live from the channel 4 stewed crows in boston, wbz news starts right now. top store yeas handcuff man arrested during a sweep of gangs escapes from federal agents. investigators say he made his way from somerville to everettt before police recaptured him. >> lynn and police shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at officers. they were trying toer is of a arrest warrant when he ran and tried to carjack someone and pud out a weapon. >> and now at 5, a violent confrontation in a brookline convenience store over a browny. customers fought back trying to protect the clerk. investigators say one man attack the 7-eheaven work wear box cutter. >> tonight the ato beinger is

in custody paul burton is hive. >> reporter: i saw the surveillance -- live. >> reporter: i saw the surveillance video but the store manager did a great job defending himself and the suspect trying to steal food didn't stand a chance when three good samaritans came to aid the clerk. >> it was shocking. >> he started moving along and i gave him a shot to the ribs. >> i raced to the phone and called 9 lep. >> reporter: the three friends came to the rescue of a 7- eheaven store clerk who came nd attack by another customer. >> i started hearing displays being knocked over. once i heard that i ran over to see if frank was already. >> reporter: police say it again when he became irate caught stealing a brownie and wand walked around the corn counter and began to attack the store clerk who defend himself. but the clerk took a cut to the head by suspect. >> when i came out of the bathroom i saw frank the

the box cutter and frank was bleeding from the head and he had him under control. >> reporter: in the midst of the struggle all thee three came to the clrk's aid. two held suspect down and the other -- clerk's aid. the two held the suspect down and the others called 911. >> we go in every day and morning to see frankie and that frightening. >> reporter: nice to step up in a help. >> i am glad i am there and everybody was there you know. >> reporter: mrs. arrived moments later and arrested him. >> i told him you picked the wrong day to come in 7-eleven my friend. >> reporter: and the store clerk was taken to the hospital with minor injuries he was treated and released. the man has been arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and due in court next week. paul burton wbz news. >> thanks. breaking news tonight one of the three escaped inmates in california is now back in custody.

bac duong flagged someone down saying he want to turn himself in. the other two are on the run. family of a hingham marine killed in a helicopter crash is thanking people for this show of support. this morning they released a letter that reads the people of all ages who lined the streets holding flags and signs of support in silence and respect for christopher and us will be etched in our minds forever. they also released a new picture of corporal orlando. they say they pray crews had recover the bodies of each of the 12 marines who died in a helicopter crash. david. firefighters in webster didn't expect to be dodging bullets when they were battling a house fire but that's what happened. they were at this home on upper gore road when the bullets inside exploded. they are not like projectiles but they pop. there were several bocks of ammunition in the house.

scary moments for dunkin donuts workers in weymouth a braintree woman drove into the washington street coffee shop. no one was hurt but investigators are trying to figure out how it happened. out there today. >> yeah but no snow now. get ready for a warm weekend. the 50s. barry we could hang onto this for a while and that would be fine. >> i think we will have. quite a few days in the upcoming week could have temperatures in the 50s to maybe near 60. we said bye to the snow showers and there's few on the north shore and cape anne hoe case and -- location and rain and showers and snowflakes falling there but that's it. it's moving out to seas. 37 in boston right now. 41 in taunton. to the west, look how mild it is. from 33n chicago to 53 in st. louis. 69 in little rock and 50 in nashville. some of the warmth is coming our way for later this weekend. we have a pleasant final

really will it be february or seem like april next week when we hit 50? and remay have record high temperatures to boot on wednesday with some afternoon soaking showers. more on that coming up in a few minutes. >> all right thank you. just three days to go until the iowa caucuses. it's an event every four years but what is it? wbz political analyst jon keler is here with a closer look a and the idea -- look. and a idea of a caucus goes way back. >> reporter: until 1972 most delegates were chosen in caucuses a system critics chaimed was too exclusive for regular voters but 15 states including maine do it and if you want to understand monday night's events in iowa more clearly here is some background. >> what's a caucus why not just vote. >> it's a word that means meet of chieftons. >> a gathering of neighbors trying to convince each other to support their candidate. >> that is caucus room.

you have to get people to turn out on a cold winter night and stay for while. not so easy if your supports are older like hillary's or new to the process like donald trump's. republicans have to do is show up and declare the preference. but democrats first spread into camps and reshovel if the cap date can't get 15% -- candidate can't get 15% support a wild card that can skew it. >> trump with a show of respect for their candidates and them. >> reporter: who supporters will best at that we will find out monday night. and, of course, as in any election turnout is crucial and conventional wisdom in iowa is outsiders like bernie sanders and donald trump need those big turnouts to overcome the organizational strength of a establishedment candidates. but i am not sure i buy the conventional wisdom because keep in mind the people that they are trying to turn out are

officials but regular folks and the passion that trump and sanders are generating i think could be key. >> and the country will be watching and to get back to the earliest point turn out is the biggest factor no question. >> reporter: they don't expect anything like the turnouts barack obama drew bernie sanders made a point of trying to manage expectations, but i will tell you, this race has drawn attention and he think it will be a good showing on monday. >> exciting. >> reporter: i will have the results monday night. >> thank you david. a belmont woman is the 2016 world marathon challenge champion. becca p idzi won the 7th and final race of the this shows her at the finish line in australia with the men's champion. but becca ran 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents and she won all of them. so conbrat lations to her. i knew she was doing it and

didn't realize she would win. >> and she was smiling looking like a million bucks in that picture. >> congratulations. fantastic. homework and kindergarten. >> one mom says no way. she says it's too much too soon in and holy roller. how to be the older of a pope mobile. >> how do you like your pizza? the phantom gourmet finds local favorites from deep dish to thin crust. what would you do with five minutes to kill, and a smart phone? check the scores. probably post a pic. text a friend. how about register to vote? really? you can. five minutes online and a massachusetts drivers license is all it takes to register so you can vote for our next president. go to registertovotema.com.

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with my 5-year-old son when i feel it's more important to spend time together as a family let teachers teach at school and parents parent at home and the home is for family time or downtown or melt downtime but not homework time yet. >> how is this kid going to get into college if he is not doing homework when he is 5. >> maybe he is learning how a play lacrosse. >> he is 5 years old let him play with toys. >> right. he will have some homework in the next two years. det ready -- get ready for a delicious 80s flash bam. >> a game are created a stop action video of an nine ten toe class he can this is the first level -- nintendo classic. this is the first level of super mario in cake form. he film the cook yes hero jumping to victory. you can see the browny blocks and cupcake wrapper shells and when mario jumps on them and my

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at rock and coal in bellingham the rotating oven produces pies crust. stopings from -- toppings from pepperoni to buffalo chicken with bleu cheese. slab restaurant in portland maine is one of the only restaurants that serves sicilian style pizza featuring artisan dough mixed by hand. >> i like heights and valleys and different tech textures and it's something -- textures and something different than anywhere else. >> reporter: deep dish was invented at uno in chicago in 1943 and today it's boston based company with over 140 restaurants across the country and around the world. >> we hand stretch the dough each day bake it into the pans and build to order. so every bite is just filled with cheesy meaty goodness is how i describe it.

a couple dozen pis reas during the phantom gourmet presuper bowl marathon and for more food and fun watch saturday and sunday at 10:30 and 11 on my tv38. >> call in an order right now. fearing up for super bowl -- gearing up for super bowl 50 but something on the field was anything but super. ground crews make a big mistake. >> most the weather watchers at wbz came in with highs a little under 40 to over 40 degrees. let's check out one in methuen from steven 32 degrees there. they have had snow showers this afternoon but the action is offshore. and we have got a decent weekend ahead. the forecast is coming up. >> coming up on wbz news at 10 on my tv38 on the heels of the zika virus outbreak. airlines are allowing free changes when it comes to south american travel. the waiver and cruise lines changing course and changes in oxford. mass d.o. a t. makes improvements on a curve after deadly crashes

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we have wild pictures from the pacific northwest tonight. side by side cinching holes in far south western oregon. you can see they swallowed up part of a road and park lot. officials plan to -- blame rather torrential downpours for that problem movement that's a scary -- problem. >> that's a scary sight. >> i think there should be levels starts as a sink hole and tub hole. >> and a dinosaur hole right. >> you swail joe it -- wall joe -- swallow it up. >> we have had few snow showers and rain drops but it's done deal and that's it for the

>> we will wait for the warmup. but look at contrast what happened january 21st through february 3rd last year compared to the next four days after we get to through tomorrow. so look at this. january 31st last year, 21 degrees for the high temperature what is it going to be this january 31st, 52. then on february 1st last year it was 30 for a high and what will it be this year? 56 and february 2nd last year 31 and will be 48 and february 3rd last year 22 and this year of degrees a chance of a record high temperature on february third wednesday and last year through that whole period the four days, 17 1/2 inches of snow in boston the we had a few snowflakes this afternoon. briefly came down a little heavier in some locations but most of the action is moving off a shore and snowflakes and rain so it's clearing out tonight dropping to 30 in boston. 24 to 28 in the suburbs and wind will pick up as the cold front moves on throughch the skies should be clear tomorrow

weeks, we will be seeing the five planets in the southeast to southwestern skies strung out across the southern sky about 45 minutes before dawn. you will be able to see mercury venus saturn mars and jupiter venus being the brightest one. so, you might check it out tomorrow morning if you want to get up early on a saturday morning. it will have periods of clouds after we have the sunshine starting in the morning so it's going turn out to be varying amounts of cloudiness going up to the lower 40s and down to the lower 30s tomorrow night. and then on sunday, we are up to the lower 50s averaging outpatly sunny and mild with the southwesterly breeze. so tomorrow, it is going to be good day for the jimmy fun snow challenging at the ski area around 39 or 40 degrees this ski conditions. the ski areas need a big snowstorm but this is good conditions of grooming and they everything up.

north for tomorrow and lower 40s on sunday should be a pleasant weekend for skiing. there won't be a tremendous amount of wind. the jet stream will change from the one we have had lately to the one coming up this week which is like this. the storm track is off to the north and west. that's a milder weather pattern. weaker storms and not much gulf of mexico moisture gets involved yet. look at the highs over the next few days. we mentioned they will be in the 50s and maybe near 60 degrees as we get towards wednesday when it will be raining with that warm weather. and then it cools off after that. so no big cold shots and no snowstorms in sight. so it's looking pretty good tome. there you have it. the next seven days and i had the plshure of being in georgetown and they have a new school there so the kid are lucky to have a great school and they have great kindness challenge they were being challenged to perform as many kind deeds as possible and they had 50 to choose from and also

raiser for wednesday's child. >> really. >> how about that. >> we applaud them. thank you so much. that's wonderful. thanks. >> excellent. >> thanks. tonight the pope mobile could be yours. one of the two fiats the pope used when he was in the u.s. now on the auction block. it's no starting price but a normal fiat sells for about 25,000 dollars. the car has less than 500 miles on it and knowing the holy father was sitting in the back seat could make it a great investmentch the money will go to -- investmentch the money will go -- investment. the monday will go to several catholic charities in philadelphia. ground crews in san francisco made a business maketake putting broncos logo in both end zones and they removed one and plan to replace it with of course the panthers logo. if you look close enough you can still see the saint outline of that orange and blue broncos. they say it will be fixed in santa clara in time for kick off.

bowl 50 sunday february 7th for the action. not every kid loves to build snowmen but some like to plow them. >> meet the pintsize plow driver. >> and new at 6 a life saving medication but the drug makeer is charging tens of thousands of dollars for itch the local woman who needs -- it. the local woman who needs it and why the insurance company won't pick up the cost. >> plus, cheated while filling up. a gas station where customers may have had credit and debit card numbers stolen. you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but so many families don't feel that's not the way america is supposed to operate. i want to go to bat for them every single day. get incomes rising... get equal pay for women... cut the cost of health caret and child care so people canr actually get ahead. hillary clinton, she has what it takes to get things done. i'm hillary clinton and i

to stay in my home, but i really don't want to go anywhere else. i could use some help taking medications, using the stairs, or getting washed and dressed. but where can i turn? woman: we're massoptions, a free resource for elders, caregivers, and individuals with disabilities of all ages. we link you to the services you need to live independently in the setting of your choice.

one tennessee boy is so sick the snow he decided to get rid of it. >> sam curry on his own plow. his parents bought it for him last month for his bulldozer. he is learning the buttons but he was going up and down the street stopping people and

>> probably make cash right. >> we need him. we have much more ahead. >> the news at 6 starts now. >> now at 6 taking on one of the boost -- of boston omost dangerous gangs. the raids that locked up crimes. >> the the decision that could be the beginning of the end for draftking and fando you knowel. >> colder air coming from canada. it's going to be warming up temperatures approaching 50. will there be sunshine. >> a young woman in the fight of her life. >> physically, i've had you know fatigue and jaundice. >> the drug that could save her cost 83,000 dollars. why her insurance company won't could have it. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston wbz news at 6 starts now. >> dozens of suspect dangerous

morning raid on one of the boston area's biggest gangs and in the middle one of the suspects slipped away. tonight 56 people are charged with a long list of crimes. >> federal prosecutors say they are part of the ms-13 gangch the core mantra translated in english is kill, rape, control. they almgdly recruited new members at low -- allegedly recruited new members from local high schools connecteded to five murders. beth germano is live with more. >> reporter: this is where some of the gang members were arraigned this afternoon charged with the most brutal crimes. officials say they have 37 of the 56 in custody and making a the influence. morning. machetes and guns. officials say the weapons of choice for members of ms-13 to carry out the most brutal crimes largely fueled by drug

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