he was at hospital getting treatment for his knee and expected to play on saturday. breaking tonight chandler jones speak out about the weekend accident that land him in the hospital. pats defensive end called him it a stupid mistake. >> and meet massachusetts newest millionaire. keith bauer bought one of the two million dollar power ball tickets and this is robert dole in east bridge wait wat here brought the second. >> big changes to the state sex offender registry. state forced to delete dangerous sex offenders from its data base and it's because of a decision from the state highest court. >> a lot of people worry what happens as result of the decision. at 5:30. >> reporter: they are faces of predators with list of charges on public view in most policestation station and anyone can use the state registry to search for sex offenders in the community. but many of these names are now being removed from the internet data base due to a state

grapt many of the offenders new hearings about -- will grant many of the offenders new hearings about the classifications. >> hundreds have come off and i heard reports of 40 a day hon of thely it's almost -- honestly it's almost impossible to gauge how many are coming off a day. >> reporter: the court is considering the consequences when phonedders are classified. -- offenders are classified and ordered a higher legal standard to determine if an offender is level one, two or three. and until the process is complete, the system is wiped of their names. >> i feel like they are protecting the rights of the offender and leaving the public vulnerable. >> reporter: last week a level three sex offender moved into this neighborhood. police i did tributeed flyers and information to nearby residents something they wouldn't be able to do if offender was declassified. this neighbor didn't want to be identified. >> they have a record of consistent activity i think that this probably is no help andthey are putting them out

>> reporter: the rush to reclassify old cases and consider pending new ones has now created a backlog and the state board says it could take as long as two years to sort it out and get some of the names published again. >> creates more of a environment for them to you know be a predator in. >> reporter: which is why the board says it will move as quickly as possible so neighborhoods can stay informed. in walpole beth germano. police are on alert for a suspicious driver who approached a child approaching a elementary schoolboy as he was getting off the school bus and asked if he needed a ride home or needed help carrying his stuff. the boy said no and the driver took off. there was a similar incident on the same day. police say the driver never touched the children. worcester police confiscate two dozen packets of synthetic marijuana they saw what

hall and arrested two men and seized the k-2 and 3700 dollars in cash of the both men are facing charges tonight. and smoky commuter room inside sandwich high school forced everyone to be evacuated there. paramedics took one school employee to the hospital for possible smoke inhalation and firefighters discovered one of the h vac units and they shut it down and the smoke went away. tonight we have a follow- up. three employees at a grafton company could face wiretapping charges for setting up the hidden camera at work. sleeping on the job. the problem is that the camera also recorded audio and that could be against the law. the i-team ryan was in court to find out what happened. >> reporter: you are watching hidden camera. lens aimed at mark ferguson's office space. what's that moment like when you realize you are on camera. >> you feel violate. >> reporter: they fired ferguson accusing him of

video evidence to prove it. but little did his bosses know he spotted the camera and taken it home for a closer look. he realized if it reported recorded audio with his consent it could be a violation of massachusetts law and month later he is fired up. >>i don't know how to explain it. like someone staking a wet dirty finger and sticking it in your ear and that's how you feel when you are been violated. >> reporter: hr employees matthew i did men coand eric smith faced a clerk imagination trait who will decide if the wiretapping charges are justified. why did you put camera up. when it was over they refused to answer questions why did you use the camera with audio. >> no comment. >> reporter: the attorney argued it was a mistake. is the big question whether or not they knew it had audio. >> it's whether or not they knew it and intended to audio record or whether or not the intention was simply the video record. >> reporter: but ferguson is

>> they want you to believe it was no willful intent. of course there was. why did you bite camera in the first place? -- buy the camera in the first place in knew and welcomed it and enjoyed it and used it to the fullest intent. >> reporter: the imagination trait took case under advicement and will likely make a decision next week. ferguson is banking on this case to get his job back. he argues the evidence used to fire him was gathered illegally. for the i team ryan k can ath, wbz news. >> contact i-team if you think something should be investigated send a e-mail to i- team at cbs boston.com. or you can call. we have learned here tonight that renee and lea celine deon's husband pass aid way after a long battle with throat cancer at the age of 73. alan rickman died from cancer. he was best known for his roles as the die-hard villain and

actually and hog warts professor in 8 harry potter films. alan rickman was 69 years old. campaign 2016 now. republican presidential candidates getting ready to face-off in a big debate tonight. the event in south carolina could help narrow the field before next month's iowa caucuses. and the new hampshire primary on february 9th. recent polls show donald trump with big lead followed by ted cruz and mikeo rubio. >> new england auto show is underway at the convention center and there's special work as crews prepared a brand new pace car for the boston marathon. they are going to complete the specially designed artwork on the toyota prius over the next 4 days. wbz of course proud to be once again your exclusive home for live wire to wire coverage of the prestigeous race but 120th running of the boston marathon is monday april the 18th. the best long-term investment may not be in stocks or gold.

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>> so the kid were told to close their eyes and they opened them back up and saw huge portions of their favorite things to eat. >> oh my gosh. >> a pancake. >> the reactions are just from the the kids. >> little bit of fear there with the pancake it's like the pancake is bigger than a floor rug. >> it's just-- kids. >> they are the best. >> straight ahead the spotlight on oscar nominee spotlight. what a globe reporter says tonight it was their story that was featured in the film. and what that reporter thinks of the hollywood attention. >> coming up tonight at 10 on my tv38 now information on what led that american ship into iranian waters. details just released by the pentagon.

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he is afraid. he knows how fare came to find them. >> oscar love for the revenant leonardo dicaprio film base on the a true story has the most academy award nomination this is year with 12 a on top of best picture receiving nods for best actor and supporting actor and best director. mad max fury road had 10 nomination including best picture and director and martian 7 nods including best actor for cambridge native matt damon but ridley scott was snubbed in the movie. >> i love this time year.

the boston globe pulitzer prize winning investigation into the church sex abuse scandal got 6 oscar nominations including one for best picture. and today bree sison sat down with the character played by mark ruffalo. >> reporter: spotlight has taken film festivals by storm. now it's an acade million a-- academy award nominee for best picture. >> they knew and let it happen. >> reporter: mark ruffalo picked up an oscar nomination for playing this man one of four boston globe investigative reporters to prove catholic church covered up priest sex abuse. >> we spent a day going over the script. >> reporter: he says they nailed it and the academy agrees giving the film more nods for best screenplay director film editing. >> i am here because i care. >> reporter: and supporting actress in rachel mcadams. just yesterday our paula ebben asked cardinal o'malley for his

>> it's powerful film and i think that it's contribution. winner. wrote. >> reporter: it shines a floodlight on the importance of journalism. >> it's really only investigative reporters that hold powerful institutions and powerful individuals accountable for what they do. >> reporter: as for the guy who plays him he says rough low is studious and generous and >> maybe they do. >> reporter: at the premier in october ruffalo told us why he was so motivated to study his character. >> when you are playing real people and you are telling a story about victims of priests rape and cover-up by the catholic church you have to get it right. >> reporter: brie sison. >> it's interesting because black mask was the one tharly on getting the buzz that it was going to win all kinds i've wards and got shut out and did doesn't anything. >> spotlight was so much better i thought it was so well-done. >> you are excited for this.

i love the academy awards so i admit it so it was very good. >> good weekend to check out movies i think. >> got a little rain on saturday and then dhaly on -- chilly on sun. best things about wint are you get to coach on these sorts of things and don't feel guilty about being inside. here's the latest on the saturday storm. it's fast mover arriving late on friday and it's gone by about midday on saturday. it's more wet than white and we will see more rainfall than anything else. a little ice and snow and we will look at a couple maps on that. it will dry out during afternoon and no shall use for the patriots. big matchup on saturday afternoon. here's setup. tonight kelly and 29 in boston and 25 orange and worcester at 23 and we will drop off quickly in the next couple hours and level off. we are watching a storm system to the west and see the warm front dividing the cold polar air to the north and mighter air to the south and clouds run along that line. the cloud will be spreading across southern new england heading through tonight. more clouds lows 15 to 20 for most suburbs. 22 in the city.

tomorrow morning partly sunny skies out the door. and tomorrow is a quiet winter day and we will see milder temperatures to the south and a lot lot of cloud cover and sun and the sun is at 4:36. a split across the region low to mid-30s north and west of boston and low to mid-40s south and east of the city. winter chill for many towns. not as bad as the last couple days. the overall setup, the band of clouds along the warm front that will be here throughout much of the day and thickening cloud cover heading towards tomorrow evening. and any precipitation from the storm arrives after midnight and as it moves in, if a couple towns across the interior can get close to the freeze mark to maybe a bit of freezing drizzle to watch. we will update that as we head into tomorrow. but overall, predominantly a lot of rain coming down on saturday morning. and i think as the storm picks up we could change into a little snowfall but most snow is going to be across northern. >> i eng -- new england and compared -- northern new

model it will clear out faster than it's showing. everybody is drying out and we could get sunshine before the day wraps up on saturday. mainly rainfall anywhere near the coastline southeastern massachusetts. a chance for a little bit of wet snow mixing across the interior better chance of snowfall heading up towards central new hampshire and vermont and maine. in terms accumulation a slushy coating to ionch possible here but the best chance northern worcester into new hampshire and points further to the north. if you are thinking skiing and snow boarding a decent storm here for parts of northern new hampshire and around the white mountains across maine as well and they will do the best with this one. how about the storm in foxboro. morning the. is wet and noon about done with the rain and topping out near 40 and dry conditions by 2 and might getshoin and we are all dry during the game with temps in the 30s and then for sunday just a quiet day we will be in the mid-30s here and partly sunny skies. the pick of the weekend to be outside. here's full being a yaw weather -- being a you weather seven- day and a chance for snowflakes

very cold for monday and tuesday and wednesday. but most next week it's cold and dry. our school yard shout out for today is the millbury school, 150, 5th gradeers in class that is barry burbank school visit and kids are excited and good to see that. the motto is together we learn and the mascot is the red tailed hawk one of my favorites. i know you are a big bird of prey. >> i love the red tailed hawk absolutely. >> not turkey but hawks. >> yeah. >> you know how many people tweet me about turkeys and grilled cheese. >> yeah. >> those are the two things they tweet me about. >> get to know your aingors. >> thanks. if you -- anchors>> thanks. if you haven't seen adele on late, late show you missed out that. 15 minute segment it featured a british singer in karaoke he drove around with adele and they sang together and talked about taylor swift and about

adele's love for the spice girls. >> i was jerry and she left. >> she left the band. >> it was the only time was heart broken. >> when she left. >> yeah. >> [audio not understandable] here's a story from a to b [ music ] [ music ] >> give me i care for you >> very good. take me by the hand

>> they are so good together. >> it's just pure fun when he is on it's so great. >> worth staying up late and if you didn't stay up late and see the whole thing we have a clip on the website cbsboston.com. >> and we have learned cordon has recorded a version of carpool karaoke with sir elton john and that airs on the night of super bowl 50 of course that's right here on wbz. remember see the late show with james cordon week nights at 12:37 here on channel 4. never did they think this would happen. >> a music superstar tells the world about two local college students. >> and next at 6 two breaking stories on patriots. chandler jones and his apology for the strange incident over the weekend and rob gronkowski treated at the hospital. what both incidents could mean for saturday's game. also new at 6a. terrifying ride for a mother and her 6-year-old boy driving home in their car when it was hit with stray bullets.

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they record the video in september but swift just noticed it. she tweeted out yesterday, one word. stunning. we agree. much more still ahead tonight. news at 6 starts now. now at 6. >> i made a pretty stupid mistake this weekend. >> chandler jones apologizes as strange new details surface about what happened at the foxboro police station this weekend. >> a mother and child nearly hit by stray bullets. >> that's when i heard about 3 or # gunshots. boston. >> latest timing for the weekend nor easter's storm in mid-january that may bring more rain than snow. >> and pete brady's family struggling with high collect bills and now a local company is coming to the rescue. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news at 6 starts right now.

stories on the patriots rob gronkowski treated at the hospital. >> i feel i need to apologize to everyone. >> chandler jones saying sorry for what happened outside the foxboro police department over the weekend. the question is how will either incident affect this week answered play-off game against the chiefs. >> we have team coverage of both breaking stories for you but let's start with sports director steve burton live at the. >> two big stories involving two key players and let's start with grofng because he missed practice. adam schefter reports he had to be taken to the hospital to get the knee checked on and including an injection. this was gronk at yesterday's practice. having his arm wrapped. he also missed all of tuesday's practice but the team is optimistic he will play on saturday. but will he be near 100%? time will tell.