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well the jury has finished
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philip chism trial, the jurors got the case before 1:00 this afternoon deciding whether chism was sane when he killed his teacher colleen ritzer. no word yet if there will be punishment, the two workers were honored today at the statehouse. the patriots snapped a two game losing streak, beating the titans 27-6 clinching a spot in the playoffs. ron gronkowski was back. we begin at 5:30 with campus on alert. >> students at dean college reported two attacks on campus over the weekend and what makes matters worse is that the campus police worse was just fired. bill shields has our story. >> reporter: at a time when many college campuses are arming their campus police, dean college in franklin is getting rid of their police
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>> it's simple, it's union busting, we wanted to unionize, she hates unions. >> reporter: the president? immediately. >> reporter: it's a private liberal arts school of about 1200 students and 18 cops. but the college has decided to hire a private security firm called team opps which provides security for patriots and special events, the college claims they are highly trained but some students don't buy it. >> i looked at the qualifications up online they are low, the guys with have now most of them are retired police officers, active police officers, firefighters and they care about their students and they are absolutely qualified to do this job and they are getting rid of that. >> reporter: two alleged sexual assaults on campus are now being investigated. some say, the sense of security here may be lost along with the police. >> i know several of the officers, i have coffee with
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week, and i know that they look after us. >> i have nothing against team ops they are a good security outfit they are just security they are not police. >> reporter: if this goes through, if whether is an incident on campus team ops does not have the power to arrest, they will have to call a franklin police. in franklin i'm bill shields wbz news. tonight a tauton man is being held on $20,000 bail following a deadly crash, today michael burns pled not guilty to vehicular homicide and oui charges, burns was high on drugs friday when he hit and dee. he was trying to cross route 27 to get to his roadside stand where he has been selling years. new details tonight about a deadly wooster fire, investigators say 85-year-old
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were killed after flames ripped through their burncoat street home last night. turning now to the weather and lisa, it's -- it stays octoberish. >> those of us who like it, this is perfect and i have to correct what i said, it's also a great monday because we beat the texans not the titans we play next week. >> you are looking ahead. >> look nothing a crystal ball, eric, just like you do, i hope i'm right as often as you are. if you are going out late tonight we are pushing 60 degrees you can have your used coffee, big story for tonight it's the fog, sense fog is in place across southern new england, weather service has extended the sense fog advisory until midnight. also tracking rain, some heavy stuff starting to push past syracuse, that will move in about 9:00 tonight, we will start to see showers and downpours, hour by hour temperatures spike to 60 in
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still be mild tomorrow morning and seeing those showers that taper offer, the wind picks up and that is the story tomorrow, we'll have your full forecast coming in in 10 minutes. developing tonight at 5:30, a baltimore jury is deliberating the fate of a deliver charged with the death of freddie gray, officer william porter is the first of six police officers charged in gray's death, he died of a spinal injury after riding in the back of a police van. also verying this evening california authorities are investigating the police involved shooting of a man that they've released the video it shows the moments before los angeles county sheriffs deputy killed nicholas robertson, police say robertson was waving a gun in the air and deputies fired when he refused to drop it, he was shot 33 times. those terrifying moments
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line, the fight against isis, that huge explosion rocking the bunker they were using as a protection, -- as protection. >> the kernel and his forces have been hiding -- fighting for more than a year. they attack whenever they can sometimes three or four nights in a row. in fact, he told us in a very morning three suicide bombers charged toward their outpost. his olderrers were able to kill the drivers before they detonated their explosives. but two car bombs remained there not 50 yards away posing a deadly threat to the troops. here op the front lines, bomb squad is a 50 caliber gunman,
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the bunker until finally a direct hit. everybody's ears were ringing, the next sound was laughter. it's a happy ending when car bombs blow up on the other side of the front line, when you are that close to a huge car bomb you realize how destructive they can be in civilian areas and why they are the most feared isis weapon on the battle field. and attacks like these are happening every day. charlie dagata, cbs news, iraq. major league baseball lifetime ban on pete rose is going to stay, promised him a decision by the end of this year, rose has more hits than anyone ever to play the game, when the league learned he placed bets on the game including on the team he managed, and the began keeps him out of the hall of fame. going to college at the university of maine will be cheaper for students living in massachusetts and other northeastern states, the school
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revenue and enrollment, the globe reports qualifying students will have the same tuition and fees at umaine as the home state flag ship, institute massachusetts will pay the price of $45,000 instead of u main's outside of $29,000. one of the hottest gifts this holiday season will be harder to find because amazon has stopped selling most hover boards, amazon says it is suspending sales after multiple reports that hover boards can spark fires and it won't sell hoverboards again until manufacturers can improve safety requirement. if you went to the post office, the holiday mailing rush is on, today is the postal service's busiest mailing and shipping day of the year. the post office expects to deliver 600 million packages this holiday season. >> makes me feel like a procrastinator. >> i went for both of us. >> i wish. it is an age old debate
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>> that is my line, i would never argue this my sense of direction is terrible, men rule the roads, but they don't always ask for help. researchers say women rely on around. then head in a general direction and get to where they are going faster. scientists suggest a dose of testosterone could help women get a better sense of direction. well, get right on that. >> a bit extreme. i need a better way to get to grandma's house, i need a dose of testosterone. >> now to your daily dose of adorable. a five week old polar bear taking a nap, the columbus zoo and aquarium released this video of a club sound to sleep, she has her own stuffed animal, the baby girl weighs 4 pounds, measuring 16 inches long, i was going to joke that she is hibernating, polar bears don't
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coming up next, the frozen discovery that was made more than a hundred years ago, it could be a perfect vacation spot for princess elsa. >> we know this would not be a good spot for elsa. weather watchers into the 40s and 50s, 57 warm spot in plymouth, gray day but temperatures making a pleasant 60 tonight, forecast coming up. at 10:00, more on the lawsuit filed tonight by bill cosby against some of his accusers including several women from massachusetts. this is the busiest time of year for package deliveries as we told you, we are going to take you inside where they are working around the clock to deliver your packaged in time for christmas.
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this is some wild weather texas. >> take a look at this tornado, it caused a lot of damage in the town of willis over the weekend, the twister crossing over a main road there, it left behind this path of destruction, downing power lines and tearing off roofs of business, remarkably no one was kill glad and now to some cold temperatures, 104 years ago today explorers discovered the south pole back in 1911, the current temperature is negative 22 degrees fahrenheit. >> only that recently that we covered the south pole, it's cold in the south pole, but there is snow in the sierra. in soda springs, california, they are on track for a white christmas. >> the sierras and every other mountain getting blasted. here at home not on track for a white christmas, it's
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it feels strange out there, there is never a hundred percent or zero percent when it comes to weather, our chance for a white christmas is 0%, and of course it's been warm so where do we stand, right now the average temperature at 46.2, things get colder the second half of december on average so that will fall back, here is a look at warmest ones on record, warmest is a short while ago, in 2001 pretty incredible, we had a couple days in the 70s, a few in the 60's, this is on pan with a couple of those, we haven't had a single night below freezing, zero so for. last year we had 12 in the month of december and our disease was pretty mild last time -- december was pretty mild last time around. taking a look at current temperatures, 54 in norwood, 55 in plymouth, colder air relatively speaking north and west of boston. current temperatures will start to rise, it's murky, it's damp,
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in many locations, so bottom line if you are traveling overnight, give yourself extra distance between you and the car in front of you, that fog always a big cause of traffic accidents across the country. taking a look at our system spinning off to the west, a lot of clouds today, tracking the rain starting to move over toward the hudson valley arriving here between 8:00- 9:00. things getting wet through the overnight with scattered showers, also notice our high temperatures for the day will be at 11759 -- 11:00 p.m., still rising as we headerly to outside. toward 6:00-7:00 a.m. off. slowly things cooldown tomorrow, we'll fall through the 50s as we head towards the evening and into the 40s as we head toward night. still easy to take by december standards.
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tuesday, gusts 35-45 miles per hour, a few isolated gusts as high as 50 miles per hour, that wind direction out of the west so a blustery day expected tomorrow. so in the morning showers coming to an end, by mid day partly sunny skies, gusty winds we're in the mid-50s, falling into the lower 50s and upper 40s by tomorrow evening, even though it's not too bad out it will feel much cooler factoring in the wind. things calm down for wednesday. brilliant sunshine. a little more crisp outside, we'll stain the 40s on wednesday but start to warm back up as we head into thursday. another storm system that take as warmer track, that means rain showers and a wet system for thursday into thursday night. if you are thinking snow, a chance to see a few snowflakes as we head into this weekend, moving in friday night, and i think our best chance for scattered snow showers is on saturday, it will feel like it
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linger into sunday, next week a change, colder air is go to go be transient, only here for a few days, a transition day monday into tuesday. christmas eve and christmas day a big surge of warm is expected again in the east. we might rival the warmest christmas day on record, that was set back in 1889 at 65 degrees, last year we hit 59, we are going to be in the ballpark. you can you weather seven day, if you are thinking christmas plans, or just out and about thinking errands, it is going to be chilly and windy and a definite change from what we've seen. we have a school yard shoutout for this evening, sacred heart school, first-third greaters were excellent, in quiz testify, and we had a great time talking science. >> well if they are anything you know happy as up beat as
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startling statistic, texting and driving a tributes to one in four car accidents. >> and the worse offenders are teenagers, there is a tool to make sure parents can use, chris mckinnon has details. >> teens admitted it's hard to ignore their phones. >> it's natural to reach for your phone. >> i really try not to. >> i'm ashamed of it but i still do it. >> the consequences are real as estimated that a teenager dies every hour in this country because of texting and driving. more parents are now employing this, drive alert now to keep their kids safe. page and brian agreed to give it a try, the device is plugged into the diagnostic port of the car and mom or dad registers online, you download the app on teen's phone and through the blue tooth on the phone it connects to the device, when the car is moving the phone is disabled, no calls, no texts.
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just because, like, my phone is kind of like my blanket almost. >> paige is worried she would miss out on something with her friends, brian not so much. >> i think it's actually a great idea just because that way it just takes away the distraction of the phone and you are not even thinking about it. >> both kids knew if they tried to disconnect the device the parents would get an alert, after a week of cellular isolation paige had this review. >> it was weird because i kept forgetting i had it, i would reach, it would come up with a notification that said please do not use your cell phone while driving. >> her friends. >> they were completely fine. >> her dad believes it will change habits long term. >> she does not think about having her phone on and focuses on driving. we'll get a report showing the distance she traveled and it gives you a little map exactly where she traveled. >> drive alert costs about $150
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said it was a worthwhile investment. chris mckinnon wbz news. still to come, ringing in the holidays with a christmas carol or two,. >> all have you to do is pick up a phone. i can't -- landmark in danielle hall that is closing by the end of the year. soldiers over seas, the two women who set out to collect cards and letters for the holidays and the incredible
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if you need it christmas cheer is a phone call away. those students at the singing christmas carols over the phone, but the line closes at 11:59, just before midnight this wednesday, so if you want 1882. we have much more still ahead this evening, the news at 6:00 starts now. now at 6:00, the wait begins, jurors try to decide whether a teenager should go to prison for murdering his teacher. >> it's a murky disease evening, dense fog continues and the wind picking up tomorrow. the mbta honors the workers who prevented a disaster on the redline, but what about the driver blamed for the train. >> hundreds of thousands of
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and shipped out to soldiers over seas because of two women had who have the heart of a military. in the hands of the jury, eight men, four women now deciding whether philip chism was insane when he killed his teacher after deliberating three hours the jury has gone home. >> the question they have to answer, did philip chism know what he was doing when he killed colleen ritzer, the young math teacher was a beloved tick in her school and her community, christina ago gar is live in salem tonight. >> reporter: and paula perhaps it was because of that the courtroom was more crowded today for clousing arguments since it has been since day one, the prosecutor was graphic
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of the alleged crimes and that
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