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philip chism sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his math teacher. but because he was 14 at the time of the crime he will be eligible for parole in 38 years. >> breaking in canton right now a. crash on 93 south skyeye over the scene where lanes near exit 4 are shut down a big mess there. we understand as well one person has been injured in the crash. and you can see the backups will be there for sometime. >> and big political tore he-- story chris christie announcing he supports donald trump. he says of all the contenders he is the only one capable of leading america. >> now at 5:30 a driver trapped after a wild crash in west bridgewater. emergency crews rush together scene to save the -- rushing to the scene to save the man trapped under his s vu. the suv hit a tree and then house. >> he is in the hospital and facing charges. bill shields is live with the story tonight. bill. >> reporter: you can see behind

it took the front end off but what's curious and what has detectives ceer rouse -- curious is how it hits the house driver ejected and get pinned under the suv and inside, 73-year-old woman was sleeping. when the suv slammed into the house the driver was ejected and pinned under his vehicle. a neighbor was the first to call 911. >> we have a guy under a van at 159 matfield street. >> okay. >> reporter: firefighters inflated air bags placed under the car to lift it off the 25- year-old driver. >> you have a patient that's underneath a motor vehicle and tough lift the vehicle before you can even start to assist the patient. so, you know takes a few minutes but that's what we do. >> reporter: it happened about 7:30 this morning. after the victim was taken to the hospital, it was apparent that meredith's home suffered

>> she was in her bedroom in the back so it naturally scared her to be awoken that way. >> my mother-in-law lives there and is sleeping and it's very scary. >> reporter: police say high speed likely played a part in the crash. and maybe a cell phone too. >> people are not passenger attention to doing one thing at a time. we are doing multiple things in the car. at this point we are looking into the fact he might have been using his phone but it has not been determined at this point. >> reporter: ants driver is hospitalized tonight in serious condition. as for meredith eckstrom will likely be saying with her son tonight. reporting live from west bridgewater, bill shields wbz news. tonight an i-team investigation into wrong way crashs. critics say massachusetts is not doing enough to prevent them and lauren leamanczyk is here with a closer look. >> reporter: because of the speeds involved wrong way crashes are often deadly. and that's why state of rhode island is now using a high tech

wrong way drivers. they say they have prevented dozens of potentially deadly crashes. massachusetts on the other hand has no plans to use the systems and many survivors of wrong way crashes say that's wrong. >> i almost lost my life and don't want anyone to lose their they need to do what they need to do to save people because innocent people are getting hurt or killed. >> reporter: so what's keeping massachusetts from using the system that rhode island lives? we will have that for you tonight on wbz news at 11. >> i think most people don't know in this state know it exist and this is enlightening. >> reporter: rhode island is kind of on the cutting edge but there are things that can be done and these crashes are deadly so often and a regular basis than other crashes. >> important story we will be watching. thank you. david. thank you. if you think the story i team

to i team@cbs boston.com or call us. a jury convicted a new york man now of killing a popular restaurant owner. prosecutors say he had and two others plan to rob the restaurant in 2011 and found the owner tony woo inside and then beat and stabbed him trying to get him to open the safe. the would be thieves left empty hand sentence is scheduled for monday. our investigators in rhode island are trying to figure out what sparked this blaze at mansion in newport. the estate on bevview -- bellevue was worth about 3 million dollars but no one was hurt. and important recall information for parents tonight even-flo announced problems with 56,000 car seats. experts say the children can loosen the harness increasing the risk of injury in crash. problem only affects when they are forward facing boosters. so far no reports of injuries

people in vermont are cleaning up after serious flooding. look at this it damaged homes and vehicles and a car dealership. people living in a mobile home park in cal done yeah county evacuated and in central vermont some areas had water nearly 4 feet deep and the biggest concern ice damns this drone video taken in new hampshire shows the extend of the ice damns there. we are told that plantation street is still closed to the public and yesterday afternoon not too far away in franconia the dam broke and the river is flowing again. bill cosby dropped a lawsuit against super model beverly johnson. his lawyers say he can't fully participate because of the criminal case against him in pennsylvania. cosby is facing sexual assault charges there. johnson is one of the dozens of women who claimed cosby assaulted her. his attorneys say they will eventually refile the defamation suit against her. high school kid on the cape are hoping don mcclean's arrest

from performing at their school. students who participate in violence prevention programs at four high schools say the charges makes the american pie singer's bad role model. he is scheduled to perform in april at barnstable high school. could it be the end of a breakfast stay neil why millenials are refusing to eat cereal. >> row rude the critics -- how deserving. -- how deserving. moment. new delicious ways to eat your veggies. >> interesting. and into the weekend here cold nights and weather watchers network in the low 30s and 20s when you factor in the wind. and feels like 25 in hanover and 16 degrees in lauren cold night on tap that won't stick

on the bz feed 90s tv paps circled this day. >> the debut of fuller house on netflix most of the original cast appears and people have been buzzing about it one critics writes the first four minutes of fuller house are four of the most excruciating tv minutes ever to be broadcast. i think that might be a negative review. >> i bet people who love the show are going to see it anyway. >> i seen the show a lot with my daughter and may have seen it when it was first on too. >> and? >> i am eager to see the show. i want to see if it was good. it's usually pretty good family entertainment. one magician's magic getting attention. >> he he is reading people's minds all over the world. his name is rick and posted this video on the facebook page holding up cards with a basic math question. he asked you to guess a number

what number he guesses if you want to play home but he asked guesses right. and the video has been shared more than 212,000 times. >> i am trying that later. >> guessing correct a lot. >> how does he do that? >> my guess is he only is right part of the time 212,000 people liked it what about the million people who he didn't get right. >> they will wave him later. people in 20s and 30s don't want to be boxed in. >> cold cereal is falling out of favor. "new york times" posted a record showing millenials won't eat cereal has nothing to do with nutrition but because they don't want to clean up after done eating they on the for the convenience of a protein bar. cereal is hard thing to clean newspaper putting the bowl in the sink and rinsing it out and putting it in the dish washer will take a lot of time. >> if you don't rinse it cheerios get stuck to the side

>> that milk smell is gross maybe breakfast bars are bet. you may be surprised to find out which vegetable is hot at local restaurants. >> dan andelman samples trendy dishes made with cauliflower. >> reporter: for a healthier alternative to chicken wings g bar and switchen serves buffalo cauliflower. >> we flash fry the cauliflower until it's golden brown and toss it with the hot sauce and with cream and blue cheese and take one bite and you have a lot of flavors working together. >> reporter: at anthony's coal fire pizza pop har toppings from pepperoni to meat ball to roasted cauliflower with crumbs. night an sold recipe when you brown it and garlic in olive oil and hot pet pepper and season it we put it over pastaa and i put it over pizza.

been a place for burgers and buffalo chicken i did but the newest menu has firecracker cauliflower tossed in a chili sauce you can check out the italian style cauliflower in the south end up oven roasted from the loft in north andover and over truffle cauliflower in the park plaza hotel. for more food and fun watch the phantom gourmet saturday and sunday at 10:30 and 11 on my tv38. >> i want to try everyone of those. when we return he has sold out concerts around the world. but it's his work off stage that means the most to him. garth brooks teaming up with one of the patriots to help kids in mass news shall shutes. >> -- massachusetts.

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i got friend. >> and garth brooks hopes his friend in massachusetts will open their wallets for a great cause. the country superstar teammates for kids charity is partnering with patriots lineman. >> and brooks and his wife trisha yearwood perform this weekend and as bree sison shows us they are touched by the involvement in the charity. be. >> reporter: number one selling solo artist in u.s. history will perform three shows in worcester this weekend with wife trisha yearwood. but garth brooks thunder will roll off stage too at the a flag football camp for kids.

we are all raising good athletes but the job is to raise good young men and women. >> reporter: the charity teammates for kids teams up with nate of the patriots. >> world champs. number one. >> reporter: to host 100 boys and girls saturday. >> they can learn drills the coach will go over a minute and a half or two minutes about discipline. or about respect. attitude and these key words that they can take from there and apply in their homes. >> reporter: brooks puts on camps around the country but at a news conference friday he choked up and said learning solder's son hudson makes his session extra special iwould retire from the world and wrap myself around the my child and to feel sorry for myself and for him to do the camp will make it special. >> reporter: 100% of the money donated goes to the children they service. and projects like playrooms at

whole family rallies around. >> there's bible verse that says to whom much is given much is expected and i feel like you always have an opportunity no matter what you do for a living on what level you have an opportunity to give back and as you get older you realize those are the most rewarding things. >> reporter: breeis isons --is ison wbz. >> nice to see -- bree sison wbz news. >> good to see them. >> and they are so invested in this and what she said applies to everybody on some level. you can help other people and if you can you should. >> i don't want to sing friends in low places. >> i think we can wait until later. i am told we don't have enough time. >> i sang it last year and it was awesome the show at the garden. >> now tough follow that up you have good news. >> we are low places tonight in terms of the cold but we will rise up heading through the weekend and today's high 41 in boston that's exactly average for this time year.

39 and just a few days left in what's likely going to be a warm he have winter recorded in the boston area. we are in second place right now that's before today's temperatures so actually ticked down a little bit after today and tomorrow not too warm. i don't think we will get to the top spot. it's exceptionally warm winter in new england and december wasn't long way to make that happen. we had 20 days over 50 in december alone. tonight not the same. 20s to low 30s and chilly air moved in across the northeast but it's fleeting as has been much of the cold air this winter. it's here tonight into tomorrow morning and then we will start warming up but heading out tonight the wind still gusting out of the the northwest. and some of the gusts at times over 30 miles per hour. and which means we are talk about wind chill. i had to dust it off tonight. 15 is the feels like tem in worcester. 30 in chatham so bundle up if you are heading out. high pressure is building in. we have clear skies over the

overall peaceful weather. winds slowly dies down after midnight by the way. and overnight lows ranging about 10 to 20 all across the area. now tomorrow, we will do a nice job of rebounding. many of us are up into the 40s during the afternoon. bright scuse and you know we have been -- skies. you know we have been talking about the last couple days when there is no snow or banks there's something about the cold doesn't feel as cold. today is one of the days felt okay outside. so we have sunshine on saturday, and a little more cloud cover on sunday but also milder temperatures and we are still well up into the 50s on monday a weak front passes to start week on the first day-- or last day of february i should say and will bring a couple rain showers. for this weekend sunny and pleasant tomorrow. breezy during the afternoon m along the coast south coast cape and island gusting at times of 30 tomorrow afternoon and for the eke partly cloudy and -- evening partly cloudy and sunday spring fever moves back in and we are into the 50s and more cloudiness to the north. northern massachusetts in new

south and a milder day expecting on saturday. the next larger storm system we are tracking likely a potent winter storm off to the west. for us another surge of milder temperatures rain up the eastern seaboard and gustier winds and a couple thunderstorms. people are asking are we sticking a fork in winter? i don't think so yet. there's a chance looking towards the end of next week and next weekend, there will be a little window here for colder air andmaybe a little more snow but the overall trend for march is going to be for warmer than average temperatures. especially middle of march onward. i think we will jump into spring at that point. here's the accu-weather seven- day temps in the 50s for sunday, monday and tuesday and wednesday. and then that cold shot of air moves in for thursday and friday. we will watch a chance for another late week storm.school yard shout out a bunch of 4 and 5-year-old. not 4th and 5th graders.

creative world children's center in southeaston. this were he can sighted to share favorite types of weather and they like the sun not a storm group. >> i have to say the bow tie is a nice touch right there. very snappy dresser. >> little kids dressed up ties and bow ties. >> love it. >> thanks eric. well the record that help yours. the first pressed record the beatles reported is -- record is hitting the auction block. it hpped them -- helped them get a recording contract it has hello, little girl on one side and until there was you in the other it is expected to bring in 14 million dollars. i thought it would be about 5 million. straight ahead a police chase officers will never forget. >> a suspect right out of a fairy tale. >> coming up all new tonight at 6a. mother makes a desperate call for help when she hears someone in her house while she was alone with her children. and a lesson in life from two teachers who left their careers

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join us for real change. here something you don't hear or something i ever said a unicorn on the run. people calling 911 after seeing a mythical creature running down a california highway. this is juliette a 28-year-old pony who wears the horn when she poses in pictures. something apparently spooked

and three hours later, police captured her and returned her to her owner wearing horn. we have much more tell ahead the news at 6 starts right now. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston wbz news at 6 starts right now. >> we begin now at 6 with breaking news. convicted murderer phillip -- philip chism sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for the rape a munder of colleen ritzer. >> i wish i could help colleen but no one could have helped her that day because no one knew what evil sat in her classroom that day. >> the -- i hate colleen's kill erin will never forgive him. >> anguish and ainger in the courtroom as colleen ritzer's family and friends describe the moment their lives changed. today it was about remembering the woman she was and what she

>> her mother father and sister and brother all spoke to the court today about the joy she brought to their lives. and later revealed the anger over the judge's cents. christina hagueer is live tonight and chris -- hager is live tonight and this was an emotional day. >> reporter: yes, and in all there were nine of her friends and family members who each took turns and sat next to the judge trying to put to words the toll this murder has taken on them on anyone who knew colleen ritzer and the judge came back with his sentence. >> the crashing waves of the tragedy will never wane. >> reporter: the dodge sentencing him to life with a chance for parole after 40 years. his mother broke down. the parents of the high school math teacherrer murdered asked for more. >> the hole in our lives will never be filled. >> reporter: this victim impact statement is an image of

shownoverhead her mother brought her jar stuffed with happy memories she jotted down daily. >> to prepare for today i opened the jar and read through what she had written october 21st, her last memory. chocolate cream pie. >> she did nothing to deserve this. she only wanted to help people. >> reporter: colleen's sister describes the agony of knowing how she suffered as her student and only 14 at the time raped and strangled and stabbed her. >> you pick the wrong one to mess with. >> reporter: tearful friends described the loss the teacher seen in the surveillance in the trial with her in her last moments alive. >> as a result of this tragedy students were lost. >> reporter: she will be-- he will be 54 when he gets the first chance for freedom. cuffed and laid out in front of the family in her favorite color pink.