phil: we begin with a murder suspect hiding his face in court charged with killing a man. he was charged with robbing a victim and had cashed a check and was going to get a new puppy. unfilled above. -- i' m phil lipof. jc: i' m j.c. monahan. what have you learned? reporter: he is held without bail. the shooting happened during a marijuana by. we spoke with the key witness, the surviving passenger in the front seat of the car. >> they grabbed me like this and then put the gun like this. i told them, -- they told them, give me all of it. reporter: fearing for his life, we don' t show the face of the man who gave up his cell phone in a rodney street drug deal and robbery. he says his best friend gave his life. the 28-year-old victim was shot in the throat while behind the wheel of his car after picking

with his murder. meet for the purchase by the defendant, a small bag of marijuana. reporter: the survivor says he and the victim had $40 worth of marijuana, but the victim had another $800 in cash. >> the kid went and reached for it and then that' s when i heard the first gunshot go off. i feel so bad, i got out and ran. i got behind a house. i heard the second gunshot. i ran and that i heard a third gunshot. then i went to hide in the woods and called 911' s. reporter: the witness said the victim' s cell phone to make the call. his was stolen. but that proved helpful for brockton police as they tried the defendant and arrested him on a warrant. rhondella richardson, wcvb newscenter 5. jc: we are learning more about the mass maritime graduates who were on board a cargo ship now

missing off the bahamas. today, the school paying tribute to them. newscenter 5' s pam cross is live in bourne tonight. pam? pam: so many thoughts for those veteran mariners here at mass maritime academy. the coast guard found debris today. but here 1000 miles away, the mood is some -- somber. the daily formation -- somber. these cadets don' t know the missing sailors but they share the kinship of mass maritime and a love of the sea. admiral fran mcdonald: while there is still a search and rescue mission going on. i ask for your optimism for your hope for your support. pam: the search for the crew of the el faro continues. two mass maritime graduates, engineers jeffrey mathias and keith griffin among the missing. griffin now lives in florida, his wife expecting twins. mathias comes from a large kingston family. a married father of three. his wife today thanking others

for support during this difficult time. of jeffrey, she said he is the center of our world. a third massachusetts resident is missing, mariette wright lives in assone, grew up in the area. her family in florida awaiting word. searchers found debris today, a life boat yesterday, but four days after the hurricane the prospects seem grim. bella dinh-zarr: it' s a major marine casualty. we will be looking at all the factors that have effective safety. what happened, why it happened, ultimately to prevent this from happening again. pam: with 33 crew members lost, the ntsb says this is a major marine casualty. but it is more like a crisis in the family. in bourne, pam cross. phil: disturbing new details in the investigation into a worcester toddler' s death. the telegram says the apartment where gigi brown lived was infested with bed bugs and roaches. city inspectors say eight other family members lived in the apartment -- which also had a water leak and electrical issues -- that made it dangerous for a

young child. it' s still not clear what caused gigi' s death. jc: federal investigators are now on the ground -- searching for clues at the site of an amtrak derailment in vermont. heather unruh is here with what they' re revealing about the investigation. heather: tonight, we know all six chat -- passengers that were hurt have now been released from the hospital. the train was carrying passengers from saint albans, vermont to washington dc, when it hit some large rocks that had fallen onto the tracks. that sent the locomotive careening into a ravine. the president of amtrak is at the scene and spoke today about the investigation. joseph boardman: many passengers -- they would be looking at the speed of the train, how quick they put the brakes on, the track itself, what the extenuating circumstances were. had there many passengers were : -- heather many passengers were : forced to climb out of the trains widows and wandered the tracks with their luggage until emergency crews arrived. train service along the route is expected to be shut down until

the weekend. jc: the water is back on in the still shut down after a water main break. water was gushing at the streets. prince street will not reopen until tomorrow. not all the damage was on the outside. water was seeping into nearby buildings. this is a north end apartment building. boxes of belongings left floating. phil: i live look at boston tonight. a bit warmer frost today. harvey joins us. some spots in the 70' s. everybody has their own opinion. mine is that new england is never better than this time of year. harvey: you are not alone. when you get a day like this it is unbelievable. it' s been great, and the 60' s and 70' s. these are the current readings. seabreeze kept it slightly cooler. still well over the 60' s in the interior. if you are going to be out this

evening, boston' s temperatures down into the 50' s. it will be chillier in the outlying areas. not as cold as lesson i. there were as some -- there were some frost this morning. it should get a lot warmer. lots of sunshine. changes coming late in the week. little while. phil: to the carolinas now where severe flooding and record rainfall has claimed at least 14 lives. tonight people there are preparing for more flooding and evacuations. danielle vollmar is here following the situation. danielle: this is despite the fact that the rain has stopped. the creeks are rising and moving, causing new concerns. the potential for rising rivers to crest and fled is a new carolina. reminding residents, they are still not out of danger.

going to be a time we need to continue to be careful. danielle: already from charleston to columbia, the flash flooding toppled several dams. rushing waters breaching rooftops. >> i went from water those probably four inches below my knees to having water at least level within 30 seconds. reporter: totaling cars and stranding hundreds of drivers and homeowners, some still in shelters. >> i' m worried but there' s nothing i can do. reporter: as of tuesday, 500 buckled roads and bridges across the state remain closed. additional help is on the ground major disaster declaration from president obama. for south carolina. >> we have fema in the air doing aerial views. we will have fema on the ground tomorrow doing assessments.

teams are on the ground in both states surveying businesses, cars and trucks swept away in the floodwaters. jc: right now, this teenager is under arrest accused of pulling , a gun on a college student in it happened at the community college of philadelphia this morning briefly putting the , campus in lockdown. no one was hurt and the 17-year-old was apprehended inside a classroom. police say the incident is unrelated to a social media threat, following the deadly oregon shooting, that led to increased security at philadelphia-area colleges yesterday. new at 5:00, a lowell man who doused a store clerk with gasoline in january will spend up to six years in prison. surveillance images captured 30-year-old john soiles, in a mask, at jerry' s food store. prosecutors say he threw gas on the clerk and threatened to set the man on fire with a lighter, before running off with hundreds in cash. fortunately, the clerk was not hurt. phil: new steps from the mbta to cut down the number of delays for commuters. new schedules will be released

according to the globe, they will take effect by the end of november. the t says departure times will not be drastically different but commuters can expect a quote "significant" reduction in delays. more rush hour trains can also be expected. as we speak of rush hour let' s see how it looks. this is the mass pike going in and out of boston. the left side coming out. it is bumper-to-bumper at this hour. south of the city, 26 minutes from mass ave to route three. north, 36 minutes from the upper deck to route 128. out west, 20 one minutes from i-93 to newton corner. farther west, about a half-hour. that is a look at first alert traffic. jc: pam smart' s mother -- speaking out for the first time since her daughter' s murder conviction. phil: next on newscenter 5 at 5:00. her push to set her free, and the lie she asked pam to tell. jc: aaron hernandez back in court for the first time in

months. the attempt to get double murder charges against him dropped. phil: tonight we are hearing from the wife of the american airlines pilot who died in flight. his troubling medical history that has some questioning whether he should have been flying. jc: the ten commandments monument moved overnight. the reason the move was made in

>> you' re watching newscenter 5 at five. -- at 5:00. phil: dramatic video from off the coast of maine. you see the two boats there -- one of them is just circling aimlessly, after the captain mysteriously collapsed and died. if you look closely, you can see a marine patrolman from the other boat leap onto the other

so he could get to the controls and save it from sinking in the choppy seas. this happened last friday off the coast of rockland. investigators haven' t told us how the captain of the first boat died. >> i hope i live long enough to see my daughter come home. phil: she is the mother of one of new england' s most notorious killers. and tonight, she' s breaking her silence after 25 years. newscenter 5' s ed harding is here now with the rare interview with pam smart' s mother. ed: phil, linda wojas says it is time for her daughter to get a new trial. it' s something pam smart and her lawyer have been fighting for. smart is serving a life sentence for arranging her husband' s murder in derry, new hampshire in 1990. the four teens convicted of carrying out his murder have all been released on parole. smart' s mother tells our sister-station wmur that she' s begged her daughter to confess just to get a lesser punishment. but she says smart refused. smart'

t know if i would have that much courage. ed: her parents say she is continue to fight for their daughter while she remains in prison. they also say they regularly visit her. pam smart is serving time at maximum security prison in upstate new york. reading, laid to rest decades after being listed as missing in action. today army sargent christopher vars was buried with full honors. s jim lokay with more on the final goodbye. jim: 65 years after army sgt. christopher vars went missing in action during the korean war, he is home. sgt. vars served honorably in world war ii, but later re-enlisted. >> that decision speaks courage, honor, self sacrifice, and dedication to this country. jim: his remains, thought to be long gone, were recovered years ago but only recently identified through a dna match.

rest, as friends and family - -many of whom decades too young to know him personally, still got to know him as an american hero. >> he was part of the greatest generation, a part of our history where men and woman came together to serve. jim: and the decorated veteran received yet another honor this morning, in recognition of his time as a prisoner of war. >> so because of your uncles service, please accept this award on his behalf. jim: and as he was given full military honors on his way to a family burial plot in everett -- a promise his late father asked the family to honor -- a reminder. >> to those who served so gallantly, we sing this grateful song.

newscenter 5. jc: a 6-foot-tall granite monument inscribed with the ten commandments has been removed from the ground of the oklahoma capitol, following a judges order. the monument, which had drawn strong support from the republican leadership, has been the subject of simmering lawsuits. those lawsuits claimed its location violated local laws and u.s. constitutional provisions against government support of a religion. the statue will be installed outside the offices of the oklahoma council of public affairs. phil: 65 degrees in needham. some people like summer. but fall is my favorite time of year. this was perfect weather today. harvey: yes, when he gets like this, once you are out there you have to say it is great. phil: i could do this for four or five months of the year. that would be great. harvey: we have to enjoy it while it' s here. it is 59 in boston. the 60' s in the interior. wonderful weather, very comfortable.

clear skies around the region. patchy clouds to the west and north. there is room for it to be a little warmer tomorrow. today' s temperature, 72. in new york, -- slightly mild air to the west. it will be here for tomorrow. tonight, not quite as chilly as last night. in boston, and the 40' s for the cooler spots. tomorrow, 70-72 would be pretty commonplace. there could be patchy clouds early but we will get a lot of sunshine again. thursday also should feature a good deal of sunshine. thursday' s temperatures will than tomorrow' s temperatures. weather. thickening clouds, a front approaches, and showers

approaching from the west by late friday, meaning showers. it is slated for friday night out of here before or by early saturday narragansett. those are big waves and swells it is far out. this is a sunset from last night in wayland. here is the storm. far out to kiev this point. it is starting to move even faster to the east. as it continues to move, it will weaken some of the gets farther in the atlantic. as far as we are concerned, here is the way it goes. tomorrow is really nice. high as 71. it will be cooler thursday, but

friday, parcel son, increasing clouds. late friday -- some clouds. and then it clears out for saturday. even though we get the showers, as it moves through the region, bad time we get to early saturday, it is clearing. if the front slows down, then lingering showers are possible early saturday. it looked that way little earlier today, but the computer models are now moving it along more quickly, which would allow clearing by or during early saturday, leaving most of saturday in nice shape. sunny and a little cooler , few degrees mild there on sunday. with the exception of friday night, it looks like a pretty dry forecast. the is columbus day. the weather looks around -- next monday is columbus day. the weather looks rather mild. phil: thank you. new tonight -- want to change your cable company, but don' t

phone call? jc: well, you can pay a company to do it for you! air-paper promises to take all the hassle off your hands. it' s simple -- users pay $5, fill out an online form, and airpaper will send a letter to comcast on your behalf to cancel service. the owners of the california company came up with the idea after having a personal struggle canceling comcast services. they say they are starting small other things like helping customers get visas, business tax registration and parking permits. all the difficult things. phil: i made the phone call once to a company when i was moving. it was like a bad breakup. the guy kept asking me why. i understand the frustration. coming up on the health alert, breast-feeding practices in our hospitals. tonight -- the change the cdc is phil: the nation' s newest

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jc: a health alert tonight for new moms. and something they' re not getting in the maternity ward. tonight, the centers for disease control says hospitals need to do a better job encouraging new moms to breast feed. breast-feeding is not only greatly helpful for the baby but done exclusively, it helps protect against infections and disease in both moms and babies. new research suggests hospitals need to do a better job promoting it. the cdc researchers looked at 10 different things hospitals can do to improve breast-feeding rates among new mothers. the good news, since 2007 more hospitals have taken steps to help -- help. with at least 90% of hospitals providing prenatal breast-feeding education and teaching breast-feeding techniques. the barely one in four hospitals in the country have an policy, and only the same number limits the amount of free formula given to others when they leave.

additionally, fewer than half of all hospitals keep babies with their mothers, a practice the cdc says creates a bonding environment and increases opportunities for breastfeeding. phil: the first reports of illness are now coming in to general mills after a cereal mix up. the company is recalling 1.8 million boxes of cheerios and honey nut cheerios labeled gluten-free that actually contain wheat. the new gluten free recipe debuted in july -- but boxes made from the old recipe were accidentally shipped with the wrong label. >> people who have celiac disease the two extensive lengths to avoid consuming gluten. if they do and inadvertently become sick, it is not only physically destruction -- distressing but it is emotionally upsetting. phil: along with an apology general mills is offering , customers a new box of cheerios or a full refund. you can find out exactly which boxes are being recalled on our website, wcvb.com. jc: we hung on to summer for as

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>> from boston' s news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. phil: right now, more debris has been found in the search for a sunken cargo ship. no sign of the 33 crew members, including two mass maritime graduate. jc: amanda peet -- pleads not guilty of killing a man accused of trying to drive -- rob the man in a drug deal. phil: the death toll from record flooding is now up to 17 in the carolinas. the national guard is trying desperately to patch a major breach in a dam near columbia. more dams in danger following as well. jc: harvey joins us. early this morning it was chilly. phil: but the day turned out to be beautiful.