sized of robbing a new hampshire bank. the same man who made headlines a decade ago. >> he served time for taking hostages in a campaign campaign office in new hampshire. >> reporter: when this guy robbed a bank yesterday threatening to shoot the teller if she put die packs -- dye packs in the money, he seemed like just but police realized it was leeland eisenberg who took hostages at a 5-hour seige in rochester, new hampshire in 2007. he was demanding to speak with clinton about psychiatric care for those who can't afford it. >> i wish there was another way i could have done it but quite frankly, the issue of mental health wouldn't have gotten to

not done that. >> reporter: eisenberg has spent time behind bars for a pair of rapes and the kidnapping and thetening t en -- threatening to bomb buildings. at supper time last night, a pair of manchester officers spotted him walk here in the cemetery, a popular hang out for the home williams a lot of turn for a man who never suspected to survive rolling into the campaign office with road flares strapped to his chest. >> i am disappointed it didn't happen. >> reporter: the 55-year-old will act as his own attorney with no word of a psychiatric evaluation. >> police say that eisenberg never had a gun even though the

teller claimed he did. lisa? police have found a man who threatened to kill police officers, a 28-year-old man from norway who came into the united states through boston last month. an e-mail was sent to the portland press herald this morning saying he wanted to shoot and kill as many police officers as possible. the man was station at a portland hotel. he is suspected of tweeting similar threats and claiming there were expossives in ton parking garage. >> i can say at this time we believe he was acting alone. we believe the tweet was the direct connection to him. this wasn't two individuals or a group of people. >> the police chief said that the threats involved used vault weapons. federal agents are joining the investigation. a north andover chemical

february. eesh said that the plant made serious mistakes that contributed to the blast and failed to properly design, inspect, and maintain the plant. tonight, an investigation into the safety of your drinking water. ryan kath has surprising information that the i-team's uncovered. >> reporter: this is top of mind with the crisis in flint and schools in the area and there are a lot of people who under their homes have been replaced or still older ones like that that are made of lead. we are talking thousands of homes across massachusetts that still have pipes just like that, and homeowners remain unaware of it. the i-team spoke with parents of young children who found out that their water could contain the toxin. as a parent, what's the moment

control and wanting an immediate fix. >> reporter: here is the thing. many cities and towns have records of where the lines are but are not making them public. tonight, lisa, we'll have the questions you should be asking your local government as a homeowner and other information to be aware of. >> that's common? >> reporter: there are thousands of old lead lines like this across massachusetts. these are questions you should be asking. >> look forward to >> lisa, thank you, and if you have a story you would like the i-team to investigate, you can send us an e mail or call us. four years ago, boston asked colleges and universities to start paying some money to make up per what they don't pay in property taxes. but some of the richest schools aren't paying their full share. none of the 8 colleges with the highest property value paid what the city had expected.

most. 80%. harvard, 56% and boston college, 19%. tuftsand several other schools did pay the full amount. lisa? the obama administration is denying paying a huge ransom to iran as a ransom for journalists. the $400 million cash payout was flown to iran about the time that the americans were handed over. to o back to the 1970s and addressed the question of ransom head on. >> was this money ransom for the folk that were released? >> no, it's not. it's against the policy of the united states to pay ransom for hostages. >> senior u.s. officials say that the timing of the payment is, quote, pure coins dense. today, president obama commuted the sentences of 214 federal inmates, 67 serving life sentences.

communitiations on a single day in more than a century. almost all the inmates were in prison for non-violent drug offenses. martellus bennett was on the field, hoping to help the patriots return to the super bowl but what he's saying off the field is now inspiring so many. dan roche takes a closer look. >> reporter: a pro bowl tightened ready to dynamic duo with rob gronkowski. but he is more than that. >> i just look like this. >> reporter: yes, bennett feels he can be a voice to the socially conscious. after last month's police shootings, he wrote a piece titled dear black boys trying to be an inspiration and wrote, dream bigger, black boy. dream bigger. your dreams are valuable.

>> nowadays, a lot of guys don't have morals. whatever the dollar takes them, they do whatever the brands even if they believe in something different. >> reporter: bennett wrote, exercise, black boy, exercise. exercise your right to speak your mind, pursue happiness, avoid conformity imposed by the small minds exercise until you're drenched in sweat. >> we believe we can make a difference and we are given a position of power where a lot of people look up to us. you have to stand for something. >> reporter: bennett believes it's his responsibility to speak up. >> i learned from guys like mohammed ally, shaq. -- mu ma'am -- muhammad ali

world. >> reporter: lisa, it was refreshing to hear an athlete talk about it, and most will saying? say i never said that and on and on. but him taking on these issues must make him feel prettiy on good about where he is in life. and he has an animation film on the way and issues off the field dealing with those, too. te >> thank you, dan. a decorated olympian will play a big symbolic role in rio. >> who will carry the american flag during the opening ceremony. >> could this be the future of commuting? a test drive for a bus that rides over traffic. >> and it's a tiny house going for big bucks. wait medical you hear the price tag on the tiny home in cambridge. >> a beautiful day in the

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>> it's my daughter's favorite, jeff kinney. last year, kinney opened a bookstore in his hometown of plainville. the 10th installment of "the wimpy kid" came out in november and sold 1 million copies in the first week. jk rowling and john grishham and stephen king round out the p homes in wealthier neighborhoods are larger and have bigger lawns, and that's the problem. the lush landscape attracts critters. >> i bet there are no critters on the concrete roof there. >> in some states, $800,000 can buy a huge mansion. >> in cambridge, it's 940

was 420 square feet when it was bought and now it includes central air and a chef kitchen and built-in bookshelves. you breakdown the cost, and it's $851 per square foot, expensive but incredibly efficient. i love the design. >> they spent $500,000 on the renovation. from what i read, it's pretty inside. >> makes sense. who douse yourself in baked beans? one man traveling the country with the unique take on the ice

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boston. that's a pennsylvania man going to all 50 states to take the challenge and raise money to fight als. >> instead of an ice water bath, he is giving you something connected to each state. it's not always comfortable. >> delaware, watermelon. jersey, blueberrys. in connecticut, it was nutmeg, everything from maple syrup to salmon roe and chile in and orange juice in florida. it will be an interesting month to say the least. >> reporter: larry kaplan is on a mission. the 20-year als association volunteer decided to take the ice bucket challenge and step it up. he calls it 50 in 30. >> i'll be driving through all 48 states and alaska and hawaii in a span of 38 days. >> reporter: today, doused with boston baked beans.

>> i took off a month from a new business and wife and children to do this and inconvenience myself for a month and then go back to my normal life. if you have als, you wake up one day and don't get to go back to a normal life. that change is permanent. >> reporter: his goal, $100,000 for research. as for the beans? >> not bad. i'm not going to lie. i feel like i'm pull them out of my ears later. >> definitely in need of a we are worried since new hampshire is the granite state, but he is wisely operating for a bucket of new england clam showedder -- chowder instead. >> he is a pretty good sport. at the end of the day, he is an awesome, awesome -- i can't come up with the word. >> cause? >> yeah, not a charity, a cause. now that i have a complete

time for my mental breakdown, and we are talking about night skyviewing with great weather. and last night, we had aurora viewing in northern new england. this is from the mount washington observatory, and we had a short window, and some folks got toee this, and tonight, a few things to take note of. looking west after sunset, jupiter's out there, a moon, mercury, venus, very bright and persied peaks next week. we have mainly clear skies and not much water vapor. this will continue into next week. high pressure over the northeast and it has wenned in comfortable and dry air. the dew points, down to 50s in the northeastern part of the country. the humid conditions are suppressed way off to the

has noticeable humidity, saturday, and that's it. looking at the temperatures, 70sto low 80s, a top 10 weather day, just gorgeous after the morning fog and not expecting much in the way of fog. clear skies, 51 to 58 in the suburbs. a bit of a chill in the air tonight, going that far? a chill in the air. 68 in the city and cooler than average, and the windows are open type of weather. tomorrow, cool start and a beautiful day, 2 to 3 warmer than this afternoon. 81 at lunchtime and we'll find 70s at the coast with the breeze out of the south southwest at 5 to 15. the coolest temps, immediate south coast and cape and island. 87 in bedford and lawrence and manchester. fitchburg, a warm 88. the beach, 72 to 82, a perfect

head out to the store. still not very humid and then on saturday this front will help to provide more of the humid air and a bit more cloud cover and a few scattered showers and storms possible on saturday to kickoff the weekend. so we'll keep an eye on the timing here and have the exact timing as we head toward tomorrow and friday nailing down when the areas could see showers and storms, and then looking at sunday, 80 to 85, breezy and partly cloudy and the region. we talked about james taylor earlier on, great, and pearl jam on friday night, 85 and excellent summer weather. 81 on sunday, breezy and a good night for the show, no weather issues. we talked about the rain over new england. this is a computer model run all the way out through wednesday of next week. saturday is the only chance for showers and thunderstorms. the drought, very much an issue

day, and i feel guilty because we need the rain but 80s and sunday every day but saturday and wednesday of next week. >> and i like your tie. nice lobster. >> got the lobsters going. and there is a 4-year-old at a wedding i went to and had the tie and i asked his parents, where did they get that? j crew. >> try not to get melted butter on it. transportation officials in china just that could help skip traffic altogether. we showed you two months ago the elevated bus that takes up two lanes in the road but has a space for cars to pass below. about 300 people can ride at one time. they are not cheap costing $4.5 million each. >> something tells me it will be a while before we see them here. we are two days from the opening ceremonies of the 2016 games and this morning, the

it didn't come by land but boat. during the opening ceremony, u.s. gold medalist michael phelps will carry the flag. members of team usa voted to give him the honor. he is the most decorated athlete in history, 18 golds and 22 medals for the u.s. overall, and this will be his 5th olympic games. >> awesome to watch. two new additions at stone zoo, twin marquars. they are endangered mountain goats, native to the himalayans. the kids, both male, are staying close to mama. up next, we'll tell you which cape location received a top honor. coming up all new at 6:00, terrifying pictures of a bad accident in woburn, a pole

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the population on the outermost point of cape cod explodes from 3000 people in the off season to 60,000 during the summer, and it's busier this sunday when thousands of pan mass challenge riders pedal into town. the news at 6:00 starts now. breaking tonight at 6:00, more trouble for boston latin. the school is facing serious accusations of more than a problems. now we know a major charlestown fire sparked by smoking, and firefighters say it's happening too often. after a picture-perfect day, tracking the warming temperatures and showers and storms. a day at the beach turns scary, swimmers ordered out of the water. and it's tom brady's birthday and patriots' fans are

we want to get right to breaking news in upton where we are told that about 100 cats are being removed from a home on school street. the animals are taken to a shelter in jamaica plain. we have a crew on the scene and we'll bring you an update as soon as we get one. also breaking right now at 6:00, more allegations of raci a school. and tonight, there's more. >> investigators are saying that more than a dozen of those claims violates school policy. julie is live with the breaking details. julie? >> reporter: david, this second more comprehensive investigation examined incidents inside boston latin and online cyberbullying. the report follows an initial investigation completed in february launched after months

resignation of the boston latin head master in june. now the results of a far- reaching more comprehensive review into racially charged allegations dating back to the 2012 school year. the district witty office investigated 115 reports of race-based incidents. of those, it identified 17 instances where district policy was not followed. in six cases, administrators were found not to policy. teachers and substitutes didn't follow policy in four cases according to the report, and in 7 cases, students were found not to have followed district policy. 31 allegations were not formally investigated because the office of equity felt they lacked sufficient evidence. all of this coming amid a federal investigation into accusations of harassment and discrimination at the prestigious school.