leave under investigation. what he is saying about it this morning. >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning it's 5:00. thanks for joining us. i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kate merrill. it's wednesday september 14th. look who's back from a lock vacation over-- from a long vacation overseas he is rested and happy and surprised by the perfect weather. >> you missed good weather chris. i will sure you wish you were here er current temperatures 65 out the door. same in lawrence lower moidel 60s -- middle 60s. 50s in the coolest suburbs as opposed to the 30s. satellite and radar quiet but we are waiting on a cold front that will spark some thunderstorms later on today. your morning commute is fine no weather related issues. made day lunchtime okay between 2 and 4 -- midday lunchtime okay between 2 and 4 storms

during the evening. scattered thunderstorms for the drive home a few storms may be strong to severe with localized damaging wind gusts the primary threat. sunny start pleasant too. sunrise at 6:23 and a little humid this afternoon. nothing oppressive. highs come into the lower 80s with a thunderstorms right around 80 for the drive home and again with locally heavy rainfall in there as well the we will time out the thunderstorms and talk about the biggest threats and the feel of fall that moves in for tomorrow. good mog. this is 93 south in somerville and there's a decent amount of cars out there but nothing to slow you down and you won't have problems getting to the point. 93 south is clear andover and all the towns. checking the pike, check that out. eastbound lanes are wide open and route 9 is a great option. breaking overnight a driver rescued after a crash in woburn after 12:30 this morning on lake avenue. police say a car slammed into a

passenger were taken to the hospital with nonlife- threatening injuries. the cause of the crash is under investigation. also breaking overnight a man suspected of killing a police officer in north carolina may be in custody in rhode island. >> that's what sources are telling our sister station there a few hours ago state police raided a providence home looking for that wanted man. >> this is rhode island state police come out with your hands up right now. >> police got a tip that 23- year-old i been inside the home. officers used tear gas but say he was not there. he is accused of shooting officer tim brackeen in the chest. he was look for fenner after he missed a court date. >> we treat every case the same but when a police officer is slain, it heightens the threatlevel. he has taken one police officer down and who knows if he wants

wife and daughter. four other people are in custody in connection with the case. a violent case of road rage near a local high school. >> a worcester man is due in court accused of piling a -- pulling a machete on another driver. anna my lee is -- ann ameiler is live with more. >> reporter: -- anna meiler is live with more. >> reporter: aldo rivera is accused of punching the man in the face near a high school that jle the day. this started when a school resource officer at burncoat high school was flagged done by a concerned driver. the officer drove down rexhame road and found two people out of the cars a driver told police rivera tailgateed him in front of the high school and the two drivers exchanged gestures and profanities. the driver says rivera got out and poled machete -- pulled a machete out and threatened him

threat but the machete was in the car. the police found it under the passenger floor mat where his 13-year-old daughter was sitting. his 17-year-old son was also in the car. he faces many charges including assault with a dangerous weapon and he will be arraigned in court later this morning. reporting live in worcester anna meiler wbz this morning. to a developing story in townsend where police are investigating a possible attempted abduction. three teenage boys told officers the man attacked him yesterday afternoon. they say an older man long graybeard jumped out from behind a large rock tried to grab one of them and hit another on the back of the neck before running into the woods. police and k-9s searched the area and officers reviewedsurveillance video but didn't find anything. police don't believe the pu lib -- public in danger but if you have information call to usened police. also developing the faa is investigating another incident war green laser was pointed at a -- where a green laser was

the u united airlines plane washeading to boston when at beam hit it over the the hull. this is the third sim in less than two weeks lasers targeted place -- time in less than two weeks lasers targeted planes coming to logan. ken macleod is live with a closer look at the investigation involving a police chief. >> reporter: leonard campanello was honored at the white house for the pledge to help heroin addicts get treatment instead of charging them with a crime but this morning he is suspended with pay amid an internal investigation. after a quarter century as a cop, gloater police chief became -- gloucester police chief became a national celebrity when he introduceed a change at his department. >> i stood over enough dead bodies with a needle in their

while. >> reporter: so with the help of former addicts acting as counselors the chief says any heroin use here showed up with a desire to get clean and dope paraphernalia wouldn't be charged with a crime but would get detox and recovery help. district attorney raised concerns about that promise but it drew praise as a better appropriate to a opioid problem spiraling out of control. >> aid problem that affects every -- it's a problem that affects everco know and in gloucester we take care of people that need help. >> reporter: but yesterday, just after the chief abruptly sought two weeks of time off to untangle the so-called angel program from the day to day operations of his department, the mayor issued a brief statement putting him on personal leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation but gave no hint what that might be. the chief in turn told the local newspaper i have absolutely no concerns in my

me. now the mayor's office made it clear they will make no further comment on this. the chief says he was notified at 6:00 last night and suspects that being outspoken about the angel program has earned him some powerful enemies but he says he looks forward to clearing his name and get being back -- getting back to work. ken macleod. jury selection is set to begin in the deat he pleaded guilty to carjacking and killing two massachusetts men during a week long crime spree in 2001. a jury gave sampson the death penalty in 2003 which was overturned by a judge who found one of the jurors lied repeatedly about her background. the new jury will decide if sampson should receive the death penalty or hive in prison. a murder he warrant has been issued for the man police believe killed his former

emiliodelarosa. he was just released from state prison in january after serving 4 years for kidnapping rosa and attempting to murder her. court papers shows a long history of abuse and in a restraining order she wrote he grabbed me by my neck the day before telling me this child is going to be left without a mom. i am scared for my life along with my child's life. she later loosen the restrictions on the order so he could the victims advocates say there are other legal options for parents in danger. >> supervise visitation centers. mod fight custody adpreements -- modified custody agreements that might protect not only the child but the victim parent. >> the 4-year-old son was not physically hurt but authorities are concerned about what he may have seen. to campaign 2016, donald trump will visit flint michigan

to spend child care visit and we know when hillary clinton willreturn to the campaign trail. >> reporter: donald trump triumphantly held up a baby moment after unveiling his plan to make child care more affordable with daughter ivanka by his side among other things the proposal calls for allowing parents to deduct child care expenses from their income tax and provide guaranteed paid maturnity leave. >> by recapturing fraud d unemployment insurance program we cank provide 6 weeks of paid maturnity leave to any mother with a newborn child whose employ her doesn't provide the benefit. >> reporter: trump latest appeal to women comes less than two months to the general election. the latest abc news washing tanton post poll has him trailing hillary clinton amongwhite educated female voters. >> my opponent has no child

it evolves into a a plan it will never get done anyway. >> reporter: clinton immediately fired back on social media tweeting a link to her own plan. which provides 12 weeks of paid leave for working mothers and fathers. as the democratic nominee continues to he recover from pneumonia president obama campaigned for her in philadelphia where he painted trump as no friend to the working class. >> he spent most of his life trying to stay arfast -- away from work people as he could. >> reporter: clinton will return to the campaign trail tomorrow. hena daniels cbs news. primary results from new ma'am sure in and vote -- new hampshire are now in and there's one of the most watched senate races republican kelly ayotte will face-off against maggie hassen. the winner of the general election in november could help reshape the balance of power in the u.s. senate. and now to the race to replace maggie hassen for governor.

it's too close to call on republican side and with more than 90% of the votes in, chris leads by 1%. coming up this morning, hitting the roads for a good cause. >> the pair of veterans making it the mission to walk across the country. the inspiration behind their track. >> and shining a light on history. the birthday celebration in massachusetts hundreds of years in the making. danielle good morning. >> good morning kate and everybody. it's going to be a warm one out there today a little humid with sunshine to clouds today. temperatures climb well into the 80s and we are keeping an eye out for thunderstorms. i will have the updated hour by hour timeline when we come back. stay with us. es funding away from regular public schools in that area. this year alone, charter schools will take more than 400 million dollars away from neighborhood public schools. that's not right. instead of draining even more money from neighborhood public schools and giving it to charters,

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a big birthday for a boston landmark. boston light the old lighthouse station turns 300 years old. celebrations and a lighting -- ceremonial lighting will be there. it is the coast guard's last manned late house and they say there's a ton of value in it. it's amazing 300 years old. so much history. >> she has been serving really the same purpose for 300 years and keeping mariners out of trouble and guiding them basically into the boston harbor. >> the the 89 foot tall

revolution and then rebuilt by the u.s. in 1783. >> one of the coolest things about living in new england there's the really awesome lighthouses along the coast. i love night have you visited boston light. >> no i haven't. >> no. >> road trip. >> let's do it. >> the weather today will be okay until later on this afternoon. that's when we track thunderstorms. >> okay. >> so after 3, 4 we will keep an eye on it. >> it's been so perfect for couple days like the most perfect weather. >> you tomorrow. that's all i will say a little change on the way. severe outlook has not changed much since yesterday. we are in marginal risk areas in green massachusetts southern vermont and most of central and southern new hampshire and sen he trail and southern maine as well. what is a marginal chris being -- risk means? isolated chance for severe thunderstorms. upper 50s when you come into the coolest pockets.

to 10 degrees for many of us. satellite and radar quiet. sun is shining this morning once it comes up and then clouds are starting to build. you will notice back to new york and pennsylvania. we are waiting on the front across the great lakes and that will sweep through later on today and bring the chance for some showers and thunderstorms. ahead of it we get warm. 82 to 88 for many of us. this will fall shy of records. records for a lot of us are in the low 90s. we should hit 88 in boston and near 80 on ca sticky out there today as well. morning commute dry. no problems. solar glare shades the only thing to contend w midday lunchtime doing okay. clouds do build in between early to mid and afternoon. storms around 1, 2 in the berkshires and east into worcester county around 3 or 4. at 4 p.m. the commute home is going to be featuring scattered showers and thunderstorms. not everyone is going see a storm a few storms may be

7 p.m. a lot of the action is tapering off with a leftover shower on the cape. the cape and island we see little if any action. a isolated shower or storm. damaging wind and the primary threat we are watching localized flooding hail lightning a lower risk today. in any thunderstorm that develops, you may see brief heavy downpours. clearing comes in tonight. as that fresh fall air starts to move in. 60 for an overnight low in boston. 50s in the suburbs and we don't actually reboundual that much in the 80s but the 60s to low 70s. that's it. as high pressure builds in and provides us with that dry comfortable air. there will be a blend of sun and clouds to enter the week on friday. by the way, tropical storm julia formed yesterday. 40-mile-per-hour winds. spinning in the at least northeast portion of florida right near jacksonville. bringing areas of rain to the coastline of southeast georgia and also back in through south carolina. for us beautiful end to the

sunday features more clouds and chance of showers and storms a few lingering into early on monday and back up to near 80 by tuesday. brie one ooh ruers -- breana. >> reporter: there's an accident before you head out the door in framingham eastbound lanes of the mass pike after exit 12 and route 9 and it's blocking the shoulder and shouldn't cause to have of a problem since it's not blocking lanes but we will let you know if we see some be born to run but mb-ta offered round trip tickets from south station to gillette for 20 dollars and they have sold out. but it could be a late night for fans. trains leave from gillette 30 minutes after the concert ends. the boston shows have been running between 3 and 4 hours late and patriots fans get the same deal 20 dollars round trip to gillette on game days. i know how we are getting to the next game chris.

buying tickets. thanks very much. first it was cambridge andsomerville and boston could be next. the city could ban the use of plastic bags. the city council held the first of three meetings on the issue last night giving residents the chance to weigh in. more than 30 cities and towns in the state have passed similar bans. two veterans are making a cross-country trek to raise awareness of the issues veterans face every day. kevin kinkea da. army vet whoer is informed afghanistan says it was combat e started the journey in maine and the former sailor -- and met daniel taylor in new hampshire. they embarked on a two year long journey and they made stops in salem and westminster. kinkead says it's about gettinged word out. >> suicide rate, veteran homelessness, and a lot of it is connected to the poor care that the va gives and i am trying to reach enough ears and right ears to get somebody who can make the changes.

money for the trip and will donate the rest to veterans charities. 5:20. coming up next, the pats are getting ready for the matchup with miami. >> when you can get a closer look at their game plan. >> plus the red sox again the orioles what it means to the pennant race. steve burton breaks it down coming up in sports. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me,

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massachusetts bmw center or visit bmw mass.com. >> patriots are moving onto miami. >> and the sox struggle again the oarsos -- orioles. let's get it all from steve burton. >> things didn't go well for the home team. drew got the start and didn't last long and gave up 5 runs in the second inning and he was done as orioles beat the sox 6- 3. no score top of the second. orioles with two on spanking the 3-run homer deep to left. the 9th of the year. next guy it was a walk and a two run shot to left and it's 5- 0 andawed they load base was one out and get two free passs in a row with ryan and pedroia walking in run.

that's all they get. top of the 4th. he pops one out into short right. pedroia and bradley junior almost collide. check out the play. watch again. great concentration on a ball that should have been his. sox -- a solo shot 423 feet to left center and it's 5-3 game. same score moving to the 9th. orioles get he takes him deep and over the monster for the solo home run making it 6-3. and that my friend would be the final. red sox lose it 6-3 but you want good news here it is blue jays lost to the rays 6-2 so sox have a two-game lead in the east over jays and orioles. patriots had yesterday off and go back to work. arizona is done. dolphins next miami comes to

on sunday afternoon. wbz has it covered starting with patriots all access friday night at 7. patriots game day sunday morning at 11:30. kick off at one followed by the 5th quarter post game show and tomorrow night, it's an afc east clash between jets and bills and buff hoe -- in buffalo. kick off is at 8:25. great week for baseball and football. i am stbu you. there is a new way to welcome big papi into your home. >> massachusetts based yankee scandal has limit edition candle in honor of the sox slug are retirements. money raised will go to the david ortiz children fund to help pay for surgery for kids in need. he he helped pick out the cent. it's called mid summers night and blend of musk sage, and mahogany cologne. >> smells like success and home runs mixed together.

black color and i feel like it's a. [audio not understandable] >> okay. >> make it smell good. >> still to come, we will put you in the bathroom. hackers target colin powell. >> and we will have more on debate on the controversial ballot question to legalize marijuana. hear from both side ahead. >> this is jon keller. the battle over hillary clinton's basket of deploreables comment has moved on to the air what new clinton and trump ads tell us about their campaign strat thies when wbz -- strategies when wbz this morning continues. >> good morning. 60s for the kids as they head out for the bus stop. building clouds and into the 80s a little humid in the classroom and i am tracking thunderstorms generally after 3 p.m. i will have the latest timeline and greatest threat when we

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woburn. investigation underway this morning. >> also breaking overnight state police raiding a home in rhode island. looking for a man accused of killing a police officer. >> hillary clinton taking another day off. when she is set to get bag on the campaign trail and how the word. war of words between both candidates are heating newspaper live from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz this morning. >> good morning i am kate mel. coffee kicked in. >> it's kicking in after a long week and a half on vacation he is back to work. >> he is awake and feeling good i am sure. it's always tuft first day back. welcome back. eye to the sky we are tracking the potential for few severe storms possible and a return to the fall feel tomorrow and friday. and very little drought relief. we need a ton of rain at this point. couple scattered storms not going to do much.

ofscattered showers and thunderstorms. nothing that soak or long. 50s in the coolest suburbs with clear skies over us currently. the sun will shine at 6:23 this morning. bright mild start. a little muggy nothing oppressive though. but this cloud will build in as we head through midday and it's humid and temperatures in the low 80s and we top out in the mid to upper 80s today. with scattered thunderstorms for the ride home and not everyone is going see one. but the threat is hour and we will get you on the road. >> reporter: we are watching the accident out on the pike in the eastbound lanes in framingham and it's blocking the shoulder. right after exit 12 and route 9. we are not seeing backup or delays from this yet but we will keep watching it and checking out 93 south on the zakim bridge things are picking up. also in the leverett connector it's getting busy. it's all still moving right

rescued after a crash in woburn after 12:30 this morning on lake avenue. police say a car slammed into a pole trapping the driver. both the driver and a passenger were taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. the cause of the crash is still under investigation this morning. 5:32. also breaking a man suspected of killing a police officer in north carolina may be in custody in rhode island. that's what sources tell our sister station. it comes after state police raided a pren police got a tip that the 23- year-old irving fenner may have been inside. but when officers got into the house he was not there. irving is accused of shooting and killing officer tim brackeen earlier this week. a air scare a massachusetts air national guard fighter jet accidentally dropped flares over hancock yesterday. they exploded before hitting the ground. the national guard telling us it was pilot error. no one was injured.

targeted former secretary of state colin powell and released personal e-mails. the daily caller and buzz feed report this morning in the e- mails powell called republican presidential candidate donald trump a "national disgrace and called the benghazi investigation a stupid witch hunt but powell has not commented. over to campaign 2016 now. hillary clinton's campaign says she will be back on the campaign trail tomorrow. after she was sidelined with pneumoni clinton yesterday and today former president bill clinton and daughter chelsea will both attend events. there's been a lot of back and forth in the presidential election and this morning jon keller explains why that won't be stopping any time soon. >> reporter: good morning. the journalist michael kensly put it best when he said "a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth. and while hillary clinton has apologized for saying half of donald trump's supporters were

borderline characters. but this gaffe continues to reveal truth about clinton and trump now that it's focused of dualing campaign ads. for instance, this new trump tv ad rehashes clinton's claim that half of trump's backers belong in a basket of deploreables. and adds this tag line keet qoating again you know what's deplorable hillary clinton viciously demonizing hard work people like you. this is fine if you goal is to disgust voteers who are so disgusted with clinton they would sooner vote for satan for president but it's hard to see how this ad helps win over undecided voters. perhaps more focus on the rest of her comment where she seemed to write off the other half of the trump base as a bunch of confused people. might have been more productive. meanwhile, this new clinton web ad strings together some of

reporter and u.s. prisoners of war. then throws in the face trumps remark that you can't leave the country -- lead the country if you have a low opinion of the citizens. well this will excite clinton partisans. but does nothing to explain why she might be a preferable choice. these two ads tell us that both campaigns intend to stay harshly negative setting up the prospect the debates will be a contest to prove which candidate is than the other. inspirational isn't it? your feedback is always welcomed. at keller@wbztv pop com or on twitter at keller at large. about 48% of massachusetts voters a pose expanding the cap on charter schools. the same poll by wbur and mass inc. polling shows 50% of the voters in the stays support legalization of marijuana. the poll found clear age divide among voters on that issue.

opposing it and 65% of voters under 30 supporting it. last night on my tv38 at 8 p.m. we healed debate on legalizing marijuana. here's what those on both sides of the issue had to say. >> in terms of marijuana specifically, there's virtually not a single doctor or addiction specialist or nurse who will tell you that they think marijuana is a solution to the opioid crisis. that marijuana medical marijuana is an antidote or a helpful antidote to the opioid crisis we he heard from those physicianss. the public will hear from them as well. >> four ballot measures will be decided on election day november #th. 90% of house -- 8th. 90% of household dust is filled with toxic chemicals.

and flame retardant chemicals original from cleaning producks and furniture people can inhale injest through the skin young children qawlg crawling or playing on the floor face the highest risk. still ahead, iphone users running into problems with the latest update. >> samsung offering a new solution to the he can plodding battery problem. some customers are not happy -- exploding battery problem. >> some customers are not happy about it. >> reporter: i am ken macleod headquarters where the chief is virtually suspended with pay amade internal investigation -- amid internal investigation who was honored by the white house who vowed to treat rather than arrest heroin addicts. narrator: "by almost every measure,

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a futuristic way to get pizza noon a-- pizza. >> and a solution for samsung note 7 and jill wagner has today's money watch. good morning jill. >> reporter: good morning. chris and update caused major problems on the first day out. apple says the issue has been fixed after customers took to social media to complain. the update froze their phones. not good. samsung could have soft ware fix for the phones. the software works by only letting batteries recharge to 60%. that would prevent them from overheating. no word when the software will be available in the united

called zoom pizza is using machines to make the pizza. the dough travels down a conveyor belt and machines add sauce and slide it in the oven. soon they will be able to add cheese and toppings. the founder says they want to eliminate repetitive boring jobs and free up people to do higher valued jobs. chris and kate. >> jill we have a pizza slicing expert on the says it's not boring. >> it's art form people do it differently. >> reporter: yep. >> seems like a great job. >> reporter: throwing the toppings on would be fun making sure they are spread out evenly. >> spinning the dough above your head. i mown that's super fun. >> reporter: yeah. i don't know what the guys are talking about. it sounds good to say they want to give mee people more interesting jobs but i am not buying it. >> sometimes a job is a job.

coming up, the latest on developing news we are following out of townsend. >> police investigating a possible attempted abduction. what three teens say happened not far from the police station. >> reporter: a dad in worcester is accused of pug a machete -- pulling a machete on another driver while his teenage kids were in the car a closer look at the charges he is facing

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summer may be coming to a close as much as we are in denying but tonight on city hall plaza enjoy the night like it is june or july with an ice cold brew. boston is hosting the beer garden on the bricks from 5 to 8. by boston city hall plaza with several breweries and food trucks on hand. they say it's part of a larger plan to inspire creative use of the plaza going on for two summers. >> there's so much spac really is unused so why not just party like summer is going to continue and winter is not around the corner danielle. >> it's not around the corner. it's going to be 88 today. we are not thinking about that yet. there are going to -- they are going to keep a eye to the sky. i say in boston 5 to 6. a brief thunderstorm could come through. for bruce springsteen around 7 p.m. if crowe are -- if you are tailgating keep a eye on the sky. temperatures drop through the

done with a breezy westerly drier wind taking over. so the forecast today, 88, 89 degrees. the record 92. so we won't get there. our average high for this time of the year, 73 toe greece. we will -- degrees. we are well above average. aid milder start this morning compared to the past few. 56 in boston and 61 in worcester. 54 in keene and 58 in taunton. skies are clear and the sun will shy this morning clouds will increase. they are building across new york and pennsylvania. we run into showers and storms. that's what the front that will approach later today and that's what will spark the risk of a few thunderstorms later on. the morning commute ha-has no whether related issues lunchtime you this early afternoon we are okay. thunderstorms arrive to the berkshires between 1 and 2 sliding east between 3 and 4 into worcester county. and inside 495 around 4 or 5, so there will be scattered

not everyone going see a storm but the threat is there and a couple storms could be strong to severe with damaging wind gusts and the primary threat. we have seen that because the trees are weakened because of the drought. so some gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour may cause the damage to come through. by 8 or 9 most activity dwindling down and skies will be cheering out after that. high temperatures today then climbing ahead of that front. mid to upper 80s it's going to be a warm one. a little nothing oppressive. notice the thunderstorms. storms coming into wherein new england first middle to upper 80s from norwood to taunton and plymouth. 75 to near 80 over cape cod and skies clear and cooler air starts to work in and 50s in the suburbs tonight. and 60 downtown and some of us won't get out of the 60s for high temperatures tomorrow. mid to upper 6 0? at the coastline with an onshore breeze. low 70s inland and a crisp fall

builds right on in. whoa start to rebound a bit on friday. more normal for this time of year. highs in the mid-70s. beautiful with high pressure in control. start of the weekend filtered sunshine saturday is the pick because sunday chance of showers and thunderstorms returns and couple showers may linger into the start of next week and warming up to 80s by tuesday. breana. >> reporter: a new accident before you head out the door and it's minor crash but it could cause major problems just because of where it is. it's 128 south braintree at the accident to happen and right about now is when we see heavy traffic in that area so expect this to be a longer and slower commute than usual in the area. we are seeing heavy backup. we have an update on that earlier accident in framingham we told you about that's been cleared and there is no delays. so good news there. chris and kate. >> thanks very much. 5:48a local police chief honored at the white house is under investigation. >> a worcester man heading to court accused in a case of road

>> reporter: aldo rivera is accused of threatening another driver with a machete during near a worcester high school a driver told police he tailgateed him in front of burncoat high school and they exchanged jextures and proadvanceity. rivera got out of the car and threatened him with a macity and pun -- machete and punched hit him in the face. rivera admitted to having the machete in the car. police found it under 13-year-old daughter was sitting. his 17-year-old son was also in the car. rivera will be arraigned here in court later this morning. a closer look at charges he is facing coming up. live in worcester anna meiler wbz this morning. townsend police are investigating a possible attempted abduction. three teenage boys told office he is an older man with a long gray beard attacked them not far from the police station jumping out from a large rock and tried

into the woods. police and k can 9s searched the area and officers reviewed surveillance video but haven't found anything. >> reporter: gloucester police chief leonard campanello on paid leave this morning. osectionly suspended from -- essentially suspended from thinks job. this is the guy honored at the white house for revolutionary angel program and pledged to street heroin addicts rather a administrative leave amid a internal investigation. the chief has become a national celebrity since the spring of 2015 when he announced that heroin addicts who came forward with a desire to get clean will not be charged with a crime and instead will get detox and recovery help. the eex county da -- he is ex county d -- essex county da had

had no concerns about the investigation and has done nothing wrong in his personal and professional life but this is you spence a days after he sought personal leaf to detainingel the day to day operation of the angel program from the operations of his local police department. so stay tuned. live in gloucester ken macleod for wbz. danvers police are investigating a deadly accident a suv hit and kill a did -- killed a woman as she me was crossing the street when she was hit. police have to the released her name. the driver did stop and has not been charged but police say sun glare may have contributed to the accident. alarming new video shows a driver intentionally crashing into a police offer's cruiser at a gas station in phoenix. look at that. the officers were standing in the parking lot when the driver plowed into them. the police chief says the officers were targeted. all three are expected to recover. the driver is now facing attempted murder charges.

maryland a school bus on fire. it burst into flames with 20 elementary school students on board. the bus driver took each of the students off and even went back inside a make sure everyone was out. officials are trying to figure out what started the fire. pet owners, there's a new way to make sure your pets are taken care of when you can no longer care for them. pet owners are now setting up pet trusts. one man enlisted a cat rescue group to make sure his five cats stayed together after he di person to adopt them all. other ways to protect your pets including plans in the will or enlist humane society that promises to find your pet a new home if you make a donation to them in your will. harvard university is once again dealing with accusations of sexism. more than a dozen women tried out to joint hasty puddings theatricals but none received a call back. the cast is included men since the company started in 1795.

reports 86 alumni side a poe tigs do -- poe tigs do to -- poe tigs -- petition to do away with the policy. the patriots will sport a new look but it's for one week. >> look at the pats' new color rush jersey. all 32 teams will get one when they play on thursday night. it's the first jersey changes for the patriots since 200 #ch the new -- 2003. the new one is navy with white stripes and team logo on the arm. they will wear thursday when they play houston a game here on wbz. we are getting new details about the show tom brady is producing with former nfl star michael strahan. the 6 part documentary premiers on november 15th on direct tv. , attu verse as well called the religion of sports. each hour long ep societies looks at impact sports has on religions around the world. >> it's not going to be a reality show with tom and

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from live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz this morning. >> good morning thanks for joining us i am kate merrill. >> i am chris mckinnon it's 6 on your wednesday. we have breaking news. tense moments as state police raid a home in rhode island. the suspect in a police officer's murder now in custody. >> boston police chief on leave this morning what he is saying about being the subject of an internal investigation. >> and a man facing charges in a violent case of road rage. he is accused of threatening another driver with a machete but that's not it. but first a check of the forecast on your wednesday danielle is tracking the possibility of storms. >> it's going to be later on