>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." randy: breaking overnight. the death toll climbs after a whale watch tragedy. the one thing that's baffling investigators this morning. todd: donald trump arrives in new hampshire. his early morning rally and the controversy over religion that's following him to the granite state. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." randy: 6:00 a.m. also on the eye this morning, investigators think they know what caused this huge explosion in taunton.

was not hurt. good morning. i'm randy price. emily: and i'm emily riemer. danielle: the winds are calm overnight. it is a cool start. temperatures will be warming up. we're at 20 in orange, springfield. 30 in jaffrey. this is dropping the last couple of hours. 34 worcester. 45 right now in boston and 50 degrees on nantucket. but as we go through the next 12 hours, in worcester county, for example, here's what's going to happen. we're going to see a lot of sunshine. notice temperatures holding in the upper 40's and i think that's where they'll stay at least through worcester county. however, boston will warm up into the lower 50's. some areas, maybe the south shore, could see the mid 50's but it is a chilly start out there. those winds out of the north and west keeping things cooler. clear skies on satellite and radar. high pressure dominates. the winds clockwise. that's why we have a northwest wind today anywhere from 5-10. then we're watching this area of

rain down here. this is associated with the remnants of hurricane patricia. all of this moisture is what's headed in our direction. so as we go through the next couple of days, we are dry but we turn very wet on wednesday into early thursday. we're going to talk more about the timing and the winds associated with it. first here's jeff. jeff: a busy commute this morning. most people are going on need a little extra time for the ride. even though the weather is good, you can see the heavy volume on the southeast expressway. you're upwards of 20 minutes for that ride from braintree to boston. let's see where the trouble spots are. the crash being reported on the southbound side of route 3 around treble cove road very heavily tied up back at 495. that will get worse beyond 495. ride. out there. 20 minutes for that commute. we're still working this scene on 24 northbound with the left lanes blocked before route 44. it's affecting route 140 and a big delay on 24 northbound for travelers there. down to the south very slow on expressway. even the top end of route 95 is a slow run.

back to you. breaking overnight. a hit-and-run driver. it happened on route 1 just after 11:00 last night. witnesses say the man was hit by a mercedes, but the description of the car was vague. the victim was taken to a nearby hospital, but his condition is not clear this morning. also breaking at this hour the death toll is rising after a coast of canada. tarantal is tracking new information as it comes in. erika: right now that death toll stands at five with one person still missing. how this tragedy happened is really a mystery as the conditions were clear and calm, but you can see here the boat just sunk. the crew made a mayday call late sunday about 12 miles off of tofino. that's on canada's west coast and popular for whale watching. the canadian military and coast guard responded and were able to rescue 21 people using boats and helicopters. the boat that went down was described the largest in the area.

waters can get very rough, but they were not rough sunday. witnesses saying the wind wasn't strong and the sun was out. canada's transportation safety board is investigating. emily: breaking details from the afghanistan region now. a powerful earthquake has hit that country. it was also felt in pakistan and india. no word on damage or injuries yet from the 7.7 magnitude quake. we will bring you new information as we get it. randy: right now investigators are narrowing in on what might have sparked an explosion that knocked a taunton home off its foundation. the fire marshal telling newscenter 5 this is a gas-related incident. the homeowner inside was able to escape. columbia gas crews are now inspecting that gas line. the explosion happened yesterday afternoon at this home on christine lane. firefighters say within 30 minutes it collapsed.

nearby shook rattling the nerves of neighbors. >> i heard a bang and felt my whole house shake. it was horrifying, horrifying. randy: the homeowner did tell a neighbor that she was worried about the gas and was checking a water heater. she was taken to a nearby hospital just to be checked out. a report focused on bella bond and state agencies who had knowledge of her home situation is due this week. governor baker ordered the review after the toddler was identified last month. the review due on wednesday will show just how much state agencies, including d.c.f., were involved with the girl's family. bella's body was discovered in june in a trash bag on deer island. her mother and her mother's boyfriend have been charged in her death. emily: right now donald trump is getting ready to rally support in new hampshire as things get even more heated on the campaign trail. on both sides. the eye's todd kazakiewich is live in atkinson with the early morning appearance. good morning, todd. todd: good morning, emily.

it certainly is an early morning rally that's set to begin in less than an hour from now, 7:00 and, as usual, the "business mogul turned candidate" is coming off a fresh controversy. republican rival ben carson is demanding an apology accusing trump of demonizing his faith with a snide remark. but trump told abc's george stephanopoulos fat chance of that. trump: i mean 7th day adventists, i don't know about it. i said exactly "i don't know about it." todd: meantime things are also heating up on the democratic side. this weekend, bernie sanders reminded voters in iowa that hillary clinton's lead in the polls is not a sure thing, saying she's lost before. the clock is certainly ticking. we're now under the 100-day mark until the first real test, the iowa caucus. hampshire, newscenter 5. emily: this morning, vice

not to run for president. biden saying in an interview that a conversation with the 11-year-old daughter of his son, beau, helped reaffirm that he should spend more time with family. beau biden died in may of a cancerous brain tumor. in the interview with "60 minutes", he stated again that delaying his decision meant he could not win. joe biden: couldn't win. i'll be very blunt. if i thought we could put together the campaign that our supporters deserved and our contributors deserved, i would have gone ahead and done it. emily: biden went on to deny rumors that he and hillary clinton don't get along. randy: the patriots undefeated this morning after a hard-fought win against the jets. this touchdown catch by danny amendola one of the plays helping the pats keep that 6-0 record. the 30-23 win over the jets not easy.

dropped passes a big problem for the pats yesterday at gillette. in all, the pats had 11 drops. speaking of 11, julian edelman on 3rd and 17 helping the pats get to 27. and here's gronk fighting for the tough yards. >> lot of challenges, took us a while, i thought we played better as the game went on. in the fourth quarter, we did a few different things and made some more plays. it was good to win. randy: up next for the pats, the dolphins on thursday. kickoff is at 8:25 at gillette. emily: police in bedford, new hampshire, are looking for the vandals who damaged a little league complex. it happened sometime over the weekend. there is thousands of dollars in damage including spray-painted expletives on the walls and broken windows. a fire extinguisher was sprayed in the inside of the complex. so far, no arrests.

only on 5. the driver of this car that smashed into a canton dunkin donuts talks about the scare behind the wheel. that driver is recovering at home this morning. she tells us she was on her way to the hair dresser when she tried to stop at an intersection and couldn't. >> i couldn't find the brake, but i was calling for help. they couldn't hear me. i said, "help, help." emily: the driver and a worker inside dunkin donuts were taken to the hospital. neither seriously injured. police are calling this an accident but continue to investigate. randy: an inside look at a mission against isis. emily: first-hand video of american and kurdish forces rushing to save hostages. plus new charges against the driver accused of running down a homecoming crowd. her lawyer's defense as she heads to court today. randy: new this morning. yogurt is just one food that can help you lose weight. three other options, ahead. erika? erika: breaking overnight. saugus police are searching for a hit-and-run driver. the victim was hit on route 1 at around 11:00 last night. witnesses say the man was hit by a mercedes but there is no further description. danielle? danielle: sunny and cool today. when the remnants of hurricane patricia will bring rain ahead. first here's what you can expect when you head out the door in

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>> all these amazing people raised more than $350,000 this year in the walk to defeat a.l.s. boston. keep the support coming in and win this fight. >> good morning, "eyeopener." erika: an awesome show of support this weekend as i got to take part in the walk to defeat a.l.s. in boston. they raised a ton of money. so dedicated. randy: just one of the great events we get to take part in as boston's community leader. emily: show us what's happening in your community with an eyeopener wake-up call. just go to the front page of

u-local section of our website. erika: it was chilly that morning. danielle: it was chilly. it's been cold pretty much all weekend although yesterday was a little milder by afternoon. today unfortunately though chilly but dry but rain is coming. so we really do need the rain. let's talk about it. the rain impact on the way up on wednesday. in fact, it will be very high especially wednesday afternoon after lunchtime. through overnight hours. and then into thursday chances go back down by thursday afternoon but in the morning still leftover showers. this is all associated with the remnants of hurricane patricia. you can see them down to the south right now. and this is slowly going to make its way towards us. but first high pressure is dominating our weather. we really want to welcome that rain in because if you look at this area in tan, you see here, this is areas under a moderate drought. since january 1, we are down near eight inches of rain in boston and down near 7.5 inches

looking for that rain. we could see one to two inches from this system but for today it's all about the temperatures. we are on the cool side of things especially worcester. 34. 28 springfield. 38 in concord. 45 boston. and right now it's even 50 degrees on nantucket. for today, we're going to warm up into the upper 40's in worcester, low 50's in boston. and lower to mid 50's on the cape and then tonight with clear skies and those winds out of the north we droch down into the 20's and low 0's. you'll need the coats tomorrow as well as this morning. and then tomorrow the wind shifts to the south. as it does, temperatures start to moderate a little bit more into the mid 50's so here are those remnants of patricia. they get closer to us by tuesday night. really it's not until wednesday morning after 10:00 we start to see those showers push in. once they do, those winds are really going to pick up out of the south and east. you're going to notice them. the main impact again from this

coastal flooding looks good at this point. the thunder looks relatively low. we are dry monday and tuesday. the rain enters the forecast on wednesday. i do want to talk about thursday because thursday we actually have another home game. the patriots are taking on the miami dolphins and it looks like that thursday night game should be okay because the showers come to an end. temperatures are actually mild in the upper 50's for the football game so the weekend is looking chilly. this morning. danielle: i can only imagine. jeff: aate lot of traffic out there. crashes are affecting things as well. solar glare will be cropping up later on. look at that heavy volume expressway. that's just volume. no crashes. nothing slowing it down. a long ride all the way up between braintree to boston, about a 30-minute commute for you there. let's go to the maps and see those trouble spots. the big problem has been route 24 northbound. before route 44 there's a crash. they had shut down the roadway entirely to clear away the debris. there's guardrail damage.

that's affecting the top end of route 140 so a slow run for 24 before you even get to 495. still dealing with that crash on route 3 southbound around treble cove road. that has it backed up to 495 and a bit beyond. a slow run for travelers there. it's slow get to go the expressway. talked about that long run there. randy, back to you. randy: jeff, thank you. an inside look at a high-stakes raid in iraq. american and kurdish forces storming an isis compound to save hostages. the new video shows captives streaming out of the darkness, hands up, feet bare, and clothes bloodied. troops cleared room after room thursday rescuing about 70 men who the pentagon says faced execution. about 20 isis fighters were killed. one american delta team member, master sergeant joshua wheeler, also died in the crossfire. >> this american did what i'm proud that americans do in that situation. he ran to the sound of the gun.

is the first american killed in combat with isis. military leaders say the circumstances of the raid are unique and do not mean american forces are taking part in combat in iraq. the woman arrested after allegedly crashing into a parade crowd in oklahoma now faces murder charges. she'll have her first court appearance this morning. four people were killed and dozens more injured when adacia chambers's car plowed through a homecoming crowd in stillwater, the home of oklahoma state university. her lawyer says the 25-year-old may suffer from mental illness. emily: topping economic headlines this morning. new overnight general motors avoids a strike by the united auto workers union. the company reached a tentative contract deal with the union before a midnight deadline. union leaders will meet in detroit this week to vote on the deal. if approved, it will go to the union for a vote. more volkswagon managers are being punished for not sounding the alarm on the company's emissions scandal. ten executives or engineers have now been suspended as the investigation finds they might

have known about the cheating but failed to speak up about it. in september, v.w. admitted that cars with diesel engines were programmed to trick emissions tests. asian stocks rose today after china cut interest rates. right now, dow futures are down on wall street. that's after u.s. stocks rose friday following strong earnings reports from big tech names. randy: new research is out and experts say these foods will help you lose the most weight. yogurt, seafood, skinless chicken and nuts top the list. researchers say the more people ate of these foods, the less weight they gained. they found diets high in protein were the most effective for keeping the pounds off. also of note there was no difference on the scale for those who ate low-fat dairy compared to those who ate full-fat dairy. a little guy gets a big scare

court. emily: it's ahead in eyepoppers. erika? erika: then new at 6:30, a man is on a mission to reunite homeless people with their families. the simple tool he's using to make their voices heard, right here in new england. plus an attack in the fenway. the threat one woman says she heard when a man pulled her into an alley. and a woman charged in her uncle's death. new details on their relationship as the eyeopener

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>> we're helping cats everywhere. good morning, "eyeopener." randy: it's a fur ball. good morning to everyone who took part in raising more than $75,000 for merrimack river feline rescue which operates a cat mobile offering neutorring all over greater boston. emily: looks like a great crowd. randy: all my cat-crazy friends. their generosity goes a long way. emily: good event. we're starting off the morning pretty cold. danielle: indeed. we're watching the next system that could bring us some rain,

randy and emily. you can see the showers behind me. that's associated with the remnants of hurricane patricia. all of that is is shifting north and east. we will have that on our doorstep but we are dry right dry tomorrow. and as we go into wednesday, that's where it turns very high in terms of the rain chances. how much rain are we talking? inches. also those winds are going to get turned up as we head towards wednesday afternoon. looking for wind gusts in excess of 35-40 miles an hour. maybe near advisory levels. conditions. we're looking at lots of sunshine. temperatures are going to be in the upper 40's to lower 50's. so enjoy it. randy? randy: danielle, thank you. 6:24. we're taking over eyepopper duty for olessa this morning. emily: we're starting off with a toddler who knows what to do when he hears something scary. watch this. >> jett, come here. (grandpa making a lion roaring

run away. that was the roar of 18-month-old jett's grandpa scaring the toddler. his aunt says he actually loves it. this isn't cruel and unusual. he does like this. the video has gotten more than 30,000 views on youtube. randy: i ends up laughing. and this lightspeed couldn't help chewbacca escape the law in the beloved wookie was arrested for violating campaign rules. in ukraine, you can't campaign on election day, and he was reportedly campaigning for darth vader. we're not kidding here. chewie looked a bit different when he faced a judge in court. he was fined the equivalent of $7.50 and told reporters he couldn't pay the fee because his funds are in an intergalactic bank. no branches are here on earth. emily: i love it. randy: we found it so unusual

there is a candidate. emily: his legal name is darth vader. he's part of the internet party. randy: some of the most interesting politics going in ukraine. emily: there you go. still ahead this morning, a first responder ends up in need of his own rescue. randy: the emergency leading his colleagues to save his life. plus halloween is a few days away, but a special new hampshire boy already had the chance to trick or treat. the special day made possible by a loving community. emily: and it is just 39 degrees right now as we take a live look outside over the city of boston. temperatures are on their way up. but you will want that jacket with you as you head out the door today. another half an hour of the

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>> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." randy: breaking overnight. the death toll climbs after a whale watch tragedy.

the one thing that's baffling investigators this morning. todd: donald trump arrives in new hampshire. his early morning rally and the controversy over religion that's following him to the granite state. emily: a house explodes in flames. the close call and the clues that could tell investigators how this happened. randy: and this isn't your ordinary halloween outing. >> trick or treat! randy: the local community that came out early to help one brave little super hero get much more than candy. on the eye. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." randy: 6:30 monday morning. sky 5 live over 24 here where there is a problem as you can see. jeff will be updating that situation in just a matter of minutes. good morning to you. thank you for joining us on this monday. i'm randy price. emily: and i'm emily riemer. danielle vollmar is here for cindy this morning. it's a cold spot this morning. danielle: some spots starting in

we're never ready for winter but it is on its way. i do want to talk about these temperatures because we are in the 20's in orange, also in springfield. 30 degrees right now in keene. mid 30's in worcester. mid 40's though in boston and 50 on nantucket. now over the next 12 hours in boston, temperatures are going to warm up into the lower 50's. notice there's a lot of sunshine. the big difference today is that wind direction coming out of the north and west. so even with a lot of sunshine, we're only going to warm up into the upper 40's and lower 50's. so again it's a dry forecast. high pressure really dominates our weather today. but and high pressure the winds going clockwise. that's why we are so cool. then we are watching this area of rain down here. patricia. all of this is headed in our direction and will give us some rain. going to talk more about that in just a second. kids will need a jacket for the bus stop this morning. on the ride home it's sunny. jeff: good morning.

the roadway is closed down. this is the scene northbound. it's before route 44. point. it was initially reported as a left lane crash. let me go to the maps. we'll show you how big those delays are this morning t crash 44. it is tied up all the way to route 79, almost back to fall river now. route 140 the top of it is very heavily tied up as well making there. route 3 still working that crash treble cove road. that's leaving traffic slow and very heavy on 93 southbound. it's almost 30 minutes to get from 495 to 128. metro west looks pretty tough all the way from 495 right through to framingham. we're dealing with very heavy volume this morning. emily. emily: jeff, thank you. breaking overnight. after a whale watch boat sank off the coast of vancouver. canadian authorities say one person is still missing. witnesses say the weather was clear and the water calm at the time of the tragedy. randy: also breaking overnight. saugus police are searching for

a hit-and-run driver. it happened on route 1 just after 11:00 last night. witnesses say the man was hit by a mercedes, but the description of the car was vague. it's not clear how badly he was hurt. emily: right now investigators are closing in on what might have sparked this huge house explosion in taunton. the fire marshal tells us the incident on christine lane was gas-related. the homeowner was able to escape unhurt. randy: right now a woman is prepared to face a judge accused in the shooting death of this man, her uncle. family members still trying to figure out how it happened. emily: the eyeopener's sera congi is live outside the courthouse in west roxbury where the suspect is expected in just hours. sera: emily and randy, we are learning more this morning about the victim and the suspect. family members saying they were once very close. 49-year-old clyde francis was shot in the head saturday afternoon at a relative's home in hyde park. his niece 36-year-old yvonne lewis is accused of pulling the

trigger and then driving off. she was found and arrested five hours later in peabody. civilian employee. her family tells the globe that after she left the department in drugs. she was reportedly angry and acting out on saturday. and her uncle went to hyde park to calm her down. now we expect to hear more details about what happened here at lewis' arraignment today at west roxbury district court. sera congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. randy: thank you. a dorchester man will face a judge today, following an attack on a woman in the fenway. police say wayne barber tackled a woman early sunday morning in an alley off of park drive. he allegedly threatened to kill her with a knife. the victim was slashed but was able to get away. police arrested barber a few streets away. (bell tolling) randy: hundreds gather to remember a husband and father lost at sea.

member on the "el faro." the cargo ship disappeared off the bahamas during hurricane joaquin. a special memorial took place yesterday at massachusetts maritime academy. the 42-year-old kingston man was an officer and chief engineer on the ship. his wife speaking at the service sharing memories and heartache. wife: we all love jeffrey so much and we'll miss him terribly, but he will never totally leave us. he will live on in our hearts, in our three beautiful children. randy: jeffrey mathias's parents made a special point of thanking their community. they said it's friends and neighbors who have gotten them through three very difficult weeks. emily: new this morning. federal prosecutors want more information from former probation commissioner, john o'brien. they want him to give the names of lawmakers who might have benefited from the rigged hiring process that led to his conviction. in exchange for his testimony, "the globe" reports he would be granted immunity. however, he could be prosecuted if he lies to the grand jury or

refuses to answer questions. o'brien is appealing his conviction. a raw and emotional project to help homeless people get back to their families. the eye's erika tarantal is here with one man's mission to reunite loved ones. erika: this is the brainchild of a san francisco man. kevin adler created a television series called "miracle messages." he tours the country recording videos of homeless people and uploads them to social media. right now, he's in new hampshire. the hope is that family members will see the videos and reunite with their loved ones. and he's already had success. >> someone who is just homeless joe or jane to you or i could be the most important person in the world to that one person who is looking for them. that's what motivates this. erika: in addition to new hampshire, adler has been to his next stop will be randy: a fisherman makes a nail-biting rescue of a toddler and it's all caught on camera. emily: his quick work to save a little boy's life, ahead.

and a new hampshire boy gets his own day to trick or treat. the heart-warming work of teachers and neighbors when they learned he'd need chemo on halloween. randy: and ahead in news to go, a personal rescue involving a rhode island firefighter. how his own coworkers saved his life. emily: taking a live look here from sky 5 over route 24 north in raynham. the northbound side closed. it looks like maybe one lane of traffic getting by there. jeff larson in this morning.

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jeff: good morning and welcome back to the "eyeopener." everybody has a tough commute this morning. the worst is on route 24 northbound in raynham where the roadway was closed. one lane getting by before route 44. traffic is tied up back to fall river. a very heavy run for travelers there. danielle, how is the weather. danielle: cool temperatures out there this morning starting in the 20's in orange. 30's in worcester as well as concord. but these temperatures will be on the way up. i want to show you the sunrise over boston right now starting up. it is 45 degrees currently. the winds out of the west-northwest at about 10. we'll be in the mid 60's though by midweek. emily. emily: thank you, danielle. a new hampshire community comes together to make sure a little

halloween fun. >> there you go. okay. >> thank you. emily: 10-year-old levi whitcomb is battling brain cancer. he starts his next round of when his teachers heard that, they took action organizing a special trick-or-treat event. >> it's overwhelming to us. i mean, just the sheer degree of support and prayers and thoughts daily basis is overwhelming. i've never seen anything like this. emily: a local golf course even went as far as donating that golf cart for levi to use while going door to door. randy: updates ahead on our breaking news this morning. the car witnesses saw leaving the scene of a hit and run in saugus. plus startling new video of a deadly whale-watching disaster. and presidential candidate chris christie caught talking in amtrak's quiet car. his reaction to complaints, ahead.

we're still flying over route 24 at this hour. this is in raynham where one lane is getting through here now. this is on the northbound side right near exit 44. jeff will have updates ahead

randy: good morning. it is 6:44. the eyeopener team ready with your news to go. erika is tracking breaking

watching trip off vancouver. todd has a preview of a donald trump campaign stop in new hampshire today. emily: and sera is in boston ahead of the first court appearance of a woman accused of killing her uncle. we are also following a lane closure on route 24 only one lane is getting through. on the northbound side. this is near exit 44. jeff will have an update for you just ahead. first danielle with the forecast. a chilly start. danielle: yes, it's a chilly start but a dry start out there. in fact, dry today tomorrow. our low on thursday associated with the remnants of hurricane patricia. how much rain are we talking? one to two inches of rain in some spots from this area of low pressure. so it's going to slowly get to us but first high pressure dominates our weather. giving us clear skies out there this morning. chilly temperatures to start the day. but as we go through the afternoon, we warm up into the upper 40's in worcester. low 50's in pos ton. lots of sunshine but that wind

tonight will be a chilly night. we're dry also on tuesday due to high pressure. temperatures only warm into the mid 50's. then we watch the rain chances go up as we get towards wednesday morning. in fact, wednesday we may start out dry with some clouds but showers enter the forecast mainly after lunchtime. and then become numerous and heavy with also some very strong winds associated with those remnants so we're talking about heavy rain, gusty winds on the high side, and there is a slight chance for some minor coastal flooding and even some thunderstorms because temperatures are going to moderate as well with this system. so 52 today. 54 on tuesday. and by wednesday 60 degrees. now how are those roads? i know there's an accident, jeff. jeff: there are crasheses out there. a slow ride. a lot of people will be late for work this morning. a massive delay that extends from fall river all the way up towards route 44. they're clearing away the remnants of a crash just before route 44. look at that back-up. huge.

we'll show you other slow areas on the maps. 93 southbound is slow from andover all the way in towards the city. no break to that traffic slow. still working a crash scene on route 3 southbound around treble cove road that has traffic slowed from 495 so a tough run for travelers there. look at the turnpike from 495 most of the way to framingham starts to loosen up a little bit heading toward route 128. that's a slow ride as well. 43 minutes. one delay on the mbta on the needham branch and the orange line has delays as well. emily. emily: jeff, thank you. breaking overnight. saugus police are searching for a hit-and-run driver. it happened on route 1 just after 11:00 last night. witnesses say the man was hit by a mercedes, but the description of the car was vague. the victim was taken to a nearby hospital, but his condition is not clear this morning. randy: also breaking. the death toll rising after a whale watch boat capsizes. emily: the eyeopener's erika tarantal has the new information we're learning right now. erika: at this hour one person is still missing, five people are confirmed dead. and there are so many questions as the conditions were described

completely sank. the crew made a mayday call late sunday about 12 miles off of tofino on vancouver island's west coast. the canadian military and coast guard were able to rescue 21 people. the vessel that went down was operated by a long established company. locals say the waters can get very rough where the boat was, but they were not rough sunday and the wind wasn't strong. canada's transportation safety board is investigating. emily: we are following breaking details from the afghanistan region. a powerful earthquake has hit that country. it was also felt in pakistan and india. there's no word on damage or injuries yet from the 7.5 magnitude quake. we'll bring you new information as we get it. todd: a large crowd is gathering right now here in atkinson, new hampshire, for an early morning donald trump rally set to begin at 7:00 this morning. trump continues to lead the field of g.o.p. candidates across the country and here in new hampshire. he told cnn on sunday that if

elected he would be, quote, a great unifier, although controversy continues to surround his campaign. republican rival dr. ben carson is now demanding an apology after a comment that trump made about carson's religion. 7th day adventist. dr. carson took offense. trump says he has nothing to apologize for. reporting in atkinson, new hampshire, todd kazakiewich, wcvb, newscenter 5. sera: a former boston police civilian employee will face a judge today for allegedly killing her uncle. 49-year-old clive francis was shot in the head saturday afternoon in a hyde park home. his niece, 36-year-old yvonne lewis, is charged with murder. family members say the two had always been close but their relationship was damaged after lewis got involved with drugs. loved ones also say before the shooting saturday lewis was angry and her uncle went to the home to calm her down. she'll be arraigned here at the west roxbury district court today.

congi, wcvb, newscenter 5. randy: the fire marshal says the fire that destroyed this home in taunton is gas related. the home exploded sunday afternoon. the woman inside was able to escape. the explosion was so powerful it rocked nearby homes. >> she was a beautiful person inside and out. emily: family and friends come together to remember a rochester, new hampshire, teen who died of a possible drug overdose. 17-year-old eve tarmey was found dead on october 17 in a motel room. she was staying in the motel with her mother and her mother's boyfriend. randy: the controversial issue of physician-assisted suicide will once again be debated at the state house. the joint committee on public health will take up the matter tomorrow. it was narrowly rejected by voters in 2012. the new legislation requires two doctors to assess a patient before any medication is prescribed. the "lowell sun" reports a patient would then have to see a counselor to see if their judgement has been impaired. emily: workers with boston's election department are going door to door alerting more than

voting in the wrong district. "the globe" reports this is tied to an address error for voters in nine neighborhoods. officials were made aware of the glitch in august. those residents affected have been correctly re-assigned. randy: a providence firefighter is recovering this morning after a hit-and-run saturday that left him seriously injured. he was saved by members of his own fire station. matthew gallant was heading home from a night out with friends when he was struck head on by another driver who smashed into his pick up truck. firefighters responded to the scene. they used the jaws of life to free gallant taking 30 minutes to pull him out. suspect. he is now a wanted man. emily: caught on camera the dramatic rescue of a migrant toddler off the coast of turkey. a fisherman grabbed the 18-month-old boy and sprung into action getting the water out of his lungs and stomach. suffering from hypothermia, they wrapped him in a blanket to keep him warm until the coast guard arrived. he was taken to the hospital. doctors say he is in good condition. randy: this morning, vice president joe biden is giving more insight into his decision not to run for president. biden saying in an interview

11-year-old daughter of his son, beau, helped reaffirm that he should spend more time with family. beau biden died in may of a in the interview, he stated again that delaying his decision emily: complaints against republican presidential candidate chris christie after he broke a quiet car rule on an amtrak train. passengers say the new jersey his cell phone in the train car sunday. quickly when he realized he was in the quiet car. a spokesman says he entered by mistake. randy: gas prices continue to plummet at the pump. the average price has dropped 10 cents over the past two weeks to $2.24 a gallon for regular. and prices have fallen 63 cents over the past 19 weeks. industry analysts say the slide could end if crude costs remain close to current levels. emily: new research suggests it may be ok for women to eat

during labor. for years, it's been considered dangerous to eat or drink during labor because food and liquid could be inhaled especially under general anesthesia. some researchers now say the rules are outdated because of advancements in anesthesia. the american society of anesthesiologists found that most women today would benefit from a light meal during labor. randy: a lockdown is now lifted at a north carolina college after a student was shot. authorities at north carolina central university sent out an active shooter alert around 11:15 last night. the "all clear" was given just before midnight. the victim is expected to be okay. no word on any arrests. longtime nba coach flip saunders has died of cancer. saunders had won more than 650 games in nearly two decades of coaching. he was diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma in june and took a leave of absence from his team, the minnesota timberwolves, in september. he died sunday at the age of 60.

former boston celtics star kevin garnett sharing this photo on twitter in memory of saunders. he's sitting in the coach's parking spot in the team lot with the caption "forever in my heart." saunders coached garnett for his rookie season with the timberwolves and again when garnett returned to the team. emily: the patriots undefeated this morning after a hard-fought win against the jets. a touchdown catch by danny amendola one of the plays helping the pats keep that 6-0 record. the 30-23 win not easy though. dropped passes a big problem for the pats yesterday at gillette. in all, the pats had 11 drops. but we can count on gronk, fighting for tough yards. the pats take on the dolphins at gillette thursday night. randy: jeff is in this morning. route 1. jeff: route 1. it's a very heavy commute for travelers this morning. we knew it would be busy. that's certainly the case.

this is just evidence of heavier volume we're dealing with. let's go to the maps because we have trouble spots to continue to talk about. very heavy on 93 southbound from 495 straight down in towards the city. that's coffin jetion the whole way. an earlier crash on route 3 has cleared away. it's left over slow traffic in chelmsford. the turnpike very slow coming in to framingham. the trouble spot the big one we've had has been on route 24 on the northbound side. the crash in raynham is off the roadway but it's left very slow traffic from fall river on up toward that situation. one delay on the mbta that's the orange line. downtown. that's leaving things slow danielle. snarch the weather looks pretty good today. temperaturewise though we'll be cooler than normal. we should be around 58 degrees. 52 will be our high. warming up to 54 on tuesday. 60 by wednesday. and 66 by thursday. so milder days ahead. a gorgeous sunrise over boston. it is 45 currently. the winds out of the west-northwest. at about 10. today's highs anywhere from the upper 40's to low to mid 50's. with tons of sunshine. tonight with clear skies,

temperatures drop back into the 20's and 30's. and then tomorrow with a wind shift from the north and west to the south, we should see temperatures warm into the mid 50's which we will take. the next thing we're watching is the remnants of patricia. this is going to make our forecast wet. beginning on wednesday where you could see a lot of heavy rain and some wind with it. let's time everything out for you on the search-day forecast. wednesday morning starts out dry. by 2:00 though, showers entering the forecast, becoming numerous and very heavy at times. through the evening hours. notice we could see anywhere from 1-2 inches of rain from this system, gusty winds, and there could even be minor coastal flooding and even some thunderstorms out there wednesday evening. now thursday, a couple of early showers drying out just in time for the patriots game though. temperatures very mild for that. notice for the halloween weekend very cooler. daylight savings starts this weekend. extra hour of sleep though. fall back. liking that. emily: thank you. all right. and thank you for joining us

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