this iscvb newscenter five at 5:00. ed: two new suspects have been named in one of the worst terror attacks in british history. prosecutors have identified two libyans as suspects in the bombing of a pan am jet over lockerbie. heather: all 259 people on board were killed including new englanders. newscenter 5' s jim lokay is live in shrewsbury tonight jim, talked with a victim' s relative today. jim: this is the hometown where he talked to her mother today and she said despite the fact that it has an almost three decades, when it comes to finding justice for their s never too late. jailed, free, and then the later died and another exonerated, the news of two new sus x comes as no surprise to jeanine. s right to jeanine. jeanine: have the resolve to bring this

jim: while scottish prosecutors have not identified or even interview the two libyans, the news is meaningful for jeanine and the other families. jeanine: the people who knew the victims would be interested. most often it is just collateral news and they might say, oh, i remember something about a plane crash. it oftentimes pushes my buttons. it was not a plane crash. it was a bombing. jim: she has not received word about any new revelations, but she said it is still important to the scots, who have kept the quest for justice alive. jeanine: they were truly outstanding and if it had not been for them and away they opened up their homes and hearts to all of us, i don' t think we would have had the same ending. jim: it has been a year of ups and downs for the families involved. coming up, the turning point that jeanine says gave her some

heather: the trial of accused killer philip chism has been put on hold. chism is charged with the 2013 murder of his teacher, colleen newscenter 5' tells us the judge has ordered determine if he is fit to stand trial. frank: philip his own just yesterday -- philip chism just courtroom. he said he wishes someone would walk into the courtroom and kill him with a gun. he said he hears voices telling him not to trust his attorneys. he is accused of raping and murdering his teacher. today, he will undergo a more formal and thorough evaluation and observation. if prosecution -- the prosecution objecting to the move, accusing them of pretending to be mentally ill. the judge spent the morning trying to

find a right facility. his age and the need for high-level security are all concerns. heather: according to the court order, he will be hospitalized for a time not to exceed 20 days. ed: a hockey player charged on three charges of raping a child. he is accused of raping a child in the 1990' s. the victim told family members about the abuse, but the case was not reported until last year. richards pleaded not guilty and was released on $500 bail. he has been ordered not to give -- have any contact with the victim. heather: benjamin d have posse of wellesley was arrested last night. a search of the campus found nothing.

ed: right now, police are investing and intentionally set car fire. this is the suspect happened trying to fight -- the car in the driveway of 51 autumn street was set on fire this morning. investigators believe the suspect may have been trying to light the house on fire too. no arrests have been made. heather: a live look at the city of boston we started the day in the 40' s. it' s only going to get colder the next few days. mike wankum joins us what can we expect? mike: the really cold air as we head to the weekend, but today was a bit above average. now we start to talk about temperatures below average. you can see the readings right now, a few 50' s or 60' s showing up in there. we' ve got to wait for all of this way out here to the west to push this way. the showers out here, the air over the top of this is so dry. overnight tonight, the skies

stay clear and with the clouds not get as cold as they were last night. bit of cloud cover and showers. ed: change in course. today, president obama announced thousands more troops will remain in afghanistan through the end of his presidency. newscenter 5' explains this is different from what the president said last year. aixa: president obama says even though afghan forces are fighting for the stability of their country, this security situation remains fragile. troops will stay at bases in your -- in afghanistan through the end of his presidency in 2017. will not change. advising and counterterrorism operations, but this level of force will give them the

aixa: tom donnelly of american enterprise institute says success in afghanistan through a stable government is possible with adequate u.s. support. >> we cannot have the result we want without having land forces in a sufficient number to do something worth doing. aixa: the secretary of defense of the administration did its homework on troop levels. >> that is our best estimate now for what we should plan for for. aixa: the drawdown from the 9800 troops currently in a will begin in 2016. continuing to attack islamic today, the u.s. defense department released this video of strikes near ramadi. separately russia continues its strikes in syria, claiming to have hit 32 terrorist sites over the past 24 hours reportedly at

the request of syrian president bashar al-assad a longstanding russian ally. heather: now to the opioid crisis. governor baker unveiling a new bill today to help battle the states epidemic. this would limit first time opioid prescriptions to just a 72 hour supply and it would also involuntarily commit patients to drug treatment if they are deemed danger to themselves or others. governor baker: the days of people walking out of a dentist office or doctor' s office with 30 to 60 to 90 days worth of pain medication need to come to an end. i appreciate the fact that this is a controversial idea. but it is one that needs to be part of a larger conversation. heather: massachusetts has seen a stunning increase in opioid

related debts with public health officials estimating more than 1200 overdose deaths in 2014 alone. ed: how much can the governor' s bill change the course of addiction? janet wu sat down with a group who understands the tragedy and hardship first hand. janet: michael caine of two weeks after turning 24 years old. >> my son was, you know, supposed to be born and lived with a football in his hand, not a needle in his hand. janet: both cain and michael' s mother are recovering addicts themselves. they applaud governor baker' s bill, but have questions. >> you have a long, but can you enforce it? the only way to do that is with money. jenna: he is referring to doctors: -- involuntarily committing those who seem to be a danger to themselves or others.

reducing the prescription to 72 hours will make a difference. >> it was very easy for me to get a prescription and they were not really tracked, so i was able to abuse that. janet: and they are making recovery drugs more available. >> it is so easy to give out the next that are killing you, but difficult to get those that will help you. be made and for bills to be passed. they are going in the right for us. janet: and still missing, they say, questions for pharmaceutical companies. >> you produced 5 million and gave out 3 million, so where are the other 2 million? janet: they say there will note -- will be no major reversal of the number of deaths until government pharmaceutical industry and they

heather: the computer glitch caused delays at airports including logan. ed: tonight it has been fixed. still to come, the investigation into what went wrong with the system that checks passenger names against a terror watch list. heather: a southbridge teacher accused of sending nude photos of himself to a student goes before a judge. the conditions of his release. ed: parishioners in scituate ready to fight. their vow to reverse the closure of their church after losing their appeal. heather: more great white sharks spotted along the cape. the new pictures taken from the air. ed: and taking a look at first you' re looking live at the mass pike. that is the pike westbound, and it is all backed up. eastbound looks pretty good. an awful lot of red out there. almost 40 minutes mass ave to route three. same thing to 120.

tolls will be 22 minutes. you just saw that stretch that was stopped. almost 40 minutes from the western coast of 495.

heather: attorneys for former house speaker dennis hastert say he plans to plead guilty in a federal hush-money case. hastert allegedly withdrew millions of dollars to pay a man to keep quiet about decades-old allegations that he sex abused a high school student while he was a wrestling coach. he' s then accused of lying about it to the fbi.

court later this month for a plea change which would prevent him from going to trial and keep details about the accusations quiet. ed: an airport security glitch has been fixed, but not before causing major problems nationwide, including boston last night. the department of homeland security system that checkbox injures -- that checks passenger involved. it affected los angeles, logan, dallas-fort worth, among others. there is no indication that it was malicious in nature. a new review shows the state' s ending at just $7 billion per year to repair big dig leaks. they are pumping millions of gallons of water out of the williams tenniel -- the williams

tunnel and it may be getting worse. they reach the 16 million gallon mark in just the first few months of this year, possibly due to the snow we had this winter. the engineers plan -- the engineers promised to plug all of the crack' s by 2005. it does fall within the safety guidelines. heather: summer may be over but the sharks are still here. check out these pictures of two more great white sharks spotted off chatham yesterday. crews tagged the pair, both of them measuring over 12-feet long. experts say these are the 17th and 18th great whites tagged off the massachusetts coast just this year. the water temperature is a live s still the buffet is open. crowded beach and all. seal. ed: it' s a little cold for us. mike: look how nice week. monday it was 76 degrees.

today it was actually really close to normal. i do want to tell you that although i' m talking about cool weather this weekend, we will warm back up next week. 60 degrees is the dew point. that measures how much moisture is in the air. that is important in this forecast because we got a cold front coming in. more sprinkles coming in than anything else. still in the 60' s for the next 45 minutes or so. once the sunsets and temperatures will cool off, but not as much as the last couple of nights. here is why. whenever you have clear skies temperatures will drop fast, but we have a lot of clouds sitting to the west. here are the struggles i was talking about. tonight it will be sort of mother nature' s like it. it will be clouds and a bit warmer.

by the time he gets to us it is really just sprinkles more than anything else. some of the coldest air of the season will be flowing in as we talk about the weekend forecast. tonight, increasing clouds, 44-52 degrees. most of them will drop into the 30' s overnight. tomorrow, 60-64 degrees. here at high temperatures tomorrow. everyone is pretty uniform. we may even be a degree or two warmer than today because we stay so miles -- so mild overnight tonight. 60 degrees at the south shore. plymouth about 65. most of the cape reflecting the ocean temperatures, lower 60' s to upper 50' s. a nice day coming our direction. if you are checking out the full

-- the foliage, the peak colors are on. some really nice patchy colors and moderate colors off to the west. get outdoors and enjoy the fall foliage. however it will be chilly. tomorrow we have morning clouds and a chance of showers. this is 8:00 a.m. and you season scattered showers. the morning commute, you may run the windshield wiper a bit. showers may be with us by about 10:00 or 11:00. this is even less a chance seeing rain, but we could see a spot shower or disturbance. the highest only in the 50' s. then we get the cold stuff coming in for the weekend. wendy and cold and by sunday, high temperature just 48 degrees. monday morning am a very likely seeing frost across the area and freezing temperatures. for many of you it will be the

get the hard freeze into the western areas. by wednesday and thursday, back into the lower to mid 60' s. it is a quick cool down and warms up nicely as we head toward the first part of next week. ed: lamar odom continues to fight for his life tonight. heather: up next, new details about his condition and his stay at the nevada brothel where he was found unconscious. ed: plus, the health alert about popular vitamins and dietary supplements. the new research that carries a serious warning. heather: i' d say a visit to say we will never forget last winter. new mexico, we are getting a bring.

heather: double-amputee pass late oscar pistorius -- athlete oscar pistorius has received house arrest for his sentence. lester are he was acquitted, but prosecutors are appealing the case. ed: right now, former nba star lamar odom remains on life support days after being found unconscious at a brothel in nevada. tonight we are hearing the 9-1-1 tapes from the emergency call.

in a coma, lamar odom fighting for his life in a las vegas hospital, a source reportedly in the room with him telling espn the former los angeles lakers star is showing a small sign of improvement. the 35-year-old was rushed to the hospital on monday after employees at this brothel in nevada found him unconscious and called 911. odom spent four days at the brothel, there at times drinking, doing cocaine, taking an herbal viagra. the night before he was found, his mood was suddenly changed. >> he did get a phone call and it seemed to bum him out. he had told the girls he wanted to spend that night alone. ed: he is the father of two, most recently cut from the new york next after only three months and he has also split from his wife, khloe kardashian. their divorce was not finalized,

so people magazine is reporting she is making his medical decisions. >> i hope people through, because he hasn' t a big heart. ed: hospital officials are still keeping quiet on his exact diagnosis, but we are told it could take weeks to get toxicologist -- technology reports back. heather: millions of americans receiving social security benefits will not be getting a cost of living increase this year. ed: the official word coming down today. the role gas prices played in the government' s decision. heather: a rare letter penned by mozart sells on auction. the hundreds of thousands of dollars it went for.

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>> run boston' s leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30 p.m. ed: here are the stories happening right now two new suspects named in the bombing of a pan am jet over lockerbie, scotland. the terror attack more than a quarter century ago killed all 259 people on board, and 11 on the ground. the fbi now seeking to question the suspects in libya. heather: a judge delays the murder trial of philip chism, ordering him to undergo a mental health evaluation. the teenager accused of stabbing his teacher to death now claims he hears voices and has refused to enter the courtroom. prosecutors say he is faking. ed: dennis hastert apparently plans to plead guilty to allegations of paying someone off to cover up sexual misconduct. heather: stormteam 5' s mike wankum joins us now temperature

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