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>> this man has resigned. video posted on youtube shows off-duty officers threatening a wrong way driver in july. >> it shows that he violated a handful of department policies, a disciplinary hearing was had that has been canceled now that he is resigning. jury selection has been on hold with fears that he is not ready to stand trial. >> the charge wants to know is there a functional mental issue, or was it an unwillingness to go forward?
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they found him in a padded cell. >> he came to court as he has on other mornings. he is seen here during a different part appearance. his lawyer raised questions early, telling the judge she was having trouble committee getting with the 16-year-old. jury selection was suspended and a psychologist brought in. she tried twice to speak and he refused to respond. chisholm' s top charged with first-degree murder. jury selection has gone on for three days. as for his mental status judge says he was in a factual vacuum. he needs more information, and order the psychologist to try again tomorrow morning. and if the judge decides tomorrow that he needs more
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evaluation we could be talking about 20 days in a hospital and to delay in trial. hearings tomorrow. >> liu brooklyn firefighter faced a judge accused of beating up a man who was too slow to order his meal. witnesses say ward became incensed at a man in front of him, in line, at a local taco shop last weekend. ward allegedly beat and kicked the man outside the restaurant. the firefighter' s lawyer says what really happened is far from clear. >> investigation is still ongoing. police are still going to do further investigation and so are we. i have requested some evidence from inside the restaurant where we believe the altercation started. >> ward has been placed on administrative leave. he' s due back in court next month. ed: aaron hernandez' s double-murder trial delayed until january 19th. prosecutors want time to get a hold of evidence currently in the hands of a law firm that previously represented the former patriots star. hernandez is accused of killing two men in 2012 after an
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he' s already serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of odin lloyd. there are new concerns tonight for the only nuclear power plant in massachusetts. pilgrim in plymouth will be close by june 2019. the announcement has sparked fears of an energy shortage. janet wu is live in plymouth tonight, janet? >> the handwriting was on the ball last month with me and nurse the downgraded the room to the next lowest safety rating. it was only one very small step from being shut down by the nrc it. the president which owns pilgrim said they would lose $40 million a year a state online.
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633 workers will be gone no later than june 19 rate it could happen by spring 2017. they' ve label or casual gas prices and solar credits. >> while they are attractive at first glance, they undermine the very foundation of a competitive market for existing generators. >> they 16 years -- 60 years, losing program that only poses a potential energy shortage, but also highlights the need for energy. they are committed to providing at. expensive fuel rods? terrorism. years. >> thousand safety has been protected at all times. forward. day. we are transitioning to a
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economy. >> energy says that some workers will be transferred to its other facility, but most of them will have to begin the job search. the other big losers are the plymouth text. because they have been giving this town $10 million a year for operating. torrential rain, even lining up parts of the state today as much as one inch falling in spots, triggering this street flooding. right now, the storms are gone and the focus now is on cold air, danielle? >> the cold air is going to slowly make its way toward us but it is taking its time. we are tracking a couple scattered showers that are popping up on our reader right now, especially through the county. they are actually coming down with a good downpour. all of this is lifting to the
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north and east very slowly. hit or miss showers as we go through the evening hours before it all starts to quiet down. this is an area of low pressure that brought very heavy rain this morning. by 11:00 a.m., things are starting to settle down. temperature wise we' re still holding the 70' s. as we go through the next 12 hours, we start to clear the sin eyes out. we will talk of the dramatic temperature drops ahead. >> close call for a driver in saugus when a piece of scrap metal flies off a truck smashing through her windshield. newscenter 5' s reid lamberty tells us, incredibly, she didn' t suffer a single scratch. >> rain wasn' t the only thing falling from the sky this morning. those massive piece of scrap
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the driver walked away unscathed. it appears to be a portion of a pickup trucks frame. twisted metal with sharp edges that fell off a tractor trailer. >> >> it landed it my windshield. and almost led -- fell in love of marybeth shay. just before five this morning the newburyport woman was driving south on route one in saugus, en route to logan airport in . overpass, it flew out of the truck. >> the impact smashing the affected the passenger side were suv. from here you can see just how different result. the 48-year-old said she had no warning. >> i saw the sparks but i did not know what had happened.
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>> state still give the truck involved in the drug more than likely has no idea something fell from the truck. shay joked that she should play the lottery. >> / / / checked] >> deadly crash in new bedford. state police say the driver of this vehicle may have suffered a medical condition, causing the car to go off the road and rollover on route 140 today. the exit 5 ramp had to be shut down to clear the scene. police have not yet identified the 67-year-old driver. major mess on 93 north in new hampshire. state police say the driver of this foxtrot callously -- box truck fell asleep triggering a crash. the truck overturned then hit a all lanes. the highway had to be shut down large diesel spill. two people in the car were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. j.c.: israel is considering new security measures after the three israelis were killed in
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the latest of violent attacks. a bus in jerusalem. two palestinians boarded the bus and began shooting and stabbing riders. two israelis were killed and ten others wounded. a third israeli was killed in a separate bus attack. hamas is praising the killers, calling them "heroes." a busy day for secretary of state john kerry in boston - meeting with defense secretary ash carter and their australian counterparts. the discussions focused on ongoing efforts to counter violent extremism and the trans-pacific partnership agreement trade deal. earlier, kerry met with boston marathon organizers at the finish line. this afternoon, he spoke at the harvard kennedy school in cambridge. new details about the group suspected of planning a terror attack in moscow. security officials say it included 12 russian citizens - at least one who had been trained in syria. only three suspects have been identified so far - following sunday' s raid of a moscow apartment were explosives were also found. investigators have said the suspects had support from the islamic state terror group. ed: it' s the democrats' turn tonight!
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democratic presidential nomination in vegas right a national audience. newscenter 5' s aixa diaz is live a much smaller group tonight. >> compared to 15 republicans. looking to stand out. for the first time this campaign season the democratic presidential candidate takes the stage for a primetime debate. >> this is a great opportunity to hear from our candidates. >> when we get together in solidarity -- >> she comes as the front runner. recent polls show the former secretary of state at least 40% of support from likely democratic primary voters. cindy: what we need are answers to the problems. >> bernie sanders is holding onto second place while three other candidates have been
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>> they will lash out to get more attention or do desperation? >> liberals want to see the economi y and social issues as part of the discussion. >> especially for african-americans. there was a lot of problems with criminal justice and what they fled to do to fix the system. >> tonight was the first of six democratic debates. >> it seems he' s everywhere these days. now donald trump is heading to late-night t-v. the republican presidential front-runner will host "saturday it' ll be his first time hosting the show in more than a decade. j.c.: new details tonight in
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>> a father and his young daughter killed. still to come: the findings revealed today by investigators. j.c.: a pair of firefighters killed saving others. their final acts of bravery. ed: a final report released into last year' s malaysian airlines plane crash overseas. who it blames for downing the plane. j.c.: as a general rule, no one likes a wedding crasher but what if it' s the president?! california newlyweds react to president obama' s unexpected arrival! traffic is moving slowly. solar glare is an issue. we are looking at him on her right of 38 minutes. northbound is a quick 14 minute ride. 93 in newton corner, slow cell
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>> you are watching newscenter 5 at five. j.c.: investigators now say more people were under this circus tent that collapsed in new hampshire in august - killing two people. authorities initially estimated 100 people were under the tent at the lancaster fairgrounds when a storm blew in. but tickets to the event allowed one or two adults to bring children in for free - likely raising the attendance. a father and daughter from vermont were killed in the collapse - 50 others hurt. ed: a baltimore judge ruled today that at least one of the six officers' statements about the death of freddie gray will be admissible in court. the judge found that sergeant alicia white voluntarily offered
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her two statements - making them admissible. gray died in police custody after sustaining a spinal cord injury. all six officers involved in the case were hoping to have their statements thrown out. they claim the statements were improperly obtained. after sustaining a spinal cord injury. all six officers involved in the case were hoping to have their more signs of progress down south. interstate 95 is now fully open in south carolina, nearly two weeks after historic flooding in that state. a 13-mile stretch of road had been closed since october 4th. officials still need to inspect and shore up several bridges over swampy areas. more than 200 roads and 90 bridges across that state are still closed tonight. >> we had a little bit of rain ourselves. thinking of an inch to two inches of rain.
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>> picking up under two inches of rain, there was even some rumbles of thunder earlier this morning. then, you started to dry out in southeastern massachusetts that were showers for a rater associated with cold front that is sweeping through. down to the south over paul mark, all of this is generally lifting to the east northeast. you can see a couple more showers before the night is done. very hit or miss, not everyone is going to see them. you as we bring it cooler air. a couple of the showers may make it into metrowest boston by 8:00 p.m. or so. everything starts to ezell and
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those who do a lot of that just to drop a little bit more between the merrimack valley worcester hills overnight. in boston right now, some sunshine mixed in on. temperatures are holy is. . it has been humid or september than the middle of a. for 60' s through orange 70 in gene. as we head towards this evening the skies will begin to clear out and because of that 49 degrees. taking in about 54 for your overnight low. as we had through the day tomorrow we start out with some sunshine but as we go through the afternoon we' re going to see
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i temperatures tomorrow still holding above where they should be for this time of year should be right around 62 degrees. it will be 67 in boston. pesky westerly winds. it is a little trough that comes through because of the showers could pop up in the berkshires. behind it, the real cold air starts to work its way in. as we had through the weekend, more showers coming in on friday. notice of the week until the temperature start to drop. these overnight lows made these are several days out there to well below the freezing work. that could be a potential morning freeze away from the coast or something to think about.
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>> have a seamless picture? a bride' s photo from her wedding day is getting lots of attention on social media. j.c.: sarah ray' s mother snapped this photo, of ray walking away from an ambulance. after her grandmother' s car collided with another on the way to the reception, ray, a paramedic, hiked up her dress, rushed to the scene and climbed aboard to help. ray' s grandmother is doing ok. ray says she' s no hero, she was just taking care of a family member. your morning cup of coffee could reveal more about you than you think. on the health alert tonight: the research that suggests how you take it offers insight into psychopathic tendencies. tom brady on the defensive once again.
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people want change, they want reform, they want to see something done, but just carping about it and whining about it and making speeches about it doesn't get it done. nobody has shaken up the system more than i have. i've always been unorthodox but you know what? i know how new day independent media committee, inc. is responsible for the content
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our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost them. >> obviously difficult for him to talk about. one firefighter survived by his wife. the other leaves behind a wife and four daughters. >> new sobering statistics on the national problem. patients prescribed the drug' s to manage pain are at a greater risk. >> addiction, it is a problem most of us think we will never have to deal with. but for millions of americans with chronic pain,one firefighter survived by his wife. the other that little pill which seems like a quick fix for throbbing joints may be doing more harm than good. another study in the journal of the american medical association today revealing americans on opioids have a higher risk of addiction, overdose, and death.
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even when they get their drugs legally from their doctors. more americans are taking stronger version of these drugs than ever before. 15 years ago the proportion of opioid users taking strong picture of morphine was only about six and 10. this figure has gone up by about a third. rates of addiction treatment has not punished even as we are you to abuse have increased. j.c.: some experts say we would see a drop in numbers we were to develop new treatments for pain c -- that are safer. ed: another benefit from drinking red wine. new research suggests if people with type-two diabetes follow a healthy diet - and drink one glass each night for two years - some experts say we would see a drop in they' ll end up with better "good" cholesterol. but experts say the findings should be interpreted cautiously, saying it' s questionable whether doctors should be advising their
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all. speaking of drinking, how about coffee? perhaps, you are better yourself. people who prefer the bitter taste of what coffee are also connotative to be narcissistic or psychopathic and those who sugars to any kind of drink have kinder and more kind personalities. j.c.: next, a fight on the field of a local soccer game. ed: the incident under investigation right now. if that doesn' t be missing new hampshire woman, the result investigators in manchester away
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