>> this is wcvb newscenter 5. erika: a jewelry store is robbed and assessed tax tased the clerk at another employee. more. you just spoke to the police? >> this is not the first time this place has been a target. the colonial trading chop off main street was the target.

they were conducting a transaction. they do transactions related to rare coins. this is no ordinary transaction. in >> apparently one of the suspects pulled out a taser. he tased one of the employees. the second employee came to assist and he was tased as well. both employees were tied and the suspects the gold coins and left the store. >> the store was a subject of a smash and grab robbery back in march. thieves made off with about a quarter of a million dollars with rare coins. the two men' s are two hispanic males who fled the scene. the only description is available on one. 5' 8" and a medium build. he was wearing a gray sweatshirt at the time. this was likely a targeted

we will stay on top of this and what you know if there are any new developments. erika: thank you. also breaking, state police have identified the man identified the man who was killed in a hit and run sunday night along route 1 in saugus. he' s 33-year old lee castoro from new york. police have found the car they were looking for, but so far, no one' s been arrested. >> i said oh my god. erika: a devastating crash in oxford. a woman was killed the wheel. we will hear from the man who came to the rescue. he was driving behind the victim' s car yesterday on route 20 when the woman drifted over the center line. her car careened into his after it was struck by a cement truck. he did not hesitate. he realized the woman was not going to make it when he saw two

>> i saw the little boy. i got the boy out. he was coming in and out of consciousness. i held the baby for quite a while. while i was getting the two-year-old out, i saw the eight-month-old. erika: the latest information is that the eight-month-old was still on life support. he was riding with his son at the time of the crash. neither of them were seriously hurt. more concerns about the safety of the tunnels that thousands of commuters rely on to travel through boston. we are learning about inspections raising serious red flags. the eyeopener' s sera congi is live in boston with what they uncovered. sera: inspections over the last year reveal a range of issues from rust, corrosion, to missing steel plates. all of this is a product of wear

new concerns about the big dig,. specifically the i 90 connector. a review says problems like heavy rust on construction joints and missing steel plates. this comes on the heels of news that state officials found hundreds of cracked nuts. the conditions of the tunnel is what you can expect in any stretch of highway because of beehive volume of traffic. inspections are done nightly and repairs are prioritized. a spokesman said between the physical inspection process and the collection of data and record keeping, the process to carried out according to a monitoring program on a near constant basis.

are rated to be critical or at risk of eminent failure. nice day. cindy: these are the remnants of what was hurricane patricia. downpours. the timeline on this rain is late tomorrow. the heaviest rain is going to fall during the overnight hours. at that time, wind gusts will be 45 to 50 miles per hour. with this storm moving in will be heavy rain. that could lead to some coastal flooding. we will talk more about that coming up. it' s running into high-pressure.

we are starting to see high clouds moving in. a nice recovery from 20' s, we' re sitting at 50 degrees in boston. we' ll out of a few more degrees heading to the mid-50' s this afternoon. temperatures don' t fall off that much. the full timeline on the rain is coming up in just a bit. erika: another local school is dealing with a threat of violence. how officials are responding. >> pembroke police issued this press release. the threat came from a 12-year-old who is a student. on saturday, police got word of the unspecified threat to other students. police investigated all weekend and met school administrators on sunday night. it was determined it was safe to open school on monday. the investigation is continuing. there is no ongoing threat to the safety of students and staff.

the 12-year-old who made the threat has not been suspended, has not been in school so far this week. reporting them pembroke. erika: the white house and gop leaders reach a budget deal. hard-line conservatives criticize the plan. going speaker john boehner urges them to pass it. it increases military and domestic spending. there is new revenue from selling oil from strategic reserves. it suspends the federal debt limit through 2017. the justice department is getting the police chiefs together in chicago today. there will be a summit on rising homicide rates across the country. president obama will be there to

them more -- justice system more fair. the justice department is issuing a new guide book, laying out recommendations to reduce crime. a judge could release new details tomorrow on the marathon bomber' s life behind bars. right now dzhokhar tsarnaev is being held at the supermax prison in colorado. that' s where he' s waiting to be transferred to indiana where he' ll face lethal injection. the revelations we could hear include restrictions he' s been living under, including communication and visits by friends or family or how he is being protected from other inmates. that colorado prison is one of the most restrictive in the country. it' s nickname, the alcatraz of the rockies. buy new push to make roads safer. brian reports that the of dangerous tires. brian: even a skilled driver who

>> what is your emergency. >> i was in a bad accident. brian: this is something far too late. injured when a tire in her car fell apart. she was unaware it had been recalled years earlier is unsafe. >> basically everything went so fast. it' s a big blur. brian: the tire had been under recall for more than a year in this church van accident. two people died and 10 teenagers were hospitalized. that led to the investigation. >> we know we have a serious tire problem and a good piece of

brian: safety engineers say that depending on how they are maintained, tires to lose their tread and separate after as little as six years. >> sometimes a consumer will not know there is an aging problem. it' s not necessarily visible. brian: there is no current industry standard. a news investigation last year found plenty of them for sale, described as perfectly safe. and eight half-year-old tire sold in new york. in san francisco, tires that were 11 and 15 years old. erika: general motors. for the third recalling one million cars that can leak oil and catch fire. recalls did not work. to 1997.

we have the complete list on our website wcvb.com. heads-up for smokers if you are traveling. new rules for electronic cigarettes. broadway on demand, where you will be able to access your favorite shows year-round. tracking some tropical downpours that could split two of our commutes. an outcry over this, a school resource officer violently

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erika: hard to watch, a south carolina officer is under fire after this video that caught him hurling a female student out of her school desk, and forcing her across the floor. abc' s karen travers reports, the officer is now banned from campus and the fbi has opened an investigation. a classroom confrontation school a force -- resource officer. several videos of the incident

are going viral after the officer who works at spring valley high school grabbed and desk. refused. the officer was called in. he puts his arm around her neck and wrestles her to the ground. he flings her across the flat -- classroom. tony robinson recorded the incident. >> i was scared. terrified. that was my first judgment call. get your phone out so everything after this is recorded. karen: only one decided to intervene. >> he said you want some of this to? he put me in handcuffs. karen: they --

i was very disturbed and have a lot of questions i want answered. karen: he is on administrative leave and banned from school grounds. officials call the video extremely disturbing. they are deeply concerned. the fbi is also investigating the incident. erika: a heads up for parents right now. the nasal flu vaccine, popular with kids because there' s no needle, is running low. many pediatricians say they' ve already run out. two companies that make the vaccine say they' re having problems making and shipping it. more doses won' t be available until the end of the year. a hearing on physician-assisted suicide is being held this afternoon at the statehouse. forty lawmakers have signed a petition to legalize the practice. it would allow voluntary death by prescription drugs for the terminally ill, not including minors. a right-to-die ballot question narrowly failed in 2012.

5 states. s poll. do you think physician-assisted suicide should be legal. most of you say yes. you can cast your vote on wcvb.com. another lawsuit for fantasy sports websites. the class-action lawsuits say they use insider trading to allow employees to win bucks. last month, an employee one $350,000 on an eight -- competing site. this is one of 20 lawsuits against the companies. schools are sidelined teachers. that includes people who lost closings and maternity leaves.

changes for the casino plans in springfield. city leaders told mgm applications are incomplete. they want more information about its original model by 14%. the company decided to eliminate a 25 story hotel tower and building. the chief executive has agreed thursday. heads-up for flyers. electronic cigarettes will longer be allowed on checked bags. the government is banning passengers from packing them or other bap -- battery-operated smoking devices. e-cigarettes are still allowed in carry-ons. passengers will not be able to recharge them on planes. there have been 26 explosions or fires on planes since 2009 caused by e-cigarettes. we want to check

we are enjoying a nice afternoon today. there. s 50 degrees. boy do we need the rain. our deficit for the year in boston has actually topped the eight inch mark. we really do need the rain. in worcester, we are down seven inches for the year. it looks like we are not going to see widespread rainfall. there are pockets where there are embedded downpours. you can exceed an inch of rain. we are not talking about a widespread rainfall. some areas will do better. this has given us so much high pressure. the clouds are working in. we see that then they' ll of clouds.

it' s giving a milky appearance to the sky. that son has gone to work. dry air is in place. the air temperature is 50 degrees in boston. that compares to 38. but all the 20' s in the suburbs. we had a killing frost down on the cape. there were lots of widespread 20' s down there. we have recovered nicely. vicksburg is sitting at 41. new bedford is in the low 50' s. we were in the 20' s this morning on martha' s vineyard. they are up to 57 degrees. this afternoon, sunshine will continue with high clouds. the temperatures inch of couple of more degrees. high pressure is going to depart. the skies are still mainly clear. overnight, more and more clouds are going to work in. these will blanket us tonight. you' re not going to wake of the temperatures in the 20' s.

we watch the remnants of patricia move north. energy dropping from the north. this will energize the system and make it stronger. the wind will start to ramp up. that push of wind is going to bring in warmer temperatures as we get into thursday. tomorrow afternoon, the wins will start to gusts from the east at 30 miles per hour along the coast area during the overnight hours on wednesday night, that is when the wins will get strongest. it may gust 45 or 50 miles per hour. the wins will start to shift to the southwest. we had a big full moon overnight. the tides are already running high. we might have minor flooding. in terms of the rainfall, we are

or so. some might see more than that in some of those downpours. the heaviest rain is not coming during the first half of the day wednesday. tomorrow' s commute should be fine. the rain is coming in from the west in the afternoon. the heaviest downpours coming in overnight. thursday morning, the rain is starting to exit. look at those temperatures. southerly winds are bringing us up to 70 degrees. the rain should be over in time for the patriots game thursday night. it' s a big one it, halloween is on saturday. right now it' s looking dry and seasonal. it should be just fine for trick-or-treaters. erika: boston university has been chosen to receive the archives of the late mayor tom menino. he was in' public service for 30 years. he was boston'

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