>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." frank: new arrests in the murder of a marshfield man. the break in this case that led police to the suspects. antoinette: disturbing charges. the accusations from teenagers against a man who worked as a private social worker. danielle: breezy day today. much cooler than yesterday. when we could see a warm-up. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." frank: good morning. it's saturday, october 10. i'm frank holland. antoinette: i'm antoinette antonio. a rough start to the start of the holiday weekend in central massachusetts. powerful winds taking down trees in the town of monson. in some places, there was so

much debris that roads had to be blocked off. this is the same town devastated by a tornado back in 2011. no reports of severe damage, but power lines did come down knocking out electricity to parts of the town. thankfully it looks like some of that has moved out. frank: no severe weather here. right, danielle. danielle: that's right, frank and antoinette. that system that brought the weather yesterday evening now pushing off the coastline. you can see it. it was a cold front and high pressure now building in for the weekend which means we'll see a lot of sunshine as we go through the next couple of days. we do have some clouds out there right now especially in southeastern mass, on the cape and the islands. but they're going to move out of here this morning. once they do, all of us will see sunshine by afternoon. temperatures this morning starting in the lower 40's in and around worcester. 46 in concord. 51 in boston. 55 already on nantucket. so it's mild in some locations. one thing you're going to notice are those winds having now shifted to the north and west but they're still blowing at a

pretty good clip this morning. anywhere from 10-20 miles an hour sustained. guffs 25 to even 30 miles per hour. that's creating a bit of a wind chill. if you're stepping outside the door first thing in worcester it feels more like 8 degrees, 9 in orange. yes, we are already talking about wind chill, folks. temperatures warming up today into the upper 50's in boston. low 60's in taunton. 58 on nantucket but a major warm-up is coming. we'll talk about when we could see the low to mid 70's in the search-day forecast. frank and antoinette. antoinette: danielle, thank you. a quincy couple charged in connection with a south shore murder. stolen weapons seized in the bust. the arrests coming nearly a month after a grisly killing in a marshfield home. frank: the eyeopener's sera congi with new information just released in the case. chief philip tavares: we said it, and we meant it. we told them we were coming for them, and we did. sera: strong words from police after bringing in two suspects for a vicious crime. chief: this was a gruesome crime scene. sera: 45-year-old robert mckenna was killed in his marshfield home last month during a

burglary. the weapon still not identified, but investigators say mckenna bled to death. chief: this has been an around-the-clock, exhaustive investigation. sera: today michael moscaritolo, a 32-year-old attorney, was arrested at his home in quincy. he's charged with murder and unarmed burglary. his girlfriend 31-year-old lauren kalil of quincy accused of being an accessory after the fact. chief: she's being charged as a result of her actions in hiding evidence that would implicate moscaritolo. sera: last year 40-year-old james ferguson was arraigned on burglary charges also in connection with mckenna's death. timothy cruz: attorney michael moscaritolo and james ferguson have ruined a lot of people's lives. now they've officially ruined their own. sera: police also recovered five firearms that were stolen from the victim's home. investigators are still looking for another suspect. chief: this case is on ongoing. and the work is not over and will not be over until every person who is responsible is

actions. sera: the pair arrested today will be arraigned in a plymouth courtroom on tuesday. the district attorney says we can expect to learn more about what happened. in marsh feel, sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. frank: an everett man under arrest after an f.b.i. sting accused of offering to murder for money. federal investigators say joseph burke agreed to kill a man for $100,000. he was recorded by an undercover man's office and lie in wait to shoot him. agents raided his home yesterday antoinette: we're learning more about a private social worker the alleged victims, teenage girls. as newcenter 5's mary saladna explains, investigators believe there could be more victims. mary: 34-year-old rick hall of wakefield, a social worker, now behind bars on child porn charges. hall is accused of enticing three 15-year-old girls in oregon and paying them to e-mail

him nude pictures of themselves. d.a. marion ryan: these allegations are very serious. they can be devastating to young people. and they're particularly concerning in this case. this is an individual with a professional obligation to report any suspicions of abuse against children. mary: reading police launched an investigation back in august after one of the oregon teens came forward. police here eventually seized computer evidence from his wakefield home and reading office. hall is the owner of north shore recovery management. detective derek holmes: regarding this investigation, we have no information at this time that implicates anyone involved practice. mary: hall's wakefield neighbors told us he kept to himself, but grace tavarez lives in the duplex unit right next door. she said she's been uneasy about hall's behavior for over two years particularly loud, late-night screaming matches between him and his female visitors that left her shaking grace tavares: they fought so much i didn't pay much attention to it. now i think about it, i kept thinking pictures, money. it all came together.

i was like wow. mary: the district attorney says it is too soon to know if there are other victims, but she said this is a good time to remind parents to talk to their teens about these social media safety issues and monitor their on-line and smart phone activity. in reading, i'm mary saladna, wcvb, newscenter 5. frank: a boston man is found murder of a 67-year-old grandmother. prosecutors say timothy kostka was on a quest for drug money in 2012 when he broke into barbara coyne's home. when she walked in on him, he beat her and slit her throat tickets that he cashed in for heroin. kostka faces life in prison without parole. police warning about a possible bad batch of heroin making the drug even more dangerous than usual. police and the d.a. in southbridge issuing the warning after two overdoses thursday night. in both cases the drug narcan was used to save the victims. police are worried that someone tampered with the heroin and is now selling it to unsuspecting antoinette: 5 on the opioid crisis. new hampshire lawmakers are proposing a new bill that could

put a drug court in every county in the state. manchester police say the city has seen more than 500 overdoses in 2015, 60 of which were deadly. state senator david boutin is co-sponsoring statewide grant program that would allow each superior court to apply for drug court. to be certified as a drug court, the county would have to have an arrangement with a local treatment center >> we'll be able to get them into the system, get them treatment, and hopefully reduce the use of drugs on the street and reduce the amount of repetitive crime. antoinette: boutin says 69 percent of those convicted of drug-related crimes wind up back in jail, but the recidivism rate after drug court is about 22 percent. frank: one boston neighborhood is seeing a spike in crime. and they are blaming it on the homeless. "the globe" reports violent crime in the newmarket area of the city is up 30 percent from last year, drug crimes are also up 55 percent. the uptick in crime coincided with the homeless shelter that

opened in the neighborhood. police tell "the globe" they have been increasing patrols in the area. antoinette: this morning a peace march after a lowell high school senior becomes the target of a series of racist and hateful text messages. the incident started late last month after 18-year-old anye nkimbeng was elected senior class president. a group of students exchanged the threatening texts and then someone posted the messages on social media. now some supporters of nkimbeng are protesting the way the school administration handled the situation and is calling for change. an olympics of a different sort kick off today at harvard stadium. frank: about a hundred different type of flying robotics will demonstrate their versatility and prowess. it's all part of hub week, a week-long festival, that debuted this week celebrating the latest inventions in art, technology, and science. at a time when drones are disrupting international soccer tournaments, invading no-drone zones and interfering with commercial airline routes,

managers. >> somebody is having a heart attack, a drone can get a defibrillator to that person much faster than anything else. if there is a national emergency, if there's an earthquake or a flood, searching for victims. frank: still some time to enjoy the fun. hub weekends today. right now a serious warning to residents in newton. antoinette: the sighting that has officials urging residents to lock their doors. flying for the holidays? the one thing that doctors say you should not forget before getting on that plane. the threat that has muslim communities around the country taking precautions. danielle: it's going to feel like fall at least for the first half of the weekend, but there are some warmer temperatures on the way.

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antoinette: good morning. it's 5:12. welcome back. right now in newton, police are trying to hunt down a bear spotted in a backyard on rowe street. environmental police have been called in. they're trying to find the bear, tranquilize it, and then release it into the woods. the search is now underway in

the area of rowe and wolcott streets. police are asking people there to stay inside and call them if they see the bear. frank: newton school officials taking precautionary steps this weekend after deadly levels of carbon monoxide were detected at franklin elementary school this morning as a result, every boiler in newton public schools will be inspected before school resumes tuesday. the leak stemming from errors made in the boiler's installation process sent two to the hospital in stable condition. >> it was very clear that we could not open school as soon as i got the message. >> if those detectors weren't installed and in place, some happened. and the school-- we could have had students in the school. frank: all classrooms at franklin have been tested for carbon monoxide and deemed safe. with holidays on the horizon, you may be booking flights now. but doctors say there is one thing travelers should not forget before getting on that plane. could be important not only for

of those around you. phil: new people, new places, new experiences. it's what international travel is all about. but along with such travel comes new risks. including exposure to diseases not commonly found here in the u.s. and now infectious disease experts are warning travelers to get properly immunized before traveling or they could come home carrying more than just souvenirs. the warnings come out of a major infectious disease meeting in san diego. researchers find that outbreaks at home are often tied to people who have been exposed overseas. for example, one study reveals how americans returning from spring break in mexico may have started a hepatitis outbreak in april. all 26 travelers had not been previously vaccinated. getting your shots is a simple proposition. yet too many travelers still don't do it. antoinette: phil adds that before you board that plane, see your doctor to learn what shots you should get and get them. frank: a marlborough hospital has a new policy for prospective

workers. smokers need not apply. umass memorial hospital marlborough routinely tests all incoming employees for illegal narcotics. as of this week, they also began testing them for nicotine. those who test positive can look elsewhere for work. a hospital spokeswoman says it's hoped other hospitals will follow umass-marlborough's example. the white house is lit in pink in honor of breast cancer awareness month. according to the department of health and human services, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for women in the u.s., after lung cancer. but when breast cancer is caught early and treated, survival rates are high. >> now your storm team 5 forecast with meterologist danielle vollmar. antoinette: all right. it is 50 degrees out there right now. we're kind of drying out after all that rain. some downpours in some spots. danielle: and pretty strong wind gusts. you notice that yesterday you see me though that rain pushing out of here. the clouds pushing out. and it's a dry forecast for the holiday weekend.

now monday there's a low chance of rain. that's really going to come monday night late into early tuesday. but tuesday looks like the next chance for seeing some significant rain. we really still want to welcome that rain because we're still down for the month of on month of october just near three quarters of an inch for the year down six inches. yesterday even though we picked up some rain, we still need a lot more. it will be breezy and much cooler as we go through the day today. the warming trend though is going to occur over the weekend. that chance of rain holding off until tuesday. starting out right now, we're in the 50's and 40's across the area. 43 in worcester. 51 boston. you can see 55 already on nantucket. the one thing you're going to notice is those winds have been pretty persistent today out of the north and west. that's brought in the cooler temperatures. the wind gusts in excess of 24 miles per hour right now in boston. 31-mile-per-hour wind gusts on nantucket.

so you're going to notice them. they should relax as we head through the afternoon, but still sustained anywhere from about 10 to 20 miles an hour. wewe are going to see sunshine though through the afternoon and temperatures will warm into the upper 50's as well as the lower 60's depending on where you live. now as we head through the day today, there are those clouds right now. there are showers pushing out of here from that cold front and behind it, high pressure is going to build in. so that means a lot of sunshine not only today but also tomorrow even for the better half of monday so this holiday weekend couldn't be more perfect. in fact, "as we go through the day today, here's what's going to happen. even though we had clouds around the cape and islands by about lunchtime they are pretty much gone. through the rest of the day we see mostly sunny skies. eventually these winds later on this evening and into tonight are going to turn to the south and west. eventually they will bring in warmer air but for tonight we are going to drop down into the

30's through the merrimack valley. a couple interior locations lower 40's. 46 in boston. and because of that, we are watching for the attempts of some frost developing especially in metro west and out through that. if you have any plan plants you want to bring them inside because temperatures could touch near the freezing mark. then for tomorrow, we're going to see high temperatures warm with a southwest wind into the upper 60's, maybe even pushing 70 in some locations. so it's a much more milder day even though we start out on the cooler side. now i know this weekend a lot of you like to head up to the north to do some leaf peeping. >> looks pretty good. cool today. as we head towards sunday, 66 degrees. by monday, we are in the lower 70's. so it's much more mild and we will take that. as we head towards tuesday, that's when our next system comes through bringing us a chance for rain. you will need the umbrella i think on tuesday.

behind it though we turn cooler and more seasonal by the end of the week. antoinette and frank. antoinette: danielle, thank you. time now is 5:18. checking on some of the other stories happening right now. frank: police in texas questioning two people after a third case of deadly violence on or near a college campus this week. a student shot and killed outside a housing complex at texas southern university in houston. another person was wounded. a third person is wanted for questioning in the case. police are still searching for a motive for the shootings. the shooting follows deadly flagstaff, arizona, and roseberg, oregon. antoinette: islamic mosques around the country are on alert and bracing for protestors. an anti-muslim group is planning about 20 rallies in different cities. a facebook group called "global rally for humanity" is planning the protests. the group is encouraging patriots to stand up against islam. today democratic front runner hillary clinton is planning what her campaign is calling a "day of action" on gun control. it will take place across new hampshire.

to door to talk to voters. monday, clinton spelled out her own gun control proposals including closing background check loopholes and allowing victims to sue gun makers. now sportscenter 5 with bob halloran. bob: john lefter and john lackey who would be a combined seven games during the red sox 2013 world series run back in the play-offs and opposing each other last night in game 2 of the cubs and cards series. loser buys the chicken and beer. yes, we remember the good with the bad. that will be remembered as a terrific pitchers duel. lackey gent 7.1 shutout innings only giving up a pair of harmless singles. he walked one. lester gave up a run in the first and then dominated. nine k's for him. also 7.1 innings but it was in the 8th inning that he gives up the two-run pinch hit homer to thomas man and the cardinals win 4-0. the series is tied 1-1. the patriots and cowboys tomorrow in dallas.

another huge advantage for the patriots at the quarterback position. tom brady with 163 regular season wins and 21 post season wins. that's a total of 179 more wins than brandon weeden. >> i'm available to my team. i've always taken a lot of pride in that, trying to be out there and, you know, be a consistent dependable player and certainly being available to those guys what my job is. it's fun. >> my goal honestly is i don't care if i'm 12-for-30. just give this team a chance to win. just find a way to give this team a chance to win. that's my main focus. bob: the bruins are home against montreal tonight and the boston college eagles are home against wake forest this afternoon. that's sports. have a great day. >> the little boy will have the opportunity to laugh and bond

to boston-based charity team impact. a pint-sized reporter scores big. her biggest interview yet. antoinette: ahead, how this little reporter getting all the scoops got gronk on the record before this weekend's road trip to dallas. talk about a get, right? frank: a live look at the city of boston right now. still dark out there. the sun hasn't come up yet. danielle vollmar has the

frank: welcome back. nasa releasing these new color images of pluto. the photos captured by the new horizons probe show a ring of blue surrounding the dwarf plant. nasa also revealing that the probe has spotted icy patches of water on the planet's surface. x antoinette: don't talk about ice yet. that's pluto. that's fine. frank: we'll have icy patches soon enough. antoinette: you're talking about temperatures near freezing. danielle: potentially near freezing tomorrow morning in some plays. that's why the frost advisory has been issued. that's for tomorrow morning. this morning we're starting with temperatures in the 40's and 50's across the area. you can see it right now. 47 in nashua. 43 degrees in worcester. and if you're looking for something to do today, we do have the berkshire county walk going on. it is for the american foundation for suicide prevention. a great cause. it looks like temperatures at the start of the walk will be right around 50 degrees. it will be sunny and a bit on

the breezy side. be aware of that. temperatures over the next couple of days really bumping you'll notice a difference. we should be around 63 degrees for this time of year so tomorrow above normal at 68. tuesday will be around 77. i'm getting a little excites around 70 degrees. as we head through the next seven days here's happens. i do believe that the patriots are taking on the dallas cowboys at dallas. look at the temperature there on sunday. a big difference compared to where we live. 92 degrees. they'll be playing in some heat. antoinette and frank. antoinette: oh, yeah. frank: shayna rose, the eight-year old southborough school girl who lands big interviews, has done it again antoinette: this time, she got gronk! shayna sat down with the pats' tight end who told her basketball was his second-favorite sport growing up. gronk also gave shayna a scoop: he likes to have his back tickled. that wasn't all.

shayna also got an interview with tom brady and pats owner robert kraft. shayna and her brother got a group picture with brady and kraft. besides the patriot sit-downs, shayna has landed interviews with governor baker, hillary clinton, and donald trump in her budding career as a reporter. one-on-one with gronk? tom brady? robert kraft. i mean that's a storied career already. frank: it's not funny anymore. it is happening. antoinette: on the the way this morning a possible medical breakthrough at u-mass. frank: the research that could prevent lyme disease and also carolina. antoinette: a crowd of people run down in framingham. the driver who lost control inside this auction house. frank: and a live look outside right now. still dark and early,

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>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." danielle: breezy day today. much cooler than yesterday. when we could see a warm-up. caught on camera, a car auction thrown into chaos. antoinette: the freak accident that has nearly a dozen people recovering this morning. frank: is he or isn't he? the g.o.p. scrambling to fill a key leadership position right now. will paul ryan enter the race as the pressure mounts? >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's

"eyeopener." frank: good morning. it's 5:30 on this saturday morning. i'm frank holland. antoinette: and i'm antoinette antonio along with danielle vollmar. now that the rain has moved out, i feel like this is a perfect holiday weekend for leaf-peeping and maybe apple picking. danielle: i'm going apple picking later today. i want to experience that. antoinette: will you bring me back some apple. danielle: if i can make me apple pie. this is the baker connoisseur. i'll get you whatever you want, sweetheart. frank: that's quite a deal you have going. danielle: i'm just here for the mood. let's talk about this temperatures this morning because if you are stepping outside the door, the first thing this morning it's a little on the chilly side depending on where you live. now down along the south shore you're starting out in the 50's. low 50's on the cape. mid 50's on nantucket. so not that bad there. but it's through worcester county as well as merrimack valley you're seeing temperature into the low to mid 40's. as we go through the next 12 hours in worcester county, it

and we will see plentiful sunshine. the winds are another big player. you're going to notice as you step outside the door anywhere from 10-20 miles an hour sustained. so it's a bit on the breezy side. they are going to back down through the afternoon. and temperaturewise because they're out of the north and west, temperatures only stay in the upper 50's to low 60's today. remember yesterday we were well above normal in the 70's. we do have a couple of clouds out there right now but they're pushing off shore very quickly. high pressure building in which means we'll see lots of sunshine as we go through the afternoon today but it's not only for today. it's for the rest of the holiday weekend. so we will talk about the warm-up that is coming and when we could see our next chance for rain ahead. antoinette. antoinette: danielle, thank you. 5:32. some of the stories happening right now. property owners are surveying the damage this morning in monson. powerful winds taking down trees in the town. in some places, there was so much debris that roads had to be blocked off. frank: a quincy attorney and his

girlfriend are under arrest in killing inside a marshfield home. robert mckenna was found dead in hus damon's point road home late michael moscaritolo is now facing a murder charge and with accessory after the fact. both will be arraigned tuesday antoinette: a wakefield social bail. he's accused of paying three pornographic photos of 34-year-old rick hall is facing trafficking and child enticement. frank: a car auction thrown into chaos. recovering after an s.u.v. plows into a crowd in framingham. newscenter 5's reid lamberty has more on the victims and the man behind the wheel. reid: seconds of chaos followed by minutes of panic and fear. one man pulled from beneath crumbled concrete and an out-of-control s.u.v.

>> i was scared for their life. >> i was running for my own life. reid: 11 people were hurt when the driver of this luxury b.m.w. abruptly accelerated across a warehouse floor smashing five cars before crashing through a cinder block wall leaving behind a path of destruction and stunned onlookers at adesa boston's weekly auction. larry proulx: all's i heard was noises, and the next thing i know is i kind of felt something hit me in the back of the legs and i fell down. reid: larry proulx was a car buyer connecticut. he was one of the 11 treated for minor injuries hit by debris from that collapsed wall. one person, however, was airlifted to a boston area hospital. lt. stephen cronin: one of the individuals was dragged beneath the car which then came in contact with an interior wall. reid: the 78-year-old driver was displaying the car for potential buyers when it took off. unclear at this point as to why he was not hurt. ashot minasyan: suddenly everybody was screaming, saying stop, stop, but he was not reacting, just driving. reid: the auction house occupies a former g.m. facility. this is how it normally

my heart goes out to all the people who were injured. reid: framingham police continue to review video from that crash. no charges have been filed. in framingham, i'm reid lamberty wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: a boston man is indicted on charges in a crash that killed a bicyclist. gregory mccoy is charged with manslaughter while operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident. prosecutors say mccoy was speeding through a residential neighborhood back in may when he slammed into a car stopped at a red light. both cars slid through the intersection hitting and killing 18-year-old fritz philogene. mccoy ran from the scene, leaving a blood trail which led police to him. he is being held on $1000 bail. frank: attorney gloria allred boston today in connection with the bill cosby rape allegations. allred represents judy huth who says she was 15 years old in 1974 when cosby gave her alcohol

sexually assaulted her. cosby was deposed in the case for the first time yesterday. >> the lawsuit is moving forward, as you can see. frank: huth is one of more than 50 women who have come forward accusing the 78-year-old of drugging or sexually assaulting them. cosby's deposition location was kept a secret, and the content will be sealed until at least december when a judge decides if any of it can be made public. antoinette: to washington d.c. and republicans in chaos on capitol hill. the g.o.p. is scrambling to fill a key leadership position after house speaker john boehner announced that he was stepping down. house republicans are trying to convince a reluctant paul ryan to run for house speaker. >> paul is looking at it. it's his decision. antoinette: the wisconsin congressman and former vice presidential candidate has repeatedly turned the job down. >> i don't have anything to add right now. antoinette: but some republicans say it's part of his appeal. >> he is more humble than most

members of congress. antoinette: house majority leader kevin mccarthy unexpectedly withdrew from the race thursday. >> i think i shocked some of you. antoinette: he said the party needs a fresh face to unify the conflicting factions of the g.o.p. and many republicans believe ryan is the person who can do that. >> if he decided to run he would probably be elected unanimously. antoinette: a source close to ryan tells abc news that the congressman is discussing the possibility of pursuing the job with members of his family. meanwhile another candidate for the job congressman danielle wab ster of florida says he is ready to fill john boehner's shoes. >> am i running against anybody? am i running against a personality or a name. antoinette: also in the race jason chafe its of utah the chair of the powerful oversight and government reform committee who says he would back ryan if he runs. >> i'm a huge fan of paul ryan. i would support paul ryan. i would hope that he would do it. antoinette: on the campaign

trail g.o.p. presidential candidates capitalizing on the political turmoil on capitol hill. >> i have heard every republican in the house say that the next speaker of the house should be a strong conservative. antoinette: house speaker john boehner is staying on the job for now. and that could improve the chances for a debt limit increase by early next month to avoid a market-shattering government default. frank: waltham police are investigating a fiery crash involving three cars and a house on newton and fuller streets. officers say the car hit two other cars before crashing through a house and then exploding into flames. everyone managed to get out of that house safely. fortunately no one was hurt. president obama is looking to tighten gun laws after a violent week of campus shootings. he met privately with the oregon yesterday. a community college in roseburg were killed by a shooter who obama had pledged immediately after the shooting to politicize the issue. president: we're gonna have to come together as a country to

issues from taking place. frank: obama's renewed call for stricter gun laws did not go over well in roseburg, hundreds of supporters and protesters gathered near the local airport to greet him as he arrived. antoinette: new f.b.i. statistics show crime is down across the bay state. the number of violent crimes including murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults are down by 5 percent. property crimes fell by 9 percent. the statewide decrease is following a national trend. ethnic food markets may get a break from the bay state's blue laws. that means they'll be allowed to open for business on thanksgiving and christmas. the blue laws date back 17th century. they call for all supermarkets and retailers to close for the holidays. only food markets that label more than half their inventory in a language other than english would be exempt according to a new bill under consideration on beacon hill. frank: in new hampshire lawmakers are considering a bill that would create a tax for drivers of electric cars, the current gas tax funds highway maintenance throughout

the state, some lawmakers argue drivers of hybrids and electric cars and electric cards aren't buying as much gas. they say drivers of all cars should pay something. >> so there'll be a bill recommending an alternate source. they'll probably pay some more money when they register the car which will go to the state to replace what they would pay for gas taxes. frank: lawmakers are still working out exactly what the tax would be. antoinette: an alarming backlog of drug cases in new hampshire's state police forensic lab. the backlog consists of more than 3,800 cases with 750 new cases coming in each month. the director says they can only process 500 cases a month, and the heroin and opioid epidemic is fueling the problem. he also says some drugs require a series of tests to determine what they are which highlights the risk users are taking. >> there's no quality control among drug dealers and users. they don't know what they're getting from pact to pact.

purity from one week to the next. antoinette: a new $60,000 grant will allow for more overtime at the lab along with another full-time chemist. still may not be enough to get through the backlog of cases. a possible medical breakthrough at umass. frank: the research being done at the medical school that could prevent lyme disease. a pharmaceutical company's why this man has been dubbed one of the most hated men in antoinette: south carolina struggling to recover after the warning to residents with even more rain on the way. p p i have this recurring dream p p where i actually enjoy flying r r there's plenty of room t t to stretch out v

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frank: it's 5:44. welcome back. to the economy now. a popular social media site is reportedly planning layoffs. "the new york times" reports that c.e.o. and co-founder jack dorsey's first big plan includes a series of cost-cutting moves. twitter has more than 4,100 employees in more than 35 offices. the paper reports the layoffs could come as soon as tuesday. pot sales are paying off in oregon. an industry association says pot dispensaries made close to $11 million in the first six days of operation. recreational marijuana sales began in oregon on october 1. the state government says that given such a strong start, it

should get more than $20 million in extra tax revenue next year. oregon is the third state after colorado and washington that legalized selling pot for and taking a look at the week ahead. investors will be looking at quarterly earnings reports for big banks along with other big netflix, and general electric. wall street will also be inflation-- one of the conditions that factors in to the fed's decision on interest rates. antoinette: another wet weekend in flood-ravaged south carolina. heavy rain is already falling 84 dams in the state are being closely watched as another two inches of rain is expected to fall in the flood zone. neighborhoods are now invisible. and homes now covered under filthy floodwater with only rooftops to serve as landmarks. some people can only get to their homes by boat. sabrina johnson: a lot of people have lost more than i have. it's just heartbreaking for

everybody out here. antoinette: authorities are urging thousands of people to evacuate. it just seems like they are not getting a break whatsoever after the week they have had. danielle: i know. unfortunately it's another area of low pressure coming to their area. it will provide rain and already flash flood watches up for most of the area today. doesn't look so good unfortunately. we have to get them to dry out. i want to show you what's going on if i can down there in south carolina. you can see this. it's a pesky area of low pressure. there are yellows and reds on the radar already. you see heavy bands of rain will move through the area. there's already a lot of flood warnings up as well over the river areas down there: we're watching that area. closer to home, this cold front that brought us the rain and the damaging winds in some spots last night pushing out of here. high pressure building in for the weekend which means we're going to see a lot of sunshine as we go through the day. today as well as for tomorrow. now the winds are persistent out of the north and west.

so it's bringing down cooler air and also creating breezy conditions. we do have a lot of clouds along the cape. notice they're pulling out of here in the last hour or so. as we go through the day here's what's going to happen. by lunchtime or so, mostly sunny skies out there for everybody. we really clear out even up in northern new england with really no clouds out there by afternoon and into the evening. temperatures this morning starting out at 51 degrees in boston. 43 in worcester. 45 in orange but when you factor in that wind it feels more like the 30's. so as we are headed out first thing, i would definitely grab a jacket. those winds are gusting upwards of 24 miles per hour in boston but up to 36 miles per hour in nantucket. you're probably going to hear them and feel them if you step outside the door. the good thing is these winds are going to back down just a touch as we head through the afternoon. notice we see full sunshine also in boston. highs today going to climb into the upper 50's in boston. 58 lawrence.

57 in worcester. low 60's in providence and taunton and 58 degrees on nantucket. and again the reason why we're cooler than yesterday is because those winds have shifted to north and west. tonight the winds are going to settle down just a touch. we have clearing skies. that's going to allow the temperatures to drop back into the 30's up through orange, concord. low 40's in a lot of spots. and even mid 40's in boston. so there is some concern for some frost. that's why the national weather service has issued frost advisories for the areas you see in blue. this does include metro west essentially out through about 495 from 2:00 a.m. overnight tonight into 8:00 a.m. sunday morning. and also out in western mass, too. so if you do have any plants outside, you definitely want to bring them in. remember, that frost can really harm those plants. 68 degrees tomorrow. for a high temperature in boston. 65 on the cape. and then 69 degree. we are going to rebound nicely after a cooler start out there to start on sunday.

and then temperatures really warm up through the weekend. in fact, as we get towards, say, monday, tuesday, we become very mild. on monday with the low 70 readings you want to get outside and do leaf peeping. it's peaking up through northern vermont. it's moderately peaking around parts of central new england. as we get towards our area there will be flashes of color although it is still mostly green near the cape and islands. i have seen some color by the charles river as i've been running around there. temperatures then drop behind our frontal boundary on tuesday where we get some rain back into the 60's and 50's. feeling a lot more like fall. antoinette and frank. antoinette: danielle, thank you. stories we're following right now. a shark attacks a surfer in hawaii. the 25-year-old man lost most of his leg in that attack. friends say he was sitting on his board when the shark attacked from underneath. he punched it a couple of times before the shark swam off. people on the beach used a surfboard leash as tourniquet on his thigh.

alert. frank: he's been called "the most hated man in america." pharmaceutical company c.e.o. who spiked the price of a drug used by aids and cancer patients from $13.50 to $750 a pill. after coming under fire for raising the price by 5,000 percent, shkreli promised to reduce the cost. news that the price has not changed. antoinette: researchers at umass medical school are working on what could be a medical breakthrough when it comes to the prevention of lyme disease, scientists have developed a new injection that targets the bacteria that causes the disease. right now there are no vaccines to prevent the tick-born illness. human trials of the annual injection are expected to begin next year. if it wins f.d.a. approval, it could be available in about three years. frank: the patriots have a distinct advantage when it comes to quarterbacks. the last two they faced had a total of five nfl wins which is exactly how many this week's opposing quarterback

brandon weeden has. that means tom brady has nearly as many super bowl wins as weeden has wins. >> i'm happy i'm available to my team. that's something i've taken a lot of pride in. trying to be out there and be a consistent available player and certainly being available to those guy s is what my job is. so it's pretty fun. >> my goal honestly is i don't care if i'm 12-for-30. just give this team a chance to win. whatever that may be. just find a way to give this team a chance to win. that's my main focus. frank: it should be a good one. the pats take on the dallas cowboys at at&t stadium in arlington tomorrow afternoon. antoinette: we look forward to that game and the win. it may be a bird, it may be a plane but in colorado, it may be a pumpkin. frank: coming up the annual pumpkin-shooting contest happening this weekend. and it's a challenge just to get the event's name right. antoinette: a live look outside this morning. at the zakim bridge.

early on this saturday morning. maybe they're heading out leaf-peeping, frank. frank: maybe. apple picking, leaf peeping. antoinette: there you go. good weather for it. 49 degrees outside right r staci, you have got to get down here. shaws & star market. shaws & star market. yes, mom. now. spread the word. vicki, this sale is amazing. r the shaws & star market

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danielle: welcome back. i'm meteorologist danielle vollmar. starting out this morning with temperatures in the 40's and

50's. tomorrow morning it's going to be on the chilly side but this morning not so bad. but when you factor in those wind gusts in excess of 25-35 miles per hour, it could feel like the 30's in worcester county. 43 though your air temperature in worcester. 51 boston. 52 on the vineyard. now maybe you're looking to to the topsfield fair today. looks pretty good. 57 degrees. sunday it's milder and sunny. on monday it feel-- there's only three more days of the topsfield fair. the temperature trend is on the way up. the today is the coolest day. by monday 72. antoinette. antoinette: danielle, thank you. the holidays are still weeks on supplies for your pumpkin pies. pumpkin crops across the country are down by about half as compared to last year. libby's, which controls much of the canned pumpkin market, says it will likely have enough supply to make it through

thanksgiving. the shortage shouldn't hurt the supply of halloween jack-o-lanterns. that's because halloween pumpkins are very different from those used for food. frank: double sigh of relief. enough for thanksgiving. antoinette: all of this is good thing because not all pumpkins are made into jack-o-latererns. some are needed in a much different way. frank: in aurora, colorado, they are the main crop for the annual two-day pumpkin chunkin contest. that is just one of the contraptions that 18 teams from around the country will use in the annual competition. it's the original pumpkin pusher. >> this has got about 100 two-inching garage door springs we pull lengthwise. it develops about 14,000 pounds of pull together to whip the beam around. frank: this competition takes

energy and ingenuity to a whole new level. some of the contraptions can shoot a pumpkin up to a half mile away. antoinette: those are some pumpkin chunkenners. i'll work on that word. frank: i think they're just people in colorado having some fun. coming up, right now a serious warning to residents in newton. antoinette: the sighting that has officials urging residents to lock their doors. more suspects arrested in the murder of a marshfield man. the break that led police to this couple. frank: on alert right now. the threat that has muslim communities around the country taking precautions. antoinette: and a live look outside over boston this morning. we are drying out. sunshine on the way. but it is a brisk start to the morning.