studios in boston, this is wbz news this morning. . good morning. to you 5:00 right now. thanks so much for joining us. >> it is october 31st, it is halloween morning. and i guess the question is this morning, danielle, what is the forecast going to be for our little ghosts because it's very important, do we wear the big coat over the costume, little coat? i think it's a tough call. if you can do layers underneath you may be okay. you may want a layer over the top too. be into the 40s for trick or treat time. we're in the 40s right now, at least for some of us. 37 in worcester right now. rain from last evening long gonl clearing taking place. the overall trend even though there's some clouds in place right now is to bring out increasing sunshine, gets the clouds out of here. morning rush sun and clouds we'll call it sunrise.

winds out of the north, northweo weather related issues for your ride home, temperatures in the mid-40s for trick or treat, it looks like we'll be falling through the 40s depending what time your town does trick or treating. we may dip into the upper 30s in a couple of spots. we'll talk more about a big warm up coming up. want to get you on the roads. keeping a close eye on the tolls. good morning. yeah we're live up here in sky eye over the westin tolls right now. construction started yesterday and continuing obviously for the next year and 2 months. right now so here's a live look at the tolls. you can see they've already ripped out the center toll booth, traffic is being routed to the left and right. just to give you a sense of how bad today is expected to be mass dot has told people to call out of work if they can,

of gas to prepare like this is a blizzard. as of right now traffic not too bad. still early in the morning commute but we will be up here all morning monitoring this for you. >> thank you very much. live in sky eye for us this morning. drivers are bracing for a tough ride. >> it will be the first day with that new tolling and drivers will be dealing with new traffic patterns. we're live along the pike in westin right there with a closer look. this is the snowstorm mass dot s about this morning. it comes by the way of toll booth demolition and new traffic patterns. no need to be alarmed this monday morning. . >> i think it's going to be crazy. >> reporter: when your a.m. commute looks a little like this. >> there's going to be a lot of activity, less road.

see. mass dot now well underway with toll booth demolition ahead of schedule they say but not enough to let me nature a massive slow down. >> we're reminding people to obey the 15-mile an hour limit through the old toll areas. >> reporter: and that requires preparation and patience. >> it's going to be hectic at first, you know, you can't -- there's no way around that. >> reporter: because what became habit for so many along the pike >> do not stop at these old plazas there's nobody there to take your money. >> reporter: forcing us all to become creatures of a new one. and taking a live look along the toll booth or what used to be demolition has been underway now for about 55 hours, and this is the big test, unfortunately it is one you'll have to retake possibly every day through november. that's according to mass dot, but of course that

prepare. leave ahead of time so that you can get to your destination well in time. . breaking overnight a pedestrian hit, it happened just before 11 last night. no word on the victim's condition or if the driver will face any charges. . and developing this morning 3 people including 2 children rushed to the hospital after police say they were hit by a drunk driver in salem. we're live in salem thisni city -- this comes as the city is dealing with a lot of people heading there for halloween. >> reporter: and police say a woman and 2, 10-year old girls were hit in this intersection during salem's popular halloween celebrations that attract thousands of people. take a look at this video showing police responding to the scene and reconstructing the accident last night. police say a 52-year old man was driving under the influence when he hit

one of the girls was taken to mass general hospital. the woman and the other child were taken to salem hospital p. the globe reports they were hit while walking to the crosswalk and the driver initially took off but then returned to the scene. police say the driver is facing charges of operating under the influence, failing to yield and leaving the scene of an accident causing personal injury. even though the victims were seriously hurt they are expected to survive. officials say they were huge crowds here over the weekend and tonight big night. so this really serves an an important reminder for everyone in salem and all communities really to be extra careful tonight because there will be a lot of people out and about celebrating halloween and trick or treating. . an mbta trolley operator recovering this morning after he was attacked by a man wearing a halloween mask. police are still searching for the suspect who took off leaving the employee unconscious. that operator says the attacker told

he said the man punched him in his head and pulled him off the trolley and onto the platform. >> pretty tragic, i think. and unfortunately not so surprising. >> why would you do that? i mean, that's just ridiculous. you don't have the money you hurt people. that doesn't even make any sense. >> the governor released a statement about the attack saying quote such a vicious and senseless violent attack on public employee is intolerable. our thoughts and prayers are with the driver as he recovers. a boston college student sexually assaulted and the suspect is still out there. police say the woman was walking from cleveland circle back to her off campus residence when she was followed by 2 men. the woman says one of the men grabbed and assaulted her on chestnut hill driveway. she was able to break free and get away. police are reminded students to avoid walking alone at night and use the university's escort

areas and avoid taking shortcuts. people living in the mountains of central italy preparing for the possibility of more earthquakes. yesterday a magnitude 6.6 quake struck crumbling buildings. no deaths have been reported. many people have already fled their homes after 2 powerful tremors last week. in august nearly 300 people died when a more populated area in the region was hit by a smaller earthquake. checking in on campaign this morning the fbi has obtained a warrant to search through thousands of newly scored emails. the news is shaking up the presidential race with just 8 days to go until the election. . >> reporter: as hillary clinton tried to move past the latest chapter into her email scandal. >> i'm not stopping now. we're just getting warmed up. >> reporter: donald trump thanked the former new york congressman at the center of the

going to say thank you to anthony weiner. >> reporter: running mate mike pence praised the fbi director for alerting congress about the newly discovered emails last week against the wishes of the attorney general. >> the fbi stepping forward at this moment is has demonstrated real integrity. >> reporter: on sunday tim kaine blasted comey for the letter. >> the letter was that it was hard to know exactly what it said. >> reporter: senate my nor right tee leader went a step further cues comey of breaking the law. in a letter he wrote i am writing to inform you that my office has determined that these actions may violate the hatch act which bars fbi officials from using their official authority to influence an election. despite the announcement many voters say

>> we just love that she fights for women. >> the level of that email is nothing to the craziness level. >> in the latest poll just 5% of democrats say they're less likely to support clinton now. new hampshire u.s. senate candidates will be at a forum in manchester today. the campaign organized the event business leaders parents and communi boston mayor marty walsh is hitting the campaign trail this week to drum up support for clinton. he'll have kick off a labor walk with hundreds of union members. one poll shows clinton with a 26 point advantage over donald trump in massachusetts freeing up democrats to campaign for her in battleground states. the head of the medford police union is apologizing. he

a picture with a person dressed in a hillary clinton jump suit. it was posted on their facebook page. in an email he said he used poor judgment and said it was meant as a joke not as a political statement. coming up changes in the air as logan airport. >> the new service launching today and how it will help out business travelers. >> and vets weighing in on question 4 why she say legalizing marijuana could be bad news for our foureg a bit of a cool start, temperatures will be dipping into the upper 30s in spots with clouds this morning and become mostly sunny pretty quiet for this halloween temperatures up around 50 degrees for the bus ride home from school. i'm tracking a big warm up we'll talk about. >> and we're taking a look back at some of our favorite costumes from back in the day.

>> and who is this little witch, it's our ace reporter. . >> it looks crazy. andrew crossley: new hampshire has a senator who works just as hard as we do. gerardine ferlins: kelly ayotte believes in the potential of new hampshire, and wants to unleash that potential. ron goguen: she's out there fighting for good-paying jobs. andrew crossley: kelly introduced bipartisan training initiatives to make sure we have the skills for the 21st century. sue winter: she's fought against workplace discrimination - and for equal pay. claude poisson: she's working for the little guy - i'm the little guy. barb fredette: we need kelly fighting for good new hampshire jobs so our kids can raise their families here. for new hampshire's working families. kelly ayotte: i'm kelly ayotte

every time a new charter opens, it takes money away from the regular public schools from students like mine. massachusetts schools already lose 400 million a year to charters and question two means we'll lose even more. we've got to stop taking from the 96 percent of kids who don't

a great public education, vote no on question two. ghosts taking over fenway park a little halloween trick or treat ago day early. >> kids and some adults had

artist and other activities all along the concourse. >> some of these costumes are so creative and so cute. i just love them. i mean, look at that. i mean look at that. >> yeah, the rabbit. i'm late, i'm late. >> so cute. anytime you put something on a kids head -- >> can we talk about you as a clown for a second? >> absolutely. >> did you have a lot of blush on? >> you was like this the whole night. one of my cousins posted is that blood or -- because i looked like a psycho child. >> i can totally see you. halloween extremes. we've hw england. the warmest 81 degrees, 2 and a half inches of rain back in 1939 and a trace of snow in 1913. we'll have no

43 in boston right now. same in lawrence, 37 in worcester so a few spots have dipped into the 30s. i wouldn't be surprised if a few more spots dip into the 30s as the skies are just starting to partially clear as the rain came through last evening and night. what's going on now is high pressure is building in from eastern canned. so for the next couple of days it will provide us with a dry quiet stretch. temperatures on the cool side. today. tomorrow that high still in control, a little bit of a wind turns in from the south, right around or over 50 again. keep in mind we should be in the upper 50s this time of year. so cooler an afternoon the next 2 days. on wednesday here comes a warm front not a lot of moisture with it but there will be clouds that's the sign of the warmer air pushing in. the clouds decrease, sun cops out we

afternoon. any chance of wet weather doesn't arrive until later on thursday. with the next kind of front, that will cool us back down for the end of the week. highs today 51 in boston, same in plymouth right around you notice just over 50 for most of us there will be upper 40s on the map. 46 in worcester as well. so obviously trick or treaters those temperatures are going to cool off through the 40s this evening. that's what you want tube prepped for if you're heading o mostly clear tonight, 26 to 33 in the suburbs, 38 do you want and highs tomorrow will be a few degrees above where they'll be today about 52 in boston, 53 in bedford, and a nice blend of sun and clouds. overall a pretty good day by the start of november standards, can you believe it? mid-60 says on wednesday, upper 60s on thursday as the clouds increase there will be a threat for some rain thursday evening. and then we cool off on friday in the lower 50s. the weekend looking mainly

50 degrees. traffic and weather together. how does it look from up there? hey, this is pretty cool. this is my first time in sky eye. so a lot of people expecting today to be pretty scary not because it's halloween but because this is day 1 of the rush hour commute with all this construction underway on the mass pike. we have a live look right now at the tolls where construction has already begun. they've already ripped 23 simultaneous construction sites just like along the pike. electronic tolling started friday night. mass dot has asked people to stay home to make sure they have a full tank of gas, still pretty early right now so traffic is very light in this area but this is kind of the calm before the storm or at least that's what we are expecting this morning. now, this is phase 1 of this project which is finished on november

so traffic is being routed to the left and right with these makeshift lanes. we're expecting this to get pretty busy. the speed limit is 15 miles an hour through the construction site. we'll keep watching this all morning but for now we'll send it back to you. >> thank you very much. keep an eye on the roads for us. charter schools in boston are trying to make admissions process a little easier for families. families will be able to apply with just one application. the new cycle begins on tuesday and deadline is february 28th. a paper application will be available at most schools for families who don't have access to the internet. the application process comes as massachusetts voters consider whether to approve a ballot question that would allow up to 12 new charter schools in the state each year outside of existing caps.

with legalizing medical marijuana because more dogs can can sick. they recommend making sure people keep their edibles and marijuana stored away from anywhere where a pet could get into it. also the community preservation act the state law would create a funding source for things like affordable houses and restoring historic buildings. voters will decide if they want to adopt it. taxpayers who approhe their property tax bills. those annual surcharge rangeses from 1% to 3%. americans use obama care may have fewer choices next year. people in about a third of u.s. counties will only have one insurer next year. the country's unsured rate has

big losses are forcing them to scale back. jet blue is expanding service from logan to new york. they're now offering up to 6 flights a day between boston and new york city. the first of the new flights will take may have this morning from logan at 8:40. jet blue is holding a celebration before hand. . up next the pats looking for >> plus the record breaking touchdown for rob gronkowski who he thanks after the game. >> plus it's not over yet. cubs force ago game 6 in the world series when they'll get a chance

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world series. >> plus tom brady and the pats get some revenge. >> the patriots only lost of the season came at the hand of the buffalo bills but that was with an injured rookie quarterback at the helm. sunday tom brady back at quarterback. number 12 was feeling it early in this one already up 7-3. brady airs out the 53-yard strike. in the first quarter. 315 yards and four touchdowns, buffalo trimmed it to a 4 point game before brady hits gronkowski another 53-yard touchdown pass. putting him atop the patriots all-time list. 24-10 at the half. gronkowski catches 109 yards. then brady, 12 yards

pats went into cruise control from there. blunt with the touchdown, pats win it 41-25 your final from buffalo. >> to come home to my hometown and get that record to hold the franchise records for most touchdowns is unbelievable and i've got to give a lot of credit do my teammates, coaches we just always working together and making strides every single day. >> pats have a buy week coming up, rest and host seattle a week from sunday night. and in baseball the cubs take game 5 of the world series 3-2. the series now 3-2 indians they'll try to put it away tomorrow night in cleveland. should be more great theater. that's it for sports for now. and some quick bruins news

taunton at the beginning of the game. the bruins went onto take the win 1-zip. >> he better not round it down. >> listen you've got to pay the fine in pull. write that check old school. >> right. still to come more on the new electronic tolling on the pike. >> plus and getting guns off the street the local community holding a gun buy back program and a closer surprising results. danielle, good morning, happy halloween. >> happy halloween to you, kate. we're talking about quiet weather conditions today. we turned mostly sunny temps around 50 and falling to the 40s, mainly clear cooling off but i am tracking a warm up. i'll let you know when it arrives coming up. >> here's a look at some of our old halloween picks. here is the good witch, can you guess who this is? i'll give you a

watching the roads for us. >> and this little witch is our producer melissa, she's 7 in this picture and we hear she won a contest for this. every time a new charter opens,

ke mine. massachusetts schools already lose 400 million a year to charters and question two means we'll lose even more. we've got to stop taking from the 96 percent of kids who don't attend a charter school. if you believe every child deserves a great public education, vote no on question two. interviewer: what would stop you from voting this november? woman 1: working late. man 1: lines -- i hate long lines.

if you're registered, you can vote any day between october 24th and november 4th. avoid election day lines -- vote on your schedule. man 1: wow, that helps! william f galvin: early voting is easy voting. interviewer: so what do you think? woman 2: it' a timesaver. i love it. william f. galvin: it's easier than ever for you to vote.

. bracing for back ups. >> an breaking overnight a pedestrian hit, we have the very latest. >> and a man shot and killed by boston police. officers say they were forced to fire but the man's mother speaking out now telling a different story than police. >> live from the channel 4 . welcome back, everybody. >> happy halloween it's monday october 31st, monday is always scary. >> i know it is really frightening. if we could have weather like yesterday for today that would be better. >> it's not going to be as mild as it was yesterday in some spots. it was cool over all and talking about a cool end to the month of october today. no

lower to mid-40s on the shore. the rain that came through last evening is now gone. there are clouds in place right now but a little bit of partial clearing taking place and this trend is going to continue this morning. so we'll call it sun and clouds for your morning rush. it will be a cooler day overall with temperatures topping out about 46, 47 around mid-day, lunch hour, becoming mostly sunny, breezy cool, wind g that trend will continue, the wind out of the north, northwest today and clear and cool for the ride home. no weather related issues, sunset at 5:38 and temperatures in the mid-40s, i am tracking a warm up though, i'll let you know when it arrives coming up. want to get a check of roads and the tolls. up in the chopper this morning. >> good morning.

right now over the tolls and it's a bird's eye view and basically a view that you'll be seeing. [audio difficulty] a huge chunk of the road. they need to fill in underground tunnels and repave this section and traffic is being routed to the left and to the right. now, the speed limit through this construc s per hour, through all the sites, all 23 of them along the pike. so during the morning rush hour commute you can expect that that is really really going to slow things down significantly. we have 16 up an running so those have been activated since friday night. so you'll be able to go right through those but slow speed limits through 23 spots along the pike. we're going to keep watching this. we're expecting things to pick up when

roads. send it back to you. >> thank you. checking our top stories this monday morning state highway officials warn that this morning's commute could be a long one. it's the first weekday rush hour with the new electronic tolling on the pike. crews began demolishing the plazas over the weekend. officials are worried it will cause confusion for drivers this morning. and breaking overnight a pedestrian no word on the victim's condition or if the driver will face charges. boston police say they were forced to shoot and kill a man on the south end. 31-year old coleman was shot. his mother says her son was emotionally disturbed. police say when they arrived he pulled out a knife

>> i heard gunshots, that's my son. he had a knife and all this, that's not true. >> at some point the individual pulled out a large knife and started to go at the ems personnel. our officers who were outside heard the commotion, they went in and he started to come at the officers. at that point they -- it left them no choice, they fired, and unfortunately they had to take this young individual's life. >> not think a taser would have worked in this situation. the officers were not wearing body cameras, both officers are on paid administrative leave pending the investigation. a response to a gun buy back program is surprising the police. it was the first time they held the event and residents brought in 174 rifles, assault rifles, shotguns.

police ran out of gift cards and had to go get more. a 44-year old man is now charged with assaulting a girl in a parking lot at a high school. administrators say the pair knew each other but are not giving any other specifics this happened on thursday. the school calls it an isolated incident and says other students were never at risk. the fbi now has a search warrant to start reviewing newly discovered emails that might be tied to the hillary clinton email probe. through thousands of emails found on a computer. they want to know if those emails shed any new light on clinton's use of a private email server. the campaign is questioning the timing. and former attorney general holder is one of dozens of former federal prosecutors speaking out against the fbi director james comey saying he broke policy when he alerted

they say the policy is in place to prevent the appearance of prosecutors affecting the process. meantime mike pence is commending the fbi for reopening the case. he was in new hampshire yesterday rallying support. the governor pointed to trump's jump in the polls. still ahead a major merger in the works in the world fantasy sports. >> just how much are americans shelling out for halloween candy, why the number may surprise you. >> and a woman and 2 young girls are hit during salem's halloween celebrations, the latest on their conditions and the charges the driver is facing coming up. >> checking in with the weather watchers, temperatures running in the 40s right now for a lot of us, some 30s on the map too. north and west of boston is a

worcester, charles in milton says 41. and we're on our way to near 50 this afternoon. tracking a big warm up.

massachusetts has many great public schools, and we took it for granted that our kids would go to great public schools.

and they have no choice. imagine if your kids were trapped in a failing school. public charter schools give parents a choice and are a pathway to success for 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. please join me and vote yes on question 2. americans shelling out some big bucks for halloween plus a merger in the works in the world of fantod see sports. >> and ge working on a merger of its own. good morning.

$30 billion deal to combine its oil and gas business. the wall street journal says the deal could be announced as early as today. if approved they can better compete with rivals, fantasy sports base in boston and fan dual could be joining forces. both companies are tied up in legal battles from numerous states that say the sites are actually illegal gambling businesses. an sugar rush spending on candy is expected to hit $4 billion, about $30 per house and a lot more than americans spent during the past 4 years. in a different study 72% of parents admit to sharing their children's candy with or without their knowledge. . >> absolutely. >>i mean -- >> dip in the candy bucket. >> i'm just trying to help them out because they don't want all that candy. that's too much for

>> yes, you're doing them a favor. i'm sure they appreciate it. >> happy halloween to you. my dad used to say i've got to make sure it's not poison. >> i just want to make sure that all the pieces they're all good . coming up some local musicians taking a spin on air force one. >> plus cancelling a performance. . >> also there's no easy way around the slow-downs this morning. electronic tolling brings toll booth demolitions. i'll have a closer look coming up. from students like mine. massachusetts schools already lose 400 million a year to charters and question two means we'll lose even more. we've got to stop taking from the 96 percent of kids who don't attend a charter school.

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one. the president heard they were at the same airport and invited them onboard. they tweeted out some of these picture. pretty cool. said no better way to finish ida tour from aeroforce 1 to air force one. . >> things are going right >> it's a monday, it's okay. >> i need candy quick. >> no candy for you on halloween. >> you only have one, chris? >> it's hard especially when there's the little mini ones you have about 10. you just can't stop. 43 in boston, same in lawrence right now. 37 in worcester, it's a cool start, it's going to be a little brisk out there today but no huge weather issues.

gone. clearing taking place right now. we're starting to see some sunshine here north and west of boston once the sun comes up this morning. so it will be turning into a bright day after the morning clouds this morning depart. high pressure is building in from the north and west and will provide us with a dry stretch the next couple of days and a cooler than normal stretch too. highs today will be in the lower 50s, keep in mind we should be about 57 this time of year. so cooler than average afternoon and temperatures will fall through tomorrow looks quiet, sun and clouds, low 50s again. wednesday warm front will bring clouds in the morning and then the sun breaks out we push 65 wednesday afternoon. so it's going to be a mild middle part of the week. out ahead of fronted it will get even warmer on thursday but it will bring more clouds and the threat for rain on thursday not until late in the day. so most of thursday morning and afternoon is dry. so high temperatures today right

wind will be a little bit active already gusting at times over 20 miles per hour and that will continue occasionally through the afternoon. 46 in worcester today with an elevation at the airport. right around or just over 50 for political back down to cape cod. the question is do you bundle over or put on layers underneath. we are going to be cooling off pretty quickly during trick or treat time. chilly, skier lies some cities and overnight tonight it's going to be cold. 38 in boston but some 20s in the suburbs these may be a little bit generous too. i wouldn't be surprised if we had mid-20s on the map early tomorrow morning at this time. sun and clouds, a decent rebound 53 degrees tomorrow and bump it up, 65 on wednesday, upper 60s on thursday, clouds increase, chance of evening rain, that's the front that cools us off to end the week.

dry temperatures around 50 degrees. chris, kate, back to you. . all right. hey if you work from home you should feel extra extra lucky today. you won't have to take the mass pike which is actually what mass dot wants you to do. they said stay home if you can today. today is day 1 of all of this construction happening during the commute. this started of course yesterday on a sun little bit more quiet. we're live right now over the tolls and traffic is still pretty light. they've already ripped out the center toll plazas so traffic is being routed to the left and to the right. a couple of tips that mass dot has told people for today, make sure off full tank of gas, leave the house early to give yourself plenty of time. [audio difficulty] . >> you can see traffic is starting to pick up a little bit

your way in through the stretch right now. we'll have an update all morning long. a woman and 2 kids hit by an alleged drunk driver. >> here are your top stories for this monday morning. good morning. the state's electronic tolling is live and the demolition of the toll booths is also underway. mass dot assuring commuters they are ahead of that should not be over shadowed by the need to prepare and plan out your morning and evening commutes giving yourself a lot of extra time almost like a snowstorm they say. those toll booths legacies you're used to seeing are now construction areas and the traffic patterns are very different and the roads are much narrower so you certainly want to be mindful of that. also taking yet another live look here in westin you can

taking place right now. this is the type of activity you will see along the mass pike where they used to be toll booths. so again they're saying treat it like a snowstorm. breaking overnight a pedestrian hit. it happened just before 11 last night. no word on the victim's condition or if the driver will face any charges. . and here in salem police say were hit by an alleged drunk driver during halloween celebrations. police say the driver, a 52-year old hit the 3 people around 8:00 last night. the boston globe reports they were walking in the crosswalk at the time and the driver initially took off but then returned to the scene. 2 were taken to salem hospital while one of the girls was taken to mass general. all have serious injuries but expected to survive. i have more on the charges the driver is now facing

. police searching for suspects after a boston college student says she was sexually assaulted while walking home. police say the woman was walking from cleveland circle back to her residence just after 2:30 yesterday morning when she was followed by 2 men. she says one of them grabbed her and assaulted her. she was able to break free and get away. a new england mobster is expected to plead guilty to obstruction of justice. robert deluca is due in court on he's accused of lying into investigators who were looking into a 1993 murder. police found the remains in march. former mob boss selemi pleaded not guilty for the murder. a remarkable story of survival in california, a woman missing for 5 days was found a life in this vehicle. someone reported it vehicle had rolled

hour to get her out. a big scare at the opera house in new york city. it was evacuated an an evening performance was cancelled after a man through a powder substance in the pit. it happened during the intermission. well investigators now say it was an audience member to walked up to a mostly empty pit and sprinkled the powder which apparently the remains of a friend. they offered refunds to those forced to evacuate. high stakes pretrial hearings begin tomorrow for bill cosby. his attorneys filed a motion declaring he is legally blind. they argue the impairment will hamper his ability to defend himself because he won't be able to tell if he's seen the accusers before. according to the massachusetts commission for the blind legally blind means having

better eye. after 115 days in space rubins is back on earth. they all touched down on saturday. the 38-year old from connecticut had a busy stay at the international space station. she became the first person to sequence dna in space which may help determine if there's a space health threat. . and this halloween. >> it's the first time this holiday is being welcomed there. it had always been considered an american holiday. now, with relations between the u.s. and cuba improving residents are seeing more celebrations pop up including this party for teenagers in the capital yesterday. still to come this monday morning more halloween fun. >> how the animals at a local zoo are getting in on the

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month online. hurry, this is the final week to get our best offer ever. only from fios. 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 and are a pathway to success for these kids. if you like your school, but question 2 will change the future for thousands of kids who need your help. please join me and

. well, halloween is not just for humans, the animals at the franklin park zoo getting in on the fun too. they gave them pumpkin to say fest on and play over the weekend. they posted these photos.

dress up the animals in costumes of other animals. so cute. >> bunny as a lion. >> yeah, that would be good. >> keep it right here to wbz this morning, top stories, weather, traffic all straight

good morning. thanks for joining us. >> it's monday, october 31st, right now bracing for big backups on the mass pike. it's the firstor the new electronic tolling. we're following a developing story a woman and 2 children hit by an alleged drunk driver in salem. >> and a trolley driver attacked by a man in a halloween costume. this morning the suspect is still on the run. but first we want to get a check of the halloween forecast for this monday morning. danielle niles is here with not the terrible news. >> no, it looks pretty good. a little bit on the chilly side particularly as we get into