their way north to east. it's warmer in eastern mass, even though we're in the 40s to the 50s. we'll be looking at a rainy evening and the heavier chance for rainfall moving through overnight tonight. you can see the influence of the ocean. in october it is very warm protecting eastern mass. you can see with the higher elevations and where they are. to the west that's where the cold is all locked in. as we track the downpours tonight, you'll see the snow going away. we'll have areas of rainfall through this ev right in the middle of the night. after midnight we'll be sweeping in across the area with the bigger totals towards cape cod. might be a little thunder and lightning with some lingering rain across new hampshire and far northern massachusetts tomorrow morning before we dry out with a blustery day as the winds switch around. now tonight the strongest winds again across southeastern mass and right near the coast. the wind advisory is up around 50 miles per hour.

trees and cause scattered overnight power outages. we'll have more on this storm and for more of those scenes coming up in a bit. >> thank you. a terrible tragedy today. tonight investigators are trying to figure out what caused this crash that killed an elderly man. bill shields is live tonight with the very latest. bill? >> dave, this happened right here as you can see now that the accident has been cleared and the road is back open. now cars are passing but this was a terrible accident that investigators can't figure out just exactly how it happened and what lead to this elderly man's death. the car hit a curb and then flipped bursting into flames. inside an elderly male. a local man from milford. just before the crash he was seen driving ere radically. >> a few moments later we get a call of a rollover crash.

people inside. >> reporter: little or nothing that anyone could do to help the man. police believe he likely died on impact before the car caught fire. just a short time before the crash here we are told that the elderly gentleman had a doctor's appointment. we don't know exactly what kind of doctor's appointment just that it was medical. then a short time later this crash and he died. reporting live from milford i'm bill shields wbz we just got new information about tuesday's school bus crash in quincy. investigators have now ruled out a mechanical failure. the driver slammed right into a house sending several elementary school students to the hospital. we were able to obtain the bus operate's driving record today. he has not had any violations in at least 18 years. there are new questions tonight in the safety of the

to escape. but union members tell us he's a hero and that the trains are the real problems here. christina hager is live from the back bay with more. >> reporter: david, there are several local lawmakers aimed at preventing disasters like what we saw here yesterday. most agree the biggest problems, these are very old trains. >> reporter: amy is gett nightmare commute yesterday. >> we stopped, they said we needed to get out because there were no buses and no one knew what was happening. >> reporter: it was the ripple effect of this. passengers are climbing through windows as their train filled with smoke just moments later some were left struggling to catch their breath.

likely overheated. the governor says that the employee on board did not do what he should have. >> the train was starting to leave the station. it started to smoke. you back it up, all right? and then you announce over the loud speaker that there is an issue. >> reporter: the president of the union has a different take. >> the motor man did an exceptional job, securing the car in getting these people evacuated. >> repor two employees instead of one on all trains dating back to the 1970s like this one. if he had help on board he could have handled the evacuation, allowing the other to focus on mechanics. boston city council president michelle wu also calling for changes, more on infrastructure and structure. >> incidents like these are bound to happen.

spokesperson outlined the five- year spending plan including $3.7 billion to be spent on improving safety and reliability with new buses and trains including 152 new orange line cars scheduled to arrive in 2018. but of course we've got to get through 2017 first. in the back bay christina hager strong start in massachusetts. about a quarter million votes have been cast. those numbers are expected to jump this weekend. many of the communities will let you do it for a few hours on sunday and some are open on sunday. on the campaign trail today, donald trump is in ohio where most polls show him with a lead. for the first time hillary clinton joined forces in person with first lady michelle obama. craig boswell has the latest

>> reporter: it's a first in this campaign. hillary clinton and first lady michelle obama appearing together. >> it takes a level of generosity in spirit to do what hillary has done in her career and in her life. >> reporter: she has become a powerful ally for the democratic nominee. >> i think that you're getting the idea here that i believe that everything that we care about is at stake in this election. so you've got to vote. also getting more attention. wikileaks published a 12-page memo, where he pushed corporations that donated to the foundation to provide those services for the president and his family for personal travel, hospitality, vacation, and the like. the trump campaign pounced on their e-mail calling it proof of pay perrot play.

corrupt. >> reporter: trump's running mate mike pence also sounded off. literally the media are calling it bill clinton incorporated. >> reporter: the latest national poll shows trump is narrowing the gap with clinton to three points. craig boswell cbs news the white house. today, we have a welcome sight for all patriots fans. dion lewis is back in action, back on the practice field. but the big question, will we see him on sunday? dan roche is >> reporter: we don't know the answer to that just yet. but we do know two things that the patriots have experienced so far for the 2016 season. losses and injuries. this week the pats are going to count for their one loss as they meet for the bills, the only team beating them. the pats continue their trend of getting healthier with the return of an explosive runningback, dion lewis practicing for the first time as he was activated off the physically unable to perform list. lewis was electric in seven games last season scoring four

lewis has been dealing with acl issues in the knee. the pats have 21 days to activate him to the roster. speaking of health, how about rob gronkowski? he is happy with his ongoing process. >> i feel like when i'm out on the field that i want that feeling that you're on top of your game. that's always a good feeling to go out there to have that type of confidence. it is always a new week every week and what i put in during that week to feel like i'm on top of my game onda as of right now, i mean i feel good for sure. >> reporter: the patriots have 21 days to activate dion lewis. if they don't that means he's out for the rest of the season. he could add depth as he was mixed in, both very good so far. but you can can never have enough depth. over to you. >> he was electric when healthy. all right thank you so much. so proud to be your official patriot station. join us for patriots all access tomorrow night at 7:00.

7:00. patriots game day kicks off at 11:30. and it is is all followed by the fifth quarter post-game show all here on channel 4. jeremy lin just made a big donation. the $1 million gift will help pay for renovation to the school's basketball arena. he'll contribute to undergraduate financial aid. lin says harvard e prepared him to be successful both on and off the court. he wants other deserving students to have the last night playing the celtics. boston won by five. >> i love jeremy lin. >> i know such a nice guy. [ laughter ] >> i will forgive it. they met in a nightmare scenario. >> somehow they form add bond that will never be broken. coming up three survivors of the taunton mall rampage and how they helped each other heal. plus, could the patch be

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well tonight emergency workers are helping thousands of people who have been left homeless by the earthquake and the aftershocks in central italy. they're also looking now under the rubble for people or pets who were caught in the debris. right now there are no reports of any deaths. two earthquakes hit yesterday. the largest was a magnitude 6.1. these were aftershocks of an august earthquake that killed nearly 300 million to survivors of a deadly derailment in philadelphia and the victims families. in may of last year eight people were killed. more than 200 others were hurt when this train went off the tracks. the train hit a curve at more than 100 miles an hour. investigators determined not long after that the operator had been distracted. a different kind of distraction here, a sky west pilot is off the job facing charges of being drunk before the flight.

-- tsa officers could smell alcohol on his breath. he never flew. a replacement pilot came in and the flight arrived 45 minutes behind schedule. today is one of those days with the forecast that actually moved me to do something. >> yes, that's true, mike. >> this is a rare occurrence. i cleaned out my gutter today because i was fearful of the rain coming. >> it made me feel like a bit of a slouch. >> i'm with whatsoever. gray, chilly, now some of the rain is moving in with the snow falling in some locations. i always think that the first snow is exciting. it's the 10th, the 11th, the 12th days of snow that gets a little bit old. the snow is across central and western massachusetts where it is still snowing. the first speed restrictions of the year on the mass pike.

to a few inches of rain. it's moving its way westward. this warmer air is is taking control. now it will change all those areas over. most of the soft snow this morning to the west will get it all washed away tonight and during the day tomorrow. so our end of the state we're looking at mainly just rainfall including new hampshire as well. temperatures are too warm to see any snowfall here, but we will see areas of moderate to heavy rain. right now providence down towards fall river and new bedford. l temperatures closest to the ocean in that time of the year where they will bring in the milder air. 47 degrees in provincetown. this is why it is so tough. but inland look at worcester at 36. look at springfield at 33 degrees. pittsfield at 32. you can usually see the fence of them block some of the warmer air. as we head through tonight areas of the moderate to heavy rainfall for this evening. but the heaviest downpours

for many of us that's after midnight. these yellows and oranges, a chance for some thunder and lightning as well as the biggest rain totals. you think overall the highest risk could top two inches towards cape cod and the islands southeastern massachusetts. now that'll start wrapping up tomorrow morning. for the drive over northern massachusetts and lunchtime. a lot of clouds are lingering for tomorrow and wind will be the biggest th rain totals looks like many of us. i'm sure that there will be a few pockets that don't quite get to one inch. no doubt about that beneficial rain. now when those heavier downpours move in tonight, they will help channel down some of the stronger winds. wind advisories are out. down through boston and all of southeastern massachusetts until 10:00 a.m. we could see the gust here at 30 to 50 miles per hour. since there are still a lot of leaves on the tree, we could

maybe a good idea to make sure that your battery is charged on the cell phone if you use that alarm to wake up in the morning. as we look at those winds by midnight this is where they will start to increase gusting out of the south-southeast at their strongest points. notice by 4:00 a.m. this is where it is really ripping outside. then tomorrow morning when you wake up, i expect those stronger winds towards the seacoast as they will all turn around for the rest of the day gusting up to 20 to 30 miles per hour and throughout the day on friday. we will start the day th rain tapering. still continuing across new hampshire. and otherwise it will be about wind with a lot of clouds around and some glimpses of sunshine. temperatures will hold steady. and then we'll start to fall into the 40s as we head towards the evening. there is a break down of some of the highs with the coldest temperatures that will be across south central mass. towards the weekend fairly quiet here. we'll see one system approach here on saturday. bring those clouds in with a slight chance for the shower to

some of these rain showers should move across towards sunday evening. all told that it is not a bad weekend, fending off those clouds on saturday afternoon. we reach the upper 50s, then the middle 50s as we look towards sunday. after that halloween monday. weather looks great with less winds and sunny skies. low 50s with a cool and great night. but the warming trend and the 60s return. just maybe a shot of 70 degrees next week. big changes are coming. david over to you. >> all right eric thank on the health watch tonight, millions of american children, they have peanut allergies. the allergies usually last into adulthood. but there's a patch that could one day help. obviously a huge development. here with some new and promising research, affecting so many people. >> it really does. it is a daily skin patch that will develop that tiny dose of peanut protein into the skin to help train them and how to tolerate peanut. in the small one-year study

low dose patch group and half of the high dose groups were able to eat 10 times more peanut protein than they could when the study begins. the kids younger than 12 would have the highest success rate. of course larger trials are needed. but i have a friend whose child has a peanut allergy as they are looking closely. it could be life changing. >> sometimes you have it at work and that people are big into that. there is also a >> as you can imagine that there are many teens who are enticed by both alcohol and those energy drinks containing up to 10 times as much caffeine as a regular soda. when the drinks are added together the affects could be so powerful that adolescent mice exhibit behaviors in changes of their brain similar to when they take cocaine. now when they receive the

more to become high. and so a big concern is that if they mix these energy drinks with alcohol that it might actually cause them to abuse substances down the road. >> is there a warning on the can now or maybe that there will be in the future? it says not to mix the two. >> well i doubt that there is something that says don't add alcohol, but yeah that's the problem if you take a red bull and you add vodka to it with a pretty serious there. >> because they market these drinks to teenagers it's not a good thing. >> thank you so much. we have breaking news, in london police just put out an alert about a possible kidnapping. they say this man the 22-year- old is believed to have kidnapped a woman from the e echo shoe warehouse in london. about an hour ago and they believe that woman is is in

civic. they don't know if he has a weapon. you are to call police. we have a crew headed to new london now. we'll get you the very latest information as soon as it comes in. also tonight would you fill out a resume to join a dating service? coming up a new dating app in boston accepts what they describe as only the best and the brightest. then coming up at 5:30 long lines during holiday shopping. it's enough to kill your christmas cheer. but one huge shopping spot thinks that they wo way to ease that misery and gadgets making cooking easier. the smart devices revolutionizing your kitchen coming up. i just want what's best for my kids. when i hear arguments that massachusetts needs more charter schools,

every new charter takes away more money from the existing public schools. that's 400 million dollars, just last year. we can't afford to drain even more money from our kids' schools because they're already losing so much. i'm not just standing up for my own kids; i'm fighting for yours, too.

they have new meaning tonight thanks to the new dating app in boston. >> you'll need a resume to apply, as they say only most accomplished and ambitious singles will be accepted. they say they are just creating an equal playing field to help those with a good education and strong goals to find each other. >> okay, we'll find out, i guess. >> it is like an awful feeling though. we'll check back in on that at some point. and for some emojis are

would develop for pagers and cell phones. they will soon go on permanent display at their museum of modern art. this i love. >> yes, and the cyclist. >> i looked it up, the most used for those tweets are the ones that you are laughing because you're crying so hard and the two most used emojis. >> that i could see >> yes. a new hampshire boy who requested unusual work for his birthday got a nice and big surprise. >> we got him a big heart. he wanted to collect items. in and out officers were so moved by the request that they then invited owen down the headquarters. he got a tour and met some of the officers enjoying the gifts and the officers saying happy birthday. that is one nice boy. >> that is is an awesome picture. >> it is. >> the future. >> i'll be back here at 6:00.

>> thank you very much. the video sharing service is shutting down. why twitter is getting rid of vine. plus, a local sheriff deputy who stopped a killer still struggling tonight. how an unlikely friendship with the victim's widow is making a difference. >> it's a rainy october night out there. then overnight tonight some strong winds are moving through the area. we'll time those out for you and plus who has the snow

massachusetts has many great public schools, and we took it for granted that our kids would go to great public schools. but some kids aren't so lucky. where they live, they don't go to a great school, and they have no choice. imagine if your kids were trapped in a failing school. public charter schools give parents a choice r these kids. if you like your school, question 2 won't affect you. but question 2 will change the future for thousands of kids who need your help.

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police putting out an alert about the possible kidnapping. this man is believed to have kidnapped a woman called echo in new hampshire. they believe that woman is in danger. police say that rosario is driving this red honda civic, no one should approach the car, they don't know would have a weapon. we will update you as soon as we get more information. snow in western mass with heavy rain and strong winds for

maybe some people are not ready for it. mitch sent in this picture from lennox, massachusetts. you see a little bit of fall mixing in. here here is a look another radar. too warm for that with the snow going as far east. that line is retreating off towards the west now. no accumulation central and eastern mass. we'll be looking for a rainy night. no question about that. the heaviest rain in the middle of the night. you could see the localized flash flooding in the middle of the road, not when they are out there on the streets, but a chance for scattered hundred dollar -- chance for a scattered wind gust. tonight the sheriff deputy who ended the mall rampage says that he still struggles with memories from that night.