heather: drivers trapped, cars buried. the busy highway suddenly overtaken by a river of mud! ed: the hunt for the man wanted in a series of rapes. john: the new plea to put a name to the face. heather: the new weapon against cancer could already be in your home. the local hospitals looking into a simple and cheap treatment. ed: the ultimate save on the ice. >> he didn't have a pulse. ed: the local cop turned life saver again. heather: right now, police in brocton are hoping this composite sketch will lead them to a suspect in multiple rapes in that city. good evening. the crimes date back to 2013. ed: and police pressing to get the man responsible o the streets. right now, our john atwater is live in brockton with the latest on the investigation. john. john: there is new hope, tonight, they could be solved. this man could hold vital clues to solving multiple! reaps in procton. the problem, they don't know his name.

>> when they put the word serial in. it raises the concern level toll whole other place. john: detectives try to solve the violent crimes which took place in 2013 and 2014 believable the individual they are look toking is probably connected to a number of cipes in the area and we wanted to do everything we can to get this person off streets. john: the man in the 20's about 6 feet tall, possibly driving a brack or dark blue sports car. he is not being called a suspect but could be the key toll providing justice for the victims. >> i am ex concerned. we're going to help and assist in that search in anyway we can. as we do in every one of these situations. we can ask for the public's help. police say that man has opinion spotted here in procton but could also have dies to easton.

atwater, newscenter 5. ed: state regulators say it is il legal of fear fantasy site without a license. 2:00 you can use it with skills, not chance. tonight draft kings says it strongly disagrees with the order and working to resume business in the state. the companies on the government's radar as well with the fbi looking into the puss fess mottle. ed: breaking news in southern california tonight. some stunning video of flooding and slides in the mountains outside of los angeles. numerous cases of cars and trucks getting swept up in the mud flow. rescue teams in. our jorge quiroga has more in the newsroom. jorge? hor. reporter: tonight pounded by heavy rain. a dangerous mix triggering flash plans to mudslides. from the air, the scene was did a mattic. al black to rabbet are of mud

the powerful max flowing along the san francisquito canyon. severe storms north of los angeles. the terrain, already scorched by drought and wildfires with fog absorb the rain, the water cascaded. canyon roads suddenly washed out leaving many vehicles stuck in the mud and people trapped in the cars. the flash flooding knocking over one mow pile home. nearby, cule see where large house was surrounded by mud. to house in the lake elizabeth area were also flood bid mud. l.a. county fire rescue was called inp to airlift four people to safety. in the can cron, all of lake hughes, nothing was po passible. this cell phone video was taken in traffic backed up for miles. even the rescue truck prove nod match against the slick mud 2 to 3 feet deep. the entire area in the midst of one of the worst droughts in the history. the land stripped of vegetation needed. flood warnings are still in fek this evening.

jorge. mudslide and flooding in the railroad, no injury are have been reported. in the newsroom, jorge quiroga, wcvb newscenter 5. heather: storm team 5's mike wankum joins me. mike, some heavy rains out there. this could be a long night. mike: we have a band of rain that is move though area. you know what? one of one of the big reasonnest this haded this problem is it is dry. they need rain. they need it tin smaller doses. it looks look we may be starting to he a change in the pattern for them. what is happening is el mean to is no getting stronger. we tend to set ourselves up with the powerful with storm track which do goes through california and the southern state they put out the winter forecast and has annot do with what with el known know is doing this wen ter. but first. we talk about tonight. we have clear skies ash here. notice the rain to the west. it is moving to dry air. it is going to be here for tomorrow morning.

that looks like probably toward in the of the morning compute. here is the timeline of that. 5:00 in the morning. some scattered showers. these are, wooing the way through the morning hours. here or there. side. then the skies begin to to clear and tomorrow, we get plenty of shine. it won't as warm as today. in fact a very cool pattern. i will show that you and check that winter forecast on in a few minutes. heather? 3:00 3:00 heather: right now, a westwood woman is missing in new hampshire's white mountains. the hunt for her is about to double. investigators are searching by air and ground for claire marie cocuzzo. her family reported her missing when she didn't show up for work yesterday, days after her hike from the mount garfield trailhead to bond cliff was supposed to end. investigators found her car at the trailhead, but no sign of of her. ed: two new suspects have been identified. scottish prosecutors say they

were eye didn't two libyan men who may have played a role in the bombing of pan am flight 103. 13 people from massachusetts. the daughter, ny he coal, was one of them. if. >> i this think the interest, a bation it 27 years later. it is hard. they will tell you, it is an open investigation. 3:00 but had the firm resolve to bring this to a successful cop collusion. ed: the united states and scotland are asking lib yab for hope to find the suspects. heather: a major change, of course, from president obama in afghanistan. u.s. troops will stay there longer than expected. the president says nearly 10,000 troops will stay in afghanistan thru next year. as many as 5500 will remain when the president's term expires in 2017. the white house planned to have nearly all u.s. forces home by

military commanders say american troops are needed to help the afghans fight back a resurgent taliban. former house speaker dennis hastert will plead guilty in a hush-money case. the illinois republicans expected to change his plea later this month. the deal would prevent a trial and keep details of the accusations against him under wraps. he could serve prison time. hastert is accused of sexually abusing boys while he was a high school wrestling coach in the 1970's. he is accused of paying a man millions to keep quiet, then lying to the fbi about the payments. heather: recruited young woman friend to be a lawyer. he is charged with stealing grill a restaurant that failed in pea body last year. allegedly bilking the landlord and investigators.

eye promised him i would see him in jail. i spent the last eight months doing everything i can to get charges brought against him. heather: prosecutors says the same man who claimed actor adam sandler hit him for catering bill. sandler denied ever using the business. ed: the trial of of a danvers teen charged with killing his math teacher is delayed. the judge ordered philip chism to under go a mental health evaluation. jury selection started this week, but over the past few days, chism has refused to tern the courtroom, banged his head against a floor and told psychologist he hears voice and hopes someone will shoot him. days. ed: this woodprint medical prophysicianest that ability to

hold cinemas for 72 hours if they are deemed a danger. ors others. >> the days of people walk out of a dentist office or doctor's office with 30-60-90 days worth of the pain medication need to come an end. i parasheet the fact that this is a controversial idea. but it is one that needs to be part of the larger conversation. school the state has seen a stunning in cranes open yid-related deaths with public health oh pssts a estimating more than 1200 in 2014 alone. heather: new at 11:00, another example of an off-duty police officer rushing in to save a life. this time, it was at an ice rink in arlington. our reid lamberty is there with the story. reid? reid: another player who was there hap happened to be the off-duty cop took over.

leg of the a hingeton sport hockey league but last night more mature skaters were on the ice. members of over 40 hockey team. a 76-year-old player needed assistance. >> i saw the puttys fall on the ground. he is a fun m ny guy. if but taking a secondgance, arlington police officer knew it was no laughing matter. was laying flat on the eye ice and staring up at the ceiling. >> he didn't have a pulse. if the officer started chest compression right away. a second teammate called 911. >> the defib meant everything pause it was able to shock the heart back into rhythm. >> it has been collect dust for seven years never before used at the rink. >> one time. one time. that is all that matters much? it can collect dust all it waps to. that one time, that is all it pa matters. officer hogan has used ae do

save the lives thief people. last night,p much more person app as 7-year-old is a close family end from and, apparently, a good fighter. >> i need him toll get back on the ice. we got negotiate the wife now. we'll. >> what happens. are he did dell this is 76-year-old within an hour cove lagses, not only asking who won the game but was upset he was not able to finish playing in the game. 2:00 live in a leppington tonight, reid lamberty, newscenter 5. ed: next on newscenter 5: our first look inside of n infamous local home up for auction. i don't know what the percents of that was. ed: but bir be aware. it could be bobble buy trapped! meat mike: with we warm back up. heather: the new weapon against cancer could be in your home. the local hospitals looking into

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ed: next on newscenter 5: our first look inside of n infamous local home up for auction. ed and elaine brown's 100-acre property in plainfield, new hampshire, will be soon auctioned off. the fortress-style house was the scene of a nine-month standoff over taxes in 2007. the browns are serving decades behind bars. the home is more than 6,000 square feet of living space. but buyer be ware, investigators are not sure they have found the explosives that were planted on the property. the auction will be held next

for $125,000. next thursday, a minimum bid, you heard him say that price. the minimum bid its $125,000 ner property. lamar odom is fight for his life tonight more than 48 hour has after he was found unresponsive. the doctors say odom is "much better than yesterday." investigators have not commend on the condition but friends say, he is on life sort. heather: on the health alert tonight: the battle against breast cancer now has new ally. the u.s. department of defense. the federal damage sy announce it is give $10 million to two boston hospitals to research aspirin. newscenter5's emily riemer explains how you this could start a new revelation. >> new women would be be excited. femly. carol has seen rom mission like toes come and go.

she is now advocate for the national breast cancer coalition. >> hope is not at treatment. can emily: aspirin could be. >> the study shows that to be true, i would be excited. emily: familiar white pill on the radar after the doctor publicked a 2010 study suggestion women with breast cancer tall hi live longer .rite really works as well as we think it might, they, it would be available pin every corner of the earth. limb. doctors are not sure why aspirin may revent breast cancer from reconsidering in other parts of the body look the liver over bones about you there are theories. >> it may do that by suppressingp in fla mation and changing platelet function. emily. the only way to know, a large fashion-wide studiful voing 3,000 women with stage with two or three breast cancer. half will take aspirin. the other half a pla seib poe.

researchers from the cancer in state to will analyze the result ares. a we really need an answer. emily f. did he richter of the breast oncology program and one of the doctors who successfully appeal to the u.s. defense department for funding. if at this time is not useful in preventing, we needed to three. if it is useful, then we need to know it. reporter: that is pause it is fot only wildly available but cheap. a area's supply cost just drar 6. at a time when the cost of medical care is cancer care is escalating, and aspirin is a pretty inexpensive drug. emily: the study confirms what they hope it will, aspirin could have enormous impact saving 10,000 leaveser year in the u.s. countries. >> the sooner we know it. the better. >> doctors caution, don't start take aspirin until they have time collect and ehavele evaluate the results.

they could be major in some people. it is still possible aspirin could have no effect at all. wcvb newscenter 5. heather: five-year study. the results of which could be phenomenal. ed: well, talk about a tif-year tutued dy. mike, the 90 days of winner . mike. well, the national weather service issued the forecast which is interesting to look at. it involves a lot around el nino the warming of the specific walters. they are getting wet weather there. this is what they think will be happening. wet all the way up to southern new england. so you hook at forecast coming into winter. wetter than formal. that is not a good thing. however, when you look at the temperatures too they are looking for. warmer temperatures across the northern tier states so this this case, if warmer and wetter would be more rain event and less snow. with you it only takes one or are two cold outbreak whens you have a wetter than nomal pattern and get quit a bit of snow. long-range forecast like there

we will wait and see as the winter begins to unfold. we got plenty of time. we have a great day to day. we have another nice one tomorrow. about it does get cool. we head to weekend. 52 now in boston. but some of the temperatures have cooled off and lower 40's a fire up you 30's showing up there. a chilly night pause the clouds have not moved in yet. we need to debt to south reallywellly winds going and the clouds to come in in. that il with he help us get from too cold. where are the clouds no? they are west of alwan ny. there is a hill both of rain with that as well. this is tracking its way through. pee hind, here is the cooler air. that is why you will notice temperatures. just keep going down. we got several cold fronts coming in. billion that rain for tomorrow. overnight tonight, the clouds don't come in until 2:00. about 5:00 a.m. for the early risers you can run into clouds and a scattered shower or two. the best opportunity for rains going to be 8:00 a.m. toll 10:00 a.m. that moves on through. that is it. after that, it moves out of here. the skies start to clear away. we end up with partly cloudy, a

breezy day. overall, a nice for the week. tonight, increasing clouds. 38 to 50. tomorrow, morning clouds. perhaps a shower t. then ya ever noonshine. 60 to 64 with the high temperature. if you are heading to a friday night football game. for one, it won't be raining. should be dry through the whole thing but getting chilly as you start to in the game. temperatures in the it upper 40's by the time we get to 10:00 then go to saturday. another weak front comes through. this is interesting. look at that. there is enough moisture here. bit of snow. behind it. oh, the coldest air of the season starts to flow in. this is something i have not looked at in man think months. is a snowfall projections of what will happen as head through the weekend. you can see where the snow is going to be. something to watch and talk. i want to point this out. >> this is a very important walk on saturday. 10:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m. the american towndation for suicide prevention that will

mostly cloud cry skies. 46 degrees. breezy but a great cause. get out there to support it and do. here's the way it looks. we cool off a little bit saturday. we get cold and breezy son day. they, woe. monday morning, if looks like frost. fen freezing temperatures. look at meant. we turn things around rapidly. we head back with sunshine. we warm to the 60's. mild weather nek forecast. about it is a cold weekend that is come canning or way. it will feel much more like october instead of a warmth we had lately. ed, weather heather? >> yes, it will. it has been tough to get tom brady talk about this game against the colts. he normally doesn't say anything. the colts he has not said anything. heather: is talking about the good frnd. the donald. ed: well. heather: you will hear what he has to say. the latest students on him just ahead. coming up on the "jimmy kimmel

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this would have been his return game, and as i stated previously, now it is his revenge game. tom brady refers to a boyhood idol was joe montana. >> we take one week at a time. whatever team facing. that is who we're focusing on. this wycks the colts. yep. the company line. that is what i give. >> it easier. yeah. for sure. easier. >> keeps me out of trouble. >> i mean, that is why i said it. out of trouble. >> i like trouble. >> yeah. if. >> keeps focused on the tame am playing this week. s the truth, though. >> all right. 2:00 the mets and the cubs. it will be the mets and the cubs for the national league pennant thanks to the brain and the bat of one daniel murphy. mets in a thriller. there is a walk. that is daniel murphy. watch again. it is a walk. second pace.

nobody covering base. he goes tired base. you know what happened the fex batter? hit a sacrifice fly right field. hurl if i tags up. comes wayne tying run in the fourth inning. he came can up again. baby deep. it is gone! 3:00 that is the difference in the ball game. here is the final out. the mets are going to play thes can be in the championship series. should be a dandy thanks to mr if if i. stealing third base when no one was looking. scoring on sack ni. hitting a solo home run. how about that? >> all right. so, its the mets and the cubs on saturday. theo epstein takes another team deep into october. >> aim grade went through i went through in boston. he was personal for me suffering through 1686 with my brother on

family be red sox fans growing up miles from fenway park. a little bit more cynical, a a little bit more pessimistic in boston. feel ail. le always waiting for the other shoe to drop and enjoy a cold beverage as a fan when the team was not playing well in a way i don't think always happened in boston. now, we talked about is getting a wing team and make them hap pin october. it will be with even better. >> were we like that. >> were we waiting for the shoe to fall and something bad to happen? >> fo. no. >> yes we were. not any more, though. >> no. >> really not any more. >> not around here. >> got my news shoes on. >> ready to do. >> running out the door. >> oh, no. you know what? it is a pleasant night. >> you will need the gloves pretty soon. >> i am glad i brought a shaw tonight. i am glad you will use it. we will see frost and freezing

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