>> from boston' s news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at in. erika: a u.s. service member is dead after a rescue mission in iraq. is the first time an american has died in action in an anti-isis campaign. it unfolded overnight west of kurkuk. last month isis militants kidnapped dozens of men.

>> i took responsibility. as part of that, before i left office i lost reforms to better protect our people in the field. erika: right now hillary clinton in the hot seat testifying about the september 11 attacks in benghazi, libya. the former secretary of state defending her role and taking responsibility. kenneth moton with testimony on capitol hill. reporter: hillary clinton under oath and once again being grilled by lawmakers. >> there are people in both parties at a suggested this investigation is about you. let me assure you it is not. reporter: the committee crated last year under pressure to uncovered information of the september 11, 20: attack on a u.s. diplomatipost in benghazi, libya. under her watch four americans were killed, including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. >> despite all the previous investigations and talk about

reporter: he is facing this bipartisan republican-white house committee or the hearings in the described as artisan politics. >> republicans are squandering millions of taxpayer dollars on this abusive effort to derail secretary clinton' s president of campaign. reporter: a poll shows 53% of americans believe republicans are using the benghazi investigation to damage clinton' s reputation as he races for the white house. 54% disapprove of clinton' s benghazi. s focused on security at the post, during, and after the attack. >> we know them and each other the truth. re in libya. reporter: this is the eighth review of the attack. says the others were not thorough. there will also be a focus on the private e-mail servers at the state department released

more benghazi-related e-mails sent by clinton and investor stevens. kenneth gordon, happy -- capitol hill. erika: police say what they found inside his teenager, the more troubling. oppositional as there was live ammunition inside the 16-year-old home but the weapons found were fake. policing another student came forward monday after the suspects are making threats verbally in text messages and also on social media. they say those threats referenced other school shootings. >> i think what is really important in this situation was now this -- the kids said or what we found, but we had a brief, young, courage-filled child they came forward. reporter: erika: the teenager involved has artie faced a judge and is undergoing a mental evaluation. today marks two years since the murder of a danvers teacher. friends are honoring her legacy and are looking for you to help. newscenter 5' s reid lamberty is live in andover with the new

tribute to colleen ritzer. reid? reporter: profoundly somber day for family and friends of colleen ritzer. the saddest was assuaged by the actions of goodwill. two years later and perhaps the only thing more infectious than her smile is the legacy of her kindness. >> if you are having a bad day, she would give you infectious smile and you would that he would make your day better. reporter: what better way to honor her the night -- then by nearing the manager -- the manner in which. she lived they are encouraging people to have spontaneous acts of kindness and share them on social media. >> there are a lot of people who hurt today. if you can make a bad a little bit better, that is an amazing thing. reporter: on twitter, stories of goodwill. this teacher but oreos for his students. coffee and bagels from danvers firefighters for other students.

this woman bought coffee for the next 20 people in line. she bought breakfast right couple at a restaurant. positive. she was a positive person and i can' t think of anything else that is more positive. reporter: she was 24 which she was raped and murdered at allegedly one of her freshman math students. philip chisholm has been charged with her murder. jury selection for the trial was postponed last week to determine if he' s confident to stand trial. >> knowing the burden of losing her is not just solely ours makes a little bit better. reporter: her friends are overwhelmed by the overwhelming response to their requests. danvers high school got in on the action. students and staff can find something good every day. those very words posted by ritzer to her twitter account less than a month before her death.

erika: we turn now to the weather. the skies brightening a bit and temps warming up. say today in your memory because it might be the last one for a while. cindy: you need to get out and take advantage of the warmth. we are relevant into the 60' s the easy 50' s and 40 software west. that is what will be moving off -- moving and by this time tomorrow. the leading as might have a late day or evening shower ahead of it. we have is gusty southwesterly breeze that is brought in the warmth. winds sustained at 10-50 miles per hour and will get tired to the afternoon. that is brought is up to near 70. 67 in boston. we have mid 60' s on the north shore. worcester at 63. images climbing into the low 70' s in many spots this afternoon and sunshine amongst the clouds. between 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. we have the risk of a hit or miss showers before the skies clear out overnight. we will have the full timeline on that rain threat coming up in just a bit. erika: thank you so much.

new this noon, cracking down on gun violence. boston mayor marty wash taking on the issue at a two day summit in newton. newscenter 5' s antoinette antonio with more. reporter: local religious leaders from all around the area are here in newton right now gathered to talk about the critical issue facing our country right now, gun violence. the end of her theological school is hosting this summit to highlight the issue of gun violence across the nation. today' s keynote speaker was boston mayor marty walsh. he told the audience that gun violence is one of the main things that keep them -- him up at night and he reminds the crowd that gun violence is chuck . -- is not just an urban issue this is happening in everyone' s backyard. >> it' s an american issue. when you think of you meta-people since 1968, nearly 2 million people have been killed in the u.s. by gun violence. that is a problem. >> the more we talked about it the more we recognize it is a public health issue, public

it impacts towns, communities, urban communities, world communities. it impacts everyone across the land in multiple ways. reporter: police commissioner bill evans are speaking on the panel today, discussing boston' s strategy to curb gun violence. this summit will continue through tomorrow. antoinette antonio, newscenter 5 . erika: the state is working to fix the problems discovered inside boston' s big dig tunnels. specifically, hundreds of cracked or deteriorated nuts on light fixtures. so far, 878 damaged nuts have been discovered in the ted williams tunnel. another 49 need to be replaced in the turnpike connector tunnel and the i-93 tunnel. they hold up lights weighing 100 to 130 pounds. but dot officials say the support system prevents the lights from falling, insisting this is not a safety concern. that was not the case 4 years

ago when a corroded 100-pound o' neill tunnel. the light inspections are expected to be complete by november. but it could take 6 months to fix the problem. no word on how much it will cost. another the woman is recovering after falling off the orange line tracks and under a train. the train then came to a passengers. train and the driver stopped the train suddenly. we did not know how or why. she started screaming that there was a passenger outside. erika: the woman was trapped in a crawlspace, luckily untouched. cigarette half an hour to get her out. she was alert on her way to the hospital in expected to be ok. inspectors are reviewing surveillance video to find out exactly what happened. the family of a toll worker killed on the job once the state

he was hit by a truck as he walked across a mass pike told wayne and auburn back in july. the driver is facing several charges, including motor vehicle homicide in connection with the crash. the date announced new efforts this week to get drivers to slow down while passing through tollbooths. family members tell "the telegram" they want to see rumble strips before all told policies -- all toll plazas. the brookline firefighter charged with beating up a man at a taco shop has been fired. the board of selectmen made the decision, calling joseph ward' s alleged actions "egregious." he' s accused of attacking a man at anna' s taqueria because the man was taking too long to order. the firefighter' s union says it will appeal the decision. the search for answers after a deadly attack at a school in sweden. what police are revealing about the masked suspect. a possible clue in the search for a cargo ship believed to have sunk during hurricane joaquin. the discovery made on a beach in the bahamas .

and another option for cell -- sneaking into the 70' s is afternoon the colder air has a time -- and iona' s. -- eye on us. and another option for cell phone users.

>> you' re watching newscenter 5 at noon. erika: right now a suspect is charged with murder in the road-rage killing of a 4-year-old girl in new mexico. police say the victim was shot while riding in the back of her father' s truck tuesday. abc' s elizabeth hur has details of the deadly encounter and the arrest. >> she just grabbed your heart. reporter: heartbroken over their sudden and tragic loss. >> he was -- he would see her in she would smile at you. reporter: her parents are calling the death of their four-year-old little girl their worst nightmare. >> i wouldn' t want anybody in these shoes. i wouldn' t want anybody in my shoes. reporter: the man responsible for shooting and killing lily, is tony torres who is now charged with first-degree murder. >> we received an anonymous call

reporter: they comes the death of the deadly encounter on this new mexico highway on tuesday. >> i was the only one there with my kids. reporter: his father had just picked her up from school. he was sitting in the backseat with her seven-year-old brother when they leave garcia and torres kept cutting each other off. that' s when he drove up next to garcia and opened fire. their family is determined to get justice for lily. >> whoever did this is going to pay. i' m not going away. my family is not going away. her face is not going away. mark my words, you will see me again. reporter: as for the suspect, according to the mayor he is a repeat offender and he is being held on a $650,000 bond. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. erika: investigators in sweden looking for answers after a

a student and a teacher died in the knife attack. it happened this morning inside the school cafe in the country' s second-largest city. the suspect, who may of been wearing a halloween costume, was shot and injured by police. no word on a boat if. -- on a boat if -- a motif ve. yet another st. louis-area church intetionally set on fire overnight. it' s the seventh in just 11 days. at least six of the buildings were predominantly black churches. and in each case, flames were set at an outside door when no one was in the building. the fires have yet to be officially connected. but police are offering a $9000 reward for information leading to an arrest. debris washing up on a beach in the bahamas may be from the sunken el faro cargo ship. it includes toiletries and part of a container. the freighter is believed to have sank in the atlantic after losing power during hurricane joaquin. its owner says crews have yet to positively link any of the debris to the el faro. 33 crew members were on board the ship including three with massachusetts ties.

be speaker of the house. a group of the most conservative republicans is now supporting his bid. ryan says he' ll only do the job if he gets support from the entire caucus. another condition, less travel time so he can spend weekends at home. that' s not sitting well with some conservatives who say the top leadership post requires total commitment. the house is expected to vote on a new speaker next thursday. the most highly valued company in the bay state is slashing jobs. biogen has announced 880 cuts, 400 of them here in massachusetts. it' s also ending several research programs to due slow sales and a disappointing drug trial. biogen is the world' s largest maker of multiple sclerosis drugs. the t is asking for more patience, pushing back the date to finish the green line extension. the next phase was supposed to start this fall but is now delayed to next spring. the reason is soaring costs. the project' s current price tag is $2 billion, but that may jump

done. comcast is looking to expand its brand, starting up its own cell phone network. that means by this time next year you could use a comcast-brand cell phone, place calls on comcast' s network, and search the web on comcast' s mobile data. if it comes together, the service could be capable of competing with at&t, sprint, t-mobile, and verizon. never really a bad thing, choices this afternoon . what to do outside? cindy: this is the warmest day we have left this week. 70' s this afternoon. about 20 degrees colder tomorrow. you will want to get out if you can. we had a fair amount of clouds this morning. some fog early on but there are some breaks in the sunshine and we will see more. in the afternoon the temperature is 67 degrees. the dew point is in the 50' s. some distance between those two numbers.

miles per hour but stronger in southeastern massachusetts. the wind speeds will be increasing a little bit this afternoon. we will likely see some gusts over 20 and 80 over 30 miles per hour on cape cod. it is breezy this afternoon. the southwesterly wind is coming ahead of this cold front and that is what is bringing in the milder air. this front will be the trigger for some showers. you can look along the front now. really not too much happening just yet. as the front comes through, one or two showers me try to develop later this afternoon and this evening. we are seeing the brakes in the clouds developing. if you look closely it was like we have a sprinkle trying to move through new the city of boston. maybe one or two rain jobs coming from this and it is sitting through very quickly. right around boston, this' ll be exiting offshore within minutes. it' s not a big deal at all. 65 up in beverly. it started to get brighter out

we have touched the 70 degree mark and norwood. we will likely sink into the low 70' s and a lot of spots this afternoon. it will be breezy and warm and the shower threat mostly coming later this afternoon. afternoon. some shower start to develop in are few and far between. heavy. the exception may be down here cape. not too much happening but as this sits here it could grab more moisture. it will feed more moderate downpours in the could be a rumble of thunder down this way late tonight. things will clear up after midnight. winds turned to the west in cooler air starts to work in. clearing by morning. mid-30' s to mid 40' s downtown and tomorrow is a much cooler day. lots of sunshine but it will be on the breezy side.

the northwesterly wind will hold us in the 40' s out to the worcester hills. low 50' s the best we will be able to do elsewhere. a big difference from today. high pressure right on top of us. we will have lots of sunshine on friday. we will have sunshine must the day -- most of the day on saturday but another cold front is coming in it has more moisture with it. this will likely' s more showers in the second half of the weekend. saturday is looking like the brighter of the two weekend days. saturday morning, look at these temperatures. likely some frost on the soccer fields early on saturday morning. we will moderate the temperatures a it going into the low to mid 50' s on saturday afternoon. clouds thicken up saturday night . a lot of clouds on sunday and if you showers that should come through midmorning to mid afternoon in the crowd -- and then clear out of the area. even colder by early next week. today is the warmest of the next several days. likely you people get out of the upper 40' s by next week. it is fall after all.

erika: thank you cindy. new research in massachusetts aims to help veterans dealing with ptsd. it' s happening inside this left at the bedford be a facility where a team is examining hundreds of brain sample some donated patients. they are looking for markers the unseen and other brain disorders, hoping for better treatment. >> there are certain treatments that reduce inflammation. certain treatments that heal blood vessels. if any of these structures are going haywire, we can focus our treatment on those things. erika: the brain bank dedicated to the study of ptsd is the first of its kind. sesame street is adding a new friend. her name is julia, she is a preschooler and the first muppet with autism. they hope she will help increase understanding among parents and kit. -- kids. >> he has some behaviors like not looking you directly in the eye. she is more sensitive to noise is. that noises and light.

belichick has together with our low she shares not only these challenges but also what they have in common. erika: she will be added to digital programming in any storybook as well. no cold pizza here. up next, dominos is going high-tech in boston to keep pies

erika: dominoes is getting high-tech when it comes to pizza deliveries. this is what continue pulling up to your home. domino' s dxp. it is a warming oven, extra storage areas. it only has one seat. they can hold up to 80 pieces -- pizzas. this ronald mcdonald statue hamburgled from a home in western mass is found. the statue was turned over to northampton police yesterday by a mcdonald' s employee who spotted it next to a trash bin outside a health club. the worker realized it was the daily hampshire gazette." it disappeared in august during a house party. m more excited about the pizza warming delivery vehicle.

cindy: i think i' m excited as well. our warm day is today. much colder tomorrow by about 20 degrees. saturday starts chilling with frost. of the two weekend days, saturday is looking like the brighter day. patriots have a big game against the jets and others like the showers may come through early in the day so hopefully it will be gone by game time.

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