accused of posing as a heating contractor to gain access to a school. police believe he stole money from teachers. >> and that this wasn' t the first time. newscenter 5' s pam cross is live in cohasset. pam:l it happened tuesday at the elementary school behind me. the charge isn' t much, but the implication certainly are. 31-year-old anthony binsfield, now in a tee shirt, accused of wearing the uniform of his former company to get inside this cohasset school. the prosecutor repeats what the health teacher told police, -- >> she stated she was under the impression of the individual work for the hvac company. pam: binsfield is under investigation after cash was missing from 3 classrooms. it doesn' t end there, several weeks ago a similar incident at cohasset' s osgood school. >> i' ve been to all the front

offices and review the protocols. we found a few gaps that we now have to tighten up. pam: binsfield faces trial next month for larceny in plymouth, he' s under investigation in duxbury for theft. binsfield told police he was looking at the system for a business he was going to start on his own but later admitted to an opioids addiction. >> they were talking about a lot of things. the fact is he hasn' t been charged. at this point he' s been charged with trespass. pam:' s mama girlfriend not talking at all. he is being held at $750 cash bail. anchor: tragic tragic news out of manchester new hampshire tonight, where a baby girl was found dead in her home. police responded to the apartment just before 11:00 this morning and were met by a woman living in the home. foul play is not suspected. police continue to investigate -- trying to figure out what happened. jc: a very rough ride on route 1 in revere this morning.

several vehicles damaged tires -- damaged, tires flattened, but not by an ordinary pothole. newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich is live in revere to explain. reporter: this damaged tire and rim is from one of the five vehicles disabled this morning. >> unfortunately did not see it. reporter: small gaps in the tires -- road popped tires. >> all of a sudden i heard boom, and my car almost flipped over. reporter: tow truck operators drivers. we drove on the overpass this afternoon and spotted the pavement patch. even after the repairs, you hear a bump and feel a jolt when you hit it at highway speed. it was much worse this morning. >> i almost died. m young.

reporter: -- don' t want to m young. reporter: a lot of questions s infrastructure continues to crumble. anchor: today' s incident appears to be a wear and tear issue. harvey: it day today. we use this phrase right about this time of year, are we going to see some frost on the pumpkins tonight? >> i think many of us will. people have their pumpkins out cold tonight. >> 24 hours from now, kids will s the way it goes. we want to let you know we are in great shape. last seven days. right now pretty nice. we been in the 50' all day and that is where we are now. the skies are completely clear.

the winds are going to die down, and that will set us up for a chilly night, especially a weight on the city. morning is the latest sunrise of the year. some of the soccer games start as early as 8:00 a.m. barely will the sun be up. games. the rest of the day tomorrow looks pretty nice. 40' will be dry for trick-or-treating. jc and phil? anchor: the white house on the moves to send troops to syria. u.s. special operation forces to help troops there in the fight against isis. reporter: the white house tried to emphasize the extremely limited scope, just 50 american special operations forces delpoyed on the ground in syria in the fight against isis.

a strategy that the president announced more than a year ago. reporter: white house spokesman josh earnest on the defensive, saying this is not a reversal of presdient obama' s previous statements that he would not send u.s troops into syria. according to the administration, these troops would not be involved in trying to oust syrian president bashir al assad. they would focus instead on the fight against isis, now also being called daesh, by aiding, assisting and training local fighters inside syria. >> we are intensifying our counter-daesh campaign and efforts to end the conflict. reporter: at the same time the troop movement was announced, us secretary of state john kerry was in vienna with 17 other nations, including plans for peace in the syrian civil war. russia has urged the us to stay out of the conflict with assad. >> i believe that neither of us want to go back to a so called

>> president obama was absent for the announcement. republicans have already begun critizing this move as insufficient. phil: the republican national committee suspends its partnership with nbc news. this comes after wednesday night' s heavily criticized debate on cnbc. the rnc chairman says it did not focus on economic issues as promised and that the candidates were asked questions that were quote, inaccurate and downright offensive. the rnc also won' t allow the network to co-host a presidential primary debate scheduled for february. jc: a massachusetts couple is under arrest in south carolina after bay state authorities sent out an alert over concern for their children. 49-year-old kevin burns and 34-year-old missy stoddard of westfield, massachusetts, were arrested wednesday night. an officer spotted the van with mass plates that matched the alert. he found the couple and 3 small children along with marijuana, heroin and $3,000 in cash. burns and stoddard are both charged with drug possession. phil: right now this man is behind bars, charged in a violent attack on an elderly couple.

the victims found beaten in the middle of the street. it happened in providence, rhode island. only on 5, the victim' s mother speaks to our frank holland, as her son faces a judge. >> the man accused of viciously beating an elderly couple in providence will have his mental health evaluated for the criminal case -- before the criminal case against him proceeds. the judge decided a competency exam was needed. we spoke to his mother this morning. she did not speak much english, but her heartbreak very clear. >> my son. [indiscernible] reporter: police say that he attacked an elderly couple with a metal baseball bat. a 72-year-old ran out of gas. his wife came to help. the man is accused of coming out of his house and hitting the

couple in the body, the head, and in the face with that metal bat. some good news about the elderly couple seriously injured on wednesday night, the wife has been upgraded to stable condition. the husband remains in critical. the man returns to court in november. jc: the mbta is boosting security at its stations, following a deadly attack on a teenager last week. 17-year-old mason raymond was stabbed to death at the jackson square stop, during a fight with another teen. now, transportation secretary stephanie pollack tells herald radio she wants more officers to be visible on both trains, and station platforms. phil: workers sanitize areas of king philip regional high school in wrentham after a student is confirmed to have contracted mrsa. classrooms and other areas of the school were cleaned from floor to ceiling. no other cases of the antibiotic-resistant infection have been confirmed. school officials say the student is receiving treatment and doing

jc: the fire on the roof of this boston building is being blamed on a malfunctioning solar panel. the fire truck it down and ignited part of the rubber roof. the fire chief estimates damage and $50,000. >> the patriots now 7-0 this season after last night' s big win. sportscenter 5' s bob halloran is here to talk about the still-perfect pats. bob: well, there are perfect crimes perfect strangers and a perfectly good explanation, honey, why the lawn still hasn' t been mowed. and now we have the once again perfect patriots, 7-0 after demolishing the dolphins last night. meanwhile, tom brady tossed 4 more touchdown passes. check out this five day soar-cast. brady completed 65% of his

touchdowns and no interceptions. the man came ready to play. >> guys did a great job tonight on a short week. it was an intense three days of preparation and felt like we were really ready to go tonight and we went out and executed pretty well. >> coming up at 6:00, a funny story about bugs, the electronic kind, and how the paranoid jets went looking for them at gillette stadium on sunday. >> it looks like we have a bit of solar glare, delaying things. let' s take a look at the area as we go south on 93. we are looking at delays close to 40 minutes if you' re traveling mass ave to route 3. close to 1/2 hour drive on the pike.

on 495 itself, slow pockets in both directions. if you' re headed north, slow pockets heading to 290. jc: the same area of texas that was devastated by flooding in the spring is getting hit again. phil: washing away halloween pumpkins and much more, we' ll take you to the hardest hit

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jc: a building collapse in new york city leaves one construction worker dead tonight. the manhattan building was being demolished when part of it caved in this morning. another worker was trapped under the rubble for 3 hours before being rescued. the other 17 workers on site were not injured. it' s not clear what caused the collapse in the five-story building. phil: a fire in a chemistry classroom leaves five virginia high school students hurt, 2 of them with potentially life-threatening injuries. the fairfax county fire department says those two students are in the hospital' s burn center. a hazardous materials team was called in following a school evacuation. jc: police releasing new video inside that texas restaurant that was the scene of a biker gang shootout back in may. this is security camera footage from the twin peaks restaurant in waco. you see several bikers armed , others scrambling for cover. in the end, 9 bikers were killed. this incident is one of the most violent among motorcycle clubs. 177 bikers have been charged in

phil: energy giant chevron is that' s about 10% of the company' s global workforce. low crude oil prices are fueling the cuts. the company is also selling billions in assets and cutting its exploration budget to survive what' s expected to be a long industry slow down. a mega pharmaceuticals merger is getting closer to reality. pfizer is in talks to pay well over 100 billion dollars for allergan, the maker of botox. in if a deal is struck, it would be the year' s largest takeover, and make pfizer the biggest drugmaker in the world, toppling johnson and johnson. retailers are gearing up for the holiday shopping season. walmart kicks off its holiday sales starting sunday. the retailer is set to offer major discounts on toys and electronics in stores and nearly 15% more rollbacks online than last season. target hasn' t announced sales holiday de

the holiday mindset. jc: flash flooding, heavy downpours, and a possible tornado. texas is getting hit hard by a fast-moving storm today leaving behind a path of destruction. abc' s brandi hitt shows us flood evacuations are underway, as rescue teams rush in to help. reporter: warning sirens blaring as powerful waters roar through central texas, overtaking roads and entire neighborhoods today. >> this is our fifth flood. reporter: this home breaking apart at the edge of a river. trapped inside his flooded car, he called 911 from his cell phone, then abandon his floating vehicle for a tree. >> i' m up in a tree. i can go up higher if i needed to. reporter: his car is now underwater. it is believed the powerful

storm also spawned a tornado, leaving behind this wide path of several homes and restaurants are now leveled. yes, that is a tractor-trailer of this holiday in. damage. roof was taken off. reporter: near san antonio, rescuers saved schoolchildren trapped in two school buses overcome by raging water. children. all are seen here holding onto first responders. reporter: evacuations are underway in several towns where water continues to rise. emergency crews respond to dozens of high water rescues. abc news, los angeles. >> is not just the water. harvey leonard joins us now. for severe weather as well. harvey: check it out right here, inside this red box,

storms in here. hopefully this will be down before too long but that is still in effect as a nasty weather has gone on there. a study in contrast, so clear around our region. beautiful as we check out city cam at this time. 57 degrees in boston, brees out of the north-northwest at 14 miles per hour. we see upper 40' s around much of the region, lower 50' s across worcester county, and 40' s in the berkshires. you know the air above us is pretty chilly. right now it' s kind of breezy. those winds are going to die down tonight, and the skies are clear. that will allow the temperatures to start to fall pretty quickly, especially in all the rural areas. we will see those readings dropped down to freezing and below, which will cost some frost to form. that is the way it' s going to start for tomorrow. very important walk tomorrow, out of the darkness. this is all about suicide

this is coming up tomorrow, looks beautiful for the walk. degrees. registration is at 9:00. of that and hope you will be able to participate in that. look at the temperatures tomorrow, midday and afternoon. they bounced back into the 50' s. really good night or later in the afternoon and evening here in -- evening. it starts out around 50 and s. around 40 degrees. dry, not much wind. later tomorrow night before you go to sleep, remember to fall got to turn the clocks back one hour. we will gain an hour sleep. here' s the tough news, sunset on sunday, 4:38 p.m. at least temporarily we will get

here is the way it looks on our future cast. you can see the skies mainly clear to start our day tomorrow. later on some high, thin clouds come in. no rain associated with that for trick-or-treating tomorrow night. sunday earlier in the day there might be a sprint source struggle, particularly to the north. the skies may even brighten a little bit during the course of sunday afternoon. no significant storminess to be concerned with an skies are nice and clear on monday. there will be a storm far to our south on monday and staying to our south. it looks like we will have an extended period of dry weather yet again and most of the time the temperatures will be above average. tomorrow' s high is 52. sunday, even with the help of a little sun in the afternoon, we will be up around 60. monday will also be up around 60. the first week of november, look at this stretch of weather. we can really think the jet

things. at least through the first week of november, temperatures will be averaging tuesday in the 60' s and thursday around 70 look to be the two warmest days of next week, but possibly each and every day will be above average. phil and jc? jc: harvard raking in some big bucks when it comes to donations. phil: plus, remembering a sweet the cookie campaign that is gone

phil: today marks one year since tformer boston mayor tom menino died. a moment of silence was held at city hall plaza this afternoon. menino, who served 20 years as mayor before stepping down last january, died of cancer. boston mayor marty walsh says while this has been a tough week for menino' s family, the former mayor' s legacy is clear. >> there are so many things you can point to, but his legacy is

his love for people. s probably the biggest thing i see every single day. phil: walsh says city hall will be lit in green light tonight, menino' s favorite color. parade photo of the mayor make -- the mayor, make that tw omayors -- two mayors. mayor menino, of course, in the foreground and that young man in marty walsh. jc: a sweet campaign to remember a little boy gone far too soon. 9-year-old christopher chester of sandown, new hampshire was walking with his dad to deliver cookies to a neighbor when he suddenly fell to the ground. his death attributed to heart failure. now, people are paying it forward, baking cookies for others then sharing their photos using the hashtag cookies4christopher. a fund was created to help pay for christopher' s funeral expenses. thousands of dollars have been raised so far. a boston company, auctioning off a piece of tv history. phil: when you can get your hands on the car of a mythical

mobster. plus, a possible break in the case of a missing connecticut

>> this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. >> the plymouth man charged with gaining access to an elementary school under false pretenses. he' s accused of stealing money from teachers. >> a tragedy in new hampshire, manchester apartment. expected but a full investigation will be conducted. >> a small number of u.s. special ops forces will be sent to northern syria. they will advise local fighters battling isis there and it marks the first time americans will be deployed openly on the ground in syria. >> a police officer is back in court today. >> he' s accused of faking a story that triggered a massive manhunt that virtually shut down the town. >> a very brief hearing for the accused millis police officer.

prosecutors revealed they are