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we would like another just lik this. >> we'll be close to it tomorrow but it will be cooler. here's where high temperatures were today. boston, 71 degrees. worcester, 66 degrees. nice conditions. tomorrow's temperatures, probably five or six degrees cooler but still plenty of sunshine to talk about. if you're stepping out gorgeous evening for you. we do have a weak cold front out to the west that will be moving through but as we take a closer look some cloud cover. a few sprinkles up here but i don't think they will make it all the way to us so overnight tonight, yes, you might run into a few clouds but temperatures tomorrow will be a few degrees cooler. how cool will it get? readings in the 40s outside the city. boston should be about 51 for a high temperature for tomorrow. as far as for tomorrow's temperature we'll look at a high temperature of 2 compared to 71. the temperatures will go up and down for the next couple of days but overall they aren't looking too bad. we could see a little rain, much-needed rain at that.
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>> we have a tragedy to tell you about in maine. one boy is dead, another in critical condition, both sick after a visit to the petting zoo, both with signs of e-coli. >> rhondella shows us the steps we can take to keep our children safe. live tonight. >> rhondella? >> the animals get a big peck changeup before they arrive here. this is a petting zoo and that means state and federal inspectors are on the grounds at least once a year. >> goose and other birds are never handled. it's just a precaution when you never know what they might fly into. all water is changed at least once a day. >> we really, really press cleanliness of the pens. >> investigators are relating an e-coli death in main has parents upset and watchful. >> the owners are among a handful of folks appointed by the governor to the state food and
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they also have a presidential appointment to the farm service agency. so they know their stuff. like double fencing to protect little hands. >> we have -- they put the food down and interact with the animals. there are some that will come out and people can pet them but all of our animals are closely monitored by a vet as well as our full time animal manager. >> there is a public bathroom with actual soap and water, and increasingly important when there is a farmer's market with doughnuts and other things you'll want to eat right away. >> best practices is about minimize being e-coli risk. >> they would have to touch an animal that had rolled in its own feces and then put direct contact of that to their mouths afterwards. this is very rare for a child to contract e-coli that way. most of the time you'll get from it a meat situation. >> over that rock wall is discarded animal bedding better
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poop, straw and hay pile. it's kept far away lowering the e-coli risk. rhondella richardson, wcvb. >> funeral services held today for the worcester toddler found dead in her crib. investigators are still working to find out how she died. toxicology tests are still pending. the family has said dcf had been involved expressing concern about the apartment where she was living with mer mother. >> a massive water main break is not expected to be fixed until tomorrow. repair crews on the scene. the pipes at the busy intersection of south beach and brown avenue burst this morning. thousands of gallons of water spilled out. traffic in the area is being diverted. no word on what caused the break. everett high school students sent home this morning. evening activities have also been canceled at a water pipe pufrt there flooding the building. crews are trying to figure out exactly what triggered that break as they work to clean up
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the big mess. >> we'll take you outside for first alert traffic. >> volumes getting heavy right now but it's still moving in tank. let's take a look at the maps look like. north, about a half an hour from the upper deck through 128. on the pike, 25 minutes and building, i-93 to newton corner. further west, 26 minutes from the western toll to 495. once you get on 495, that stretch between mass pike and 290 looks directions. that's a look at first alert traffic. >> drone sales are rising. >> still to come, the discussion today about keeping our skies safe and the call on the f.a.a. to act. >> when you go to the super market do you pay close attention to the dietary guidelines on food products? >> health alert, drinking
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>> new at 5:30, president obama has apologized to the charitable group that runs this clinic in afghanistan. doctors without borders. that group's facility was hit by a u.s. air strike on saturday. 22 people died. doctors without borders wants an independent investigation into exactly what went wrong. >> airline pilots face close encountsters with small unmanned aircraft or drones as they are more popularly called. they are on the rise and safety experts are warning this risk will only grow.
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ed harding is here with a warning. >> lawmakers are concerned that the f.a.a. isn't moving quickly enough to put into place regulations and the consequence of the delay could be tragic. >> airline pilots have reported more than 600 sightings or close encounters with small drones this year. that's up significantly from last year. it's an alarming increase. >> when it hits a transport category aircraft, when it hits one there will be a significant event. >> for three years the f.a.a. has been working on rules for integrating small unmanned aircraft in a national airspace. but the agency missed its september 30 deadline for finalizing them. >> this is crazy. just get it done. >> the agency says the process just takes time. >> we think the most bang for the buck comes with education because a lot of the operations are inadd vert kept and on the enforcement side the real challenge is how we locate the operators of the vehicle. >> in the meantime, the f.a.a. has granted hundreds of
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great operators. >> we've got to find a balance between moving quickly and not overregulating the industry. >> most users are conscientious and simply need more information. >> as long as they understand the moons by which they can operate safely and responsibly we believe the american citizen will do that. >> to better educate consumers the f.a.a. has launched a know before you fly campaign and the agency has set june of next year as the new deadline for getting new rules finalized. >> the changes at healthcare.gov are intended to help people know if their prescriptions are covered. they should be able to get more accurate costs. >> the feds are dropping deet
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that would have recommended eating less red meat. beef production uses a large share of land, water and energy. the proposal had gone criticism and it will not be in the government's new dietary guidelines which will be released in december. >> there are more questions than answers for doctors of a young texas girl. >> she can't stop sneezing. this poor girl sneezing more than a thousand times a day. >> the medical mystery surrounding her. >> the weather continues with a
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. >> the fire that engulfed a historic church appears to be an accident. much of the church's roof was damaged, causing it to collapse into the sanctuary. >> they believe the fire is related to renovations being done at the church. >> a medical mystery to tell you about in texas incessantly. she can't stop and doctors don't know why. >> sneezing nearly nonstop 12,000 times a day. >> they says it started suddenly three weeks ago. >> it's really painful. >> and it's taken over her life. >> she can't go to school. and she can't really do anything normal. it's affected everything. >> the 12-year-old isn't the first to suffer like this.
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>> it is frustrating. >> laura's constant sneezing five years ago was finally diagnosed as a symptom of a disorder and treated. yet doctors at texas children's hospital in houston still don't know for sure what is behind caitlin's case, referring to the condition as short and called a tic. >> she describes a funny feeling having to make these movements and sounds that then got better afterwards. and that piece of history is very suggestive of tics. >> doctors say whether that turns out to be the cause or not they are confident they will find a way to help her and to finally stop the sneezing. >> this has taken a huge toll on my life. >> i want nothing more than for this to end. i just want it to be gone for good. >> who could blame her. doctors say they have ruled out allergies, ruled out viruses, as they continue looking for answers, for now, they have prescribed the seventh grader
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>> a missouri daycare, not a daycare, a missouri dairy is turning blue. its milk is, anyway, in honor of the kansas city royals. they have produced thousands of bottles of royal blue milk. would you drink that? the dairy says it's their way to show support ahead of the playoff. they aren't sharing the ingredients, saying only that you'll taste a hint of french vanilla. it looks like it's the latest dance craze. sometimes you just have to stop what you're doing and do it. >> it is so true. >> even on the football field, check out the mighty mites from milford.
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>> i've watched this video about 10 times, 10 times. both sides got in on the fun on saturday. it was -- as you can see -- >> they started to play. >> still dancing. >> these kids, it's almost like -- >> it's something very catchy about it. i would personally vote that mike wonka should do it. >> i don't know. >> we don't want to do that. [laughter] >> people are dancing in the streets about this weather. i'm loved right now. this is fantastic stuff but it will be changing a little bit. 71 degrees right now in boston. 71 degrees in fitchburg. a lot of temperatures in the upper 60s. a lot of 70s. you look at the south shore, taunton, 71ful cooler towards the cape. overall, wow what a beautiful day we have going on out there.
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temperatures stillt a high with a light westerly breeze at six. if you're stepping out tonight, when a great night you have coming in your direction. >> late tonight, there is a cold front coming in. usually when a cold front comes in it has enough moisture. we start talking about showers and downpours. if you look carefully, you can see a few sprinkles. that's about it. i don't think they will survive their journey to us and so we'll just see a few clouds later on tonight and early tomorrow morning for some early risers. here are the low temperatures we're expecting. we've had a little frost out there. you may be wondering -- in boston we usually get our first frost freeze about november 7. but we start to get our first frost in the western suburbs in of you have seen that going on. not tonight. clear, it will be cool but 44 to 50. tomorrow, with blent of sunshine in the africa we'll rebound to about 60 to 64. but not the 70 that we saw going on today.
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in fact, here are the what the high temperatures will look like. 46 for a high temperature in bedford. over the next few hours, a few showers on friday. check tout temperatures. they go up and down but they are not terribly cold any place. through worcester county. 62 temperature. more clouds on friday with a chance of showers but it clears for your weekend as the temperature dips off just a little bit. through the south shore, situated at about 59 for a high temperature but towards attleboro, 65 for a high. we showed you cool temperatures around chatham. tomorrow your temperature will be very similar to today because we've got a breeze coming in off of the water. in a big difference at the cape but inland you will notice a difference in temperatures and certainly in the city of boston as that cooler air settles in. when is this rain coming in? it won't come in until friday. it comes at in us two batches. one in the morning and another one in the afternoon. in between there is a lot of cloud cover but there isn't a lot of rain. let me show you how much rain we're expecting out of that whole event on friday.
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.2 in worcester. these are not high rain totals that we're talking about. in fact, i think really most of us will just see the ground is wet a little bit and that's it. tomorrow, 62 degrees. that's on average. remember, i showed you those high temperatures. depending on where you're at, near the shore line, inland, 60s, a chance for showers on friday. saturday, 60 degrees. sunday, if you don't like this, this refreshing cool air check out the patriots game. at least for the weather. check out what they have got to go into. dallas, 90 degrees. running the a.c. in texas. we won't be running it here. you may have to turn on the heater. some of the low temperatures in the morning, will get a little bit on the cool side but still rebounding nicely as you head toward those afternoon highs near 70 degrees. >> thanks. we want to introduce you to the newest disney princess. she'll make her debut in the movie next year, film is about a
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sails out on a daring mission to prove herself and fulfill her ancestor's unfinished quest. it will hit theaters november 23, 2016. >> no indictment necessary to see a boston doctor who has skills not taught in medical school. chronicles ted explains what keeps him on his toes. >> most of the time, you'll find this doctor off the street and on his day job as an anesthesiologist at tufts medical center but the running shoes merely hint at his outside pursuits. he runs triathlons and marathons but he also really loves to dance. >> so he created an alter ego, and on off days began lugging a boom box to various spots in downtown boston where he set up and dances and raises eyebrows, as well as money.
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a doctor, but, no, he doesn't need the money. but some others do. >> we have helped kids with terminal illnesses, kids living in poverty who need school supplies. homebound and chronically ill patients. wounded veterans, amongst many others. >> he insists his real goal is not to simply raise money, but consciousness. >> let's say you're not a dancer or painter of some kind. basically, any way you can, if you're a baker, why not bake cup takes and take them to a level hospital for children. these are things anyone can do. everyone has hobbies, you can use them in a way that's productive. >> we'll have to tell our friend ellen degeneres about him. 579 7:30, a football that won't deflate. how u.s. history overlooks the truth about worcester. who knew, 7:30 on krancals tonight.
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>> the u-conn student now famous for his obscenity laced fight over macaroni and cheese has been expelled from the university. university. >> well, that was part of a nine-minute video. it shows him acting, actually attacking, putting hands on the manager. police say he was upset and he had been refused service. the manager says the 19-year-old had clearly been drinking, carried an open beer into the arrested. >> tonight on the health alert we're talking about the debate pregnant. >> not everyone in the health agrees on this. both sides laid up by doctors, journal. >> new at 6:00, awn precedent ss -- an unprecedented review. the process
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>> there are some new recommendations for children when it comes to screen time the american academy of pediatrics which has long under the age of 2 is tweaking its recommendations. the new policies will come next fall but the group is expected to say that children and teens get no more than two hours of screen time each day. keeping you up at night? you're hardly alone if it is. blue light emitted could be bankruptcying your sleep and harmling your eyes and it -- interrupting your sleep. safe screens will emit less light and keep your body's rhythms in sync. >> some say it's fine. an occasional glass of wine when you're pregnant. it shows
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not all medical experts agree. >> as any woman who has been pregnant knows having baby on the way can mean cravings. but what if among those is a sip of wine or swig of beer. as it turns out even doctors may not always agree and this week, in the journal, medical experts argue both sides of the issue. on the one side doctors saying it's better to be safe. urging women to avoid all alcohol while pregnant. on the other, some experts suggesting that women should make their own decisions and that an occasional drink in later trimesters just might be okay, but for pregnant women the or not to drink. ultimately it's a decision this a pregnant woman for herself. we know the effects of too much alcohol on pregnancy are severe and last a lifetime. drinking in the first trimester is a bad idea.
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>> if a pregnant woman is considering having a drink she should discuss it with her doctor so she can make an informed decision. >> newscenter 5 at 6:00 starts right now. >> draftkings and fan duel making big changes in the wake of a fantasy sports scandal and the action. >> trouble inside a high school locker room. >> the video that landed the football team in hot water. >> a bit of a cooling trend in the forecast tomorrow but don't worry. it will warm up again. >> a little boy left paralyzed and unable to speak -- >> tonight, his walk out of the hospital one year later. >> from boston's news leader. this is wcvb at 6:00. >> we begin with a video scandal. >> 10 varsity football players under investigation after a video surfaces of a student dressing in the locker room. all football activities have been
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pam is live at the school tonight. >> school officials say that behavior won't be tolerated. that's why the next varsity football game was already forfeited. a teachable moment about the dangers of social media. >> when you send something out, you're responsible for your actions that you do. >> winthrop officials coming down hard. the next varsity football game fore forfeited. a video was circulated of a locker room. >> it's a representation of the >> a friend of the victim says it's just wrong. >> some kids aren't comfortable taking off their shirts in the locker room and now they have to worry about getting their bodies exposed on the internet. that's really not cool. >> outside the school many >> that's not
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