either the passenger compartment or in the cargo hold and that would indicate a potential disastrous failure of security at the airport. >> our team coverage continues with newscenter 5's mary -- she's live in cambridge tonight with new insight from a terrorism expert. mary? >> that's right. lenny is familiar with that part of the world. he's traveled those airports. he says if there was an explosive on-board that russian jetliner, there will be residual evidence at the crash site on the plane debris. but he believes it's too soon in the investigation to call this a bomb yet. >> just because they are saying it's an explosion it doesn't necessarily mean that there was any kind of a terrorist event. i think that's what's important for the public to understand. that until they get the facts, what we're hearing right now are competing narratives of different countries or different organizations that want this to be the story. including isis. so until we know all of the

speculate as to what actually happened. reporter: marcus says this is a good reminder that any time we get on a plane anywhere, we need to be vigilant. we need to be cooperative with airport screening because there there. he says it's been 14 years since 9/11 but the danger has never diminished. we need to remember that wcvb, newscenter 5. >> more breaking news at 6:00. two women rushed to the hospital after being struck down by a car on boston's south end. >> they were crossing tremont street here in the crosswalk. police say they were hit by this black suv that you see. police continue to reconstruct this crash. one of the women who was hit was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. the woman she was crossing with also taken to the hospital along with the driver who police say was complaining of chest pain. the crash happened just as the sun was low on the horizon and police say sun glare could have

been factor in the crash. >> that's what the lady kept saying. see anything. the sun was in my face. and she was hysterical. >> again, those three women they are being treated right now. you see police this crash behind us. tremont street at westbrook line still shut down right now. we're live on the south end, 5. >> police need your help in identifying a woman's body. >> she was found bound, burned near the railroad tracks in bridgewater and rhondella richardson is live at the center. rob rhondella? reporter: was she killed here or elsewhere. a black suv pulled up and carried a body that was wrapped up more than 50 yards and set it on fire. >> police discovered the murdered woman's charred body in the brush along bridgewater's oak street commuter rail tracks. >> her hands were tied behind

her back and her hands were in some fashion tied toward her feet. >> police combing the tracks for clues got the 911 call around 11:45 p.m. reporting a suspicious vehicle. >> we believe it backed down. >> back down the tracks? >> yes, he saw lights. he didn't think nothing of it and then someone else in the neighborhood seen some people in a mask walking up the railroad tracks. and the cops arrived and then there was an explosion. >> police are reassuring act of violence. >> bridgewater state students who took the short walk to the scene are still worried. >> it's so close to where we live and it's kind of scary. happened. more soon because everyone is kind of on their toes. >> police revisit the family that called 911 and ask residents to think back to anything suspicious after the last train came through last night.

>> this is very concerning and we're working on behalf of the community. >> bridgewater transit and state police looking to the public for an autopsy to determine cause of death. crash on a dangerous curb in oxford. a car and suv were involved. serious injuries were reported. this is the same area where a mother and baby were killed in a crash with a cement truck last week. work will begin on sunday, making that dangerous curve safer before winter. staug a guardrail and widening should make it safer. major for 2025. >> an incredibly close call for a driver. that's a big wooden post and it windshield. it happened on thfld morning. four inches by four inches and the post is believed to have fallen off another vehicle. it was then apparently run over by a tractor-trailer which sent it airborne and

right into the woman's car. it landed just in front of the steering wheel. the 67-year-old driver was not hurt. >> chisholm has been found competent to stand trial in the rape and murder of his high school teacher. >> a judge making the ruling this morning after reviewing the findings of a mental health evaluation. now 16-year-old is charged with killing the high school teacher two years ago. no bail for the fourth suspect charged in a fatal home invasion nearly two months ago. charged with killing robert mckenna, whose bloodied body was found inside his home on september 16. investigators say the suspects intended to rob someone wealthy. a fourth suspect, girl friend of one of the alleged killers is charged as an accessory after the fact. >> if new england patriots are among the nfl leaders in accepting taxpayer money for so-called paid patriotism. that's according to a new report in the u.s. senate which shows the patriots have been paid

seasons for tributes honoring troops, only the atlanta falcons got more in the nfl. nearly $900,000. those payments were made through existing contracts that the nfl has with the pentagon. >> there is a lot of good things that professional sports do to honor the men and women who serve in the military. but these millions of dollars are not acceptable as an expenditure of taxpayer dollars. reviewing its contracts with the pension and will refund any cases of paid patriotism. major league baseball has already asked its teams to avoid the. insult for just about everyone as he worked his way to the new hampshire secretary of state's today. and janet caught up with trump his flame on the february 9th republican primary ballot. >> donald trump is lagging

national polls, but here in new king and the adoration of his supporters only solidifies his confidence. first on the chopping block, they registered for the primary for trump. >> he just came in and registered before you and he said your message is hateful. >> i don't know, does he he's at zero. >> jeb bush. >> its not an intertayrn. he goes, i'm not a good talker. i don't speak well. i don't debate well. i don't do anything well. >> he saved his best insults for rubio who has tripled his poll numbers in two months here in new hampshire and is now only seven points behind trump. >> if you look at rubio, not only with his credit cards which is a catastrophe for him but if you look at how weak he is will legal immigration, he's like everybody come in everybody come in. the people of new hampshire will not stand for that. >> he did pause for a little campaigning, a quick listen on

pro vad doe -- bravado. >> largely due to the trump phenomenon. you saw that. >> how confident are you that carson won't beat? you >> what has he done? he's never created a job. maybe one nurse. i think he did one nurse one time. >> squarely between trump and rubio is ben carson but trump goes easy on the doctor calling him inexperienced, not a deal make leaving many to wonder is there wiggle room in trump's mind for a trump-carson ticket. newscenter 5. >> a sharing couple, both diagnosed with cancer. how they are hoping with the health shocker. >> bold promises, after a nightmarish winter. what they are telling our five writers, when the snow starts to fall again. and 70. even of days. and then we'll talk about the

>> tom brady, clearly one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time

>> new at 6:00, breast cancer battles. not just this sharon woman but also her husband. he was actually diagnosed first. >> as kelly shows us, they have both dedicated themselves to raising awareness of the disease. >> i just thought it was kind of an irritation from the shirt i wasn't concerned about it. >> mike went to the doctor after chest. the 49-year-old man was diagnosis. >> kind of shocked. so i had no idea that men could cancer. >> the married father of two teen boys knew that breast cancer ran in his family but in the women. it turns out he, too, carries a gene mutation that increases the risk for the disease.

get diagnosed really late because they don't look for it the doctors don't look for it. they don't know about it. >> mike has advanced disease and was being treated for tumors on his brain when unbelievably, his wife kara was diagnosed in 2013. >> it was so much harder when kara had it because i felt like there was nothing i could do. >> with me, i always say, it's almost like a scratch in comparison to what's happened with mike. >> kara had lawmaker a lumpectomy and radiation. they are committed to raising awareness of the disease for men and women. they lobbied for a male breast cancer awareness week. >> we feel like we're always there for each other. the kids are there for us. we feel like we're actually lucky. >> we deal with whatever comes up and we fight. >> in sharon, kelly, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> you have to see this, a photo

of a massachusetts teacher and it goes viral. >> why this picture of him holding the baby of one of his students is getting so much attention and praise. >> also at 6:00, spending knolls avoid another winter disaster. 5e girl scout meeting... for the soccer team... for the girl scout meeting... how many meetings are you having?! at stop&shop, prices have just dropped on thousands more items. my stop&shop. this price can't be right... that's the right price! it's that low.

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they are both in atlanta. >> 5 investigates continues to scrutinize the mbta. almost a year after the transportation meltdown during record snow storms. they have been working very hard to get ready for this winter and you'll want to hear the promise that the chief made to our karen anderson. >> on the commuter rail, new locomotives and snow fighters to clear the tracks. on the t, a refurbished diesel snow removal, better plows, snow fences, and an auger to blast away snow and ice. the mbta has rearmed, intent on not reliving last winter's debacle. >> it was a horror show. >> 5 investigates got an exclusive look at the new de-icing equipment to start coating third rails even before a storm arrives. they also took us inside their maintenance facility and showed us dozens of spare traction motors needed to keep the cars moving. the widespread failure of these, a major cause of last winter's meltdown.

>> it's almost like before game day. this is like two hours before kickoff. >> as the new head of the t and the general manager of the gear up, the confidence of commuters and keeping the system going is on their mind. >> what can you promise to people about this winter? >> we have been almost singularly focused on getting ourselves ready for a winter just like we've experienced last year. we don't plan on shutting down unless we're told to shut down. >> i can tell you this. our number one priority is to run each and every day. >> last winter 5 investigates revealed how chicago's transit system successfully deals with severe winters weather. with the fleet of ford diesel powered local motives pushing an arsenal of snow fighting weapon. >> we've polled the agencies, events. >> the new chief says he was dismayed to learn that the now rebuilt diesel locomotive was sitting in a t yard all last winter but in total disrepair.

>> to make it clear the plan is this winter, the t will not shut down. >> the plan this winter is the t will not shut down. >> that's funny. we'll see. >> be true to your word. >> they also replaced dozens of miles of third rail on the red line and they have now storm response operations center that's ready to open. watchdogs pint out it's still a fragile system relying on old red and orange line cars for several more years. >> karen anderson, 5 investigates. >> i'm checking the thermometer we have here. 56 degrees. so we've had a mile stretch of weather so marks right? >> any idea about what kind of winter we're going to have? >> it might be a little bit suggestive. if you were with us yesterday we showed you over the last 10 years, if you average the snowfall in boston, that's the highest 10-year average that we have. over the last 10 years but also, cindy took look at this and looked at a couple that were well below average in terms of snowfall. those couple that were well below and then she looked at the november temperatures leading

into those winters and all of them were much above average. pretty interesting. so far, this particular november, we're way above average. over eight degrees but a couple of things. first, the month is young. we have a long way to got. number two, 10 years is not really a long term pattern. so we can't draw a complete conclusion. we can say it's suggestive but there are so many other factors. there is el nino going on and there is the snow cover in siberia during the month of october which brings me to dr. judith cone who we'll be talking to in the next couple of weeks. we've got a long way to go. and even then you can't take that to the bank completely. warm noefs can lead to less snowy winters in boston but only if we lack at that time short sample of the last 10 years. let's talk about our local weather. 55 in boston. the breeze is gentle, a tough water. that's why it's been cooler in

for example, it hit 70 in jaffrey and it's nice and clear. clear skies. temperatures will drop off tonight but not as cool as the last couple of nights. boston might stay at 50 or a little above. tonight, upper 60s to low 70s. that won't be record breaking but it sure will be toasty warm. remember that will be another day in november that's much above average, and friday is the best chance of breaking records because, number one, records are a little bit lower that day and our temperatures may be a little higher. 72, 73 in boston could. be record tying. certainly i would not be surprised or shocked if we do have a new record high established on friday. all due to this very mild southwesterly wind. now, we'll have this front approaching later friday and friday night. may touch off a few showers. could even link we are a little period of rain on the south coast and then after that it looks like the skies are going to clear. we'll be cooler on saturday. sunday, will be the chilly day of the bunch but even then we'll

make to it 49 or 50. i would say in the upper 40s to around 50 for the start of the patriots game. the breeze will be out of the northwest around 10 or 15 miles per hour but look at monday. look at tuesday. and temperatures tends to moderate a little bit all over again. one other thing i want to pint out about friday, warmest day of the bunch, whether we break a record may have to do with whether we get a couple of showers. if we get appreciate building sunshine especially from mid to late morning on friday, to mid afternoon on friday, then there is an even stronger chance that we'll have a new record high temperature established. only sunday looks to be the chilly day. the real chilly of the next seven. saturday night, sunday, sunday night, first thing on monday. otherwise, we'll continue with the above average temperatures. update later on tonight. meteorologist, march -- harvey leonard dolphins earn afc player of the week honors.

last. >> for the past couple of years people have talked about how many more years tom brady can be a quarterback. it looks like we'll be talking about that for many more years to come. >> if brady's window, as they say, was ever closing, he has swung it back open. currently on pace to post career best or seconds best in yards, touchdowns, completion percentage, quarterback rating and fewest interceptions. he's even throwing the deep ball better, a fact he was surprised to learn. >> really? >> that's surprising to me. >> yep. >> up from 28% to 47% on balls thrown from 21 to 30 yards. >> whether it's a five-yard pass or it's a 50-yard pass, the mechanics of the throw are very similar, like hitting a wedge or a driver. it's the same swing. one is just, you know, there is just a little nuance to it that may be a little different.

i haven't hit the driver as well. as i probably hit the wedges. >> in addition to all of those gaudy numbers there is this one. 2.13. that's the average time in seconds it takes brady to go from snap to pass. think about it. that means brady would have thrown seven passes from the start of this standup to the end of it. by the way, this is the end of the standup. >> face some good defensive linemen with the dolphins. jets, bills, so you've got guys coming at you like that you've got to get the ball out of your hands quickly. >> two more numbers. 8-0. that's what brady is aiming for on sunday. bob, wcvb, sports center 5. >> how about this little nugget, from anthony, chairman of the research department many sports center 5. the last four times the patriots have played the redskins in the regular season, they have gone to the super bowl. in 1996, they played them, lost to

in 2011 and 2007, played them in the regular season and lost to the giants. >> i don't think it matters. i think for us, you just want to play and be ready to go each game. i don't think we're good must have to sit here and worry about 16-0. we've just got to focus on each game and try to win that one. >> two weeks from this saturday, fenway park will be host to notre dame boston college in football. that's right. fenway park will be made into a football stadium. and the last time a football game was played at fenway park was december 1, 1968, when the old boston patriots, that's right, here they are coming out of the red sox dugout, that's where they train, you can see the bullpen wall down in right field. these are grand stands that went from 100 yards long in left field in front of the left field wall. look at this. standing at second base. he catches it around the first-base line. and he can see home plate over

will look like when he plays against notre dame. they were the boston patriots then. they became the new england patriots a couple of years ago. i still like boston patriots better than the new england patriots. i like the old school as well. >> interesting. very good. >> thanks for the memory. >> the first football game my dad ever took me to was at fenway park. i saw the houston oilers against the boston patriots. wonderful. >> that is a wonderful memory. coming up new on newscenter 5 at 11:00 -- >> lose your phone? >> wow! a revealing new study shows just how dependent we are on these mobile devices, coming up at who has the plan for jobs? jeb. tax cuts for the middle class. eliminates special loopholes. an explosion in growth and new jobs. jeb: cut taxes. grow america. right to rise usa

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