game day, 1:00 p.m. for kick-off. if you are coming out here to gillette. we are seeing low temperatures in the 50s to start the game. and the showers come in between now and late morning. do anticipate wet weather if you're coming out to tailgate. generally light rain. so not a pouring down. between late morning and

just cloudy by the time we get to midday and for kick-off, maybe just a brief sprinkle left over. so we're talking about breaks in sunshine that come out late in the day as the cold front comes in. we get a drying wind behind it. and notice that by h -- by, 4 :00, 5:00, partial clearing. a few showers for tailgating and 58 for kick-off. otherwise, breezy and mild. and lower 60s this afternoon. so turning into an above average day. how does it look for the rest of the week? >> it's looking good. a dry start to the work week. but for now, temperatures are really, really mild. in the 50s and 40s depending on where you are here. we have the clouds overnight trapping some of the day the time heating and therefore running warmer in all locations compared to this time yesterday. yesterday it was a frosty start to your morning. and not the case for today.

boston, 11 degrees warmer compared to yesterday. hour-by-hour forecast, up to 57 degrees by 10:00. 61 degrees by 2:00. and after noon, 2:00, that's when we expect the rain to move out of the boston area. what little shower chance we have. highs in the low to mid-60s. upper 50s to the north and west here. but a beautiful day all around. and warmer than normal. average highs should be 59 degrees this time of the year. just a touch above it. overnight, partial clearing, lows dipping into the upper 30s and some lower 30s expected in the northwestern parts of new england. the seven-day forecast will keep us dry once we get the rainout of here by this afternoon. monday, 53 and sunshine. 55 degrees, more sunshine for tuesday. and not bad, a gradual warm-up. wednesday 58. and rain chances. and we could see some widespread soaking rain which we really, really need. hopefully we get it and it doesn't ruin any plans you might have.

friday, back into the 50s. and halloween, looking all dry but you might need a coat over the costume. so hurricane patricia -- blah, weather trivia time, hurricane do you think? >> strongest hurricane on >> bam. look at that. did she text you? >> no, i pay attention to the >> awesome. >> there you go. >> thank you so much. here in boston, we are in full-on halloween mode. but in one canadian community, they're breaking out the christmas decorations. it's for a very good reason. >> reporter: in the village of st. george, it's beginning to

store windows are decorated and the siblings are providing the carols. this community can't wait because one of their own may not make it to december. >> you're amazing. >> reporter: van is 7. and he has been battling an inoperable brain tumor since before his 2nd birthday. had he is now blind in one eye and gets tired easily. is a joy. treatments. and he has lived with the consequences of what the tumor has done to his speech and mobility. journey for evan. >> reporter: what do you do when you're told your child may not live to see christmas? if you're nicole, you ask family and friends to celebrate early. but when someone put the request on facebook, the christmas spirit exploded.

to go past our immediate family. so the fact that he's getting, you know, presents and christmas cards if around the world, we are so humbled. >> reporter: and around the corner from the family home, final preparations are underway on floats for tonight's santa claus parade, 25 will wind their way through the neighborhood. >> they told me this morning that they had over 240 applications for floats. and the macy's day parade has 200 floats some that's a perspective of the amount of support that people are trying to give evan. >> reporter: the spirit of give is alive and well. all for a boy many haven't met but whose story has touched them all. >> i hope this has brought people closer. i hope that people know to believe in miracles, to know that a small community, you know, has proven just how extraordinary people are. >> wow. just wow.

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