a whale watch boat cap sietzs leaving -- capsizes leaving five dead and more than a dozen hurt. how crews are making sure all over passengers are accounted for. a house leveled by a powerful explosion in taunton. the search this morning to figure out how it happened. plus, the mother who triggered an amber alert shares her story. why she says she drove her sick baby from pennsylvania to boston. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> it's 5:00. thanks so much for being with us. i'm chris mckinnon. let's get a check of our forecast with danielle. we have an updated set looking bright and chilly. >> it's a way to wake up. absolutely. we're talking about temperatures that are 5 to 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. another quiet start.

45 degrees in the city of boston. dew points 30. winds from the northwest at 10 miles per hour. there are 30s on the map. nashua has dipped to 35. 36 in worcester. 30 in keene, one of the cooler spots. and skies are mostly clear overhead as well. we're in for a really nice fall day today with lot of sunshine. grab the shades as you head outdoors. right around on for your morning ride. sunrise coming up at 7:10. the kids need the long sleeves, the fall jacket, the switch -- the sweat shirts this morning. topping out 50 degrees this afternoon. sunset at 5:46. we fall back, by the way this upcoming weekend at 1:00 a.m. on sunday. let's get you out the door, check in with traffic. good morning. good morning. the monday morning commute is under way. no accidents to report right now as the early birds hit the road. let's take a live look at expressway. moderate to heavy volume quincy to boston but no reported backups. the other major routes heading

from the south look okay. expect. 93 southbound busy in the medford stretch. lowell. 495 trouble free. news. police are investigating a hit and run in saugus. >> we're told a mercedes took off from the scene. nicole jacobs is live from the scene. the driver actually left behind some clues. >> reporter: certainly not on purpose but that vehicle did have some parts that were left at the scene. police are of course using that with hopes of finding this vehicle. i did speak with state police just a short time ago. they say they're still looking for it so anyone who can help with that, they'd like to speak with you. i want to get right to some actually several hours ago. details are few but here's what we know right now. 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 injuries, unconscious and not breathing. at this point authorities do believe they are looking for a red mercedes-benz that again will have some damage to it because of the vehicle parts left behind. anyone with information with regards to this crash is urged to contact police again. state police telling me a short time ago they're still searching for the vehicle. nicole jacobs, wbd this morning. >> thank you for the update this morning. we're also following a developing story in canada. a whale watching boat sinks killing five people. this happened off the vancouver island in british columbia. 27 people were on board the boat when the captain issued a may day call. 21 passengers were rescued. crews spent the night searching in the water for one person missing. investigators looking into

what caused this home to explode. the home on christine lane was almost instantly engulfed in flames yesterday. the blast is being investigated as a possible gas explosion. a woman who lives there escaped just in time and neighbors say the woman had been on an upper floor but somehow she managed to get out. >> came running out and saw the owner who had just run out of the house frantic and come running down the street screaming for help. i recognized her. we called 911 and then assisted her. the house went up in flames and really in a matter of three minutes. and then within 40 minutes, the roof caved in. >> crews say it's a miracle nobody was hurt. they spent last night digging up lines and also checking the rest of the street to make sure it's safe. today a mother will be in court to defend herself against ak sayings she ignored dock -- accusations she ignored doctor's orders and put her son in danger. she triggered an amber alert in pennsylvania last week when she

drove her son to boston's children's hospital but she says she has no regrets. >> everything in me told me tiffany, go. get your baby to children's hospital. >> against medical office tiffany didn't take her 2-year- old baby to the nearest trawp ma center. >> i wasn't comfortable with the standard of care my child was receiving. >> instead she drove four and a half hours away to a hospital she trusted. >> he was found at boston children's hospital to vishes with his es -- to have issuees with his esophagus and low blood. the nurse practitioner who looked at my son for ten seconds and didn't have a clue what she was looking at. >> reporter: his mother no longer has custody. tiffany was arrested when she got to boston. now out on bond, she insists an amber alert was unwarranted. >> i think the pennsylvania authorities just pretty much jumped the kind. >> reporter: tiffany says she's

protective of her kids because her first child was stillborn in 2009. now she wants her two living children back in her arms. >> it hurts. it hurts. >> she still face twos charges of child endangerment in pennsylvania. 5:06 on your monday morning. a marshfield mother is due in court today accused of driving drunk and crashing her car on the cape all with her 6-year- old daughter in that car. she may have been driving drunk. minutes later a car hit a pole on route 2 and caught on fire. bystanders helped the 6-year- old out of the car. she suffered minor injuries. police rescued the mother before the fire got out of hand. a dorchester man is also due in court today after an armed assault in the fenway neighborhood. boston police say a woman was attacked and thrown to the ground near fenway -- 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- year-old wayne barber several blocks away. the woman suffered nonlife threatening injuries. a former boston police dispatcher accused of killing her uncle is expected in court this morning. 36-year-old yvonne lewis was arrested in peabody hours after 49-year-old clyde francis was shot in the head outside the family's hyde park home saturday night. a motive for the murder is still a mystery. >> total shock is an understatement. he was very playful. he was loving. he was tender, kind, true. >> lewis works for boston -- worked for boston police as a communications equipment operator before resigning in 2012. police in providence are searching for a hit-and-run driver who seriously injured a firefighter there. the head-on crash happened early yesterday morning. 27-year-old matthew gallant was

off-duty when a car swerved into his pickup truck. firefighters were shocked to learn the victim was one of their own. >> we're glad he's gotten through surgery, that his internal injuries have been taken care of up to this point but it's still unsettling. just goes to show you how fragile life is and it can happen to anybody at any time. >> he is a fourth generation providence firefighter. his condition has been upgraded from critical toker is. three men are due in court today accused of making meth inside a burlington hotel. police arrested the three men friday night at the son nest take es suites after -- sonesta es suites after a tip from a hotel employee. one of the suspects was seen wearing an ankle bracelet and acting suspicious. they found meth inside the hotel room and plastic bags for covering the smoke detectors. massachusetts leaders will take part on the package for the opioid addiction tonight. governor baker is expected to attend this one.

by wbz political analyst jon keller. the discussion will focus on efforts to fight the state's growing opioid problems. more than a thousand people died in massachusetts from opioid overdose deaths last year. coming up one new poll shows there's a front runner one state for the republican nomination. >> ben carson now tied for first in the polls in iowa and the controversial comments he made about abortion. >> celebrating the internet's best cats. the unique event coming to boston this week. >> lots of sunshine in the forecast today. a cool start this morning. about 53 by later on this afternoon. i'm track something rain for the middle part of the week.

welcome back. the pop tart makers are rolling out new flavors. >> bacon lovers will be smiling. coming in december, a maple and

hit the shelves. there will also be limited edition frosted watermelon and frosty caramel pop tart. pink limb made arrives in -- lemonade arrives. why mess-- >> it's already good. leave it alone. >> i think the chocolate caramel, that sounds all right. >> no, not so much. danielle, what train are you on here? would you like pink lemonade pop tarts? >> no. strawberry frosted, the only way i'll go. >> that's all you need. quiet weather to start the week. it looks like a nice fall day. tomorrow, too. we'll have an increase in wiptiony clouds. cool as well. temperatures topping out in the 50s. rain develops on wednesday. likely to move in during the afternoon. it will fall steadily and heavily at times wednesday evening, wednesday night. and it lasts into early on

it clears out of here during the morning hours. for thursday night football skies clearing. 40s for trick or treaters, looking ahead. no weather-related issues as we head into halloween. 45 in boston right now. it's in the mid-30s for nashua back down to worcester. 40s taunton back down to the cape. 30 in keene. skies mostly clear. and they're going to stay that way through the day today. a nice fall afternoon. mostly sunny skies, temperatures in the lower 50s. you run into clouds as soon as the mid-atlantic really. southern portions of pennsylvania. then you run into the rain. flash flood watch across the gulf coast states n. is leftover moisture from what was these remnants are going to play a role in our weather by the time we get to the middle part of the week. for now high pressure is building in. that means a quiet day today. another nice day tomorrow. although i do think the high thin wiptiony clouds will be on the -- wispy clouds will be on the increase as we head into tomorrow afternoon and evening.

by wednesday the clouds thicken up. wednesday morning no weather related issues. the rain arrives from southwest to northeast wednesday afternoon. it fills in in intensity so it actually is going to be a wet evening drive on wednesday but it looks like the rain will come in fast enough that it gets in and out of here, breaks of sunshine possible by thursday afternoon. we'll drag in some warm air as that low comes by thursday. high temperatures will likely top out around 70 on thursday afternoon. today, though, low to mid-50s will do it. mostly sunny skies, nice fall day. 37 overnight tonight in boston. so mainly clear skies. it will be cooler than it is this morning. in fact scattered frost is likely with a calm wind and clear skies and temperatures falling back. upper 20s to low 30s in most of the suburbs. we'll be milder on the cape. highs tomorrow milder than today. pretty afternoon actually. 56 in boston. same in bedford. 54 in worcester. there will be sunshine on the increase and high thin clouds tomorrow. wednesday rain moves in.

thursday the rain moves out and we come up around 70. should be in the 60s for game time at gillette stadium. friday cool to quiet to end the week. the weekend is looking pretty good and increasing clouds on sunday. traffic and weather together. don't forget we fall back this weekend. an extra hour of sleep. >> we love that. two important forecasts this week, the pats and halloween. i can't decide which one is more important. >> that is a tough one. >> remember being a little kid and you have to wear a raincoat over your costume. kind of defeats the purpose. >> no issues for trick or treater. pretty quiet out there right now on the roads as we're accident free. here's a live look over the mass pike in brighton. the eastbound side a smooth ride coming in from framingham. no reported problems on the westbound lanes. no issues on route 9. a quick check of the south map, 128 southbound already heavy in the the braintree stretch. the expressway moderate volume

the other major routes from the south are trouble free. chris, bree. thank you very much. vice. joe biden is talking about his decision not to run for president. in an exclusive intr view with -- interview with 60 minutes, he admitted the loss of his son made it hard for him to jump into a campaign. >> all the schedules of primaries and caucuses and contributors and the like. >> with 15 months left in office, the vice president said he wants to work with the new speaker of the house to keep the government open. so far biden has not endorsed a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination. meanwhile the three democrats remaining in the presidential race held a pep rally in iowa. bernie sanders highlighted his differences with the other candidates. sanders criticized hillary clinton for changing her position based on poll numbers citing the keystone pipeline. clinton made a direct appeal to supporters of joe biden. and former maryland governor martin o'malley presented

himself as the new fresh face of the party. on the the republican side there's a new front runner in the polls in iowa. dr. ben carson now tied for first place with donald trump in that state. yesterday carson was asked about his position on abortion and carson said it should be illegal. >> do you want to see roe vs. wade overturned? >> ultimately i would love to see it overturned. >> that means all abortions illegal or is there still an exception you would have? >> i'm a reasonable person and if people can come up with a reasonable explanation of why i'll listen. >> carson's biggest rival in iowa trup strum will be campaigning -- donald trump will be campaigning in new hampshire today. he's holding an event at 7:00 this morning. the latest cbs poll shows trump with a commanding lead in new hampshire right now. that same poll was the one that carson in iowa. whole foods recall some

packaged foods and sandwiches that might be contaminated. the recall involves bulk and packaged currie chick -- curry chicken sandwich sandwiches and pasta salad told between october 18 and the 22 ndz. some -- 22nd. some sandwiches have tested positive for listeria. no illnesses have been reported. if you have it, discards the product. whole foods will refund the price with a receipt. more people in boston are getting to work on bicycles according to a new report in "the boston globe." the u.s. census bureau shows the number of bike commuters tripled in the past decade. an estimated 8100 people pedaled themselves to work just last year. unclaimed property including valuable jewelry and high end watches will be put up for auction by the state. they're from abandoned safe deposit boxes that have gone unclaimed for years. they'll be on display at the statehouse today ahead of

go to the state's general fund. 5:19 right now on your monday morning. cat lovers, listen up. the internet cat video festival is coming back to boston. the festival comes to the berkley performance center on thursday for the second year in a row. the econvention showcases a collection of a-- the convention showcases a selection of abusing and adoring cat videos. the winners will be honored at the festival. >> a cat that likes to swim? wow. >> there is's the fish. >> i wonder if he's scratching at his owners when he gets out. don't you ever do that again. the pats beat the jet and another division rival lies ahead. what coach belichick has to say about the team's quick turn around this week as they get ready for the dolphins. >> a night of celebration ends in a trip to mass general for jimmy fallon. how the late night host got

welcome back. the pats beat a division rival and are getting ready to face another. tom brady put it best. it wasn't how they do it up but they'll take the win. they beat the jets in foxboro. brady through for 355 yards and

he was also the pats leading rusher. four carries, 15 yards. it was that kind of day. the first time in his career that brady led the team in too. a long one of the day on 3rd and 10 from 13. he picks up 11 yards and that set up this. brady again on 4th down from the 1. up and over. score. when it mattered most, it was his arm that made the difference. >> takes a system. backs up to the pocket. looks over the middle. fires into the end zone. lands on the goal line. touchdown patriots. bang. touchdown new england. >> big day. pats had a 23-20 lead and the finishing touch. brady reads the blitz perfectly. walks into the end zone untouched. game, set, match. it wasn't easy but the pats

with a 30-23 win over the jets. >> typical hard fought game against new york and it's always good to come out on top. been a long way to go short turn around, get ready in a hurry now for miami. it's good to get a win here today. the players did a good job playing through this week after a couple of tough road games. they laid it out there today when they had to. i'm proud of the way they played. >> next up for the pats, another tough test. this one against the resurgent miami dolphins thursday night at gillette stadium. patriots game day starts things off at 7:00 right here on wbz. patriots improve to 6-0. i'm steve burton. guys, over to you. >> giselle was at gillette cheering on the jets in one of those fancy boxes. she posted this picture on

cheering on number 12. she captured it with yeah, hashtag go pats. adorable. >> was anybody at the game? >> not in that picture. still to come in the next half-hour, a deadly fire at a millbury apartment. >> what investigators say caused one unit to go up in flames. >> a big scare for customers at one dunkin' donuts when a car comes crashing into that restaurant. >> jimmy fallon spending some time at mass general over the weekend. how he hurt his left hand after danielle? this morning. temperatures around 40. for kids at the bus stop 52. bright and cool by the end of school so you need the long sleeves or fall sweater today. another quiet one tomorrow and rain to talk b. i'll let you know when it arrives and how long it lasts coming up as you take a live look over the custom house. the full moon starting to peek over there as well. stay with us.

. 5:30. a hit and run in saugus leaves a pedestrian with life threatening injuries of the search this morning to find the

one woman killed in an apartment fire in millbury. the blaze. jimmy fallon takes a fall after accepting an award in cambridge and it ends with a familiar injury. good morning. welcome back. i'm brie sison feeling in and i'm chris mckinnon. it's monday, october 26. we have a live shot over the boston harbor. a nice start to the day. a little chilly out there. grab the fall jacket or the long sleeves heading out this morning. danielle, everybody is looking forward to halloween. not the kind of holiday you want to wear a jacket over your costume. >> the kids want to show it off. doesn't look like we'll have any weather related issues as we head into halloween. temperatures should be running in the 40s. a little on the cool side.

make you can layer up underneath the costume and be good to go. 45 in boston right now. 44 in taunton. we're in the 40s from falmouth to chatham. 30s on the map mainly north and 36 in worcester. only 30 degrees in keene. look at the satellite and radar, not a whole lot going o. clear skies -- going o. clear skies overhead. a beautiful fall afternoon. we start with bright sunshine. the sunrise coming up at 7:10. temperature right around 40 on amp. it will be milder on the -- on average. it will be milder on the cape. 51 by your midday lunch hour. northerly wind 5 to 15 miles per hour. we'll get a couple of puffy clouds that mix in. quiet and clear, 50 degrees. sunset at 5:46. another quiet day tomorrow and traffic and weather together. it was quiet on the roads but we have our first reported accident of the morning. it's down in raynham. 44. that's exit 13. the left lane is blocked there

also to the south. we're seeing a backup on 128 southbound in the braintree stretch. that's heavy and slow between logan express and the braintree split. chris and bree? >> thank you very much. breaking news out of saugus. police searching for a hit-and- run driver. the victim was hit last night around 10:00 on route 1 southbound. the person was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. investigators are searching for a dark colored possibly red mercedes that has damage to it. parts of the car were left behind at the scene. another top story we're following this morning, investigators trying to figure out what caused this home to explode in taunton. the home on christine lane was almost instantly engulfed in flames. fire crews say the blast is being investigated as a possible gas explosion. a woman who arrivals there escape -- lives there escaped just in time. luckily nobody was hurt. a 56-year-old millbury woman killed in a fast moving fire in her amount. the call came in around 9:00

the public housing apartment building on elm street. police say the woman was disabled and they believe she was smoking in bed. the five-story building did not have spring letters. fire -- spring letters -- sprinklers. firefighters were able to contain the fire to the third- floor apartment. >> i give firefighters credit for stop wrg it was. no other resident was affected by this. >> this is the first deadly fire in millbury in 15 years. a scare for some customers at a dunkin' donuts in canton when a car smashed into the store. the driver and an employee inside the shop were rushed to the hospital. that crash happened at dunkin' donuts at washington and church streets? the center of town. police say the woman who was driving isn't sure what happened. >> she was obviously stunned, not quite aware of what had just happened. she had to be extricated from the vehicle and transported to the hospital and the employee as well was quite stunned

being struck by debris the next. >> police say the store wasn't very busy at the time. both the driver and the employee are expected to be okay. structural engineers are trying to decide if a commercial building in medford needs to be torn down after the roof partially collapsed. a large section of that roof caved in with debris falling inside the building. the building once housed a dry cleaner but is now vacant. there's now video of the raid on an isis compound in iraq where a u.s. soldier was killed. u.s. special forces and kurdish fighters stormed the compound on thursday to free 70 hostages. the raid was the first time u.s. forces directly engaged isis militants on the ground in iraq. critics have raised questions about the united states' role in iraq but u.s. officials said decisions were made quickly because they believed time was running out. >> we knew the hostages would

we knew this because we saw -- dug graves. >> joshua wheeler of oklahoma was killed during the raid. the 39-year-old's body returned saturday. a night of celebration in cambridge ends with a trip to the hospital for jimmy fallon. the tonight show host was in town on saturday to receive a humor award from the harvard lampoon. fallon hurt his hand when he fell when he abruptly turned an was feeling down. he was -- kneeling down. he was taken and treated at mass general. he posted this picture on instagram with the caption "nothing a few band aids couldn't fix." a few months ago he had emergency surgery when he hurt a different finger in another fall. matt damon's out of this world adventure back on top at the box office. one spot. the movie took in more than $5 million in ticket sales.

"goose bumps" came in second with more than $14.5 million and "bridge of spies" featuring tom hanks took in more than $11 million. it was not a good week for new releases. the new biopic "steve jobs" opened in seventh place and "rock the kasbah" had one of the worst openings in box office history. >> that's a bummer. they say bill murray is great in "rock the kasbah ." >> you can still see it. >> i guess so, by myself. >> good seats in the theater. taylor branching out. discount stores. details on when and where they could open up. halloween more inclusive. colorful pumpkins. >> checking in on the cool

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to start the week off with another big game. investors rally on wall street. jill wagner is live at the new york stock exhange with today's money watch. good morning, jill. >> good morning. chris and bree. strong earnings for tech companies rallied markets friday. the dow jumped another 157 points. the nasdaq jumped 111 points. this week investors are watching as the federal reserve holds its policy meeting. sounds like a broken record. they're looking for insight into when the fed could raise interest rates. board members have said the economy is still not strong enough. lord & taylor is getting into the discount game. the retailer plans to start a discount chain called find lord & taylor. the first store would open in november in new jersey taking over a 30,000 square foot space that once housed a loehmann's.

check out the new smart mug. it has a built-in heating system. you can set the temperature with a dial. it should be available next april. it costs $129. chris, we could put it on your birthday list for next year. >> for next year. i love that she already knows to start a list for her. >> i reminded her about my birthday. >> at least a thousand times. >> exactly. >> birthday month, i like this. >> thank you very much. see you tomorrow morning. coming up, a check of your traffic and weather together. >> plus, a look at today's top stories including breaking news out of saugus. police looking for the driver involved in a hit and run. we'll have a live report from the scene. british royalty heading to the u.s. this week. why prince harry is making a trip to d.c. >> halloween can be a tough night out for kids who have food allergies. we'll tell you about a project with teal pumpkins that will make things more inclusive for

. 5:44 on your monday morning. britain's prince harry is week. >> the kensington palace announced the prince will be in washington, d.c. on wednesday.

first lady punish shoal -- owe michele and -- [ inaudible ] danielle is here with a check of our forecast this morning. a little cooler out there. >> a little cooler, probably by 5 to 15 degrees for most of us. what a range in temperatures, too. from 28 degrees in keene right now to the upper 40s and even 50 degrees on nantucket. a lot of 30s and 40s in between. it's 45 in the city of boston right now. 34 in norwood. 43 in plymouth and 50 on nantucket is the mild spot across the region. there's a little bit of frost out there as well. skies mostly clear. we're in for a beautiful fall day with mostly sunny skies and temperatures cooler than average running in the lower 50s this afternoon. here's some moisture. you run into it through kentucky and tennessee and it gets steadier and heavier through mississippi and alabama down through louisiana. a big area of low pressure, the remnants from patricia.

this will eventually impact our weather by the time we get to the middle part of the week. for now high pressure is building in, providing us with a quiet day today and another nice day tomorrow. although you'll notice high thin action wispy clouds -- high, thin wispy clouds during the afternoon wednesday. notice wednesday morning dry commute but here's the rain knocking on our doorstep. we'll fill in by wednesday afternoon. so it will become steadier and heavier through the day. wednesday evening's commute will be a tough go with areas of rain heavy at times. it will continue overnight on wednesday into early on thursday morning. so i think we're going to kick this thing out of here, at least get some breaks of sunshine by thursday afternoon just a stray shower. i know it's early but looking ahead to gillette stadium for kickoff. breezy, mild with clearing skies. temperatures in the lower 60s. similar to the game yesterday and falling in the 50s with a southwest wind probably 10 to 20 miles per hour. we'll keep you posted on that.

in the meantime today 53 in boston. most of us running 50 to 55 degrees today. notice the sunshine across the board. right around 50. jaffrey 55. in the lower to middle 50s for plymouth to taunton, falmouth and also the vineyard today running in the lower 50s. upper 40s in chatham. overnight tonight clear and chilly. 37 in town but 27 to 34 in the suburbs there. will be scattered frost tomorrow morning but the calm winds and those clear skies. sunshine mixed with wispy clouds tomorrow afternoon. milder than today. a high of 56 tomorrow afternoon. wednesday upper 50s and then thursday as the rain comes to an end in the morning, we're actually going to clear the skies out, get breaks of sunshine up around 70 and quiet again to end the week. looking good this weekend, too. halloween on saturday. temperatures in the 40s for the trick or treaters. don't forget we turn the clocks back 2:00 a.m. on sunday. an accident south of boston is messing up traffic on two

the crash is down in raynham 24 northbound before route 44. the left lane is blocked causing a backup on 24 but also on route 140 northbound. checking the other major routes from the south expressway heavy. adams street to columbia road. 128 south jammed up between logan, express and the split. a live look over 93, 93 southbound has two heavy pockets now. methuen between 110 and woburn between 128 and park street. chris and bree? >> thank you very much. 5:48. we're following breaking news out of saugus where police are sevenning for a hit-and-run driver. >> nicole jacobs is live on the scene with the latest. nicole? >> reporter: bree, chris, we're live along route 1 here in saugus where investigators continue to investigate this hit and run. let's get you to some video from overnight. i can tell you that state police are still searching for the vehicle. this accident happened on route

we're told a pedestrian was hit and the person responsible kept driving. the victim was taken to the hospital with a life threatening injury. police are looking for a red mercedes-benz. the vehicle parts were found here at the scene. of course anyone with information is certainly urged to contact police. i did speak with state police a short time ago. they say they have not found that vehicle. they're still looking and they also say they have no update on that victim's condition. we're live in saugus, nicole jacobs, wbz this morning. >> nicole, thank you. now to our other top stories this monday morning. investigators trying to figure out what caused this home in taunton to explode. the home on christine lane was almost instantly engulfed in flames. fire crews say the blast is being investigated as a possible gas explosion. a woman who lives there escaped just in time. nobody else was hurt. what's left of hurricane patricia continues to drench texas.

are measuring the rainfall in terms of feet rather than inches. flash flooding in houston led to the closure of some of the city's downtown highway exits. crews are finding cars submerged on roads and raw saw within has -- sewage has flooded some roadways. more than 20 inches has fallen in some places since friday. a remarkable rescue of an 18-month-old at sea captured on video. turkish fishermen were searching for survivors after a boat carrying migrants capsized. they came across a floating life jacket with a baby boy inside. they quickly pulled him out of the water, stripped off the vest and tried to clear his lungs of water and it worked. the little boy survived and was taken to a hospital. colorado movie theater shooter james holmes is assaulted by a fellow inmate. it happened earlier this month at the prison where hole:s is serving a life sentence. the colorado state penitentiary describe it is as a minor incident in a hallway but it was serious enough to warrant assault charges against the

the obama administration announcing new guidelines concerning standardized tests. the president says kids spend too much time taking unnecessary exams in schools. so he's rolling out what he calls a, quote, testing action plan. it outlines new recommendations for measuring student aptitude but it doesn't replace those that are part of no child left behind. women in labor are told to avoid eating but a new study says food could actually be a good thing for moms to be. doctors say it's because both the mom and the baby will have more energy in the end. the concern has been that food could cause complications if a woman needs to have a c- section. but researchers found improvements in anesthesia make that much less of a concern. new recommendations 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 a game. the aap is now calling for

tackling rules with zero tolerance for head first hits. 18-year-old andre smith died friday after a head injury during a thursday night football game. it is 5:52 on your monday morning. switching to our daily talk. there's a new push this year to make halloween more inclusive. >> it involves some brightly colored pumpkins. >> my #-year-old son is allergic to peanuts. every halloween right after he says trick or treat, he has to ask the person handing out the candy if they have any that's nut free. you would be surprised at the number of homes that don't. this year many parents are part after growing cause to support kids with allergies. don't be surprised if you see team colored pup -- teal colored pumpkins on many home. this is a signal that they'll have other stuff, not just candy, offering non-food alternatives like glow sticks and coloring books. six to eight young children

among the most common are nuts, eggs and milk. the centers for disease control estimates the food allergies among children have increased 50% in the last 18 years. organizers have the teal pumpkin project hopes this makes the scary holiday more inclusive and let frightening for some children. let's check out what people think about the teal pumpkin project. rachel says i think this is amazing. my son has a condition and he's on a strict diet. carey says when i was a kid, you didn't make the many just for the few. you can comment on our daily talker. a number of ways to do it. >> thank you very much. still to come, an early halloween treat for one boy in new hampshire. >> how one community comes together to make it a special weekend for a boy battling cancer. stay with us.

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5:56. welcome back. halloween came early for a boy in new hampshire who was going to miss trick or treating. he had a brain tumor but needs starting tomorrow. his neighborhood decided that it was time to move halloween up so he could get some trick or treating this before his treatment started.

>> he agree that is awe -- that is awesome, adorable. there were 50 neighbors that love it. >> really cool. keep it right here on wbz. ahead. note motor this is going to be the best day of my life this is going to be the best day of my life