girlfriend is back in court. catherine greig pled not guilty today. heather:they are trying to see if anyone else helped the mobster hide. reporter: the government says it is trying to track down anyone who may have helped bulger during all those years, and investigators believe the ex-girlfriend knows who and how much. the california color long faded catherine greig looks thinner than previous appearances. her twin sister is in court again. catherine smiling and waiving at the start of the hearing. >> many, many people realize this constitutes a bit of reporter: the government refuses to say if he had help the run. posing as a retired couple, a couple with an $800,000 cash stash hidden in the walls. >> adding time to the sentence she is serving and she will be

the people that killed people served in this case. reporter: bulger is 86 and serving life for multiple murders and greig serving time for hair bobbing him. they believe bulger killed his sister. >> like they say there is a price on everything. she must have got paid a lot of money to keep her mouth shut and to be as loyal to somebody like him, that guy himself would have sold his mother out i think. reporter: the government says they would have only one trial. that trial date set yet. the penalty is up to the judge and the trial would last probably about two days. in south boston, i'm jack harper, wcvb newscenter 5. heather: mother nature is reminding us that winter is around the corner. welcome back, harv, not much of a rebound. harvey: all of that will change. it is tough for our systems to take. flurries and cold temperatures.

look at worcester at 24 and boston 31 and 16 in orange. the coldest in boston since april 2nd. you're right, heather, just in the 40s now in spite of full sun. however, there are changes coming. it will be a chilly night, but it is not going to drop down to freezing or below. some of the out lying areas will be in the 30s, but that's an improvement from this morning. however, the big change comes tomorrow. there will be clouds around and breaking in the afternoon. look at the temperatures sore all the way into the 60s. it will feel nice after this chill. heather:harvey, take a look at this. check this out. nearly 10 inches of snow piled up on mount washington the last couple days. according to the mount washington observatory the temps fell into the single digits and they add with the wind chill it felt like 30 degree bees low zero -- degrees below zero. phil: the woman behind the

amber alert was in court. she said it was all a misunderstanding. reporter: it ended here at boston children's where the mother who triggered it say he is doing fine. his mother was released from bail, not but night out of the clear. she breathed a huge sigh of relief. her family let out an applause. it was a drastic reduction from a quarter million dollars the prosecution requested. >> i think that that was a good idea to bring the baby to boston hospital. i think she did the right thing. reporter: she was arrested early saturday morning after triggering an amber alert. she left the health clinic with her severely dehydrated two and a half old son opting to drive to boston children's hospital rather than treatment at a hospital in pennsylvania.

>> it is all over blown. she has custody of these children. it is not the case where she took them from a custodial parent. >> she was having breastfeeding issues and the infant seemed small during his age. they were talking on the phone the entire five-hour drive. >> she said she was scared and she thinks they will take her baby away from her. she doesn't understand why he is so small. >> her sons are with dcf awaiting a custody hearing. her family many tans the mother was not running from pennsylvania, but to boston to get help. >> she figured the doctors didn't have what she needed as they did in boston. >> she has two out standing warrants she needs to handle and 12 days to get back to pennsylvania to face legal matters there. reid lamberty, wcvb, newscenter 5. phil: police are investigating a reported rape in a boston university dorm room. a woman claimed a man

assaulted her early sunday morning. the alleged victim did not recognize the suspect, but he had to have a student id or friend with an id to get inside that building. bu police are are checking surveillance video for possible clues. heather:pheasant hunting where one man shot another in the head over the weekend. it happened as fish and game officials released thousands of pheasants for this season's hunting. they flocked to the stocking area for an early shot and it does present potential danger. >> a lot of folks who know the stocking schedules and are showing up at our stocking sites and really shooting at birds sort of immediately upon release. >> the injured hunter wasn't seriously hurt. the state has restricted the hours that hunters can go to these pheasant stocking sites. phil: the patriots are getting

involved in de dplait gate. in deflategate. there are a lot of words we can use here, but unbelievable is a good one. now, what in the world were they thinking? this was a play that -- i mean everybody is shaking their heads. >> it is called the swinging gate. the only way it works is the element of surprise. you have to snap it quick looy. you see them running around? you snap it right there. the colts are known as what is called a gadget team. they tried an on sidekick and the patriots were prepared. you have to have everybody up on the line of scrimmage and they didn't. assume they did. the end person, this person here and the center are eligible receivers. the center in essence could have gone out and caught a pass. the mistake the colts made, they should be in the shotgun because the pay true jets sniffed it out and when it doesn't happen you take a delay of game penalty or call a time-out.

>> they waited too long and weren't coached properly. here it is. everybody is on the left side. remember the center is eligible? he is the end person on the line. he is in a dark uniform and will snap the ball to the quarterback and watch what happens. he lines up -- well we don't see it with that one and here is another player. sometimes it happens during field goals or extra points. teams lineup and look at that, a lateral sideways and the team goes this and scores the two-point conversion. this is from a high five, five years ago. there is another way. see everyone going to the other side and nobody sniffed it out like the patriots did. that's why you want the shotgun. the ball is snapped and the quarterback runs into the end zone. that i think is what the colts were intending to do. they sniffed it out and they didn't have the element of surprise. >> everybody said they are trying to draw them off sides. >> i think they waited too

long. they should have been in the shotgun. >> that changed the tempo of the game because the patriots scored six plays later. heather:draft kings defying an order from the board. they demanded that they cease operations in the state until they apply for the gambling licenses. draft king admits they allow them to enter before thursday's ruling to finish up their games for tonight. the company does take the board's decision seriously and has instrucked it the nevada customers to close their account. a woman admitted to taking part in a credit card scam. prosecutors say the 35 or 37-year-old and two men stole massachusetts and several other northeastern states. she is facing up to 17 years

in prison and deportation. she will be sentenced if february. phil: the price of gas if you haven't noticed in massachusetts is down another 2 cents in the past week. triple-a northeast reports a gallon of self-serve regular gallon. that's a dime less than last month and 17 cents below the national average. we want you to look at the southeast expressway. it is picking up in volume. let's look at the maps and we will look for the red and that's where the delays are. north is a little more, 32 minutes from the upper deck to route 128. out west, looks okay. 13 minutes from i-93 to newton corner. 128 looks like it is slowing down southbound. once you get to 495 the stretch between the mass pike and 290 looks okay in both directions. that's a look at first alert traffic.

the missing ship el pharaoh. >> the mission lost today for the ship lost during hurricane joaquin. heather:and a growing number of close calls between planes and drones. the new regulation in place. phil: and a teen found dead this a motel. police explain what they think happened. heather:and a fiery plane crash in texas. how the two people inside

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phil: breaking news to get to you right now. sky 5 is over 186amory street. this is at jamaica plane. boston fire is telling us this

is a two-story brick building. it is abandoned. as you can see there is a partial roof collapse. part of the roof has come down and people are ordered to stay at least 20 feet from the building. you can see the hole in the top of the building. again this is amory street and jamaica plane. boston fire is on the scene telling people to stay away from the building. sky 5 is over it and we will keep an eye on it for you. heather:an intense fire ignited in the basement of a deli and quickly spread. the fire burned at least three stores. it caused an apartment building to collapse. the good news is everyone made it out safely. >> police are zeroing in on a man at a zombicon in florida. they are focusing on a man in his late teens or early 20s. one person was killed and five injured. some of those who attended say

they probably won't ever attend the festival in the future again. >> i definitely wouldn't bring myself here next year. i don't feel safe. if guns are being pulled, not only is my life on the line, but so are the people around me. phil: in all police believe four shots were fired. a federal appeals court upheld most of the gun control laws put in place in new york and connecticut. the laws passed after the sandy hook masacre in 2012. the banned poy session of semiought -- semi-automatic rifles. these laws said do not violate the second amendment, but are for the state interest in crime. there is a ban on a nonsemiautomatic dwun gun. heather:new searches are joining in on the search for the missing ship in the bahamas. they are with investigators and specialized equipment as

find the boat's data recorder. el pharaoh and the 33- el faro and the 33-person crew disappeared in route to puerto rico. there is a new push to keep our skies safe. the groft just released a plan to make anyone who buy a drone register it. the hope is the crackdown will prevent a possible crash between a drone and airplane. reporter: if you think you are seeing and hearing about drones a lot more lately, this is why. according to the f.a.a., drone sightings doubled from last year including reports from pilots complaining about the remott control -- remote control devices too close to airports. >> we almost got hit by a drone just so you know. >> we just saw a little drone. reporter: even interfering with firefighting efforts like this back in july prompting authorities to require private

owners of drones to register them with the government. >> if you plan to take it to the local streets and highways you are expected to register it and operate it safely to protect the public. reporter: they need to iron out the details of when, where and how they will affect the drone operators. calls are growing louder with an estimated three quart ares of a million drones -- three quarters of a million drones expected to be sold as gifts. >> the f.a.a. is going in a good direction, but we need timely decisions. heather:toys and small drones could be exempt, but all of this is now up to the new task force. the deadline has been set for next month. phil: 47 degrees in needham. we didn't get out of the40s today. we tried. it -- harvey: i know. it was well advertised, but it

if you feel it is a little early for you and you are not ready for this cold which here in boston it was 31. the average date of the first freezing temperature was november 8th. the earliest was october 10th of 1979. i have to tell you an interesting story, it almost snowed. they pick had up several inches of snow on october 10th of 1979. those were their biggest snowfalls of the winter season of 79 and 80. that's right, early october snows will lead to a reverse kind of winter. obviously not always. let's get back to the cold for a moment. it was chelly. now -- it was chilly and the overnights won't be as cold. for the early tomorrow in boston and maybe even in the low 40s. 50 for an early morning low on wednesday and thursday as well. you can see the trend is going

it being less cold over the next couple. it is still mighty clear. 47 degrees. low dew point which means the air is dry. wind direction, west, southwest. hasn't helped us out much today, but it signifies a temperature moderation coming up tomorrow. most of us unable to get out of the 40s in hartford. with the wind around in the southwest, it won't be quite as cold tonight as last night. boston will be far above the freezing mark. there will be lines in the 20s and 30s, but look at tomorrow and look at the difference. temperatures bounce back into the 60s with the help of a southwest wind. even if there is not that much sunshine, and there should be some for the midday and afternoon hours, the jet stream will do a flip around

milder air to move in our direction. how this week will play out is interesting. we too do -- we do have clouds off to the north. they will be sinking late tonight and early tomorrow. a couple of sprinkles are possible, but that's probably for northern new england only. i want to show you what we are talking about. see the clouds will be in, but then they break apart. at least to some extent and that will help to get the temperatures up there pretty mild tomorrow. we don't get as cold as we were this morning, but we turn chillier. thursday we will warm up again. friday a chillier air mass comes in and lasts to saturday morning. and then back to chillier weather again on monday. the one thing we won't see is a whole lot of rain. i can't rule out a few sprepg

department. a look ahead to the temperatures reaching the 60s tomorrow. a far cry from the way it was early this morning. >> we are all smiling about the warmer temps tomorrow. looking forward to it. will he or won't he? pressure is mounting on joe biden. phil: and what his close con confidants are saying. heather: their soon to be son-in-law got cold feet and left their daughter. how to turn it into a feel

>> commitment 2016. still no decision on a run for vice president joe biden. ed harding is here. >> and that is the hot question tonight, phil. will the nation's number two democrat jump in the race for president? his time may be running out. >> i it is an afternoon meeting with the president. no 2016 decision from vice president joe biden. he understands the pressure he is under. he will make a decision when he is prepared to make it. >> the recent polling think hillary clinton is a stronger leader than biden, but the vice president is more likable. they believe the vice president is more honest and trustworthy than the former secretary of state.

clinton still leads the national horse race. bernie sanders was on the trail in iowa to discuss climate changing and campaign finance reform and jobs. >> it is not my style to go around attacking people. >> on the republican side -- donald trump and doubling down on remarks that suggest jeb bush's brother was to blame for the 9/11 attacks. >> jeb says we were safe with my brother. we were safe. the world trade center just fell down. am i trying to blame him? i am not blaming anybody. the world trade center came down. >> we are talking about deadlines. more important deadlines are coming up in the race for president and that's in front of the vice president. saturday is the jefferson jackson dinner in iowa. that's a key stop for democrats in the 2016 race. heather? >> michelle obama unveiled a new website and it is aimed at teenager. the site allows teens to get

education after high school. the website is part of the entire campaign that aims to increase the number of college graduates by twnt -- 2020. phil: we are learning about the death of a teenager at a heather:the information revealed by investigators. phil: signs of major improvement for nba star lamar odom. the update on his condition

>> from boston's news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. phil: breaking news at 5:30 for you, part of a building has collapsed. this is happening in jamaica plains. sky 5 was over the scene after a fire in the abandoned building. crews ordered out of the building this is 186amory street. heather:the other stories we are following right now, james

back in court facing more catherine greig pled not guilty to a contempt charge stemming from her refusal to say if other people helped the boston mobster during 16 years on the run. phil: the pennsylvania mother at the center of an amber alert is free on bail after facing a judge today. tiffany says she brought her 2-month-old son to boston for medical treatment and police over overreacted. heather: harvey leonard joins us now and i heard people were scraping ice off their wind shuleds. phil: the cold temperatures, were they record breaking? harvey: there was a record tire. 24 degrees tied the temperature set in 1974. in boston we missed by three, the record of 28 stays in the books from 1922. it was still mighty cold. look at norwood, 17 degrees early this morning.

20 degrees in taunton.