so high pressure should be settlingn in for t weekend. overall it's going to be a dry weekend ahead and looks as though temperatures will be warming up the next few days. we'll break down some cloud cover today right now as the "eyeopener" continues. >> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." emily: new video of a river rescue mid-way through a high school rowing competition. the danger on the water and the quick action preventing tragedy. erika: historic flooding right now in south carolina. the rain falling in record amounts forcing a state of emergency. lost at sea. the new england connection on >> you're watching wcvb, good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." these bears picked the wrong house to lurk around. the tiny watch dog scaring them off. good monday morning, everyone. i'm erika tarantal in for randy

emily: i'm emily riemer along with fitzgibbon as well. we have that brisk start to the day. you'll feel it. cindy: it's been so chilly. it's like october started and all of a sudden you know it's october out there. we actually have frost advisory up in parts of new hampshire here into western massachusetts until 9:00 a.m. some areas of frost, yes. look at the temperatures, down into the low to mid 0's keene to jaffrey. nashua has slipped into the upper 30's. you can see in boston we're 50 degrees. worcester is 45. the farther south you get, the warmer it is. we're running in the mid 50's here from plymouth down to the cape. this is due to still a little bit of wind stirring. these are the current wind gusts. we're still gusting over 20 miles per hour here on the cape. we have a lot more cloud cover down this way as well. the winds will stay with us today as high pressure continues to be anchored to our north. so that a storm here to our south. in between, a little bit of wind but this wind is bringing in cloud cover. notice throughout the morning hours right until lunchtime, not

are patchy areas of drizzle here in southeastern massachusetts. the rest of us are dry. as we get into the afternoon, breaks of sunshine developing particularly north and west of the city of boston. temperatures will slowly climb up. should be running in the upper 50's to near 60 degrees at lunchtime. and that's about our high temperature today in boston. we'll sneak into the lower 70's town. i have 70's on the brain, kevin been been. let's get you out to the roads on a monday morning. kevin: we're off to a good start. no big problems out there this morning. framingham all the way in through the allston/brighton tolls and the pru tunnel. on the maps though, a little downtown stretch. first of all the expressway is wide open out of the split up towards columbia road and just beyond but now we're getting reports of a crash inside the o'neill tunnel. looks like we have a little red slowing things down there as well. overall 10-minute ride braintree on up to that tunnel itself. further south route 3 is a nice

ride. hanover to braintree. 9 okay. canton towards braintree. 128 is a nice ride. 24, nine minutes from brockton up to that randolph stretch. now up to the north you're looking pretty good. overall no real big troubles on 95, 9, route 3 from new hampshire. 128 it seflt a fine ride from lynnfield all the way down to the mass pike. route 3 right now about 11 minutes. 495 chelmsford down to 128. if you're taking the trains, all lines are starring the morning on schedule. erika. erika: kevin, thanks. breaking overnight one person is dead after an overnight car crash in summer set. it happened on lay fayette street. two utility poles were also taken down in that crash. emily: right now several members of a rowing team are recovering as we get new video of their trouble on the river. they were competing in a regatta when conditions suddenly got dangerous. erika: the eye's sera congi is live in lowell with that new video and the rescue that saved them. sera: those high school rowers found themselves in very cold, very treacherous waters after a

a turn for the worse. that four-man team ditched the boat as water started spilling in. minutes later it happened again to a team of nine girls. a shift in wind direction created dangerous swells, taking the boat down. >> they went stern first. they just kept going down. sera: the girls were rescued. three of them were treated for the textile river regatta was canceled halfway through. some of the swells there were as much as four-feet high. live in lowell this morning, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. erika: right now south carolina is under a state of emergency amid epic flooding. this is just one of hundreds of rescues in the fast-moving floodwaters that have just swamped parts of the state. and cindy, this is still not over. cindy: it's still raining in parts of that state. some areas are seeing close to

that's two feet of rain in some spots. at least seven deaths are now being blamed on this rainstorm. entire towns in south carolina are underwater, cars submerged, roads buckled. today emergency workers will go door to door in columbia checking on people trapped by the rising waters. this mother and infant daughter were plucked from their home by a coast guard helicopter. just one of the rescues carried out by coast guard and national guard crews in south carolina. another big concern with all this rain-- drinking water. all of the capitol of columbia-- 375,000 people-- now under a boil-water order. erika: when will the rain subside. cindy: slowly over the next 24 hours. emily? emily: right now debris lifted from the atlantic is providing clues in the search for a missing cargo ship with new englanders on board. the ship known as "el faro" disappeared near the bahamas on thursday while hurricane joaquin was raging.

taking on water. it had been headed to puerto rico from jacksonville, florida. search crews found a life ring with the name of the ship on it. they also found shipping containers, but none of it proves that "el faro" went down. dylan meklin from maine is one of the five new englanders on the ship. friends are anxiously waiting to hear from him. >> you immediately think about the worst, but you're dealing with strong kids. emily: tote maritime, the company that owns the ship, is defending its decision to authorize the voyage. the company says joaquin was just a tropical storm at the time, and crew members are equipped to handle changing weather. right now an investigation is underway after a deadly fire in athol. one man was killed when flames broke out at the morton meadows housing complex saturday night. the building is managed by the athol housing authority. the victim's name hasn't been released. several other people were burned out by the fire. investigators are calling this fire in upton suspicious.

that's because the home that burned early sunday morning on main street was abandoned. no one was hurt in the fire. >> hello, everyone. i'm doing well and i'm overwhelmed by the support that i've gotten from everybody. erika: that is the new message from a hero. chris mintz was shot seven times during last week's campus shooting in oregon. and survivors say he put his life on the line for others. that video coming as we hear more about the terror at umpqua community college. 18-year-old lacey was one of the closest witnesses to the gunman. she survived when another victim fell on top of her and she played dead. her father says the gunman told the victims, "we'll all be together in just a moment." then he gave his last words. >> and the words were this. you got me. i've had enough. i'm done. erika: we're also learning the gunman gave a flash drive to one student telling him to give it to police. right now security is being boosted at college campuses in philadelphia after a vague

online threat. that threat was posted on the same website that carried postings about the oregon shootings a day before the killings. the f.b.i. put out the warning to philly area schools even though the threat is somewhat vague. alerts were sent out to students as a precaution. emily: jury selection is set to begin this week in the trial of a teenager accused of raping and killing his math teacher at danvers high school. phillip chism was 14 when he was charged in the murder of 24-year-old colleen ritzer. her body was found covered in leaves behind the school allegedly next to a note reading, "i hate you all." chism is being tried as an adult. his lawyers are expected to use a mental health defense. jury selection begins on wednesday. a former new hampshire police officer is expected to plead guilty today in connection with this incident inside the seabrook police station. mark richardson was about to be retried on charges he slammed a prisoner's head into a concrete wall in 2009. there was a mistrial in the case in may. richardson's lawyer tells "the union leader" he agreed to a

plea deal to "put the matter behind him." erika: right now both u.s. and afghan leaders are vowing a joint investigation into the deadly bombing of a hospital in kunduz. defense secretary ash carter calls the situation "confused and complicated." most of the 22 victims were members of the "doctors without borders" organization. three were children. "doctors without borders" has now pulled all members out of that city. it's now 5:09. commitment 2016. candidates focusing on guns in america. emily: the new plans to curb violence. linked-in doling out millions of dollars to its users. the reason behind the payout and the timeline for you to file a claim. erika: new this morning. buying in bulk isn't always the right thing to to do. the items you never want to purchase at those big warehouses. cindy? cindy: how about a swing toward warmer temperatures? yes, it is on the way! the full outlook on the changes coming up. first take a look at what you can expect when you head out the door this morning. boston holding at 50 degrees,

but look at nashua. 9 degrees. frost advisory up for part of that area.

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good morning, "eyeopener." erika: good morning to you. stream stands for science, technology, religion, the arts, and math. so a lot going on at sacred heart in roslindale. thanks so much for that wake-up call. erika: they're covering it up. good morning to all of you. get your friends, your coworkers, or your classmates and record your own eyeopener wake-up call. just go to the front page of wcvb.com and upload it in the u-local section of our website. cindy: the weather was very good last week. we're waving to joaquin on the way out. out to sea. there you go. passing 500 miles off shore of nantucket here. this evening is when it's making its closest pass. increasing swells though, rough surf. look at this. you see this right there? that's bermuda. came pretty close to bermuda. they had up to six inches of rain. tropical storm force winds there and the hurricane has sustained winds of 85 miles an hour. category 1. it is weakening of the it is

overnight and then continues to move out through the north atlantic. joaquin is sitting off shore. you've heard about all this rain in the carolinas. completely a separate entity from joaquin. you can see it is still raining there. that storm coupled with high pressure to our north has been giving us the persistent winds all weekend long. the winds are beginning to relax. we are still getting some gusts now along the coastline here up over 20 miles per hour. but compared to the past few days the winds are gradually coming down. still enough wind though. you can see how the clouds are kind of backing in off the ocean. the cloudiest skies right now are in southeastern massachusetts. clearest skies to the north and west. where we've cleared out, the temperatures have dropped. there's a frost advisory up here for parts of southern new hampshire and western massachusetts through 9:00 a.m. you can see a few spots down in the 30's. nashua at 39. jaffrey to keene running in the lower 30's. 45 in worcester. it is 50 out the door in boston right now. and mostly running in the mid 50's here across southeastern massachusetts. so it's a cloudy, kind of cool start to your day. by lunchtime, still mostly cloudy skies.

temperatures only in the upper 50's. by 5:00 p.m. they will be a little brighter than north and west. temperatures either side of 60 degrees. i think we're going to hold very close to 60 at the coastline. where we do brighten it up a little bit north and west of town, lower 60's out there and winds holding out of the northeast at about 10-20 miles per hour today. you can see on future cast lots of cloud cover through lunchtime. not even out of the question there's a little patch or two of drizzle here especially down toward the cape. and then the skies do brighten up a little bit north and west of town by this evening. but i think it will be overnight when the bulk of us really begin to see the clouds break apart although there still may be cloud cover by tomorrow morning on cape cod. overnight low temperatures tonight back down in the 40's for most of us. it's another cool night ahead. brighten things up for you. the temperatures respond into the upper 60's. notice here the skies clearing out. lots of sunshine showing up for you on tuesday. that sun is going to be with us on into wednesday which should be the warmest day of the week as we go into the lower 70's. still pleasant.

our next chance for rain coming on friday not so much during the morning hours. this is a fast-moving frontal boundary that will bring a few showers likely by friday late afternoon and evening. first thing on saturday morning they should exit. if the timing works out here we'll get the showers worked out saturday morning followed by clearing skies and making way for a long weekend. eighths big weekend coming up. we want the weather to be good. it looks like it will cooperate. kevin: probably a big traffic weekend too. people coming up and going north. right now you'll see that volume picking up on the expressway. coming up by the gas tank. not too bad although in the next couple of minutes it will only get worse. as you come up northbound on up to the o'neill tunnel. inside the o'neill tunnel late-running overnight work crews are still there taking out a lane or two inside the tunnel. you are start to go see jam-ups getting into the tunnel itself. now further south, you're looking pretty good. on route 9, nine minutes from rockland up to braintree. no troubles on 93 north heading towards route 27 on to the

expressways. 95 north much of the same. clean and green attleboro all stretch. take you about 19 minutes. looking good out to the west. the mass pike 495 both directions to and from the pike. up to the north fine line for you. 59 out of new hampshire. route 1 looks good. topsfield down to the tobin bridge. up around 128 sustained. 9 is a nice ride so far from 495 in and jeff down to the lower deck. if you're taking the trains all lines start the morning on time. erika. erika: k.b., thanks. commitment 2016 with a busy day in new hampshire. republican presidential candidate carly fiorina will be at the manchester rotary before making stops in nashua and bedford. george pataki will visit a pizza shop in lebanon before heading to dartmouth college. and democrat hillary clinton will make her 10th visit to the granite state. while there, clinton will introduce proposals to curb gun violence. "the new york times" reports her ideas include using executive action to close the so-called gun show loophole. background checks are not required at gun shows or over the internet with private sellers.

last week clinton vowed to lead a counter-movement against the national rifle association. one of clinton's democratic rivals has his own gun proposal. former maryland governor martin o'malley wants a ban on the sale of combat assault weapons, a requirement to license and finger-print everyone who buys a gun, action by the federal government to buy guns only from companies with up-to-date safety technology, and a law making gun-trafficking a federal crime. emily: topping economic headlines. asian stocks are up following weak jobs data in the u.s. the numbers released friday have investors thinking the federal reserve might postpone an interest rate hike. u.s. stock futures are mostly higher ahead of the start of trading today. m.g.m. resorts international wants more support for its forthcoming casino in the company president will visit the city today to meet with the mayor and reaffirm his commitment to the project. m.g.m. has proposed a drastic

redesign of its original plan and wants to delay the opening by one year to september 2018. the city council is demanding a referendum on that design change. linked in has been ordered to pay up. the social networking site has agreed to a $13 million settlement for sending too many emails. some members were upset that address book contacts they'd requested to connect with had received multiple reminder emails. the settlement affects those who used the site's "add connections" feature between 2011 and 2014. if that includes you, you have until december 14 to submit a claim form. erika: it's 5:19. buying in bulk is not always cheaper. there are three instances when warehouse shopping is a mistake. first, canned goods. experts say you'll save up to 40 percent at a regular grocery store. the best bet-- buy supermarket-brand cans on sale. next, paper products. bargain hunters say warehouse clubs charge more. they recommend the sales at supermarkets during the first or third week of the month. finally, condiments. they don't last long once

they're open so a huge container will likely go to waste. even my regular size ketchup seems to last forever. a thrill ride takes a surprising turn. emily: the plunge that proved too much for one woman ahead in eyepoppers. new at 5:30. a driver crashes into a tree and it doesn't end there. the wild ride through new hampshire, and the charges he faces this morning. erika: these guns are some of many found inside a new hampshire man's home. his claims that police are not buying, and the concerns of his

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>> we're from salem, new hampshire. we're studying investigative journalism. we just want to say good morning, "eyeopener." erika: good morning to you guys. a bonus wake up call. great job, guys. those students got to spend some time with "5 investigates" kathy curran so you know they learned a lot. a lot about investigative journalism. erika: they're going to take our jobs one day. erika: and they deserve it, right. cindy, it's a cold start. cindy: it is on the chilly side out there. you can see behind me our hurricane joaquin safely off shore safely moving away from bermuda. no impacts here locally. we are talking about chilly temperatures though north and west of town. look at that down into the 30's

up toward keene and new hampshire. 50 this morning in boston. morning. some breaks of sunshine this afternoon especially north and west of town but it's a breezy, cool day. only near 60. warming it up. brightening it up tomorrow. look at that. we're back in the lower 70's by wednesday. emily? emily: thank you, cindy. 5:24 this morning. time for a little eyepopping video. erika: and this one definitely fits the bill. getting scared on a ride is one thing, but this is pretty extreme. yes, that woman just passed out screaming on the aptly-named terror-dactyl ride in colorado. don't worry. she wakes right back up and keeps yelling. the ride sits on the edge of a 200-foot cliff in manitou springs and launches people right into the a canyon. erika: no, thank you. all right. bears get a big scare from a little guy. a 20-pound french bulldog

a house in california. jules the dog charged right up to two cubs, all while mama bear was close by. jules's owners say they couldn't believe how tough she was. fearless. clearly unaware that a bear could do some serious damage. erika: no fear. she's like, "that food is mine." a major change in how you drive could be on the way. emily: the crackdown on cellphones that is on the agenda at the state house. a wild chase through a new hampshire. the moose making a neighborhood his playground. >> this is an editorial by wcvb-tv channel 5 president and general manager bill fine. bill fine: achieving a lifelong dream, house speaker john boehner seemed deeply moved watching pope francis speak to a joint session of congress. the next day, he resigned. although boehner claims the decision was finalized months earlier, while listening to the pope's call for a renewed spirit of fraternity, one can't help but wonder if the speaker was

prospect seems for the legislative body he presides over. during boehner's five-year tenure as speaker, a small but vociferous tea party-inspired group of representatives has increasingly stymied his leadership. boehner's been forced to repeatedly engage in ideologically-driven-- but politically unwinnable-- battles, one of which resulted in a damaging government shutdown in 2013. this fall promises more of the same on capitol hill. boehner has had enough. and who can blame him? whatever you may think about his leadership skills, few would accuse boehner of not caring deeply about the institution of congress. nevertheless, he knows firsthand just how far the public's respect for the house and senate has plunged. it's no coincidence that all three of the leading g.o.p. presidential candidates have never held elective office. boehner also pulled no punches, referring to ultra-conservatives as "false prophets" willing to compromise less and less and holding little value at all for actual governance.

by the end of october, such scorched-earth, political zealotry will no longer be boehner's problem, resting instead with the new speaker and ultimately the nation as well. pope francis called on congress to cooperate "generously for the public good." although that's unlikely given the recent past, here's hoping its most intractable members heed his words, if not their own outgoing speaker's final and

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>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." >> dude, they're going down. emily: danger on the river. the quick rescues after students are forced to jump overboard. erika: historic floods lead to hundreds of rescues in south carolina. and it isn't over yet. the dramatic video and the health threat many are facing today. emily: changing how you use your cell phone in massachusetts. the tough new crackdown that's about to be up for debate. emily: a moose on the loose in a city neighborhood. >> oh, my god. did you see it? emily: the video that has everyone in this community talking. on the eye. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." erika: 5:30 a.m. things on the expressway seem to

i won't jinx it. we'll leave it there. erika: i'm erika tarantal in four randy today and kevin is here for olessa stepanova. cindy: you're going to have your eyes pop wide open as you step out the door this morning. it's cool. make sure the kids at the bus stop have a layer with them. it's in the upper 40's at most bus stops this morning. bus this afternoon. some breaks of sunshine. overall mostly cloudy. frost advisory up where you see the blue here southern new hampshire, western massachusetts until 9:00 a.m. 30's showing up in places like nashua and jaffrey and keene. could be areas of frost in here. otherwise we have mid 40's worcester. lower 40 ons the north shore of beverly. boston is 50 degrees. notice mid 50's from plymouth down to the cape. this is where we still do have a little bit more wind stirring holding the temperatures up. we also have a fair amount of clouds. notice the clouds this morning. they're going to be with us through lunchtime. with that flow off the ocean

drizzle here in southeastern massachusetts. otherwise the rest of us are dry. as we get into the afternoon, notice how the skies are brightening up a little bit with breaks of sunshine. mostly north and west of the city of boston so brightest skies to the north and west this afternoon. 58 by lunchtime. by 5:00 it's right around 60 degrees. it may sneak into the lower 60's with sunshine north and west. barely touching that 60-degree mark from boston down the coast today. let's get you out to the roads though this morning. we're doing okay for most part, kevin. kevin: so far we do have trouble spots. i'll get to that in just a second. a live shot of the expressway. the pockets are filling in quickly. another ten minutes or so it will be all filled from braintree to columbia road. the overnight workers this the o'neill tunnel seem to have cleared away. that's moving better. troubles down in the south. route 3 northbound crash just before route 18 in weymouth. already delays back to 228 in rockland. 9 north getting heavy approaching 37 out of the expressway. so far so good, 24, 95 heading up to 93.

upper end of 495 looking good out of haverill. down to 93. but 93 itself getting busy after 495. you'll see some brake lights too down by 128. 128 itself lynnefield to lexington 16 minutes. erika. erika: thanks so. right now several rowers are recovering after their boats were swamped during a regatta in lowell sunday. a change in winds made conditions on the merrimack river dangerous. the textile river regatta was cancelled halfway through. emily: breaking overnight. one person is dead after an overnight car crash in somerset. it happened on lafayette street. two utility poles were also taken down by the crash. erika: and right now a state of emergency is in effect after hundreds of flooding rescues in south carolina. search teams will go door to door to search for trapped residents today. in effect for everyone living in the capital of columbia. right now a tough new crackdown may be on the way for massachusetts drivers. emily: the eye's antoinette antonio is live in needham with the changes that could be in the antoinette.

right now in massachusetts technically you can still be behind a wheel and talk on your cell phone, but right now texting and driving is illegal. some state lawmakers are ready to take the state's cell phone law one step further. tomorrow there will be a proposal up for debate. it would require drivers to use hands-free technology behind the wheel like blueteeth. the only exception would be emergency situations. right now several neighboring states including new hampshire, connecticut, vermont, and new york have hands-free laws. supporters say it cuts down on crashes caused by distracted driving. we want to know what you think. should massachusetts have a hands-free law? completely ban the cell phones behind the wheel. head to our wcvb facebook page and take our eyeopener now poll. that is the latest live in newton this morning, antoinette antonio, wcvb, newscenter 5. emily: antoinette, thank you. new this morning. governor charlie baker and other

state leaders are addressing the state's high health care costs. they're testifying today at suffolk university at the start of a two-day hearing on the subject. the health policy commission says the testimony will help it address rising costs and develop strategies to address them. a new hampshire man is under investigation after this arsenal of weapons was taken from his home. pelham police say 500-pound mark schlagel was naked when they arrested him. neighbors tell us he claimed he'd shot four people who had broken into his home and cut a hole in the closet. but officers did not find anyone in mark schlagel's closet, only bullet holes. they also found several guns and more than 10,000 pounds of ammunition. neighbors say they didn't feel safe living under schlagel. >> it was scary, yeah, because he was right above us. he was just shooting everywhere. lord knows, the bullets could have went down right through my floor, hit my son, hit my husband, hit me. erika: schalgel was charged with felony reckless conduct for

firing his gun at the closet. emily: a man accused of driving drunk into a police cruiser will be arraigned today. joseph loiacano was arrested early saturday morning in gloucester. police say he was speeding and driving on the wrong side of main street when he hit the cruiser head-on. officer kevin muise was inside that cruiser. he's being treated for serious neck injuries. salem, new hampshire, police say the driver involved in this crash was on heroin. officers say they found alexander dimaggio passed out behind the wheel at the mall at rockingham park. when they tried to wake him, they say he drove off crashing into a car, tree, and fire hydrant. no one was hurt. erika: worcester police are searching for suspects in a violent home invasion. police say waitnesses had seen the victim walking with a group of people. his name has not been released. firefighters are still trying to figure out what started these

they say the fire in waltham likely started on the first floor, but they don't know how. there were people inside at the time, but they all made it out safely. the home was completely destroyed. crickets are on the menu. phone cameras capture this guy running all over a new hampshire neighborhood. the wild moose chase that is now the talk of manchester. emily: ahead in news to go this morning, don or sill a says good hand-crafted...layer by layer.

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kevin: good morning, everybody. welcome back to the "eyeopener." i'm in for olessa stepanova this morning. checking your roadways. troubles down on route 3. you have a crash down by route 18 in the weymouth stretch jamming things up back to 228 in the rockland area. chilly out there to start the morning. cindy fitzgibbon, is it going to get any warmer. cindy: a little bit today. quite a bit more by the middle of the week. 50 degrees in boston right now but some of the suburbs actually down in the 30's this morning. a lot of clouds today. breezy and cool. some breaks of sunshine especially to the north and west. brighter tomorrow and look at that. we are warming up into the lower 70's by wednesday. emily? emily: cindy, thank you. a moose on the loose! the huge animal was spotted jumping over cars in manchester, new hampshire, yesterday. but the people we talked to weren't scared. they wanted to see the it for themselves. >> i'd like to see the moose. i never have seen the moose. >> i wanted to go by the moose and take it home with me. emily: some girls even came up with a moose and nae-nae dance for the big guy. police say the moose was last

spotted heading into the woods near goffstown. a food truck at the university of connecticut offering students a new snack-- crickets. "the daily campus" reports the school's dining services are advertising the bugs as organic, high in protein, and low in fat. we told you about the cricket chips. they're sold for 99 cents and can be served in small plastic containers or as a taco topping. uconn says they sell a few a day. erika: i'll stick with lots of cheese on the talk owes. scott brown reacting to white house speculation. his words when questioned about a joe biden-deval patrick 2016 ticket. also north korea with plans to release a detained nyu student. the overnight announcement. a big blast in iowa. the implosion happening in a matter of seconds. and a live look outside over boston this morning. really a beautiful start to the day but it's chilly. just 47 degrees outside our

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emily: news to go kicking off with a state of emergency in south carolina. about two feet of rain fell there leading to flooding and at least seven deaths. erika: still a little bit of time before it completely dries up. cindy: the pace is slowing down but it will be another 24 hours before the state totally dries out. unbelievable. two feet. 24 inches of rain. it's incredible. you can see the bull's eye where you see that white area in south carolina focused more towards

the coastline in charleston in particular. a tough situation down there. here is a closer look at what that looks like on radar. the rain spinning around and sitting in the same place. you can see not as wet in north carolina. there you siwa keen the hurricane. these are separate entities. there is some tropical connection here with some of this moisture feed pulling it back in. clearly you can see separation between these two features. joaquin is heading farther out to sea. not a concern for us. just picking up swells and surf. we do have the easterly wind. you can see it bringing in a lot more clouds. although we got into some sunshine yesterday. clouds are filling back in. that easterly wind slowly but surely subsiding. there are a few gusts from plymouth down to the cape. over 20 miles per hour. so the winds slow to come down. it will warm up around here by wednesday. our next chance of rain isn't coming in until friday so today is mostly a dry day but it will be breezy and cool. starting out in the 30's right now. nashua, jaffrey. look at concord, new hampshire, at 32. 45 right now in worcester.

we've got mid 50's on the cape. notice your 12-hour forecast on the cape brings us only to about 60 deges. clouds for you all day lock. could even be patchy drizzle but to the north and west we go from the 0's in nashua this morning jumping up to around 60 degrees. but notice there will be some breaks of sunshine for you. so brighter skies to the north and west as we get into the day. temperatures in the upper 50's and lower 60's. those winds out of the northeast 10-15 miles per hour. there's that one or two patch of drizzle in southeastern massachusetts. otherwise a little bit brighter evening. it's overnight that we really start to clear out our skies. tomorrow looks like a much temperatures responding too. on tuesday look for high temperatures in the upper 60's, lower 70's here with lots of sunshine on wednesday. let's get you back out to the roads right now. still watching trouble s with the south. kevin: down on route 3. first a live shot another the expressway fill inning quickly. braintree on up towards boston now will take you about 15-17, almost 20 minutes we'll call it at this time of the morning. let's go to the maps.

trouble cindy was mentioning. route 3 northbound. got a crash here by route 18 in weymouth. delays pushing back now to 228 and almost beyond. almost into the hanover stretch. 93 northbound and randolph heading towards the expressway, 24 not too bad yet as well as 95 heading up to canton. the mass pike not too bad yet through framingham and natick and 495 all the way to weston tolls. take you about 15 minutes. erika. erika: kevin, thank you so much. breaking overnight. one person is dead after an overnight car crash in somerset. it happened on lafayette street. two utility poles were also taken down by the crash. emily: members of a rowing team are recovering from a scare on the water. erika: the eye's sera congi is live in lowell with video of a dangerous situation. sera: conditions changed suddenly on the merrimack river. more than a dozen rowers ended up in a the very cold water. a shift in wind direction created up to four-foot swells. a four-man team had to ditch their boat has water started spilling in.

minutes later it happened again to a team of nine high school girls. they had to be rescued. three of them were treated for minor hypothermia. the regatta was canceled midway through. live in lowell, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: a crackdown could soon be on the way for massachusetts drivers. state lawmakers are getting ready to take the state's cell phone driving law one step further. tomorrow there will be a hearing on several different proposals to enforce hands-free driving. drivers would need to use hands-free technology behind the wheel like bluetooth. the only exception here would be emergency situations. right now several neighboring states including new hampshire, connecticut, vermont, and new york have these hands-free driving laws. supporters say it cuts down on crashes by reducing the risk of distracted driving. we're live in newton this morning. antoinette antonio, wcvb, newscenter 5. erika: antoinette, thank you. this life ring is one of the

clues found in the search for a missing u.s. cargo ship. the ship known as "el faro" disappeared near the bahamas on thursday while hurricane joaquin a distress call indicates the vessel lost power and started taking on water. it had been headed to puerto rico from jacksonville, florida. five new englanders are onboard. erika: jury selection is set to begin this week in the trial of a teenager accused of raping and killing his math teacher at danvers high school. phillip chism was 14 when he was charged in the murder of 24-year-old colleen ritzer. her body was found covered in leaves behind the school allegedly next to a note reading "i hate you all." emily: two top engineers are now the focus of volkswagen's emissions probe. one is audi's chief engineer. the other is the developer of porsche's racing engines. "the wall street journal" reports they've been suspended. volkswagen is accused of installing emissions-cheating software into cars to get around u.s. regulations. erika: right now security is being boosted at college campuses in philadelphia after a vague online threat. that threat was posted on the same website that carried

postings about the oregon shootings a day before the killings. the f.b.i. put out the warning to philly area schools even though the threat is somewhat vague. alerts were sent out to students as a precaution. a new york university student detained in north korea could soon be free. he has permanent resident status in the u.s. the 21-year-old was arrested in april for allegedly entering north korea illegally. emily: police say a man was drunk when he caused two separate crashes in boston on sunday. mackenzie burke was arrested on the mass turnpike near the commonwealth avenue bridge where his car was on fire. police say the flames started when he hit another car. they also say he had just driven away from another crash on newbury street and mass ave. no one was hurt in either crash. erika: a woman has settled a federal lawsuit with the worcester police department. daisy morales had accused officer james powers of brutality in 2013. she claimed he was enraged when powers thought she lied about a

disturbance and beat her. morales settled for $125,000 telling "the telegram" she just wanted to get it over with. emily: republican congressman jason chaffetz is running for house speaker. the utah representative is now the first serious challenge to house majority leader kevin mccarthy. mccarthy ran into trouble last week when he suggested the house benghazi committee was formed as a political tool against hillary clinton. erika: republican scott brown throwing jabs at former massachusetts governor deval patrick. "the herald" reports brown called the idea of a biden-patrick ticket a "joke." the former congressman made the statement yesterday while hosting a meet and greet for presidential candidate carly fiorina. biden could announce his presidential intentions as early as this week. emily: president obama is paying tribute to firefighters killed in the line of duty. the president spoke at an annual national memorial service in maryland yesterday honoring 84 firefighters killed on the job in 2014. the president also took time to

salute the heroism of the firefighters who battled historic wildfires in the west this summer. erika: hope of finding survivors is dwindling after a mudslide in guatemala. crews have been pulling corpses from the mound of earth left behind when a hillside collapsed. at least 114 people are confirmed dead. recovery crews reported the buried buildings they uncovered were filled with water. emily: a teenage surfer is recovering from a shark bite. the 14-year-old was in the water off new smyrna beach in florida when he was bitten on the hand. it happened yesterday morning. police say the teen punched the shark before making it back to shore one hundred yards away. erika: a dramatic building implosion in des moines, iowa. they city's old ymca building went down. the demolition crew pushed the button early yesterday. we're giving the team some extra points for the burst of flame that kicked things off. >> thank you for letting me into

your homes and into your families for the last 15 years. last sunday at fenway will be my greatest memory of my life. i can tell you that right now. your tributes to me, i will never forget-- ever! emily: the red sox coming out of the dugout in cleveland to salute a legend. yesterday was the final game for broadcaster don orsillo after 15 years as the voice of the sox. orsillo will be calling san diego padres games for the next six years. dave o'brien will replace orsillo next year. erika: a nice good-bye. disappointment and after a season of disappointment and upheaval, a measure of stability for the sox. john farrell will return as manager next year. farrell left the team in august to undergo cancer treatment. he finished chemotherapy last week and was given a clean bill of health. not a fantatic finish for the sox. they got swept by the indians yesterday losing 3-1. that landed them in last place again. it's the third last place finish for the team in the last four years. emily: running for a great cause in wayland.

third annual john tanner memorial 5-k. the event raised money and awareness for batten disease. a life-threatening brain john tanner was a longtime employee at russell's garden center who unexpectedly passed away while running the new york city half marathon this past he had been deeply involved in fundraising for the disease. he was a family friend of a man from bedford, new hampshire, who died of that disease at age 11. such a rare disease, cindy. awareness is really important. cindy: it is. it's a cruel disease too. it is fatal. hoping to raise awareness for that. a great event yesterday. a great cause. the weather actually turned around as well. so nice to see that. average high this time of year is 65 degrees. we have not touched that number all month long so far. we're going to get closer in the next couple of days but not today. 50 right now in boston. you can see to north and west some 40's showing up. mid 50's on the cape where there's still a little blit more wind. to the north and west we

actually have some spots under a frost advisory right now. you can see that across southern new hampshire and out in the western part of the state until 9:00 a.m. aing bit of wind still stirring. sustained winds 10-15 miles per hour at the coastment winds gradually stepping down today but the players haven't changed. we saw this tide to the north and that storm spinning in all that rain down to the carolinas. that breeze continues ow of the northeast 10-15 miles per hour. today with higher ghufts at if coast. mostly cloudy skies by lunchtime. it's only 58 degrees. we're going to be around 60 degrees this afternoon but it's a little bit bright er to the north and west today. and so we may sneak into the lower 60's there. near 60 boston. holding near 6 on the cape today as well. here you see future cast through lunchtime not even out of the question with this wind off the water. there could be a patch or two of drizzle in southeastern massachusetts this morning. otherwise brightening skies to the northwest this afternoon. clearing skies overnight and tomorrow looks like a much brighter day but it will be chilly tonight. back down in the 40's. even mid 40's in boston tonight. and with brighter sunshine tomorrow, we're going to see those temperatures come up.

upper 60's on tuesday. lower 70's on wednesday. we're going to keep this dry weather going into thursday. next chance of rain coming in on friday with the frontal boundary that approaches in the afternoon. so a few showers breaking out in the afternoon hours but the timing looking good from what i can tell. looks like any lingering showers on saturday morning clear on out. so clearing skies on saturday setting us up for a really nice weekend. of course, it's a big weekend, a holiday one, columbus day weekend. weather looking good so far. on the roads though not as great so far, kevin. what have you got going on. kevin: getting busy especially downtown. a live shot of the zakim bridge coming southbound into the o'neill tunnel. much of the same here. that leverett down ramp filling in. let's go to the south though. the expressway here pretty much filled in. it's getting heavier and heavier. each minute we watch here. about 17 minutes braintree to boston. it could be a little bit more than that. route 3 northbound earlier crash clear away by route 18. delays now beyond route 228. all that volume going to surge

9 north you see in those delays here approaching route 37 getting on to the expressway. so far so good. 24, 95. up to the north route 3 getting by 129 in chelmsford. ate 93 busy up through 495. then you have another ten minutes from 128 down to the emily. commitment 2016. two candidates focusing their attention on gun violence. erika: their plans to reduce shootings in the u.s. a community comes together to remember those killed in oregon. the new details we are learning about the tragedy. if you are heading out, you can watch the latest newscenter 5 newscast right now or anytime on the wcvb mobile app. make sure you since 1961, pearle vision has been providing expert eye care. today, we make caring for your eyes even easier by accepting most major health and vision plans, including eye med. this is genuine eye care in your neighborhood.

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