>> from boston' s news leader, this is wcvb at noon. emily: the first time u.s. forces will work on the ground in syria. the president ordering less than

forces coordinate with the local troops. one official also says the u.s. will be sending additional aircraft. todd is live now with damage to certain cars. todd: you see route one. street exit. there was a whole, it has been patched up. as you can see, traffic is moving smoothly once again. five cars got flat tires when they suddenly hit a bump. as you can imagine, the drivers, a little shaken up. >> i almost died. i don' t want to die. i' m young. >> all of a sudden, i hit, and i looked over. todd: the driver said it came

he did not see it . as for the cause, it appears to be a wear and tear issue. traffic is flowing smoothly once again. emily: thank you. the sun is out. it is a gorgeous autumn day. cindy fitzgibbon standing by with the forecast. the trick-or-treaters are looking to you. cindy: cindy: we are lucky out. i do not see any issues. he will see some clouds and temperatures falling to the 60' s gradually. if you remember last year, we had snow on the ground for halloween. a little cool this year, but that' s it. look at the temperature, in the upper 60' s right now. the wind is beginning to shift to the north-northwest. it is 10 degrees cooler there than it is here. bsa have a frontal boundary

rain and snow showers, a few of those to the north. we are just watching a couple of crowd stopping. double be the trend over the next couple of hours. you notice, upper 50' s for plymouth, down to the cape. as we go through the next couple of hours, the temperatures come down re hitting our highs now. s. for some. emily: right now, a former millis police s that his morning in court. he is accused of faking a story that triggered a massive month manhunt. >> prosecutors revealed, they grand jury. brian johnson arrived to the

scheduled probable cause hearing. the 24-year-old suspended part-time officer allegedly concocted a tale about coming under gunfire. prosecutors say september 2, he fired rounds into his cruiser, then crashed it into a tree. the vehicle burst into flames. a massive manhunt was launched across several towns, but investigators determined johnson shooter. he has pled not guilty to several charges, including misleading a police investigation. today' s hearing lasted under two minutes, prosecutors told the judge, they are presenting their case to the grand jury. lawyers that another court date for december 18. that date could change if johnson is indicted. he is currently out on bail, under home confinement. emily: right now, a massachusetts couple is under arrest in south carolina, after

nine-year-old kevin burns and 34-year-old missy stoddard of westfield, massachusetts were an officer spotted the van with alert. he found the couple and three small children along with mayor $3000 in cash. serious discipline could be on the way for a dcf worker who evaluated the case of a labonte -- bella bond. an independent report found employee largely copied old information for evaluations on her mother in 2012 in 2013, and faulty information led to the case being close. a spokesperson said that a full review of the case and related

decisions will shed light on whether discipline is warranted, and at what levels. right now, this man is behind bars. the victims, found beaten in the middle of the street. frank almond is life in providence where the live -- live in providence where the suspect faced a judge today. frank: the man accused of viciously beating an elderly couple in providence will have his mental health evaluated before the criminal case against him proceeds. 25-year-old viden c hoeum was scheduled to be arraigned today, but the judge decided a competency exam was needed first. we spoke to his mother this morning, she did not speak much english, but her heartbreak was clear. police say he attacked an elderly couple with a metal

baseball bat near the center section on wednesday night. 72-year-old rafael carrasco ran out of gas, and his 70-year-old wife came to help. choem is accused of coming out of his house, and hitting the couple in the body, head, and t. some good news about the elderly couple, the wife has been upgraded to stable, however, the husband remains and critical condition. life here in providence, frank holland. emily: right now, students at a lowell school back in class a day after dozens were sickened. the school is still trying to figure out what sparked the sudden headaches and nausea. just before noon yesterday, the school was evacuated after about 60 students got sick.

five of them needed to go to the hospital. >> by best friend, she said that she drank the water. emily: firefighters were concerned about carbon monoxide fumes spreading through classrooms, but that was ruled out. this lexington school also open today after a scare for students and to jurors -- and teachers. several people heard a loud bang yesterday inside the estabrook school. the school was evacuated as a precaution. the patriots revenge tour rolls on. the team is now 7-0 this season, after big thursday night win. tom brady and company had known problem really in the dolphins. a pass from brady put the first touchdown on the board.

after the game, there was plenty of praise to go around. >> a good play overall. just made a nice play. we are trying to find a way to make it work. the guys, i think, did a great job. we put a lot into it. it was an intense three days of prepping. emily: stephen gostkowski said the patriots' franchise record for most consecutive field goals. the pats cannot take a little breather, they play washington at home on november 8. wynn resorts offering new specifics about its planned for the sole visit -- sullivan square rotary, a route customers

meanwhile, wyn n executives have unveiled a handful of changes to the original design for the hotel and casino complex in everett. the changes do not affect the overall plans significantly. president obama says he is ready to sign a senate approves budget bill to a vote -- avert a catastrophic default. it raises the debt ceiling for two years, until march 2017. it also says the budget for the next two fiscal years. today marks one year since former mayor tom menino' s death. boston mayor marty walsh is inviting the public to join him for a moment of silence. while he says this has been a tough week for the money

family, the former mayor' s legacy is clear. walsh says city hall will be lit in green tonight, menino' s favorite color. a multi-state week long search that ended in an arrest. cindy: and, it is feeling like fall again today, but the cooldown will not last that long. emily: take a look at this. that is a skydiver stuck to a

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at tennessee police officer and opening fire on a kentucky trooper has been killed in a police shootout. kentucky state police say floyd ray cook was shot and killed overnight. he is accused of shooting and injuring a tennessee police officer during a traffic stop saturday afternoon. scary moments for passengers sitting on a runway in florida, as the plane of routes into flames. look at that. dynamic, a small airline, under the microscope right now, as the faa tries to figure out why fuel was pouring from an engine. everyone think for that the flight caught fire before it took off. antoinette: more questions than answers about the runway military blimp in maryland. the pentagon says the automatic deflating system did not appear

to work, so the blimp slowly lost air, until it crashed. now, congress is looking into why the blimp went rogue. military officials say could be another 2-3 days before the blimp is recovered. emily: terrifying moments for skydiver -- a skydiver. look at that. his pants got caught. the experienced skydiver tingled -- tingled dangled upside down. for july, he was not really her. that is not the sort of trick-or-treat we are looking for. antoinette: mother naturehis year, on our side. two years ago -- cindy: this year, not going to be so bad. nothing like yesterday. yesterday was so warm, in the 70' s. look at the difference between 24 hours ago and now. no 70'

s out there. we are running in the 50' s. it is cooling down. that is seasonal. this weekend is the weekend that we fall back . set in, before you go to sleep, turn the clock back one hour. the sun will set on sunday at 4:38. keep that in mind. you can see the sun out there now. we have just a few clouds starting to move through. it was so clear this morning, and now we have a few clouds working through. 58 degrees in boston, the air is incredibly dry. we are in the process of shifting our wind around from the west of the northwest. we are getting gusts over 20-25 miles per hour. that went is -- wi nd is bringing in colder air. the colder air will be with us for the first half of the weekend. the leading edge is the frontal boundary, producing

rain and snow showers and snow showers in northern new england. you can see a few showers associated with it. these will fall southward. you will see a few clouds bubbling up in the next couple of hours. upper 50' . you get north and west of the town, and is a little cooler. orange. we will see the temperatures of hours being the northwesterly wind will occasionally gust over 20 miles per hour. the temperatures will really drop. upper 20' s, lower 30' s, frost likely. closer to the coastline, upper 30' s tomorrow morning. it is a cold start to saturday, but a bright and sunny day. low to mid 50' s, a few degrees

cooler than today. as the trick-or-treaters had out, a light when, temperature of around 50. we will see the temperatures trip wilckle down. -- trickle down. clouds are increasing. high pressure will shift eastward. the southerly winds will bring in more clouds, but drier conditions. i think the clouds will stick around for sunday. 8:00 on sunday night, clouds around. send we stayed y dry. keep in mind, the sunset on sunday is at about 4:38. next week, we are looking at 70 degrees once again. you can see how the jet stream will lift to the north. our average high for the set of year is the mid 50' s. it looks like we will start november with mild readings,

60-70 degrees through the middle of next week. i would call that a treat. antoinette: thanks, cindy. retailers are gearing up for the walmart kicking off its holiday sales on sunday. more last year. emily: a mega pharmaceuticals merger is getting closer to reality. pfizer is in talks to paint well over $100 billion for allergan, the maker of botox. it would be the largest takeover and make pfizer the biggest drugmaker in the world, topping johnson & johnson. allergan says a deal is not 100% certain. a

antoinette: a new study finds singing to a crying baby is more soothing than simply talking to them. babies get carried away by music, suggesting they have the mental capacity to be enthralled by music, just like adults do. patriots start rob gronkowski knows how to enjoy a snow day.

s right, it is rob gronkowski at it again in this ad , celebrating snow days with other nfl players, and finding the silver lining in new england weather. excited. a st. louis rams fan got quite the surprise in the mail. antoinette: brandon bodenheimer,

the team. them. the federal commission says, if you received merchandise that you did not order, you have the right to keep it as a free gift. said, keeping the tickets would not be be right he returned the tickets to the i' m sure the person who was supposed to get them is wondering, where i buy tickets? [laughter] cindy: well, we havecindy: for the weekend, but we start to warm up on sunday. , the weekend. emily: have a great halloween. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] editorial by bill find. bill: there have been a number

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most recently a drone carrying drugs, crashing into a prison. a drone registration processing psychological and much-needed next step. when the government clearly outlined exceptional guidelines finally have a defined framework

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