on october 24th, a racial slur was on a chunk of a wooden barricade and tossed into their home. she says she is not ashamed or afraid but she's now

sglifrments wasn't ready to talk about this, you know, at the end of the day, i said hey, you know, you're awesome you did nothing wrong. >> this is a very unusual thing to occur. it never happens so we have some work to do. >> she's going public with the hopes that citizens will rally against the racism but also installed security cameras. >> the suspect in the murder of 2 iowa police officers game 2 weeks ago but the officers that asked him to leave were not the ones that were ambushed. . today the mbta is taking new steps to keep passengers safe. theory teaming up with the boston rape crisis center in a new campaign to fight sexual harassment.

any incidents of sexual harassment and let them know that assaults will not be tolerated. to campaign 2016, the count down just 5 days away from election day. the candidates ramping up attacks on each other. hillary clinton will hold 2 rallies in north carolina today and donald trump is scheduled to hold rallies in north carolina, florida and pennsylvania and both making trump will return tomorrow and monday and president obama will be in new hampshire monday campaigning for clinton. an investigation underway after voter information cards were found in the trash and the man who found them wants some answers. . >> a routine stop at his mailbox, a glance at the trash bin. >> i picked it up i was like election, election commission.

says he saw these monday, bundles of cards in the trash each with voting information. >> people respect getting notified. >> he took pictures and video for evidence and then he started to wonder could it be voter suppression at worse. >> when you come across something like that that could be been taking things into their own hand it is unsettling. >> he says he's not concerned about the mail in the trash, he's concerned about the response he got from the people in charge of the mail. joe says he got this response from the election commission. >> people don't actually need that card to vote. >> and in a statement the commission said the city is disappointed that the postal service failed to deliver on mailing services that we purchased. >> people should be more diligent and just do their job and realize that this is a very important election, any

. >> martin tell wbz he did not get early voter information guide and all of those cards he found were addressed to the wrong building. the aclu challenging a massachusetts law that requires voters to register at least 20 days before an election. the lawsuit asks the court to throw out that law and allow several plaintiffs to vote in tuesday's election. >> we have you covered for election night. our team begin and will stay on all night long with the latest for the presidential race. then at 9:00 you can join us on cbsboston.com or on our facebook page for a special election web cast. canton's reebok comes to boston. it says it's planning to move 700 employees to a new site in boston. an additional 300 people who work for a parent

company. just about 4:41, coming up a warning about a test that could rattle some residents. >> plus why you need to book your thanksgiving airfare now. >> also how far is too far for a high school student to walk to school? the battle going on right now in boston. >> and something special is brewing, the new honor for big papi and why you have to hurry to get it. from students like mine. massachusetts schools alre 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

welcome back. honoring big papi with beer, the sam adams brewery has created the a special beer called big papi. >> they only made 541 bought test that is the number it goes on sale tomorrow at the brewery. all proceeds will go to the david ortiz children's fund. >> that was -- the ipas. . in today's money watch it's national sandwich day. >> plus the hottest holiday toy and what you need to -- why you need to think about thanksgiving travel today.

if you're planning to fly to your thanksgiving destination better book now. every day you wait will cost you. the airfare prediction app hopper expects prices to rise about $4 every day. well this year's holiday toy craze looks to be hatchimals. they hatch from plastics. out online. so they retail for about 50 bucks but are going for about a thousand dollars or as much as a thousand dollars on ebay. and today is national sandwich day. a made up marketing holiday of course but it does mean we can get good deals on sandwiches. subway buy one get one free. arby's is

classics. good deal. >> i think, we have sandwiches for every meal, breakfast lunch and dinner. >> for 4 bucks, right? pretty much could eat free. >> right. >> thanks, appreciate it. >> we could go in on a deal and get buy one get one free. . >> you can work it out. >> i see how it is. i'm thinking breakfast already this morning. we hit 70 degrees in boston yesterday, it was and kind of on the mark for when we typically have our average last 70-degree reading which is usually on november 1st. last year it was on november 6th. so 70 in boston yesterday was one of the warmest spots in southern new england. it is a mild start. we're 54 in boston right now.

57 in manchester. i am tracking a little bit of rn , light showers for the most part, not a huge issue this morning not going to slow you down all that much, a few showers generally light traveling along 93 and stretching along route 125. a for more back over to harvard along 110. mainly north of manchester up near concord. you'll need the wipers that's the first batch but more wet weather back to the west across new york and pennsylvania. notice the motion of it although, kind of moving off to the east northeast so a lot of the steady rain is going to miss us to the north. we'll get into some scattered showers through the remainder of the afternoon and southern new england. between now and mid to late morning chance of a shower generally north of boston. then you know downpours fill in across vermont new hampshire and

early afternoon, pockets of rain fill in between 1 and 2:00 for boston, metro west, steady rain through southern new hampshire, worcester county. takes a little longer from the south shore to the cape. we may just get a passing shower or 2. most of the day will remain dry until the evening. so the highest rainfall totals are going to be north of boston. that's where we may see a half an inch or m manchester especially. 10th to a quarter for the city and barely anything on the cape and islands may get a quick passing shower or to. temperatures depends on where you are today. 6 in taunton, 68 in new bedford. the warmest readings south of town, farther north will be in the 50s today about 62 in boston, partial clearing comes in tonight. we drop back into the 40s, the wind is going to be gusty and you're going to feel the difference tomorrow, highs

increasing sunshine though for our friday. the weekend looks pretty good. low 50s on saturday, turning the clocks back on sunday, could be a flurry or sprinkle in the morning and quiet weather with a bit of a warm up. construction on 495 in westford has wrapped up so now just dealing with that major construction on the pike but we're on day 4 and it still isn't causing any the tolls. tunnel this morning as you can see it's a straight shot into the city. so i could get used to this. >> yeah, you could get used to it. thanks a lot. this morning shaping the future of shopping with some high tech ideas. this will let you try out products in a sense before you buy them. >> and a mainly boston retailer is leading the way in virtual shopping. . >> wayfair wants it's products

into our homes and here's how they're making virtual reality real. >> it's going to rotate take a picture and rotate again. >> the retailer is create ago whole new way to buy by turning thousands of tips into 3d images. >> you want to be confident that it's what you think it is. >> using the app allows users to drop a virtual product into any room and see if it fits. >> you get a sense of what physical space. >> the phone uses google's new tango technology. it digitally measures your room they aren't stopping with just one app. see a room you like, with one click customers can leap right into the page transport today virtual rooms using the google virtual reality head set coming out this

experience. >> the new head set won't just be for gamers. shoppers can design a patio, change fabric, move around furniture or have a fire pit delivered by drone. >> we think it's going to allow people to be creative. >> you should try that fire pit delivered by drone. i want to see how that works. >> i'm not going to stand under it though. >> ahead why later in the day could help your teenager learn. >> plus harvard opening a new lab its connection to the boston

it's a good morning more cubs fans. celebrations underway in chicago. the cubs are world series champions, they were able to rally after a rain dela 8-7 in 10 innings. it's chicago's first title since 196. some good news, the army will now pay the medicine bills of a reservist who had a heart attack during a required fitness test. we told you about morgan last month. >> a warning this morning pilgrim nuclear generating station will be doing a siren

you can expect to hear short bursts today starting around 3:45 this afternoon. officials say it is necessary to constantly repair and test those sirens. today boston mayor will be among the crowded vips opening the new life lab in alston. the owner of the celtics and his wife both earned their degrees from hard volunteered. boston rolling out grades for restaurant cleanliness. our cameras were at stash's pizza. it was given an a yesterday. it was the first letter grade for a restaurant that's a part of a new program that requires restaurants to display grades given to them bathed on their health inspections.

the nationwide survey shows students who do summer learning outperform the control group and those benefits carry throughout the school year. . another way to do better in high school start later in the day, that's according to a study in the journal of pediatrics. doctors say teenagers are sleepy during the day because their body's biological clock is out of sync can school schedules. they red a start time of and don't get any sleep. up next no excuses. >> the world series champions helping fans get out of work,

every time a new charter opens, it takes money away from the regular public schools from students like mine.

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

. well, the cubs wanted fans to be ready for game 7. >> they sent out six notes tweeting out excuse notes for everyone. they read please excuse blank from work, class, other responsibility on wednesday november 2nd, the cubs are playing game 7. if you're not familiar with sports it's kind of a big deal. no word if they'll send out another sick note for today. hey, excuse they support us, they did their job yesterday so excused from work today. >> i think it should work in boston too. i think we should all try. >> we're going to be a little late. top stories weather and traffic all straight ahead.

. breaking overnight the cubs finally calling themselves world series champs for the first time in 108 years. we've got highlights and reaction. >> also, an 18-year old hit by a car in dorchester, the details we're learning this morning about the investigation. >> plus racist messages targeting a local mom appeared her young son. . >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz news this morning. . good morning. >> thanks for joining us, thursday, november 3rd, and if you liked yesterday it's still kind of warm out there, danielle. it's in the 50s right now so a very warm start to the day. 56 in worcester right now. it's 54 in boston, 50 in lawrence, lower 50s down to the cape. and that's where we're tracking a couple of showers and