. breaking news, police looking for a luxury car. a neighborhood rocked by a home explosion. the search for a cause and what crews are doing to make sure other homes are safe. back to work for the patriots from the jets to the dolphins. new england preparing for a quick turn around.

morning. we like a new set here. it's nice. >> i can see every detail. that will wake you up on a monday morning. temperatures cooler than this the dew point 30 degrees. the winds from the north the now. 38 nashua. 39 worcester. 32 degrees in keene this morning. skies mostly clear as well. we're in for a quiet day today and a pretty nice fall day as well. sunshine this morning right around 40 for your morning ride. sunrise coming up at 7:10 this morning. it will be about 51 for lunch time today. bright and cool, a northerly breeze. about 5 to 10 miles per hour. temperatures will end up being a little cooler than they should be for this time of the year. clear and quiet for your ride hope. sunset at 5:46. we have rain to talk about for the middle part of the week. details on that coming up in

just a few minutes. >> thank you very much. we begin with breaking news. police are investigating a hit and run in saugus. >> we're told the driver after mercedes took off from the scene. nicole is live. what are the clues the dpriefer -- the driver left behind? >> reporter: we're here along route 1 where the scene has long cleared but it happened around 10:00, in the 10:00 hour last night. a significant crash happened here. i want to get you to some video. the details are few and far between. according to state police, a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle that did not stop. we're told the victim was transported from the scene with life threatening injury, unconscious and not breathing. authorities believe they are looking for a red mercedes-benz that will have damage. again, they say some parts of

i did speak with someone at the state police barracks a short time ago. they have not located that vehicle. they're still looking for it and they have not been able to give an update on that victim's condition, but anyone with information on this crash is urged to contact police. >> nicole, thank you. we follow a developing story in canada as well. a whale watching boat sinks killing five people. it happened off vancouver island in british columbia. 27 people were on the boat and 21 were rescued. one person is still missing. crews spent the night searching the water. 4:33. investigators are trying to figure out what caused this home to explode in hawnton. the home on -- taunton. the home on christine lane was almost instantly engulfed in flames. it might have been a gas

a woman who arrivals there escaped -- who lives there escaped just in time. she lives on the upper floor but got out in time. >> they saw the owner frantically running down the street screaming for help. assisted her. the house went up in flames in minutes. within 40 minutes the roof caiived in. >> crews say -- caved in. >> crews say it's a miracle nobody got hurt. they checked the line and the rest of the street to make sure it's safe. a mother will be in court today to defend herself against accusations she ignored doctor's orders to put other son in danger. she triggered an amber alert whether she drove her son to boston's children's hospital but has no regrets. >> everything in me told me, steph any, go -- tiffany, go. get your baby to boston

>> against medical advice she didn't take her 2-month-old center. >> i wasn't comfortable with the standard of care my child >> reporter: instead she drove four and a half hours away to a hospital she trusted. >> he was found at boston children's hospital to have issues with his esophagus and low blood so the severe dehydration came from a nurse practitioner who looked at my son for ten seconds and didn't the have a clue what he had. longer has custody. to boston. now out on bond, she insists an amber alert was unwarranted. >> the pennsylvania authorities jumped the gun. >> reporter: she says she's protective of her kid because her first child was stillborn in 2009. now she wants her two living children back in her arms.

>> it hurts. it hurts. >> reporter: today's hearing is a chance for her to regain custody of her children. she still faces two charges of child endangerment in pennsylvania. three men are due in court accused of making meth inside a burlington hotel. the three men were arrested friday night at the son nest take suites after a tip from hotel employees there. one of the suspects was seen wearing an ankle bracelet and acting suspiciously. they found a large apartment of meth inside the hotel room and plastic bags were covering the smoke detectors. massachusetts leaders will take part in a panel of opioid addiction tonight. the panel will be held at the edward m. kennedy institute moderated by wbz political analyst jon keller. the discussion will focus on efforts to fight the state's growing oip joyed over-- opiod overdose problems.

inside a shop were rushed to hospital after a woman drove through. >> she was obviously stunned, not aware of what just happened. she had to be extricated from the vehicle and transported to the hospital and the employee as well was quite stunned. he's working one minute and being struck the next. >> police say the store wasn't very busy at the time. boat the driver and the employee are expected to be okay. the patriots jetting right back to work this morning. up next for them, the miami dolphins on thursday night football. give the pats a little time to celebrate sunday's win over the jets. all the action happened right here on wbz. down 20-16 in the 4th quarter. brady there on the crucial 3rd and 6th. put the pats up 23-20. pats would get the ball back. brady reading the blitz finding. the pats are now 6-0 to start

>> typical hard fought game against new york and it's always good to come out on top. it's been a long way to go, short turn around, get ready in a hurry now for miami but it's good to get a win here today. the players did a good job playing through this week after a couple tough road games. they laid it out there today when they had to. i'm proud of the way we played. >> they'll host the miami dolphins thursday night at gillette right here on wbz. patriots game day starts at 7:00. tom brady's biggest fans catching the jepts game at gillette as well -- jets game at gillette as well.

donald trump holding an early event as he faces mounting competition in the polls. >> joe biden's first tv interview about the difficult decision not to run for the white house. the 60 minutes interview including what biden is saying about his political future. >> plus, your eyes aren't deceiving you here. you might see more of these colorful pumpkins when you take your kids trick or treating. we'll tell you why coming up. pick up your favorite pumpkin-flavored baked treats and beverages, like the new pumpkin macchiato

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and reach for the one you deserve. well can back. 4:42 on your monday morning. the new smart mugs that can keep your coffee hot and facebook taking steps to prevent battery drain. we have today's money watch. >> good morning. american airlines plans to take on low budget airlines like spirit. american will be offering less expensive, no frills fares starting next year. they'll be nonrefundable and they won't allow changes of any kind. today microsoft opens the first flagship store in new york city. a glass front located on an upscale section of 5th avenue.

tablets and phones and even get tech support. facebook admits its app was draining your iphone battery or smartphone batteries. now a fix. facebook has released a new version ofity app. it made the change after an outcry from users. they found the app was draining the battery even when they weren't using it. and if you're making your coffee to go this morning, a way to keep it hot. check out new smart mug from the company ember. it's a built in heating system. you can set the temperature with the dial. it should be available next april. $129. if you're like me, you love hot coffee, it could be worth it. >> oh, my gosh, that's a great idea. too bad it's not out for christmas. >> the next thing we should get the cooling mug. >> you're the ice coffee guy. morning folks, it would be a great gift. appreciate it. we have to get a check of our weather. definitely chilly as we head

it wasn't so bad yesterday morning. we had the showers, danielle. then a little chillier. >> the skies cleared out so we've been able to cool off. at least the weather is quiet to start our week. today and tomorrow, although tomorrow some high thin wispy clouds will be on the increase. we have an area of low pressure. actually some of the remnants of what was hurricane patricia. this is going to move in on wednesday. so the clouds thicken up. rain arrives and lasts to early thursday and tapers off to showers. looks like the steadiest rain is wednesday evening and night. trick or treaters. we're talking about temperatures in the 40s. looks like a blend of sun and clouds, clearing skies as we head through the overnight hours on saturday as well. 38 nashua. 30 in keene. depends on where you are. temperatures a little on the cool side. skies are clear as you're stepping out early this morning. you zoom the view out and the clouds do increase through the mid-atlantic and then you run into some rain.

flash flooding risk continues across the gulf coast states all the way from the florida panhandle back up to mississippi today. this area of low pressure is the rep nantz moisture from pa -- remnant moisture from patricia. it will work up along this front and impact us by the middle part of the week. for now high pressure is building in. that means quiet weather today, mostly sunny skies. another nice day tomorrow although some of the wispy clouds will be on the increase. you'll notice them a bit. wednesday morning will be dry but notice this. the rain advancing in during the afternoon on wednesday. we'll fall steadily and at times heavily wednesday evening and night and eventually push out of here early on thursday. it will be mild, too. temperatures will come up around 70 by thursday afternoon. highs today, though, a little cooler than average.

52 in boston. 37 in boston but notice some of upper 20s. there will abscattered frost tomorrow -- will be a scattered frost tomorrow morning as well. little bit. we'll be about 3, 4 degrees the overnight hours. oh, no, guys, i forgot my seven- how bad is that? basically rain comes in for the middle part of the week. happy monday. >> it's a monday. welcome back. donald trump takes his campaign to new hampshire today. he's holding -- [ inaudible ] the latest poll shows him with a commanding lead in new hampshire but the same poll shows him tied with ben carson in iowa. we're learning more about vice president joe biden's decision not to enter the race. >> it's his first division

he told norah o'donnell on "60 minutes" in the end he wasn't emotionally up to it. >> is it you think you couldn't win or that you didn't want to run? >> i couldn't win. i'll be very blunt. >> part of the reason vice president joe biden says he couldn't win is that his heart was never going to be fully involved in what would have been his third run for the white house. >> it just takes time. and until you get there, you know it's not an appropriate thing to throw your -- by the way, you can't run for president unless you throw your >> the vice president's son beau died last may after a long run with cancer. >> some wrote that beau said dad, you have to run and there was this hollywood moment. happened. >> reporter: biden says this over daily. run. >> i think i was disappointed. president. >> reporter: in the end biden

says he feels like he made the right call. >> any parent listening who's lost a child knows that you can't -- it doesn't follow schedules and primaries and caucuses and contributors and the like. it just -- and everybody grieves at a different pace. >> vice president biden also told 60 minutes he will never run for political office again. halloween came early for a boy in new hampshire who was going to miss trick or treating because of medical treatments. he had a brain tomb are removed earlier this year. he needs to undergo chemotherapy tomorrow so his neighborhood decided to move halloween up so he could get some trick or treating in first. you might see some unusual looking pumpkins trick or treating this weekend. some families will be putting out teal colored pumpkins to show they'll be offering non- candied treats. this way kids with food allergies can take part in the

about things like peanuts, milk, or soy. the teal pumpkin project is the top of our daily talk. tell us about what you think of the idea. tweet us with the hashtag wbz taste talker. we'll read your comments ahead at 5:00. searching for answers in a murder in hyde park. >> a former boston police dispatcher accused of killing her uncle heads to court this morning. >> also ahead, new advice for soon to be moms. what a new study says about

4:52. our top stories police are searching for a hit-and-run driver in saugus. the victim was hit around 10:00 on route 1 southbound. the person was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. investigators are searching for a red mercedes that should have damage to it. parts of that car were left at the scene. also a developing story in canada. a whale watching boat sinks killing five people. this morning one person is still missing. the boat sank off vancouver island in british, columbia.

27 people were on board when call. a dispatcher accused of killing her uncle is expected in court. 36-year-old yvonne lewis was arrested in peabody hours after clyde francis was shot in the saturday night. a motive for the murder is still a mystery. >> it's total shock. he was very playful. he was loving. he was tender, kind, true. >> lewis worked for boston police for nine years as a communications equipment 2012. a dorchester man is due in court today charged in an armed assault in the fenway neighborhood. boston police say a woman was attacked and thrown to the ground near park drive early yesterday morning as the suspect attempted to steal her purse. when the victim fought back, police say the attacker slashed her with a knife. police arrested the suspect, 53-

the woman is expected to be okay. a instruct -- structural engineers are trying to decide if this commercial building in medford needs to be torn down after a roof partially collapsed there. a large section of that roof caved in with debris falling inside. it once housed a dry cleaner but is now vie cants. more people in boston -- vacant. more people in boston are getting to work on bikes. the u.s. census bureau shows the number of bike commuters have tripled in the past decade. an estimated 8100 people peddled themselves to work last year. mass general hospital says medication mistakes during surgeries are surprisingly high. the globe reports researchers in the anesthesiology department observed surgeries and found errors were much higher than previously reported. one of almost 300 surgeries -- three of the mistakes were considered life threatening. women in labor have long been told to avoid eating because new study says food

could actually be a good thing for moms to be. doctors say it's because both the baby and mom will have more energy in the end. the concern has been that food would cause complications if a woman needs to have a c- section. but researchers found that improvements in anesthesia make that much less of a concern now. new recommend daigs this morning from the american academy of pediatrics to make youth football safer, this after another high school football player died from injuries he suffered during the game. the aap is now calling for stricter enforcement of proper tackling rules with zero tolerance for head burst hits and expanding nontackling leads. jimmy fallon recovering from yet another injury. it happened during a night of celebration in cambridge. the tonight show host was in town on saturday to receive a humor award from the harvard lampoon. he hurt his hands when he turned around and tripped over

he was taken to mass general. this comes just four months after he needed emergency surgery to save one of his fingers after another fall and fallon put this picture on instagram saying nothing that a few band aids couldn't fix. >> he's got to be careful. those hands. >> delicate. made of glass. just ahead, there's a new superhero in town. >> super girl flies on country tonight.

welcome back. cbs's new show "supergirl" takes to the skies tonight. >> melissa plays supergirl grows up with a foster family and uses her superhuman abilities to protect earth. you can watch it at 8:00 tonight right here on wbz. critics are loving this show. >> they got a lot of good reviews. if i could stay up late. >> 8:00 is late for us, guys. we're old, old people. we have weather and traffic straight ahead. >> the news at 5:00 starts now. we start with breaking news at 5:00. a hit and run in saugus leaves a pedestrian with life threatening injuries. the search this morning to find the driver. a developing story in