gather more information. looks like he was in agony that took place by two individuals who know each other and as a result, we have one deceased here and one in custody. >> reporter: as you can see, police are on the scene and sorting through what happened but they are making it clear there is no threat to the ic nick giovanni, wbz. also breaking a man accused of a violent kidnapping is under arrest, police say he grabbed a 14-year-old girl walking to the bus stop and threw her to the ground. louisa moller has more. >> reporter: 18-year-old john allen is facing very serious

strangulation and assault and battery stemming from an incident last week. on the morning of november 10, bourne police say that a 14- year-old girl was walking to her bus stop when allen grabbed her and threw her to the ground. of the witness called out the victim's name and allen fled. police don't know that the victim and allen know each other. the are uninjured. >> the aggravated part of the charge comes from her being under the age of 16. >> reporter: allen is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow in falmouth district court. louisa moller, wbz news. and also tonight, going free.

massachusetts house speaker sal dimasi will be released early, serving 5 years of his 8-year sentence for corruption. >> and because of his rapidly declining health, he will get out. beth germano has more. beth? >> reporter: it's not granted often but the judge granted what is qoan as compassion at release. it was u.s. officials and the attorney who came together to help fighe and the illness made a different sentence. >> reporter: he battled tongue and prostate cancer serving time for corruption, and now, former house speaker sal dimasi can return home to tuesday. he told wbz radio's dan rea it was a difficult struggle. >> yes. there were days when you felt beaten down but you had to

that dimasi can barely swallow and the prison jim cantore give him the care he needs. he will face home confinement but he will see a specialist. >> we can't wait to get him home and get him the health care he needs. he has been struggling. >> he is in remission, but he has lost a significant amount of weight. >> reporter: he is accuse steering software contracts and getting kickbacks in return, and the judge made it clear there would be no special favors for elected officials and that dimasi needs constant monitoring that prison can't provide, and the house speaker believes that he has paid the price. >> he did 6 out of the 8 years

of his illness and i believe it was warrant. >> more than anything i am extremely grateful. >> reporter: debbie dimasi said she e-mailed her husband today and scheduled time to call her to break the news. she travels to north carolina on tuesday to escort him home. i'm beth germano, wbz news. another day, another name thrown into the ring to become trump's secretary of state. there are reports that the president-elect will actually meet with mitt romney and is considering him for the secretary of state job. romney was a harsh critic of trump in the campaign. and police may be trying to send a message to the man who killed a princeton jogger, putting out the word about a dark-colored suv near the crime scene. police may be sending the message that they are on to the

like going out for a run and may have had a stalker. police are hoping this will lead to an arrest. a driver already involved in an accident makes a risky move and his car slammed by an oncoming mbta train. it's stuny. -- stunning. you can see the car maneuvering to get around the tracks and the train comes through and slices the car in half. the driver gets and the passenger and they run off. one of them is facing charges. chantee lans is live in revere. >> reporter: david, the front end of the car was on this end, and the back, in pieces. neighborssay that the driver and his passenger are lucky to be alive. a driver illegally crossing railroad tracks in revere gets struck by the mbta commuter

explosion. >> reporter: video captures the driver and front seat passenger walking away, seemingly unharmed. >> a miracle. the car was split in half in front of us. >> reporter: witnessing the crash was nothing compared to the surveillance video. that was captured from this house on bridge street. >> it's mind boggling how two people were in the car, one in the driver seat and they came out after the video, and that was shock to me. >> reporter: jenny reynolds saw them running away. >> we saw them coming out of this neighborhood. it's a dead end. >> reporter: mbta police said that the driver recently had left another scene of a car he rear ended earlier that night. reynolds said that the driver of the car that was rear ended

him. i don't know why this well to happen. >> reporter: 200 people were on board the train and transferred to another. the driver is not identifyed by police but will be commonned to court. >> like god was on their shoulder or something. >> reporter: and the driver faces several charges. live in revere, chantee lans, wbz news. a cambridge city worker had to be rescued trapped in a bucket truck hanging christmas lights in raymond park. a hydraulic fluid leak is to flame. all told, he spent an hour in the bucket. he is okay. a bench donated by the new new hampshire girl scout troupe

and other slurs. it will be replaced and a security camera is installed. a gofundme site is up for help with a replacement. a worsening drought even with the rain this week. >> the latest drought forecast came out this morning, eric. yeah, and we're behind average with just a little improvement in october. here is the latest numbers just for this year and here is the big expansion of the ex drought that stretches into western massachusetts and connecticut. here is why are it's a story. -- it's a story. the deficit in boston, over 2 feet, and in parts of the area, 4 feet, a full year's worth of rain that hasn't happened over the last five. we have very low water levels. the message is conservation going forward and a stormier pattern. we'll see if we can find one of

forecast. lisa? >> thank you, eric. in quincy, re-naming a field is full of controversy. >> why some community members are pushing back. >> and will mookie be mvp? we are waiting and watching for the winner of the most valuable player award in baseball. >> and a player recognized for inspirational work on a

controversy after a high school athletic field is given the name of a prominent quincy family but there is a problem here. one of the family members has a bit of a past. >> some people in the community are demanding that the dedication be called off. bill shields has the story new at 6:00. >> reporter: it could be argued that in the past century, there is no family name in quincy more prominent

then, there was larry creedon, the superintendent of schools in the 70s and 80s and resigned after being accused of molestation. now, they're naming a new athletic facility at north quincy high after the family. >> i don't have any regrets. i think there will always be folk -- folks that don't agree with the decision. >> reporter: some say that the name opens up old many. >> the naminglyth of a field that is part and parcel of high school in quincy, it's not right. it's absolutely not right. of it diminish what a dozen members of the family contributed to the city. it doesn't at all. >> reporter: but still, the mayor said despite one bad apple, the family flame is gold. >> he is part of a larger story and it's literally generations of the family we are honoring.

actions of one person in the creedon family should not spoil decades of the public service by the rest. bill shields, wbz news. off to a good story about school, the number of kids being suspended are way down. 10,000 fewer kids have been suspended from local schools in the past two years. in 2014, a new law went into effect encouraging schools to fith taking them out of class. >> did you get in trouble in school? >> i did get in trouble, a little trouble, and i'll tell you about it later [laughter] >> the viewers want to hear now. i got one detention, eric. >> oh, boy. am i the bad one? i got colored card thas went home to my parents every day and kicked off the bus. and see?

functioning member of society. >> it's all for show. [laughter] 47 in worcester and nashua and falmouth, 46, and we're watching a big area of change. a lot of warmth ahead of it, and denver hit 80 yesterday, by the way, and it's 29 and snowing now? a little different in the front range. they have some of the wildest weather in the whole country, and winter storm warnings and midwest and it's look a little like winter. here in new england, quiet and mainly clear skies and mainly a starlight and moon light night overhead and temperatures falling into the 30s and boston, 42 overnight and an expected cool start to friday but otherwise, a beautiful day to end out the week and bright skies and won't have much of the cloudiness that was around earlier on. midday, mostly sunny and gusty towards cape cod.

hour making it feel chillier. everywhere else, clear and quiet and the sunset at 4:19. high temps, close to 60 away from the water. and more likely to middle 50s across the cape and immediate shoreline locations coming off the water. and then we look to the start of the weekend between two systems, the storm across the middle of the country and the ocean storm to the east. we initially feel the effects of the ocean storm during the possible with that and we'll be watching this storm that moves in on sunday morning, and this is the one that brings a pattern change. sunday morning rain showers that transition over to flurries and snow showers on sunday afternoon. the best chance of seeing flakes inland and it will be gusty and colder and clouds outside. a different feel for the second half of the weekend. snow winners will be across the mountains of western vermont

killington could see a foot of snow towards the end of the weekend. saturday's the pick, the afternoon and evening clouds moving in off the shoreline and cooler and on sunday, temps will fall through the 40s. for the tree lighting, if you are joining us at faneuil hall, temps in the 40s and maybe fog or lift. and sunday, monday, tuesday, in comes the cold and the flurries. i don't expect a couple authorization come out of this. if you want to see the snow sticking to the ground, the berkshires is the place to go. low 40s and blustery and chilly on monday, and tuesday, mid-40s and a good travel day and wednesday, mainly try and thanksgiving thursday and we're watching a developing system, seven days off. i wouldn't suppress yet and you can get the full winter outlook

whole season and hope you tune in and it will be colder than last year. david and lisa? >> looking forward to that. eric, thank you. and the patriots are getting ready to head out to west. >> no gronk but it's an interesting time because tom brady is from the area and it will be neat for him. heel be -- he'll be playing for the first time which is hard to believe. the players will be the first to tells us that the pats may have to play shorthanded. >> reporter: tom brady in attendance and gronk absent against, and it looks like this game will be without 87. luckily, they have martellus bennett. >> starting to a football game, it's just -- just football. it doesn't matter. it's the same thing. >> reporter: moving on, ball security has been a focus. after the turnovers against seattle, holding on to the rock is the key.

you are carrying it and holding the fate of the team in your hands. >> reporter: it's been a strange week for the pats to have the injuries and they're coming off a loss. the team has to be careful about how they go about things. >> you're approach is steady eddie regardless of win or loss. and i don't think we need to start pressing or doing anything differently. >> reporter: hopefully that, >> all right,levan. on sunday, i go 1 on one with martellus bennett at 11:30 and kickoff at 4:25 and followed by the 5th quarter post-game show on my tv 38 and back to bennett, i asked the tight end if he could do a quick holiday psa. he nailed it. check it out. >> what's up, ya'll?

the patriots. i want to wish everyone a happy holiday, happy hand hanukkah. eat food, chuckle. sleigh bells ring and have joy and enjoy one another and put the phones down and talk to each other and hug someone you don't know. or high five someone if it gets and we just found out that mookie betts finished second to mvp. mike trout is now the american league mvp. disappointing because he had a great year. mike trout is the winner. and jose altuve, he was in the running as well. what is remarkable about betts,

mike trout, mike trout is your winner. mookie betts came in second place. i think we just wished for that. basketball, the guy's incredible carrying the celtics to victory last night despite playing with a sprained finger on his shooting hand. the little guy erupted for 22 in the 4th to help the team top the mavericks and thomas with the highlight of the night with the sweet between the pass. what a play. what a play by isaiah. and the bruins look for their fourth straight win tonight when they take it's wild in minnesota. and speaking of wild, mookie betts, oh, so close but second nice mike trout, the american league mvp. >> mookie should have won. >> yeah. >> thank you, steve. the cbs evening news is coming ut next at 6:30. >> john dickerson has a preview. john?

david. a surgeon general's warning. 21million americans suffer from substance abuse and he is calling for a major shift in how we treat it. and what role will donald trump's son-in-law play in his administration? and they may not know about climate change but these gorillas could become the new poster animal for the cause tonight on the cbs evening news in about 10 minutes. all right. we'll thank you. his inspiring story set off a viral movement. and the faneuil hall tree lighting is just two days away. you can watch it right here

former boston college baseball captain receiving special recognition that we are all applauding. >> he is the ncaa inspiration award. he was playing for boston

with als. he and his family developed the viral ice bucket challenge that helped to raise $220 million for that cause. the inspiration award is given to someone involved with college athletics and also over came a life-altering situation. he will get the award in january, and we say congratulations to him and his entire family. the i-team unconfers un -- run away while in state custody. >> and what is being done to

while we debate the mvp award, eric is looking ahead to the weather. no debate.

the bottom drops out. >> it should have been about mookie. >> we feel he was robbed. >> true. see you back at 11:00. >> dickerson: a warning from the surgeon general. substance abuse will strike one in seven americans. he wants a revolution in how we treat it. also tonight, the trump transition. big names floated for big jobs, but is the president-elect saving one of the biggest for his son-in-law? real estate person, but i actually think he likes politics more than he likes real estate. >> dickerson: and tales of two species. climate change could wipe out africa's "gorillas in the mists." >> they're no in control of events, but they're the potential victims of them. >> dickerson: while america's buffalo make a tremendous comeback. >> it's an adrenaline-kicking son of a gun, i'll tell you that's a fact.