cargo ship el faro will d at sunset. the cargo ship carrying several local sailors lost. here's new information. ed? >> three of the 33 crew members attended mass maritime academy and in less than two hours that search will be called off. the el faro sanked near the bahamas amidst 140 mile per hour winds and 90 foot waves. calling the search off was a very difficult and personal decision. >> we were searching for fellow professional mariners. we were also searching for members of the extended coast guard family. one of our petty officers, chief petty officers, had a brother that was on the el faro. >> the captain actually planned to steer around the hurricane but the ship lost power leaving it dead in the water. federal accident investigators say they will try to retrieve the el faro's data recorder from the 15,000 foot depth ocean

caused that loss of power. >> thanks. several football players at winthrop high school are under investigation tonight. >> at the center of this investigation is a video taken inside a locker room. already there are some consequences. let's get you to pam cross, live in winthrop. >> among those consequences, a football game has been forfeited. team members met with officials yesterday and their cell phones were collected. >> they deserve to face the consequences of their actions. >> students outside winthrop high reacting. 10 people under investigation. the varsity football team seen last year at the center. >> it was a video where a student was changing in the locker room. >> local authorities say the video was dritzed though they won't say how widely. as for charges. >> we're trying to get through the investigation and take it step by step and see the severity and be able to come

back as a team and meet and come to some conclusions as to what did take place, how severe it was and what the appropriate remedy is. >> a friend of the victim portrayed in the video says it's wrong. >> they shouldn't have been videotaping in the first place but for one thing a few kids seeing it, but for it to be that spread out amongst students, and his pierce, it's ridiculous. >> outside classes, reaction to the posting, negative. >> it wasn't a nice joke honestly. >> all of them are on the team. they all know each other. it was like betraying one of your teammates, it's not okay. >> there is no decision on charges but that video spread like wildfire throughout the school. it shows one student apparently shooting it before turning the camera on the victim. >> reporting live in winthrop, wcvb tv. >> jury selection began in the trial of the teenager accused of murdering his teenager. sarah was inside courtroom when

it all got under way. sarah: using the largest courtroom in the salem courthouse a judge is addressing 110 potential jurors to determine who will decide the fate of chism the 16-year-old is accused of raping and murdering his math teacher at the high school two years ago. 24-year-old colleen ritzer was a beloved teacher at the school. her family seated in the front row of today's proceeding. chism was 14 at the time of the killing but will be tried as an adult. his attorneys are planning to use a mental health defense and today the judge explained to potential jurors about finding someone not guilty because of mental disease or defect. the list of potential witnesses include calling ritzer's family as well as many students. the judge estimates this trial will last until mid-november. in salem, sarah, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> there is

the casino developer is suing for libel although the lawsuit doesn't identify who. no company that does business in massachusetts should be subjected to "defamatory, political abuse." he's building a state license crow in neighboring everest. >> protestors in support demonstrated. walsh has complained that traffic has become much more congested and pushed for boston to become the host community so voters have to say. the city also previously issued the state gaming commission over an access road to the casino. >> it's about five minutes past 5:00 and you're looking live at this gorgeous city of boston. a beautiful fall day. storm team five is with us. temperatures went into the 70s today. >> tonight, the warmest temperature we've had so far this month.

here's the satellite picture that shows you what's going on. clear skies but there is something to watch. there is a cold front to the west. by the time it gets here, it's dry. it will come through with a few clouds. we'll talk about overnight hours and tomorrow morning and then tomorrow will be a little cooler but today we had 71 degrees. normal high temperature at this time of year is 65. we were above it. tomorrow we'll get a little bit below it. here are the current temperatures. a lot of temperatures flirting at 70 right now. a few 60s showing up. tomorrow, as i mentioned, will be a little cooler with a few clouds. here's the way it looks over the next 12 hours. clouds sneaking through. and a little bit cool in the city, into the 50s but we'll see some of the suburbs again dropping into the 40s. we talk about tomorrow's forecast. there is the way the map looks tomorrow. you see clouds working their way in. we'll talk about when those clouds move out and when the temperatures go back up. all in a few minutes. >> tonight, threat of more of this. more flooding persists in south carolina. swollen rivers from the historic weekend flooding now making

and residents are getting ready worst. >> the rain may be gone but south carolina is still reeling. >> this is not over yet but we need to continue our prayers. >> prayers for residents including those in the town of king street where after the weekend deluge so many who already lost so much are now being warned to prepare for more evacuations and more flooding. >> never experienced anything like this what we're going through, hoping and praying that god will watch over us. >> in the capitol city, crews are working around the clock dropping sandbags to stabilize and repair the breached dams as authorities monitor several rivers at or rising. >> this is a situation where if that road is closed, it's closed because we're trying to protect you. it's closed because we're trying to do this for safety. for that reason have to come back here and tell you that the up.

>> unfortunately, people confirmed two people who disappeared after driving around a barricade bringing the death toll to 19. >> eastern kentucky university has canceled classes for the rest of this week following a threat written in a campus men's room. the threat read in part kill all by october 8. federal investigators are on the case now and the college is offering a $10,000 award to solve it. a similar threat was scrawled on a bathroom last february. it follows last week's massacre at a small oregon college. tonight there are some serious concerns about a thriving black market for nuclear materials overseas. the alleged sellers, gangs with russian ties. investigators say the intended customers are extremist groups like isis. with help from the f.b.i., police in the small european country of maldova arrested several men accused of trying to sell radioactive material.

>> setting off a dirty bomb in a dense area the level of contamination could be a big deal if nothing else from an economic standpoint. >> the radioactive material is believed to have come from russian hospitals. they also say there is no indication that isis is showing any interest in building dirty bombs. >> a cape cod police officer who ran over and killed a college student last winter has been cleared. the office says it will not charge chatham officer in the death of the man. he was responding to a business alarm early new year's day when he drove over the 22-year-old who we're told was lying in the street. investigators say he had alcohol and drugs in his system. state police say the driver of a car that crashed and rolled over the influence of drugs. sky 5 over the scene in milford where three people ended up trapped inside the car. police say the driver danica chapman had just taken something

that's a powerful drug commonly used to tranquilize animals. he's facing several charges tonight. the other two passengers in the car were treated for minor injuries and are expected to be okay. dorchester, a driver with a suspended license is accused of hitting a police cruiser overnight. this happened at columbia circle around 2:30 in the morning. the trooper who was not hurt was transporting a prison. he was taken to hospital medical center with minor injuries. the driver has been cited. >> big changes to the commuter rail schedule starting in may. nonstop service between union station and worcester is being added. the trip will take about an hour saving passengers about 30 minutes. that's just one of the many enhancements that were announced. the commuter rail schedules are undergoing revision as we speak. they will be published in november and will take effect at the end of the month. >> let's take a look at first alert traffic. southeast expressway looks like it's moving at this hour in both directions. we'll take

and see where the drive times are growing. north, 28 minutes from the upper deck to route 128. out west on the pike, 22 minutes it will take from i-93 to newton corner. further west 21 minutes, from the western toll to 495 and once you get on 495 that stretch between the mass pike and 290 looks okay in both directions. first alert traffic. >> tom brady cutting his weekly availability short after being asked about some questionable and frankly gross comments about his family made by a controversial dallas cowboy star. >> the response was not surprising. what did drop a few jaws, public comments assaulting his ex-girlfriend. i love seeing tom braidy. have you seen his wife? i hope she comes to the game. i hope her sister comes to the game. all of her friends come to the game. >> i'm just getting ready to play, man, i've got to focus on my job.

he's a great player. it takes a lot of different things to handle a guy like that. but he's been a great player since he's been in the league so we'll have to prepare for him and be ready for a different types of moves. i don't care about his personal feelings. >> brady abruptly ended his press conference after five minutes and seven questions, all while remaining classy unlike him. >> understandable that he wanted to cut it short. >> new information in the shooting massacre at an oregon community college. >> still to come, details revealed about the gunman showdown with police officers in his final moments. >> presidential hopefuls focusing now on the states with early voting. here the latest polls show -- what the latest polls show. >> one toddler dies after visiting a petting zoo in maine. what you can do to keep your children safe.

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>> tonight we're learning that the suspect who opened fire at an oregon college turned the gun on himself in front of the students there. investigators have revealed that the gunman shot himself after being wound by police officers during a shoot-out. he's accused of killing nine people in last week's mass shooting. police recovered 14 firearms, six found at the college. another eight at his apartment. his mother says the 26-year-old dealt with mental health issues. >> commitment 2016. presidential candidates taking their message to critical voting states. one is urging another politician to jump into the race.

our washington bureau. urging joe biden to run. >> that's right. they are now launching their first television ad as the candidates already in the race are stomping in key states. >> with the caucuses four months away -- >> i have never lived in washington or been part of washington, i just have the skill sets to disrupt the beast. >> i'm going to have a plan to refinance student debt. >> politicians are all talk, no action, they don't get it done. >> why is that happen? >> the push is on to win support in the early states including new hampshire where marco rubio campaigned today. >> the difference between early childcare and early childhood education. >> now poll shows voters in the swing states of florida, ohio, and pennsylvania prefer hillary clinton and donald trump, but it also shows ben carson gaining ground. >> the story is not that trump is going down. the story is, it's october and

commanding lead. >> things can change in a heartbeat. >> i know. >> a new 90 second tv ad urges joe biden to enter the race. it includes audio from a speech the vice president gave back in may and shows photos of his late wife and daughter who were killed in a car crash in 1972. biden has yet to announce if he intends to run. >> i don't know if they will have a huge impact. they are certainly trying to be as encouraging as possible. >> democrats debate for the first time next tuesday and even if biden decides that day he's running cnn has said it will allow him on stage that night. live in washington, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> volkswagen says it will start to recall cars in january that are affected by the rigging. repairs will be complete by the end of next year. the fix needs approval from the environmental protection agency first.

software to cheat u.s. emission standards. it's believed only a few employees were involved in the scandal. >> a huge beer merger is in the works tonight. anheuser-busch is increasing its bid to take over sab miller. the brewery now says it's willing to pay $104 billion to acquire the maker of miller lite. previously jetted two other proposals that would have created the single largest beer maker in the world. fine weather. >> yep. and we're not paying $104 billion either. >> it's free. >> and it's just spectacular. >> the humidity is down. look. 71 degrees out there right now. >> sunrise to sunset. >> let me show you a picture. this is over the harbor. you can see -- we were just talking about how beautiful the sunrises and sunsets have been lately.

it keeps getting earlier and earlier and you have to plan a little bit if you want a picture. tonight it's at 6:16. by halloween, 5:39 and by the time we get to december 7, earliest of the year, an afternoon sunset. today was 71 degrees. the first time this month that we've been above average and it was way above average. up into the 70s today. typically we're supposed to be at about 65 for a high temperature. still holding on to our daytime high. humidity is comfortable. dew point number is down. a little westerly breeze at six miles per hour. nothing to complain about there. might be complaining about this. i've noticed a lot of people walking around. they have had the runny nose and scratchy throat. is it pollen or a cold? just checking the pollen count. it's not very high and it won't be very high so you may have one of those fall colds we're talking about. speaking of cold, hers a cold front out to the west. cooler air. it's not dramatically colder. tomorrow's temperature will be five or six degrees cooler than

notice there is the absence of moisture. a few sprinkles showing but it's of cloud cover that we're talking about. it comes sweeping through. maybe a few clouds in the afternoon. clear and cool. 44 to 50 for your overnight low. tomorrow, a if you clouds early, if you're an early sunrise -- if you wake up early tomorrow morning to see the sunrise you may run into a if you clouds. otherwise, sunshine, 60 to 64 your high temperature. makes it a nice day. degrees. friday, a few more clouds. in a washout but there may be few showers as they celebrate the sunflower this year. there is the cool air in place. starts coming in from the west. give us some rain. not an all day rain on friday. showers in the morning and in afternoon. eventually it will clear out and move out as we talk about the weekend. with tomorrow. a little cooler than today but still sunshine and 62.

what about those showers on friday? the timing on this is, early morning risers, not a problem but as you go through the morning hours into the early afternoon there will be a few hit-or-miss showers and a good chance we'll see them around the evening commute. an occasional downpour but not a washout. weekend, clearing, breezy and cooler weather comes in for saturday and some of you like to head north. columbus day weekend, looking for good leaves? the weather will be spectacular. by monday, columbus day, it doesn't feel like that foliage weather because so it's mild. we're getting reports things are running behind schedule. we're only seeing a peek if you're in the green mountains, colors are a little slow this year. they will pick it up in the next week as we talk about cooler air but there is not a lot of cool air in the forecast. two days there with rain. friday and tuesday of next week. otherwise, it's sunshine and mild conditions, and maybe even just a little above average for

overall looking really nice. >> a group of workers in new jersey didn't think twice about getting their flu shot at work. >> but tonight they are at risk for infection. the protocol the nurse did not follow that could result in them getting sick. >> on the health alert. drinking during pregnancy. the renewed warning doctors have for expectant moms. >> stay tuned for this story. on the road to a remarkable recovery, new at 6:00, a little boy beating the odds, fighting back against a virus that almost

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>> dozens of people in new jersey are at risk of infection after a nurse reused flu shot syringes. this happened at a pharmaceutical company in west windsor the company brought in contracted nurses to give employees flu shots like a lot of companies do. a.b.c. news medical editor explains the protocol that that nurse did not follow. >> she used a new needle for every patient but she used the same plastic syringe and when do you that it increases the chance of one blood from one patient coming into contact with another patient. >> the risk is low of getting an infection. doctors are recommending that 67 affected employees undergo at the timing for hepatitis b, hepatitis c and h.i.v.

the board of nursing, of course, is vetting. >> cdc says flu activity is low but outbreaks typically start to begin in october. the government will start tracking flu cases. the cbc is confident that early tests show this year's fact seen is a much better match for circulating flu viruses, expected to be more effective than last year. proved only 19% effective. doctors are reminding us get your flu shot early because it for the body to build up immunity. the first sign of defense can be found in your own kitchen. yogurt's live cultures can help prevent colds. mushrooms show promise at boosting i will mupt. water and other fluids can clean cold out of your system. hot peppers, spices can help clear sinuses and don't forget, honey, it can soothe an irritated sore throat. >> president obama is apologizing for the u.s. air strike at that medical clinic in afghanistan.

>> coming up new at 5:30, the phone call he made today to doctors without borders, group that ran the hospital. what he promised them. >> pilots report a dramatic increase in near collisions with drones, the f.a.a. misses its rules.

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>> from boston's news leader. >> here are the stories happening right now. sunset will mark the end of the search for the cargo ship el faro. >> 33 crew members including three with massachusetts ties were on-board when the ship lost power during hurricane joaquin. >> several football players are under investigation for allegedly circulating a video of a teammate changing in the locker room. the team will forfeit the game on friday. >> jury selection is under way in the murder trial of chism. the danbury high school student accused of raping and stabbing his math teacher. colleen ritzer. >> lawyers have indicated they may use the insanity defense. >> 68 degrees right now. boy, it's a pleasant day. >> gorgeous day, gorgeous night.

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